The Sun.
London, England, 1870-06-01 00:00:00

MONETARY REPORTS-TUESDAY.

Very little business has been transacted in the Stock
Exchange to-day. A fair amount of steadiness was
apparent during
.the earlier hours, but eventually the
market became depressed and the quotations receded
in many instances. The new Spanish loan, however, has
been well received, and has marked 2i, 3 prem. Consols
have been flat and lower at 94, 944 for delivery, and 93,
93 ex div. for July. Reduced and New Three per Cents
92k, 92t. Exchequer Bills par to ss. prem. Bank stock, 234,
236. India Five per Cents have been lower, at 1131, 114.
India Bonds are quoted at 20s. to 255. prem.
The market for English railway stocks has been flat
Metropolitan has been much depressed, and has further
receded fi. Great Northern A has been lower, and South-
Eastern .1; ; but London and Brighton and Great Western
have advanced k and respectively.
Indian Railway stocks have been quiet, but East India
have been very firm. Canadian shares have been flat,
and Great Western have fallen i, Foreign shares have
been quiet, and without movement of importance.
For foreign bonds there has been very little inquiry,
and prices have ruled easier. Brazilians have fallen ;
Egyptian (1868) ; Italian (1861) ; Mexican, ; and
Turkish Five per cents.,
American Government securities have been quiet, and
without change. Illinois Central shares have fallen
Bank shares have been quiet, and Imperial Ottoman
have fallen London and Westminster, Union of Aus-
tralia, and Union of London have been very firm.
Telegraph shares have been quiet. Anglo-American
have risen *. Telegraph Construction have fallen but
Hooper's are better.
Miscellaneous Securities have been quiet and without
change.

The sum of £39,000 has been sent into the Bank to-
day.

The Loch Ness, from Melbourne, has brought £11,500.
The Historian, from Quebec, has brought £7,500 in

specie.

At a meeting of the lonian Bank a dividend at the rate
of 6 per cent per annum and a bonus of 2 per cent. were
declared.

The discount market has been fairly supplied with
capital. The demand for accommodation has continued
quiet, and three months' paper has been freely taken at
2i per cent.
The silver market has been flat. Bars have sold at 601 s.
per ounce, being a fall of *. Mexican dollars are quoted
at 59ad. per ounce.
The Lagos, from the West Coast of Africa has brought

£6,755.
Mr. R. C. Mayne, the manager of the French Cable
Company, states :—"An interruption has occurred on

the St. Pierre-Duxburg section of the French Atlantic
Cable. As this section is laid in shallow water, the acci-
dent is not of a serious character, and will be remedied
forthwith. Meanwhile, under the working arrangement
with the Anglo-American Company, one of the two lines
of the latter between St. Pierre and the United States
will be worked in connexion with the French cable, so
that messages can continue to be sent by either of the
Atlantic cables, and no inconvenience will be felt by the
public."

At a meeting of the Law and Life Insurance Society
it was shewn that the sum insured during the year 1869,
was £40,877,850, being an increase of £3,691,322 over the
previous year. The amount of premiums was £47,849
shewing an excess of £4,037. The losses by fire have been
£18,299, against £17,645. The excess of receipt over ex-
penditure was £21,046.
It has been notified that the June Exchequer Bills,
which now bear n per cent. interest, will be received at
the same rate,

The weekly return of the South Eastern Railway
(mounts to £26,783 I.ls. 6c1., being a decrease of
£382 Bs. sd. on the corresponding period of last year.
The traffic return of the London, Brighton, and South
Coast Railway for the past week amounts to £22,154,
being a dscrease of £9,760 on the corresponding week of
the previous year. . .

At Liverpool yesterday the ordinary and special meetings
of the Buffalo and Lake Huron Railway Company were held,
and the arrangements for vesting the property in the
Grand Trunk Railway of Canada legally ratified. This
being the final meatiug of the Buffalo Company in its ori-
ginal character, special votes of thanks were passed to the
board and secretary for their exertions in carrying out the
difficult and complicated negotiations with the Grand
Trunk Company.

.ONION STOOK EXCI:

,ATEST PRICES - AFT:

VNGE.-TUESDAY.

(10VBLINMENT

Three per Cent Consols.. 942 941
Do. for Account 93 931 xd
Three per Cent Med .. 928 922
New 3 per Ceut
Exchequer Bills,March, par spm
Do., June
Bank Stock
India 5 per Cents
Can.6pcJan.&JulylB77-84 10721082
Do. 5 per cent do. 99 100
Domin. of Can. 5p c 1903 972 982
New S. W. 5p c 1871-76 102 103
New Zealand 6 pc 1891 ll2 114
Do. 5 per cent 99 100
Do. 5 p c Consolidated
Queensland 5 p c 1882
Victoria 6p c Jan.& July 11521162
Do. 5 u c do. 104 104

RAIL'

Fat OFFICIAL HOURS.

Bristol and Exeter B3 85
Caledonian 74 745
Great Eastern
Great Northern
Do. A
Great Western 731 74
Lancashire 3 Yorsshire 133134
L. D. and South Coast
Lou. Chat. and Dover
Lon. and North-Western 13011308
Lou. and South-Western 915 92
Man., Sher., and Lincoln 53 53
Metropolitan 7Ol 708
Midland
North British 371 381
North-Eastern Consols 14411455
Do. Leeds —
Do. York —

South-Eastern
80m.,13ar.,&C1.11141.g.5 pc 1071
East India guar. 5 p o
Grand Trunk of Canada 15
Do. Ist Preference Bonds 68
Great Indian Pen. g. 5 p c 1081
Great Western of Canada 151
Madras g. 5 pc
Scinde, Delhi, do.
Scinde, Punjaub, do lO7
Dutch Rhenish 25
Eastern of France 23
Great Luxembourg l4
Northern of France
Ottom. (Smyrna to Aiding 71
Recife and San Francisco 16
San Paulo (L.) guar. 7p p 201
S Aus. & Lom. Venetu. 15j

BANKING COMPANIES.

771
1110
15i
69
19N

to
Agra Bank (L) A . ... 104 114 10 Imperial Ottoman 4f 41 pm
&Blanco ( dLimite)Lon. of
Anglo-Austrian .... 16 18 pm 20 LondonCaar. andAustrlia County 5024 i 51254
Anglo-Egyptu (Lim) 243 254 15 London Joint-Stock 354 36
British N orth Amrcn 51 56 20 Lndu & Wstminstr 64 64
Ch.of India,Australia 17 18 ' 10 Mrtropolitan B3 9)
Char. Mere. of India 30 31 20 Midland (Limited) 1 dis, par
City
Colonial
Consolidated (Limtd)
1 fpm 25 Union of Australia.. 46 47
Eng., Scot., & Aust. 0 71 18) 15 Union of London .. 40 41
linpenal (limited) l9 19)

TE LEG RAPH COMPANIES,

Pd
10 Anglo - Aweric.an (L) 16q 17xd
100 Atlantic
3 British laid. Ex. (L) dis
101 British Indn Sub. (L.) 8 81
7 Fa'. Gibraltar, &c. (L) 9 91

Pd
101 Great Northern .... 11 11.1
2511ud0-European (Lmtd) 14 18
101 Med. Extension (L).. 5! 61.
20ISoe. Trans. France (L) Mg 151;
SIW. India & Panama 7 71