The Sun.
London, England, 1870-06-09 00:00:00

THE

MONET.

Influenced partly by realisations, and bythe continuance
of the drought, the Stock Exchange markets have been in
an unsettled state to-day. There has been a pre-
ponderance of sales over purchases, and, with
scarcely an exception, the movements have been un-
favourable. Consols have been dull, at 92k, 92i ex div'
for delivery, and 922, 92 ex div. for July. Reduced and
New Three per Cents 92k, 92fi ; Exchequer Bills par to
ss. prem. ; Bank stock 234, 236 ; India Five per Cents

111, 1111 ex div.
Business in Indian railway stocks has been of a very
moderate character. Neverthelets, the quotations have
been maintained. Canadian shares have been dull, and
Great Western have fallen In foreign shares no move-
ment of importance has been noticed.
The sum of £59,000 has been sent into the Bank
to-day.
The traffic receipts of the London and North-Western
shew an increase of £10,608 ; of the Midland an increase
of £11,946 ; and of the North Eastern an increase of
£ll 831.
The Anglo-Mediterranean Telegraph Company have
held a meeting to-day, and have declared a dividend of
13s. per share, making, with previous payments 12j per

cent. per annum.
About £467,500 in Australian and New Zealand gold is
known to be on passage to this country, of which
£398,000 is due in the course of the week.

The market for foreign bonds has been in a depressed
state. Spanish have been fiat and it easier, and Turkish
also have been rather lower. Japan Scrip has fallen to
2, 1 dis. Peruvian, however, have continued firm. The
new loan is quoted at Ito 1 prem., and the Spanish at
2i to 2g.
American Government securities have been firm, and
per cent. better. Illinois Central shares have risen 1,
but Atlantic Bonds and Erie shares have fallen
Bank shares have been dealt in quietly, but full quota-
tions have been realised. Imperial Ottoman have marked
41, 4 prem, and London and County 51511.
Telegraph shares have been flat. Anglo-Mediterranean
have fallen and West Indian and Panama Tele-
graph Construction shares have been done as low as 29,
but have since improved to 291, 29, shewing a decline on
the day ofS. Silver's Indiarubber have risen 1.
In miscellaneous securities the transactions have been
to a very moderate extent, but the quotations have shewn
no material alteration.

In the money market to-day a fair amount of anima-
tion has been noticed. The supply of capital has been
moderate, but there has been more inquiry for
accommodation, and the rate for negotiating three
months' paper has been firm at 21 to 3 per cent. The
charge for discounting six months' bills is 3, 3-k per cent.
Loans on the Stock Exchange are obtainable at about 3

per cent.
The Main, from New York, has brought £114,809.
The report of the Bombay Gas Company, to be pre-
sented on the 23rd inst., shews an available total of
£7,488, and recommends a dividend for the half-year at
the rate of 6 per cent. per annum.
The directors of the London and River Plate Bank have
declared the usual interim dividend of 5 per cent for the
half-year ended March 31st.
A prospectus has been issued of the Dorsetshire Clay
Pottery Company (Limited), with a capital of £40,000 in
£5 shares, to lease an estate and works at Wareham.
The directors of the Bank of New South Wales at Syd-
ney, have declared a dividend at the rate of 15 per cent.
per annum.
At a meeting of Hooper's Telegraph Works Company,
the directors' report was adopted, and a dividend of ss.
per share was declared.
We have reason to believe that the reported loss of the
Dacia, with 147 hands, having on board the cable for
connecting by a new line the West Indies with South
America was originated for stock jobbing purposes in
order to run down certain telegraph shares. Should such
prove to be the case some immediate action on the part
of the Stock Exchange Committee is needed to check
these disgraceful transactions.
At Mark-lane, to-day, wheat has been firm, at full
prices.
At a meeting of the creditors of Mr. John Edwards,
builder, Booth-street, Manchester, trading under the firm
of Bowden and Edwards, it was shewn that the liabilities
amounted to £12,049, and the assets to £7,668. It was
resolved to wind up the estate in bankruptcy.
With the exception of Metropolitan, which, after being
done at 67fi to 67i receded to 67# to 67k, shewing an ad-
vance of on the day, the market for English railway
stocks has been depressed, North-Eastern Consols have
declined to 146, 1461, being a fall of 1. Caledonian
opened at 79 to 79k; but subsequently fell 0. Midland
has relapsed # ; London and IN orth-Western, and
Great Western

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