The Sun.
London, England, 1859-04-07 00:00:00

THE _RIVER A.llfo OR.

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recognisehe
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, th e United
importance
of the' Amoor for commercial purposes, and during
the late war, whilst the French and British forces
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in the Pacific were undertaking hostile operations
against the Russian settlements, brother Jonathan
was found supplying the • infant colony on the
Amoor with provisions and other articles, from San
Francisco and Boston ; whilst the following sum-
mer, no less than five richly-laden American ships
arrived in the Amoor to trade. As, however,
but little was known of the commercial
wants and requirenaents of the natives, a
highly intelligent merchant of San Francisco—
Mr. Perry Collins—resolved to go over and
explore the country,. to make himself ac-
quainted, from his own personal inspec-
tion, with its natural products and capa-
bilities, and the wants and customs of the natives.
To give greater weight to his mission, the American
Government appointed Mr. Collins their Consul for
the Amoor territory; and thus armed with official
authority, he started from New York in April,
18,56, and proceeded, via England, to St. Petersburg
and Moscow, whence he travelled overland through
Siberia to Trkutzk.
It was during this part of the journey that Mr.
Collins had an opportunity of ascertaining the
importance of the Russian overland tea trade
with China. The Governor of Nichky-Notorod
stated to him that the value of the tea sold at the
preceding annual fair of that place amounted to
6,920,000 roubles. At Tomsk, where the teas
that arrive in sledges from Kiachta, are trans-
ferred to other sledges, he observed immense quan-
tities of chests of tea lying about on the open
ground in all directions ; and between Tomsk and
Krasnojarsk, he met every day above a thousand
sledges, loaded with all descriptions of Chinese
produce, and being carried, via Tumen to Europe.
He occasionally heard fears expressed that if this
immense traffic were diverted to the Amoor, it
could not fail to be a serious loss to Siberia; but he
consoled such croakers with the well-grounded
hope that any such loss would be more than com-
pensated by the lively trade that must inevitably
be opened up between Siberia and the United
States, by way of the Amoor, and that the im-
mense mineral resources of the country required a
much more dense population for their development,
and that this increase of inhabitants would neces-
sarily be the result of close commercial intercourse
with other countries.—China Telegraph.

The announcement that the Russian Government
are about to issue 4 per cent. debentures, which are appa-
rently intended to be adapted for circulation in Paris and
London, as well as at St. Petersburg, seems ill-timed as far
as the forthcoming loan is concerned, the prospects of which
have already been damaged by the recent increase in the
warlike preparations of the Emperor Napoleon.

MARE AND CITY NEWS.

CITY, Two- o'CLocK:

Notwithstanding the steady inflikx:of gold fro. in
Australia and the United States, withdrawals of
bullion from the Bank of England are still reported.
The amounts so appropriated are not very exten-
sive, but collectively they represent a rather im-
portant aggregate. During the past week at least
a quarter of -a million has been sent away ; and the
total stock of the precious metals, which a few
weeks ago approached twenty millions, is now
presumed to be nearer X1'9,000,000. It is imagined
that this efflux will continue, although the con-
signments of gold which the Australian advices
r€ port to be en route m.ay temporarily check the
adverse movement.

In the Money Market there is still an active de-
mand, and full rates are paid for accommodation.
In many instances the terms asked for the negotia-
tion of first class bills are in advance of the Bank
minimum. ' The authorities of that establishment
are, consequently, transacting a large amount of
business, and some increase in the item of " other
securities" may be anticipated.
About £48,000 was withdrawn from the Bank
of England yesterday for exportation to the
Continent.
The Royal Charter, reported yesterday, with
£109,344, has arrived at Liverpool, having per-
formed the passage in 67 days.
In the Liverpool Cotton Market yesterday a
moderate business was transacted, and prices were
steady. The sales were estimated at 7,000 bales.
The Railway Share Market closed with rather
more animation, and former values were main-
tained.

No change of importance has occurred in the
English Stock Market to-dtly. Business is exceed-
ingly dull, and the settlement of the monthly ac-
count is the chief occupation of the dealers and
brokerS. At present very little speculation is in
progress for the next adjustment, the position of
political relations checking enterprise of that de-
scription. A firm tone, nevertheless, prevails, and
although very.' little quotable improvement has
taken place, the tendency is in a favourable direc-
tion. Consols have been 952 1 for money and
account, and they are now rather buoyant.at that
quotation. The New 3 per Cents. are firm at 941
and 941. •and the Reduced at 94 1. India
Stock has been dealt in at 220 ; and the Bonds 10s.
prem ; Exchequer Bills are 325. to 355, prem., and
ditto Bonds have advanced to 1001.
Business in the Foreign Stock Market is rather
qviiet, and prices generally are somewhat flatter.
Turkish 6 per Cents. are 921 to 931 ; ditto New
Loan, 781 to 79. Mexican 3 per Cents. have de-
clined to 21f; Portuguese to 451; Dutch 4 per
Cents, to 100; Buenos Ayres, 6 per Cents. to 801;
and Brazilian 5 per Cents, to 100*. The 41 pea
Cents., 1852,
.are marked 94 ; ditto, 41 per Cents.,
1858, 9411. Grenada Active are steady at 191.
The New Australian Loan is 1. discount.
The following is from the Committee of Mexican
Bondholders

" The committee have received a letter from Mr. White-
head, dated Mexico, the Ist ult. (which was not delivered
till a quarter past eight o'clock last night). He had advises
from the agents of the.bondholders in Vera Cruz of the 20th
of February, and of the receipt of 18,691 of bills on Mexico
from the Custom-hou.4e. It was thought that another week
or, ten days would decide the fate.of Vera Cruz. The garri •
eon there consisted chiefly of raw hands, but if they can be
brought to offer a show. of resistance, the detention. of Gen.
Miramon's troops outside the walls of. the city might, now
that the heat had already commenced, be sufficient to cause
the appearance of yellow fever among them."
The last week's railway receipts, ascertained up
to this day, are in round figures as under :

1859.
Great Western 26,454
SouthNorth-Western:. .. • 64,411
12,736
Brighton ............ .......... 12,265
Midland
South-Eastern
Great Northern • 21,853
Lancashire and Yorkshire • 23,895
North-Eastern . 32,042
Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincoln
Oxford, WorceSter, and WolVerhampton 4,268
Bast Lancashire • ' 6,545
West Hartlepool. • ' . ' • '
Edinburgh and Gla:sl9•vi • • . • •

Glasgow and South:We4ern 7,161 6,838
Grand Trunk of Canada
Great Western of Canada ;9077 8,796
South Austrian and Lombardo-Venetian' 47,629 25,834
In the Railway Share. Market the dealings,
have been on a very moderate scale, and in many
instances prices show a dowmvard tendency.
Bristol and Exeter, Great Western, Lancashire and
Yorkshire, South Western, Midland, North British,
North Eastern (Berwick), North Eastern (York),
and South Eastern declined ss. ; and Vale of Neath,
£1 ; North Western advanced ss.

The Foreign. lines are very quiet. Lombardo-
Venetian realise about former quotations.
In the Colonial Market prices are rather firmer.
Grand Trunk of Canada have improved ss. ; Great
Western of Canada, 55., and East Indian, ss.
Joint-Stock and Miseellaneous . Shares are at
slightly reduced rates. Bank of .Australasia have
receded ss. to 10s. ; London and Westminster, 10s. ;
Ottoman Bank, Union of Australia, and Crystal
Palace realise former rates.

BRITISH FUNDS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK.
3 per Cent. Reduced Annuities 94f i i
3 per Cent. Consols Annuities
New 3 per Cent. Annuities 941 1
India Stock
220
Ditto Bonds, £l,OOO
Consols for Account (May 5) 9sa t
March. June.
Exchequer Bills, £l,OOO, 2d. & lid.. 32 5 I
Ditto £5OO ' 32 5
Ditto Small, 11d.

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PRICES OF FOREIGN FUNDS AT ONE O'CLOCK.
Brazilian 5 per Cent.
Ditto 1852, 44 per Cent
Ditto 1858, 41 per Cent. 94} I
Buenos Ayres, 6 per Cent
Ditto Account
Mexican 3 per Cent 2l/
Portuguese, 1853, 3 per Cent.
Turkieh 6 per Cent. 921
Ditto Account
• Dividends on the above payable in London.
• Dutch Exchange, 121Guil. 2i per Cent...
Ditto Certificates, 4 per Cent.

Consols TWO O'CLOCK.
, Money 9sa
Consols for Account (May 5) .. • • 951 4

TRIS DAY'S SHIPPING.

airs and ,N, 130
Aprilar 7.—.lVind this day at noon, S.W. ; light
fine clesultry weather.

(BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.)
Arrived A LIVERPOOL, Thurssday Morning
, pril 6.—Lubec, and Kinl Cu
o.
Alexandria; Corril, from Markeilles Balbcc rnsteal-
' screw both from
ship, from Havre.
Arrived,
April7.—North Briton, Royal mail screw steam-
'
ship, from Portland ; Royal Charter, screw steamship, from
Melbourne ; Athenian, Royal mail screw steamship, from
Africa; Ceres, from Savannah; Anna Mary, from Smyrna ;
Midan, from Antwerp.

(BY SUBMARINE AND BRITISH TELEGRAPR.)
GRAVESEND, Thursday m •
°ruin.
Wind, S.W. ; tide, sis hours' ebb ; weather, very fine.
Arrived, March 6—Catra, from Mazatlan.
Arrived, March 7—Conqueror,from Gothenburg; Earl of
_
Auckland, steamer, front Rotterdam; Sarah, from Leghorn.
Sailed, March 7-0 d essus, for Odessa ; City of Hamilton,
for Quebec ; Panther; steamer, for Boulogne.
DEAL, Thursday Morning.
Wind, S.S.W. ; moderate.
Passed—Kalsina, from London, for Smyrna.
Sailed—Orient, Lew Chew, City of Quebec, Insulana,
Dahlia, Ascendant, Palestine, Ratcliffe, Blundell, Newton,
Aurora, Abigall, Eliza Hart, and m ll. da, with nearly all
the outward boUnd.

A letter from Coblentz, in the Weser Gazette,
says—" Although most of the statements that have
been made as to the warlike preparations of Ger-
many are inexact, it is not the less certain that
measures for causing the Federal contingents to
march within a very short time, that is, in a fort-
night if required, are being adopted. In the south-
west of Germany, the number of effective horses for
the army has been increased, and measures have
been taken for obtaining the full complement
which may be required in the event of mobilisa-
tion. In the other German States similar precau-
tions have been taken. As to stores, the Federal
inspectors are always so strict in requiring the
supply to be kept up that little was required to
and
complete them,
ofthat little has everywhere been
obtained. Most
having been supplied the
Wit- German corps d'armee
,Wade
hderifled cannon, different
contingents are being
to
sort of arm, and men o practise with that
furl ough have been called
in to learn the use of it
UNIVERSITY BOAT RACES.-- N,Vreeware. requested to
state that the Oxford Univeisity
will
.Arri•ye at the
White Lion Hotel, Putney, on Thursday,
THE REVENUE DEPARTMENT.—_£I,I2S,OOO the
sum required to be voted "on account"
Department (Customs, Excise, and Post-office) Revenuer t1:1 the
charges
59-60. which, will come in course of payment during the
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