The Sun.
London, England, 1863-03-17 00:00:00

1N E Y MARKET:

AND

COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE.

CITY, TWELVE O'CLOCK.
It is generally thought that tee Money Market
Nv ill shortly exhibit greater firmness, owing to the
Introduction of foreign loans, which will have the
effect of augmenting the exportation of specie.
Other influences are also at work which will tend
to stitnunite the demand for accommodation. The
operations to-day are df.scribed as active, and the
fates have slightly advanced, the charge for first-
°ass bills in the open market being quite equal to
the minimum at the Bank of Enuland.
The committee of the Stook Exchange have ap,
following
special settling days in the si,ares of the
undertAiogs. viz.. Wednesday, 18th
March, :n the Union Marine Insurance Company,
dealings to be marked in the utneiii lists; Friday,
20th March, in tile Shires of, the L :ndon, Birming
ham and South St,ffordshire 13,-knl-z, also to be
marked daily ; and Nova Scotia Land and Gold
Crushing &c. Company, which is nbt, to be marked
at present.

The Shannon, which left to-day with the West
India mails, conveyed £6,600 in specie.
La Plata has arrived horn the West Indies with
X 361,707.

The New It✓lian Loan has been dealt in to-day
Qt 1 pretn., and it is understood that a large
tlumber of subecriptions have been already sent in
to Messrs. Rothschild. The total amount of the
operation is £28,000,000, of which £3,000,000 is
to be offered in Paris, £3,000,000 in London,
and £2,840,000 in Turin, making an aggregate
or 1.8 840,000. Of the balance, £19,160,000,

essrs, Rothschild have agreed to hold £8,000,000,
the Italian bankers £3,160,000, and the remainder,
namely, £8,000,000, will be retained by the Italian
UOVern ment for appropriation at some future period.
Allowing for the interest accrued and the discount
offered for prepayments, the price to subscribers is
reduced to about 69k.
Business in the Fureign and Colonial Produce
Markets during the last few days has not been
.417 animated. Sugars, tea, and rice have re-
rnained without alteration in prices, but coffee has
°lightly advanced. Saltpetre continued in steady
request, while a slight improvement has taken
place in the price of tallow for both present and
forward delivery.

Two O'CLOCK.
4,,,,At Paris, this day, according to Mr. Reuter's
Kuegram, the 3 per Cent. French Rentes were
est 80c., 68f. 85a—heavy.
I decline of 1. per cent. took place in the market
Or Public Securities this morning, and no subse-
quent alteration has occurred, Consols being 928
lor transfer and 924 for the account. The pre-
/ining heaviness is partly due to the introduction
°f Turkish Loans, which, it is thought, will
hereafter lead to a large exportation of specie.
The New Threes and the Reduced Annuities are
:rip at 901 I, and there has been a dealing in the
30 Years' Annuities at 144. A decline has taken
race in India Stock, which is now marked 227
;s 29, but the 5 per Cents. exhibit steadiness at
at
f. The 54 per Cent. Enfaced Paper con-
tines firm at 112, and the 4 per Cent. Debentures
have improved to 100 k. A rise is shown in Ex-
vhequer Bills, which are quoted is dis.
There is as small business in the Foreign Market,
and
pricey exhibit very little alteration. Old
Turkish
6 per Cents. are steady at 90 1 ; do.,
11789, at 68 ; do., 1862, are heavy, at 681 69 ;
iellezuelan 6 per C ants. at 58 9 ; the Danish
crila has receded to 4 1 prem.; Egyptian Bonds
are 96 7; Greek have declined to 204 f ; Russian
°W Loan at 931 941; and Spanish Certificates are
volt at 91 1.
1, 14 the Rtilway Share Market the operations
a'avc, been limited, and prices h-tve shown a slight
""award movement. Caledonians, Great West.
an Lane ishire and Yorkshire have receded
North Western, Manchester, Sheffield, and
irle°43, and South Eastern, 103.; and Midland,
158.

The Foreign and Colonial undertakings remained
"11, without any material ch Inge in values.
Joint-Stock Bank and Miscellaneous Shares were
ip 80rae instances a shade flatter.

IBRI ock
2TISH FUNDS--CLOSING PRICES.
441 E St 37
3 Per Cent. Reduced Annuities
per Cent. Consols Annuities 92/ 2 1 it
aZ7 3 Per Cent. Annuities 9Ol k 1 &
-.4llLities, 30 yrs, expire iith Jan., 1880 —
Bitto for 30 yrs, expire sth April, 1885 l4} 13.16
+Adis Stock 227 29
Ditto
5 per Cent
PDitto Enfaced Paper, 4 per Cent —
ate st
D;„..7 per Cent, ll2
"to Debentures, 4 per Ct., Oct„ 1863 100&
Q° Ditto ditto April, 1864 100 &
Cgole for Account, April 8
-he,liequer Bills, £lOOO, 21 per Cent 1 dis
'''tto Small 1 dis
lI,,POREIGN FUNDS—CLOSING PRICES.
-`lsllian 5 per Cent
131)14o 4i per Cent., 1852-58-60
:a tOsto sAcyipe:£6lpser Cent —
Ditto
D£loo Bonds 96
-.siett 4 per Cent., 1863 —
paid 1 1 pm
itumor New Consolidated
961 6
7ptian 7 per Cent
(11., Second Issue
tort t! perC
Couponse nt . , 1824-5, ex-Coupms 2o} 3/4
84
trteall 3 per Cent ....
ti "to Account
.1,0? Granada .
°LiNuese 3 per Cent., 1853
lt,:tto Acemmt 471
iPalk 5 per Cent., 1822, £ St —
60
per Cent., 1859
a DIS: -,ut °,
63 pere, 1862 .. 94+ 31 &
- —'B4 3 Cent
Ditto Passive
itanishCert. of Coup not funded
/Vcish 6 per Cent. 1854
-hi.% Account......
4-tto 6
tv„ per Cent. 1858
68t t
~to Account
1);,-,to £lOO Bonds 7l
b!"° 6 per Cent. 1832
v Igo Account .....
pane zuela Cent
Ditto A:c NT
o'ittt°,‘, 6 per Cent., 1862 .......
-"•-• 11 per Cet
Ito Dividends on the above payable in London.
an, 5 per Cent., 1861, Ex. 25 francs.. -...
kil4B tio Account 7O
•
eon. M
, on
•
4140 Account
ey TaREE92I(IYICLOCK.
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CRo
STAL PALACE.—ONE SHILLING DAY, Mon-
k." march 16 Admissions on payment, 652 ; ditto by
—aann tickets 548; tot,d, 1,200.
S'tne time back," says the Siecle, "we called
attention to the d, ploroble situ'tion of the Federal
o
ert13328 of Luxembourg. the Prussian garrison of which
'3ll very tad terms with the population. We then
Oted that several of the inhabitants had been ill-treated
ZPrussian soldiers. Not only have the communal
Va°en and the Assembly of the States complained in
u' but a sentinel who had fired at and killed a
Zector of town dues has returned pardaned from
whither he had been sent after the occurrence, and
c'vauntingly showed himself everywhere. What is still
hore' in order that he might remain in the town after the
itture of his regiment, he has been incorporated in a
14 the
of the 19th, and flat ugh he has been only one year
tanhue service, he has
.been proposed for promotion to the
cit„,, of a non-commissioned officer. This bravado has ex-
bo;4BB;,eat indignation among the inhabitants of Luxem-
QIIEER CAPTI7IIE.—A few days ago, as a crew of
aljr`"unkie fishermen were hauling their lines
W --unt eight miles off Scarlet Head, and sin forty fathoms
at
„ el', their attention was attracted by a terribly intractable
47,8toraer which had got entangled in the line at a conside •
1a distance from the boat. By dint of long and careful
elletticll they got him almost close up, and near
ttthlion-
le;.l:ll to see that he was black, big, and
ed to be very obstreperous. After some hesita-
theY decided on having a nearer inspection of
queer capture, and having at last got him almost
atitie 111) to the boat, they were considerably astonished,
wit notn a little startled, to see a large black face,
turiel.. expression the reverse of pleasant on its fea-
-4,_:) rise slowly and deliberately to the surface and
at them as if to say, "What the deuce do yon
i
Want '
wth me 1"' One of the crew, when the creature's
il'euldcrs were rising above the water, drove a boat-
h"lt into
a its breast, but it merely lifted its fore-paws
nd
pushed it contemptuously away, then turning with
wa"vi desperate struggles broke loose from the line and
tura never more seen. The beast thus curiously cap-
th:l was a large seal, which, seeking its breakfast off
ft ltnea dad got'-hooked in the -jaw. The distance
0 1:11 the land made the capture' still more remarkable.
hae of the fishermen being asked what they would
ave thought' of their capture had it been in the night-
:lle) replied, " Ah, sir, if it hadart been iri• the daylight we
11
to4°llHid have thought we had breught up the Evil One him-
o'Groat Journal.