The Sun.
London, England, 1871-01-14 00:00:00

MONETARY REPORTS.-YESTERDAY.

The tone of the Stock markets to-day has been de-
cidedly firm, and although the transactions have not been
on an extensive scale, a general advance has taken place
in the quotations. In English railway stocks the tran-
sactions have been to a fair extent, and whilst Great
Northern A has fallen 3, Caledonian, South Eastern,
North Eastern, Great Eastern, and North Western have
risen in value. Foreign bonds have com-
manded a fair share of attention, and further purchases
have resulted in an advance in Egyptian
Italian, Spanish, and Turkish. Consols have been firm
at 923, 921 for delivery, and 92 9-16ths, 92 11-16ths for the
February account. Reduced and New Three per Cents,
923, 921, Bank Stock, 235, 237 ; Exchequer Bills, 10s.,
15s. prem. ; India Five per Cents, 110, 1103 ; and India
Bonds, 225., 275. prem.
The market for English railway stocks has been firm.
Caledonian and South Eastern have risen 3, Great
Eastern and North Eastern 3, and North Western 3, but
Great Northern A has fallen 3. Metropolitan, 633, 641;
Caledonian, 873, 881; Brighton, 423, 431; South
Eastern, 76, 763 ; Great Northern A, 1361, 1363 ; Great
Eastern, 41, 413 ; North Eastern, 147, 1473 ; Midland,
1293, 130 ; North Western, 1293, 1303; and Great
Western, 72f, 73.
Very little business has been doing in Indian Railway
Stocks. Carnatic, 1003 ; East Indian, 1091, 3 ; Great
Indian Peninsular, 1061, 3 ; Madras, 1033 ; and Scinde,
1013, 3. Canadian shares have been fiat. For foreign
shares the inquiry has been limited. Lemberg Czerno-
witz, 153, 16.
Foreign Bonds have been purchased to a fair extent, at
a further enhancement. Portuguese have risen 3, Egyp.
tain (1868) 1, Italian (1861) 1, Spanish 3, Turkish Five
per Cents. and ditto (1869)3. Italian (1861) are quoted
at 541, 543 ; Egyptian (1868), 783, 79 ; Spanish, 293, 30 ;
Turkish Five per Cents., 42, 42} ex div. ; and ditto (1869),
513, 511. French Scrip is quoted at 21 to 2 dis., and
German 1/ to 13 prem.
In Bank shares the transactions have been restricted.
Imperial Ottoman, 3.11 to ; Joint Stock, 353 to 361;
London and Westminster, 633 ; Oriental, 413 ; and Union
of London, 38 to 381.
Telegraph shares have been quiet. British India Exten-
sion, 63, 61; Falmouths, 9 ; Great Northern, 11i ; Con-
struction, 243.
The demand for miscellaneous securities has been inac-
tive. Fore-street Warehouse, 22, 1 ; General Credit and
Discount, 7i, 3 ; and National Discount, 113, 3.
The sum of £285,000 has been withdrawn from the
Bank to-day.
As regards the Exchanges, bills have continued in de-
mand, and the rates have been lower.
At a meeting of the East and West India Dock Com-
pany, a dividend of 3 per cent. for the half-year, making
6 per cent. for the year, was declared.
A meeting has been held of the Fore-street Warehouse
Company, and a dividend of £1 per share has been de-
clared.
Messrs. Barclay Brothers have invited applications for
15,000 deferred shares of £lO each, of the Bedford and
Northampton Railway, at the price of £B2los. per cent.,
or £Blss. with allowance for prepayment.
The discount market has been heavily supplied with
capital. Only a moderate demand for accommodation has
been experienced, and three months' paper has been taken
at 2, 23 per cent.
The directors of the London and Provincial Marine
Insurance Company have resolved to recommend a divi-
dend for the half-year at the rate of I 0 per cent per
annum, and to carry a further sum of £15,000 to the re-
serve fund, which will then stand at £60,000. At the
corresponding date of last year the dividend was of the
same amount, and the sum added to reserve was £20,000.
The directors of the British and Foreign Marine Insur-
ance Company (Limited), Liverpool, have resolved to
recommend a dividend for the half-year of 4s. per share,
being at the rate of 10 per cent. per annum, together with
a bonus of 6s. per share, making, with the interim divi-
dend paid in July last of 4s. per share, a distribution of
173 per cent. for the year, carrying £35,000 to the reserve
fund.

Messrs. Pixley, Abell, Langley, and Blake thus report
on the state of the bullion market :—Gold : We have no
arrivals to report this week, and as the demand for abroad
still exists, withdrawals have taken place from the Bank
to the extent of about £138,000; these will pro-
bably continue, as we do not look for gold to
any extent until about the 29th inst., when the
Overland Mail is due with £550,000 on English account.
Silver continues in good demand for the Continent, but
prices remain without alteration, as the amounts to hand
to be dealt with are but small. Mexican dollars—The
Ceylon has taken £21,710 to China. The demand for that
quarter is, however, exceptional, and arrivals are taken for
refining purposes.
The traffic return of the Bristol and Exeter Railway
shews a decrease of £534 on the corrospondinq week of
last year.
FOREIGN EXCHANGES.—Amsterdam, short date, 11 17,
11 18 ; ditto, three months' date, 11191, 12 00 ; Rotter-
dam, ditto, 11191, 12 00 ; Antwerp, ditto, 25 30, 25 35 ;
Paris, short date, ditto, three months' date, nominal ;
Marseilles, ditto, 25 40, 25 50 ; Hamburgh, ditto, 13 10,
1310/ ; Frankfort-on-the-Maine, ditto, 120, 1201 ; Vienna,
ditto, 12 70, 12 72} ; Trieste, ditto, 12 70, 12 721 ;
St. Petersburgh ditto, 292, 291 ; Madrid, ditto, 49, 491- ;
Cadiz, ditto, 49i, 492 ; Leghorn, Genoa, Naples, and
Palermo, ditto, 26 85, 26 90 ; Lisbon, 90 days' date,
521, 52 ; Oporto, ditto, 52f, 521.