... , 'al/-iast O.ie. HOME RAILWAYS AND FOREIGN STOCKS QUIET.-AMERICANS AND TRUNKS DULL. In the Money Market this morning there is little demand for accommoda- tion, except in connection with the Stock Exchange settlement, and short loans are readily obtainable at K2 to X34 per cent. There are very few bills offering in the discount market, and the quotation for three months' bank paper remami ...

... KIT ?? Citlp GAMBLING IN THE PRODUCE TRADE. The old established and leading firms in the produce trade are up in arms ae'ainst the establishment in London of a 1 Caisse de Liquidation, such as 'exists in Havre, Hamburg, New York, and other places. it is not wanted, they say, for the genuine trade, for it will only hamper those whose 'blieiness it is to buy and sell sugar and coffiee, and ...

... 1.11 the CUP. 'Iii (u , oM tSIO\ [N J lil. ?? T1 -i 'I h eas intciest appeaw-s to be tlhoroughlly rouced on l . ' i n ot ?? io ils. 'lb cbahititan of tlie a.i LUgit and Cukc Coinji liy ye te i2ay tII) all ?? on to wit at wc II av c wr itten on t Ic Eulbject, and o l i e I a cc rc .- inlls for his b~elicf thiat the ofitcials ?? his control veclcc above su-is ?? iic dclt not it'iteinpt to ...

... Half-Paset One. HOME RAILWAYS AND FOREIGN STOCKS FIRM.-AMEf{ICANS BETTER.-TRUNKS DULL. In the Money ?? there is still a very quiet demand for accommiodation, anid rates show no si,,ns of a recovery. Short money is in abundant ?? ?? , t' per cent., while the quotation for discounting three monrths'bhank papet is steady at to 14 to per cent. xxvith only a small number of bilis offering. There is ...

... onze o'lchi. HOME RAILWAYS AND FOREIGN STOCKS DULL-AMERICANS AND TRUNKS WEAK. There is again a fairly good demnand for money in the open market this morning, and the quotation for short loans is maintained at iY2 to i,34' per cent. The discount rate for three months' bank paper is that called 2 per ceat., with little disposition to do business below that figure. As usual on the eve of the ...

... DT tIT. (Titi). THE BRIGHTON AND SOUTH EASTERN AT PEACE. I A treaty of peace between the London and Brighton and South Eastern RIailwvay Companies has been concluded sooner than any one anticipated. The Fnanci'al Aers says the main points of the agreement are as follow:- i. As regards the ?? line the Brighton Company is to allow the ?? Eastern to connect with it, and thereby to secure two up ...

... TIHIS DAY'S MONEY MARKET. Balf-tast One. HOME RAILWAYS, AND FOREIGN STOCKS WEAK.-AMERICANS FIRM.-TRUNKS DULL. Money' is again wanted in the open market this morning, and the lending establishments are readily able to obtain 2 per cent. for short loans. In the dis. count market the rate for full three months' hank paper, of which there is very little offering, is 2 per cent., while the ...

... Half-tbact One. HOME RAILWAYS AND FOREIGN STOCKS DULL.-AMIERICANS FIRMT.-TRUNKS WEAK. The Bank of England directors, after woirking for just four weeks with a 3 Per cent. official minimum, have decided to reduce it to 23 per cent. In the open market there is again a brisk demand for short loans, mainily on'ing- to a large instalment falling due on the Bengal-Nagpuir Railway, and advances for ...

... Half-ftest Onte. MARKETS QUIET AND STEADY.-TRUNKS FIRM. There is less demand for accommodation in the Money Market this morning, hut rates are still firm, and as much as TKY to rY per cent, is being charged fot short loans. The discount inquiry is small, hut the rate for three months' bank paper is again quoted at I 5 to 15. per cent., with a disposition on the part of brokers to stand out for ...

... At the Ctitv?. THE 31ONY AND STOCK IrADKTlS. 31000> is getug t earcr, oving to tile loanaojt supjply becntling smalaler, ' into'ee flowx 2 t pcoarct. both for loans and( thrce months' bills. TI'he ot houscs ha(e raisod their allowances for deposits to I 14 per cent. 01r allOnO) at call, and I 4 for money at nt1tice. IL is thought ,CI1 forol c a> nOwV show a hardening tendency righlt up to ...

... ;r.ir Mt Cill-ti. THE HALF YEAR'S RAILWAY DIVIDEmNDS. The principal railway companies have now declared their dividends for se half year. Eight in the list show an improvement, eight of them naintain their ground, and four have fallen back. The accident on the Manchester and Sheffield accounts for the heaviest fall next to that of the Taff Vale. Generally speaking, the goods traffic has been ...

... In tyrt citD. THE FIRST MONTH'S TRADE. We have not kept up in the rate of improvement to the level of the 'closing two months of the year, but our foreign trade for January, neverthe- less, shows a fair incrcase on the figures for January, i887. The imports amounted to £34,803,000, an increase of £3,756,000, or I2 per cent., and the exports to £18,584,ooo, an increase of £775,000, or 414 per ...