The Sun.
London, England, 1870-04-15 00:00:00

MONETARY Y REPORTS- - ESTERD AY.

In the Stock Exchange markets there has been a con-
tinuance of firmness, and a further advance has taken
,lace in prices. During the earlier part of the
clay Consols were weaker on realisations, 'but
the decline was subsequently recovered, and at
the close the quotations were For money 94, 94k,
and for the account 94i-, 94i; Reduced and New Three
per Cents 92,i, 92.1 ; Bank Stock 231, 233 cx. div. ; Ex-
chequer Bills par to ss. prem. ; India Five per Cents 113,
114 ; and India Bonds 20s. to 255. prem.

There has been a continuance of firmness in the
market for English railway stocks. A full average busi-
ness has been transacted, and the movements have been
mostly favourable. Great Northern A has risen 11; Mid-
land, a ; London and North-Western, ; and Great
Western 2. Metropolitan opened at 78:1, 79, showing a
rise of but subsequently receded to 781, 781 South-
Eastern and Great Eastern have fallen *.
. Indian railway stocks have boon quiet, and without
movement of importance. Canadian shares have been
flat. For foreign shares there has been but little demand.
Lombards have fallen ff.

A fair amount of animation has been noticed in the
market for foreign bonds. Egyptian, Turkish, and
Spanish have been dealt in with more ffeedom, and the
alterations have testified to the preponderance of purchases
over sales. The alterations have comprised an advance of
* in Argentine (1868), Brazilian (1865), and Peruvian
(1865), of I in Egyptian (1868), Spanish (1867 and 1869),
and of * per cent. in Turkish Five per Cents.
American securities have been quiet. The Five-Twenty
Bonds have been rather easier. Atlantic Bonds have
fallen *, but Illinois Central have risen 1.

Telegraph shares have been firm, but the demand has
not been active. British Indian Submarine have re-
covered
Hooper's Telegraph Works have been firm, at to i
dis. Silver's lndiarubber have risen 12.
The tone of the market for miscellaneous securities has
oeen firm, but business has not been extensive.

In the Mining Market a moderate business has been
transacted, but prices have shewn no notable move-
ment.

Bank shares have been steady, and London Joint Stock
have risen
Less animation has been noticed in the demand for
money. At the Bank the inquiries have been less nume-
rous, and in the open market three months' paper has
been taken at 21 to 3 per cent.
The failure of a dealer in the mining market has been
announced to-day.
The Clearing House return for the week ending April
13 chews a total of £90,504,000, against £65,027,000 for
the corresponding week last year.
Paris advices state that the receipts from the Suez
Canal during March were 620,738 fr., nearly double those
of February, and that the total from the opening in
November to the end of March was 1,529,338 fr.
In the rates of exchange no material alteration has
taken place. The demand for bills has been only to a
moderate extent.

The following are the railway returns for the past
week :—Lancashire and Yorkshire, £47,403 ; increase
on corresponding period of the previous year, £225.
Demerara, $4,636 ; increase, $895. Manchester, Shef-
field, and Lincolnshire, £21,922 ; decrease, £512. Great
Western, £79,625 ; increase, £3,033. Caledonian, £38,839;
increase, £146. Bristol and Exeter, £7,418 13s. 4d. ; in-
crease, £244. Great Eastern, £36,817; decrease, £1,299.
Great Northern, £4,106; increase, £54.2.

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