... li'1f-tass One. There is scarcely any inquiry for money in the open market, and loans for the day ar; obtainable at I per cent. Discount business is still very quiet, and twsr ad three months' bills are negotiable at 2 to 2ys per cent. In the Stock Markets to-day the preliminary arrangement of the fortnightly settlement is taking up the attention of dealers, and very little other business is ...

... Hat Dari Once. HOME RAILWAYS WEAK--FOREIGN STOCKS STEADY.--AM ERICANS DEPRESSED.-TRUNIKS FIRK. There is a continued strong demand for money in the open market this morning, and 3J? to 4 per cent. is again freely paid for advances for a day or two. In consequence of the scarcity of loanable capital the discount market is again hard, and many brokers refuse to do business below 33? per cent. in ...

... THIS DAY'S MONEY MARICET. HOME RAILWAYS WEAK.-FOREIGN STOCKS FIRV.-AMIERlICAN AND TRUNKS LOWER.-M EXICANS BETTEll. The official minimum of the Bank of England still remains at 4 per cent., the directors having made no alteration at their meeting this morning. In the open mrarket there is little demand either for loans or discounts, and quotations are nominally the sarne as yesterday-namely, 2 ...

... MT t Ct. I THiE ABBOTT-PAGE GROUP. Wie are likcly to hear more of the inner working of the Abbott-L age group, as the Slatist's efforts to obtain an independent and efi.cient liquidator have been successful. Mr. Clarke, of Messrs. Turrgluan d, Youngs, /ci se, Bishop, and Clarke, has been appointed official liqoidator of the Railkvay Debenture Stock and Mortgage Corporation, the British, ...

... Onze o'elve.. MARKETS STILL FIRM.-QUOTATIONS ALL HIIGER. Prices of Stock Exchange securities still show a general advance com. pared with last night's closing, though they are not quite at the best pointc touched at the opening. Some few sales have been caused by a report that the Bulgarian difficulty is not so near settlement as has been repre. sented, but the fall has not been appreciable. ...

... Elyr ?? CMt). To CO,.IPANkiS OWNEIN;G WORTHLESS PATENTS. The wiiy promoter has so long fattened by the sale, to companies pro- moted for their purchase, of patents whose virtues mainly consist in their vendors' abilities to puff them, that M~r. Justice Kay's decision in Elmore ar Pirrie vilt be generally welcomed. The case took the form of an action for specinc performance of a contract by ...

... iagf-yasf One. MARKETS ALL WEAK EXCEPT TRUNKS. The directors of the North Eastern Railway Company recomrnend a dividend for the past half-year at the rate of 6Y! per cent. per annum. For the second half of i885 the distribution was at the same rate. The condition of the Money Market remains unchanged. Short mnoney is in abundant supply, and freely offered at 2ye per cent., while the discount ...

... KIT tf.,t ciriti). Tirs MONEY AND STOCK MARIZTS. Tbete was a good demand for money yesterday, and in the morning the «rawsigher, per cent. being paid for day-to-day loans, but as the supply increased in the afternoon short loans were obtained at 23? per cent. ,For discount, rates were steady at 3 to 3ys. The Bank of England return Chows that the reserve has been reduced by £247,000, owing to ...

... t - 0 KU tfl,? C, i t 1) Ti-ta ?? N COMPANY'S DISASTER. The ?? of the Brighton Company's Channel steamer Vicforza, not- vsithstaadin-i the satisfactory traffic returns, gave a check yesterday to the steady run of high prices which have ruled in Brighton stocks. The free sale of De'eerred stock resulted in a fall of I on the day, which stood at the close at Icc -i- Going back to the ...

... Ere/-post Oist. MARKETS ALL DULL-QUOTATIONS L0',ER There is still a very quiet demand for money in the open market this morn- ing, and the quoiation for short loans is ag1ain no better than r to t1 per cent. The discount rate for three rmonths' bank paper continues to be called25g to 2Y4 per cent., but very little i. any business is secured at the higher figure. Only a very quiet business is ...

... En* tilt iti. THE OUTLOOK ON THE STOCK EXCHANGE. The difficulties of the Stock Exchange settlement are not yet over, as several sore spots remain either to be covered over or opened up. Some believe that it would be better for the market, although worse for the individual, if the weak members were not further bolstered up. For the moment a more sanguine feeling prevails and if only that long ...

... ZK7aif-,rbs Oni. HOME RAILWNAYS AND FOREIGN STOCKS WEAK.-AMERICANS IRREGULAR.--TRUNKS BETTER. There is a quiet demand for accommodation in the open market this morning at 2 to 2V. per cent., while the quotation for three months' hank paper is little better than 33? per cent., though the rate continues to be called 23? to 3 per cent. No surprise would be created by a reduction in the Bank rate ...