... gTr'rT an 4inanmt As the return of the New York banks yesterday prepared us to expect, a fall is reported this morning in the New York exchange upon London. The Z xchavge is still above the specie point, though not much ; but if the outflow &f coin from the reserve banks continues as of late, that point mly be reached Gand even passed. The better opinion undoubtedly is that gold will not be ...

... Bankers, we hear in various quarters, have been made unhappy by our article dealing with the present inflated state of the stock markets. That does not surprise us at all ; for we could name more than one institution which must sometimes have qualms as to whether all is just as sound as it looks. It is most pleasant in these dull times to find unlimited demand for loans at rates far above the ...

... CITY OFFICE, Change-alley, Conkill. Wedncsday, Hd/-pdst Ywlve. Discount is in only moderate request in the open market this morning, and the rate for the best bills falling due in three months is weak, at 2A per cent. There is a fair demand for day-to-day loans at 2 to 2Y4. The Stock Markets are not very active again this morning, to-morrow's 5gttlement occupying the principal attention. The ...

... * BRITISH readers whose appetite for fiction is robust are sufficiently familiar with second and third rate French novels, if only through translations, and it is to be hoped they have learnt to appreciate the superior technical qualities by which even the worst of those novels are distinguished from the corresponding work of English hands. German fiction, however, occupies a field ...

... IYesterday's Bank return had no effect upon the money market. It was just what had been expected. The outside market borrowed about 2,600,000 in anticipation of the payment of the. Indian loan, and this money appears on the other side of the account as an increase in the private or other deposits. In consequence of this increase in the liabilities, and because the reserve is practically ...

... SHARE LIST-THIS DA Y. V The Principal Stocks and Shares not quoted in this List will be found in the Money Article page 9. ORDINARY SHARES AND STOCKS. Closing Prices Business done Sh.Pd. Railways. yesterday. yesterday. St ioon Caiedonian - - .. 03 oxY% 14 13%70[ St roon Ditto Def. Ord., No. I . 44 15 -4 St I[ Ditto, No. ( .C d 30 32 St 1oo'East London (Codad) 30 32 St z0o GlasgowandSouthw ...

... CITY OFFICE, Chwia, ahy CnpjzlLg. Tlzursdlay, Ifaif-last Trodrsc.. No change was made in the Bank rate this morning. The demand in the open mart-et is of a very limited nature, and the rate charged for negrotiating the best three months' acceptances is 3Y2 per cent. Short loans are easy at 2 to 2Y2 per cent. Business is not very active on the Stock Exchange this morning. The Funds are steady, ...

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... I THIS DAY'S IONE Y AfARKA 7. C ITY OFFIoE, 07Zange-allcY,Con/il TVlursday, Half-pest Owe. There is a moderate, demand for money at the Bank of England, where no change has been made in the rate, and also in the general market. The terms are unchangeod at 27 for short first-class paper. Upon the Stock Exchange, short loans against G1overn- mont security are charged 2 I- to 3 per cent. ...

... CITY OFFICE, COanpa Alley, Oornhtg. Thursday71, One o'clock. Consols maintain yesterday's recovery of 3. The only movement in the American Market is a decline in Eries. Home Railway Stocks show at present no change calling for remark. The principal movement is a farther advance of is/ in the French Loan, a more favourable feeling having arisen in consequence of M. Thiers' financial statement. ...

... CITY Otoo, C.Mange Alley, Corthill. Friday, filf-past One. The British Funds have receded 34, and the upward course of value in the Home Railway Market is less strong, while in some cases there is a relapse. Great Northern, Ditto A, and North Eastern Consols are Yz lower, and North British %4 ; but Lancashire, Yorkshire, London, Chatham, and Dover Prefer- ence, and Manchester and Sheffield are ...