The Sun.
London, England, 1863-03-05 00:00:00

XoNEy MARKET

AND
COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE.

CITY, TWELVE O'CLOCK.
The -kr
°ney Market is decidedly firmer, and e.
'4'1.0 amount of business is reported.
The biddings for 60.00.000 rupees (I 600,000)
In bills on India took place yesterday at ti.e aink
°I England. The proportions ailoted were to Cal-
cutta 34.65,000 rs., to Bombay 24.00.000 rs., and
to Madras 1.40.000 rs. Tie declared minimum
prise was, as before, ls. lltd. per rupee on Cil-
cutta d 2s. on Bombay and Madras. The ap-
plicationswithin
the limits were for about 140 lace. Tenders on
Calcutta at ls. 111 d. will receive about
63 Per cent., on Bombay at 2s. about 20 per cent.,
and all above these prices in full; on Madras at 23.
vrill receive in full.
The Etna, from New York, has brought £18,500
in specie.

The Committee of the Stock Exchange has ap-
pointer Monday, 9th March, a special settling day
In the shares of the Continental Bank Corporation,
cnd dealings are to be masked, the directors having
withdrawn the objectionable clause in the articles
of association.
The last week's railway receipts, ascertained up
to this day, are in round figures as under :
1863. 1862.
Ic'crth-lirestern
81,985 76,172
South_Western
ghton
Midland
8 °Mh-Eastern
Great Northern
Great Eastern
7,7.l'u:teas:Lire and Yorkshire.. 31,080 29,860
-I°llll-Eastern 38,1,54 36,1.44
Bristol and Exeter
Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincoln 15.098 13,557
Edinburgh and Glasgow .. 6,834 6,382
Great Western of Canada 13,985 11,381
These returns are generally of a very satisfactory
character :—On the North 'Western there is an in-
crease of £5,813; on the South Western of £1,027;
on the Brighton of £1,392 ; on the Midland of
£2,161; on the Sot.th Eastern of £913; on the
Great North( rn of £3,319 ; on the Great Eastern
of £1,696; on the Lancashire and Yorkshire of
£1,220 ; on the North Eastern of £2,010 ; on the
Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincoln of £1,541, and
on the Great Western of Canada of £2,604.
The directors of the Port Phillip and Colonial
Gold Mining Company have received by telegram
from Suez the following advices, in anticipation of
the Australian mail, from their resident director,
Mt. Bland, at Melbourne, giving the result of the
month of D-camber last :—Quantity of quartz
crashed, 2,780 tone; yield per ton (gold), 11 dwts.
15 grs. ; receipts, £2,718 ; expenditure, £1,880; to
Profit, £838; remittance, 1500.

Two o'CLocx.
At Paris this morning, according to Reuter's
telegram, the 3 per Cent. Rentes were 70c. 20f.
"-firm. ' _

The half yearly meeting of the proprietors of
the Ottoman Bank was held to-day. The directors
recommended that £lO,OOO be added to the reserve St
fund, and a dividend of 10 per cent. (free of income
tax), and a bonus (also free of income tax) of £1 si
per old share, and 2s. per new share be declared,
Which was ultimately adopted. 1
The official returns relating to trade and naviga-
tion for the month of Sdnuary have just been pub- t
fished. From these it appears that the total st
declared value of the expos is from tha United
kingdom for the month was £8,C45,155 against at
ig,439,055 on the like period of 1862, showing a
decrease of £393,900. The falling off is most per-
ceptible in cotton, yarn, cotton manufactures, and
cheeps' and lambs' wool. st
The importations of the principal articles have ',31
Deen larger as regards raw cotton, flax, sheep and
Aambs' wool, coffee, sugar, tobacco, and wine; but 4t
there was a falling off in hemp, tallow, cocoa, 1
Wheat, flour, rum, and tea.
The shipping accounts exhibit a decrease in the 6
amount of tonnage employed in the foreign trade
of the United Kingdom for both the entries inwards
and the clearances outwards, while in the coasting
trade there is little change of importance to notice.

The Funds are a little flatter, and the transactions
have been very eircumscribed. Consols are 917,
for money, and 911 for April. The monthly set-
tlement has occupied almost the exclusive attention
of the dealers, brokers, and others, although the
account has been rather light. The New Threes,
and- it...aucssa Annuitiaa_are a Little flatter. viz., at
91i; India 5 per Cents. are 1081 ; and Exche-
quer Bills, 2s. dis. to ls. prem.
Continued quietude has been perceptible in the
Foreign market, and prices have remained tole-
rably steady. Turkish 6 per Cents., 1854, are
firm at 009 ; ditto, 1858, 691 ; ditto, 1862, 69* 70,

and the Consolides, 411 I. Mexican Stock has
declined to 31: g ; Portuguese New Loan is 471 ;
Russian ditto, 94: ; Spanish are marked 534 ;
ditto, Passive, are steady at 271 and the Certi-
ficates buoyant at 1O Venezuelan 3 per Cents.
are 241-. The New Danish Loan is 111 prem.
Business in the Railway Share Market continued
Moderately active, and owing to the favourable
character of the traffic returns, several of the prin-
cipal undertakings have slightly advanced. Bristol
and Exeter have improved Ll, and Great Northern
A Stock £l, Great Westerns 155., and Great
Easterns ss.
In the Foreign and Colonial Markets there has
been little change of importance. Bahia and San
Francisco realise 21 to 21k ; Rt-cife and San Fran-
eisco, 181 ; East Indian, 1061 to 1061; and Great
Indian Peninsula, 1051 to 1051.
Joint-Stock Bank and Miscellaneous Shafts con-
tinued in fair demand at about previous quotations.
Bank of London reaiised 1131 to 1141- ; London
and Buenos Ayres, 124, ; London and County, 441
; Electric Telegraph, 100; Peninsular and
°riental Steam. 731; and Royal Mail Steam, 571.
BRITISH FUNDS—CLOSING PRICES.
Bank Stock 240
a
a per Cent. Reduced Annuities
NinPcrera3Oeut. Consols Annuities
g 1
corolent. Annuities
..........
Ditto 5 per Cent
Ditto.
Enfaced Paper, 4 per Cent .. 1
b'tto 5 per Cent
Ditto Debentures, 4 per Ct., Oct., 1863 1001
,oBDitto ditto April, 1864 1001
nsol for Account, April 8 921
1
`-.
Exchequer Bills, £looo,peroCent 1 pm 2 dis
Litt° Advertised 21
1 dis
FOREIGN FUNDS—CLOSING PRICES.
(lreekto7 pet Cent
per Cent, 1824-5, ex-Coup ins l9
Mexican 3 per Cent
Ditto Account
New Granada ....
Ditto Deferred
rtugliese 3 per Cent., 1853
Ditto Account
Ditto 1862
Russian 5 per Cent., 1822, £ St 94
Ditto 6 per Cent., 1862
Spanish 3 per Cent
Ditto Account tin
Ditto Passive
Spanish Cert. of Coup not funded
10g
Turkish 6 per Cent. 1854
Ditto Account 9Oll
Ditto 6 per Cent. 1858
Ditto Account .. 691
Ditto, £IOU Bonds
Ditto 6 per Cent. 18'2
_ir,ito Account..

Venezuela, 3 per Cent
Ditto Acc0unt..........
Dividends on the above payable in London.
Dutch 21 per Cent., Ex. 12 Guil 64A t
THREE O'CLOCK.
Consols, Monet,
„Ditto Account ... 9

Bank of England Return—This Day

An Account, pursuant to the Act 7th and titli
c 413. 32, for the week ending on Wednesday, the 4th day
ct March, 1863:

EP ARTMENT.
Motes issued ....--£28ISSUE
,257,0 D
25 Government Deb £11,C15,1C0
Other Securities .• 3.'"
Gold Coin&Bullion 13,6t7,0,a

_
528,257,025

£18,257,025
P BANKING DEPARTMENT.
• loprieton' Clapi- Government Seca-
tal .............. £14.553,000 rities (including
Rest
Public Deposits (in- nnity) £11,141,77
eluding Exche- Other Securities 19,6'9,034
quer, Savings' I Notes
banks, Commis- Gold and Silver 891,492
taissioners of Na- Coln
. tional Debt, and
Dividend Ac-
_ counts) 8,03,1,e03
Other Deposits ...
Seven Day and
other Bills 631,870

£10,213,137
klarch 5, 1863, NV

£40,248,137
MILLER, Deputy Cashier.