The Sun.
London, England, 1862-11-27 00:00:00

CITY NEWS---THIS DAY.

CITY, TWELTE O'CLOC/C.
The minimum rate of discount of the Bank of
'gland remains at 3 per cent., the directors at
their meeting to-day not having found it necessary
to modify their regulations. This result was fully
zPected owing to the recent tendency of affairs,
Which has indicated an abundance of money, with
a comparatively limited demand for commercial
and other purposes.
At the forthcoming meeting of the London
Bridge Railway Terminus Hotel Company a divi-
dend at the rate'of 10 per cent. will be proposed.
The half-yearly dividend is announced for pay-
ment Swedish Provincial Mortgage Bonds.
Contracts are required to supply her Majesty's
.13'31 Commissioners with the following articles
.71z-,3o,ooolbs.:coffee,ls,ooolbs. tea,lBo,ooolbs. sugar,
and 2,600ib5. pepper.
The last week's railway receipts, ascertained up
to
this day, are in round figures tis under :-
1862. .1861.
Great Western
°llll-Western
851.1 t- Western.
ighton
„dlaad 38,716 38,810
Grea Eastern lB,lBl 16,770
28,187 27,914
ratetZT.9rthern
Great --11'e and Yorkshire..
26,170 26,076
North r4astern
as tern 41,156 40,150
Bristol and Exeter 5,375 5,629
V.tt?lcheater Sheffield, and Lincoln
6.uaniburgh 14,631 15,279
'and Glasgow
ricl Trunk of Canada .. 19,770 21,019
Great Western of Canada 13,029 11,380
_ The returns are generally of a satisfactory cha-
racter. On the Great Western there is an inctease
.p
--1,993, on the North Western of £3,273, on the
South Western of £2,725, on the Brighton of
£L236, on the South Eastern of £1,411, on the
Great Northern of £2'73, on the Lancashire and
Yorkshire of £5l, on the Great Eastern of £94,
on the North Eastern of £1,106, and on the Great
Western of Canada of £1,649. The Midland shows
a decrease of £94, the Bristol and Exeter £54, the
*Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincoln of £648, the
Edinburgh and Glasgow of £355, and the Grand
'trunk of Canada of £1,249.

Two O'CLOCK.
There is rather more activity in the :Money
Aiarket to-day, owing to the settlement of the ac•
count
.. io foreign stocks and railway shares. There
4 very little if any increase, however, in the supply
0'
t commercial bills on offer. 2s.
The
seventh ordinary general meeting of the
'tali Irrigation and Canal Company took place
te°l(l,4s. Mr. James Thompson, who occupied the
.13 atr) described the general progress of the corn-
;llY's works, commenting on delays arising from
forr°„,ceedings of the Government, and also in re-
ference to the company's contract, which it was
q4oPzeted would be confirmed at an early day. The
to:liti°ll of water rates, as proposed by the direc-
e would no doubt receive the sanction of the
authorities. The report was adopted, after a brief '
miactlssion.
Thetoa dealings in the market for the English Funds
be. have been on a reduced scale, speculation
41:g quieter, while the operations for transfer have
been very restricted. Quotations, however,
for tare"nticued firm, Consols still remaining at 931
co gansfer, and 991 less dividend, for the ae
at‘l,l4lt• The New Threes and the Reduced are firm
Sto-lit ; Exchequer Bills, Bs. to 12s. prem. ; Bank 1,
at otsis depressed at 235 ; and India ditto remains
Foreign
and 231.
d ?reign Securities are rather buoyant, but the
r, a have been circumscribed. Turkish 6 per
'_,J.ents., 1854, are 831 841 ; ditto, 1858, 70,1, 711 ;
uthltto, New
Scrip, has' improved to 2k prem. ; but
Batle onsolides are steady at 38a. Mexican are
; Portuguese Scrip, 31 prem.; Russian paid
up
rditto, 931 ; Spanish Passive 931 ; and Vene-
zuelan Scrip has risen to 21 prem.
The operations in the Railway Share Market
ave not been very extensive, and principally con-
tiected with the usual half-monthly settlement. A
firmerl3 tone has prevailed, and the advance in some
L
atances has been fully 1 per cent. Great Eastern,
~reat Northern A Stock, Brighton and South-
•c,aatern have improved ss. Caledonian, Great
"Western, Lancashire and Yorkshire, and South-
Western, 10s.; and North-Western, £l.
The Foreign and Colonial undertakings were
'without any variation. Bahia and Sto Francisco
closed firm at 191 20 ; Sambre and Meuse at 91-;
Grand Trunk of Canada remain steady at 21i;
East Indian 1069 Ea.tcrn n.ngca
_11)51 1061:
Great Indian Peninsula, 106.1 ; and Madras 5 per
Cents. 10411.

Joint-Stock Bank and Miscellaneous Shares
Continued moderately active, at about previous

sates.

BRITISH FUNDS—ONE O'CLOCK.
Bank Stock
a n,,,, ,
• -- Cent, Reduced Annuities
„,per Cent. Consols; Annuities
"ew 3 ,
lod• per Cent. Annuities......
- 'a Stock
Ditto 5 per Cent
Ditto Debent' 4 per Cont., Oct., 1863
ures,
Ditto
Ditto ditto April, 1864 100 a 1
Ditto Honda £] ,000
. .............
7,_, to under £l,OOO ...............
i ~t8.01.s for Account, Dec. 4..............92j
`ll Stock for Account, 5 per Cent
- - I March

June
Exchequer Billa £l,OOO, 3 per Ct. l2 8
Ditto £5OO
uitto Small

Po„ FOREIGN FUNDS—ONE O'CLOCK.
ti,,.--a,,or New Consolidated
j..,,e,K 6 per Cent., 1894-5, ex-Coupons
INI.'4.1•11 5 Per Cent. (Maremmana Railway) 7'24
C•xlean, 3 Por Cent
I\i"itto Account
'''''' Or ,•• , b,,,,n and , per Lent
bqr Warrants
Pr 't° ex over-due Coups. & Hectares ... 124 f
)rte.Rii , ,
bit, ese 3 Per Cent., L 853. .....
ni,`° 3 pet Cent., 1862
rtns':'° Scrip, £2O pd .• • • 3i pm
~,,si r
Ditt '' Per Cent 1822 £St 951
atdi••,? Paid up Scrip.
,\l3, ‘!'1411 5 per Cent.
551
br2lBll 3 per Cent..
Itto Passive. •
..ttarVAl Cert. of Conp. not funded
britsoll G per Cont. 1854
bat 6 Per Cent. 1858
DiAccount 4t'unt
__
pm
Lel 6 C ....... Scrip £6O pd fir 2*
.._
bit to p per mt./ 1 * ' 704 I 4 U
Vctie , Paid-up Scrip ............
I)ittzolleial 244
3per Cent ................. ..d
21
2 dis
6 per Cent., 1862 (Scrip), £43 pal
Dutch
~I)vidpn(iFt on the above payable in London.
.11861,
Ditto 4. per Cent., Ex. 12 Guil.
Italian, Per Cent. Certificates ... 07,
.....
, wi
)5 per Cent Ex. 25f.
TWO 0' cLocx.
eVR, Money, with the div. .......... 93i If .
1)4QQ.1•14t *iitilitimittool „, , , 92i I x a