The Sun.
London, England, 1862-03-04 00:00:00

COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE.

The New York money-market on the 15th was easy, gold
active at 1043 to per cent., finally closing easier at 1041
to . Exchange on London for the Hansa rose to 1151 to
per cent. Large transactions took place at 116, and there
were sales at 1151.
The effect produced on the Stock Exchange by the com-
bination of good noire for the Union cause, received on the
14th was not such as was expected. At the opening of
business operators had the fact of the passage of the Trea-
sury Note Bill, with the legal tender clause, at mid-day;
the official intelligence of the brilliant success of the Burn-
side expedition was received, and, later in the afternoon
news was received of the capture of Springfield, and of ' de-
velopments of loyal feeling in Tennessee Yet the closing
prices of the day, when compsred with those of the, 13th,
only showing an average advance of ato per cent.

MR. WINDHAM'S LAST.--In the market-place.
at Norwich, a few days ago, Mr, Windham showed that his
association with his father's men of the stable had not bees
altogether in vain. A carriage Lone commenced kicking,
plunging, and attempting to run away, to the peril of the
lady and gentleman behind', and cf persons around. Others
fled in all directions--but Mr. Windham, who was near,
sprung on the animal, seized his ears, and twisted them till
he cowed the horse. The animal, when liberated, renewed
its kicking. He again seized it, sad held it, quite sub-
dued, till the lady and gentleman got out,
THE OUTWARD WEST INDIA AND PACIFIC MAILS
—SOUTHAMPTON, MARCH 3.—The aoyal Mail CompanY's
steamship Atrato, Captain Woolley, sailed hence this after-
noon with the mails for the British and foreign West.
Indies, Mexico, the Pacific, California, and Central Ame,-
rice, together with 153 passengers. The Atrato took on
freight English coin, £5,540; jewellery, £1,000; French
coin, £9,310; jewellery, £2,000; and a full cargo of Eng-
lish and French merchandise.

MR. SEWARD AND THE LIVERPOOL CHAMEER.
OF COMMERCE.—In presenting (through the United States,
Consul at Liverpool) several volumes on commercial sub-
jects o
t o t the
th e Liverpoolsoorots r
Secretary
Chamber msbteart
State
Commerce,fon foreign includingcommerce,
commerce and navigation, and Prasident Lincoln's Message
with the accompanying documents, Mr. Seward declares
ere ,on
re-
portsthat the people as well as the Government of the United.
States take a lively interest in everything which tends to
put commerce (the cementer of national friendships) upon.
a sound basis.
To RUN THE BLOCKADE.—On Saturday last the
smarts crew steamer Bermuda left the Mersey for Bermuda,
and thence, if possible, to some of the Southern ports,
where the blockade is not very strict. The Bermuda has
a valuable and well assorted cargo of "hardware" and other
useful articles on board, and as she is commanded by a
daring and skilful captain (Westerdorf), who has already
run the Charleston blockade with the barque Helen, the
chances are that he will a second time elude the Nigilanm
of the Federal cruisers. The Bermuda, too, has been be-.
fore in the same service, having run the blockade some
months since with 1,700 bales of cotton for Havre. There
are at present several steamers en route from Liverpool to
the Southern coast, with the intention of running through
the Federal blockade, if possible.

AGRICULTURE IN NORFOLK.—Hitherto very
favourable reports have been made as to the appeatance of
the young wheats, but in some localities they have lost
plant in consequence of the ravages of wire worms, the
keen frosts which struck them before they were firmly esta-
blished, and the ground being ploughed in dry weather, be-
fore the flag was sufficiently consolidated. A large breadth
of barley has been sown, and the weather having on the
whole been favourable for the prosecution c.f fieldwork, the
process has been effected in excellent order ; beans, peas, and
oats have also been planted in a good seed bed. Altogether
farm work is in a satisfactory and forward state, and much
more advanc3d than it was at the corresponding period of
last year.
The slave question, in the Dutch West India
colonies, has been settled. All slaves in those colonies will
be set free on the Ist July, 1863, under the following con-
ditions :-1. Compensation of 300 guilders for each slave,
man, woman, or child, to be paid to the owner. 2. Slaves
to remain under apprenticeship on the estates for a term of
three years, during which time they are to be paid wages
for their work, half of such wages to accrue to government.
The Dutch government will grant three millions of guilders
per annum for iramigratioN—fitirinam irghbland.

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