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

AND

COUXERCIAL INTELLIGENCE,

CITY, TWELVE O'CLOCK.
Tice 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 existiug 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 appointed
settling days in the shares of the following cora-
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
be marked. The committee have ordered the B
Shares of the Crystal Palace and Sonth London
J-unetion Railway to be marked in the Twice a-
Week List.

The directors of the London and Sauth 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 11 to 1
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'.
At the Paris Bourse this day, accordingCLOCK to Mr.
neuter's telegrams, the Three per Cent. Routes
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- _
cols being 911 for transfer, end 911 1 for the
account. Dealings have taken place in the New
Threes, at 891 d ; the Reduced Annuities, at 891 ; se
l]schequer Bills, par; India Stock, 2191; do. 5
per Cents., 1041; Enfaced 51 per Cents., 1131 ; and sj,
the D.3bentures, 991.
There has been general firmness in the principal
speculative Foreign Stocks, and business has been 1(
more active. Turkish 6 per Cents., 1862, are 691 ;
do, Consolides, 514 a ; Mexican, 422 3 ; Greek, 23 1; 14,
do. Coupons, 10± ; Spanish Passive, 361
st.
Z ; do. !
Certificates, 13Z-, 141; Portuguese, 471 481 ; Italian, st!
661 67; and the Confederate Loan, 44 46.
In the Railway Share Market the
.dealings have q.l,
been very limited and quotations have not varied to
any important extent. London, Chatham, and
lover, and South Eastern have improved about 55.,
While Bristol and Exeter have declined 10s.
The Foreign and Colonial lines show
variation.

Lela

Bank and Miscellaneous Shares exhibit rather et
less firmness. London J London and County are at 562,
oint Stock, 414; London and Westmin-
ster, 80; Credit Foneier are quoted 14 2 prem. i
Credit Mobilier, 4 11, prem. ; Imperial Financial, it
3',1 prem. ; Queensland Sheep Company, 2 12- ast
„Pram. ; and Thames Iron Shipbuilding Company, t
3-1 prem. ; National Provincial Marine Insur- 4t 1411C8 are quoted 1 14 prem.

BRITISH FUNDS—CLOSING PRICES.
per Cent. Consols 9li
3 Ditto Account, April 8 ....
Newper Cent. Reduced
3 per Cent.
Exchequer Bills, £l,OOO, 21 & 3 per Cent —
Aanuities, 30 yrs, expire 6th Jan., 1880 —
Ditto for 30 yrs, expire sth April, 1885 l4l ex div
Ditto £5OO
Bank r
Ditto
£lOO and £2OO •
England Stk, 41 per Ct., last W.-yr, 238
INDIAN GovERNMENT SaCURITIES.
India Stock, 101 per Cent , April 1874 2191
Ditto 5 per Cent. Juh: 1670
Ditto Accoutn. - '
Ditto 4 per Cent,o . ... .IWB ..
..
•-
)
Ditto Enfaced Pa .per, 4 per Cent.. • •
Ditto 5 per Cent., Jan. 1872
Ditto 51 per Cent., May 1879
Ditto Debentures, 4 per- Ct., April 186:.: ---1131
DittDitto ditto A.ug., 1866 99
Dittoo Bonds £l,OOO .............. —dis
under £l,OOO ......................
FOREIGN FUNDS—CLOSING PRICES.
Austrian Bonds, 5 per Cent Ditto 1859 ..............
Brazilian 5 per Cent
Ditto, 1839 and 1859 .. . .............
Ditto 41 per Cent., 1852-58-60 ...... Ditto 1863
..
$6-1 Ditto Scrip, £55 paid ................ i dis
uenos Ayres 6 per •Cent —
CDitto Account .............
Lhuba, 6 per Cent. ................... ......
Dilian 6 per Cent .....................
itto 41 pei Cent .................
Colombian 6 Scrip £BO pd; ............ dis
banish 3 per Cent., 1825 ............
~quador New Consolidated, 1 per Cent.. AgYptian 7 per Cent ..............
Ditto, Second •Issue ...............
Greek 5
per Cent., 1824-5, ex-Coupons..—
Acc0unt.....................
DDitto Account ............. . ........ 221
Ditto Coupons ..............
itto Account
Italian 5 per Cent.(Maremmana Railway)
Mexican 3 per Cent .. • • ...... —
Ditto Account 43 2f Ft
Moorish Imperial 5 per Cent
New Granada
Ditto 2 per Cent. l'ieclraontese, 5 per Cent.. Ex. 25f —
.„,
Ditto Scrip (1863) £42 Bs. 3d, paid — Pm
rortugu-s_ 3
v 0 per Cent., 1853
Ditto Account
..._ Ditto 3 per Cent., 1856, '7, '9, '6O, 62,' 3
Ditto Account 4Bk 71 Russian 5 per Cent., 1822, £St —
Ditto 3 per Cent 1859
1862 B9
. Ditto 5 per Cent, %minima 5 per Cent
Ditto Account
SPanish 3 per Cent
Ditto Account f
Ditto New Deferred
D
.Ditto Account
.--.
Ditto Passive ................ Ditto Account
Spanish Cert. of Coup not funded 361 7k GI
Ditto Account
Turkish 6 per Cent. 1854 14k 13k—
Ditto Account
Ditto 6 per Cent. 1858
Ditto Account
Ditto £lOO Bonds.. 6B/
Ditto 6 per Cent. 1862
Ditto Account
.. 69 1
Ditto, £lOO Bonds _
Ditto Guarardeed, 4 per Cent 3OO
Venezuela 3 per Cvnt.
1 3k
Ditto Account
......... 041,1 24 Ditto 6 per Cent., 1.862
60 Ditto Account...
Dividends on the above payable in Loud ..,
63f
Dutch 21 per Cent., Ex. 12 Guil .
1011
1 Ditto 4 per Cent. Certificates
4taliati, 5 per Cent , 1861, Ex. 25 francs —
.
C6l
Ditto Account
TWO O'CLOCK.
Consols Money
•—• 91 j
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iiverpool Cotton Market—This Day,
34
841 es about 4,000 bales. No change. Imports,

1,.. lIERTFORDSIIIRE ELECTION.—The polling com-
,:teneed yesterday morning in the different districts
N eight o'clock, and from the commencement the Comer-
.a.t. .
,Ie candidate, Mr. Sartees, was in a majority, At ten
's,,l' °el(' when the first return was made, the numbers were :
. Irtees, 469 Cowper, 447 ; majority, 13. Twelve o'clock—
'llrtee
GI 81 1337 ; Cowper, 1,256 ; majority, 81, Two
(i, c'elz--Surtees, 1,923; Cowper, 1,726 ; majority, 197.
))olv'e O'clock (close of the poll)—Surtees, 2,272; Cowper,
„.,.1,17 ; majorit, 255. The official declaration of the poll
I" be made on Monday.
IIIIP: SAVOY PALACE.—The site extending from
vat Part of Wellington-street, Strand ,leading to
!,4terloo.bridge, a point furher to the east than tho print-
e6 establishment of The Sun newspaper, was formerly
)hilt by a mansion, called the Savoy Palace. It was
'"t in the reign of Henry 111., by Peter, Earl of Savoy,
'ill a Peculiar interest attaches to its memory, from its hay-
-4 been the prison of John, King of France, when brought
Iltigland by the Black Prince, after the "battle of Poic-
,eN, in 1356. Hero, after many years of lingering captivity,
lilbra unfortunate monarch breathed his last. The Savoy
):ac° was subsequently converted into a hospital ; and
I°'.g° I. used it as a place of confinement far deserters.
~e.,ef its gothic windows, partly in ruins, still remained
..Lu the year 1816, when
sr. the now street. it was Pulled down to make room