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

O
Y MARKET

AND
COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE.

CITY, TWELVE O'CLOCK.
The Money Market is assuming a firmer
aipeet, under the influence of au increased
demand for commercial purposes and prepa-
rations for the Italian loan. This financial
Operation, which has occupied attention for some
time past, is likely to be announced at once. Indeed
It is already known that the price is 71, which, al-
lowing for the discount offered for prepayment and
other advantages, reduces the cost to the subscriber
t 0 69i. It appears that £3,000,000 is to be raised
'a London, £3,000,000 in Paria-, £2,840,000 in
Turin, by private subscription, while £11,160,000
has been taken privately, and £8,000,000 will re-
main unappropriated for some time. There is rea-
son to believe that tne affair will prove successful,
notwithstanding the large addition that has been
lastto the supply of Dalian securities during the
ilist two years,
The Canada, from America, has been announced,
With £44,000 in specie.
The traffic receipts of the Great Western Rail-
Way of Canada for the week ending the 27th ult.
amounted to £14,666, against £9,802 last year.
The accounts from the manufacturing districts
for the past week state that business in most de-
partments has been partially suspended, owing to
the i
festivities consequent upon the marriage of the
Prince of Wales. At Manchester. however, there
has been more inquiry for cloths and yarns for the
Indian and China markets, while a fair amount of
business has been transacted in the woollen districts
of Leeds, Bradford, and Huddersfield, chiefly, how -
"er, in spring fabrics. At Birmingham, Sheffield,
and Wolverhampton there has been little change of
importance, although symptoms of improvement
percfptibir in most cl-partmeots.

Two o'CLOCK.

P this day, according to Mr. Reuter's
leiegrbm, the 3 per Cent. French Rentes were
11It'. 10c., 69f. 05.--ex coupon.
The pro.pectus of the Italian Loan has just ap•
geared, but the principal features having previously
transpired, it has not at present attracted much at-
tention.

Continued dulnness is the principal characteristic
11 the market for English Securities, but prices,
notwithstanding the paucity of business, are exceed-
10Y well maintained. Consols are 92* 1 for
transfer, and 921 fl for the account. The New
Three per Cents. remain at 90! S ; the Reduced
are flat at. 90! ; Exchequer Bills at C. premium;
India per Cent. is firm 108* 1.
The transactions in the Foreign Market have
continuedr„ on a limited scale. Buenos Ayres 6 per
`•;ents• are heavy, at 92*; Egyptian, at 961 I.; ditto,
lecond issue, at 96; Greek Bonds are firm, at 206
21;
the Coupons, at 86 9; Spanish Passive have
Improved to 266 27 ; but the Certificates are fiat,
1t 91 ; Turkish 6 per Cents., 1858, are 68 1 ; do.,
4882, 686 691; Venezuelan 3 per Cents. are 23i ;
ditto 6 per Cents., 58 *; Italian are buoyant at 70 *.
Business in the Railway Share Market has been
moderately active, and the general tendency of
prices continues upwards, owing to the arrange•
ents in progress for the liquidation. Caledonians,
n‘g
'Nat Easterns, South Westerns, and Lancashire
it'd Yorkshire have advanced 55., and London,
Chatham, and Dover, and South Eqstern 10s.
In, the Foreign and Colonial undertakings there
Was
ne material variation. Great Luxembourg
-„,ealised 1561; Recife and San Francisco, 186;
c,"esterti of Canada, 13 ; East Indian, 106*; and
'...eindes, 1066.
Joint-Stock Bank and Miscellaneous Shares re-
mained without any material change. London and
South. African being steady, at 261 ; London and
ivestrninster, at 77; Alliance of Louden and
„ l'erPool realise 231 ; Berlin Waterworks, 71;
"'ld Royal Mail Steam improved to 60k.

' a,„ BRITISH FUNDS--CLOSING PRICES.
a -r Cent. Reduced Annuities
e'er Cent. Consols Annuities .. ..
eae 3
% Per Cent. Annuities
iial It
it
oBllsteosopke3:
D' 30 'a
yrs, aspire 6th Jan., 1880 —
biittttoo
I • ° ( ed Sea Telegraph), Aug. 1908 2lf
230 29
Cent
SEnfaeed Paper, 4 per Cent ..
105
Ditto A per Cent ll2 b. -i per Cent.
e itto Debentures, 4 per Ct., Oct., 1863 100
Onsols for Account, April 8 O2l
141ehequer Bills, £lOOO, 2f per Cent 4 dis
tji buto £SOO
tto small
131, OREIGN FUNDS—uLOSING etticEs.
4.-1-11.1i,toris
6A.pyerrecm
e6ngter Cent 92i
,o
84f
t •t 1 tier Cent
°Pilau 7 C t O6l 1
b S _pei en
Gr 'Jo, econd Issue
ee' 5 per Cent., 1824-5, ex-Coup ms 2Ol 1 1 201 11
taDitto CollP°llB
114,1b:11 5 per Cent. (Mareurnana Railway) 721 A
lij'ean 3 per Cent
Itto Account
i.v? Granada
,
D n 42 per Cent.
p tutto .1 per Cent , 1862
°-nt'lliCtlese 3 per Cent., 1853
',inn
1862
Russian Ditto 5 per Cent., 1822, £St —
„s!tto 4f per Cent., 18.50 92
Spanish
5
ar,; , per Cent., 1862
--'4k 3 per Cent
Ai,itto Passive
rati:'h Cert. of Coup not funded
I:l',._Bl' 6 per Cent. 18.54
j."‘u 6 per Cent. 1858
Ditto' £lOO Bonds 7Ol
-unto 691 81
Ditto 6 per Cent. 18'32
Venetoit Account 691 9
rs.zuela, 3 per Cent
"'Alto 6
per Cent., 1862
Italian Dividends on the above payable in Lo ndon.
thtto, 5 perte" ±
C nt., 1861, Ex. 25 francs 7O 1 691
Acco
THREE O'CLOCK.
Consols m
e
4itto'AccOlullt 921 f

Liverpool Cotton Market---This Day.

(REUTER'S TELEGRAM.)
LIVERPOOL, March 16.
Irakdva"ing. Excited. Sales fully 15,000 bales.
11°rt) 2,071 ; previously, 4,213.

-..D
ACIILOIJS ESCAPE OF A LARGE CITY WARE-
,q()tr.„,.
FROM FlRE.—Between 3 and 4 o'clock on
aturda
titre Y morning the greatest alarm was caused inCannon-
It 4 et West, ',wing to a fire being discovered in that well-
-13:10N? and extensive pile of premises belonging to Messrs. The
buibi. and Speckley, Manchester warehousemen.
ele.
emia 5 contained eight floors, and besides the frontage in
tion eriestreet the warehouses flanked a considerable por-
°f the western side of Friday-street. The discovery
bye made by some of the females sleeping in the premises
eeriercing dense suffocating smoke, filling the rooms
Tabs fourth floor, just the middle of the block of premises.
A4Y at first were unable to tell where the smoke came from,
4 they had also their doubts as to whether the building
(311 fire or not, but, in order to make assurance doubly
br;e, th
eY sent to Capt. Shaw, the superintendent of the fire
the"ge, and it was exceedingly fortunate they did so; if
134 had not, in all probability, we should have had to re •
th„ the destruction of property valued at some hundred
vliaan
it wk Pounds s' erling. Upon the arrival of the brigade
pi,„:,B found that, owing to some timber beams having been
ik47" under one of the hearths, the heat from the stove had
tted
the a and the flames commenced burning through
:4°ring and jointing towards the top of the building,
pasatl;-„` the same time were working downwards behind the
`"en to the lower floor. The firemen, seeing the great
Wangsr to Which the property was exposed, at once set to
Wain'e and b. tipping up the floorings and cutting away the
thp:e6ting, they were enabled to get to the exact seat of
sti-er4rt(;;ealnad ise!oj iiiehioo 1 distributing the water they were,
"usrYand a half, enabled to get the fire
:11,,tinguislael;1, the d antro-e done to the stcelt being incon-
meer,tbre.
The firm was insured in the Phoonix, General,
aaohester, and Union offices.
13"PIRE ON THE GRAMPIANS. —The materials
0;1' a !at g. bonfire wt re convt,s ed by Mr. -Al 'Nab,
orljalehully-house, near Loch Laggan, to the top of the
Seat poune, a lofty hill overlooking the Valley of the
4.1)137, in order to commemorate the Royal marriage-day.
of
bout dusk nearly the whole population of the upper part
to,. , numbering nearly 200, headed by a piper and
th'een:earers, began o ascend the mountain. After lighting
for tbre, add partaking of the refreshments liberally provided
;:"€'4,, they cleared the green, and danced till after mid-
44at to the stirring music of the bagpipes. All the party
ce,ncled the iuzged path in safety, and separated after a
'ellY cheer for the Prince and Princess.
i 4.11 lest The Court Journal give's as exclusive and the
account of the Marriage, with a special plan of re-
ference for the Chapel; also, complete details of the grand
e'3ePtion of the Princess Alexandra. The Court Journal
Illy a,
'lB Contains the most amusing resume of the week's
eviterite, and a vast amount of original news and information.
ealdt;ndficla.ll W. Thomas, 26, Bry,lge, street, Covent-
en,newsagents.