The Sun.
London, England, 1870-04-01 00:00:00

MONETARY REPORTS-YESTERDAY.

A quiet feeling has pervaded the Stack Exchange to-
day for most classes of securities. The inquiry has been
limited, nevertheless prices have been without material
change. Consols have been firm, and unaltered, at 95g,
9.51 for money and the April account. Reduced and New
Three per Cents, 912, 911 ex div.; Exchequer Bills, par
to 4s. prem. India Five per Cents have been done at 113
1131, and India Bonds at 20s: to 255. prem. •
Generally speaking, the market for English railway
stocks has been firm, and the movements have been
favourable. Metropolitan, however, on a pressure of
sales, receded R. On the other hand, Midland has risen f,
London and North-Western 3, and Great Western
In .Indian railway stocks the business doing has been
very moderate, and prices have been without material
change. Canadian shares have been steady in value, with
a moderate inquiry. Foreign shares have been quiet.
The market for foreign bonds has been rather unsettled.
Spanish securities have been firm, and per cent, better,
and Peruvian 1862 have - risen On the other hand,
Egyptians have been flat, and lower.
American securities have been steady. The Five-Twenty
Bonds have risen k, but Virginian have fallen i.
As regards British mining shares, there has been a
continuance of the sales of Assheton, at a further fall of
In Colonial and Foreign Mines Pacific have been
better.

Bank shares have been quiet, at about previous quota-
tions.

Telegraph shares have been rather firmer. British
Indian Extension have risen ; British Indian Sub-
marine, -1.

Telegraph Construction shares have been steady, and 1
better at 36k, 36k. Hoor er's Telegraph Works have been
quoted at 11 to 1 dis. A rumour has been current to-day
of a proposed amalgamation of Hooper's Telegraph
Works Company with the Land and Sea Construction
and (Newall's) National Telegraph Construction Com-
pany.

Miscellaneous securities have teen quiet, and without
important change.
The Clearing House retura for the :week ended March
30 shews a total of £79,601,000, against
.269,164,000 for
the corresponding week last year.
This being the close of the quarter, there has been a
strong demand for money, and three months' paper has
not been taken under 3 per cent.
The sum 0f225,000 has been sent into the Bank to-day.
Another failure is announc3d in the Stock Exchange to-
day.

The Frankfort, from New Orleans, has brought £35,000
in Mexican dollars.

Advices from Lisieux announce the failure of one of the
principal houses of that town—M. Adolphi Bordeaux,
manufacturer.

At a meeting of the Bank of Scotland it was shewn
that there was an available total of £63,776, out of which
a dividend at the rate of 4 per cent. and a bonus of 1 per
cent. were declared.

At a meeting of the Crdait Fonder of Mauritius a divi-
dend of 16s. per share was declared.

The following are the traffic returns of various railways
for the week ending March 27 :—Great Western, £74,449,
being an increase of £1,240 when compared with the cor-
responding week of last year. Great Eastern, £35,756;
decrease of £2,116. Great Northern, £39,417; in-
crease of £252. Caledonian, £39,374 ; increase of
£9B; Bristol and Exeter, £7,621, increase of £531; Lan-
cashire and Yorkshire, £15,861, decrease of £4,239 ; Man-
chester, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire, 2A,595, decrease of
£1,633. The corresponding week last year was Good
Friday week, when excursion trains are run.