The Sun.
London, England, 1870-11-25 00:00:00

MONETARY REPORTS.—YEsTERDAY.

The conciliatory nature of Prince Gortsehakoff's dis-
patch and the deprecation of the Russian Government to
commence hostilities in consequence of the unpopularity
of the Treaty of 1856, have exercised a most beneficial
effect upon the stock markets. Transactions in all classes
of securities have been on a much more extended scale, and
a divided enhancement has taken place in the quo-
tations. The stocks principally influenced have
been those speculative foreign bonds; such is Italian,
Egyptian, and more particularly Turkish, which invari
ably testify to their sensitive nature by violent fluctua-
tions, often upon the receipt of news which has no better
foundation than that of rumour. The improvement,
however, has not been confined to these securities, other
descriptions participating in the general steadiness.
The market for home securities has been firm. Consols
have risen per cent., or to 921, 93, for delivery and the
December account : Reduced and New Three per Cents.,
911, 911; Bank stock, 231, 232 ; Exchequer Bills, 10s. to
15s. prem. ; India Five per Cents., 111, 1121; and India
bonds, 225. to 275. preen. In Colonial Government
securities, not much business has been transacted, but
quotations have been well maintained.
The tone of the market for English railway stock has
been healthy, and the quotations have ruled firm. Cale-
donian has risen 1, or to 771, 78 ; Great Eastern, +, or to
37g, 37fi ; North Eastern, /, or to 141, 1411; Midland, g,
or to 1251, 1251 ; North Western, "t, or to 1261, 127; and
Great Western, 1, or to 68, 681. Metropolitan has been
1 lower, at 631, 63g.
Indian railway stocks have been steady in value. East
Indian, 108/, ; Great Indian Peninsula, 104, 1 ; Madras,
103+.,4}; Oude and Rohilkund, 102; Canadian shares
have been quiet. Foreign shares have been firm. Lom-
bards have been 1 better at 141, 1; Bahia and San Fran-
cisco, 17-1-; Buenos Ayres Great Southern, 24g ; Dutch-
Rhenish, 221 ; Great Luxembourg, 111, ; San Paulo,
20g.

The foreign bond market has been steady, and the
fluctuations have been satisfactory. At 902 to 91i Peru-
vian 1865, !thews a rise of ; Egyptian (1868) I, at 75i, 76;
Italian (1861), gat 54k, 54k ; Spanish (1867), at 31k, 31;
dittO (1869), gat 31g, 31k. Turkish Five per Cents of at 43,
431; ditto 1869, of 1, at 48i, 49. Mexican, of it at 13i, 132. The
French Loan is quoted at par to prem. American
securities have been firm. The Five-Twenty (1882)
Bonds have risen t, or to 871, 881.
Bank shares have been quiet. Agra A, 878 ; Anglo-
EgyPtian, 211, 22 ; Consolidated, g ; Imperial Ottoman,
lig, 2; London and County, 49g ; Joint Stock, 332 ;
London and Westminster, 63 ; and Union of London,
381, 39. . .

For telegraph shares the market has been quiet but
firm. Falmouth have been higher, at 10i, 4. Con-
structions ,at 27, 27k.
Miscellaneous securities have been in moderate request.
Hudson's Bay, 8a ; Universal Marine, 11k.
The Clearing House returns for the week ending
November 23, shew a total of £63,812,000, against
£57,473,000 for the corresponding period last year.

There have been no bullion operations at the Bank

,o-day.

We are requested to state that the report in the Times
this morning of Southall v. The British Empire Mutual
Life Assurance is erroneous, the companies interested
being the Prudential and British Mutual Societies.
It is a question of amalgamation between the two latter
companies, the British Empire Mutual Life Assurance
Company not having the remotest interest in the question.
The British Empire Company has been established 23
years, and the Accumulatedt-Fund already amounts to
£448,659.

The Manchester Courier states that a meeting of the
creditors of Messrs. John Wadsworth and Co., of Phurge
Mill, Edenfield, near Bury, felt manufacturers, was held
on Tuesday. The statement of affairs sheaved liabilities
exceeding* £3,300. After a long discussion it was
resolved to wind up the estate in liquidation;-and not in
bankruptcy,
No alteration has been made in the official minimum to•
day, the quotation still being 2i per cent. In the general
market, capital has been plentiful, and with a moderate
demand for accommodation, three months' paper has been
taken at 21-, 2g per cent.
At the annual meeting of the Scottish Fire Insurance
Conapany. (Limited), held at Edinburgh, the premiums
for the year ended the 31st of July were stated at £40,599
and' the los‘es paid £24,902. The usual dividend of 7i
per cent. was declared, and £613 carried forward.
The week's traffic return of the Great Northern Railway
shows an increase of £1,726 ; Lancashire and Yorkshire,
£4,081; Great Western, £1,817 ; Bristol and Exeter,
£483; Caledonian, £2,679; and the Manchester, Sheffield,
and Lincolnshire, £516. In the case of the London,
Chatham, and Dover, there is a decrease of £174.

The return of the Bank of England chews-the follow-
ing results when compared with the previous week :—A
decrease in circulation of £514,868 ; an increase in public
deposits of £782,144 ; a deorease in other deposits of
£110,471; an increase in other securities of £65,986 ;
an increase in bullion of £95,576 ; an increase in rest of
£4,761; an increase in reserve of £630,071. The circula-
tion (including post bills) is now £24,127.374 ; public de-
posits amount to £5,661,038 ; and private deposits to
£18,781,459. The securities held represent £29,487,494,
and the stock of bullion is £22,196,963. Tho rest stands
at £3,114,586.

LONDON STOCK EXCIINNGE.—TnuasDAY.

LATEST PRICES.-AFTER OFFICIAL HOURS.
The prices under the lines indicate the business done.

GOVERNMENT SECURITIES.

Three per Cent Consols 921 93 DoApril &Oct 1883-85.. 111 112
93, 24, 4, 31, 2/ 111. 107
Do for Account
924, 31 1031
Three per Cent Reduced 911 911 Brazilian. 1865. 5p o .... 90 92
911, 1,1, 1 911, 991, 14
New 3 per Cent
814, i Uo Bail Debou 7 p .. 99 101
Exchequer Bills. March 10 15pm 991
15s, 12s pm Italian, 1865. 5p c
Do, June lO 15pm Peruvian. 1865. 5p c .... 904 911
12s pm 901, 1
Bank Stock
231 311, 5
lodis 5 per Cents
1121, 111, 121 837, i
India Bonds — Do Nicolas 41) c
225, 27s pm 66
Can 6pc Jau&Julyll77-84 1041105/ Spanish. 1867. 3po
104/ 311, 1, 4. 2. 8
Do March dy Sept. 102 104 Do. 1819. 3p c
1031 311. 1. 1. 1
Do 5p o Jan & July .. 97 98 Ttutieli. 1854, 6p a — --
Do Inscribed Stock .. 97 99 1)0. 1865. 5p a
Dom of Can 5p a 1903 .. 96 98 42/, 1,3, 1, 1
p
Ceylon 6 p c May and Do, 1865 6 o 59 61
November 1878 lO5 107 60
Mauritius 6p o Jan and U. 5.5-20 Bonds. 6 p o 1681 88 881
July 1873 lO3 105 881, 4. 8
New S Wales 5 p 01871-76 10111021 Do do 1:,:5 874 871
New Zealand 6 p o 1891 lOB 110 871. i
Do 5p c
Do 5p c Consolidated 98 100 87, 65
981, 71, 84 ErieSlia, 100 dols, all paid
Do 6p c Mar &Sept lt 106 108 Illinois Central Shares .. 1101111,
Do June & Dec 18 1 108 110 110, i
Viet 6p cJau &July 1891 114 116 Atlantic ane dGW It Con
M Bonds