... CITY OnFFIC, Chuhqgvcdllny, COrnAWii. YZuesday, It/f-past One. The Stock Markets opened with a generally firm tendency, especially for one or two of the Homre Railways, in which some large purchases were made. About midday, however, a little selling caused a weaker tone to set in, and at the time of writing much of the gain of the early hours has been lost, and the majority of securities show ...

... Ie lot o ls t ?? liz/pp c,; ate I Wif'leZsaq -1, 11711.11,W ?? in The fortnightly settlement continues cliefly to engage attention on the ts Stock Excharge. It will be completed this afternoon, and up to the present no at failures have been announced. The tone of the markets has been firmn, but Dr owing to the small amount of business in progress the changes are not -o f auch mn importance. ...

... SNIRE LIST-THIS DA Y. ksnrd 88ursd not quoted in this List wil te *. P .Ld in th Money Article page g SRIAR HARES AND STOCKS. ?? Prices Bisiness dose Yestcrday. to-day to I p~m. .20 ItO 11216 ICC, - ct~ etr *17 99 St ICC Ct. t Io C 0 St xi~NcP 6 ip idB 35 142 St 7 3 C (id. iN 130 R ICC ,c0odtec ((4 101!4 10.N' /836,d 4 St'CC 3:104 1CU 7% I~ CC -i ck e.. *32' 3j 113?' 1 33%Y it ;0CI&SCoat 1 14 ...

... CITY OFFICE, Change-alley, Coi'nhffl. Saturday, Txdve ere'lk. No change was made on Thursday in the Bank rate of discount, which is consequently still 3 per cent. In the open market this week there has been a fair demand for discount, and the rates were tolerably firm, the best three months' bills being taken yesterday at 2y& per cent. Money was in only moderate supply, and the charge for ...

... Etalt Sallta gilTaUtic. TLe Indian Budget is published to-day. Owing to the famine there wAS a c&ficit on ?? ordinary revenue of £3,543,oS7 in 1S77-8, that is, the yeir that ,n'ed last March. For the fear which is just drawing to a close, the accoan s ,le, of course, partly estimates, and, subject to future revision, they shov al iliccmo. of £64,tSo,ooo and an outlay of £63,380,ooo, leaviriz a ...

... Trade Watt' sauitret. There was a reaction yesterday in the Stock markets from the effects of the bad news from Cabul, though Saturday's fall was not quite recovered in any case. India Four per Cents. and the guaranteed stocks of Indian railways continued, however, to be affected; and so also were Egyptian and Turkish securities, in sympathy, as the market phrase is. The connec- tion may not ...

... Tralit antr sinaurt. Although last week's weather was so fine, and farmers are concentrating their whole energies upon harvesting operations, there is still much wheat in the fields, even in the South of England; elsewhere there is not a little uncut. The condition of the crop, therefore, is likely to prove very unsatisfactory. The samiples of new wheat in Mark Lane yesterday were of ...

... CITY OFFICE, Chanet-alleq, Corxkill, Saturday, Twelve o'clock. 0 The Money Market has shown a weak tendency this week. Bills have been in only limited supply, while the floating balances were in excess of all require- ments. The best three months' bills were taken yesterday at xI to I r per cent., and the rate for short loans on good security was merely a matter of arrangement between the ...

... MONEY MAIYKET THIS DAY. CITO OFFICE, C0a4ge4aiu q, CwwA,15, Wedsorrday, Tlcvzue ?? The markets for Public Securities have openeA with a weak tendency this morning, and nearly all the stocks that have altered strlw a reduction in value. The Funds are inclined to dulness, a fractional decline having taken place in Consols for the account. The Home Railway market has shown weakness, and there is ...

... grale UnNt OifT NCC. offcial contradictions are published in St. Petersburg of the intention 2ttiibuted by the Go/os to the Russian Government of issuing a new railway oait and also of sending, according to the Daily News telegram, a functionary f the Mi;nistry of Finance 'on a tour through Europe to try and negotiate a State loan. We all know what such contradictions in effect amount to, and ...

... COMMERCIAL TRUSTEESHIPS, THE decision pronounced on Friday by the Court of Appeal, reversingtlA judgment of the Master of the Rolls in Smith v. Anderson, is one of li highest importance, involving, as it does, not only the disposition of artq substantial rorpus li/is, or amount of property in actual litigation, butl 6 affirmation of the legality of a method of investment which, until bothih ...

... KLADDERADA TSCT. THr well-known Berlin Punch is the subject of an interesting letter in the TemnipS from M. Kohn-Abrest, an Austrian who has acted for many years past as the Paris correspondent of the Tgi'ablat of Vienna. The occasion for the letter lay in the recent death of Herr Hofaann, the editor of Kladdeyadalsch and one of its original founders. In 1845, a year of trouble and ...