The Sun.
London, England, 1870-11-30 00:00:00

MONETARY REPORTS.-YESTEEDAY.

The progress of the fortnightly settlement has to some
extent interfered with business, and the absence of any
definite news with reference to the burden of Prince Gort-
chakoff's reply has also been an obstacle to any freedom in
concluding operations. In all classes of securities the trans-

actions have been to a very moderate extent ; the fluctua

tions in prices have been neither numerous nor important.
Consols have been flat at 924, 93, for delivery and the'
December account► Reduced and New Three per Cents,
4911 91 Bank Stock, 230, 232; Exchequer Bills,
10s., 155., preen; India Five per Cents, 11% 1.121 ; and
India Bonds, 235„ 275., prem. For Colonial Govern-
ment tneurities, the demand has been inactive, emt prices
have been without change.
There has been an bsence of any important feature in
the market for English railway stocks, and the movements
in prices have been trifling. Qaledonian, at 771, 774
Brighton at 391, 40; and North Eastern. at 142 k, 143, are
each 1 lower, but Midland has risen 1, the quotation
being 1261, 1271; and Great Western L, or 69, 691 ;,
liretropolitan is quoted at 64, 64k ; South Eastern, P3l,
733 ; Great Northern A. 131, 132 4 Great Eastern, 38,
381 ; and North Western, 1261, 127.
Indian Railway Stocks have been dealt in cautiously.
Bombay, Baroda, and Central India, 103, 1044 East.
nlndian,loB Great Indian Peninsula, 105 k, 106 4 Oude
and Rohilkund, 102. In Canadian shares next to nothing
has been doing. Foreign shares have been quiet. Dutch'
Rhenish, 221; Great Luxembourg, 111, 11f ; Lombards,
141, 14g.
In foreign bonds the transactions have been on a limited
scale, and the movements have been insignificant.
Egyptian 1868 have been firm, and better, at 761, 761 ;
while Spanish shew an advance of k, the 1867 being quoted
at 31k, 312 ; and the 1869 at 31g, 34. Turkish
Five per Cents. have been flat, 43k, 43 being a
decline of 1. Peruvian (1865) are quoted at 902, 911;
Turkish (1869), 49, 49k ; Mexican, 132, 141. The
French loan has declined to k die. to par. American
securities have been quiet. The Five-Twenty (1882) bonds
have been done at 88, 881; ditto (1885), 87, 87k; Erie
shares, 194, 20k; and Illinois Central, 110 f, 11L
In bank shares the demand has been inactive. Anglo-
Egyptian, 221 ; Consolidated, 42 ; Imperial Ottoman,
11g, 11k ; and London and Westminster, 631.
Telegraph shares have been steady. Anglo-Mediter-
ranean, 1301 ; British Indian Submarine, 71; Falmouths,
10k, 1; Marseilles, Algiers, and Malta, and Telegraph
Constructions, 27i.
Miscellaneous securities have been neglected. Credit
Foncier of England, 21-16 ; Fore-street Warehouse, 201;
International Financial, 31 ; Ocean Marine, 191.
The bullion operations at the Bank to-day comprised
the withdrawal of £5,00Q.
As regards the exchanges, there has been less demand
for bills on Holland and Belgium, and the rates have been
more favourable, otherwise there has been no alteration.

The discount market has been well supplied with cap!,
tal. The demand for accommodation has been quiet, and
three months' paper has been negotiable at 2i, 2i per
cent. .

Notwithstanding the continuance of the Continental
war, the Board of Trade returns just issued for the
month of October, contrast favourably with the
preceding month. In October the exports of
British and Irish produce and manufactures
amounted to £17,550,799, against £16,454,896 in 1869, and
£16,876,898 in the previous year. In October they
reached a total of £17,090,823. During the ten months
the exports amounted to £166,184,990, against
£159,162,432, in 1869, and £150,681,161, in the
previous year. The computed real value of the articles
imported in 'September was £21,934,182, against
£23,138,033 in 1869, and £23,395,602 in 1868. During the
nine months it amounted to £182,400,543, against
£171,721,097 in 1869, and £176,033,335 in 1868.
FOREIGN EXCHANGES.—Antwerp, three months' date,
25 30, 25 35 ; Paris, short date, —, ; ditto, three
months' date, 25 60, 25 M ; Marseilles, ditto, 25 35, 23 40;
Leghorn, Genoa, Naples, and Palermo, ditto, 26 93,
26 27 ; Amsterdam, short date, 11171, 11181 ; ditto,
three months' date, and Rotterdam, ditto, 1201, 1201;
Hamburgh, ditto, 13 11, 13 111; Frankfort-on-the.
Maine, ditto, 1201, 120/ ; Vienna and Trieste, ditto,
12 75, 12 80 ; St. Petersburgh, ditto, 29, 29/ ; Madrid
ditto, 49i, 49 ; Cadiz, ditto, 49/, 493 ; Lisbon, 00 days'
date, and Oporto, ditto. 52/, 52,