The Sun.
London, England, 1870-04-02 00:00:00

MONETARY REP ORTS.-YES TERDAY,

With the exception of the railway market, Nyman nas
been animated, the Stock Exchange has been quiet to-day.
Consols have been firm, at 930, 931 for money and the 7th
Instant, and 931, 93g for April. Reduced and New Three
per Cents, 91k, 92. Exchequer Bills, par to ss. prem.
India Five per Cents, 113, 1131; and India Bonds, 20s. to

253. prem.
A full average business has been transacted in English
railway stocks, and the movements in prices have been
favourable. Great Northern A has ris li, Great
Eastern 1, L%ncashire and Yorkshire 1, Midland Lon-
don and North-Western and Great Western
Indian stocks have been quiet, and without change.
Canadian shares have been steady in value, but the
demand for them has not been active. Foreign shares
have been firm. Lombards have risen
Very few changes have taken place in the value of
foreign bonds, and the market generally has been quiet.
Peruvian 1865, and Spanish 1867 and 1869 have risen_ ;
but Egyptian 1868 have fallen per cent.
American Government securities have been steady.
The Five-Twenty Bonds have risen and the Ten-Forties
; but Atlantic Bonds and Illinois Central Shares have

fallen
The tone of the market for British mines has been
rather firmer. Assheton have recovered Tan-yr-Allt
/, and Penryn /. In the value of colonial and foreign
mines no movement of importance has transpired.
Bank shares have been quiet, and without material

change.
Telegraph shares have been firmer. British India Sub-
marine have advanced 1-16, and French Cables I.
Telegraph Construction shares have been more freely
dealt in, at an advance of I. Silver's Indiarubber have
risen 1, and Hooper's Telegraph Works have been rather

firmer.
In miscellaneous securities the transactions have been
limited, but prices have been without alteration.
Less firmness has been noticed in the money market.
The demand for accommodation has fallen off, and three
months' paper has been discounted at 2i to 3 per cent.
The sum of £lB,OOO has been sent into the Bank to-day.
With the exception of the rates on Italy, which have
been rather lower, the exchanges chew no material altera.

tion.
Messrs. J. S. Morgan and Co. have invited applications
for $4,000,000 (2800,000 sterling) 7 per cent. first mort-
gage bonds to bearer of the Illinois and St. Louis Bridge
Company, at the price of 90 per cent. £5 must be paid on
application, and £l5 on allotment.
A special meeting has been held to-day of the Atlantic
Telegraph Company, and the resolution approving of the
bill in Parliament for the dissolution of the company,
and the conversion of the stock into that of the Anglo-
American Telegraph, was passed. It was also resolved to
carry out the working arrangements with the Anglo-
American, French Cable, and other Companies.
In reference to the state of the bullion market, Messrs.
Pixley, Abell, Langley, and Blake remark that all
arrivals of gold have been sent into the Bank, there
being no demand whatever for the Continent, as the ex.
changes continue high. £72,000 have arrived.
The directors of the Oriental Bank recommend a divi-
dend of six per cent. for the half year, making 12 per
cent. for the year.
The report of the Bank of British North America chews
that the net profits for the year have been £71,617, which
will allow of the payment of a bonus of 1 per cent. The
usual dividend at the rate of 6 per cent. per annumfor the
half year ending June 30 next, will be paid at the custo.
mary period.
At the annual meeting of the Law Union Fire and Life
Insurance Company, it was shewn the fire premiums for
the year had been £6,775, and that in the life
department the new policies were 309, assuring £263,490,
and yielding in premiums £9,902. The assets of the
company now amount to £293,076. A dividend and
bonus together, at the rate of 12 per cent., were an-
nounced.

At a meeting of the Scottish Provident Institution, at
Edinburgh, it was stated that the new policies. for the
year were 1,190, assuring £581,036, and yielding in new
premiums £21,967. At the close of the year the policies
in force yielded in premiums £181,371. The realised fund
was £1.636.249.