The Sun.
London, England, 1863-03-16 00:00:00

COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE.

Money easy. Gold, 714 per cent. premium.
Exchange on London, bankers' bills, 189. Stocks
quiet. New York Centrals, 118 ; Illinois Shares,
92; Erie, 77.

NEW YORK, March 6 (Noon).

Immense excitement exists among bankers and
the bullion dealers. Gold has fallen 5 per cent.
yesterday, and 10 per cent. more to-day, and is
now quoted 57 per cent. premium. The panic was
caused by the legislation in Congress concerning
transactions in gold. Money easy.

NEW YORK, March 5 (Evening).

The Confederate steamer Nashville ran aground
at Fort Macallister, Savannah, and was destroyed
by Federal iron-clads.
Doubtful reports are current of the capture of
Fort Macallister by the Federals.

During the last few days the city has been full
of rumours concerning fighting at Vicksburg and
the evacuation of the city by the Confederates, but
up to the present no authentic intelligence has been
received confirming these reports.
The Federal expedition to open the Yazoo River
is said to have proved successful. Six Federal
gunboats have reached Tallahatchie by way of the
Yazoo.

Two dredges are working on the Vicksburg
canal.

The Mississippi is rising so rapidly that the
camps on Island 95 are seriously inconvenienced.
The levees have been broken down, and the water
is pouring over at a fearful rate.

It is apprehended that the Confederates may
take the ram Queen of the West and the Indianola
dawn the Mississippi, to attach the Federal fleet
before New Orleans.

General Rosencranz has advanced to Middle.
boro, halfway between Murfreesboro and Shelby-
ville.
One thousand Federal cavalry from Murfrees-
boro have encountered the enemy at Bradyville.
The Federals drove their antagonists out of the
town, capturing 70 prisoners and a number of
official documents. _ _

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The Harriet Lane is still at Galveston, being con•
verted into an iron-clad. _

The reported arrangement between Gen. Banks
and the New Orleans planters for negro labour is
confirmed. The military will not be allowed to take
any slaves from the plantations.
Public meetings have been held in Trenton, New
Jersey, calling upon the state authorities to assert
their state sovereignty in reference to the Conscrip-
tion Act, and advocating a convention to devise
maans for restoring peace to the country.
Both Rouses of Congress adjourned yesterday ;
but the Senate reassembled in accordance with Pre-
bid.:nt Lincoln's proclamation, and 17 new members
took their seats. No bills to assist any state in
emancipation have been passed by Congress. A bill
was passed rendering void all loans on gold over par.
The steamer Bermuda has been condemned.
An excited meeting of the New York Chamber
of Commerce has taken place. The meeting was
called to discuss the burning of the Jacob
Bell. A
committee was appointed to report what measures
are proper to adopt concerning the burning of the
Jacob Bell by a pirate fitted out and supplied in
England. The president of the Chamber intimated
that a war with England Ras a possibility, and one
not to be dreaded. England's neutrality was de-
nounced, and the conduct of England towards Ame-
rican merchants declared to be a disgrace to the age.
Efforts should be made to call the attention of Bri-
tish merchants to the circumstances, and it was
thoeght that multitudes would respond.

COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE.
NEW YORK, March 5, Evening.
The excitement caused by the fall in gold is un-
precedented. The fluctuation in the prices is so
rapid that its quotation changes every ten minutes.
The latest quotation is 55 per cent. premium. Ge-