The Sun.
London, England, 1870-03-17 00:00:00

I} per Cent.
per Cents 73 GO

Bank Shares 2835
Itals.an Fives 55 60
Austrian Fives
Ottoman Loan 329 50
Do. Debt , 45 50
Spanish Threes ... 26i
Home Debt —
Deferred —
g Cash
1000
NOWroel restathersrun 645
-
Strasburg • • 6lO
Lyons and Mediterranean
Southern.... 6261.
Sardinian -

End of month 74 421
Credit Mobilior 275
Transatlantic 196 25
Foncier 297 50
Paris Gas 1775
Suez Ottnal 335

RAILWAYS

Austrian r..
Lombard
North of Spain
Saragossa
Ro!uan

781
500
70

AMERICA.

(Per French Atlantic'Cablc.)
NEW YORK, March 1G
COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE.
CLOSING PRICES.

Gold closed at 112 ; the highest quotation during the day
was 112 f ; the lowest, 1114.
Sterling Exchange on London
5-20 U. S. Bonds, 1882
1885 - .
1867
106
141}
26}
22c
261 c
Corn-0:d

10-40
Illinois .
Erie
Cotton—Mid.upland
Petroleum—Standard White
Flour—Extra State, St 70c. to $5 30c.
naixe I, $1 2c.
The Cunard steamer Nemesis ariiv el out at 8
p m. yesterday.

The North German Lloyd steamer Hansa arrived
out at 7 a.m. to-day.
The lonian steamship Etna arrived out to-day.
The Anglia steamer (of the Anchor line) also ar-
rived here to-day.

SOUTHAMPTON, March 17.

The North German Lloyd steamer Union, from
York, has arrived here with 160 passengers for
this po: t, Havre, and Bremen, 0 sacks of mails, and
$89,670 for London. Tt.o- mails will Le delivered
this afternoon.

QUEENSTONVg, Mdrel 17.

The National Steamship Company's steamer Erin
arrived from New York off here to-day, and having
landed passengers, she proceeded for Liverpool at.
9.40 a.m..

A M .TRIMONIAL HOAX.

A Rochdale commercial traveller indulged hie leisura
moments in framing an advertisement for a wife, wbi.ch

he forwarded for insertion to one of the Manchester

papers as a joke. He received replies from a great many
"genteel young ladies," one of which for its elegant
ealtrapby and purity of dictum, drove the
joke out of the head of the advertiser,' and
induced him to think seriously of married life. A corres-
spondence was opened up and everything appeared
to go as smoothly as hearts could wish—at least on the
side of the susceptible commercial, who at last arranged a
meeting in a lonely house near St. Alban's Church. The
young lady, hbwever, had been playing her cards in a
very different way. She had communicated the
" joke " to about thirty of her male friends,
who formed themselves into a committee, and this is how
they proceeded. A young woman was engaged to per-
sonify the lady; and for identification was to wear a plaid
shawl, and trail her umbrella. Punctually at eight both
met, but the gentleman was sadly disappointed when the
charmer's vocabulary smote his ear, andhe would instantly
have beaten an ungallant retreat had he not been captured
forthwith by the ambush, and diagged into a private room
in the Castle Inn, where none were admitted except by the
pass-word " peas." There he stood astounded, in the
company of forty or fifty persons, an object of their deri-
sion. A judge was selected, a jury empanelled, counsel
for the prosecution and defence appointed, and the Court
of Cupid proceeded, with grave dignity,•to try the pri-
soner on the charge of seeking to obtain a wife by means
hurtful to society at large. The trial proceeded with
great hilarity, and the counsel for the prosecution read
the letters which had passed, those of the commercial
inamorato leading. to tne hope that his business corres-
pondence evinced a better acquaintance with Lindley _
Murray than did his epistles to his lady-love.. The follow-
ing is a specimen : •
" Royal Hotel, fralifax, Feb. 28.
" Dearest Miss —I beg to announce the receipt of your
very nice note, and regret to say that I have not _a carte
by me, although expecting them daily. I must
say my intention in putting that advertisement
in the paper was only fora lark, although I frankly placed
the composition together. But to tell you the truth, I
am a traveller, at £lOO and expenses, with advancement;
am quite a stranger to the Rochdale people, but have to
be very careful in what I do. It was your very, very
lady-like note which has touched my heart—(loudlaugh-
ter)—and made me do this. I should like to see your carte,
or if not got one, would be happy to meet you quite
privately. You would, I must say, find me as I term
myself, persevering, steady, and affectionate. (Hear, hear,
and laughter.) You will, am sure, excuse this hurried scrib-
ble, for am so busy. Am a native of London, and belong
to a very respectble family. Your nice note I cannot
get out of my head !! ! (Much laughter.) I received
tii;:tv this morning ; this is the only one I have answered.
Write to me as 'C. W.' once more, and then after that I
hope it wITh be transposed to ' Harry.' Allow me to
remain, dearest Miss, yours faithfully, C. W., Harry, &c.
P.S.—Anywhere av'enld be most happy to meet you, if
you will kiiidly write and at*e where. Dont think me a
coward, for we have to be vers. weful. Any night or any
time. Good bye."
The jury eventually returned a verdlet or the plaintiff,
damages £l,lOO. Defendant's counsel pleaded that his
client had only 3s. 6d. The receipt of this was demurred to,
and a friend present lent him 55., making Bs. Gd., which
the Court accepted, and ultimately the unfortunate man
was escorted to the door, where two hundred or three
hundred people had assembled to witness his
departure. !No sooner had he gained his liberty
than he took to his heels, followed by an immense crowd,
who called after him " Wife hunter." He fled with great
swiftness, and out-distanced the crowd, but misfortune
seemed his doom, for he rushed into the arms of a police-
man, who detained him until he ascertained the real facts
of the case. Having again regained his freedom, he
speedily disappeared.

'The paddlewheel 'steam frigate Valorous, 12, at
Devor,p,rt, was inspectel on Tueschy. Capta;n
Francidi S. Trenilett to be superseded in the coin-

'11:e very extensive Distillery now being erected
at Belfast, with all ro2eat.improvaments for the manufacture of
Irish whisky, by Mes-ns., DIINVILLE Co., who havo gained
a world-wide celebrity for their fine old Irish whisky, is to be
called "Tile Royal Irish. Distillery."

HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE.

Morning. Evening
TIIIMSDAY 55 min past l 20 min past 2
FRIDAY .... .... . 40 min past 2 .. min past 3

SATUILDAY 2O min past 3.....,...40 miu past 3
SUNDAY 0 min past 4 20 min past 4
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MONDAY..

.45 min past 4 18 min past 5

TUESDAY 30 miu j'A.st, 5 &0 min past