The Sun.
London, England, 1863-10-29 00:00:00

ONE Y MARKET

AND
COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE.

An extraordinary meeting of shareholders of the
Standard Bank of British South Africa was held to-
day for the purpose of confirming the resolutions
passed at a late meeting, authorising the central
office at Port Elizabeth the option of meeting the
notes of the other branches', and enabling the colo-
nial accounts to be made up previous to the annual
meeting in London. The necessary confirmation
Was made and the proceedings terminated.
The last week's railway receipts ascertained up
to this day are in round figures as under :
Great Western 1863. 1862.
£61,025 £60,194
North-Western 98,073
92,511
South-Western ................... 22,026 21,577
Brighton. ............. 19,925 20,455
Midland 2,595 40,518
South-Eastern 22,356 22,789
Great Northern • • 34,434 33,144
BLancashire and Yorkshire ...... 34474 32,328
Gristol and Exeter ........ 6,1d9 6128
reat Eastern
30,708
NManchester, Sheffield, and Lincolt, 16,838 14,397
orth British
These returns are in most instances of a very
satisfactory character. On the Great Western
there is an increase of £531 ; on the North Western
of £5,562; on the South Western, of £449; on the
Midland, of £2,077; on the Lancashire and York-
shire of £2,084 ; on the Great Eastern of £1,465 ;
on the Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincoln, of
£2,441; and on the North British of £1,116.
The London and Brighton, however, shows a de-
crease of £530, the South Eastern of £433, and the
Great Northern of £llO.

Two OCLOCK.
At the first ordinary meeting to-day' of share-
holders of the London and Colonial Bank, the
report stated a branch had been opened at Mon-
treal, and that it was the intention of the directors
to establish offices in Toronto and other parts of
Canada ; also to extend operations to the British
West Indies, New York, and Chicago.
The official returns relating to the trade and
navigation of the United Kingdom for the past 9
months, viz., to the 30th Sept., 1663, have just been
published, from which it appears that the total de-
clared value of the exports during that period was
£104,294,713 against £93,672,434 in the like
period of 1862, showing an increase of £10,622,279.
The chief increase has been in cotton manufactures
and yarn, beer, and ale, earthenware, haberdashery
and millinery, hardware and cutlery, linen manufac-
tures, silk manufactures, and woollen and worsted
Manufactures. The importations of the principal
articles were larger as regards raw cotton, provi-
sions, sheep and lambs' wool, coffee, sugar, tea,
timber, tobacco, and wine. The shipping accounts
exhibit an increase in the amount of tonnage em-
ployed in the foreign trade of 472,673 tons for the
entries inwards, while in the clearances outwards
there is also an increase of 45,842 tons. In the
coasting trade for the nine months, 32,282 tons
more were employed than in the corresponding
period of 1862 for the entries inwards, and there
was an increase of 185,102 tons in the clearances
outwards.

Consols have sustained a decline of s per cent, this
morning, and the quotations are now 93 t for trans-
fer as well as the account. This retrograde move •
ment has been due to sales, and to the heaviness of
the French Rentes. The decline, however, is not
important, and a few purchases will, no doubt,
bring back prices to their former level. The New
Threes and Reduced ,Annuities are 91: 1; and
Exchequer Bills, is. dis. to 2s. prem.; the 5 per
Cent. Loan is steady at 109; 1 ; and the Bonds are
higher at 19s. 235. prerr.
In the Foreign Market there is very little ani-
mation, and prices are not so buoyant. Turkish 6
per Cents., 1858, are 701 ; do., 1862, 714 1 ; do.,
Consolides, 531 ; Mexican, 411 ; Greek, 301 1 ;
do., Coupons, 141 15; Spanish Passive, 35! e ; doe,
Certificates, 13i s ; Portuguese, 1862, 491 ; do.,
New Loan, 11 I prem. ; Russian, 931; Italian, 72 ;
Venezuelan, 61i ; and the Confederate Loan,
64 66.

In the Railway Share Market the settlement of
the account occupies the principal attention of the
dealers and speculators, and prices have in some
instances exhibited more firmness. North Eastern
(Berwick) have advanced 55., Manchester, Sheffield,
and Lincoln 155., and North Western and Mid-
land, £l.
The Foreign and Colonial shares continue in-
active, at about former rates.
Bank Shares continue dull, at about former quo-
tations. India Land Mortgage are quoted 3to 3k
premium ; Angio-Austrian, k 7, prem. ; Imperial
Privileged Barak of Austria, prem. ; and
par
East London, 2i to 3k prem.
In the MiAcellaneous Market, Royal Mail Steam
have improved to 811; Discount Corporation are
to 39 prem.
quoted at. to 9i prem.; and Mercantile Credit, 3

BRITISH FUND ONE O'CLOCK,
Bank Stock --
3 per Cent. Reduced Annuities 9ll i
New 3 per Cent. Annuities a India Stock, 1874 911
Ditto 5 pei Cent. 1870
Ditto 4 per Cent. 1888
.
Ditto Enfaced Paper, 4 per Cent ..
Ditto 5 per Cent —
Ditto 51 per Cent
Ditto Debeniatres, 4 per Ct., Oct., 1863
Ditto ditto April, 1864
Ditto ditto Aug. 1864 or 66
Ditto N,onds £l,000
Ditto under £l,OOO ..............
Bank Stock for Account .......... —
Consols for Account, Oct. 8
India Stoct. for Account, 5 per Cent...•
Exchequer Bills, £l,OOO, 21 per Cent 2
Ditto £SOO
FOREIGN FUNDS—ONE O'CLOCK.
liratilian 5 ner Cent
Ditto, 1839 and 1859
Ditto 41 per Cent. 1852-58-60
1,
Ditto Scrip, 1863, £l5 paid .. Ipm
Gr_ek 6 per-Cent.,11824-5, ex-Coupons.. 305 i
-10,cto Account 3Ol
.Ditto Coupons
..,
idexican 3 Ditto Account
Italian 5 per Uent.(Maremmana Railway)
per Cent
Ditto 42 li
Account
411 f
Moorish Imp
p erial 5 er Cent
New Granada lsi
Ditto 2 per Cent 3lt
Ditto Deferred 9a
io
.._
ceoui
Ditto Land Warrants (Hectares) —
lltt
r ortugue,e 3
per
—r Cent., 1853
, A ,
-Lotto 3
62
per Cent., 1866, 7, '9, '6O , • • 49i iA i
Ditto Account
I.3tlifitt per Cent. 49
A 6 Per Cent , 1822, £ St 93
1850 . 91
Ditto 8 Per 1860 —
Sat-0n:1414r Cent. 1862 931 3
SDitto Aceiler Cent ......
panish 3 44t ........... 93
Per ,0,.
DittDitto p5,,,,,,ve .nt
Spanio
Aceoluit
.................
sh Cert. of• 6
Ditto Account. uP not funded
Swedish, 4 per c.;11.
Ditto Turkish 6 per Cent
Q:
Account. ' • .... ....
Ditto 6 per Cent. 1858
Vitt() Account.
Ditto, £lOO Bonds
Ditto 6 per Cent. 1862 •.
: ............. 731
_Ditto Account . ........ -.
71
Ditto 6 per Cent. 1803, x,-', Os ...

Ditto Account.... ...... ........
Venezuela 3 per Cent...... ........
Ditto Account ...................... 2.5 a
Ditto 6 per Cent., 1862 ................
Ditto Account ...................... 61i
Dividends on the above pay,C;i• 62i
Austrian, 5 per Cent.. Ex. 10 Florins, Lorkcio,.
Belgian 41 per Cent., Ex. 25f. ........ --
Dutch 2i per Cent., Ex. 12 Guil ........ 631 41
Ditto 4 per Cent. Certificates ........
French Rentes, 3 per Cent.. Ex.
Italian, 5 per Cent., 1861, Ex. 25 francs.. 72k
Ditto Account....
TWO O'CLOCK,
Clnols, Money
?ditto Account ...

CITY, TWELVE o'CLocK.
More firmness is observable in discount circles
this morning. The enquiry for accommodation has
been increased to a trifling extent by the members
of the Stock Exchange, who are borrowing money
to provide themselves with the means for settling
their accounts in foreign bonds and railway shares.
Three months' bills cannot therefore be negotiated
under 34 per cent.
The Shannon, from the West Indies, has brought
£350,311.