The Sun.
London, England, 1850-08-09 00:00:00

AUGUST 9, 1850.

MONEY and COMMERCiAL NEWS.

CITY, TWO O'CLOCK.

The Cotton Market at Liverpool )eBn-rd y ions
steady, but tame and ArnPricsn sorts wcr, 1-16 d. lower.
The sates v. era Gstiinat.d at 7,000 of which 1,000
American wire token for export, and 2.000 on specula-
tion. The sales comprised 5,500 AinCriC:n. 800 I'er-
nit,l and Aiarat.bom at. 81i. to qd.. 21)0 Egyptian at
84d. to *1„ and 600 Swat at si.i. to 6, d. per Ib.—Rail-
'say Shares were fiat at lower quotations.
The Corn Market is firm again tiis morning, though
without much doing. The accounts about the potato and
grain crops Ftill excite doubts and fears, but it is hoped
that any mischief done will be confined to particular
localities. The purchases of colonial produce have been
on a tolerably I.beral scale, end most articles are firm.
Sugar bus been steadily taken for consumption. Tea
continues in favour. Cotton, though scarci ly so brisk,
maintains the late rise, and indigo sells much as before.
Itic-! ha- been rather duller. In spaces there have been
moder,te transactions. The consumption of many co-
lonial articles will doubtless depend upon the extent of
the corn crops, and the consequent ability of the Lamers
and I .boureis to buy. The activity of the population
engaged in manufacturing pursuits will keep up the ag-
gregate demand fur primary staplcs, such as sugar, ten,
and cotton.

The lismhurgh mail has orris,. d, with advices of
Tuesday's date. Trie rate of exchange o❑ London has
fallen half a schilling, being 13 marks 7 :chiiling;, and
there was not much doing in balls. Public securities
were firm, and railway shares barely supported. 'll.le
corn market was quiet.
In the Amsterdam Stock Market, on the ;eh inst..
Dutch Bonds bad an upward t-ndeLey. Mexican were
more offered. At Frankfort, on the 6 h inst., Au+Lriaii
Metalies were quoted Sli to 82k, ace ,rding as taken
for money or time. Spanish Three per Cents. were
32 13 16 to 33 1-16.

Au, idea having got abroad that pas Torts are unne-
cessary for travellers proceeding across the Belgian
frontier from different states of the Continent, it may be
as well to explain that such is not strictly the case. The
Government of Belgium has suppressed the spacial ser-
vice of officials who used to iuspect passports,
and these latter will, as a general rule,
probably not be asked for, but the ordinary Customs
servants will, whenever it is deemed advisable, b au-
thorised to demand the paper-, and in the interior towns
they can at any moment be asked tor.
Adviees of the 20th ult., from Galatz, state, that in
.respect to the crops, there was nothing to complain cf.
The wheat would yield about an average, and the new
rye was particularly flue. The rate of exchange on
London was 94,i for three months' bills.
The increasing railway competition, as new branches
or entire lines are opened to public traffic, impose
a difficulty in the way of those who desire to make en
Approximate calculation as to the return which they may
expect from particular investments, and it is certainly a
problem even to the more experienced. There is scarcely
any difference of opinion with reference to the steady de-
velopment of railway income from increasing population
and diiniuished working expenses, supposing the latter
can be much reduced, but it is at the same time admitted
pretty generally that the competition of several
lines for the same traffic will not be conducive
either to profits or cheapness of conveyance. The
public will have a choice of route, but upon a railway
conveying only a portion of the traffic insti ad of the
whole, they cannot expect to travel at the minimum
tares, which a company possessed of the monopoly, and
yet restricted from the declaration of more than a cer-
tain per centage in dividends, would be enabled to esta-
blish. It is very important, nevertheless, to keep in
mind that the travelling wants of the country are annu-
ally increasing, and that excessive traffic on one line in-
volvi a danger. In this sense the Great Northern may
in course of time prove still more useful tb'n at present,
and we trust more remunerative.

The fdlowing is a statement of the nurnbrr of casks
..f Tallow imported from some of the principal places
into London, furnished us by the firm of Gu►l and
Wilson:—

From
Years. St. Peters- Australia. Am South
erica
burgh.
Between Ist Jan.l ...
1850 ... 2,51. 13,034 ... 5,090
and 31st July 1849 ... 266 ... 8,169 .. 15,237
Between Ist Aug. 1849 ... 48,00 G ... 10,739 ...
and 31st Dec. S .848 ... 65,792 6,076 ... 7,6;6
The total, iucluding• the above named places, and also
Od.'ssa. North Americ t, and other places, is 25 877
casks this ) ear. against 27,393 casks to July 31, 1849.

II ere are as few points of interest ai evor in the
Stock Market. Consols have been 96! tor Transfer,
end 96i afor Account. showing still tt,e predominance
of mow y business. The New Thrc-t -and-s• Quarter per
Cents. hAve realised 99k to Bank Stock has touched
211;} and Mi. Exchequer-bills have been 665. to 695.
premium. _

Ihe Foreign Seettritiei are mostly nominal. Spanish
Three per Cents. have been 371 to and Portuguese
Four per C nts. 33 to 34. Mexican Builds are about
294 r. Peruvian Four-and a-lialt per Cents. have been
done at 83, and Buenos Ayres at 581.
In the Rsilway Shares the dealings are more circum-
scribed, tad prices are not so buoyant.

QUARTER TO THREE.
Consols
Ditto Account ...

ONE CLOSING
PRICES OF BRITISH ruNDs O'CLOCK. PRICES.
.3 ..I.lltt ,1.04.1 t, .... .. 212,1, 2111,E 211 t,
o Cent Iteduend A-ns ... 974414 971 A,
3 ,(:), Cent. CA-nuols Annuities........ 963/4 7, % 963/4
Y ~,, 314 per Cent. Anna . ... .-...... 99,,4 Ali 591,,,,
paw knns. to “xpimJan.lB6o 8 5-16
Ditto, 30 years, Oct. 10,1859 -16
:n.1i....ti0nd,, 'goo/. ......... ..... .
Ditto under 1,000.'.... . .... 88 p 88 p
'ons-ls for Account 96:142. 96%
'xchequer Hills. 1470. .ir 2d
l,(+001. June
500/. June ..... .... 69 66 p 66 p
&rin. Juno
ONE CLOSING
PRICES OF FOREIGN FUNDS. O'CLOCK. PRICES.
ra.zinan Bonita — 9.)14
-:._

Ditto, Small
Buenos Ayres Bonds, 6 per Cent 58:1 583/:
reru'-tan Bonds, Oh per Cent...— —
Ditto, Account
Ditto, Deferred

Portuguese n per Cents.
s per C.,nt. 1840
Ditto, 3 per Cent...—.

Uivlilends on the above payable in London.
-• •

87
37%

thatch 2% per Cent., 12 Guild. ... 57%
'PRICES OF BUSINESS DONE CLOSIN
RAV PAID.
,WAY SHARES. AT olcv O'CLOCK. PRICE -
•
tierdeen
- --

Do. Preference
Amber. Nott., Boston,
and Eastern Junction 814
tyrshire and Galloway.. 7% —
ielfast & County Down 30
Barks & Hants Extens.

(Gt. West. Per. 5 per et.) 6
trustol and Exeter 100 ...

'ackingtiarnshire

aledoni an - . _
...
Do. New 10/. Pref lO
Cbeiter and Holyhead... 50

Ditto, Prefer lee l5
&item Counties.. . ..... 20 ...—. 6A,' th .......
Jitto.Extension. 5 per
Cont., No.l 6/. 13s. 4d.... p..... ...... ... p
Ditto ditto, No. 2... G/. 13a. 4d... p % p
Eastern Onion, Class A

(lateE.U. Shares) 25

DO: Scrip (6 per cont..l 20 ...... 16 ......... 16
East Lincolnshire, guar.

6 per Cent. 25 . 2B 98%' 281,4
E inuurgh and Glasgow 50 '43I,‘
.xetur.Yeovil, & Dorch. 23.

,rear, Northern
Do., !,..2 A Deferred ... 121,4
Do., 5 per Cent. Pref. 121,41
.reat outh. and West.

(Ireland) - •.. _
iNat North of England 100 ...... ... -
-roan Western 100
dull and Se!bv .. ...... 50 ......
Ditto, Hall Shares ... 25
iAllea.,l) Ire & Y orkshire 100
Do. Quarters ... ..... 2314

.. 111, - .. --- -•
;)e. k ittntl..
Leeds And itradford 'A,
London 8z Black wa11...1 I/. 6s. 3d...
London, Ltrighton, and

. .
South C0a4,... 100 -x.d ... 80 x.d
Do.Guarant. h per et.. 9 ......
Do. Prefer. 5 par cent. 50 — — —
Ditto ditt0...... 18...2 50 ..... ... —
Do., New, guaranteed
6 per Cent. . .-......100 ...... x.d. l37xd,
indonandUreenwicli 12/1554d... .. ... ......
Ditto. Preference 2O
Lower, and N. vv...tern )00
Ditto, New Quarters 17
iii-to.Fiftr......
London ex :,... W,at Q rn . ICO ...... b9l/2......
Do, New 501. . ....... 42 Vt —.............—
Do., New Preference.. b • ........ ... •••
]1 anca b .tor,Bul, tou.and

)latleck..... ........__.... 5%
Slinche,ter, Sheffield,
and Lincolnshire —IOO
Do. Quarters (No. 1) 25
81,
1 iitto. New ICI. Prof... 10
Midland .............. . 100 ...... ...... *** " " —PA
Uo., 501. Shares
5 Lh
North Brni-•1) .. .. 2b
Jxf.rd, Worcester, and
LA
Wolverhampton ..... 60
guiding, Guildford, And
Reigate l7 18 .
7
tioyston and Hitchin ... 6 Li.... 7 ••• ...
Slitewsbury & Chester
8
(Nor. W. Min.) 2O
RO Ith ,;nßtrr
Wear Valley 6 per Cent.
Guaranteed ... .. ...... 50
Do. do. do. ... 25
Al i1t,,,, Somerset,S: Wey-
mouth
York. Newcastle, and
141.4 ... ......
Berwick. .... —.......... 2:'
Di. G.N.E.Prefor,nce 9
Yars...iLd North rrlidland SL.
-ht..., P e*.runcv
FOREIGN RAI LW A Y :).
Boulogne and Amiens... 20
Coqtral of France (Or-
__

;cans and Vicr7on)... 20
..... 145'
Louvain 3 in /8
71,4 ...............

..............
t.uxembourg
...............
Nort.tpqn 01 France
Orleans and liordeaux.. 7
Paris and Orleans ...... 20
.... _
.....
..
.....
Paris and Rouen 2ll ... 2334... ........ .... 2334
Rouen and Havre
........ .
......
93/4
Atrasbourg and Basle
...... —. r0urnay,.........
•••••1
Jurbise, Lan-

den, and Has,elt 20 ......
roam and Nantea l4 ..... 4 . .............. 4

MINES.
Inglo-Mexican ...•.....10p ......
Bassora Mange 33a. ......
..
Blaenarvon Iron & Coal 60 ...

Bolonos Scrip ...... .... ...-
British iron
Bra Kilian imperial ...... 24!,i, -- • ••• •... • ••
Do. St. John Do! Rey 15 .....• 1`171,::::i •
Real TM Monte Unreg.
D,;. Black Debentures — —
Do. Red Ditto ..
Sanriavt de Cuba IC
Tin Croft .... ...... .. 7 - -
L. llited .Mexican .....• 28 I 4

LLOYD'S SHIPPIis T HIS DAY.)

LONDON, Arm. 9.—Wind at noon S.W., fresh breeze
and cloudy at times
OFF DARTMOUTH MANOR.—Valparaiso, from Ostend,
Duch,-ss of Northumberland, with troops.
BIDEFORD. AUG 7.—Wind W.—Sid. Anne Eliza,
and J 411 P. Qty•bec; Civility, Miramichi.
BRISTOL AUG. B.—Wind W.—Arrd. Lucy, Cherry,
Bsrt Lord, Ogilby, Jamaica.
QUEENSTOWN, AUG. 7. Wind W.S.W. Arr.&
Pe, uvian, Bruce, Callao ; Lam, Wilkie, Valparaiso;
lenmerc, Barrett, Bsrbadoss.

HOLYHEAD, AUG. B.—Wind S.W., fresh. Arrd.
Ovean Qua t n, Jcv,e%. Pietou.
FLEETWOOD. AUG. B.—Arrd. El;z ,beth, Richibucto.
NEWPORT, AUG. B.—V% ind N W .—Sld. Matra. Rio
Jeoiero; Thomas and William, SL Thomes'i; Mary
Flower, ditto; Elizabeth,
SHIELDS, AUG. B.—Wind S.W., fresh.—Arrd. 'Lord
Brougham and Vaux, Lonsdale, Miramichi; Sea Bird,
lluritl. Quebec.
SUNDERLAND, AUG. B.—Wind W.S.W.—Arrd.
Churleton, Dalhousie; Falcon, %Vnnler, Qiehue;
Employ, Hoskins, Qe bee ; Cornelius, Cotton, ditto;
Reward, Hell, ditto.

DEAL, Ana. B.—Wind W.S.W., fresh.—Arrd. from
the River, Sir Edward Paget, New Z alancl; Abn-rfovle,
Melhourne, A beona; Miramichi, Argyle. Quebec; City
of Hamilton, Montreal; Bentang, Singap rre; Lady
Fulk!anrl, Quebec.
LIVERPOOL, AuG. B.—Wind S.W.—Arrd. Lord
liardinge, Sawyers, Chira; Mars, Ellerby, Calcutta;
Plata, Pringle, Buenos Ayres; Elizabeth, Monte Video;
Franchise, Bray, Mobile; Ontario, Holmes., Charleston;
Yorkshire, Sharman, New York; Mary, St. Stephen's,
N. 13.; Patriarch, Mills, Quebt.c; Switzerland, Muncher,
ditto; Krone, Iceland.
CHATHAM, AUG. B.—Wind W.S.W.—Arrd. Wake-
field. Leavy, Savannah.
Cows, Atm. B.—Wind S.W.—Arrd. Albatross,
Freundenrich, Aque, Africa; Feneuil Hall, Sears, New
Orl. ans.

FALMOUTH, AUG. B.—Wind W.S.W. fresh.—Arrd.
Kate Young. St. Jugo de Cuba; Y“rkshire, Lynai. St.
Andrew. Off port, Ernest, Barbet, Colomb.., for Havre;
Emperor, Friend, Rio Janeiro for Amsterdam.

DUNDEE, Auia. 7.—Wind N.W.—Andromeda, Peat,
Quebec.

fIuLL, A ua. B.—Wind S.S.W.—SId. William Darby,
Bombay; Quebec. Quebec.
PoRTSMOUTII, AUG. 8 —The Defence, of and for
don, from Guernsey. which port she lelt in a leaky state,
was abandoned to day, the leak having increased; crew
saved sad landed here.

HARWICH, AUG. B.—The James, Treport to London,
has put iu with pumps choked.
RYE, Arc. B.—The Owner's Delight, of Ipswich, went
on shore near Holy well Beach Head, and was got off by
the coast guard (the crew having lefs her), making
much water, and being without either anchors or
cables.

CARDIFF, AUG. B.—The Tweed, hence to Gibraltar,
sprang u le ,k and sank this morning, Nash light bear-
ing N.N.W. about six miles; crew saved.
SWANSEA, AUG. B.—A sloop was seen to sink last
evening about a quarter of a mile off the Mumble Head;
three persons who were seen on deck have perished.

DUTCH NAVItiATION LAWS.
The following important letter has been received at
Lloyds:—

"Rotterdam, Aug. 6, 1850.

_ •
"Sir,—We beg leave to inform you •hat our Legisla-
ture has decided on an amendment in our existing navi-
gation law•, by which all foreign vessels are allowed to
navigate rand carry cargoes to and from the Netherlands,
and the Netherlaud possessions abroad, under the saute
privileges as are eijoyed by ships sailing under the
Netherland flag. provided Netherland vessels enjoy the
same privileges in such toreign countries.
We have the honour ti be. &c.,
(Signed) " JOHN HEItDIG and SONS,
" To Capt. G. A. Halsted, R.N.,
Stcretary, Lb.) ds."

MARKET NE W s.—( THIS DAY.)

CORN EXCHANGE-FRIDAY.

Fresh up to this morning's market, very little English
Wheat came to hand, either from E'sex or Kent, while
the total arrivals coastwise have not exceeded 1,960
quarters. To-day the show of semples of both red and
white was trifling, owing to which, the changeable state
of the weather, and tt e inert ased number of buyers in
att.midance, the demand for all kinds of Wheat of horn.-
produce ruled steady, and in some instances selected
parcels commanded a trifle more money. Upwards of
20,000 quarters of foreign Wheat have reached us this
week. Fine dry parcels moved off steadily, at full
rates of currency. In the middling and inferior kinds
a moderate business was doing, at Monday's currencies.
No English Barley was brought forward; but the supply
of fresh Foreign exceeded 7,00 quarters. On the whole
a good business was doing, at full prices. Although the
quantity of malt on show was trifht.g that article moved
off slowly, at last week's currencies. We were well sup-
plied with foreign Oat,, which were in good r. quest, at
fully late rates. BeAus, Peas, and Flour were quits as
dear.

ARIZIVALS THIS WEEK.

! Wheat. I Barley. Oats.

Qrs. Qrs.
I
English .....• 1,960 10
scotch— .• • • • •

Irish ••.•.• .•

Malt.

Flour.

Qrs. Qrs. sacks
GO 1,793 1,880

Foreign ...... j 20,840 I 7,670 i 25,020
srarrurzma).

1,500

For the time of year our market to-day was but
moderately supplied with Beasts, the general quality of
which was inferior. The few prime Scots, Herefords,
&c., offering were, in some instances, disposed at an
advance in the prices obtained on Monday of 2d per
8lbs; and the value of most other breeds was well sup-
ported. The numbers of Sheep were not quite so large
a-; those exhibited on this day se'nnight; while the
Mutton trade rul, d active, at an improvement in vain.
of 2d per 81ba—the primest old Downs selling readily
at from 4s to 4s 2(1 per 81bs. Lambs—the supply of
which was but moderate—moved off slowly, yet their
currencies were well maintained. We had an improved
demand for Calves, the value of which had an upward
tendency. In Pig a next tea nothing doing. Mulch Cows
sold heavily, at from 141. to 181. 10s. each, including
their small Calf.