The Sun.
London, England, 1870-04-21 00:00:00

MONETARY REPORIS-YESTERDAY'

With the receipt of high prices from Paris' tilt'
continuance of fine weather, and the abiuidanc°
of money, the Stock Exchange has to-day P.re.
scuted an snimated appearance, so far as f°l.°ls
bonds and English Government securities have been
concerned. Railways, however, owing to realisation!
caused by the late heavy rise, have receded in value, and
important.
in some instances the fall has been
Consols have continued steady, at previous clu°.
to
tations, 944 to 94/ for money, and 94k
94i for May. Reduced and Nev Three per Cents, 9'4
912. Exchequer Bills, par to ss. •prem. India Five of
Cents have been done at 113, 1131, and India Bowls
20s. to 255. prem.
Numerous fluctuations have taken place in the value of,
English railway stocks. During the earlier part of I:
morning, the market exhibited considerable strengt'
Midland especially; on the announcement of an isterfeas;
•of -210;788 in the traffic receipts, rose being quote43'"
to 127 k, and a similar improvement took place 411.Gre3.,
Western, which marked 72i, 721. The improveraeov;
however, proved to be quite temporary, as the quota ti,or,
of the former stock subsequently relapsed to 120, :3
being a decline on the day of 1, whilst the latter At II
72, has been lower. Metropolitan has fallen 1; Gr
Northern A, 14 ; London and North-Western, ; L°ll`.°l,
and Brighton, On the other hand, London and Sont''
Western has risen ; Manchester, Sheffield, and Linc°lir
shire, 1; North-Eastern (Berwick), ; ditto (Leeds),
Indian rail-way stocks - have been quiet. CanadiAll
shales have been firm, but without movement.
As regards foreign shares, the principal transactions
have been in South Austrian and Lombardo-Venett,'
which after falling to 15i, have since recovered to
to 16i. t
There has been a continuance of firmness in the msr-e0
for foreign bonds to-day. Considerable purchases
been made in Egyptian and Turkish Securities,
an
in
further improvement of -per cent. has taken place..;)
values Portuguese have advanced and Russian 116'"'
; but Peruvian (1865) have fallen per cent. oaa
American securities have been quiet. Virgin"' -
Atlantic and Great Western Consolidated
Bonds have fallen I, and Erie Shares f.
_.../fh
British mining shares have been quiet, and
movement of importance. As regards foreign mines,
Pedro have been flat and 3-16ths lower at 2 9461'"
2 11-16ths prem. ex. div. gortgag°
Bank shares have been steady in value with a modal"
The export inquiry for gold has been very moderi
The supply on the market is not large, but upwardso°.
£400,000 will be offered on Saturday next, a considers;
proportion of which will doubtless find its way intO

Bank of Epgland. tll°
The traffic returns of the Midland Railway for ja
week ending 16th April instant, amount to £75,263, beim
an increase of £10,768 on the corresponding period of
previous year. _ for
The traffic return of the North-Eastern RailwaY ;
the past week amount to £82,999, being an
£9.884 in the corrospondino period of the previous ireol:.
The report of the West Flanders Railway sheave t'j
60
there is an available
balance of £8,713. A dividend of
9d. per share is recommended.
Telegraph shares have been dull. British Indian increase °"'
marine, and Falmouth, Gibraltar, and Malta have f'
in
and respectively.
Telegraph Construction shares have been dull, 5t a
decline of
Miscellaneous securities have been quiet, and Price°

have shewn no change of importance. both
There.haa been a good demand for money to-day,
at the Bank and in other quarters. In the gene r
market three months paper has been taken at 24 to 3 r
cent.
The silver market has continued flat. Bars have been
auoted at 60a. Mexican dollars have been firm at 5"