... AN URVLREA L IJ.'NK RA dW . SEVERAL, things probablv contributedl to thc dccision of thc T3ank of England directors not to alter their nom nal o'ficia] rate yestcr- day. A sligght improvcment wvas visible in Llic si ght exchanges in bothl Paris and Ncw York. In thc one casc it has lcd people to infer that the gold withdrawals would bc stoppul, and on I the other that shipments hither wvere ...

... The assumption was very general in the end of the week that money would be cheap for the settlement commencing to-day. No very intelligible reason could be given for this view, but it was based in the main upon the fact that the last settlement proved much easier than was expected. There- fore the Stock Exchange says this settlement must also be easy because, in the first place, there has ...

... CI T Y N0 TES. The Stock Markets tried hard to persuade themselves yesterday that the worst was over because no new collapse was telegraphed in the morning from Paris. It was even said at one time that the whole gold scare was got up for speculative purposes, and some tried to believe that the 920,000 taken out of the Bank on Monday had never left the country. Falsehoods of this kind seem ...

... Yesterday's Money Market was full of the usual anomalies: while short loans were dear, and indeed not to be had at all in many cases, except at the Bank of England, good three months' bills were taken freely at 4 . The Yrench were again blamed for upsetting the discount market; and the readi- r.ess of the French banks to take bills at low prices was cited as a proof of their wonderful wealth. ...

... The investment business of the first half of the month has nearly disap- peared, and, as there is no speculation worth speaking about afoot, stock- brokers are complaining of absence of business. Some hope to see a brisker time after next settlement, when the railway dividend money will be seeking investment, and that will probably be the case. But the markets seem dis- posed to take fright ...

... Yesterday was one of the idlest days that the Stock Exchange has seen for some time. It was not possible to -get up an excitement in anything. Speculators are unable to see their way, and there is hardly any investment business doing, so the markets stand still. Prices were inclined to be better, however, and the feeling about the coming settlement is much more hopeful than it was about the ...

... THIS DAY'S M1ONEY IMARKiET. CITY 01tI,. ?? ' is Lot fucll Ch doing ill the stocl ti morniDg, attenttion being J'I tle9 'ven to the arrangemen, of re :t-l ?? 3ettiement, andl th;e tone ot ?? dep artments is undecided. ...

... I. As we explained in last night's Special Edition, the Money Market is still in a perplexing state. It is at once easy and hard; in almost the same breath one hears that money is abundant and that it is tight. There was no difficulty in carrying on Stock Exchange transactions, for in the Stock Exchange by all trustworthy testimony the supply of money exceeded the demand. As if by magic the ...

... CITY O~rrCE, BOIV-Se-bUiUillga, 2o, ./sc _rsl Py . C. 7hiesda;', Half-past Tzv/ev.. A very strong tendency is apparent in the Stock Markets this nmorning;, nearly all descriptions of securities showing- an improvement. American Railways are particularly in request. Englis-h Funds.-A rise Of 7- 16 per cent, in Consols for the account, of i.i6 in Ditto for money,, and of 34 in Reduced and New ...

... THE IFRENCIH AVONE 17M2A RKE 7. TIIE prodigious sham imposed upon the French money imarlict b7 the last B3ourse settlement is strikingly illustrated by lth ?? cr of the last Bank of France return. By one means oi othcr ?? chiefly by the aid of the Government, which lent the marl cf, near y 5,000,0oo, the resources of the public were augrnentcd by over IO,000,ooo as compared with the previous ...

... CITY NOTES, In the immediate future of course there may be a kind of case because the Revenue payments tend to draw currency to the banks. But when April comes and the spring demand for the provinces and Scotland and Ireland sets in, where will our market be should the reserves of the Bank of England not be strengthened ? By what means is the currency then to expand to the necessary amount ...

... CITY OFFICE, B0X-Se-btvi/d;4rgs, 20, bes/k~e;-sSt:ny, E. C. -Fritloy, Z~a/f-pes TrTelve. Transactions on the Stock Exchange are confined withain a narrow ranga this morning, and the tone of the market is chiefly undecided. Canadian issues are in demand at better prices. English Funds.-A rise of l-16 pet cent. in Consols for the account. Hotte Railways-A rise of 3 in Lancashire and Vorkshire, ...