The Sun.
London, England, 1850-12-28 00:00:00

MINES,

Business done
Paid. Nominal Prices. to-day.
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Anglo•Mexican(is. 51. p.) 100 .. —..
Asturian .......... •• • • 15 .. —..
Australian ...... •••• 4 34 3
Barossa Range ....... 113 0 3y, —3%
Blaenarvon Iron and Coal 50 .. —..
Bolanos Scrip ........ ..
British Iron.. .... .• .... 13 5 .. —.•
Brazilian Imp. (is. Si. p.) 24% • .
Do. Cocaes and Cuiaba 30 3% —34
Do. St. John del Rey.. 15 14% 144
Cobre Copper ...... .• • 40 32% 33%
Coplapo ............ .. —. 5% 5
General..
Real Del Monte, Unreg. 4 353
Do. Black Debentures. .. —..
Do. Red Debentures .. .. —••
Santiago de Cuba ...... 10 9 —7%
Tin Croft .............. 7 10% 1 I
United Mexican— ...... 28 28% 6 —5%
MISCELLANEOUS.
Canada • • •... 32% 42% —44
Gen. Steam Navigation . 14 26% —27
Penin. & Oriental Steam. 50 189% —BB
Royal Mail Steam ...... GO 73 —74
And
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MONEY and COMIVIId.:KCIAL NE
CITY, TWO O'CLOCX.
The sales of Cotton at Liverpool yesterday oers
6,000 bales, with a quiet but firm market.—Railway
Shares were depressed.
The return of the Bank of England for the week to
the 21st instant has been looked for with more than
usual interest, though rumour affirms' that the changes
in the amount of bullion, &c., will be more important
during the
present week, the official statement for which
will not be published until next Friday. An libstrac-
tion of 460,000/, in one week might not have led to all
advance of discounts, even combined with the fact that
the large sum received from Mexico and Panama
disappeared; had
. but when the demand still appeared mow
tailed, and as is represented, French railway shares were
returned in:lieu of bills or goods, the Bank directors became
anxious. There is very little doubt that the uncertainty
as to the course that will be pursued by the French Le-
gislature is the main cause of parties forcing so v3ucn
gold upon the Mint; but if the amount be not really due
to the French merchant or capitalist, he must sooner or
later refund it, and the question is whether shares are
an eligible medium. Opinions will differ on this pol4'sg
but assuming the prolongation of political trasquillitY'
there is some temptation to invest. It should be borne
in mind further that although 2i per cent. has been the
minimum rate of discount since November, 1848, it is slow
charge, and could only have been allowed to remain while
money continued very abundant. This admitted, three
per cent. is not likely to prove onerous to those who can
make good profits, and the doubt must arise whether s
further advance may not be resorted to, if the Present
should prove ineffectual, as many parties in the Citi
conceive it may. A temporary influence, at all events,
was exercised yesterday, for the foreign exchanges
became more in favour of this country. Let us fsirlY
turn into the new year, and the purchases of roils t(1/
replenish the exhausted stocks of Germany, Sce-i winf
gradually and legitimately afford a fuller sol?Plf -
bills, nor are we entirely satisfied that produce rule°
too high, certainly not in the interest of thai
depressed colonial grower, and that the con Spero
buyers keep out of our markets on that account. Where
,
can they buy sugar, coffee, tea or tallow, wool, image or
cotton cheaper? If the prices are relatively high ber°'
contrasted with former periods, are they not the salve le
India and America? And as to the manufactures, ish"
then textile or metallic, are we not at this moment on.
derselling the United States' millowners and ironnotstere
in their own market? Truly there is neither reasott
nor
justice in forcing produce to a speculatively high Point"
and to the detriment of the consumer ; but the i WO"'
diate question is simply, whether we are charging more
than the current rates in other countries. The Bank
returns, compared with the previous week,
following results:— exhiba the

28,729,730
452,760
•••
3,101,79'
Increase ... 5,439
Public Deposits ... ... 10,783,806
Increase ... ..„ 509,419
Other Deposits ~. „„ 9,201,60
Decrease ... 73,995
Seven Day and other Bills 1,219,161'
Decrease 29,146
Government Securities ... ... 14,233,252
Increase ... 4,351
Other Securities ... ••• 13,762,797
Increase ... 1,084,475
Notes 10,233,714/
Decrease 669,115
Bullion ... 15,359,376
Decrease . . ..„ 460,754
Active Circulation 18,496,020
Increase ... 216,355
'r
Advanced rates were obtained yesterday afternoot neo
bills upon all the principal cities of the continent
days' paper being taken at 25 71 to 121 on Paris; %2,5:5
to 121 on Antwerp; 11 16i to on Amsterdam;
to on Hamburgh; 1171 on Frankfort; and 12 40 tui
Trieste.
Owing to the ambiguous way in which the A otwerP
advices stated the case, we were led into the imp re Oleli
that the Belgian Chamber had determined to allo vf geld
to circulate, but we are now informed that the prr,Posul,
tion of M. Fiiire, which was adopted, is to restr
circulation of foreign gold coin, much to the i econ Y-
o- of the Belgian traders, who receive so mtu ti" from
France.
The exports of gold by ship direct from Londc
week, have been 2,800 ca. in coin to Belgium, ;-).f
gold dust to Retteriam, and 72Ibs. to Amsterdam • 'if,
silver there have been forwarded 113,000 ca. to Ho ILsn
20,000 to Belgium, 219,000 to Hamburgh, 10,0 "" to
Dunkirk, and 39,693 oz. to Calcutta. 010
The English Funds are rather better again. C 116:bllll
have been 961 and are now 961 Exchequei
have receded to 595. to 60s. premium. The New T bre
and a-Quarter per Cents. are 981 %i'
Foreign Securities have been likewise higher. 1 -ein
can, 351 t for Account ; Peruvian, 791 ; Spanish -.4*.
per Cente., 17,-i; Dutch Two-and-a-Halt' per Cents., 4
Very little is doing.
Railway Shares are rather higher, though no;
mated,

Notes Issued
Decrease

Rest

QUARTER TO THRE 6-

Consols a.
Ditto Account ... 961 1
IRITISH FUNDS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOI 41'

( From the Official List.)
3 per Cont. Reduced Annuities 9714 IA
New 34 per Cant. Anns. 98%
India Stock —
Do. Bonds, 10001 7O p ..,
"lonsols for Account 96Mu'Xs,s '
E tchequer Bah. I%d. Al
March
Jul 4,,
5001. ;',.;
t,OOO. ...
60 93
64 5.4 r
PRICE OF FOREIGN FUNDS AT ONE O'CLOC 5'
II ixican 80n45,1846,5 per Cent., Coupons
Ditto Ex Jan. Coupons
Ditto Account . ...... ....
Peruvian Bonds, 41/g per Cant 79%
Ditto Deferred
Russian Bonds. 1622, 5 per Cent —
Ditto 4% per Cent. 9BIA
Spanish Bonds, 5 per Cent. ... ... 114
Ditto Passive Bonds... 3,i
Dividends on the above payable in London.
Dutch 2% per Cent., 12 Guild

COURSE OF
msterdam ...... •• .. 11 15
Ditto, three months .. 11 1, 34
Rotterdam .... 11 16%
Antwerp .... 25 10
Brussels •.... 25 10
Hamburgh .... • .M.B. 13 5%
A1t0na.........
Paris, 3 days'sight 24 92%
Ditto, 3 months .... 25 20
Marseilles ...........• 25 20
80urdeaux......... •
Frankforton Maine.... 118
Vienna, effec. 12 85
Trieste, ditto.... 12 58
Petersburgh,Bll. Rblo.. 37%
Madrid ........ 49%
Cadiz • • •..• • • • ...... LO
Barceloaa •• •• •.......

F EXCHANGE.
Gibraltar.. • ......... •• 90
, Leghorn .. ••• • • • ~., 15
Gen0a............ • • ••
Milan .. • • • • • • •• • •
Venice.... .. • • • • • • " •
•
Naples .. •• ••• • "
Palermo, peroz ••
Messina ........
Lisbon „ ..............
Oporto.. •„, . • .. • •
Rio Janeiro • • • • ••
Buenos Ayres .. ••• • "
New York, 60 days'sight
Philadelphia .............0%.
MIMES or BULLION, 1 9
Foreign Gold in bars .. ' 0
Portugal Gold Coin •• 0
Spanish Doubloons •• n 0 4 117,
New Dollars ••• • •• 6 1,6
Silver in bars .. ••

4 11
it !tux, ,
;3%

A • Y./
LLOYD'S SHIPPING.—( THIS D-c 2).
LONDON, DEC. 28.—Wind at noon S.W., light bi
and fine.
MILFORD.—SId. Ranger, Hong-Kong. tor;
YARMOUTH, DEC. 27.—Wind S.W.—A cask w.
pentine marked " 215 B. 1 M." and M. 117 A.,. ,ked
apparently but a short time in the water, has been Pr
up off the Needles.
ST. DAVID'S, DEC. 26.—A piece of timber, 1 I°l
" Grecian " cut in gilt letters, has washed on shore, Terf
BELFAST, DEC. 26.—Wind N.W.—Sld. Urgent, 2
York.
STOCKTON.—Arrd. Zephyr, Quebec. Jai
CHESTER, DEC. 25.—There is a report here PO' .ked
that the Krone brig, hence to Palermo, is totally WI
on the Rhyddlan Patches; fate of the erew unknO' rt n.
DEAL, DEC. 27.—Wind W. to N.W.—Arrd. I aOO.
d,'
Chir a; Henrietta, California for Dundee; Rev-1
Callao for ditto; Catherine Elizabeth, St. Vina
Columbus, Havannah for Antworp; Eluetherai• !jai
duras; Pacific, ditto; Ocean Queen, New York; For. g4•Quebec. Arrd. from the River, Margaret West, • ate
tavia; Ann, Cape of Good Hope; Rosamond, Mc
Video. Put back, Vallsneria, for Cape of Good Hop'? 111,
LIVERPOOL, DEC. 27.—Wind N.W.—Arrd. Robi
Baltimore; Balmoral, Pictou ; Hope, Pernanibw .0,
Susan, Laguna; Ellen, New Orleans; New ffampshi yn
New York, with part of cargo thrown overboard. .I°'
S. de Wolf, St. John's N. 8.; Mohongo, ditto; Mel °I
ditto; Standard, Tatmagouche. to
DOVER, DEC. 27.—The Vesta, from Santa Crc ti
Flensburg, has put in, after being in contact wi' er..
screw steamer off Dungeness; took the ground on e'
ing and is leaky.
te FALMOUTH. I)Ec. 27.—Wind calm.—Arrd. Pape
Habani•ro, No. 3 /laviinnah.
BRISTOL, DEC. 27.—Wind W.N.W.—Arrd.
Demerara; Casino, New York; Regent. Bathurst.

Id 0,

MAGDEBURG, Nov. 25 —Dr. Philippson has 166.3
elected as Common Councilman, with a majority of
hit of -
votes, although the election was contested by a numbs "
high standing.—Jewish Chronicle.