The Sun.
London, England, 1864-03-12 00:00:00

ONEY MARKEi

AND

COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE.

CITY, TWELVE O'CLOCK.
The discount market, to-day, has been quiet, with
a steady business on previous terms.
About £3,000 in gold was taken into the Bank
yesterday.

There was no alteration in the foreign exchanges
yesterday afternoon.

Since Monday last the imports of specie have
amounted to £203,100, while the exports have been
to the extent of £627,300.
Letters from Madrid of the 25th February state
that a project of law regarding the Passive Debt
has been deposited in the Cortes that will put an
end to the unfortunate conflict existing between
Spain and the holders of the bonds of the said debt
in France. A. telegraph despatch of the 9th inst.
advises that the project of law, after being read in
public sitting, has been taken into consideration by
the Chamber."

The Stock Exchange Committee has appcinted
settling days in the shares of the following com-
panies, viz. :—Financial Corporation (Limited), and
London and Italian, and Adriatic Steam Naviga-
tion (Limited), to be marked ; Fairbairn Engineer-
ing (Limited), to be marked in the Twice a-Week
List ; National Discount (Limited), new shares, to
ba marked. The committee have ordered the B
Shares of the Crystal Palace and South London
Junction Railway to be marked in the Twice a-
Week List.

The directors of the London and South American
Bank have convened their first ordinary meeting, to
receive the report and to declare a dividend.
The National Provincial Marine Insurance Com-
pany is rapdly advancing towards completion, and
thed irectors are on the eve of closing their applica-
tion list. Shares were iu demand to-day at 14 to
14
pm. M. E. Mavrogordato, Esq., has joined the
board of directors, and brings to bear considerable
influence in the interests of this company.

Two O'CLOCK.
At the Paris Bourse this day, according to Mr.
Renter's telegrams, the Three per Cent. Renter
opened at 66fr 45c., 66fr. 50c. Firm.
There has been a steady business to-day in the
market for the English Funds, and the quotations
have not undergone any material variation, Con-
sols being 911 1 for transfer, end 911 1 for the
account. Dealings have taken place in the New
Threes, at 89 a; the Reduced Annuities, at 891 ;
Exchequer Bills, par; India Stock, 219Q7 do. 5
per Cents., 1041 ; Eufaced 51 per Cents., 1131; and
the Debentures, 991.
There has been general firmness in the principal
speculative Foreign Stocks, and business has been
more active. Turkish 6 per Cents., 1862, are 691 4 ;
do. Consolides, 511 4 ; Mexican, 42! 3 ; Greek, 23 1;
do. Coupons, 101 a ; Spanish Passive, 361 B ; do.
Certificates, 131 141; Portuguese, 471 481 ; Italian,
661 67 ; and the Confederate Loan, 44 46.
In the Railway Share Market the dealings have
been very limited and quotations have not varied to
any important extent. London, Chatham, and
Dover, and South Eastern have improved about 55.,
While Bristol and Exeter have declined 10s.
The Foreign and Colonial lines show little
variation.
Bank and Miscellaneous Shares exhibit rather
less firmness. London and County are at 564,
London Joint Stock, 401 ; London and Westmin-
ster, 80 ; Credit Foncier are quoted 11 2 prem.
Credit Mobilier, 4 11 prem. ; Imperial Financial,
38 37-, prem. ; Queensland Sheep Company, 4 11
prem. ; and Thames Iron Shipbuilding Company,
21 31 prem. ; National Provincial Marine Insur-
ance are quoted 11 11 prem.

BRITISH FUNDS—CLOSING PRICES.
3 per Cent. Consols 9ll
Ditto Account, April 8 .... 94
3 per Cent. Reduced .
New 3 er B9
Exchequer t Exchequer 8e.....
89t i ills, £1,000,. 2I & er Cent. Aunuities, 30 yrs, expire 6th Jan , 1880
Ditto for 30 yrs, expiDittor e sth April, 1885. 144 ex div
Ditto £500
Bank £loo and £2OO
England Stk, 4f per Ct., last hf.-yr• 238
Iran tar GoVERNNIENT SECURITIES.
India Stock, 101 per Cent. April 1874 2l9f
Ditto 5 per Cent. July," 1870
Ditto Account
.• c . ..
Ditto Enfaced Paper, 4 per Cent ..
Ditto 5 per Cent., Jan. 1872 —
Ditto 5f per Cent., May, 1879
Ditto Debentures, 4 per Ct., April 1861
Ditto ditto Aug., 1866 991
Ditto Bonds £l,OOO
die
Ditto under £1,000..
... • --
FOREIGN FUNDS--CLOSING PRICES.
Austrian Bonds, 5 per Cent
itto
Brazilian D 5 per rent 1859
Ditto, 1839 and 1859
Ditto 4} per Cent., 1852-58-60
Ditto 1863 RDitto Scrip, £55 paid
Buenos Ayres 6 per Cent ..........
Ditto Account.... .......... —
Cuba, 6 per Cent.
Uhilian 6 per Cent
Ditto
41 pet Cent —
Colombian
6 Scrip £BO pd; — die
Danish 3 per Cent., 1825
Equ.ador New Consolidated, 1 per Cent —
Egyptian 7 per Cent......
Ditto, Second Issue ..
Greek 5 per Cent., 1824-5, ex-Coupons..
Ditto Account 22!
Ditto Coupons
Mexi
Ditto Account .. f
Italia
can 3 n 5 per C
erent. (Maremmana Railway)
p Cent
tto Account 43
Moorish Imperial 5 per Cent
New Granada
Ditto 2 per Cent.
Piedmontese; 5 per Cent., Ex. 25f —
Ditto Scrip (1863) £42 Bs. 3d. paid — pm
Portuguese 3 per Cent., 1853
Ditto Account
Ditto 3 per Cent., 1856, '7, '9, '6O, 62,'3
Ditto Account 4B} 71
Russian 5 per Cent~ 1822, £ St
Ditto 5 per Cent, 1862 B9
S irdinian 6 per Cent
Ditto Account
....
Spanish 3 per Cent
Ditto Account
Ditto New Deferred
Ditto Account

,unl
Ditto Passive
Ditto Account 361 61
Spanish Cert. of Coup not funded
Ditto Account
Turkish 6 per Cent. 1854
Ditto Account 914
Ditto 6 per Cent. 1858
Ditto Account
Ditto £lOO Bonds
Ditto 6 per Cent. 1862
Ditto Account
Ditto, £lOO Bonds
Ditto Guaranteed, 4 per Cent .... 100
Venezuela 3 per Cent.
Ditto Account .. 244 3/
Ditto 6 per Cent., 1862
Ditto Account .... 60 a 60
Dividends on the above payable in Lond
Dutch 2} per Cent., Ex. 12 Guil 634
Ditto 4 per Cent. Certificates
Italian, 5 per Cent., 1861, Ex. 25 francs
Ditto Account 664
TWO O'CLOCK.
Consols Money
Ditto April Account
.... 91a

Liverpool Cotton Market—This Day,

314.

les about 4,000 bales. No change. Imports,

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RERTFORDSHIRE ELECTION.—The polling eon)•
rneneed yesterday morning in the different districts
at eight o'clock, and from the commencement the Conser-
vative candidate, Mr. Sartees, was in a majority. At ten
o'clock, when the first return was made, the numbers were :
Surtees, 460 ; Cowper, 447; majority, 13. Twelve o'clock—
Surtees, 1,337; Cowper, 1,256; majority, 81. Two
o'clock—Surtees, 1,923; Cowper, 1,726 ; majority, 197.
Five o'clock (close of the poll)—Surtees, 2,272 ; Cowper,
2,017; majority, 255. The official declaration of the poll
will be made on Monday.
th tai? SAVOY PALACE,—The site extending from
part of Wellington-street, Strand, leading to
Waterloo-bridge, a point further to the east than the print-
ing establishment of The Sun newspaper, was formerly
occupied by a mansion, called the Savoy Palace. It was
built in the reign of Henry 111., by Peter, Earl of Savoy,
and a peculiar interest attaches to its memory, from its hav-
ing been the prison of John, King of France, when brought
to England by the Black Prince, after the battle of Pole-
tiers, in 1356, Here, after many years of lingering captivity,
this unfortunate monarch breathed his last. The Savoy
Palace was subsequently converted into a hospital; and
George I. used it as a place of confinement for deserters.
One of its gothic windows, partly in ruins, still remained
until the year 1816, when it was pulled down to make room
for the new street.