The Sun.
London, England, 1863-02-26 00:00:00

The minimum of the Bank of England remains
at 4 per cent., the directors as anticipated having
refrained from making any alteration at their meet-
ing to-day, In the open market the rates continue
to range as low as 3a per cent. for the best three
months billp, and 31 per cent. for securities having
ti shorter term to run.
The next drawing for bills of exchange on India
will take place on the 4th proximo to the amount
of £600,000.
The Gladiator has arrived from Nassau with
£lOO,OOO in specie, and 420 bales of cotton. The
City of Manchester, from New York, has brought
£lOO,OOO, and the Hansa £60,000.
The last week's railway receipts, ascertained up
to this day, are in round figures hs under

1863. 1862.
Great "Western 149,162 148,327
North-Western
Ll‘soliudtlh..td
South-Western
1Irighton
astern 37,785 36,067
IGreat_ Northern. 15,753 14,816
24,687 24,375
Lancashire and Yorkshire 31,300 29,653
Great Eastern
North-Eastern
Bristol and Exeter
These returns are generally of a* satisfactory
character. On the Great Western there is an in-
crease of £835;
on the North Western, of £5,106;
on the South Western, of £1,569 ; on the Brighton,
of £1,430; on the Midland, of £1,718; on the
South Eastern, of £937 ; on the Great Northern,
of £312 ; on the Lancashire and Yorkshire of
£1,647 ; on the Great Eastern, of £1,264; on the
North Eastern of £2,731 ; and on the Bristol and
Exeter, of £135.

Two O'CLOCK.

At Paris this morning, according to Reuter's
telegram, French Rentes were 69f. 65c., 69f. 70c.,
--.rather firm.

At the half-yearly meeting to-day, of the Oriental
and General Marine Insurance Company, Mr. E.
Mocatta in the chair, the report, which recom-
mended the payment of interest at the rate of 5
per cent. upon the subscribed capital, was unani-
mously adopted. The chairman said that 5-7ths of
the total liabilities of the company had run off in
December last, and against the remaining 2-7ths
there remain half of the premium.
The half-yearly meeting of the proprietors of the
Victoria (London) Dock Company took place to-
day, Mr. J. P. Heywood presiding. The report
stated that the accounts, which were made up to
31st December last, showed that during the six
months 1,261 ships had entered the docks, being ai
increase of 29, as compared with 1861. The total
numbers of ships that entered the port of London
alBa6ri2, weretheeg
years ending 31st December, 1861 and.
10,769 for the flamer period, and 11,551
for the latter 12 months, showing an increase of
782•_ The report was unanimously adopted, after a
few observations from the chairman relative to the
continued progress of the company's property.
Owing
to a sudden recovery in the French
Funds, after the depression lately produced by the
Polish question and other unfavourable influences,
Cons ,ls closed yesterday afternoon at a slight im-
provement,
and this morning additional firmness
has been perceptible, the latest prices being 921
for_ money, 921 for the sth proximo, and 92t I
rot the April account. The New Three per Cents.
have improved to 921 ; the Reduced to 921 i;
Exchequer Bills par; Bank Stock, 239 ; and India
per Cents, continue at 1081.
The transactions in the Foreign Market have
been circumscribed, but prices tend upwards.
Tarkish 6 per Cents., 1854, have improved to 90 ;
do., 1862, 69 1; do., Consolides, to 411; Egyptian,
1001 ; Greek Bonds, to 19.1 I; the Coupons, to 8i;
Mexican, to 321; Russian New Loan, 938 94;
Spanish Passive, 25i 261 ; do. Certificates, 91 i;
and Sardinian, 83.
A firmer tone has prevailed in the Railway
Share Market, but the dealings continue limited,
and are mostly connected with the liquidation of
the half monthly account. Great E3sterns, Great
Northern A Stock, Great Western, North-Western,
Midland, and South-Eastern have each advanced
about 15s.

In the Foreign and Colonial undertakings there
has been no material variation. Great Luxembourg
realise 151; Recife and San Francisco, 181; San
Paulo, 231 ; East Indian, 1051 ; Great Southern of
India, 103-1 4 ; and Great Western of Canada, 134.
Joint-Stock Bank and Miscellaneous Shares re-
tnamed inactive, but at steady prices.

Bank
StBRITISHock FUNDS—CLOSING PRICES.
239
3 per Cent. Reduced Annuities
per Cent. Consols Annuities
New 3 lndia S ptock .er Cent Annuities
Ditto 5 per Cent
Ditto Enfaced Paper, 4 per Cent —
,
,-. 1121
0 5/ per Cent
Ditto Debentures, 4 per Ct , Oct., 1863 100/ /
Ditto ditto April, 1864 100 k
Ditto ditto Aug. 1864 or 66 100/
Dtt-,. bonds ELM O ....
Consols, for Account, March. 5
-"•ehectuer Bills, £lOOO, 23/4 per Cent —
Ditto £500
Ditto Advertised 1 dis 2 par
FOREIGN FUNDS—CLOSING PRICES.
Buenos 943/4 31
'Ayres 6 per Cent
1., "Ilan 3 per Cent
'''''l3b
iPt tt
oi a:
Second 17
pet
Issue Cent
t lOOl 100
TDee.i kt
t 5
Isita_lxia.n smCpoeinist., 1824-5, ex-Coup ,ris l9a i2O
81- i
per Cent. 01aremmana Railway) 71/
e lean 3 per Cent
__Ditto Account 321
tr:l,.o_°:::riuti.tsgollia Iraper i a 1 5 per Cent
',levy Granada
2espiseit3ttCpoeenrtcent.,
1853 -
331 3
473/4
1862
...uasian 5 per Cent 1824 £ St —
S. -'7
5 per Cent. 1862
noian 5 per Cent.
'Pailieh 3 per Cent
Ditto New Deferred
_ Dato Passive
.I:llDiarriikiiittttii:l,AC6cep3reotr.uoricften.to:u.lpBns4ot funded
9a !I 1 a
Ditto
66pp„
90
72
Accountceer C Cent. n't Cent.
1188,5;28
69A 1 4
venezuela, 3 per Cent
Ditto 6 per Cent., 1862
Dividends on the above payable in London.
-Dutch 2k per Cent., Ex. 12 Guil —
Ditto 4 per Cent. Certificates
THREE O'CLOCK.
C>ntsols' Money
.oittoAccount 921 k

Liverpool Cotton Market--This Day.

(REUTER'S TELEGRAM.)
LIVERPOOL, Feb. 26.
Steady. Sales about 4,000. Import 1,722 ;
Previously 15,878.

THE NATAL COAST VOLUNTEERS.—Yesterday the I
bill in the Ilouse of Lordswasprvntinotieudteocar. amend the
object ofthe aotre-
lating to the Royal Naval Coast
the measure is to expunge from theforbmeyeornsdtaltuooteletahgeueso
limi-
tation of not sending such volunteers
the shore of some part of the United Kingdom.
LENT, LENT!—In our report of the meeting at
Bury St. Edmond's last week, wet the
en
t alluded
hem tea
ayb e
are
Archbishopletterres
eeof
concerning the Royal marriage from
Canterbury to a clergyman who hadconseulitierde
passage subject. We are now enabled to wive
‘ The Queen quite feels the difficulty there hpiamoghe the
subject. he
ing festivities and rejoicings during Lent.respect.
There
no great rejoicings at Court ; nothing more thantxoof
State
dinners, and the Queen quite sees the reasonableness
Postponing rejoicings in the country till after Eagter. I
should like this to bees widely known as ; ossible."
FATAL ACCIDENT IN THE HUNTING FIELD.—On
Tuesday laNt the East Sussex Ftahounris met at
Crowhurst, a village a few miles distant from Ha-tinge.
The meet was at a quarter to 11 o'clock, and they; was a
good muster on the occasion. Among the company was it Captain Tewke, a gen*leman belonging to Nottinghamshire
who had been staying a short time at the Victoria Hotel,
St. Leonard's-on-Sea. About 2 o'clock, while following
the hounds over a piece of rather marsh land, just below
Pebshani, this gentleman's horse fell-and rolled over him,
"ning almost instantaneous death. A horse that was
ricl' Ben by another gentleman of the party also met with an
accident, by which its back was broken. An inquest was
held on the body of the unfortunate captain the same even-
ing, by /sir. Kell, the coroner for the district, and a verdict
of Accidental Death returned.