The Sun.
London, England, 1851-04-25 00:00:00

Asturian ...... • • • •
Australian
Barossa Range .. •
Blaenarvon Iron and Coal
Bolanos Scrip
British
Brazilian Imp. (is. 5/, p.)

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3} -

Do. Cocaes and Cui.abit.

Do. St. John del Rey..
Cobre Copper ......
Copiapo ..... • ..... .
General.. • •••• ••
Mextcan & American
Real Del Monte, Unreg.

32% 32
16M 15%
35% —3B yx
64 —71 X)
loop 14

Do. Black Debentures.

Do. Red Debentures ..
Santiago de Cuba
Tin Croft ...... •
United Mexican— • .....
JOINT

7- 6%
1034 - IL
4% - 334
:E. BANKS
33 -32 M,
42% - 43%,
- 12
25 - 25%
18% -17 x
27% - 275

Australasia
British North America..
Colonial .... • .........
Commercial of London..
London Joint Stock ....
London and Westminster
National Provincial Eng.

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Do. New .
National of Ireland ....
Provincial of Ireland....

18% 20%
42 43%,
15% lb

Do. New ........
Union of Australia ....
Union of London ......
Union of Madrid -

35- - 33%
3 -
12% -

Gen. Steam Navigation .
Penin. & Oriental Steam.

SCELLANEOUS.
3'2% 4*4 —46
14 263.4 28
all 65;4 65
5 11 11%
60 75 —7B x.d x.d
Ible for the errors of the Official Lists, and
interested correspondents.]

Ditto ditto
Royal Mail Steam
(We cannot be answers
will not be influenced by

MONEY and COMMERCIAL NEWS.
CITY, TWO O'CLOCK.
The sales of Cotton at Liverpool yesterday were esti-
mated at 5,000 bales, comprising 3,500 American; 300
Pernam and Maranham, at lid. to Bid.; 200 Egyptian,
at 7 id. to Bd.; and 1,000 Surat, at 44d. to 54d. per lb.
The market was very flat, and prices very irregular;
American id. to 1., and all other kinds id. to id. per
lb. lower.—Railway Shares were steady.
The amount of business done in the Colonial Pro-
duce Markets since they re-opened on Wednesday last
has been satisfactory, the sales being for consumption
almost exclusively, as there is no speculation going on.
Sugar and Coffee have bee❑ in fair request at fullprices.
Tea has been taken in moderate parcels. The stock in
London on the 16th inst. was 36,480,0001b5., against
35,315,0001b5. at the like date of 1850. Concerning a
branch of the foreign fruit trade, Messrs. Witherby and
Hanson report that—
" There have not been any direct arrivals of Currants
at this port or at Liverpool since our report of the 22d
ult. A cargo has lately arrived at Bristol. The Lon-
don clearances for home consumption, from 19th ult. to
17th inst., have been 1,000 tons, against 750 tuns, 1,020
tons, and 650 tons in the like period of 1850, 1849, and
1845. From Ist January to 17th inst. they have been
3,410 tons, against 1,730 tons in 1850, and 3,050 tons in
1849 during the like period. The Liverpool deliveries
have increased of late, those of the four weeks ending
15th inst. having been 455 tons, against 320 tons in the
previous four weeks. They are now on a par with
those of April 1350. The increase in the consumption
of the United Kingdom during the first two months
of 1851, as compared with 1850, has been 725 tons, which
is a recovery of more than half of the deficiency in that
of the entire year 1850.
The Hamburgh mail, with advices of Tuesday last,
reports that the rate of exchange was 13 c 34. Coffee
was firm, but there was not much doing in it.
At Amsterdam, on the 23d inst., the Funds were steady.
Dutch Two-and•a-Half per Cents. 57i. Spanish and
Portuguese Bonds were in request.
Mr. Charles Hambro, of the fires of C. J. Hambro and
Sons in London, has been raised to the hereditary peer-
age of Denmark.
The Medway arrived with the West India and Pacific
mails, and brings over 1,200,000 dolls. i❑ specie. The
labour question occupied much attention in Jamaica, and
it is remarked that if a very small or trifling proportion
of the amount expended for immigration since the period
when Air. Barclay arrived in this harbour with the ves-
sels, and immigrants from Sierra Leone, had been an-
nu illy expended in regularly keeping up the inter-
course between the two places by means of
a moderately-sized fast tailing vessel, such as
one of them was, a large number of per-
sons in this island would have visited Africa,
very many from thence would have come here
and returned, and the bulk of the people in the neigh-
bourhood of Sierra Leone at least, would have learned
that there was such a place as Jamaica, and been
induced by the accounts given to them of it
to come and settle in it. Nor would this
have impeded in any way the introduction of
captured Africans or Coolies, or any of the immigrants
which have been brought to the colony during the
period in question. There are at the present moment
in the island several natives of Africa, who have lived
here for years, desirous of revisiting their country, and
who, did the means of communication alluded to exist,
would do so, and prove useful in inducing many to come
here, and it might be to come with them on their return.
Jamaica, however, is shut out from all communication,
except by way of England, with a country which it is
obviously the interest of the agriculturists, and espe-
cially the sugar growers, should be brought as
near to us as possible, and between which country
and our own there ought to be, at least,
one vessel regularly sailing, and some trade and in-
terchange of commodities going on. It is not too late
to do this now. It wauld be preferable to spend a
limited sum of money annually in opening up, and
keeping open, such a communication, than to resort to
the expedient of purchasing ►laves on the coast to be
transmogrified into free labourers in the colony; and,
if together with a free passage, some trifling induce-
ments were held out through the agency of Africans, we
are sanguine in the opinion that in a few years we should
be abundantly repaid the outlay incurred, and re-
warded for any trouble taken in carrying out such a
measure.

The weather on the north side of Jamaica bad been
rather changeable. There were still a few cases of
cholera.

In Trinidad the substitution of the English for the
Spanish criminal code was working well. From Bar-
badoes and the other islands there is nothing im-
portant. _ _

The English Stock Market, upon money sales being
made, has become exceedingly flat, Consols only realiz-
ing 968 to 97, after having been done at 97k. The
New Three-and-a-Quarter per Cents. have been quoted
97i to 98. The uncertain aspect of affairs in France
is assigned as ono reason, but paucity of business, and
the interruption to the dealings of the Hebrews, owing
to their protracted holidays, is another cause. Exche•
quer-bills have been quoted 335. to 565. prem. India
Bonds are 58s. to 61e. prem. India Stock is at 260. Con-
sols now are 968 to 97 for Money and Account.
Foreign Stocks have been rather buoyant. Portu-
guese Four per Cents. have realised 33i to 344, greater
confidence being entertained that the revolution will
prove unsuccessful. Spanish Passive Bonds are 54.
Mexican have been 358 to a, being in request. The
account is presumed to be Bearish. Dutch Twooand-a-
Half per Cents. have been quoted 598 to j. Danish
Stock is at 76k. Spanish Five per Cents. are 198
Railways are all lower. The 1001. Shares have
dropped about 10s. to 11., and other se. to 103.
QUARTB le TO THRE...4
Consols ... 967--,- 97
Ditto Account, May 13 ... 968 97
BRITISH FUNDS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK.
From the Official List.)
8 per Cent. Reduced Annuities... 961/2 14
g per Cont. Consols Anna
New 314 per Cent. Anne.
tong Annuities. Exp. Jan. sth, 1860 7 5-16 7%
D 0.30 Years, Expire Oct. 10, 1859 7%
India Steck 260
India Bonds under 1,0001
Consols for Account 97% 97
E cchequer Bills. 1 %d. 2d.
March. June.
1,0001...
Small
PRICE OF FOREIGN FUNDS AT ONE O'CLOCK.
Danish Bonds 1825, 3 per Cent—. 76%
Kixican Ballets, 1g46, 5 per Cent., Coupons
Ditto Ex Jan. Coupons
Ditto for the Account
Peruvian Bonds, 5 per Cent
Ditto Account .
Ditto Deferred
Portuguese Bonds,s per Cent
Ditto 4 Der Cent.
Russian Bonds, 1822, 5 per Cent —
Ditto 4124 per Cent 993/4%
Spanish Bonds, 5 per Cent —
Ditto Passive Bonds 514
Dividends on the above payable in Lopatin.
Dutch per Cent., 12 Guild

G.—(THIS DAY.)
LLOYD'S SHIPPIN
LONDON, APRIL 25.—Wind at noon N.N.W., light
breeze and dull hazy weather, with light drizzling rain.
CALLAO, MARCH B.—The Hamilton, arrived here
23d ult. from Pisagua, leaky, and will have to be hove
down.
DEMERARA, MARCH 27.—The Cumberland, from
Madras, is on shore to windward near Berbice; a pilot
has been sent to her.
BARBADOES, MARCH 29.—The Ariel, Pernambuco to
the Clyde, sprang a leak 17th inst. and put in here yes-
terday, making threo feet water per hour, and must dis-
charge.
DEAL, APRIL 24.—Wind W.S.W. P.H., very light
airs.—Arrd. Sir Charles Forbes, Ascension; Caledonia,
Bahia; Prebeslaw, Hamburg!), and sailed for New
Orleans. Arrd. from the River, Sultana, Adelaide,
South Australia; Edgar, Algoa Bay; Sultan, Bordeaux
and Valparaiso; KallebekLa, Elarbadoes; Independence
and Falcon, New )(wk. Arrd. from the River end
sailed, President, Verkenteren, Singapore; Henry Car-
wen, Grenada.
PORTSMOUTH, APRIL 24.—Wird S. to S.S.W.—Off
port, William Ackers, Singapore; Margaret Evats,
New York.
Cowzs, APRIL 24.—Wind W.N.W.—Arrd. Helene,
Mayaquiz; Carmencita, Havannah.
PLYMOUTH, APRIL 24.—Wind W.—Art.ll Southamp-
ton, Rio Janeiro for Antwerp. Sld. Devonport, New
York.

SOUTHAMPTON, APnrr, 24.—ArrJ. Cinderella, Bahia;
Thames steamer, West Indies.
LIVERPOOL, APRIL 24.—Wind S. to IsT.N.E.—OtT
port, James Turcan, Herchel, and Jghn ccek,