The Sun.
London, England, 1870-06-11 00:00:00

THE SUN, LONDON, SATURDAY MORNING, JUNE 11. 1870.

LATEST INTELLIGENCE.

be very common in Liverpool, and to be one great cause
of the prevailing drunkenness.

MONETARY NEWS-YESTERDAY.

A quiet feeling has pervaded the Stock Exchange
markets to day. The business doing has been very moderate.
Railways generally have been depressed, but the demand
for foreign bonds, although not active, has been steady.
Consols have been firm, and -11 per cent. Letter, at 92k,
92i ex div. for delivery, and 92k, 93 ex div. for July;
Reduced and New Three per cents. 92k, 92 ; Exchequer
Bills, par to 5 prem., ; Bank Stock, 234 to 236 ; Indian five
per cents., 111 to 1111 ex div. ; and Indian Bonds 20 to
25 prem.

In the market for English railway stocks the business
doing has been very moderate. The principal movement
has been a fall of 1 per cent in Metropolitan, the quota-
tions being 66i, 67* ; Metropolitan District also at 301,
31k, chews a heavy relapse of I*. Caledonian at
76 761 and Midland at 1218 1211, each exhibit a decline of
* ; but Great Northern A, at 135135 k, is * better.
Indian stocks have been quiet, and Canadian shares
have commanded but little attention. Foreign shares
have been firm. Lombards, at 15-,2 to 15k, shew an im-
provement of *.
On the whole, the tone of the market for foreign bonds
has been healthy, but the busines doing has not been
extensive. Turkish Five per Cents have been in request,
and at 54 shew a rise of a. Egyptian (1868), at 83k, are
better. Italian (1861), at 59k; Spanish (1867), at 311;
and ditto (1869), at 31 1-16, are unaltered ; Mexican, at
16i, are a further better ; Portuguese have fallen ; but
Turkish (1865), have been * better.
The new Peruvian loan, the applications for which it is
said have exceeded £50,000,000, is quoted at , 1 prem.,
and the Spanish at 2i,3 prem.
American securities have been quiet. Atlantic bonds
and Erie shares have fallen *.
Bank shares have been steady in value, but the demand
has not been active.

For telegraph shares, the inquiry has been restricted,
but prices have been without quotable change. Telegraph
construction shares have been firmer at 30 to 301.
The sum of £4,000 has been sent into the Bank to-day.
There has been more demand for bills to-day, and the
rates of exchange have ruled firm.
The George Thompson, from Melbourne, has brought
£13,284 in gold.
The La Plata has taken out £3,450.
Messrs. W. Turquand and R. P. Harding, official
liquidators of Overend, Gurney and Company (Limited),
have notified that they will shortly be prepared to reduce
the promissory notes of the company, thereby settling all
claims up on the shareholders.
Consols quiet and unaltered. Railways flat. Metro-
politan stock are lower at 67 to 671; Metropolitan District
lat 311 to 31g. The market for foreign bonds tolerably
firm.

There has been a fair supply of capital in the discount
market to-day. The demand for accommodation has been
to a moderate extent, and the rate for negotiating three
months' paper, has been firm at 24 to 3 per cent.
The Nile, from the West Indies, has brought*Xls9,677
in specie, and the Erin, from New York, £20,000 in
specie.

In reference to the state of the bullion market. Messrs.
Plxley, Abell, Langley, and Blake remark :—The
amount of gold received during the week is £285,500. Of
the above £104,000 has been sent into the Bank, and
there being comparatively but small demand for the Con-
tinent, further sums will in the course of the next day or
two be sent in. The City of Rio has taken £lO,OOO, and
the La Plata £3,450, to the Brazils. Silver has been in
good demand for Holland and Japan. The Main has
brought £6,000 from New York. Our market remains firm
atthe undermentioned quotation, with a tendency to higher
rates. Mexican dollars: We have received about £42,000 from
New York during the week, and the St. Nazaire steamer
has arrived with £32,000, of which only £7,000 is on
English account. The price remains firm at 59fid. per oz.
he demand being only for China. The Scandinavian
brought £70,000 in American silver coin from Quebec.
Exchange on India for banks' drafts at 60 days' sight re-
mains as last quoted, viz., ls. 10Id. to is. lld. per rupee.

The directors of the Universal Marine Insurance Com-
pany (Limited) have notified the payment of an interim
dividend of 2s. 6d. per share, being at the rate of 5 per
cent. per annum.
Blaenavon Iron and Steel Company's shares are quoted
1i to 1/ prem.
The Perpetual Six per Cent. A Debenture Stock of the
Devon and Somerset Railway are quoted at 1 to2i prem.
The issue of Seven per Cent. First Mortgage Bonds of
the Grand Rapids and Indiana Railroad Company are
par to 1 prem.
The Roumanian Government Iron Bridges annuity
loan is quoted at 2/ to 3i prem.
The railway traffic returns for the past week are as
follows :—Great Northern, £43,384 ; increase on the cor-
responding period of last year, 4,482. Great Western,
£88,346 ; increase, £9,626. Caledonian, £40,191; increase,
12,767. Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincoln, £23,472 ;
decrease, £285. Demerara, 6,090 dollars ; increase, 1,162
dollars.

LONDON STOCK EXCHANGE-YESTERDAY.

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