... file last settlement on the Stock Exchange was far from applying the , corrective which was needful to bring markets again to a healthy ) ,:ien yesterday was disclosed the failure of an important firm of t l. Turtons and Hadow, whose operations had formerly been ~- chb: r~er with solid, old-fashioned business in home railway preference d, wlneteed stocks, but whose accounts had lately spread ...

... CITY O1Ffce, CE su-se-bsi/rZ.;grr, 20, Bacrebeesj', F.C., Tuesday, ./ize o'elock. No bullion operations on foreign account were reported at the Bank of England to-day. The price of bar silver is i-i6 lower, at 50 7-I6d., while Mexican dollars are unaltered, at 49 5-i6d. In the open market to-day there has been a fairly good demand for money at from 2% to 24 per cent. for day-to-day loans. The ...

... CrrY OFFicz, B3owse-511illia:r. 2 , S egbSere! F. C. Wednesday, Hal-,past T-welve. On the Stock Exchange this morning attention is chiefly taken up with arrangements in connection with the fortnightly settlement, of which this is the first day, and apart from these there is generally little doing. 1711,ast One Ca. There is a fair demand for accommodation in the open imarket this morning at ...

... I CITY OFFicu, Bonase baildiaps, 2o, Rmkeansl5ury, B. C. Wednesday, Half-past One. In the open market this morning the demand for money is still small, and short advances are readily made at from 2 to 25 per cent. The discount inquiry is quiet, and the quotation for three months' dated paper is little better than 27s per cent. On the Stock Exchange the tendency now is not so good, and in most ...

... CITY NO TES The past week on the Stock Market has not been marked by any con- siderable fluctuations in the securities. Home Railways, as a con- sequence of better traffic returns, show the greatest improvement. WVith the exception of a fall of 3 in South-Eastern and i A4 in North British, the shares and stocks of the principal home lines have risen, Great Northern are up I Yr and A 2, Great ...

... THIS DAYS MONEY MARKET. CIt' ' Ocr C.iCe. Reu s-/br'r, an, Bu:hkrstery, E _ Sa/ilto/n, LrezfSale/ One. Theie is a very quiet denmand- for mioney in the open mnarket this morning., and shott advances are easiil obtainable at 3 per cent., while the quotation for discoouting three months' hiils is nniy p, per cent. Toih the c:xcepi on of one or two particular securities, scarcely anythingr is ...

... One distinct reason why the New York market for stocks and shares has grown so dull of late is to be found in the overladen state of holders of produce in Chicago and other centres of accumulation. It seems that at the West prices of various articles have risen so much as to check exports, and the demand for money on the part of holders of produce has affected New York; the exchange on New ...

... It is rather significant of the estimate in which the political security of European States is held on the Stock Exchange that the first immediate financial result of the discreditable scene in Paris when King Alphonso fails hooted by the Parisian mob was to depress most of the specula- tive stocks, more particularly Turkish bonds. Ottoman Banks fell below 19, and Turkish of i865 stock for the ...

... CITY OFFICE, BOWrse-614idtrS, 20, zCcklePrsbuy, EX.. Fridzy, Hzajf-apst 7Zwelve. The Stock Markets have opened with an appearance of weakness this morning, and values generally are lower, excepting in the Foreign Stock department, where, although there is very little change, the tendency is rather towards better quotations. b Half-past One. In the open market this morning there is a good ...

... CITY OFFICE, 8azzSe-11zediluias, 20, Bukr2le;-usy, E, C. 7Tuesday, Uaif-Jast Y7welve. There is a very depressed feeling on the Stock Exchange this morning and a further general fall has been marked in the Foreign Stock Market, due principally to the unsettled state of the Bourse at Paris. French Rentes continue to fall, and both the Three and Five per Cents. are An lower. During the past week ...

... It is probable that the Paris Bourse settlement will be as easy as our own, for business continues just as dull there as it does here. A spasmodic activity is given now to one class of stock, now to another, and legends are spread about scarcity of stocks, fines for non-delivery, and so forth, but these mean nothing except speculators' inancouvres. The market is far too deelylv committed ...

... CITY OFFICE, 8s0tfe-b1zi.dizz r, 20, 9k!ei-sbw,*,;, E.C. T'izi-sday, Half-Jasl Twelve. REDUCTION IN THE BANK RATE. The Bank of England directors have this morning reduced their official minimum from 3Y4 to 3 per cent. In the open market money consequently is cheaper, and day-to-day loans are now obtainable at from 2Y4 to 3 per cent Discount is still quoted about 2Y4 per cent. for three months' ...