... I TuEsDAY EvENING. The funds to-day were better, owing to a number] 0 l rllchases, which included several bona fide in- After rising j percent., Consols closed aat itt 3 1l higrherthan yesterday. Some uncer- tainyr sees to be felt as to the mode in which the sltl; of ( 2,G6821, shown in the last finance accounts t as applicable to the reduction of the national debt il tie currant quarter, will ...

... TIER LUCY PHILLIPS GOLD AND SILVER MINING COMPANY (LIMIT1ED). : Yesterday the first meeting of the shareholders' of this company was held at the offices of the cormpany) Strand, at which Mr. VANSITTART NmiLE presided. ; The SECRETARY (Mr. W. Hlannam) read the report of the directors, which stated that they had mush pleasure in meeting the shareholders at this, the first annual general meeting ...

... 1 M~ONDAY EVEnMo. The railway market was firmer, and the closing prices, though not the best of the day, were in nearly a dozen cases better than on Saturday. Thusi compared, Caledonian and Great Eastern stocks shiow a rise of -a per cent. ; Great Northern A,I Metropolitan, and Brighton, I ; and Midland, 'Lancashire and Yorkshire, South Eastern,3 Man- .chester, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire, and ...

... I I FDAY BYmaG. The railway market wan decidedly firmer to-day, and an almost general advance occurred in prices, owing to some considerable purchases to cover recent sales for a fall. Great Northern stock was inactive demand, and rose 2 per cent. The A improved If ; Midland and Caledonian, 1j ; London and North Western and Brighton, 1; Lancashire and Yorkshire and North British, I ; Great ...

... ; OYRIr AlARKBT. a WtD1TB8DAT VErNIMG o Tefund~ today, notwithstanding the absence aof Ofany Jimportant newk, hiaveattained a rise of J to sor prcent. The, aspect of continental politics at I 'the momnibt seems to be- more reassuring, and, is ~under the infl~ueuce ofthis view, the FrenchRente tio have to-day experienced a rise of per cent. The Ba& English funds,: however, appear. to have 'been ...

... Ie 2E BBITSH AND FOREIGN CORY TRADE.. I ,, ' .- l ~ - f (From the Mr.UaklSrne limo ss) ,r The weather of the past week has been seasonably flue, though cold,- with. frequent' fogs, and frost a; 'ight. Wheat plansting has. therefore constiued - freely, as well as all kinds of fieldj work. Hlighi priees and good. foreign arrivals at so earry a period of the seeson have produced l their usual ...

... An ordinary general meeting of this company was held yesterday afternoon at the London Tavern; Mr. A. Din VAUX, the chairman of the board of directors, presiding. The report; was taken aa read. The CHAIRMAN, in moving its adoption, referred in congratulatory terms to the reinstatement of the capital, and the success which had attended the recent opera- tions of the company. There was ...

... dommum T5 BANK RIATE OF DISCOUNT was redueed on Thursday fron 3; per cent., at which it was fixed on the 20th of- December, to 3 per cent. This is the lowest point known since the 15th of June, 1865, when 3 per cent. -was likewise touched by way of -reaction from the 9 per cent. rate attained 0,n the 8th Sept., 1864. A 3 per tent. rate Was prevailed at the Bank only three times since 1860, and ...

... Friday, 2 o'clock. The Bank of England returns this week are pretty much as was to be expected at this period of the year. The stock of bullion presents an increase of 167,000, indicating that gold coin still flows in from the provinces. The bullion in the Bank of France has diminished by ',so8,ooo, while the discount of commercial bills has increased by 2,413,000. There is no export demand ...

... ! . ?? z ddrecL> The Hansa, from New York, has brought 79,264, and the AMosci/esko, fromn Melbourne, 11 3,i68, which, with the 1 17,048 by the Sussex, gives a present supply of 309,48o. This will tend to check the drain upon the Bank. To-day there is a still quieter demand for money, and the tendency of the market is in favour of lower rates. The letters of allotment in the Chilian Loan were ...

... SHARE LIS-X-T1IS DAY ORDINARY SHARES AND STOCKS. E | RAILWAYS. I losing | Bus Pricaes, I xturday. tc iness done to-day I p.m. St Io0 Bristol and Exeter .. 87 89 St coo Caledonian .S 020 _ S all Cork aiod Banbon ?? .. _ - 2o all Cornwall .. 4 6 St Ioo Dublin and Belfast Jonction 63 68 St con Dundee, Perth, & Abd. Junc. 70 72 'St coo Glasgow and South Western It6 II8 St 00 Gt. Eastern Ordinary ...

... Tuesday, Jfa-ffpast Onze. The Funds were dealt in at the opening of the Stock Markets this morning at the same figures at which they closed last evening. At mid-day a slightly better feelingprevailed. The tone of the markets generally was towards firmness, and Consols changed hands at 92; the quotation for the February account being 92 to 92 3-16 ; New Threes and Reduced, 91ih to 92. The last ...