... One 00050. HOME RAILS AND FOREIGN STOCKS FIRM-AMWERICANS SLIGHTLY BETTER. In the open market there is still a very short supply of loanable capital, arnd the quotation for short loans is maintained at 2 34 to 3 per cest, The number of bills off~ering for discount is Small, and the quotation fur three months'bharsh paper is Still about 2a34 to 2a34 per cent. Next week the Stock Excjianust ...

... T HE MONEY MARKET. Sfs One, BANK RATE 3 PER CENT.-STOCK MIARKCETS QUIET 'AND :FEATUIRELESS. The Bank of England directors at their meeting this morninng de~cided to make no alteration in the official minimum, which therefore remajaB at 3 per cent., to which it wee reduced lest week. There was a little talk in some directions yesterday of the possibility of a reduction in rhe flack rate to-day, ...

... DOMESTIC WEAVING. Domestic wearing may be regarded by some as a somewhat pretentious description of the work accomplished by means of an ingenious little invention which has been exhibited in the City by Messrs. Edwards and Barnes, of Broad-street, Birmingham. All the same, the description is accurate, although it is applied in the humble form of mending. Instead of darning, iri the old ...

... Hae.tf;Xa Co . MARKETS ALL QUIET AND DULL.-QUOTATIONS LOWER. There is not much Lining in the MIoney Market this morning, but ?? are still firm. ?? rate for discounting three months' bank paper is 2)6 to 25' per cent., wvhiie the quotation for short loans is aM to 216 per cent. The settlement on she Stock Ex~change commences to-morrow, Wrhen arrange- menlo will have to he mrade far carry`itig ...

... AMERICAN LA1BOUR TROUBLES IN 31S. A very complete record of the industrial conflicts in the United States during r888 is given by Bradstreet's, The figures show that the highest point of the so-called strike wave was reached in i886,and that Since that time the decline in the number of employgs involved at least has been steady and of considerable volume, although the number of strikes is ...

... THE NORTHIZATION o TARAPACA. We referred some days ago to the fact that Colonel North's exploitation of Tarapaca was creating considerable animosity in Chili, and that the Chilian press were writing in an adverse strain. The FisaNrfu/ News publishes the translation of such an article which appeared under the head The Northizi- tion of Tarapaca in La Lfiberlad Electoral ot Santitgo. The ...

... THE SCOrTISH PROVIDENus RETURNSt The hon. sec. of the reform committee of the Scottish Provident Lie Office writes to us from Dial Cottage, Hendon, NNWV., as follows - In May last you did us the favour to publish and to support our programme of reforms, and I now beg leave to mention that the Government, having its the meantime been appealed to, has seen fit to take up 010 or two matters ...

... HOME RAILWAYS BETTER.-FOREIGN STOCKS DUaLLr- AMERICANS NEGLECTED. In the Money Market this morning there is a rather better ?? loanable capital, and quotations are the turn easier. Short loans are obtaS1' able at 23 to 2y, per cent.; while the quotation for discounting three moot bank paper is easy at 2/4 per cent., with only a small number of bills offering. Withdrawals of gold for South ...

... hrss On& HOME RAILWAY-S WEAL.-FOREIGN STOCKS HARDER-- AMERICANS UNSTEADY.-FAIR BUSINESS. There is a fair demand for money in the open market in, connection with' the payments on the Stock Exchange to-morrow, bet the charge for short leans remains at about 234- to 2y+ per cent. The diocount market is quiet, and the rate for three months' hank paper is now called ato2 per cent., but there is an ...

... _ , - - - ?? HOME RAILWAYS FIRM-FOREIGN STOCKS NEGLECTHD AMERICANS LOWER. The demand for accommodation in the open market cooit luewbite gilE- the quotation for short Idans is still from y% to 3 per cent.,wie9P1 rations are again being made to the Bank of England for assiskatca' As shown by the Bank return, the market has had to ?? all-1th loans felling due at the Bank, and will probably have ...

... HW6E RMLWIAYS AND FOREIGN STOCKS QITAE-CN BETTER. Mre There is lit-tie change of importance in the condition of the MOR~YMakl The recent borrowings at the Bank of England have increased the supply of cash available, and as at the moment there is no partiecuiar ir4 the rate for short loans is easier, borrowers being in many Cases al to get their requirements Satisfied at 2 per cent. The ...

... MARKETS GENERALLY STEADY TO FIRM.-ATTENTtON OGCOPIW WITH THE SETTLEMENT. In the Money Market this morning there is an increased demand flur aOcOW2' modation in the chaps of abort loans in connection with the fqsAt1tW' settlement on the Stock Exchange, and the charge for this descnipon 0 borrowing ranges from s% per' cent. to Bank rate in the open m1arket, while numerous applications have had ...