The Sun.
London, England, 1863-03-19 00:00:00

ACCINEY MARKET

AND
COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE.

CITY, TWELVE O'CLOCK.
The Inonpy market appears to be a little easier,
Ving to a temporary diminution in the demand;
no permanent tendency in the direction of in-
creatied ease is anticipated, espeoillly in the face of
Elo many foreign undertakings. At the game time.
h
"4'ever, there is an abundance of money, and gold
e°nlinues to flow into the B ink of England.
The steamer Elora, which leaves on the 20th
it'St. with the India cud China mails, will take out
4:278,864 in specie.
The bar silver by the Shannon has been sold at
6,, '' ltd. per oz. standard.
The biddings for 40,000,000 rupees (X 400,000) in
b.
~1118 on India, took place yesterday at the Bank of
c-unigtlB:nd. The proportions alloted were—To Cal-
-26,94,000 rupees; to Bombay, 12.63,000
rupees; and to Madras, 42,000 rupees. The de-
Oared minimum F rice was, as before, Is. 111 d. per
rllPee on Cuietuts, and 2s on Bombay and Madras.
"E
applications within the limits were for about
110 lees. Tenders on Calcutta, Is. 11ii., will re-
elve about 70 per cent. on Bombay ; at 2e. 01-d., will
receive in full, nothing being elicited ba.ow that
Price ; and on Madras, at 2s. in full.
The last week's railway receipts, ascertained up
to this day, are in round figures as under :

Great 1863. 1862.
eat Western
porth-Wetern
80,661 77,676
°nth- Western
(.righton
Midland
elith-Eastern
r 9 teat Northern
23,617 24,431
kireat Eastern
• ducashire and Yorkshire
;rth- hasten). 34,360 30,259
39,128 36,815
!4a istol and Exeter
~ti'rrtthhel3rttriotit'Fhrance
i
46,399 46,050
Grand Trunk of Canada .. 15,849 15,161
Thule returns ate generally of a satisfactory
"'ranter. On the Great Western there is an in-
cl.tabe of £1,340; on the North-Western, £2.985;
°ll the South Western, £4.729 ; on the Wigaton,
43,386 ; on the Midland, £2,423 ; on the Suath-
, .stern, £2,755; on the Great E istern, £1,917 ;
cal the Lancashire end Yorkshire, £4,101; ou the
Forth-Eastern, £2,613; and oo the Or,.nd Trunk
61
Canada, £698. The Great Northern, however,
B,,ll°A's a decrease of £817; the Bristol and Exeter,
.6421 I end the North British, £3,245.
The thirty-eighth yearly general meeting of the
Pr9Tietors of the Van Diemen's Land Company
t°''k Place to-day—Mr. Brice Pearse in the chair.
Toe
report briefly adverted to the death of the
'tt" governor f the company, and stated that im
Purtant advantages were likely to arise, not only to
the company, but also t o the local government, should
tee intended explorations to verity the reports of
R`)ld discoveries near the company's property prove
/"leceasial. fhe accounts showed an increase this
year trom the sale of land. Tie amount of rent
tet Livable for 1862 amounted to nearly £3,400.
The bill in Parliament, -for reducing the nominal
capital of tne company, had passed through the
Preduainary stages, and no oppo,ition to it being
anticipated, there was reason to believe that it
/704[(1, before the end of the session, become law.

Two O'CLOCK.

At Paris, this day, according to Mr. Reuter'e
telegram, the 3 per Cent. French Rentes were
9 Oe. 68f. 95z ; New Lonibardc.Venetian, 697 f.;
6
P- Cent. Italian, lot. 30e.; rather firm.
_ .

1. decline of per cent. has taken place to-day in
market for the English Funds, owing to a
irnited number of sales for speculation. Consols
41'e 921. for transfer, and 92} s for account. The
I‘''" 'Limes and Reduced Annuities continue at
9
ut 1; and the N-w 21 per Cent. Annuities are
1114rkeu 76i, India Stock is quoted 223 229; the
3 per Cents., 108 j. ; the 5 per Cent. Enticed
1,
`lper, 105 k; the Debentures, 100; and the Bonds,
6'. preen, Ettcniqua. Bills are steady, at 4s. to
I'. dis.

In the Foreign Market business has been quiet
""d prices tend downwards. .Turkish 6 per Cents.,
1868, are 671 681; do., 1862, 681 691 ; do., Con-
-11,`,,)'1148, 421 ; Venezuel n Loan, b9i 1; Italian,
"'t 1; the New Loan par toy prem. ; Week 20/
1,4t11 Mexican 31a; Peruvian, 87-4-; Porluguese,47i;
.44,8i,,n, 93/ 94k; Spanish Passive 261 /.
The Confederate Loan is very popular, and has
'lsen to 41 51 prem. Its merits continue to excite
glEcus)ion, and the applications, it is thought, will
be futind to be very excessive.
Business in the Railway S3are Market continues
n.l.lcrately active, bat a heavy tone has prevailed
With regard to prices. Caledonians, Great Easterner
tineishire and Yorkshires, and Midlands have re-
euled 5.i., Smith Etsterns 155., and North Wes: -
"4 I:1. Great Northeres have improved 108
"d South 'Westerns 58.

t LI the Foreign and Colonial ut,d-rtakings there
""8 been no material variation. Great. Luxembourg
,Ping dealt in at 151. S:113 Paulo at 23} Great
Western of Canada at 121 East ludiau at 1061,
ttr'd Bomb y and Baroila at Mi.
Lint-Stock Bank and Miscetianeous Shares re
tnatned at about previous quotations.

BRITISH FUNDS—ONE O'CLOCK.
La t ~.. Stock Shut
,
'' Per Cent, Reduced Annuities
per Cent. Consots Annuities ..
N-':'_° 3 per Cent Annuities
"
I.', 21 per Cent Annuities..
dla Siock ..
..
,11? to 5 per Cent
I.htto Enfaced Paper, 4 per Cent .. —•
b tto 5 per Cent
Ditto Debentures, 4 per Ct , Oct., 1863 100
I)
Ditto under £l,000
Consols for Account, Apt il 8 . 92a
I;te
Dhequer Bills, £lOOO, 21 per Cent 4 1 dis
itto Small 4
FOREIGN FUNDS—ONE O'CLOCK.
35'1111'414 per Cent , 1863 —
r,bitto Scrip, £l5 paid i pm
"rek 5 per Cent., 1824-5, ex-Coupjus•. .:11 k 20/
AStDitto Coupons
i:"tn
n 5 Per Cent. (Maretnana. Railway) 72}
.xican 3 per Cent
N Ditto Account „3 lk
‘r Granada . .... -
.„,l'itl-0 2 per Cent „ 32 i
1, "itto Deferred 7k
•,,"'"at. 41 per cent.
,-uitto PL per Cent ~1862
p:uittO Account
IluKuese 3 per Cent., 1853
124 to Aczouut 47k
p Ditto 1862
,nssian 5 per Cent., .822, £ St
at
Ritto 41 peCent., 1850 9lk
5 " 5 per Cent., 1862
P Lieit. 3 per Cent
4 ‘.O 'A.ccount ... .....
,r,'ssive
'rKish 6 per Cent. 1854 —
Ditto 6 per Cent. 1858
Ditto Account
Ditto 6 per Cent. 18 ,2
v I )is to Account 6Bl 91
enezuels, 3 per Cent
I.litto 6 per Cent., 1852 ... ..
Dividends on the above payable in London.
Pt 11,91 21 per Cent., Ex. 12 Gull 65 44
a"'itt, per Ct
.nt., 1861, Ex. 25 francs..
to A.ccount .. 69 I
TWO O'CLOCK.
Consols, Money
.oitto Account 9:l I

The sty vev of England and Wales will be finished
3" the end of the present month, and a complete map of
zlghtad and vr ales will shortly be published on the one-
inch scale.
.1-respondent of a Ne w York journal, writing
ino X,.nagawa in Japan, says that the Japanese daitsios
ate very ambitious'
to bec'eme steam-ship owners, and have
t'eently put chased five steamers.
SMALLPox IN NIANCHESTER —The rapid in-
er`ase in the numi er of cases of smallpox in the township
t°'. Manchester has called forth a warning from the commit-
0, the Manchester and S.lford SAnatory Assmation.
deeinmion o: adults is one of the remedies suggested.
CIAItoTTING IN WALES —At the Ahlionethshire
Thomas Awl ream, 34, hawker, and Mary
art Caledine, 27, hawker, were charged with a violent
'(,,bery front the persona David Oven, of £7O, at Dolgelly
tor, the M h D,cember last. The prosecutor sail that
whipc relur,,ing to the Angel I, n, at Ilelgejy, abut seven
ck n the evening in question, he was knocked in the,
tth.e late by a man, who first struck at him, and then pu.
te hands on the face and in the eyes of the prosecutor.
The prosecutor the n felt Ma waistcoat being torn by a
t°rnan, who titled his pockets and ran away. Prosecutor
1-owed her twice, and would have caught her had not the
tnl_le Prisoner jumped at him, caught hold of his neck, and
endeavoured strangle him. He at length released himself,
but
the w-man had got away. There was some dispute as
ftoeuuthaeboi:tli cin;ityiu,iyof, the prisoners, but the jury in the end
and they were siinteneed to eight yearr
Final servitude each,