... The directors of the Great Eastern Railway Company have declared a 1idend for the past halfygar at the rate of I per cent. per annum, carrying di'ward £7 oOG A year ago the distribution was Y4 per cent., and £4t,023 Wsas carried forward, TO COUNSEL AND SOLICITORS, ?? of the Rolls made an important announcement this Ri ning to Ihe effect that the Lord Chief Justice had decided in no case to ...

... THIS DANY'S ATOL49Y MIARKET. HIOME RAILWAYS AND FOREIGN STOCKS WEAK.-AERs ICANS IRREGULAR.-TRUNKS BETTER. The. amount of cash seeking employment in the short loan market is still very large, but the discount rate is rather firmer in tendency. Advances until to-morrow are readily obtainable at K per cent., but for discounting three months' bank paper the rate is quoted x to iyS per cent., with ...

... Half-iafl OWn. HOME RAILWAYS, FOREIGN STOCKS, AMERICANS, AND TRUNKS ALL FIRM. There is only a quiet demand for money in the open market this morning, and as there is a plentiful supply of loanable capital rates are easy. Short advances are obtainable at 2 to 2%d per cent., while the discount rate for three months' bank paper is scarcely so good as 2y5 percent., b-ut there are only very few ...

... GA ?bonfc atm %braxa- The death is announced of Mrs. Garfield, mother of tlh late PrAed t Garfield. At Berlin yesterday the Coronation and Orders Festival was held at ihr Castle with great pomp and ceremony and the conferment of orders oil sudr' religious and political personages. A telegram from Buenos Ayres states that M. Brettes has SuCcessfully c2' cluded the exploration of the northern ...

... , 'al/-iast O.ie. HOME RAILWAYS AND FOREIGN STOCKS QUIET.-AMERICANS AND TRUNKS DULL. In the Money Market this morning there is little demand for accommoda- tion, except in connection with the Stock Exchange settlement, and short loans are readily obtainable at K2 to X34 per cent. There are very few bills offering in the discount market, and the quotation for three months' bank paper remami ...

... Halff.a;4 Gas. MARKETS QUIET AND DULL.-CHANGES SLlGlir'.-NO FEATURE. The discount market is quiet, wcith only a small number of bills offering, and else rate for three mionths' Iank paper is again called 354 to 54 ar ent tie former being, nearer the actual working rt.Teei a fair dlejnand for short loans in connection with the repaynsents falling due at the Back of England, but as ,the supply ...

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... I CITY Orvza., 2, B,-Inanrs.6tr), Z.C., Helf-pes~t On,-. MARKETS GENERALLY DEPRESSED.--ALL ROUND DECLINE IN PRICES. Inthe Money Mark-et this morning -there is hut aquiet demand for accom- modation, although this is settling day in the Consol market, and there is still apparently more cash about than can profitably be employed. Short advances are being, made at ;~per cent., while the quotation ...

... Ha?/-firrst One. MARKETS ALL WEAK.-VALUES LOWVER. In the open market this morning there is only a quiet demand for money, and short loans are obtainable at 3 to 3,'4 per cent. In the discount market there is a fair number of bills offering, and the rate is maintained at /s 30 per cent. for short and three months' bank bills, an indisposition being shown to do business below that figure. IThe ...

... IIT the City. TtI!F SPECULATION IN SOUTH AFRICAN GOLD MINES. Considerable alarm was shown by the speculators in South African gold mines yesterday, and home realizations as well as sales from the Continent led in some cases to a heavy drop in prices, while in others shares were unsaleable. Eulirig orders from the Cape and favourable crushing reports gave some strength to the market, and the ...

... ZVILL THE SALT TRUST SUCCEED ? DIFFICULTIES IN THEI WAY. THE prospect of parliamentary interference with great trade combinations may disturb the confidence of those who have embarked in such an under- 4aking as the Salt Trust, but apart from any difficulty from that quarter there are grounds for believing that this enterprise has ahead of it many difficulties, some of which may prove ...

... 111il:i I)AYb :S (, N h ~Y lA;IAKI-,11' CITY OFFICE, 20, Bolcserslury, E.B. .Afonflzv, 7'sseloe O'Ciock. There is little change to report in the appearance of the Stock markets this morning, most descriptions being steady, with here and there an improvement in price. The American Railroad market is somewhat more active as far as variations are concerned than other departments, prices being ...