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

MONEY MARKET

AND
COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE.

CITY, TWELVE O'CLOCK.
The Money Market is decidedly firmer, and a
large amount of business is reported.
The biodings for 60.00.000 rupees (i 600,000)
in bills on India took place yesterday at the Bank
of England. The proportions alloted were to Cal-
cutta 34.60.000 rs., to Bombay 24.00.000 rs., and
to Madras 1.40.000 rs. T,,e declared minimum
prise was, as before, ls. 111 d. per rupee on Cal-
cutta, and 2s. on Bombay and Madras. The ap-
plications within the limits were for about 140 lacs.
Tenders on Calcutta at ls. 111 d. will receive about
63 per cent., on Bombay at 2s. about 26 per cent.,
and all above these prices in full; on Madras at 2s.
Will receive in full.
The Etna, from New York, has brought £18,500

in specie.
The Committee of the Stock Exchange has ap-
pointee Monday, 9th March, a special settling day
in the shares of the Continental Bank Corporation,
and 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Withdrawn the objectionable clause in the articles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.
North-Western
South- Western
Brighton
Midland
South-Eastern
Great Northern
Great Eastern
Lancashire and Yorkshire 31,080 29,860
North- Eastern .......... 38,054 36,044
Bristol and Exeter 5,436 5,363
5,098 13,557
Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincoln 1
Edinburgh and Glasgow .. 6,834 6,382
Great Western of Canada ........ 13,985 11,381
These returns are generally of a very satisfactory
chart cter :—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 South Eastern of £913; on the
Great Northern of £3,319 ; on the Great Eastern
of £1,596 ; 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,
Me. Bland, at Melbourne, giving the result of the
month of D camber list :—Quantity of quartz
crushed, 2,780 tone; yield per ten (gold), 11 dwts.
15 grs. ; receipts, £2,718 ; expenditure, £1,880;
profit, £838; remittance, L5OO.

Two O'CLOCK.

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
fund, and a dividend of 10 per cent. (free of income
tax), and a bonus (also free of income tax) of £1
per old share, end 2s. per new share be declared,
which was ultimately adopted.
The official returns relating to trade and naviga-
tion for the month of January have just been pub-
lished. From these it appears that the total
declared value of the exports trom the United
Kingdom for the month was £8,045,155 against
£8,439,055 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.
The importations of the principal articles have
been larger as regards raw cotton, flax, sheep and
lambs' wool, coffee, sugar, tobacco, and wine; but
there was a falling off in hemp, tallow, cocoa,
wheat, flour, rum, and tea.
The shipping accounts exhibit a decrease in the
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 911
for money, and 91-1 for April. The monthly set-
tlement has occupied almost the exclusive attention
of the dealers, brokers, acd others, although the
account has been rather light. The New Threes,
and Reduced Annuities are a Pttle flitter, viz., at
91k. ; India 5 per Cents. are 108 k ; 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 909; ditto, 1858, 699 ; ditto, 1862, 69k 70,
and the Consolides, 411 t. Mexican Stock has
declined to 3114 ; Portuguese New Loan is 479 ;
Russian ditto, 941 s ; Spanish are marked 539 ;
ditto, Passive, are steady at 271. 1. and the Certi-
ficates buoyant at lei. Venezuelan 3 per Cents.
are 244. The New Danish Loan is t a 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 improve,' £l, and Great Northern
A Stock £l, Great Westerns 155., and Great
Eesterns 53.
In the Foreign and Colonial Morkets there has
been little cnaege of importance. Bahia and San
Francisco realise 21 to 21k; Recife and San Fran-
cisco, 181 ; East Indian, 106* to 1069; and Great
Indian Peninsula, 1051 to 1054.
Joint-Stock Bank and Miscellaneous Shares con-
tinued in fair demand at about previous quotations.
Bank of London realised 113? to 114 i ; London
and Buenos Ayres, 121 ; London and County, 441;
45i ; Electric Telegraph, 100; Peninsular and
Oriental Steam, 739; and Royal Mail Steam, 574•

BRITISH FUNDS—ONE O'CLOCK.
3 per Cent. Reduced Annuities
3 per Cent. Consols Annuities ..
91
New 3 per Cent. Annuities
India Stock
Ditto 5 per Cent .................... 108/ 1
Ditto Debentures, 4 per Ct., Oct., 1863 100/
Ditto ditto April, 1864 100/ 1
Consols for Account. April 8 9.li a
Exchequer Bills, £lOOO, 2i per Cent 1 pdr 2 die
Ditto Advertised 1 die
FOREIGN FUNDS—ONE O'CLOCK.
Mexican 3 per Cent
Ditto Account
New Granada —
1/ tto Deferred 7l
Portuguese 3 per Cent., 1853
Ditto Account
Ditto 1862
Russian 5 per Cent., 1822, £ St —
Ditto 5 per Cent., 1862
Spanish 3 per Cent
Ditto Aczount
Di t o Passive
Spanish Cert. of Coup not funded
Turkish 6 per Cent. 1854 —
Ditto Account 9oi

Ditto 6 per Cent. 1858
Ditto Account..
Ditto, £lOO Bonds
Ditto 6 per Cent. 18j 2
Ditto Account
Venezuela, 3 per Cent
Ditto Account
Dividends on the above payable in London.
Dutch 2/ per Cent., Ex. 12 Guil 6.li i
TWO O'CLOCK.
Consols, Money
i)itto Account -

Liverpool Cotton Market—This Day.

(REUTER'S TELEGRAM.)
IVERPOOL, Ku-eh 5.
Sales about 6,000 bales. Import, 2,303; pre-
viously, 15,952 b