The Sun.
London, England, 1870-11-16 00:00:00

MONETARY

REPOILTS.- YESTERDAY.

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The Stock Markets to- day have been characterised by
an increased amount of steadiness. Purchases have been
more freely entered into, confidence being engendered by
the belief that the situation as regards the Eastern Ques-
tion is not so critical as was apprehended. Quotations, in
many instances, skew an improvement ; .the markets do
not close at their best. Consols have been firm. At one
time they were quoted at 93; or at an advance
of ; but the closing price was 922, 924 ;
for delivery and the December account. Reduced and
New Three per Cents, 91.1, 911 : Bank Stock, 232, 233 ;
Exchequer Bills, 10s., 14s. prem. ; India Five per Cents
have been done at 114, 114!j- : and India Bonds, 215.,
20s. prem. Colonial Government securities have changed
hands quietly, but at full quotations.
More steadiness has been noticed in the market for
English railway stocks, and the quotations have exhibited
signs of firmness. Great Eastern has risen 1, or to 393, 39R;
North-Western I, or to 127 i, 1271- ; Great Western g, or
to 682, 09. i ; and North-Eastern 1, 1421, lln. Metro-
politan has been 1A lower, at 631, 631; Caledonian, 77-1, 78 ;
Brighton, 414, ; South-Eastern, 74, 741 ; Great
Northern A, 133, 134 ; Midland, 120, 1262.
For Indian railway stocks there has been but little in-
quiry. Bombay, Baroda, and Central India, 105 i ; East
Indian, 1101 ; Great Indian Peninsula, 1061, 1003 ;
Madras, 105 ; and Scinde, 1031. Canadian shares have
been in limited request. Foreign shares have been dealt
in cautiously. Great Luxembourg, 111, 11a ; and San
Paulo, 24
Foreign bonds have been much firmer, and a general
recovery has ensued. Egyptian (1868) have been in re-
quest at an advance of 11, the quotation being 761, 77 ;
Italian (1861), at 551, 55}, are a better; Spanish (1867),
ft, at 31k. 31 ; ditto (1869), j, at 311, 31a ; Mexican 1,
at 14}, 14.2 ; Turkish Five per Cents. j, at 441,441 ; ditto
(1869), 3, at 511-, 511; Russian Nicolas Railway Bonds, 1,
at 671, 67/ ; ditto (1870), 1, at 83}, 84. The French Loan
has improved to par to 1 prem.

American securities have been steadier. The Five-
twenty (1882) Bonds have been done at 881, 88 ; ditto
(1885), 87i, 87i ; Erie shares, 18k, 181 ; and Illinois
Central, 110, 111.

The demand for bank shares has been inactive. Anglo-
Egyptian have been quiet, at 22, 221 ; Imperial Ottoman
have been better, at It 21. London and Westminster,
63 ; and Union of London 39i.

Telegraph shares have been purchased steadily, but the
quotations have ruled firm. British Indian Submarine
have risen or to 7i, 71 ; Falmouths have been
done at 103 ; Mediterranean Extension, 41; French
Cables, 14. Hooper's Telegraph Works have marked, 51,
and Constructions have been # better, 27i,
In miscellaneous securities the transactions have been
restricted. Cr6dit Foncier of England, 2i ; Hudson's
Bay, 8 11-16; International Financial, 3k.
The sum of An,ooo has been sent into the Bank

to-day.
There has been rather less demand for bills on St.
Petersburg and Vienna, and the rates of exchange have
been lower.

According to advices from Liverpool it is rumoured
there that the liquidation of Messrs. Bewley, Webb,
and Co., shipbuilders, Dublin, will not be a favourable

At a meeting of creditors yesterday under the
liquidation of Marrow, Threlfall and Co., Liverpool,
cotton mid commission agents, the liabilities wero
stated at .4:3,752, and the assets wero of a doubtful
character.

In the discount market to-day there has been a fair
supply of capital seeking employment. The business
doing has been very moderate, and throe months' paper
has been negotiated at 2.t to 2i per cent.
A prospectus has been issued of Powell's Llantwit Col-
lieries (Limited), with a capital of £60,000, in shares of
£lO, to purchase for £33,500 some colliery properties near
Cardiff from the executors of a proprietor recently de-
ceased.

The Crown Agents for the Colonies have invited tenders
on Thursday next for bills of exchange for £40,000 on the
Government of Ceylon.

At a meeting of the Chartered Mercantile Bank of
India, London and China, it was shewn that there had
been an available total of £20,235 for the half-year. An
interim dividend of 4 per cent. has already been paid.
FOREIGN EXCIIANGES.—Antwerp, three months' date
25 321, 25 371 ; Paris, short date, ; ditto, throe
months' date, 25 GO, 25 80 ; Marseilles, ditto, 25 40, 23 50;
Leghorn, Genoa, Naples, and Palermo, ditto, 26 67i,
26 70 ; Amsterdam, short date, 11 171, 11 18 ; ditto,
three months' date, and Rotterdam, ditto, 11 191, 11 12;
llamburgh, ditto, 13 101, 13 11; Frankfort-on-the-
Maine, ditto, 1201, 1201 ; Vienna and Trieste, ditto,
12 GO, 12 65 ; St. Petersburgh, ditto, 29, 291 ; Madrid
and Cadiz, ditto, 491, 491 ; Lisbon, 90 days' date, and
Oporto. ditto, 521 521.