... CIT 17 NO TES. That the French Government will need to raise a fresh loan early in the new year is well understood by all. The only question is the mode of issue, and as soon as that is decided, one of the depressing or rather deterring influences will be removed from the Paris Bourse. It is believed that the Government will not attempt to issue Rence at the present depreciated quotations, and ...

... The banks and bill-brokers are able to get a slightly better rate of discoun- against bills than was the case last week; but the movement is only remark- able as showing that the previous tendency to droop is at an end. The experience of Lombard-street is that rates almost invariably stiffen about the middle of January. By this date the advances got from the Bank before the Consol dividends ...

... OURT COAST DEFENCES-SUBMARINE MINING. I A SUOMARINE MINING CORPS. Tile Per mare, per terrami honours to which the Royal Marines have 1,Atlerto laid exclusive claim will probably in the future be disputed by a section ,f Royal Engineers, or rather an offshoot, forming in some respects an en: te) new corps, which is at present being recruited for the highly Scientific ,,f f submarine mining. ...

... New loans and new issues may affect the money market this month more than any other probable event or series of events. Not that the payment ol instalments and application moneys will trench on the market supply for more than a few hours at a time. Their absorption or non-absorption is the great toss-up on which most attention is fixed. If absorbed, the money invested wvill first have to be ...

... All ?? stocks yesterday showed unusual firmness, the market indeed berin brisker than it has been for some time. Most of the rise in prices was dlue Lo sympathy with the buoyancy of Egyptians ; but it was helped by two other causes, first a rise in Suez, and secondly a very pheno- mienvl leap upwards of Virginia stock. There is always a tendency in the market to go to extremes, and some ...

... *CITY OFFICE, 2m, Baachnersbwrp, B.C. Aimfoneay, Twelve o'clocr. The Stock Markets have opened with a quiet appearance and rather a wveal tendency in prices. A disposition is shown to take profits after the substantial rise of Friday, and values consequently in some directions exhibit a decline, though in no instance is it important. Consols for money and the account are a trifle weaker, at ...

... AN URVLREA L IJ.'NK RA dW . SEVERAL, things probablv contributedl to thc dccision of thc T3ank of England directors not to alter their nom nal o'ficia] rate yestcr- day. A sligght improvcment wvas visible in Llic si ght exchanges in bothl Paris and Ncw York. In thc one casc it has lcd people to infer that the gold withdrawals would bc stoppul, and on I the other that shipments hither wvere ...

... Mr. Ritchie, in his letter to the Times on the sugar bounty question, says upon one point either too much or not enough. After telling the public that the moist sugar refining trade suffers considerably by the destruction which has overtaken the loaf sugar refineries in this country, he goes on to prove still further the magnitude of the interests at stake by saying: In addition to these two ...

... NO TICE S. 0)z and aftr ?? 2nd of Janualy nzext the various Editions of the PALL MALL GAZETTE will be frimuted onNE W FAST PERFECTZNG MZACINES. All delays iM the deliverit of Ite PjAer will by this means be avoided. U ith Itzis nmumber of Mke PALL MALL GAZETTE is issued ?? Twenzy- scvcnlk of a seuics of eigizt-hgle SUPPLEMENTS which will qabpecv' at reoular inleivals duriyg tlh TIk FieW er Season. ...

... CITY OFFICE, Clzaitve-alley, CobnhAUi. Friday, Half-past Twelve. To-day being settling day on the Stock Exchange there is a good demand fcr rlwcy in the open market, and rates are firm. The charge for discounting the best three months' acceptances is 454 per cent., and for short loans on scculity borrowers pay about 4 per cent. A lair amount of business is in progress on the Stock Exchange ...

... THIS DAY'S MOiEV MARKET. CirV OFFICK, 2u, Rnnlekercin-er, R.C. ?? Three. Very few dealings have taken place in the Stock Exclhangile Maikets since our last repoit. The Hone Funds have given way, Consols for nmoney and account and New and Reduced Five per Cents. being 16 losNer. Onlv four changes ;re notice itle in the Ifoule Railway nmaiket, and of those Mahnchster and Shelfield A and South ...

... THIS DAYVS MONEY MARKET. CirY OFFICE, 20, B,,ckelersdury, B.C~. Monday, Twvelvesdeloch. The Stock Markets have opened with a quiet appearance and little alteration in quoctations. A disposition is shown to take profits after the improvement of Saturday, and in consequence the tendency for the mom.ent is rather unfavour- able. The American market is weak owing to speculative sales and the non ...