The Sun.
London, England, 1870-05-11 00:00:00

MONETARY REPORTS-YESTERDAY

Influenced by the result of the plebiscite and the firm-
ness of the Paris Bourse, the stock markets opened this
morning with a steady appearance, and a general improve-
ment took place in prices. Subsequently, however, on
the receipt of lower prices from Paris a reactionary move
meat set in, and the quotations ruled easier.. Consols
have been firm, and * per cent. better, at 94 to 941 for
Money, and 94* to 941 for June. Reduced and New
Three per Cents., 92a to 921 ; Exchequer Bills, par to ss.
prem, ; India Five per Cents., 1131 to 114; and India
Bonds, 20s. to 255. prem.
Firmness has been the feature of the market for
English railway stocks. At the commencement of busi-
ness the demand was particularly strong. Metropolitan
Was quoted at 75i, and Great Northern (A) touched 132.
1314 on realisations of profits and speculative sales
Prices receded, and Metropolitan fell 741, 75, shewing a
fall on the day of I. Great Northern A was also I easier.
At the close London and Brighton shewed an improve-
,blelit of ; Great Eastern, * ; Midland, 10 ; London and
North-Western, 1 ; and Great Western, #.
Indian railway stocks have been firm, at previous quo
tations. For Canadian shares there has been a healthy
.vinquirY, and the quotations have been well maintained.
°r eign shares have been firm, and Lombards have
risen *.

The market for foreign bonds has been steady on the
whole. A strong inquiry being experienced during the
earlier hours of business, the value of most securities im-
proved. Egyptian (1868) at one time touched 80, but
afterwards relapsed to 80ff. Italian (1861) have risen ;
reruvian (1865), ; Spanish (1869) *; Turkish Five-per-
Cents. ; and ditto Six-per-cents. (1865) per cent.
The Japanese Loan is nominally quoted at 4i to 3i
dis.
American Securities have been firm, and the Five-
faw llenentY Bonds have risen * ; but Erie Shares have

-The mining market has continued very quiet, and prices
have been without movement.
As regards Bank shares business to a moderate extent
h. 4 been concluded. No quotable change has taken place
14 values, but prices have been well maintained.
Rather more business his been doing in telegraph
o,etter,
,811 ares• Falmouth, Gibraltar, and Malta have been
but British Australian and British Indian Exten-
sion have continued very dull. Submarine have fallen £2.
Telegraph construction shares opened firm at 34k, 34k,
but subsequently receded`to 34k, 34k.
There have been no bullion operations at the Bank to-
day.

The Wave of Life has brought £4,800 and the Anglesey
£11.,000 from Melbourne.
the
has been only a moderate demand for bills, and
'ee tendency of the exchanges has been generally favour-
able.
The Maria Lamb, Captain Clarke, sailed from Newport
'l. Port Caballos, Honduras, on the sth inst., with a
earge of railway material and sundries, including two
l
'c'eotrotives and eleven waggons, for the contractors of
the Inter-Oceanic Railway ; the Fanny Alice and Magdala
Will shortly follow with more ivaggons, &c., on the same
akeotalt.

At a ;fleeting of the Submarine Telegraph Company it
was resolved to lay a new cable between France and Eng-
land, and also to make application to the President of the
Board of Trade to increase the capital of the undertaking
t° t 400,000.
4t
the Bank the demand for accommodation has not
be
en active, but in the open market a fair discount
ullsiness has been doing, and three months paper has been
charged 3 per cent.
The silver market has been firmer. Bars have been in
request for Holland at 604 per ounce. For Mexican
dollarssper
ounce.
The ~,
has been a fair inquiry ; for China at 69i to
the Manchester Guardian notices that the failure of
lt-eBBl.B. R. and F. Kenyon, cotton manufacturers, of
—43lver Rinds, Bury, was caused by one of the stoppages
0f last week. The liabilities amount to about £B,OOO.
At a meeting of the creditors of Mr. Richard Marsden,
manufacturer, of Preston, the liabilities were shewn to
4111°Imt to £3,850, and the assets to £l,BBO.
4't a meeting of the creditors of Messrs. Bowden and
'(Wards joiners, and builders, it was shewn that after
I)aYing the Union Bank of Manchester (Limited), secured
creditors, a dividend of 11s. 6d. in the pound could be
kid• After discussion as to the general state of their
affairs, a committee of inspection, consisting of six credi-
tors,
Was appointed to consider . and decide what course
flaotilcl be adopted to carry on or wind up the estate:
The holders of fully paid-up scrip receipts of the issue of
iOll/4,000 dollars 8 percent. Alabama Gold Bonds are in-
rlacd that the bonds will be ready for delivery ou and after
"daY next.
The directors of the Buenos Ayres Great Southern Rail-
way Company (Limited) have issued their report of 1869.
The gross receipts show an increase of £25,749 for the year,
is" the increase in the net profit is £10,733. A dividend of
e• Per share, being at the rate of 8 per cent. per annum, is
reolumended.
The ecninkittee of the Ft ck Exchange again to-day had
b&"" oensi e• ation the memorial of the Anglo-Austr a
e"holde s, praying that, in onsequence of the forced
-°"ersion of the debt by the h ustrian Government, the
ti.rtifitates issued by the c mmitte for th • pro ortion f
r bondholders' claims repudiated in the conversi
ot:ric,tion encef°
th quoted
tild
h in the official lists, and
4t all L, ust inn securities should be refused area
re Tress shall have been obtained.
801! °tock Exchange Committee, it is understood, have re-
tioil'ed to comply with the application as regards the quota-
te of the certificates, and at the same time to direct that,
b "nvel sion having been carried out, all the Austrian
°naa
hitherto quoted shall be expunged from the official
his resolution will require confirmation at a future
wh'ing, hut meanwhile it seems to indicate sortie revival,
th, 2' has long been wanting, of a disposition on the part of
onuittee to carry out a principle.
it i 4 stated that the Japanese Government, having resolved
all ~°Pt a national dollar coinage, have ordered in England
46 materials for a Mint.
once has been issued from the Bank of England stating
post
holders of stock may receive the dividend warrants by
Ott °u filaPPlicationling up the form, with which they can be supplied
.

3 BRITISR FUNDS—CLOSING PRICES.
Per cent.
bConsols.
941-
8 =it° for Account
lilleer Cent. Reduced •92-1- f,
131 3 Per Cent 92i i
0° 3,4 per Cent., Jan, 1894
D° ‘i
per Cent., Jan, 1891 —
A --° 0 per Cent. Jan, 1870
Itlnitivs, Jan, I'BBo —
04Pril, 1885
I,e?. (Red Sea Telegraph) hug, 1908,
htlequer Bills, £l,OOO, 2; per Cent
'''-'O, £lOO, £2OO, and £5OO 0 pin
Lidilllid, lAN GOVERNMENT SECURITIES.
150 ~°t•OCk, 10i per cent., April, 1874 —
Lo 0 Per cent, July 1880 ll3l
.„
D° 4Per cent, Oct, 1888
bo '4lfaced Paper 4 per cent —
I),„ ,) 5 per cent, Jan, 1879
Do A', 5A per cent. May, 1879 — ,
- - Per uent, RupDeb 1872
Do
do 1877
Do D
Deb_ do 1882 -
I) ._5 per Cent, Aug, 1873 —
D 0
o Bonds, 4 per Cent, £I,OOO
kw,
MISCELLANEOUS.
(),,`,5 England Stock, 41 per ct
eo "aal 4 per Cent Bonds, 1903 - —
1.13°f L
.1), oudon 4i. p Cent Bonds, 1877
Do 41 1879
II
17

1882 —
p,l
~
Stock
:::
Metro
4f ,'
..kettoro];oard of works, 31 p et
PRICES.
( to be paid) ScripSlNG
Argentitil'e°lllBll6lBGX P.
.......
............... 1"—O—
-9-21
1 4
Augtrian
tbo cii9.........
_
razilian, 1852 . -120 1858
",,0 1859
1,,0 1860
u.,so 1863
, 'Jo 1865
.Lietios gyres **********************
10 £lOO ****
; * 3 **************
1:1/4) (Defer ***
* 3 per *den **)
eidlian,
.1842 * re
Do 1858 ************************
bo 1866 *********************
.
Do. 1867 : **********
11):10.•
elB7O *: ** :.............................
foo, . rip, 460 paid
*********
Dal4lblan ..... ******************************
niah, 1825
***************
D°l
****************
0 1805 and 1861
*
Do 163
*******************
Do 4100 -
* ****************
•Do 'NI paid. *****
,0
UM
TY° •
4:110:::::.;647e....nd...t°.....1)....e... ********* ********************** ................................................ I:—
butch Ex 12 Cuilders
Ecuador New Consolidated

77i
104 i
99i

Egyptian, 1862
Do Second Issue
Do £5OO
Do £lOO
Do 186
Do £5OO
Do £lOO
Do 1868
Do £lOO
Do Gov. Rail Debentures
Greek, 1824-5, ex Coupons
Do Coupons
Guatemala
Do 1869 .
Honduras Government Railway Loan
Do £lOO B4A 4
Italian, 1865
Do 1867, 2d issue
Do Maremmana Railway 561
Mexican
. ,
Do 1864
Do Anglo-French
Montevidean, European
Moorish, Imperial ....
New Granada
Do

84}

.. 911
~ 80i I

Do Deferred
Do Land Warrants (Hectares)
Peruvian
Do. Uriharren —
Do. 1862
Portuguese, 1853, 6,7, 9,0, 2, & 3
Do 1867
Do 1869
Do do Scrip —
Russian, 1822, £ Sterling
Do 1850
Do 1860
Do 1859 ..
Do 1862
jDo Anglo-Dutch, 1861, £IOO
IDo do £8415s
IDoDo do 1866, £lOO
do £B4 Us —
Do Nicolas Railway
83
Do 1870 Scrip, all paid 8.4 i
Do do £45 paid —
San Domingo
Sardinian
Spanish
Do 1867
Do Deferred - -
Do 1869
Swedish Provincial Mortgage Loan —
1)o Government, 1864 ...........
Do do 1868
Turkish, 1851
Do 18Z.B
Do £lOO
Do 1862
Do Account• —
Do £100
Do Account 731
Do 1863
Do 1865, 5p et , 491
Do 1865, 6 pet 731 2*
Do Guaranteed
Do 1869
])o £IOO
Venezuela
Do —
Do 1862
Do 1864
Dividends on the above-mentioned Stocks payable in
London.

Austrian, Ex 10 Florins ..
Belgian, Ex 23 Francs

Uo do
Dutch Certificates, Ex 12 Guilders

Do do , do
French Rentes, Ex 25 Francs
Do do do
Italian, 1861, Ex 25 Francs
Piedmontose, Ex 25 Francs
Do do ...
ACCOUNT DAYS IN MAY 13Th AND 27TH
United States 5-20 years 1882 88 i i i
Do (Ma 3 1, Nov 1)
Do do lBB5 88 7i
Do 1874—
Do, 371, 346, 350 iss up to 27th Feb.,
1869 1887 30 i
Do, 10 40 (Mar 1, Sept 1) 1904 852 I
Massachusetts (May 1, Nov 1) 1894 .
Do neo 93
Do Scrip, £35 paid
Virginia State
Do
Atlan and G West,' N Y see, 1 M0rt...1880
Do do 2 do _lBBl
Do Pennsylvania 1 do _1877
Do do 2 do ...1882
Do Consolidated Mortgage .. .....
Detroit and Milwaukee Ist Mort Bonds
Do do 2d do
Erie Shares, $lOO, all paid —
Do Ticket of Protection Coin attached lBl
Do 7 per Cent Preference do —
Do 6 per Cent. Convertible Bonds 67
Do 3d Mortgage lBB3 --
Illinois Central, $lOO share 4, all paid
Do. 1875
lio 1875
Marietta and Cincinnati Bonds .
New Yorx Central, $lOO Shares
Do (sinking fund) lBB3
Do do 1876
Panama 2d Mortgage 1872