... is TRA DE RP VEI VING ?-II. INTERVIEWS WIlSI MEN WHO OUGHT To KISNow. WIs have pursued our inquiries on the prospects of a revival of trade since the publication of our first article a week ago, and the result is to confirm the opinion that an improvement has set in. The possibility of war and speculative transactions have hindered the even current of business in some directions, and there has ...

... Hall-past One. IIOKE RAILW.TAYS AND FOREIGN STOCKS DULL.--AMERICANS AND TRUNKS DEPRESSED. The Bank of England directors at their meeting this morning decided to make no alteration in the official minimum, which therefore remains at 4 per cent. to which it was reduced a fortnight ago. This absence of action will disappoint a good many people, though few will be surprised, as it was pretty ...

... 3KIr the QUts. THE RECENT BANK SUSPENSION. We learn that the suspension of the West London Commercial Bank was the result of recent heavy losses and depreciation of securities, brought to an issue by a run on one of the branches on Monday. There is good reason to hope that the customers of the bank will sustain no ultimate loss. The shares are Zio, Z6 of which is paid up. A year or two ago no ...

... Half.Vasl One. HIOME RAILWAYS STEADY.-FOREIGN STOCKS FIRK.-AMERICANS DEPRESSED.-TRUNKS WEAK. On the Stock Exchange business continues restricted, and quotations have not varied to any appreciable extent. Consols are dull and still show a frac. tional decline in the case of the quotation for money. In the Home Railway market the principal feature has been a sharp advance of I in Sheffield ...

... C- fit tilt A DYULL DAY ON THE STOCK EXCHANGE. The results are bearing out the expectations as to the limited business which will be transacted on the Stock Exchange this week. With the exception of one or two special classes of securities almost nothing was done, but prices have not moved much. Home and Colonial Government stocks were firm, and the desire for good investments with money at ...

... THIS DAY'S MTONEY MA-RrKET. F~hiralrr/a One. HOME RAILWAYS AND FOREIGN STOCfKS DULL.-A' I ICANS AND TRUNKS BUOYANT. In the open market this morning there is a fair demand for accommodation, and as the supply has been diminished by the action of the Bank nf England irt borrowing on Consols, higher rates are charged for day-to-day leans, which are not now obtainable below i34' to i,3 per cent. ...

... THlIS DAY'S MONEY MARiKET. hOME RAILWAYS AND FOREIGN STOCKS FIRM .-AMERICANS AVEAK.-TRUNKS flETTER. The Bank of England directors at their meeting this morning made no alteration in the official minimum, vhich consequienti remains at 4 per cent., to which it was raised last week. In the open mnarket the :ate for dis- counting three mnonths' bank paper is norminally 3V/ to 3½ per cent., while ...

... fkoypasl Cne. MIARKETS STILL FIRMI.--V-ALUES 1IIGHER. There is only a moderate demand for money in the open market this morning, and the quotation for day-to-day loans is no better than 2 to 2½' per cent., with a good deal of difficulty in obtaining the higher rate. In the discount market there is not much inquiry, and the rate for three months' bank paper is easy, at 3M. per cent., most of ...

... III Me Citm TiEi BUDGET AND THE STAMP DUTIES. EnWh'cl Mr. Gla\dstone, Lord R. Churchill, and others have vigorously attaclkedj the larger. propositions of the Chancellor of the Exchequer, the City has not been moved to any enthusiasm with respect to the miror. As to the reduction of the duty on marine policies, for instance, there is a general curiosity as to the quarter from which this demand ...

... 'if ff t IT t (f i t v. A PREMIUM OF ONE HUNDRED PER CENT. The ordinary shares of Guinness and Co. have now reached a preium ofl ioo per cent., but it would appear that the original allottees have not held on to such a good investment, and have been extensively realizing. The FtinanCnal ALews this morning gives a catalogue of the sales, compiled from a list of the shareholders deposited at ...

... THIS DAY'S MON1YV NARKIr,[i. Hal-,6zsftg! One. HOME RAILWAYS FIRM.-FOREIGN STOCKS STEADY--/A.MERUJCN DEPRESSED.-TRUNKS IIIGTIER. Ouotations in the money market remain unchanged. The demand fol short loans is still very small, and this description of borrowing can be effected at about Y4 per cent. There is iittle or no increase in the numbet of bills offering for discount, and the rate for ...

... THIS DAY'S MONEY MARICET. fZlarf-1as! One. IOME RAILWAYS BUOYANT.-FOREIGN STOCKS FIRJ.-AMdlRICANS WEAK.-TRUPNKS BETTER. The feature in the Stock Markets has been the strong speculative demand experienced for all classes of English railway securities, With a substantial all-round rise in prices. The chief upward movement has been in South Eastern Deferred, but all down the list the advance is ...