The Sun.
London, England, 1870-11-23 00:00:00

MONETARY REPORTS.-YESTERDAY.

Although business in the Stock Exchange to-day•has
been of a limited character, a healthy tone has been pre-
valent, and the bulk of the fluctuations have been of a
favourable character. In railway stocks no movement of
importance has been noticed. Foreign bonds have
continued steady at a further fractional im-
provement. Consols have been steady, and the
quotations have risen I, or to 92k, 93, for delivery and
the December account. Reduced and New Three per
Cents, 91, 91a ; Bank Stock, 231, 233 ; Exchequer Bills,
Bs. to 12s. prem ; India Five per Cents, 111 k, 112; and
India Bonds, 225. to 275. preni. Colonial Government
Securitieshave been quiet, but firm.
There has been a fair amount of animation in the
market for English railway stocks, and the movements
in prices have been about evenly balanced. Metropolitan
at 63}, 63i ; South Eastern at 72, 73/ ; Great Northern
Aat 130/, 134, chew a rise of and Great Eastern is I/
better at 371, 37g. North Eastern has fallen /, or 141,
1411 ; and Caledonian at 76.1, 77/. Brighton is quoted
at 39k, 39g. _ _ _

Indian Railway Stocks have been in limited request.
Great Indian Peninsular, 103 g, 4.1 ; Great Southern of
India, 103 A ; Madras, 1041; Oude and Rohilkund, 103 ;
Scinde, lon, 3. Canadian shares have been flat. For
foreign shares the demand has been quiet. Great Lux-
emburg, 11k, A ; Lombards, 14,
The market for foreign bonds has been characterised by
continued steadiness, and a further advance has ensued.
Peruvian (1865) have been 1 better, at 90k, 91 ;
Egyptian (1868) 75A, 76 ; Italian (1861),
g, at 54A, '55 ; Spanish (1867), at 31g, 31g ;
ditto (1869), A, at 31k, 31g. Turkish Five per Cents,
at 42i, 43 ; ditto (1869), I, at 49, 49k. The French Loan
has improved to par to A prem. American securities have
been quiet. The Five-Tv;renty (1882) Bonds have been
quoted at 871, 88i; and ditto (1885), 87, 87k.

Bank shares have been dealt in to a moderate extent.
Anglo-Egyptian, 21i ; Imperial Ottoman, 11f, 1.14 ;
London and County, 491, 49f ; Joint-stock, 33 ; Union of
Australia. 42.

Telegraph shares have been rather firmer. British
Australian, 3i to 3 dis. ; Anglo-American, 84i British
Indian Submarine, 7i, 7 ; Great Northern, 11i ; Tele-
graph Construction and Maintenance, 26, 261.

In miscellaneous securities the demand has been
inactive. General Credit and Discount, 6 15.16 th ;
General Steam Navigation, 26, 28 ; Hudson's Bay, 8k ;
London General Omnibus, 3.

No bullion operations have taken place at the Bank
to-day.

As regards the exchanges, the rates on Russia are
more favourable ; otherwise there is no change of

moment.

It is stated that a meeting of the creditors of Messrs.
Bewley, Webb, and Co., of Dublin, will be held shortly,
when it is expected that a composition of not less than ss.
in the £1 will be proposed.
The Manchester Courier of to-day says that the suspen-
sion is reported of Messrs. Elia, S. Levi, and Co., mer-
chants, of Queen-street in that city, and of Alexandria.
The liabilities are small, being about £B,OOO.
A meeting of Messrs. N. S. Longee and Co., stuff mer-
chants, Bradford, was held yesterday. A balance sheet
was submitted, shewing the condition of Messrs.
Longee's affairs. Tho liabilities were £54,791. A com-
position of 7s. 6d. in the pound was offered, and an ar-
rangement on that basis effected.
Mr. J. Habbishaw, of Bradford, manufacturer, has
stopped payment, with liabilities amounting to £3,000.
In the discount market there has been a fair amount of
animation. There has, however, been a good supply of
capital on offer, and three months' paper has been taken
at 2} to 2i per cent.
The Ismailia, from New York, has arrived with
£480,000.
The report of the. Trust and Loan Company, of Upper
Canada, to be presented on the 30th instant, shews an
available total of £17,004, including a previous balance of
£1,975, and recommends a dividend at the rate of 8 per
cent. per annum, and the appropriation of £4,664 to the
reserve fund, thus raised to 79,547, leaving £2,340 to be
carried forward.

A prospectus has been issued of the Diamond Fields
of South Africa Company (Limited), with a capital of
£25,000, in shares of £l, to establish one or more transit
routes to the diamond fields.

At a meeting of the Hudson's Bay Company, an in-
terim dividend of 4s, per share was declared,
The traffic receipts of the London Brighton and South
Coast Railway, show an increase of £231; the South
Eastern, a decrease of £674.
FOREIGN EXCHANGES.—Antwerp, three months' date,
25 30, 25 32* ; Paris, short date, —, ; ditto, three
months' date, 25 60, 25 80 ; Marseilles, ditto, 25 35, 25 40;
Leghorn, Genoa, Naples, and Palermo, ditto, 26 95,
26 27 ; Amsterdam, short date, 1117 k, 11 18 ; ditto,
three months' date, and Rotterdam, ditto, 121;
Hamburgh, ditto, 13 10.1, 13 11; Frankfort-on-the-
Maine, ditto, 120 k, 120 a ; Vienna and Trieste, ditto,
12 70, 12 75 ; St. Petersburgh, ditto; 29k, 291; Madrid
and Cadiz, ditto, 491 491; Lisbon, 90 days' date, and
Oporto, ditto, 52i, 52*.

LONDON STOCK EXCHANGE.-TUESDAY.

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

GOVERNMENT SECURITIES.

Three per Cent Consols 921 922 Vlct 5p 0 Jau & JulylB9l. 102 103
921 I i 103
Do for Account
923, 1 1 911, 1, 2
Three pelr, Cent Reduced 911 911 Egyptia7n7l 1862. 7po .. .. 77 79
9 901 11 , 1
New 3 per Cent
901, If 981
IL:chequer Mlle, March 10 15pm Italian, 1865, 5p o - -
Os pm Peruvian, 1865, 5p o
Do, June lO 15pra 901, 1. 901
15s pm Portuguese 1869 3po .. 303 311
Bank Stock - - 314, 1
India 5 per Cents - - Russian. 1862, 5 p 0.. .. 82 84
1111, 12 82, 31
India Bonds - Do Nicolas 4p o
pm Spanish, 1867, 3po
Can 6 po Jan&Julyll77-84 104 105 311, 1, 1. 1, 1
104 Do, 1869. 3p o
Do March & Sept. 102 104 311, 1,1, 1
Do 5p e Jan & July .. 961 971 Turkish. 1851, 6p o -
Do Inscribed Stock .. 97 99 78
Dom of Can 5p c 1903 .. 96 98 Do, 1865.5 p 0
Ceylon 6 p c May and 431, 21, 31, 21, 31
November 1878 lO5 107 Do, 1865 6p c
107 z d 59, 81, 9, 81, 60
Mauritius -ti p c Jan and U. 5.5-20 Bonds. 6 po 1833 873 831
July 1873 lO3 105 881 8, 1
New SW ales 5p 01871-76 10141023 Do do 1885 87 874
1021, 11, 24. 11 871, 1 •
New Zealand i, p c 1891 lOB 110 Do 10401111dg, 5p o 19M 862 871
Dos pc
Do 5p c Consolidated 97 98 ErieSha 100dols, all paid - -
971 4. 4, 1 Illinois Central Shares .. 11011114
Do 6p c Mar &Sept 1891 106 103 1102, 11, 101
Do June & DeclB'3l 108 110 Atlantic and (1 Wlt Con
Viet 6p c Jan &July 1891 114 116 Mortgage Bonds -
.DoApril &O ,
ct 1833,35.. 1101111/ 233
1114 11