The Sun.
London, England, 1850-12-31 00:00:00

Anglo.Mexican(is. 51. p.)
Asturian • • ...... •• • •
Australian .... ••• • • • •
flarossa Range ..

31,4 - 3
34 - 354

-„ -
P.lnenarvon Iron and Coal
Bolanos Scrip ........ • •

British iron..• • .. • • • • • • '
Brazilian Imp. (is.p/, p.)

Do. Cocaes and Cuiabal

Do. St. John dcl Rey• •
Cobre Copper • • ...• • • •
Copiapo • • •
General .. • . . ...... . . .
Real Del Monte, Unreg.

3% 314
14% —14%
&% 35
- 5
14
15% - 13%
tAs

Do. Black Debentures

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

10 9 —7%
11 7 lON —II
23 28N 6%
[ISCELLANEOUS.
323 42% 44
14 26% 27
50 SO% 88
60 73 —74
able for the errors of the Official Lists, and
interested correspondents.]

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Canada ••..•••• • • • • • •
Gen. Steam Navigation .
Perin. & Oriental Steam.
Royal Mail Steam .. • • ..

[We cannot be answer
will not be influenced by

17,40NY&Y and Uo.slliThatCiAL NEWS
CITY, TWO O'CLOCK.

The sales of Cotton at Liverpool yesterday wore esti-
mated at 6,000 bales, of which 1,000 wore taken on spe-
culation. The market closed steadily.—ln Railway
Shares only a limited business was done, and prices had
a downward tendency.
The Colonial Markts re-open to-morrow.
The Foreign Exchanges are expected to exhibit some
improvement this afternoon, though there are parties
who feel ::ceptical as to whether the alteration will be
permanent. The abolition of tho gold coinage in Bel-
gium may cause some amount to be forwarded hither,
but there is no silver here at present. to give in barter.
As supplies come in from the United States, we shall
readily ho able to dispose thereof for gold.
The fall of the exchange against England at Paris
from 25 27, on 26th July, 1850, to 24 85, on 21st Dec.,
1850, and the similar fall at liamburfsh from 13 74, on
26th July, 1850, to 131, en 21st Dee, 185 U, was of ne-
cessity occasioned by a superaheir.aance of bills cn
London offering at these placca--tlint is to say, the bill
for li„ which t, would sell for L.:25 27 ,in July,
would sell for only 24 85 in December, be-
cause more £.'s were offering at the latter than
at the former date. This increased quantity of bills on
London appears to have been occasioned by the desire
of foreign brokers and others to obtain. Aver. The first
seller of a bill on London, say at Ptv.!ir, turned his bill
into silver at once. The person who b( aught it at a pro-
portionate price for the purpose of revel ttance to London
did so, in a great number of intitances, with a
direct view of having the proceeds of -the bill returned
to him from London in silver. Emma the rapid fall of
the exchange on London at Penis, and hence, also,
the rapid fall in the premium en gold at the
same place, .in spite of the non,-.8 rrival there of
any gold from England. The exclusive and
enormous demand for silver renilered gold an
ineligible mode of remittance until the time should
arrive wheri.t the fall of gold to par at; Paris, combined
with the state of the exchange, and the privilege of
using gold in France as a legal tender, should at length
render gold so much dearer in Paris than in London as
to justify its exportation from hence. 'That time has now
arrived ; gold has began to flow into France, and the
probability is, that the recent anomal.ons state of things
will he speedily corrected. When that correction has
in acme measure taken place, and the: extraordinary de-
mand for silver on the continent has erased, the quota-
.

tions cf the premium on gold at Par^s will be watched
with much interest. If that premium !i.hould permanently
disappear, or be replaced by a dise:ount, there will be
stronger grounds than there are at pl'e sent for supposing
that the Californian mines are beginiii.ng to disturb the
relative value of gold and silver to each other. In the
meantime, we may test content wien the assurance that
the, zeal exchange between this coarotry and the conti-
nent, as re„gulated by the trade in commodities, is not
against but in fav(mr of England.
At Hamburgh, last Friday, the rs ,te of exchange on
London was 13 04, being I lower atria in.
The quotations at Frankfort on the 28th inst. were
73i for Austrian Metallics, and 33 4 for Spanish.
The English Funds are very infix aive. Consols have
been quoted 96 /, and the New '.Three-and-a-Quarter
per Cents. 98i Bank Stock worth 213. Ex-
chequer-bills are 58s. to 625.' and J Lelia Bonds 78s. prem.
The Foreign Investments have 'ta3Cll heavy. Mexican
are 34 for the Five per Cents. fir: Money, and 35i for
Account. Spanish Five per Gin ts. are 171, and the
Three per Cents. 394. Dutch Two-and-a-Half per
Cents. have been 59. _

In the Share Market the net ount is Bullish, and
high rates of " continuation" bej.ng demanded, many
parties have preferred to sell. 'We believe, however,
that the speculation is by no mean s so enormous as has
been asserteo, and that full advaavage is taken by those
Laving cepital to make borrowebta pay handsomely, in
consequence of the advance in. .discounts at`the Bank
of England.

QUARZER TO THREE.

Con4ola
Ditto Account

9611 ex d.
CLOSING
PRICES.
213
97%
Q R
73/4
75 p
7$ p
96%

ONE
rEICES OF nnrrisa rim-Los O'CLOCK.
B Ink 6 Welt
3 per Cer.t. Reduced Anns. ..... 97 97t
N.,. 334 T.... Cum t._ ATM. _ _ _-__ _ 9 Alh,
.44
(-Aim); Anus. to csxpire Jan.lB6o ....... 7 %
Ditto, 30 years, Oct. 10, 1850.-- 71/2
En tie Bonds, LOOM-- . ---
Ditto under 1,0001.„........... . 78 p
Corwls for Account , . 96 Lh %
tr, xCh HQ uor Bills. I;id. Ss 2d
1,0001. June
813.11. June 5B 62 p

62 p
CLOS,ING
PRICES.

ONE
PRICES OF FOREIGN FUNDS. O'CLOCK.
Maxie=' 5 per C0nt.1846, with 'Coupons—
Ditto, Ex Jan. Coupons ....... .. 34% %
Ditto, Account ..... 3514
S; anieh 5 per C.:,nt. 1840 ....... 171 A
Ditto. 3 per Cent ... 39%
Dividends on the above pa gable in London

-
French Rentes, 5 per Cent —
Exchange
Itutch '2 pr,r Cent., 12 Guild.
Ditto, 4 per Cent. Certificates

95f. 50c.
241. 90c
59
903/4

LLOYD'S SIIIPPIN .-( THIS DAY

Lomporr, DEc. 31.—Wind at noon S.W., light breeze,
and dull hazy wee.ther, with drizzling rain.
DEAL, DEc. W.—And. Rotterdam, Ness,
Batavia for Rotb rdam. Arrd.. from the River, Magnus,
Bahia; Cornelius Grumell, New York; Tom Cringle,
Cuba. Arrd. from the River -and sailed, Lancastrian,
Port Philip.

Bnis'ioi, DEC. 30.—Wind W.N.W.—Arrd. Stratford
Mauritius.

NEWPORT, DEC. 29.—Winei 'W.—Sld. Cambria, Now
Orleans.

BULL, DEC 30.—Wind W.—Sld. Tamarae, New
Orleans.

COWEN, DEC. 30.—The A Ifred, Newcastle to Malaga,
has put is v►ith damage from contact with a brig off the
W ight.
LIVERPOOL, DEC. 30.—Wi ad W.S.W.—Arrd. Courier,
Towereon, Calcutta; Roder Lek Dhu, Williams, West
Coast; Laura, Campbell, ?i6 iramichi ; towed round from
Waterford, Queen of Englar id, China; Anne Melheusb,
Calcutta; Robert Pulsford, ditto; Navigator, Buenos
Ayres; Andover, Ceara; Ei in-go-Brugh, New Orleans;
F. B. Brune, Baltimore; Vanilla, St. Stephen's, New
Brunswick; Albion, Richihi icto; Hindoo, Quebec; Gip-
sey, Prince Edward's Isla ad. Sld. Reindeer, Hong-
Kong; Lanercost, Valparai .so; Rajah, New York. Put
back, Jessee, Savannah, le sky, bore up from long. 9.;
States Rights, New York, t awed back from Queenstown
with loss of topmasts. The Hants, from Africa to this
port, lost main and mizento pmast, &c., in a squall on
the 18th inst., lat. 37, 10ng.7,34.
SHEERNESS, DEC. 30.—= ,Wind W.N.W.—Arrd. Wil-
helmina, Honduras.
FALMOUTH, DEc. 30.—W ind W.S.W.—Arrd. Crane
Packet, Rio Janeiro, left 126 i Nov.; on freight about
10,0001. in gold and dianacinds. Possedone, Odessa,
with rudder damaged and be wa stove, had been on her
beam ends 23 inst. off Cape Finisterre.
HULL, DEC. 30.—The Pe nil, Shields to Carthagena,
has put in leaky, having str ack the bar in leaving the
former port.
YARMOUTH, DEC. 30.—Vile Bernard, Newcastle to
London, makes 13 inches wa tor per hour, having been
on Carton Sand, but will pr abably proceed with extra
hands. The Phenix, of awl from Montrose to London,
has put in leaky, having bee n on Barber Sand.
ALMERIA, DEC. 20.—The Constantine, of Sunderland,
Alexandria to Liverpool, we nt on shore four miles off
Itiquetas Point during a sev ere gale at W. yesterday,
struck very heavily, came o:N, filled, and was abandoned;
crew and one passenger :wed and arrived here this
morning.

MARKET NEWB.=(THIS DAY

NEAT IvAus JLZ.siSTB.
SMITIIFIELD.—Moadow F Lay, 218 s to 3/ 15s; Clover,
31 03 to 41 Os ; and Straw, II Is to 1/ 7s per load.
A full average supply, and a dull trade.
CUMBERLAND. Meadow Hay, 2/ 10s to 31 16s ;
Clover, 3/ Os to 410 a; and Straw, 1/ is to 11 8s per load.
Trade dull, at the above quotations.
WIIITECHAPEL. Meadow, Hay, 2l 8s to 31 15s;
Clover, 310 s to 410 s; and Si raw, 1/ is to 1/ 7s per load.
Supply good, and trade dull.

SURREY SESSIONS.--(THIS DAY.)
The Epiphany Quarter Sessions for the county of
Surrey commenced this morr dng at the Sessions-house,
Newington-causeway, before, Thomas Puckle, Esq., and
a full bench of magistrates.
The calendar contained tile names of 45 prisoners for

trial.
The grand jury having be m sworn,
The CHAIRMAN briefly a dressed them, and dismissed
them to their duties.

.—(THIS DAY.)
Al3°'younWg n:aBuTnlatmEedECThilrles Durden, the landlord of
the Somerset-house beer-6h( pin John street, Totten-
hara•court-road, was charged with having stabbed a
policeman.
Policc-constable A. 332 deposed as follows:—About
half past one o'clock I was on duty. in Middle-row,
Holborn, when the prisoner, who was standing by the
pump, flew at me and knocked me against the shutters
of a shop. The prisoner then said, " Where am I?"
and I replied, "You are in Holborn; get on home. You
are, not so drunk as you prehend to be." Ho retorted,
I tell you what it is; I have got a stiletto here, an in-
strument you know nothing about, and I will put it into
you as far as I can if you come near me." He then
went along Holborn flourishirg a large knife, and vow-
ing that he would stab every Englishman he came
near. A boy named crow, who paw that I was afraid of