... Ere/-post Oist. MARKETS ALL DULL-QUOTATIONS L0',ER There is still a very quiet demand for money in the open market this morn- ing, and the quoiation for short loans is ag1ain no better than r to t1 per cent. The discount rate for three rmonths' bank paper continues to be called25g to 2Y4 per cent., but very little i. any business is secured at the higher figure. Only a very quiet business is ...

... FIT tire Iriti). ACTIVITY INt HOME RAILWAY STOCKS. The Continental war rumours disturbed the Foreign market yesterday, but there was much activity and buoyancy in the Home Railway department, the rise in pig iron, copper, and other metals having led to an imnprovement in the EScotch and other lines likely to be beneflted; Besides this there was the gamble in Hull and Barrsley, which jumped up ...

... THIS DAY'S MONTEY NIAMRKE'. JaW/-Aa (LZ~~ ?? HOME RAILS IRREGULAR.-FOREIGN STOCKS DULL. AMERICANS AND TRUNKS WEAK. TheBarnkof Englard directors at their meeting this mornirngmadeno alteration in their official minimum, which therefore remains at ,I per cent. In the open mnarket there is still a very quiet derand for money, and short loans are readily obtainable at k? to i1' per cent. T he ...

... THIS DAY'S MONEV MARKET. ?? ?? Un'.d In the open market this morning there is a fair demand for money, and 2 per cent, is the charge for loans for the day, but the discount rate is weak, and 234 per cent. is now about the quotation for three months' bank bills, the large increase in the market supply of cash, as shown by yesterday's Bank return, having had a weakening effect on rates. The ...

... En tire CUPt. A GENE2RAL ADVANCE IN THE STOCK MARKETS. The Stock Exchange thinks so poorly of democratic institutions that the peaceable setlemn.ent of the presidentialclifficultyin France has come as a surprise Lo it. Anticipating a prolonged state or turmoil many operators speculated for tbe fall, and yesterday they found they had made a mistake, and had to buy back at higher prices. The ...

... TlHE AIMER JCAN' TRA-7DE I. P.Z-USKZ-AT2,S.` AN IN.EP-WIE-W AT IMAR. VW7ILEY'S, Nw YORKs, IF Cne waants to really understand a queston, there s notr-,' Io- it but to pass from generals to particulars, from general pr'nci7les to v instances. It mray be instructive, therefore, in v- or the curnret disc ?? about copyright, to talre one of the Enrli - auhr alos is os read in America and see howz ...

... XIT thit CUM THE STOCK MARK-ETS MORE BUOYANT. O0 the refusal of Ml. Gravy to resign, the stock markets showed weakness on Thursday, and with the news of his actual resignation yesterday firmness was again manifested. All the other influences at work have been in the same direction. The announcement that the directors of the Denver and Rio ?? Company will pay a dividend on the Preferred shares ...

... I.t tire C Dtt THE TRADE OF FRANCE. France has suffered perhaps more than her neighbours during the pro- longed period of trade depression. Both at home and abroad French trade has shrunk very seriously. Her military service, heavy taxes, octroi duties, and other causes have hampered her operations. Even with her shipping bounties, her marine has not prospered; and shipbuilding was carried on ...

... Kx1T OTt (Tit-V- TEE FEATURES OF YESTERDAY'S MARIKETS. The report that Prince Ferdinand had taken himself off from Bulgaria revived pticesin the Bourses and stock markets yesterday, and although the siory is unconfirmed it shows how financial opinion here and on the Continent tends with respect to the future of that country. The business done was not large but there were considerable sales for ...

... Ity tht (Titi). SIIIPBUILDING AND SHIPOWNING. biipowrners are crying out that shipbuilding is being overdone, and that the improved prospects of the past few months will be destroyed by the rush for new boats. Whether or not this forecast will be realized, it is undoubted that the shipbuilders are surprisingly busy now, and they have the prospect of a brisk time in the ensuing year. All round ...

... h alf-tast Ore. HOME RAILWAYS AND FOREIGN STOCKS STEADY.-AKERICANS IRREGULAR.-TRUNIKS DULL. In the Money Miarket this morning there is little or no irnprovement in the demand for accommodation, and rates are easy, short loans being offered at 2 [per cent., and even less. The allotment of Treasury bills yesterday has had a weakening effect on the discount rate, which is now no better than 3 to ...

... 1Th tire Qitpg. THE STOCK EXCHANGE SETTLEMENT. The Stock Exchange settlement is in several departments unusuallybeavy, lbnt with m oney cheap everything is expected to go smoothly. The rates of continuation in the Foreign market ranged froM 4 to 5 per cent., but there was a srall backwardation on Russian 1873. Hungarian i 8S r, and Urguiiayan. Rates in the Home Railway market, where the ...