... CITNrr OTES I Le those. who ate ahout -to. tender for, tele.; wew>.So.uth. Wales.loan. next Wedaesdiay, on the strength of cheap rates, remremer that the abundance of money is siiperffciAL In reali'ty, the'stoca lofQ bullion'in the BanL- of Englahd a'mounts to two millions less than two years a iO i ?? rate was' and little ?? when Bank ~per cent., amd ittie more. than' r nrate was 5 per, cent, ...

... I | CITY OFFICa, 20. Backlersburrr, E.C. Monday, Twelve o'clock. The Stock Markets have opened with a very quiet appearance this morning, and the movements in all directions are of small importance. The tendency on the whole is dull, and the changes in the majority of instances are to lower quotations. Consols are steady at Saturday's closing price, but in the Home Railway market there is a ...

... .CITY NOcTES. A belief or tradition exists on the Stock Exchange that it is always safe to buy French Rentes afrer a fill' viich is.' ?? t: home politics. There i s n, doubt whatever that Rentes,- both Three per Cents. and- Four and a Half per Cents.,' have been over sold. on the Paris Bourse. Evidence of this is fiirnished by what is ?? the posting'of udiscounts on the Bourse -a process ...

... THIS DAY'S MONEY 'MARKET. CsiTV Olrsica, 2o, Bankevrsalurv, E. C. Tile Stock Exchange'will be clbsed on Molnday next,.as the 1st of N\ovembet which is a~fixed holiday 'falls on Sunday. The firmness of rates in the open market continues,~ and the opinion is gaining ground that an advance will be made in the Bank rate to-morrow. Short loans are not now obtainable under /1?2 to .34/ per cent., ...

... 'rd THIS DATY'S ,MC)EY - MARIKET. * Cat Oswrc~, 2), Bre:'der¼ cry, E.C. * . ?? 77welne o'r/cl- The'directors of the Bank of England atjtheir. meeting to-day made no change in the Bank rate. There is little - feature of interest 'on the. Stock Exchange Ithis morning', dealings being on a limited scale. The tendenicy is again unfavoura-bie in Home Railways and Foreign stocks, but American ...

... CITY NoTES. The purchases, telegraphed from New York yesterday afternoon, of American railroad stocks were described in the market as coming in a hurricane. On examination, the nature of the buying declares itself as a rush of bear speculators, who are short of stock, to cover their accounts by, purchases; and it would surprise nobody if some more failures were announced among the-great Wall ...

... TIlS DAY'S MONEY MARKET. CITY OF,-lcE, 20, Bucherel)-burv, E, C. Salmtday, 7gtealve o'clock. Stock Exchange6 markets have opened. with a weak tendency, and values iia almost all direction~s show a relapse, due for the most part to absence of business. Consols are again unchanged, and' in the Home Railway market a fractional decline has occurred in several instances. Great Eastern shows an ...

... ONE of the duties of our Consuls abroad is to report upon the trade and commerce of their districts, in order to afford us a knowledge of the business' transacted there and the best manner of turning such information to our own account. The report just published in a Blue-book from Vice-Consul: Tomassini on the trade of Ancona, in Italy, affords an excellent example: of *what such a Idocurnent ...

... LARK'S, LINNETS, AND GOLDFJNCIIES., THE laws of nature combine with the laws -of the land to make this month the time for stocking the London market with English singing birds. The close season is over, and the flight has begun. v People are so inobservant. We know that now or a little later the swallows leave us. They collect in enormous troops, . and generally have a kind of midday parade ...

... CITY OFFIcE, 20. B6ecklersbary, E.C. T-nrsday, Toesvs o'clock. The directors of the Bank of England at their meeting to-day made no change in the Bank rate. There is a somewhat better tendency in all departments of the Stock Exchange this morning, and in most directions the movements are to higher prices. Only a quiet business is transacted, however, and the changes are gene- rally of a ...

... CITY OFFIcs, 20, Backknhersby, E. C. Friday, 7wele o'cdocJ?. On the Stack Exchange this morning the tendency of prices in all directions is unfavourable, with the exception of Foreign Government Securities, which are supported, and show a further fractional advance. The American Railroad market again shows a considerable amount of activity, but a general disposition is Ishown to secure profits ...

... THE last, quarterly stock-takings in. many branches of trade have brought out balance-sheets, in which, at current valuations,.assets do not yield that wide margin above liabilities which accords with. men's ideas of a proper state of trade. The depreciation of prices in many departments of business has continued so long and gone so far that capital has shrunk, as if withered in the hands of ...