... THIE MONEY MARKET. HOME RAILWAY STED4Y TO FIRM.-FOREIGN STOCKS NEGLECTED..-AMlEtRlCt NS BUOYANT. The tendency of rates in tbe. open market continues in the downward direction. Short money, of which there is now a plenttful supply available, is worth no more than 3$ to I per cent., the latter rate in many cases being paid for loans for a week. The tscoulnt rate is still nominally quoted I7-16 ...

... The Ceylon tea trade, which is quite a recently-established industry, is makiug enormous strides. The value of the exports in ?? only amounted to 5,000, while in nine months of the current year the value is returned at 1,170,ooo. No less than 200,000 acres are under tea cultivation in the island, the good ptices obtained for Ceylon tea, in comparison with teas from other countries, having ...

... OsZe. o'dstzck STOCK MARKETS INACTIVE.-VARIATIONS SLIGHT. Quotations in the open narl:et remain frrm, there being a fair demand for money at 2 to 2X4 per cent.. whiie there ate a few three months bills olrering for discount, and the chanr e is sti I 2J4[ per cent. The dull season on the Stock Exchange is now in full swing. Man; operators are leaving for their summer holiday, and markets have ...

... THE MONEY MAkRKET. One o'clokS. MARKETS ALL QUIET--LITTLE CHANGE IN PRICES.-THHE CARRYING OVER. The tendency of rates in the Money Marke: is, if anything, a trifle easier, ?? in connectionwith ?? Exchange settlement. Hopes are entertained that more gold will be sent into the Bank of England to-day, and that the French demand for gold will not cause much more trouble to this market. Day-to-day ...

... ones o'ae*k. HOME RAILWAYS AND FOREIGN STOCKS FIRM `~AMERICANS WE-AK.-TINTOS SLIGHTLY HIGHER.-THE POSITION OF~ THE CREDIT FONCIER. In the open market this morning there is not much demand for accomnmo- dation, but the quotation for short loans, owing. to the shrnss of1 the available supply of rash is firm at a34 per cent. The discount rate for three months' bank paper is still called 2ys per ...

... THE MONEY MAzRKET, ?? dolok. BANKC RATE 3 PER CENT.-STOCK MARKETS QtUIET.-QUOTA- TIONS WELL MAlNTAINED.-NOlcH BRITISH DIVIDEND. The Bank of England directors, at their meeting thide earning, decided to make no alteration in the official minimu~nm, which therefore remiains at 3 pe cent. in the open market there is a strong demand for money in connectin~f with the payments on the Stock Exchange, ...

... Ong o'drtck. HOME RAILWAYS FIRM.-FOREIGN STOCKS DULL.-AMERICANS FIRM.-LIMITED BUSINESS. Quotations in the Money Market show little change, There is a quiet demand for day-to-day money at about I per cent., or a trifle below, and three months' bank paper is easily negotiable at I Y4 per cent., though the nominal quotation is I 5-16 per cent. The latter end of the week will be a busy time in the ...

... One o'dock HOME RAILWAYS WEAK.-FOREIGN STOCKS FIRM. AMERICANS HEAVY.-BUSINESS STILL QUIE There is a fair demand for accommodation in the shape of short loans in the open market, but as the supply of cash at the moment is so large no difficulty is found in obtaining advances for the day at 3Y to I per cent., while over the Stock Exchange settlement, which takes place next week, the charge is ...

... I LEGISLATION AGAINST T tusTs. A number of bills against trusts and trade combinations have been intro- duced into the State legislatures of the United States. Some of these are general in their character, but in some instances they are directed against special trusts, such as one against the coal combinations in PennsYlI'ana. The ground on which the proposed legislation is based is that these ...

... I ?? 1, A : One o'deob , HOME RAILWAYS AND FOREIGN STOCKS DULL-AMERICANS9 BETTER-QUIET BUSINESS. The Bank of England directors at their meeting this morning decided to make no alteration in the official minimum, which therefore remains at 5 per cent. In the open market the tendency is again weak, and quotations are easy, notwithstanding the recent withdrawals of gold from the Bank of England. ...

... TIHE MONEY MARK7ET ?? ?dt~.sc. HOME RAILWAYS AND FOREIGN STOCKS STEADY TO RIRA&t AMERICANS BETTER. The large reduction in the other deposits as shown by yesterday's Bqi35 ot England return, the borrowing by the Bank on its securities, the resent large X ithdrawals of gold for abroad, and the anticipations thbt fia tier am:munts will follow, are influences all tending to raise tile value of ...

... B;aIff-ias One, B3ANK RATE 3 PER CENT.-STOCtK IIARKIEtES QflET.-QUOTATIONS ONLY S1IGIITLY ALTERED. The Banl of England dirvetors at their meeting this morning decided to loweI the official minimum from 31fpercent.towhich it wasreducedlastsveek,to 3Pe cent. Opinion in the market yesterday was very much divided as to what action would be taken by the directors to-day, but nobody troubled a very ...