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

MONETARY REPOICIS.- YESTERDAY.

The stock market to-day has been in a depressed state.
The business doing in all classes of securities has been on
a very moderate scale, and the fluctuations have been
trifling. Railways occasionally shew a slight improvement,
but the tendency as regards foreign bonds has been decidedly
unfavourable. Consols have been flat at 92k, 92k, for
delivery and the December account. Reduced and New
Three per Cents, 92, 92i ; Bank Stock, 231, 233. Ex-
chequer Bills, Bs. to 12s. prem. ; India Five per Cents,
112, 113 ; and India Bonds, 21s. to 268. prem. Colonial
Government Securities have commanded but little atten-
tion, at about previous quotations.
Not much business has been doing in English railway
stocks, but the tendency has been favourable. South-
Eastern at 75k, 752; Great-Eastern, at 39k, 40; and
North Eastern, at 1441, 1441, are i better; Metropolitan
is quoted at 63, 63i ; Caledonian, 774, 78 ; Brighton, 42,
424 ; Midland, 127 f, 1272 ; North-Western, 1281, 1281;
and Great-Western, 71, 714.

Very few transactions have taken place in Indian Rail-
way Stocks. Eastern Bengal, 106 ; East Indian, 1101, 4 ;
Great Indian Peninsula, 107 ; Great Southern of India,
1054 ; and Scinde, 1041, 4. Canadian shares have been
quiet. In foreign shares not much business has been
transacted. Lombards have been firm at 144, 4 ; Central
Agentine 204 ; Bahia and San Francisco, 18; Recife and
San Francisco, 141.
The foreign bond market has been in a depressed
state. Italian have been I lower, at 56, 561 ; Spanish
(1867), at 31, 314 ; and ditto (1869) at 301, 31 are 1 easier.
Turkish (1869), have fallen 4, the quotation being 534,
54. Peruvian (1865), are quoted at 90f, 904; Turkish Five
per Cents., 464, 47 ; Egyptian (1868), 781, 781 ;
Mexican, 141, 154. The demand for American securities
has been quiet. The Five-twenty (1882) Bonds are
quoted at 894, 894 ; ditto (1885), 881, 881; Erie shares,
184, 191; and Illinois Central shares 112, 113.
The French Loan at one time fell to 11, 14 prem., but
it subsequently improved to 14, 14 prem.
Bank shares have been dealt in quietly. Union of
Australia have fallen 4, or to 41, 42. Alliance have
marked 13, Bank of Egypt, 404; Imperial Ottoman, 121,
; London and County, 494 ; London and Westminster,
634 ; Oriental, 4L
Telegraph shares have been purchased cautiously.
Anglo-American, 864, 874 ; British adian Extension, 64;
British Indian Submarine, 74, 4 ; Falmouth, 105, 4 ;
Great Northern, 114 ; West India and Panama, 5 3-16.
Miscellaneous securities have commanded but little
attention. Credit Foncier of England, 24, 4; Peninsular
and Oriental Steam, 494, 501.

The Otago and Southland Investment Company have
declared a dividend at the rate of 10 per cent per
annum.

The Clearing House return for the week ending Nov. 9
shews a total of £67,921,000, against £67,863,000 for the
corresponding period of last year.

The sum of L 66,000 has been sent into the Bank today,
and 42,000 sovereigns have been withdrawn for shipment
to Alexandria.

The prospectus of the New Russian Railway Loan of
£1,500,000 was received in London, but the subscriptions
are to be exclusively in St. Petersburg,h, and other Russian
cities.

As was expected, the Bank directors to-day have failed
to make any alteration in the official minimum. Capital
continues to increase, whilst the demand for accomoda-
tion has been only to a moderate extent. Three months'
paper has been taken at 2g, 2} per cont.
It is stated that a project for an Anglo-German bank is
in course of preparation, and that the prospectus is likely
to appear In the course of the next week or two. The
capital is considerable, and is said to be already partly
subscribed.

It is reported that the great fleet of the Peninsular and
Oriental Company is to be transferred from Southampton
to Birkenhead, a fact of no small consequence to the latter
port, whose affairs are beginning to look up.

The weelertraffle returns shew that the Caledonian has
improved on the corresponding week of last year by
£4,536, the Bristol and Exetei• by £46, the Great Western
by £2,574, tile London and North-Western by £5,126, the
Lancashire and Yorkshire by £4,566, the Great Northern
by £2,049, the Great Eastern by £956, and the Manches-
ter, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire by £695. All these are
cases of increase.

LONDON STOCK EXCHANGE.-THUMIDAY.