The Sun.
London, England, 1870-05-09 00:00:00

MONETARY REPORTS-SATURDAY

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The Stock Exchange markets have been without feature
of importance to-day. The business doing has been by no
means extensive, and although a tendency to depression
has been occasionally manifest, no important movement
has transpired. Consols have continued quiet. at 93:4 t°,
94 for delivery, and 94 to 94i for June. Reduced au`.l
New Three per Cents, 92/ to 92g. Exchequeißills par to 5,
prem. Bank stock has marked 233 to 235; Indian Five per
Cents. have been done at 114, 114 ; and India Bouriei
205., 355. prem. In the market for Colonial Governirten,
Securities, very little business has been doing, at abort
previous quotations.
English railway stocks have been dealt in quietly, vat
the transactions have consisted principally of purchase'
and the alterations in prices have been favourable. j\•°
advance of 1 has been established in Caledonia"'
Great Northern, Manchester, Sheffield, and Linu°l'l
shire, South-Eastern, and ditto Deferred, of in Grea`
Western, and London, Chatham, and Dover, and of 1
Great Western A. Indian stocks have supported 13t`
rates with a moderate demand. Canadian shares have
been quiet, without change. As regards foreign, Sombre
and Meuse have riseni, but Lombards have fallen a.

The-market for foreign bonds has been tolerably firm ih
tone, but the business doing has been only moderate'
Spanish have been firm, and I per cent. better, and
advance of I has taken place in Portuguese.
have been firm, at improving currencies. Italian bar'
been flat, and lower.
The market for American securities has been flat, auj
without change.
Bank Shares have been steady in value. but the deniall'i
for them has not been active.

Telegraph shares have been flat. Anglo-American 1101'
risen but British Indian Extension have been lower:
Telegraph Construction shares have given Way l
Hooper's,
For miscellaneous securities there has been only
moderate demand. Hudson's Bay shares have
vanced k.

The disc) unt market has been fairly supported
capital. There has been a moderate demand for accony,
modation, and three months' paper has been taken at
per cent.

The Silesia, from New York, has brought £9,204 iu
specie, for France; and the Hanover, from Havannah
New Orleans, £6,400, for London.
There have been no bullion operations at the Bank
day.

Subscriptions have been invited for £140,000, 9 per colt•
mortgage debentures of the Porto Rico Irrigation Car
pany (limited), at the price of 92. The company have 3
concession for 32 years for certain irrigation works at
Guayana and the adjoining districts in the island of Porte
Rico.

A first return of £1 ss. per share has been announce,l
to the shareholders of the Bank of London.

The report of the Trust and Agency Company of All';
tralasia shews that there is an available balance 0'
£10,023. A dividend and bonus of 3s. per share, being 3t
the rate of 30 per cent. per annum, are recommended.
after payment of which there will remain a balance 0
£2,523 to be carried forward.

At , a meeting of the creditors of Messrs. Thong"'
Greenwood and Co., manufacturers, of Todmorden, tW°
proposals were made to the creditors, one offering to .P 33.
10s. in the pound, without guarantee, extending over sis
months, and the other Bs. guaranteed, extending °NI
the same period. Nothing definite was settled, l'n`
the proposal has been left open for consideration for "
few days.
The Manchester Courier states that circulars have been
issued calling a meeting of the creditors of Messrs'
Bowden and Edwards, joiners and builders, of '2'
Brook-streeti in that city. Under the original partner
ship this was one of the largest firms in connectiou
with the building trade in Manchester ; but both °f
the original partners have retired some time since,
and are n)t now, we believe, interested. The eirculsi.
calls a meeting of the creditors in order to discuss the
course to be adopted until a complete statement of affairs
can be submitted, which will take some little time to pre"
pare. It is understood that the unfortunate condition of
late of the building along with other trades in the district
has been a main cause of the failure.