The Sun.
London, England, 1863-10-15 00:00:00

COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE.

CITY, TWELVE O'CLOCK.

The minimum of the Bank of England remains
unaltered at 4 per cent. As already stated, that
portion of the commercial community especially in-
terested in the affairs of the money market has found
it necessary, during the past three days, to alter the
opinion previously formed respecting an immediate
advance in the rate of discount. With the disburse-
ment of the October dividends, and with the proba-
bility that the monetary requirements during the
following week will not be extremely urgent, the
course which the directors have followed, while it
will not create any surprise, may be regardEd as
indicative of a cautious and wise policy.

Messrs. Baring Brothers and Co. have received
by this mail on account of N9W Grenada dividends :
—From the Custom-house of Barbacoas, £175 us.
10d. ; from the San Jose de Cucuta, £95 14s. 2d. ;
total, £271 7s. This is not the mail which brings
the bulk of the remittances for these dividends.

Messrs. Baring Brothers and Co.'s agents in
Venezuela advise that they have received for b 5
per cent. of the import duties for the two weeks
from the Custom-house of La Guayra; 56,612 dols.
No collection at Puerto Cabello advised by this mail.

Intelligence has been received from Guayaquil
that the Government of Ecuador has directed the
suspension of the payment of the 25 per cent. of
the duties of Customs appropropriated to the Foreign
Debt, by an order from the Minister of Finance,
dated Quito, Sept. 2.
About £ll,OOO in gold was taken into the Bank
yesterday.

The last week's railway receipts ascertained up
to this day are in round figures as under :

1863. 1862.
Great Western £62,549 £63,569
North-Western
South-Western
Great Eastern
Midland
South-Eastern .. 25,459 27,397
Groat Northern ..
I.ancashire and Yorkshire 34,074 32,050
North Eastern
Bristol and Exeter
Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincoln 16,825 14,853
North British
Edinburgh and Glasgow ... ... 8,466 8,438
These returns are generally of a satisfactory charac-
ter. On the North Western there is an increase of
£4,297; on the South Western, of £124; on the
Midland, of £1,921 ; on the Great Northern, of
£2,626; on the Lancashire and Yorkshire, of
£2,024; on the North Eastern, of £3,831 ; on the
Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincoln, of £1,972 ; and
on the North British, of .£833. The Great Western,
however, shows a decrease of £1,020; the Great
Eastern, of £232; and the South Eastern, of
£1,938,

Two o'CLocK.

At the Paris Bourse to-day, according to Renter's
telegram, the 3 per Cent. Renter were 67f. 50c.
Heavy and inanimate,
Au appearance of firmness pervades the market
for English Stocks this morning, although very
few and trifling are the movements. The con-
tinuance of the rate of discount at 4 per cent.
has, no doubt, much contributed to this firmness.
Consols are 93 if for money,: and 93; 1 for the ac-
count. The New Threes are 911- 1, and the Re-
duced Annuities, 911 I ; Exchequer Bills are again
par to 3s. prem. ; India 5 per Cent. Loan is
steady at 1081 109 ; the 4 per Cents. do., 1001 1;
the 5 per Cent. Enfaced Paper, 1074„ and the 5f
do., 1161.
With the exception of Greek, which have been
further seriously depreciated, the Foreign Securi-
ties are generally firmer. Greek have declined 11
per cent., viz., to 31% ; and the Coupons are I
lower, at 151. Mexican have risen t, viz., to 43 -I;
Spanish Passive -1, to 351 the Certificates 1, to
14i ; Turkish 6 per Cents. 1862, are 701 711 ; do.,
Consolides, 541 y ; Portuguese, 49 111; Italian, 721;
Venezuelan, 611 62; and the Confederate Loan,
63 65.
Only a limited amount of business has been tran-
sacted to day in the Railway Share Market, and
prices have, in some instances, exhibited increased
heaviness. Great Western, North Western, and
Midland have each receded 55., and Metropolitan,
10s.; Lancashire and Yorkshire, however, have
Improved ss.

The Foreign and Colonial undertakings remain
inactive, without any particular change in value.
Bank Shares have remained quiet. London and
County realise 52 3 ; London and Westminster, 79 ;
and Alliance of London and Liverpool have iO2-
proved to 45 46 ; India Land Mortgage Bank shares
are quoted 3-1 prem. ; Anglo-Austrian, to I
prem. ; Imperial Privileged Austrian, 1, dis.
.to
prem. ; East London, l 4 2,1, prem.
Business in the Miscellaneous Market continues
inactive. Crystal Palace Stock realised 381 ; Lon-
don Financial, 14; General Credit, 61; and Dis-
count Corporation, 61 7.1 prem.

BRITISH FUNDS—ONE O'CLOCK.
Bank Stock
3 per Cent. Reduced Annuities
3 per Cent. Consols Annuities
New 3 per Cent. Annuities
New 34 per Cent. Annuities
Annuities, 30 yrs, expire 6th Jan., 1680 —
Ditto for 30 yrs, expire sth April, 1885.
Ditto (Red Sea Telegraph), Aug. 1908 2l
India Stock
Ditto 5 pee Cent lO9 81
4 per Cent • 1001
Ditto Enfaced Paper, 4 per Cent. .....
Ditto 5 per Cent .................. 1
16
Ditto 54 per Cent .................. 116 t
Ditto Debentures, 4 per Ct., Oct„ •1863
Ditto ditto April, 1864
Aug.
Ditto :ditto 1864 or 66
Bank Stock for Account ..............
Consols for Account, Oct. 8 931
India Stock for Account, 5 per Cent —
Exchequer Bills, £l,OOO, 21 per Cent par
Ditto £500
Ditto Small

FOREIGN FUNDS—ONE O'CLOCK.
Austrian Bonds, 5 per Cent —
Ditto
„,,ra . . Ditto 1859
.13 zilian 5 tier Cent
1839 und 1859
Ditto '4
Danish , t Per Cent., 1852-58.60
Ditto 3—Per Cent., 1863
eent,.., 182.5. —
—, Dutch, 21 per
, Ex. 12 Guilders
Egyptian Ditto Provi,„:"
al Land Warrant — 7 per Cent lOO2
Ditto, Second Issue- —
Equador New Consolidated, 1 per Cent —
Greek
5 per Cent., 1824-s,lex-eon/anis 32 1 1
Ditto Account ......... .. ..
Ditto Coupons
Ditto Account ls} t k
Guatemala 5 per Cent.
Italian 5 per Cent. (Maremmana Railway)
Mexican 3 p,.3r Cent
Ditto Account
Moorish Imperial 5 per Cent
1, fk:r
4"371 eanada 162
Ditto 2 per Cent.
liitta Deferred
~,bitto Land Warrants (Hectares) —
4-et-avian 3 per Cent.
7.Jitto Account —
Ditto 41 per Cent., 1862 —
Ditto Account —
....Ditto 3 per Cent.. 1859
Portuguese 3 per Cent., 1853
Ditto Account
Ditto 3 per Cent., 1866, '7, '9, '6O, 62 49i 9
_ Ditto Account —
LLucsian 5 per Cent., 1822, £ St _
'.r.i•
tarDcii,tto.
at° 4k per Cent 1850..
Ditto 1860 —
5 per Cent, 1862
titpt au 5 per Cent
_
aptutris°, Account
'... 3 per Cent -
:
bitto
-Ditto 'ili.ceount
.iltt,„ A ew Deferred . .
Ditto I,:e'°,lllt
Ditto Acc"o ........... —
Spanish cer°t4rlt 351 i
Ditto iteco• of Coup not funded —
1851 l4
Swedish, 4 1,44,,,t
Turkish 6 Per (rut
Ditto Accou4,llt.
911 22
Ditto 6 per 00n;
I itto Account . - 1858
Ditto, 2100 130x,:ci; .... .
Ditto 6 per Cent. 18 : 62
Ditto Account .....
Ditto 6 per Cent.
186 i, .............. ........... 7-11
1) itto Guaranteed, 4
Vrinezuela 3 per Cent. Per Cent —
'Ditto Account
Ditto 6 per Cent., 1862 ........... —
Ditto Account .............
611
61k 2
Dividends on the abovelrYable in London.
Austrian, 5 per Cent.. Ex, Florins. 69i
Belgian 41 per Cent., Ex. 25f.
Dutch 2} per Cent., Ex.
01
12 Guil
14
Ditto 4 per Cent. Certificates
French Reutes, 3 per Cent., Ex. iii.
.. -
Italian, 5 per Cent., 1861, Es. 25 francs
Ditto A.ccount 726
TWO O'CLOCK,
Consolst Money
Ditto Account , ,

Sharel Railways. Paid: Closing Business
Price. done.