The Sun.
London, England, 1870-12-17 00:00:00

MONETARY REPORTS.--YESTERDAY.

In the stock exchange to-day much quietness has been
noticed. The tone, however, in the absence of any
further political complications, has been steady, and the
movements throughout have been favourable. In the rail-
way market, South Eastern, Great Northern, A.,
Great Eastern, North Eastern, and Midland, each shew an
improvement. Foreign bonds also have been firm, and the
leading speculative securities have risen in value. Consols,
have risen *per cent., or to 91;, 91 ex div. for dalivrey,
and 911, 911 ex div. for January ; Reduced and New
Three per Cents., 911, 91 Bank stocks 230, 232 ;
Exchequer Bills, 10s. to 15s. prom. ; India Five per
Cents., 1101, 1101, ex div. ; and India bonds 225. to
275, prem. In Colonial Government securities very few
transactions have taken place, but the quotations have
ruled firm. •
The market for English Railway Stocks has been firm,
and the quotations have improved in most instances.
South Eastern at 741 to 741, Great Eastern at 381 to 38„'-,
and'Midland at 128 to 1281, are each 1 better. Great
Northern A has risen 1, or to 1341 to 135, and North
Eastern 4, to 144 to 1441. Metiopolitan, 63 to 631 ;
Caledonian, 851 to 851; Brighton, 401 to 41; North
Western, 1281 to 1281; and Great Western, 69 to 70k.
Very few transactions have taken place in Indian rail-
way stocks. East Indian (Marked), 1101 ; ,Great Indian
Peninsula, 1071,1. Canadian shares have been in limited
request. Great Western, 141. In foreign shares next to
nothing has been doing., Central Argentine, 20*.
The foreign bond market has been in a steady state,
and a further enhancement.leas taken place. Egyptian
' (1868) has been 1 per cent. better, at 771, 771 ; Italian
(1861), _a, at 54, 51.4 ; Spanish (1867), /, at 311, 311 ; ditto
(1869), *, at 311, Mg Turkish Five per Cents, TO, at
441, 441, and ditto (1869) /, at 501, 501 ; French scrip
par to 1 prem. ; German loan to 1 prem.; Peruvian
(1865), are quoted at 92/, 924; Mexican, 13k, 131;
United States Five-Twenty 1882 bonds, 88g, 861; ditto
1885, 88, 881.
Bank shares have been quiet. Alliance have been
lower, at 121, 131 ; Anglo-. Egyptian have marked 21 ;
Imperial Ottoman, 111, 12; Joint-Stock, 341 ; London
and Westminster, 631; Oriental, 401: and Union of
London, 39. • .
For Telegraph Shares there has been but little inquiry.
British Indian Extension, 6 ; British Indian Submarine,
7 ; Falmouths, 9 11-16, 1 ex div. ; Hooper's Telegraph
Works, 61; and Constructions, 26g.
Miscellaneous Securities have been cautiously dealt
in. Ebbw Vale, 182 ; Thetis Marino, 81; and Trust and
Loan Company of Upper Canada, 6 ex div.
The bullion operations at the Bank to-day, comprise
the purchase of £lB,OOO in sovereigns, and the with-
drawal of £7,000 sovereigns.
In the discount market nothing of interest has been
noticed. Full average supplies of capital have been
offered, and there has been but little inquiry for accomo-
dation. Three months' paper has been taken at 21 per
cent.

As regards the exchanges, the rates on Italy, are some-
what flatter, but in other respects, there is no appreciable

variation.

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At Mark-lane to-day, wheat was dull, and is. lower in

seine instances.

At a meeting of the creditors of Mr. Godfrey J. Aman,
cotton and produce broker, of Liverpool, on Wednesday,
a composition of ss. in the pound was offered and refused,
and a petition in bankruptcy was filed yesterday.
At the annual meeting of the Gresham Life Assurance
Society the report stated the new policies for the year to
have been 3,971, for an aggregate yielding £60,103 in
annual premiums, that the total income was £418,377,
and that the realised assets are £1,453,012. The sum of
£66,893 was available for bonus but only £50,000 was
thus appropriated owing to the diSturbed state of Europe,
the society holding some investments on property in Paris
and in Austria.

Messrs. Pixley, Abell, Langley, and Blake thus report
on the state of the Bullion Market. The arrivals of gold
this week have been very small ; they consist only of
£45,200 per Douro, from the Brazils, and a small amount
by the Elbe, from the West Indies. There have
been a few orders for the Continent, but net suffi-
cient to absorb all the sums that have been offered for sale
and the bank has therefore received about £15,000 duriog
the past few days ; on the other hand, sovereigns to the
value of £131,440 have been withdrawn, for shipment to
Brazils. and Alexandria. Silver continues to arrive from
New York; the amounts to hand from thence comprise
£98,000.
FOREIGN EXCEANGES. —Antwerp, three months' date,
25 35, 25 40 ; Paris, short date, nominal ; ditto, three
months' date, nominal ; Marseilles, ditto, 25 50, 25 60;
Leghorn, Genoa, Naples, and Palermo, ditto, 20 95,
27 05 ; Amsterdam, short date, 11 18, 11 19 ; ditto,
three months' date, and Rotterdam, ditto, 1201, 121;
Hamburgh, ditto, 13 IQ, 13 11i ; Frankfort-on-the-Maine,
ditto, 1201, 120} ; Vienna and Trieste, ditto, 12 70,
12 75 ; St. Petersburgh, ditto, 29i., 29a ; Madrid, ditto,
491, 49a ; Cq.diz, ditto, 49#, 49 ; Lisbon, 90 days' date,
and Oporto, ditto, 52k, 521.

LONDON STOOK EXCHANGE.-FRIDAY.

LATEST PRICES.-AFTER OFFICIA HOURS.

The prices under the lines indicate the business done.