The Sun.
London, England, 1850-04-03 00:00:00

MONEX and COMMERCIAL NEWS

CITY, QUARTER TO THREE.
The sales of Cotton at Liverpool yesterday were esti-
mated at 8,000 boles, of which 300 American were taken
for export, and 600 Bahia and 5,000 American on spe-
culstion. The market was excited, and tile parcels on
offer being limited, ord and low mid American were
V., fair and better bc, to id., and Brazil per
lb. dearer.—ln Railway Shares a limited business was
done at a further slight decline in prices.
The Coffee market looks firmer to-day, and holders
are offering but little at public sale. There are several
auctions of sugar. A large failure arising out of coffee
speculations has occ'.irrel at Hemburgh, viz., that of
M. Otto F. Wolters. The amount is said to be 20,000/.
Accounts from various parts of the coast received this
morning at Lloyd's, notce further wrecks and casualtie%,
In the Amsterdam Stock Market on the 316 t ult.,
there were but limited changes. Dutch Two-and-a-
Half per Cents. realized 551. Spanish Bonds were
rather higher.
The letters per steamer Canads, from Ameriets, were
delivered yesterday afternoon, and a communication
before w, referringto the condition of the Stock Market
at New York, states:—
" Government Securities have Snot advanced so much
as others, n.ither has the demand bert active. The
movements in Washington have lately been of a cha-
racter calculated to arrest operations on foreign account,
and the inactivity has doubtl,ss been caused by a dispo-
sition to wait farther development in Congress, relative
to the all•absorhing question of the day. Since the
speeches of Mr. Calhoun and Mr. Webster there has been
a lull in the excitement, . and they haxe exerted a
wonderful influence on the public mind. Mr. Calhoun's
speech aroused the north to a proper sense of the danger
threatening the Union; and Mr. Webster followed, by
pointing out the only feasible method of settling this
difficult question to the 'satisfaction of all classes, except'
those represented by such men as Seward, Giddings, &c.
,The speech of Mr. Seward was read in the Senate,
but fell still-born from his manuscript, and
created very little' attention among any but
immediate adherents. We shall doubtless have many
more speeches in the Senate upon this subject,' and in
the meantime the Lower House will be deluged with
'speeches in relation to the admission of California.
There are about 230 Members in the House of Repre-
sentatives, and fall three months time will he consumed

in debate upon the question.. This will carry the session
beyond June, and may transfer the contemplated con-
vention from Nashville to Washington, or 'break it
up altogether. It is our impression that the
whole of the present session will be used up in
speeches upon the slavery question and the admission
of California, and we do not believe that the first
movement will be made in either House relative to any
measure touching our financial or commercial affairs, or
anything connected with the great interests of the
country. Fortunately, our financial and commercial
policy require no material alteration ; the systems are
very nearly perfect as they are, or as they can be made,
where so much party prejudice is brought to bear upon
legislation, and we shall not lose much, at all events,
if Congress does not meddle with the tariff or indepen-
dent Treasury during this or any future session."
• A New York journalist writes :—" There are 40
vessels up at this port for Californis, and 30 at Boston.
About 130 vessels have sailed from the Atlantic ports
for the gold region since the Ist of February, 1850."
There is very little news from any portion of Canada.
The annexation scheme, which but a few months ago
was the general topic, is now scarcely mentioned. At
the recent election in Sherbrooke district the annexa-
tion candidate was elected; but that is attributed to the
fact that the district joins Vermont and New Hemp•
shire, and is mostly populated by Americans, or those
whose predilections are favourable to the United States.
The reciprocal navigation measure, which the Hon.
Malcolm Cameron visited Washington a short time since
to press upon the United States Government, is most
ardently desired by the people of Canada West, who
look upon it as a measure of vital importance to their
interests.

The winter has been unusually mild, and already
business operations had begun. 'rho newspapers look
forward to a brisk trade after the excitement attendant
upon the political campaign shall have subsided. At
Toronto busineas is dull, and no news of note comes con-
cerning the intended Government operations. Montreal
is in a state of lethargy, and, since the removal of tho
Parliament, possesses less interest than ever.

The antipathy towards Lord Elgin has in a great
measure subsided, and matters are assuming a more
peaceful aspect—doubtless the effect of the dispatch of
Lord Grey.

The St. Catherine's (Canada) Constitutional, in a
paragraph on the mildness of the weather in that part of
Canada this winter says, the greatest depth of snow they
have had did not exceed eighteen inches; and that on
;Thursday evening, the 28th February, they were
visited by a terrific storm—" the moon, nearly at the
full, obscured by a night of Egyptian darkness, except
when the face of the country was ever and anon illumi-
nated by copper-coloured sheet lightnito, of remarkable
brilliancy, rendering distant objects as clearly visible as
at noon day, and then leaving the beholder to experience
a `darkness that might bp felt.'"
There hag been a flatter market for rublie Securities
and with au almost entire absence of business, the fine
weather inducing many to remain still away from town.
Consols have been 95i to 96 all the morning, having
opened rather buyers at the higher price. Exchequer-
bills maintain the improvement to 645. and 675.
and India, Bonds • have ranged from ,88s. to
91s. premium. South Sea Stockis at 10511.
The Foreign Securities have all more or less partici-
pated in the flatness of British Stocks. Mexican have
been done at 28 to 2811. Buenos Ayres have been much
in favour, owing to the copy received here of the speech
of Rosas, and the specific announcement of a desire to
meet the payment of interest on the debt. The quota-
tions have been run up to 52i and 55. Equador Bonds
are 3i 1. Peruvian Active have been as low as 68 to
69 ex-dividend, and the Deferred 27 to Danish
Bonds are 681 ex-div. Russian Scrip is 1k to le
premium. Dutch Two-and-a-Half per Cents. are 55.,+
•to t.
The Share Market is exceedingly heavy again. Oak-
doniao, Great Western, North-Western, Midland, North
Stafford, and several other lines are decidedly lower. The
decline in Great Western is about 11., and in Midland 11.
to It. 103. Caledonian are 4 loWer.

BRITISH FUNDS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK.
(From t Official List.)

8 per Cent. Consols Anne
Long Annuities, Exp. Jan. sth, 1860... •
Do. 30 Years. Expire Jan. 5, 1860... 8 5-16
India Bonds under 1,000/ ... ..... .... 88 91 p
South Sea Stock 105%
Uone.ols for Account
exchequer Bills. 14d. 2d.
March. June.
64. 67 p
64 67 p
64 67 p

LOGO/.
5007
Small

PRICE OF FOREIGN FUNDS AT ONE O'CLOCK.
Buenos Ayres Bonds, 6 per Cent 53 54 52',. 55
Danish Bonds 1825, 3 per Cent— 68!:, x d
Equador Bonds 3 :2AI
Mexican Bon i 5,1846,5 per Cent., Coupons
Ditto Ex Jan. Coupons
Ditto for the Account ...... 2B 28%
Peruvian Bonds, 4 per Cent
Ditto for the Account.... . 684 CS 69x d
Ditto Deferred
Russian Bonds. 1822,5 per Cent —
Ditto Scrip 114% p
Spanish Bonds, 5 per Cent
Ditto 'for the Account
Dividends on the above payable in London.
Dutch 21% per Cent., 12 Uuild 55434
Ditto 4 ner Cent. Certificates

/COSINESS DONE IN RAILWAY SHARES AT ONIe O'CLOCK
RAILWAY/. PAID. PEI, SHARE,
Aberdeen , ..... 5.9
Ditto, Preference Bi ...... 1,4 die. to
Arnbqr., Notting., Boston, &c 7% — .... •to
kyrshire and Galloway
Belfast and County Down .. 30 .. ..
jerks and Hants Extension
(Gt. West. Perpet. 5 per ct.) 6 -
elirmingham & Oxford J unct.,
calls duly pd, or with guar. 20
Do., withouta guarantee... 20
Birmingham,Wol.,& Dudley,
calls duly pd, or with guar. 15 .....
Do., without a guarantee... 15
Binning., Wol., & Stour Val. 131.14 e — ' to
Lirkenhead, Lancashire, And
Cheshire Junction
Bristol and Exeter lOO ......
Do., Thirds ... :.. .:. ..... ... 33i
Buckinghamshire.. .. 17% 16% a.... to
;aledonian
D)., New 10/. Preference lO ... .. 53/4% .. to
Ditto. Clydesdale Junction 50 . —
Ohester and Holyhead 5O ..... 8
Ditto, Preference
Direct London & Portsmouth 514 — to —,
Dublin audßelfast Junction.. 40
Dundalk and Enniskillen ... 30 ...... ' to
East Anglia, 25/. L. & E.,
and L. & D . . -
Ditto, 181., E. & H lB ... ..
Do, 3/. 1a5.,6 p. Ct. Pref. 3%...... -
Do, 71. 175., 7 per Ct. Prof. 2
Eastern Counties
Do:New Pref., 6 per Cent.. 10
Do. Exten., 5 per et. No. 1,6/. las. 4d .. 3/4 p . to.
Do., do N 0.2,61. 13s. 4d... p to
Do., Northern & Eastern... 50

Do., 5 per cent. ... 50 . ...... to
Ditto, New

Eastern Union, Class A (late
E. U. Shares)
. -

Ditto, ditto, Class A, ditto 6
Ditto, New ..
Ditto Scrip (gua. 6 per ct.) 20
East Lancashire .....
Do., New Quarters
Do., 6 per Cent. Preference
' Quarter Shares 6;4:......
East Lincolnshire, guar. 6 per
Cent. ..... ... 25 -
Edinburgh and Glasgow
Ditto, Half Shares
.....
Edinburgh and Northern ... 25
Ditto, New port.. „. ..... .. 15
Exeter, Yeovil, & Dorchester 2%...„ — ..... to
Exeter and .Emmouth.. - .• U.
Glasg., Dumfries, & Carlisle-8/. 6a.Bd — - ... to
Glasgow, Kilmarnock, & Ayr 50
Do. Preference Consolidated ----.. to
Gloucester and Dean Forest.. 121/ — ...... to
Urea t Northern.... ........... .. 22
Do. th A Deferred ..... ... 1214 '--
Do. 14 B 6 per Cent...... 9'4 .. ...... to -..
Do.' 5 per Cent. Pref.
Gt. South. & West. (Ireland) 50.

. _
Ditto, Eighths ........... ... 11n l'4 to
Great North of England 100 ......220 !..t.. to
Ditto, New 404... ...... .. 9O
Ditto, ditto 35 .. . ... . to
' Ditto, New 301 - 30 ... .. ' ... .. to --
Ditto, New 151 1.5 .114•611 .4.4