The Sun.
London, England, 1870-04-19 00:00:00

MONETARY REPORTS Y. - ESTERDAY.

To-day has been observed as a close holiday in we
stock Exchange, and business in the City generally has
been of a very limited character.
in the money market there has been a fair supply of
capital.' The demand for accommodation both at the Bank
and in other quarters. has been quiet, but three months'
paper has been charged 24 to 3 per cent. _

There hasl een no bullion operations at the rank te-day.

The report of the Recife and San Francisco (Pernam-
buco) Railway Company (Limited), to be presented on the
26th inst., shows an available balance of 219,085. All
interim dividend at the rate of 3 per cent. per annum is
recommended, after payment of which there will remain
a balance of £1,239 to be carried forward. The receipts
for the six months shew an increase of 52 per cent. com-
pared with the corresponding period last year, while the
excess of the working expenses has been only 11 per cent.
Advices from Shanghai, dated Mardi 1, shew that
the total export of tea to Great Britain from January 1
to February 28, amount to 2,340,1391b5., against
3,123,4811b5. for the corresponding period last year, being
a decrease of 783,2421b5. _

At Mark Lane to-day the wheat trade was quiet, but
prices were unchanged. Spring corn was firm in value,
with a limited inquiry. Advices from the agricultural
districts report, generally, favourably of future prospects.
Barley and oats have been sown under satisfactory aus-
pices, and beans as' well as peas are coming up well,
whilst a more general season for potato planting, has
seldom been experienced. The continued drought, how-
ever, has considerably retarded the development of the
young wheat plant, and, although it has as yet escaped all
permanent damage, it is certainly backward for the time
of year, and is mostly thin and weak.
At the thirty-fourth half-yearly meeting of the Bank
of Victoria, held at Melbourne on the Ist of February
last a dividend at the rate of 10 per cent. per annum was
declared, £2,000 placed to the reduction of the bank
premises account (including the balance from the pre-
vious half-year), £17,159 12s. brought forward.
A telegram from Melbourne, dated March 29th, states
that the Malta had left Galle with £353,500 in bar gold
And £67,750 in sovereigns. The Lochness had also sailed
with £11,500, and the George Thompson with £10,500.

The silver market has been flat. at 60g Der oz.

MARKETS-YESTERDAY.

LONDON CORN EXCHANGE, MONDAY.—At Mark-lane to-day
the show of English wheat has been only moderate, but the
quality has been good. There has been a thin attendance of
millers, and the demand for both red and white produce has
ruled inactive, at about late rates. The show of prize wheat has
been tolerably good. The inquiry has been limited, at previous
quotations. Moderate supplies of barley have been on offer.
The trade has been quiet, but prices have been well maintained.
Malt has sold slowly, at late currencies. Oats have been firm in
value, with a moderate demand. Beans and peas have been
firm. Maize has tended upwards in value. Flour has been
quiet.

METROPOLITAN MEAT MARKET, MONDAY.—Moderate
supplies have been on sale. The trade has been quiet, at about
late rates :—Reef from 3s. to 4s. 4d. ; mutton, 3s. 4d. to 4s.
81. ; lamb, es. Bd. to 7s. 4d. ; veal, 4s. 4d, to ss. ; and pork,
4s. to ss. 4d. per Sibs., by the carcase.

METROPOLITAN CATTLE MARKET, MONDAY.-Owing to
the falling off in the receipts, the cattle trade has been firm
to-day, and the quotations have improved in most instances.
The show of beasts has been much below the average as regards
number, but the quality has been good. The trade has been firm,
and more money has been paid. The best Scots and crosses
have sold at 4s. 10d. to ss. per 81bs. There has been a falling off
in the supply of sheep. For most breeds there has been a steady
demand, at an advance of 2d. per Sibs. The best Downs and
haif-breds, out of the wool, have been disposed of at 4s. Bd. to
53. per 81bs. Lambs have been in request at 85. per
81bs. Calves have been firm, and pigs have been
steadier. Beasts have sold at from 3s. to ss. ; sheep, 3s. to
53. ; lambs, at Bs. ; calves, 3s. 10d. to ss. Bd. ; and pigs, 45. 6d. to
ss. Bd. per Sib. to sink the offal. Total supplies :-Beasts, 2,816 ;
sheep and lambs, 20,560 ; calves, 92 ; and pigs, 35. Foreign
Beasts, 970 ; sheep and lambs, 6,290 ; and calves, 90.
CORK BUTTER . MARKET, MONDAY.-Ordinary firsts,
130 s. ; seconds, 130 s. ; thirds, 120 s. ; fourths, 80s. ; fifths, 565. ;
sixths, not quoted. 2,500 firkins in the market. Mild cured-No
quotation. 90 firkins in the market.

AGRICULTURE AND THE CORN TRADE.
Altough the rainfall during the week has fallen far
'short of the amount required, the heavy dews have gone
far to supply the necessary moisture, and the aspect of
the country has been generally favourable. Vegetation
has made rapid progress, and the pastures and meado
lands are changing their desolate condition for the bright
herbage of spring. The wheat plant, however, is cer-
ta, my backward for the season, and is sadly in need of a
continued steady supply of rain ; but it has, nevertheless,
so far escaped all irremediable injury. On the other hand,
barley, oats, beans, and peas having secured a good seed-
bel, are coming up well, whilst potato-planting, which
is now about brought to a conclusion, has been condacted
under the most exceptionally favourable auspices.
Much quietness has been noticed in the srain trade.
As regards wheat, millers have been unwilling operators
owing to the prospect of increased receipts from abroad,
now that the shipments from the Baltic have re-com-
menced in earnest, and there is a probability of further
heavy arrivals from America. The actual business con-
chided has been very moderate, and has been almost
entirely confined to the supplying of actual wants. The
anxiety of holders, in some instances, to realise, has
tended to weaken prices, but the shortness of the supply
offered has prevented any quotable reduction from ensu-
ing. Notwithstanding that the quantity of grain on
passage to this country has materially decreased, it is
generally anticipated that prices will gradually recede
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The frequent sunshine of the past week has raised the •
temperature, but when the sun has been absent the air
has still been cold for the time of year, and we have
not yet had our quota of rain. Field work has, how-
ever, advanced a pace, and there is very little more
sowing to be done ; and this, though late, has been
very satisfactorily accomplished from the pulverised
state of the soil. A genial time henceforth would soon
work wonders, in germinating the seed corn and im-
proving the wheat ; about which some are begin-
ning to doubt, it being badly reported in the Fens and
other localities, but June will more distinctly tell us'
what we may expect. The altered weather, the opening
Baltic, and the holidays have all contributed to in-
crease our dulness, and the wheat trade has given way
for the last fortnight to the extent of fully is., while our
deliveries still keep largely in excess of last year, in-
dicating the pressure on the farming interest from bad
crops, or continued apprehension of large foreign im-
ports. The Baltic is certainly opening, and we may
now have some first quality corn to replace the low
sorts which have been lately working off from our
granaries ' • but shippers there se e prices much too close
for a free trade, and there are few sanguine enough here,
after the late losses, to become rash importers. Even in
America prices have not yet adjusted themselves to Bri-
tish markets, notwithstanding their present depression.
Mark Lane Express

Mazzini is said to be extremely discouraged by the
aspect of Italian affairs. In a letter to his friend Edgar
Quinet, he says that he is old, exhausted, morally,
and physically, and has reached the end of
his powers. With the exception of a few chosen
spirits, he has no longer any respect for the
generation for which he labours. It has no faith—it
has only opinions. In concluding his monologue, he ex-'
claims that he would give all that remains to him of life
for one year of calm.

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BIRTHS.

FISCHER—On the 16th inst., at Walton Oaks, Surrey, tho
wife of Thomas H. Fischer, Esq., of Lincoln's-inn, of a
son.

SULIVAN.- On the 16th inst., at Heidelberg, the wife of
Captain T. B. M. Bulivan, R.N., of a son.

RRI AGES.

CLAIM —KELLY -On the 16th inst., at Croydon, Jogepb
Clark, Esq., of Allahabad, India. to Elizabeth Mary (Lilly).
second daugktor of the late Charles Louis Kelly, Esq., of
Woolwich.

Brom%id— Broos—On the 16th inst., at Upper Holloway'',
H. A. F. Duelcharn, Esq., of 12, Oxne3,, Villas, Upper Hol-
loway, to Mary Anne, youngest daughter of the late Jas•
Biggs, Esq, of Upper Holloway.