The Sun.
London, England, 1870-10-12 00:00:00

MONETARY REPORTS.-YESTERDAY.

The stock markets to-day have been characterised by
an increased amount of quietness. Transactions have
again been much restricted, and tendency of values has
been unfavourable.

In Railway Stocks next to nothing has been doing, and
the demand for foreign bonds has been to a very moderate
extent.

The market for Home Securities has been fiat. Consols
have been dull, at 921 to 921 for delivery, and 92 7-16 to
92 9-16 for November ; Reduced and New Three per
Cents., 91 to 911 ; Bank Stock, 233 to 234 ; Exchequer
Bills, ss. to 10s. prem. ; India Five per Cents., 1101 to
1101 ; and India Bonds, 17s. to 225. prem. Colonial
Government securities have been in moderate request,
and prices have ruled firm.
The railway market has been devoid of any feature,
but the tendency has been rather unfavourable. Metro-
politan stock has been 1 lower, at 66, 671, and South-
Eastern 1, at 73, 731. Caledonian 761, 77 ; Brighton 411,
42 ; Great-Northern A 134, 1341 ; Great Eastern 371,
371; Midland 1261. 127 ; North-Western 1281, 129 ;
Great Western 71*, 711 ; and North-Eastern 1451, 1461.
Indian railway stocks have been in limited request.
Bombay, Baroda, and Central India, 1051; Eastern
Bengal, 10.5 ; Great Indian Peninsula, 1051, 1061 ;
Madras, .1051; and Scinde, 1021, 103. Canadian shares
have been firm. Great Western, 151, I. In foreign
shares very little business has been doing. Bahia and San
Francisco have been * higher, at 181, ; but San Paulo
have been * lower, at 201, 21; and Recife and San
Francisco, *, at 15f, 16 ; Great Luxembourg, 11k,
The foreign bond market has been depressed. Spanish
have continued tolerably firm, the 1867 Bonds being
quoted at 28, 28*, and the 1869 at 27g, to 271; Italian,
however, have been flat, and *lower, at 54R, 541; Turkish
Five per Cents. have fallen g, being quoted at 52-i, 53 ;
and the Six per Cents. (1869), 1, or to 50k, 501; Egyptian
(1868) are quoted at 761, 761; Mexican, 142, 144 ; Peru-
vian (1865) 881, 89. The new Montividean Loan is
nominally quoted at 1 prem. American Securities have
been dull. The Five-Twenty (1882) Bonds have been
done at 911, 912 ; Erie Shares, 171, 181 ; and the Illinois
Central, 109, 110.
Bank shares have sold slowly, City, 10i, 11; Imperial
Ottoman, 111; London and County, 481; London and
Westminster, 601, 61.
For telegraph shares the demand has been inactive.
British Indian Extension, 61; Falmouth, 10/ ; French
Cables, 151; and Telegraph Construction 26.
In miscellaneous securities the transactions have been
on a limited scale. Credit Foncier of England, 21;
General Credit and Discount, 7*.
The sum of £321,000 has been sent into the Bank to-
day.

There has been a good demand for bills on Belgium,
Holland, and Russia, and the rates have been lower.
At a meeting of the Bank of British Columbia it was
shewn that there was an available balance of £14,840. A
dividend at the rate of 5 per cent. was declared, absorbing
£7,450, and leaving £7,390 to be carried forward.
The failure is announced of Mr. W. A. Brown, fancy
goods manufacturer, Glasgow, with liabilities estimated
at from £12,000 to £15,000.

The discount market has again been heavily supplied
with capital. There has been but little inquiry for ac-
commodation, and three months' paper has been taken at
2} per cent.
At a meeting of the Scottish National Insurance Com-
pany, held in Edinburgh, it was stated that 440 new life
policies have been issued, amounting to £235,895, for the
past year.
At a meeting of the creditors of Mr. Thomas Routledge,
of Canuon•street, esparto importer and paper manufac-
turer, it was shewn that there were liabilities amounting
to about £90,000, of which £30,830 are unsecured. The
assets unencumbered amount to £35,574, shewing a sur-
plus of about £4,750. It was resolved that Mr.
Routledge should carry on the business, under the super-
vision of a committee of the creditors, until the whole of
the debts shall have been discharged.

LONDON s'rocK EXCHANGE.-TUESDAY.

LATEST PRICES.-AFTER OFFICIAE HOURS.

The prices under the lines indicate the business done

GOVERNMENT SECURITIES.

Three per Cent Consols 929 923 Viot 5p c Jan & JulylB9l 102 103
929, 1 1029, 1
Do for Accoun t
923 50, 5
Three per Cent Reduced 91 919 Egyptian 186 Z 7pa .. .. 81 8.1
911, 1 x d 833
New 3 per Cent
911, 1, 1 x ti 99
Exchequer Bills, March 5 10 pm Italian, 1865, 5p a ..
pm 821 x d
Do, June 5 10 pm Peruvian, 1865, 5p a
10s put 891, 81, 9
Bank Stock
31 x d - - Portuguese 1669 3 9 c.. 289 29,
2321, 29
India 5 per Cents - - Russian, 1862,
5 p c.. .. 88 89
1109, 9,1, 2 88, 9
India Bonds - - Do Nicolas 4p a
m 69
Can 6pc Jan&Julyll77-84 10511663 Spanish, 1867. 3po
1051, 9 289, 9, 8
Do March & Sept. 103 105 Do, 1869. 3 p c
Do 5p c Jan & July .. 98 99 279, 1
Do Inscribed Stock .. 97 99 Turkish. 1851, 6p a
98 82, 11 x d
Dom of Can 5p c 1903 .. 96 98 Do, 18,55. 5p a
969, 73 x d 439. 9, 29, 9
Ceylon 6 p c May and Do, 1865, 6 p a
November 1878 lO7 109 623, 9
Mauritius 5p c Jan and 17.5.5-20 Bonds, 6p c 1382 919 91
July 1873 lO3 105 911, 9
New S W ales 5 p cIS7I-76 101 102 Do do 1885 908 9)9
New Zealand 6 p c 1891 lO6 109 909, 9, 9
Do 5p c
Do 5p c Consolidated 973 981 86, 59
98. 9, 1 Erie Sha, 100 dole, all paid - -
Do 6pc Mar &Sept 1891 105 107 Illinois Central Shares .. 10931103
Do June & DeclB9l 107 110 1099
VW 6p c Jan &July 1891 113 115 Atlantic and GW It Con
1131, 14 Mortgage Bonds 271 28
DoApril &OctlBB3-8.5.. 110 111 283, 8
1109, 9 x d

98 103

81 83

. 88 89

28 28

272 272

84 87