The Sun.
London, England, 1862-10-23 00:00:00

CITY NEWS---THIS DAY.

CITY, TWELVE O'CLOCK.
The last week's railway receipts, ascertained up
to this day, are in round figures as under :-
1862. 1861.
Great Western £6 t,060 £59,092
Great Eastern
Great Northern
North-Western
South- Western
South-Eastern
Brighton
Midland
Lancashire and Yorkshire 32,320 35,262
North-Eastern 44,842 43,53.2
Bristol and Exeter
Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincoln 14,102 15,989
Edinburgh and Glasgow
Great Western of Canada .„ 12,784 11,123
These returns are with one er two exceptions of
a favourable character On the Great Western
there is an increase of £2.968; Great Eastern,
£444 ; North Western, £2,989 ; South Western,
£3,539 ; South Eastern, £2,121 ; Brighton, £1,846 ;
North Eastern, £1,310 ; Great Western of Canada,
£1,661. The Great Northern, however, shows a
decrease of £717; the Midland, £488; the Lan-
cashire and Yorkshire, £2,942; and the Man-
chester, Sheffield, and Lincoln, £1,887.

Two O'CLOCK.

The Bank of England directors, at their usual
weekly meeting to-day, have not made any
alteration i❑ the minimum rate of discount.
The Money Market to-day has been rather quiet,
and operations were partially suspended until the
result of the Bank meeting became known. It was
not imagin -d that any alteration in the minimum
would take place, but a feeling of caution was
nevertheless occasioned by the increased firmness
recently noticed in monetary circles, and the de-
cline which has taken place in the stork of bullion.
File half-yearly meeting of the proprietors of the
Oriental Bank Corporation took place to-day—Mr.
H. G. Gordon, the chairman, presiding The meet
ing was merely of a formal character, the chairman
-announcing that the directors had ordered payment
of an interim dividend of £1 ss. per share, and a
bonus of 10s., together Ll 15s. per share, being at
the rate of 14 per cent. per annum on the capital
of the company for the half-year ended 30th June
last, and that the warrants for the same will be
issued, and paid, free of income tax, on and after
Saturday, lira Ist of November next.

A general meeting of the Universal Marine In-
surance Company was held this day at the London
Tavern, for the rurpose of taking steps to register
the company under the Act of 25th and 26th Vic-
toria, cap. 59, known and cited as the Companies
Act, 1862. The various resolutions were all
agreed to.

The English Stock Market presents a firm ap-
pearance, the improvement of the previous after-
noon being welt supported. The result of the meet-
ing of the Bank Directors has imparted some buoy-
ancy to prices, and Consols are 931 for money
and the 6th proximo. The New Threes and Re-
duced Annuities have advanced to 92 1. ; India 5
per Cents. to In9l- ; ditto 5 per Cent. Enfaced
Paper to 105 i ; and ditto 51 per Cent. remains at
1121; Indian Bonds have improved to 295. prem.,
and Bank Stock is firm at 238.

Toe Market for Foreign Seourites is tolerably
active, and Turkish Bonds are buoyant ; the old 6
per Cents. are 821 834; ditto, 1858,701 ; ditto New
Scrip, a prem.; ditto paid up, 681 69; and the
Consolides, 381 4. Italian 5 per Cents. are marked
72; and the Maremmana Railway Loan 721 73;
Venezuela remain at 291 4 ; Mexican are steady at
33a ; Peruvian Stock is quoted 99, and t.re New
Scrip paid-up, 11 a dis ; Portuguese paid-up Scrip
continues at 46a ; Russian Scrip continues steady
at 24 prem.; and the paid-up portion 95a; Spanish
Securities are firm at 547; the Deferred at 461 4 ;
the Passive at 22 ; and the Certificates are quote
this morning at 9a 4.
In the Railway Share Market the operations
were limited, but a firmer tone was apparent.
Great Westerns, Lancashire and Yorkshire, and
South Easterns, improved 55.; and North Wes-
terns, 10s.; Great Easterns and Great Northerns,
however, declined 10s.; and Midlands, ss.
The Foreign and Colonial undertakings were
Without any material change in prices. South
Auqtrian and Lombard
-Venetian brought. 224 ;
S-imbre and M.ea5..,101; Grai,d Trunk of Canada
Pe ,
214 ; Great Indian Peninsula 1044 ; and Madras
5 per Cents., Mi.

Joint-Stock Bank Shares havel been heavy. Im-
perial Bank have receded to
eil-; London and
Middlesex, to 21; Alliance of London onand Liver-
pool, to 191 t ; and London and Westminster, t..c;
781 781 L .nclon and Colonial are quoted i i
prem. ; and Standard of South Africa, 2! 2; preen.
4
In the Miscellaneous Market business continued
very dull. Trust and Loan Company of Upper
Canada realised 51,-; Electric Telegraph,lo2 ; Great
Ship Company kreferenee Shares, 1.

12.10

BRITISH FUNDS—CLOSING
... 38
PRICES.
2
Bank Stock
3 per Cent. Reduced Annuities 92 /
i
3 per Cent. Consols Annuities ....... 9,3 ,ii I I
New 3 per Cent. Annuities
India Stock
Ditto 5 per Cent ..................... 1091
Ditto Enfaced Paper, 4 per Cent ......
Ditto 5 pet Cent. ................... 105 k
Ditto 51 per Cent. .................. 1121
D bonds -Moo°
Consols for Ditto under £l,000
Bills Jun.. March.
Excheque •
Ditto Small
FI:j0.0, .. I:
, £1,000,N0v3. 6 ............. 931
Dittoe.r.
... t..
...
:19
Cent. S-20
20
FOREIGN...
Brazilian, 5 per ND CLOSING PRICES.
Ditto 41 per Cent. 184
YuPatni %up' e7r PCeern,tCen( 1.N.1 a: r:e.2tn:sl:6:a. . Railway) 897953 2} t
EIJI
l‘l Nican, 3 per Cent
Ditto Account ................... 3,3,A
l'eructln 41 per Cent .................... ""a
Diti 0 A eeount ......... : ....... - .....
Ditto 41 New, 1862, A. Sc;ip. , £5.3 ...... 99
Portuguese 3 per Cent., 18,53-:
Ditto Scrip, £l5 pd ...........
p, ....... : ................. .. —1:61
Ditto Paid-up Scrip ................... ••21 i
Ditto 5 per Cent.,1862,
Ditto Paid up Scrip ..... P 2i 2
......... 95a
Spavisla 3 per Cent ............. -
Ditto Account ..
Ditto New Deferred _
Ditto Account
_Ditto Passive. , . ...........
Spanish Cert. of Coup. not funded
T.trkt,sh 6 per Cent. 1654
Ditto Account
Ditto 6 per Cent. 1858..
Ditto Axteount ...............
Ditto 6 per Cent., 1862 (Scrip), £5O paid I a a 1 ot pm
Ditto, Paid up Scrip
Venezuela, per Cent. . ,
Ditto Account
ftvidetids on the above savable in London.
Italian, 5 per Cent., 1861, Ex. 25f.
Ditto Account . ...„ 72a
Consols, Money ...THREE O'CLOCK.
....... 93
Ditto Account .... , g• 931
i
• ...... ft ......