The Sun.
London, England, 1870-10-21 00:00:00

MONETARY REPORTS.-YESTERDAY.

A fair amount of animation has been noticed in the
Stock Exchange to-day. Influenced by the belief that
the rumoured negotiations for peace will not
be altogether fruitless, purchases have been
more freely entered into, and have been
concluded at a further advance. Home securities
have been steady. Consols have risen * per cent.,
being quoted at 92k, 92i for delivery and the account.
Reduced and New Three per Cents., 91, 911. Bank
Stock, 232, 234. Exchequer Bills, 6s. to lls. prem.
India Five per cents, 1101, 111; and India bonds, 18s, to
235. prem. Colonial Government Securities have changed
hands quietly ; but prices have ruled firm.
The railway market has been characterised by an in-
creased amount of steadiness, and an average improve-
ment of 1 has taken place. Metropolitan has risen 1, or
65, 651 ; Caledonian 1, or 761, 77 ; Great Northern A, 1,
or 1351, 1351; Midland *, or 127*, 127 j; and North-
Western 1, cr 129*, 129 a ; Brighton is quoted at 421, 43 ;
South Eastern 75, 751 ; and North Eastern, 145, 1451.
For Indian railway stocks there has been but little
inquiry. East Indian, 1101 ; Great Indian Peninsula,
106 ; Oude and Rohilkund, 1041 ; and Scinde, Punjaub,
and Delhi, 1031. Canadian shares have been steady.
Great Western, 14a to 142 ex div. Foreign shares have
been in moderate request. Bahia and San Francisco, 181
to 181 ex div. ; Dutch Rhenish, 231; San Paulo, 21 to
211; and Lombards, 141 to 14g.
Purchases of foreign bonds have again been made
rather freely, and a further enhancement has been esta-
blished. Italian (1861), at 551, 55k, are 1 better ; Spanish
(1867), 5-16, at 291, 291; ditto (1869), a, at 29}, 29a ;
Turkish Five per Cents., 1, at 441, 441; ditto (1869),1, at 512,

52 ; and Egyptian (1868), i, at 77i, 77i ; Peruvian (1865,

89L 90 ; Mexican, 14k, 15*. American securities have
been firm. The Five-Twenty (1882) bonds are quoted
at 89, 89i ; ditto (1885), 881, 882 ; Erie shares, 18k, 19 ;
Illinois Central, 109 k, noi.
Bank Shares have been firmer. Union of London have
risen lor to 37 to 38. Anglo-Egyptian, 22i ; Imperial
Ottoman, lig ; London and County, 482 ; London Joint
Stock, 33 ; London and Westminster, sal to t
Telegraph Shares have been steady in value. British
Indian Extension, 61 ; British Indian Submarine, 8 ;
Falmouth, 102 ; Hooper's Telegraph, 42.
For Miscellaneous Securities the demand has been
inactive. - General Credit and Discount, 7 1-16 ; National
Discount, 11i.
The Clearing-house return for the week ending October
19th, shews a total of £76,700,000, against £76,850,000
for the corresponding period last year.
The sum of £16,000 has been sent into the Bank to-day.
There has been no feature of importance in the discount
market. The Bank directors have failed to make any
alteration in the official minimum, which still remains at
2k per cent. In Lombard-street, capital has been plenti-
ful, and three months' paper has been negotiated at 2* to
21 per cent.

At a meeting of the Oriental Bank Corporation an
interim dividend of £1 10s. per share for the half-year
ending June 30th, was declared.
The Liverpool Journal of Commerce states that Mr.
Henry Wilson, of Newman's-court, Cornhill, late one of
the partners in the firm of Cunningham, Andrews, and
Co., cotton brokers, of Liverpool, has petitioned the
Court of Bankruptcy for liquidation by arrangement. A
meeting will be held at Liverpool on the 26th inst. At a
first meeting of the creditors of Mr. John
Hill, metal broker, of Liverpool, debts to the
amount of £4,803 were proved. Mr. Bolland was chosen
trustee, and the Manchester and Liverpool District Bank
was named depository of the proceeds of the estate.
The unsecured debts amount to £6,978, and the assets to
£250.

The traffic return of the Great Northern Railway for
the week ending October 16th, shews an increase of
£1,612 over the corresponding week of last year; the
Caledonian an increase of £1,572; the Bristol and Exeter
an increase of £140; the Great Western an increase of
£l6 ; and the Lancashire and Yorkshire an increase of
£2,045. The Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire has
decreased £1,204, and the Great Eastern £445.

LONDON STOCK EXCLIANGE.-THIIRSDAY.

LATEST PRICES.-AFTER OFFICIAL HOURS.

The prices under the lines indicate the business done.

GOVERNDIENT SHOURITIEB.

Three per Cent Consols 921 921 DoApril &OctlBB3-85.. 11011111
921, 3, 3 111, 1, 11
Do for Account
923, 3 1033, i
Three per Cent Reduced 911 911 Brazilian. 1865, 5p o .... 891 901
913, 1. 3. 3 903, 3, it
New 3 per Cent
1 I, i 831
Excheq9ue3, r .Bills. March 611 pm Do Rail Behan 7 p .. 98 100
- pm Italian, 1865, 5p o
Do. Juno 6 11 pm Peruvian, 1865. 5p o .... 891 901
pm 90, 190
Bank Stock,
31 - - Portuguese 1869 3 p a.. 291 303
232 •
India 5 per Cents - - Russian, 1862, 5 p a,. .. 88 89
1103 Do Nicolas 4 p o
India Bonds - - 683, 91
23s pm Spanish. 1867. 3 pa
Can 6pc Jan&Julyll77-84 10511061 29L 3, 30, 293
1053 Do, 1869, 3 p o
Do March & Sept. 103 105 293. 3, I, 3,3, i
Do 5p c Jan & July .. 983 991 Ttukish, 1854, 6p o Bl 83
Do Inscribed Stock .. 97 99 81, 2
99 Do, 1865. 5p o
Dom of Can 5p c 1903 .. 96 98 433, 43, 33, 41. 4
Ceylon 6 p c May and Do, 1865 6p c
November 1878 lO7 109 633, 1, 4
Mauritius 6p c Jan and U.S. 5-20 Bonds,6 p o 1882 893 891
July 1873 lO3 105 891, 3,1, 3 x d
New S Wales 5 p 01871-76 10111021 Do do 1885 881 883
1011 833, 1, I x d
New Zealand 6p a 1891 lO7 109 Do 10-40Bnds, spo 1903 87 871
Do 5p c
Do 5p 0 Consolidated 98 99 ErieSha,loo dols, all paid - -
98}, 3, 3 x d Illinois Central Shares .. 10911101
Do 6p c Mar & Sept 1891 106 108 Atlantic and GW R Con
Do June & DeclB9l 108 110 Mortgage Bonds 291 301
Viet 6p c Jan &July 1891 113 115 303, 293