The Sun.
London, England, 1870-05-27 00:00:00

MONETARY REPORTS-THURSDAY.

Business in the Stock Exchange to-day has been on a
fair average scale, and the movements in prices
have been mostly favourable. Consols have been
slightly influenced by the repulse of the Fenians
from Canada, and are now quoted at 94k, 94} for delivery
and 94k, 941 for June. Reduced and New Three per
Cents 92k, 92g. Exchequer bills par to ss. prem. Bank
stock, 234, 236. Indian Five per Cents, 1141, 1141, and
Indian Bonds, 20s. to 255. prem.

The market for the English railway stocks has been
firm. There has been a good demand for North-Eastern
Consols, there being buyers at one time at 133/, but the
price has since receded to 132, 1331. Midland has risen
g; and London and North-Eastern 1, but Great
Eastern has fallen 1, and Metropolitan and Great Western
are each it lower. Caledonian, 74i 51; Great Eastern,
42k ; Great Northern (A), 1341 ; Great Western, 711
21i; London and Brighton, 45i ; London and North-
Western, 130 ; Metropolitan, 71i ; Midland, 129 k g;
South-Eastern, 762 71. _

Indian Railway stocks 'have been quiet. Canadian
shares have been flat, and Grand Trunk Ist Preference
have receded 1. In foreign shares no change of import-
ance has been noticed.

Foreign bonds have been firm. Spanish have risen 1,
Turkish Five per Cents. 1; ditto, Six per Cents., 1865,1;
Egyptian, 1868, ; ditto, Railway Debentures, ; and
Brazilian, 1865, 1.
American Government securities have been firm. Erie
and Illinois Central shares have been 1 better.
Bank shares have been firm in value, but the demand
has not been active. Anglo-Egyptian have risen and
London and Westminster.

Telegraph shares have been dealt in quietly, but tha
quotations have ruled firm. Falmouths have risen 1,
Telegraph Construction shares 'have been firm, and
Silver's Indiarubber better. In miscellaneous securities
the movements have been unimportant.

The shares of the new Rosario Mining Company have
been dealt in at 1-16 3-16 prem.

There have been no bullion operations at the Bank
to-day. _ _ _

The Clearing House returns for the week ending May
25 shew a total of £65,475,000, against £55,814,000 for the
corresponding period last year.
The return of the Bank of England shews the following
results when compared with the previous week :—De-
crease of circulation, £440,464 ; increase of public
deposits, £367,257 ; increase of other deposits, £117,407;
increase of Government securities, £44,306 ; decrease of
other securities, £394,375 ; increase of bullion, £401,691;
An increase of rest of £7,422 ; an increase of reserve of
£824,761. The circulation (including post bills) is now
£23,183,867 ; public deposits amount to £9,549,607 ; and
private deposits to £16,024,315. The securities held re-
present £31,482,970, and the stock of bullion is £20,406,898.
The rest stands at £3,132,079.
The discount market has been fairly supplied with
capital. Stimulated by the Stock Exchange settlement,
the demand has been more active, and three months' paper
has generally been charged 3 per cent., only occasional
transactions taking place at 2A.
The Astorope has sailed from New Zealand with £7,672,
and the Timara with £34,336.
The steamers leaving New York on the 24th inst. took
out £70,000 in specie.
At the annual meeting of the Great Britain Mutual

Life Assurance Society the new policies for the year
were shewn to amount to £206,450, yielding in new
premiums £6,683.
The directors of the General Life and Fire Assurance
Company at their meeting yesterday presented a very gra-
tifying report to the policy holders. It stated that the
new business had exceeded that of any year in the com-
pany's history. The proposals submitted to the board had
been 915 for Life Assurances, amounting to £3333,850 ;
policies issued, 778 for assurances, amounting to £296,985 ;
producing new premiums, £10,155. The total income ft otn
life premiums had been raised to LsQ,llie 8s Ild. The
total income of the year, from all sources, was £118,513 8s
3d. The assets, as shown by th report of the auditor.',
were £363,001. The investments consist of we selected
securities, and have yielded an average rate of interebt of
nearly £4 158 per cent. per annum.

The report of the Buffalo and Lake Huron Railway Com-
pany shews that the following resolutions will be proposed at
the meeting to be held on the 31st inst., in Liverpool
That there be now created shares of the company of
£lO each, to the amount, in the whole, of £96,085 10s., of
which 8,033 shares, to the amount of £80,335 10s., shall hear
a preferential dividendat the rate of 7 per cent per annum,
and the remaining 1,575 shares to the amount of £15,750
shall bear a preferential dividend at the rate of 5 per cent,
per annum. That the said 7 per cent. preference
shares of the company, created in 1858, and of the 7 per
cent. redeemable shares, ereated in 1862, in lieu and satis-
faction of all arrears of interest upon the said shares of
1858 and 1862 respectively, and that the said 5 per cent.
preference shares now authorised to be created, be allotted
rateably amongst the holders of the 5 per cent. capitalised
preference arrears shares, created in 1866, in lieu and
satisfaction of all arrears of interest, in respect of the said
shares now authorised to be created be allotted rateablyand
according to their respective shaves of the said sum of
£96,085 10s. amongst the holders of the 7 per cent
preference arrears shares. 2nd—" That the several
classes of preference shares in the Buffalo Company, in-
eluding the preference shares this day created, in lieu and
satisfaction of arrears of interest be, and the same are
declared to be, hereby respectively converted into ordinary
shares of the company of £lO each, fully paid-up, with-
out any special advantages or priority of dividend."
The Anglo-Egyptian Banking Company have declared
an interim dividend at the rate of 10 per cent. per
annum.

LONDON STOCK EXCHANGE - THURSDAY

LATEST PRICES - AFT:

ER OFFICIAL HOURS.

SECURITIES.

,Brazilian, 1865, 5 p c 911 92
Egyptian, 1868, 7 p a—. 812 822
Do. Rail. Debeu., 7 p c 101 102
Italian, 1861, 5 per cent 572 582
Peruvian, 1865,'5 per cent 882 892
Portuguese, 1869, 3 p c 332 34
Russian, 1866, 5p c 93 N
Do. Nicolas, 4 per cent 6Bl 69
Spanish, 1867, apercent— 312 32
Do., 1869, a per cent
Turkish, 1854, 6 per cent 86 88
Do., 1865, 5 per cent 5l 51
Do., 1865, 6 per cent 731 74
U. S. 5-20 Bonds, 6pc 1882 89 'B9/
Do., 1865
Do., 10-40 Bonds, spo 1901 86 86±
Erie Sha., 100 dols. all pd. 182 10

South-Eastern
80m.,8ar.,&01.1nd.g.5pc 107 108
East India guar. 5p a . 1.1341144
Grand Trunk of Canada 15 154
Do. Ist Preference Bonds 67 68
Great Indian Pen. g. 5p c 108 109
Great Western of Canada 16 161
Madras g. 5 pc .
Scinde, Delhi, do.
iScinde, Punjaub, do IQ6 1074
Dutch Rhenish 2 26
Eastern of France 23 24
Great Luxembourg l3 14
Northern of France
(Atom. (Smyrna to Aldin) 7 7
Recife and San Francisco 16 164
San Paulo (L.) guar. 7p c 204 21
S. Aus. & Lom. Venetn. 15f 154