The Sun.
London, England, 1866-11-05 00:00:00

UNITED STATES DEBT.

The following is a statement of the Public Debt of the
United States on the Ist of Oct., 1866 :
Debt bearing Coin Interest.
Five per cent. Bonds $198,091,350.00
Six per cent bonds of

1867-68
Six per cent. bonds of
1881 283,738,750.00
Six per cent 5-20 Bonds 798,162,250.00
Navy Pension Fund
Total debt bearing coin
interest
_ _

Debt bearing Currency InteFeit
Six per cent. Bonds • $8,922,000.00
Temporary loan
Three-year compound
interest notes
Three-year 7-30 notes 743,996,050.00
Total
Matured debt not presented for payment 23,302,372.14
Debt bearing No Interest.
United States notes.... $399,165,292.00
Fractional Currency ... 27,029,273.33
Gold certificates of de-
11 ,057,640.00
posit
Total

Total Debt 52,701,550,709.27
A mount in Treasury
Coin
Currency
Total ---- 128,213,767.59

Amount of debt, less cash in Treasury
on Oct. 1, 1866
The foregoing is a correct statement of the Public
Debt, as appears from the books and Treasurer's returns
in the department on the Ist of October, 1866.
liuGH M'CuLLocu, Secretary of the Treasury.
Public Debt, September Ist, 1866 52,595,683,168
Do. October do.

Decrease in month 522,346,226

The London market for American securities has sym-
pathised in the general dulness and inactivity which has
characterised dealings on the Stock Exchange during the
past week. For United States 5-20 Bonds there has been
a slightly increased demand the last day or two, and we
have to note a fractional a,dvinco on the week, the latest
quotation being 681 to . In Illinois Central the trans-
actions have been limited, and the closing price is 77 to 1,
half a dollar under last week ; but for Eries there has been
renewed inquiry, and they have advanced to 511 to I.
The recent settlement again showed a short supply of
stock, as much as ono dollar per share being paid for the
loan of stock till the 15th November.

There has been a steady demand for Atlantic and Great
Western Consolidated Bonds, with daily transactions ;
they doss 40 to 41.
OFFICIAL TRANSACTIONS FOR THE WEEK.—United States
6 per Cent. 5.20 Bonds, 1882: Thursday, 681 1 8 x.c. ;
Friday, 681 2 x.c. ; Saturday, 691 1 ; Monday,
681 a 2 11 Tuesday, 681 1 14 9 ; Wednesday, 681 11;
Virginia 5 per Cent. Sterling Bonds : Thursday, —.
Virginia 6 per Cent. Dollar Bonds : Thursday, —.
Friday, ;
Tuesday, —; Wednesday, 43. Atlas.
and Gt. Westn. (N. Y. Sect.) Ist Mrt. Bonds, 188 C
Friday, —; Tuesday, ; Wednesday, —. Atlan. and
Gt. Westn. 2nd Mrt. Bonds, 1881: Friday, —;
Monday, —. Allan. and Gt. Westn. (Penns. Sect.)
Ist Mart Bonds, 1877: Thursday, 59; Wednesday, 70.
Atlantic and Great Western (Pennsylvanian Section)
2nd Mrt. Bonds, 1882: Thursday, 64 ; Wednesday, 66,
Atlan. and Great Western Consolidated Bonds, 1895 ;
Thursday, 4139 H 140 xc. ; Friday, 40113914011 xc. ; Satur-
day, 40 39 ; Monday, 391 41 401; Tuesday, 40 391 401 ;
Wednesday, 4140 1. Erie Shares, $lOO, all paid: Thursday,
50111; Friday, 50} 1 ; Saturday, 501 ; Monday, 501 1;
Tuesday, 50} ; Wednesday, 51} 1. Erie
Shares, 6 per cent. Convertible Bonds : Thursday, 68 ;
Saturday, 671 ; Wednesday, 681. Illinois Central 6
per Cent. Bonds of 1875: Thursday, —; Wednesday, 80.
Illinois Central 7 per Cent. Bonds of 1875: Tuesday, ;
Illinois Central Shares, all paid : Thursday, 78 71 ;
Friday, 771 1; Saturday, —; Monday, 77 ; Tues-
day, 771 ; Wednesday, —. Michigan Central 8 per
cent. convertable, 1869: Thursday, 57. Philadelphia and
Erie First Mortgage, 1881: Thursday, —; Saturday, —;
Wednesday, 741 1. Philadelphia and Erie First Mortgage,
1881, with option to be paid in Philadelphia : 'Thursday
75; Monday, —.

(From L. P. Morton and Co.'s Circular.)
NEW YORK, Oct. 20.

Since our last the money market has shown more firm-
ness. Combined with the activity in loans connected with

speculation iu stocks there has also been an enlarged de-
mand for currency from the interior, and the rate on call
loans has advanced to 5 per cent., with exceptions at 4 per
cent. Discounts aro firmer at 5 to 6 per cent. for prime
paper.

National bonds have been firmer, under a partial de-
mand from foreign orders, combined with a comparative
scarcity of bonds. Yesterday Five-Twenties of 1882 rose
to 1151, and closed firm at 1151 to 1151. Bonds of 1867
and 1868 are firm, the former at 138 to 141, and the latter
at 135. The Treasury has bought up a limited amount
of these securities at 90, in gold, for 1868's, and 92 for
1867'5.

The extreme activity in stock speculation has been par-
tially checked by the firmer aspect of the money market ;
and under sales to realise, at the opening of the week,
prices fell off 3 to 4 per cent. The market has since
steadily recovered. Erie common stock has fluctuated
between 82 and 841, and closes steady at 834. Illinois
Central Shares opened at 128, subsequently declined to
126, and close steady at 1261.
State Stocks have been active, but scarcely retain the
improved quotations noted at the close of last week. The
following are the closing quotations—Tennessee G's, 1890,
94 to 95. Tennessee 6's, now, 734; North Carolina 6's,
83 to 834 ; Virginia 6's, 674 to 68; Missouri 6's, 811 to 82.
The speculation in gold for a higher premium has been
checked by the disbursements of coin by the Treasury, in
the purchase of bonds of 1867 and 1868. After touching
1548 on the 13th, the price fell to 1471, subsequently re-
acting 1 to 11, and closes at 1474.
Foreign bills have been more in demand, and the rates
of Sterling exchange are 4 to 1 per cent. higher than at the
date of our last. The closing quotations are for Bankers'
60 days' sterling, 108 to 1081 ; do. 3 days, 1084 to 109 ;
Francs, long date, 5.224 to 5.20 ; short date, 5.184 to
5.171.

Cotton has been firmer, under the advanced quotations
reported by cable from Liverpool. The week opened with
quotations for Middling Uplands at 42 to 43 cents, but the
subsequent decline in gold produced a fall of 2 cents per
pound, and the market closes heavy at 40 to 41 cents. The
receipts at all the ports, reported for the week ending Oct.
15, amounted to 17,000 bales, and the exports for the same
period to 13,000 bales.