The Sun.
London, England, 1870-06-08 00:00:00

MONETARY NE WS-YESTERDAY.

The Stock Exchange markets to-day have been gene-
rally depressed. The receipt of low prices ftom Paris im-
parted a tone of heaviness to the inquiry for both home

and foreign securities, and with but few exceptions the
fluctuations have been unfavourable. Consols have re-
lapsed /, the quotation being 921 to 921 ex div. for delivery,.
and 92g to 92i ex div. for July. Reduced and New Three
per Cents, 920, 92g. Exchequer Bills par, to ss. prem.
Bank stock, 234 236. Indian Five per Cents, 111 E to
111/ ex div., and India Bonds, 20s. to 255. prem.
In the market for English railway stocks the business
doing has been very moderate. Caledonian on fresh pur-
chasers has advanced ; Great Western and Midland
also have been g and / better ; but Metropolitan has
fallen # ; South-Eastern ; Great Northern A / ; London
and North-Western ; and Metropolitan District g.
Metropolitan 662, 67 ; Caledonian 781, 79; Great Northern
A 135, 1351 ; North-Eastern Consols 147 i, 1472 ; Great
Western 74L. 75k.

For Indian railway stocks there has been only d•
moderate demand, and prices have been unaltered.
Canadian shares have been flat, and foreign shares have
been dull,

The most noticable feature in the market for foreign
bonds has been the advance of 1 per cent. in Peruvian
1865, the quotation being 91, 91k. Mexican also have been
in request, and at 15k, 154 show a rise of On the
other hand Spanish 1867, at 31k, 32, and 1869 at 31 3-16,
31 5-16ths are lower. Egyptian (1868) at 824 to 83, shews
a fall of g ; and Turkish Five per Cents at 52 9-16ths to
52 11-16ths of
The New Peruvian Loan is quoted at 1 to 1 prem.,
and the New Spanish, 3 to 3i prem.
American Five-Twenty bonds have been firm, and it
better. Illinois Central shares have risen 1, but Atlantic
and Great Western consolidated mortgage bonds and Erie
shares have fallen
The market for bank shares has ruled firm, but business
has been only to a moderate extent. London and County
at 50i to 51k, are better, but Imperial Ottoman have
fallen or,to 4g to 4i prem.
Telegraph shares have been flat, but without important
movement. Hooper's have been better, at 14 to 4 dis.
There have been no bullion operations at the Bank to-
day.

The Frankfort, from New York, has brought £5,000
and the Bremen £27,000.
As regards the exchanges no material alteration can be
noticed, but bills have been rather scarce.
At a meeting of the Peninsular and Oriental Steam
Navigation Company, a dividend of ;t per cent. for the
half-yea: was declared.
There has been an absence of any important feature in
themoney market to-day. The supply of capital has been
tolerably good, and sufficient for requirements. The de-
mand for accommodation has not been active, and
three months' paper has been negotiated at 21, 3.
per cent. For six months' bills 3to 3ik per cent. has been
charged. Loans in the Stock Exchange are obtainable at
3 to 3i per cent.
The Scandinavian has brought £70,600 in specie from
Quebec.

At a meeting of the Bank of British North America the
directors' report was adopted, and a dividend at the rate
of 6 per cent, with a bonus of 1 per cent, amounting to-
gether to 40s. per share, were declared.
At a meeting of the Malta and Mediterranean Gas
Company a dividend of 4i per cent per annum was de-
clared.

A special meeting of the proprietors of the Great
Northern Railway was held to-day, at King's Cross sta-
tion, when a report, recommending the adoption of a bill
to extend the time for the purchase of lands for the con-
struction of the Halifax and Ovenden Junction Railway,
and to vest the said railway in the London and York and
the Great Norhtern Railway Companies, was adopted.
A heavy loss has to-day fallen on the Underwriters and
Marine Insurance Companies, by the total wreck of the
Dacia, near Bermuda. She had on board the West-
Indian telegraph cable, which, with the vessel, is said to
be insured for £170,000.
Telegraphic advices from New Zealand stated that the
Bank of New Zealand have declared a dividend at the
rate of 15 per cent.

LONDON STOCK EXCHANGE-TUESDAY.

JATEST PRICES AFT:

ER OFFICIAL HOURS.

OVE ItNAIHNT

Three per Cent Consols, .92/ 921xd
Do. for Account 921 9211 d
Three per Cent Rdcd 921 921
New 3 per Cent
Exchequer Bills, March, par spm
Do., June
Bank Stock
India 5 per Cents.... 1111 1111 xd
Can.6pc.Tan.&JulylB77-84 10711081
Do. 5 per cent do. 981 99
Domin. of Can. spc 1903 971 981
New S. W. 5p c 1871-76 102 103
New Zealand b pc 1891 ll2 114
Do. 5 per cent 9Bl 9sl
Do. 5 p c Consolidated
Queensland 5p c 1882
Victoria 6 p Jan.& July 1151116
Do. 5 pc do. 104 104

Bristol and Exeter B4 86
Caledonian 74 79
Great Eastern
Great Northern
Do. A
Great Western 741 751
Lancashire & Yorkshire 135 136
L. 11. and South Coast
Lon. Chat, and Dover
Lon. and North-Western 131 131
Lon. and South-Western 92 93
Man., Shef., and Lincoln 531 M
Metropolitan 661 67
Midland
North British 39 291
North-Eastern Consols
Do. Leeds —
Do. York — -