The Sun.
London, England, 1863-02-09 00:00:00

MONEY MARKET

AND
COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE.

rY, TWELVE O'CLOCK.
There is no alteration to report in the general
aspect of the money market to-day, the inquiry
being steadily maintained, while the rates are un-
altered.

The Brazilian mail steamer Parana, which left to-
day, conveyed £17,700 in specie.
The accounts from the manufacturing districts
for the past week have not been quite so satisfac-
tory. Business at Manchester both in cloths and
yarns have been exceedingly quiet and prices
have shown a downward tendency. The
Woollen trade of Leeds, Bradford, Halifax, and
Huddersfield continued seasonably active, and
in the hosiery and lace departments at Leices-

ter and Nottingham there has been a steady
business negotiated. In the hardware districts,
viz., at Birmingham, Sheffield, and Wolverhampton,
there has been little change of importance to re.
port.

The Joint Stock Discount Company has been
announced, with a capital of £1,000,000, which is
to be raised by shares of £2O each. The under-
taking has been in contemplation for some time, and
is now brought forward under the auspices of a
very influential board of directors, and with satis-
factory negotiations concluded for the purchase of
the old established business of Mr. J. F. Wilkinson,
whose services the company will retain as its mana-
ger. This new monetary establishment wi.l con-
sequently be enabled to commence operations forth-
with, and with no mean prospects of future success.
The brokers to the company are Messrs. Hill, Faw-
cett, and Hill. The shares are already quoted 11 2
prem.

The following remarks upon the silk trade are
from Messrs. Durant and Co.'s circular We
have a comparatively quiet market in sitk—not a
Metter of surprise, seeing the very large business in
the first three weeks of the year—still all goes
fairly well, except that the high range of prices
renders the chance of profit to manufacturers more
than questionable. The only feature of the last
fortnight has been the continued disposition to take
Japan silk; all that has come forward has been
ta ten freely at full rates. Another vessel is now
about to unload with 1,200 bales. Nis class con-
tinues to hold its ground in popular favour, and is
most welcome at a time when the supply of China silk
threatens to be comparatively small, and when the
the quality and size are becoming less and less
favourable. The deliveries of the month were very
large, and prices generally are fairly supported. In
Bengal silk there is nothing worth especial notice.
merely the usual moderate business. Persian silk
continues in fir demand. The usual periodical
public sales are fixed to commence on the 18th
instant."

Two o'CLoCK.
Paris Rentes were at 12.45 this day (says Rcuter's
telegram) 70f. 40c. to 70f. 50c.—rather firm.
Only a small amount of business has been nego-
tiated in the English Stock Market to-day, and it
has not produced any change in the quotations,
Consols being 92a / for transfer, and 92/ for the
account. The New Three per Cents. and the Re-
duced are steady at 921 8 ; Exchequer Bills are
3s. pm.; Bank Stock is 238; India 5 per Cent.
Loan remains at 1081.
In the Foreign Market a heavy tone hae pre-
vailed, and business has been rather restricted.
Greek Builds have been dealt in at 19g, but are now
19i 201, and the Coupons Si 4 ; Spanish Passive
have declined to 261 I, and the Certificates to 9/
10, owing to the intelligence of the suspension of
the Cortes and the probability of its dissolution.
Turkish Securities are well supportf d, and Egyptian
and Peruvian are tolerably steady.

A firmer tone has prevailed in the Railway
Share Market, and most of the principal British
undert kings have realised slightly enhanced prices.
South Easterns improved £1 to £1 55.; Manchester,
Sheffield, and Lincoln, £1 ; South Westerns and
West Midlands, 10s.; and North Eastern (Ber-
wick), ss. Great Eastern, Great Northerns, and
South Westerns, however, have declined sa.
In the Foreign and Colonial markets there has
been no material variation as regards prices. Bahia
and San Francisco remained steady at 28; ; South
Austrian and Lombardo-Venetian at 24; Great
Luxembourg at 151 15; ; East Indian at 1067,- I;
and Grand Trunk of Canada at 21/
Joint-stock Bank and Miscellaneous shares exhi-
bited little change of importance; London and
Westminster being dealt in at 77s to 771—; London
and County at 394 w 40; Ottoman Bank at 382-
39; Berlin Water Works at 72.- ; and Peel River
Land declined to 49.

Bank ---
BRITISH FUNDS—CLOSING PRICES.
Stock
238
3 3 per Cent. Reduced Annuities 921 it i i
per Cent. Consols Annuities ..
ew
New 2 3 per Cent Annuities
1 India Stocker Cent. Annuities..
D tto 5 per Cent
t... -
1081 1 8
Ditto Enlaced Paper, 4 per Cen
Ditto 5 per Cent
..... .. ..
......
Ditto Debenttres ~
4 •per Ct., Oct„ 1863
Ditto ditto April, 1864 100 i
DDitt, Bonds €l,OOO .
itto under £l,OOO ..... .
Consols for Account, March. 5
tidia Stock tor Account, 5 per Cent 10.,4
Excheiluer Bills, £lOOO, 2/ per Cent 3 'pol P"
DittDitto £SOO
o Small
BrazilianPoDlkitEptoelrGacNenFt.U..NDS—CLOSlNG PRICES
1.8t3 -00 .
Chilian 6 per Cent. ......
Ditto 41 per Cent,
83
Egpptian 7 pet Cent - 1 14 100
Ditto, Second Issue ........ .
Greek 5 per Cent., 1824-5, ex-Coupms '20120 A 191 201 19/
Ditto Coupons .................... ,820 /
i Mexican 3 per Cent ..................
Atto Account..
Moorish Imperial 5 per Cent • 941
New Granada
Ditto 2 pet Cent .. 29 i
Ditto Hectares
Peruvian 41 per Cent.
Ditto 1862
Ditto Account
4811
Portuguese 3 per Cent., 1853
i
Russian 5 per Cent., 1822, £ St
Ditto 4/ per Cent., 1850.
Ditto 3 per Cent., 1859
Ditto 5 per Cent. 1862
.. 94/
Spanish 3 per Cent ..
Ditto Account
53a
Ditto New Deferred
Ditto Account..4ia
Ditto Passive ....
9, I
10k 91
Spanish Cert. of Coup not funded lO/
Turkish 6 per Cent. 1854 894
Ditto Account
Ditto 6 per Cent. 1853
Ditto Account 723/4 !
•
Ditto, £lOO Bonds 76
Ditto 6 per Cent. 1862
- VenDitto Account . .
ezuela, 3 per Cent......... 1.... ..
Ditto Account .........
231 1
Ditto 6 per Cent.„ i;:z
---2 .:• . • .......
Dividends on the above payable in London.
Belgian 41 per Cent., Ea.. 25t........... 99
__x. 1- bull ...... 651
•.. . --
oar', 5 per Cent., 1861,R Eix4. 25f .. ' 4
70i
Dutch 21 per Cent.,
Ditto Account....
THREE O'CLOCK..
92a I
92! i
.°Dusit°tols'ACl6oonuenyt

yhe two men, Gigax and Ruf, recently condemned
to death for the murder of Mlle. Reibell and her
servant atßenfeld, have just undergone the extreme penalty
of the law at that town. The third, Wolff, ha-, in conse-
quence of his youth, had his sentence commuted to hard
labour for life. On being informed of the rejection of their
appeal, Ruf exclaimed, "God is just, but men are handy
BO." Gigax immediately rebuked him, saying, we have
deserved our sad fate, and we bear no to Wolff for
the favour which he has received." The tso men were
then taken to Benfeld by a special train, where the melt-
n took place. Both mounted the scaffold with a firm step.
Rufsuffered first, and Gigax saw the tatal knife fall on his
comrade
without manifesting any emotion. Nearly 20,000
spectators were present.

A singular discovery has just been made in the
commune of Saint Gerand-le-Puy (Allier). A
farmer in digging a field came upon a large flat stone, which
on being removed was found to have covered a circular pit,
nearly two feet in diameter. A. young man furnished with
a lamp having descended discovered at a depth of about
ten teat from the ground a round chamber, at one
end of which was a narrow opening, similar to
that by which he had descended. Finding that his lamp
burnt freely, and feeling no difficulty in breathing, the young
man continued his researches, and having traversed the
narrow opening found himself in a passage about three feet
wide and six high, which branched off to the right and left,
and after forming a circuit joined again at a distance of
about 12 yards. No one can say what was the use of these
subterranean, passages. In one of them the ground has a
hollow sound, which gives rise to the supposition that there
aro other exoavations below,