The Sun.
London, England, 1850-04-10 00:00:00

1 MONEY and COMMERCIAL NEWS.
CITY, QUARTER
i THREE.
The sales of Cotton at Liverpool yestziafati were: esti-
mated at 3,000 bale:, of which 1,500 American were
' trken on IT( Tne -market closed firmly, and
nearly per lb. higher for American descriptions.—
Railway Shares were dull, and prices had a downward
tendency.
The quantity of colonial produce pressing for public
side, eine fly sugar, is large, ai.d prices are urfavourably
ittluer.ccd in consequence, being lower rigain to-day.
The arrival of ships from all parts of the world has been
very extensive within the last few days, and full em-
ployment is aGrded to the various water-side depart-
ments.
With large foreign arrivals, the Corn trade rules dull
to-day, but prices are not generally lower.
Arrangements have been made between the British
and -United States Post-office authorities, whereby
letters or rape.rs from England may be forwatded to
California and Oregon being addressed "via New York"
or " via United States." Whether such letters go by
the English or American t. aakets the charge will be
2s. sid. per half ounce, or not exceeding one ounce
11d., to be prepaid, and newspapers will be charged
2d. each.
The only alteration yesterday afternoon in the rate at
which bills of exchange were negotiated was a slight de-
cline on Ilsmburgh and Trieste, and an advance on
Antwerp.
The ship arrivals today furnish no late intelligence of
importance, and the Continental mails add but little to
our previous information. At Amstiardam business in
the Two-and-a-Half per Cent. Dutch Bonds was more
animated, and prices advanced. There were a good
many purchases iu Spanish, owing to the decree con-
cerning the debt.
;As the meeting of the Mexican Bondholders takes
place on Friday, it may be useful to state what is cur-
rently rumoured. Mr. W. P. Robertson and Mr. Mills
retire definitively, it is raid, from the new committee,
but Mr. Guedulla and the other two members, will pro-
bably offer themselves for re-election. It is hoped that
some very influential parties may then be induced to
strengthen the committee, and the number will be in,-
creased, if possible, to about ten. An important question,
that will probably engage attention at the next meeting,
is that or the tobacco duties, and the second report of
the committee gives the following information upon it:—
" By the non-arrival of the last Mexican mail no ad-
vices have been received from Messrs. Manning and
Mackintosh relative to the tobacco duties. Your com-
mittee subjoin an extract from a letter, which they ad-
dressed on the the 28th of February through
their chairman, to those gentlemen on the sub-
ject, which must necessarily be attended with
results on its arrival in Mexico. In the meantime, I
understand that you are in process ef receiving from the
tobacco monopoly the proceeds of the bondholders' pro-
portion of the first year's operations, and this committee
are extremely anxious to be able to lay before the public
a definite account of the amount coming to theta from the
tobacco towards completing the next dividend to be
paid. I am instructed by the committee to say, that
there is no part of the failure of the Mexican Govern-
ment to comply with these engagements so deeply felt
by the bondholders in the drialeations in the appro-
priated revenues as this proceeding from the tobacco
monopoly. The committees therefore are doubly anxioth, in
order to soothe the irritation generally felt, to Le able,
from time to time, to show that this important source of
revenue will be gradually available to them, on an in-
creasing reale. The committee are strenuously exert-
ing themselves to procure from the Admiralty
and the Royal Mail Steam-pacleet Company such
ts
an arrangement as will effectuallydtehfoeafts iwsploavr,
eoiltrae :ergeb7eyipiianrtehgpysoe whichtat
tihitno,etnhooenf
bond-
holders coasts,rhaenoxledi
nerys,.tshh.seaovai 61.1:b
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shipmentodue defrauded
committeea ut e
f
Congress, relative to the convention which I matdhueetinwliti
the Executive. In the meantime I sincerely trust that Mr.
Doyle and your good selves will vigorously oppose, in
every possible shape, the appropriation, to the local
wants of the Government, any part of the first 1,500,000
dollars of the indemnity money apportioned to the pay-
ment of the overdue dividends of the Mexican Foreign
Debt."

Owing to the numerous " options" which come off
this day, at about 96, the Consol Market is kept down,
and the quotations have varied from 95i to 95i, being
now about 951 -1, and fur May 96 to *. 'lb. furegn news
reads well, and official intimation has been given that the
sum available from the surplus revenue and bequests for
the retLuiption of debt during the current quarter is
526,4761., all to be.laid out in the purchase of stock,
accur.lingly the Commissioners have already com-
menced operations, and will buy gradually, and
from day to day. The New Three-and-a-Quarter per
Cents. have realised 96i- to 97*, and the Three per
Cents. 94,1 to 95. Bank Stock is steady at 206. Ex-
chequer-bills are firm at 70s. to 729. premium, and
India Bonds at 91s. to 945. India Stock is 267 to 268.
In the Foreign Market the transactions have been
moderate. Mexican have realised 2SI to 29, being
higher, and Spanish Five per Cent. are held firmly.at
18 to 41. Portuguese Four per Cents have been 32g.
Buenos Ayres Stock has realised 54 to *. Dutch Fuur
per Cents have been 85} ex div,
Railway Shares have undergone no uniform move-
ment. Great Western are lower, and also Midland.
Caledonian and North Stafford are rather better. North
We.,,t,rti and South-Western about the same. South
Eastern heavy.

ONE CLOSING
PRICES OF BIIITISII FUNDS O'CLOCK. PRICES.
"arm

3 ;:ar Cent. Reduced Anns ... 943/4 95 94% 943/4
3 per Cent. Consols Annuities........ 957 ii 943/1 96
g.“.:, 314 per Cent. Anns. ...
Long Anne. to expire J an. 1860 -16 8 LAI 818
Ditto, 30 years, Oct. 10, 1859 —
Ditto 30 years, Jan. 5, 1860. 8 7-16 5-16 8 5-16
_ _.

:cdia Stock

tue,l,, Borln, I,OOW. 9l p
Ditto under ....... 91 p

.. .
South Sea Stock
;onia,l'or Account 0 z.tt & :Ya is 96
- xvbequer Bills. 1% d • Zig zu
1,0001. June
Small. June

ONE CLOSING
O'CLOCK. PRICES.

PRICES OF FOREIGN FUNDS.
r.zit len bonds ............ ..... ....
Ditto, New, 1829 and 1839 —
Buenos Ayres Bonds, 6 per Cent 54 54% 53%
Danish Bonds, 1825,3 per Cent. —
Ditto 5 per Cent.
Ditto, Scrip
;Mexican, por Cent.. 1846, with Coupons—
Ditto, Ex Jan. Coupons ....
Peruvian Bonds, 4 per Cent ......„
Ditto, Account
Ditto Deferred
Portuguese 5 per Cents.
Ditto, 4 per Cent.
Swinish 5 per Cent. 1840
Ditto, Account
Ditto ..... 1847 103/4 10 /4
Ditto ............ 1843 10, 10%
Do., Coupons...
Ditto, Passiv2 33/4 33/4
Ditto. 3 per Cent
Ditto, Account 3714 37
Venezuela Bonds, 21,gi per Cent
Dividends On tile above payable in London.
Dutch 2% par Cent., 12 Guild. .. 553/4
Ditto, 4 per Cent. Certificates B5l/2 x d :85% x d
PRICES OF PAID. BUSINESS DONE CLO:GNO
RAI !-,WAY SHARES. AT ONE O'CLOCK. PRICEI
A...,,,rde8n 5O .....
Do. Preference
Caledonian
8
Ditto, New IC/. Pref... 10
Chester and Holyhead... 50
, ast Anglian, 251., L. &
E. and L. and D...... 25
Do., 31. 10s., Pref... 3% —
Ea s t ern Comities ... ..... 20 ... 71 %.. .......
Do., New Preference,
6 rcr Cent...... ..... 10
Do. North. & Eastern,
6 per Cent.
Ditto. 5 per Cent.... 50
Eastern Union, Class A
(late E. T.. Shares) 25
Do. Scrip (6 per cent.) 20
East Lancashire ......... 25
E iinbti r g h and Glasgow 50
Gloucester &Dean Forest 12% ...... 8 8
•.- ..
Great Northern
Do., % A Deferred ... 121%...... 13/4 l%
Do., %B 6 per Cant... 9% 4% ...
Do. 5 per Cent. Prof. 121 .lO (4 10 lO
G rat Do.,
of England.loo ......217
Ditto, New, 401 4O -
Ditto, ditto 35
Great Western 100 ...... 52 603/4 5114,-. 51
Ditto, % Shares 5O - .
Ditto, 14 Shares - ... 12% 12%
Ditto, Fifths
Ditto, New 171........ 15 ...
_ 614 ... ..... . OA
Hull and Selby .. ...... 50
Lancashire & Yorkshire 100 ......
Do. New, Gua.6 perct. 10 ..... 11%
Leeds and Bradford
Leeds and Thirsk ...... 50
London & Black wa11...11/. 6s. 3d 3% 3%
London, Brighton, and
South C0a5t......_ 100 ...... 78% 78%
Dc. Prefer. 5 per cent. 50
Ditto ditt0...... 1852 50 _ _ 56 57
London and N Western 100 103%3/4 . 103%
Ditto, New Quarters 12
Ditto, Fifth, l2 .- .. 111,E ll%
London at B.Wcstern ..ICO ...._ 60 61
Midland .. ........ ... it 0 .... . 34%% 34%
Do., 50/. Shares
Do. Birin., and Derby ICO
Do. Consolid. Bristo! &

7%
11%

Birminz, 6 per ct.... 100 ..... 1211/2.... 12114
North Briti!,ll ........... 25 ....,. 7,44 x.d 7% x.d
Ditto Preference
North Staffordshire ... 171/g 7 7,4 7l/8
Preston & Wyre ... 25 ... .. 401/2 40,.4
Do. 1,4 Share:i (A) lO ...... 1634 16%
Reading, Guildford, *nd
Reigate
Slirawabury mid Birra... 1314. — di5........
Ditto ditto. Clams B. 9
:2t,,,,,,,....... ..... -4
Ditto, New Guaranteed S
Shropsiiire (Ji Lion
soLitil Eq4i.,,r~
So ith Wale 3 .... -
York. Neweaatie, and
..
Berwick.
Do. Newcastle Eaten. 20 - • - •• • .....
I) .G.N.E.I' r e f or ~n c e 8 ...
Yort: :Lad North i'rli.ilainl 50
D:tt., Prefetenc,,, ...... 10 - • .... .......
FOF:EIGN RAIL WA Y.'%
Bouloomo and Amiens... 20
Fast Indian ...... - • ••• •-
Namur and Liege ...... 20 ... .. 714 ... .. . ...
Northern of France
Paris and Orleans ...... 20 ....• .... ......
Psis and Rouen 2O ..,.,. 19%..... ........
Roam and Havre
MINES.

Santiago de Cuba IC
of T STOCK BAN Kb

1214
6 3,4

151;

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1 2
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25
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