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

MONEY MARKET

AND
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 New Grenada dividends :
—From the Custom-house of Barbacoas, £175 12s.
10d. ; from the San Jose de Cucuta, £95 14s. 2d. ;
total, £271 7a. 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 55
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 :

Great Western 1863. 1862.L62,549 £63,569
North-Western
South-Western
23,987
Great Eastern
52,755 32,987
Midland
South-Eastern 25,459 27,397
Great Northern
Lancashire and Yorkshire 34,074 32,050
North Eastern
Bristol and Exeter
llanchester, Sheffield, and Lincoln 16,825 14,853
North British
Edinburgh and Glasgow
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 1:833. 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 Reuter's
telegram, the 3 per Cent. Rentes were 67f. 50c.
Heavy and inanimate,
An 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 / for money,: and 93/ 1 for the ac-
count. The New Threes are 91/ t, and the Re-
duced Annuities, 911 ; Exchequer Bills are again
par to 3s. prem. ; India 5 per Cent. Loan is
steady at 1081 109 ; the 4 per Cents. do., 1001 j ;
the 5 per Cent. Enfaced Paper, 107, and the 51
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 15 4. Mexican have risen 7,, viz., to 43 1;
Spanish Passive 1, to 354 ; the Certificates 1, to
141 ; Turkish 6 per Cents. 1862, are 701 711 ; do.,
Consolides, 54:7 4 ; Portuguese, 49 1 ; Italian, 724 ;
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,
108.; Lanoashire 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 im-
proved to 45 46; India Land Mortgage Bank shares
are quoted 31 prem. ; Anglo-Austrian, 4to
prem. ; Imperial Privileged Austrian, -41, dis. to
prem. ; East London, 11 21-, prem.
Business in the Miscellaneous Market continues
inactive. Crystal Palace Stock realised 38; ; Lon-
don Financial, 14; General Credit, 51,-; and Dis-
count Corporation, 6} 7-1- prem.

BRITISH FUNDS—CLOSING PRICES.
Dank Stock —
a per Cent. Reduced Annuities
a per Cent. Consols Annuities
New 3 perr Cent. Annuities
Annuities, 30 yrs, expire (ith Jan., 1880 —
Ditto
for 30 yrs, expire sth April, 1885.
IDitto (Red Sea Telegraph), Aug. 1908. 21
ndia Stock
...... 109 81
Ditto 5 pei Cent
Ditto 4 per Cent..
Ditto Enfaced Pa, 4 per Cent —
Ditto 5 per Cent
107 a
Ditto 54 per Cent .......... : ..•.
Ditto Debentirces, 4 per Ct ..
b .t. . 1863
Ditto ditto April, 1864
Ditto 7ditte Aug. 1864 or 66
Bank Stock lor Account
Consols for Account, Oct. 8 93-
India Stock for Account, 5 per Cent —
Exchequer Bills, £l,OOO, 2/ per Cent par
Ditto £SOO
Ditto Small ...
FOREIGN FUNDS—CLOSING PRICES.
Austrian Bonds, 5 per Cent
Ditto 1859
Brazilian 5 per Cent
Ditto t
4to, 183 D and 1859
4 per Cent , 1852 58 60
Danish 4 Per
Cent, 1863 .. -911
Ditto 3 Per Cent., 1825...............
Dutch, 2/i per Cent., Ex. 12 Guilders
Ditto, Provisonal Land Warrant .... ::
Egypti.an 7 per Cent.. 1
Ditto, Second Issue-.... .•
.
.......
.....
Equador New Consolidated, 1 per Cent —
Greek 6
Apccountt .er Cen.,
.1824-5,.ex-Coupons 32 11 I
Ditto Coupons
Di.......... ..
Ditto Account lst 1 1
Guatemala 5 per Cent. -
Italian 5 per Uent.(Maremmana Railway)
Mexican 3 per Cent
421 31 1 21 3
Ditto Account
Moorish Imperial 5 per Cent
New Granada l6/
Ditto 2 per Cent.
Ditto Deferred 9l
Ditto Land Warrants (Hectares)
Peruvian 3 per Cent.
Ditto Account
Ditto 41 per Cent., 1862
Diu', Account
Dit',o 3 per Cent., 1859
Port.uguese 3 per Cent., 1853
Ditto Account _
Ditto 3 per Cent., 1856, '7, '9, '6O, 62 494 9
Ditto Account
—lt n er Cent., 1822, £St —
Ditto 44 per Cent 1850 Ditto
Di Sardiniat o 1860
5 per Cent, 1862 934
bittoil ''
Per Cent .......... .
i)ntlielliccount
Ditto A,Per Cent
°Ditt isi.'"ount ..........
I)itto
keew Deferred ............
11;4 p "ant ..
_._ ,
44,...
.A.,:lve .......... ~
--
Spanish C
ert. t ......... ....
Ditto Ane,h„°f, coup not funded ..... -
Swedish, 4
pe;ze
Tarkish. 6 per
Account,.'ceut';z
Ditto "54
Ditto 6 per Celli. .ig
Ditto Account, o 8 ......
pitte, x,,,0tos
'OO B ......
Ditto 6 per Cont. 1862
Ditto 6 per Cent. 1863, £59 ia• ....
~, 7la
Ditto Guaranteed, 4 per cent. . s vu Pd —
Venezuela 3 per Cent.
Ditto Account ................... 26
Cent., 1869 ....... _
Ditto 6 per - .............. 611
Ditto Account .................. .. London.
Dividends on the above Payable in .
Austrian, 5 per Cent., Ex 10 Florins. 695
Belgian 41 per Cent., Ex. 25f. .......
......
Dutch 21 per Cent., Ex. 12 Guil .. . .
..... —.
Ditto 4 per Cent. Certificates .. : .... 101/
French Rentes„ 3 p., er Cent., Ex. 25f... . -..
Italian, 5 per Cent., 1351, Ex. 25 francs. --
Ditto Account
THREE O'CLOCK.
Consols, Money
Ditto Accoant ..... •i t 93i i