The Sun.
London, England, 1870-05-30 00:00:00

THE ROYAL VISIT TO READING.

In consequence of the Great Western fete being held at
Reading on July 5, the day originally appointed by the
Prince of Wales for his visit to Reading, his Royal High-
ness has expressed his willingness to alter the day to July
Ist or July 4th. The committee will decide to-morrow.
The Prince of Wales will no doubt be accompanied by
the Princess of Wales, and the Royal guests will be enter-
tained at luncheon by the corporation. Triumphal arches
will be erected all over the town. Great preparations are
being made for the reception of their Royal Highnesses,
and it has been suggested that the Berkshire Volunteers,
under his Royal Highness Prince Christian, and Lieu-
tenant-Colonel Lloyd Lindsay, should form a guard of
honour to the Royal visitors for the day. The Prince
of Wales is known to be partial to the Volunteers.

EAST SUFFOLK ELECTION.—MONDAY.
Polling at 11.30 a.m., from six districts, out of fifteen
districts :
Adair ... ... 517
Mahon ... ... 317

Majority for Adair ...

INCENDIARY FIRE AT BANBURY.

At nine o'clock last night a fire was discovered to have
broken out in a rickyard at Hardwicke, near Banbury. The
Banbury fire brigade were soon on the spot ; and although
they worked hard all night a great amount of damage was
done. The fire was prevented from spreading to the ad-
jacent buildings. The fire was suspected to be the work
of incendiaries ; and two young men, who gave the names
of William 'Clock, Leeds, ,and William Dyer, Dublin,
were arrested in Banbury last night. They admitted the
offence, and were brought before the county magistrates
to-day and remanded.

THE MONEY MARKET

AND

COINI ERCIAL INTELLIGENCE,.

CITY, Two o'CLocK.

uring the earlier part of the morning the Stock Markets
were characterised by much steadiness, notwithstanding that
the business doing was not extensive. Subsequently the
tone became less strong, notably in the case of Spanish
1869, which, after having been marked 311, were
dealt in at 30Z. Consols, however, have been firm, and
1 better, at 941 to 941 for delivery, and 911 to 941 for July.
Reduced and New Three per Cents., 921 to 921. Exchequer
Bills, par to ss. prem. Bank stock has marked 234 to 236.
India Five per Cents. have been quoted at 1131 to 111 i ;
Bonds, 20s. to 255. prem.

The Railway Share Market has again presented a firm
appearance, and the tendency of the quotations has been
epwa ds. Metropolitan stock remains without change at
71f to 72, but Great Eastern, Groat Northern, and Great
Western Consolidated Ordinary have advanced i; while
N rth Eastern Consols and Manchester, Sheffield, and Lin-
coln are 1 per cent. better.
The markets for Foreign Bonds opened with some anima-
tion, and several favourable changes were reported. Italian
at b 9 to 59} shows a rise of ; Egyptian of 1868, Turkish,
1869, and Honduras are also it better. Spanish New Three
per Cents, after being quoted at 32 " buyers" have receded to
31} to 81.. Five-Twenty Bonds area better.
Great Luxemburg Railway Shares have marked 141;
Ottoman, 7i; Recife and San Francisco, 16f.
American railways have been little dealt in. Atlantic and
Gloat Western consolidated Mortgage Bonds have sold at
29} ; Illinois Central Shares at 11of ; and Pennsylvania
General Mortgage at 93f ; Eire Railway Shares aro un-
altered, at 181 to 19.
There is a fair demand for money to-day, and the rate ha
the open market is without change, good short paper being
taken at 2f per cent. The supply of capital afloat in Lom-
bard-street continues to increase.

The Syria has brought £40,000 from Bombay. The
steamers which left New York on Saturday last bring
£200,000 for Europe.
The Delta has taken out £79,620 for the East.

At the meeting of the Scottish Widows' Fund Society,
held at Edinburgh, the new policies for the year were
stated to be 1,298 for a total of £732,377, and yielding in
new premiums £29,858. The accumulated funds are now
£5,045,815, and the income is £617,681.
Vice-Chancellor Malins has appointed Mr. F. F. Buffen
official liquidator of the Patent Waterproof Paper Company
(Limited).
Vice-Chancellor MaHos has appointed Mr. Frederick B.
Smart liquidator of the Queen Ave age and Alfred Average
Associations.