... OUR TRADE WITH THE ARGENTINE REP ThLIC. The chronic depreciation of the currency, the freedom with Which loans have been raised in the European market, and other features in /the finan:ial and commercial position of the Argentine Republic, have created the impres- sion in somet quarters that this rising South American State has been antici- pating the future, and that the usual Nemesis will ...

... THIE COMMERCIAL DECA Y OF SICI Y. SICILIAN commerce is declining with alarming rapidity. The exports and imports at the port of Palermo have diminished in one year by over a million sterling, or more than one-third of the whole commerce of. the place. In addition to natural causes, this decline is attributed by Consul Stigand to the Protectionist policy of Italy, and to the war of tariffs with ...

... THE, MONEY MARKET. i ?? o'cr'cl, The StoCk Markets show no return to activity, the approach of the settlbiner being the excuse now for restricting business. A telegianm reporting the con- centration of Russian troops on1 the Turkish frontier has bad no weight with thl niarket, but, on the other hand, Consuls have improved a fraction, to 9S3%, A. Among Foreign Governmant Bonds, the feature is a ...

... (lire Ot ?? HOME RAILWAYS DULL - FOREIGN STOCKS QUIET.- AMKERICANS STEADY.-NO INCRE.NSE OF ACTIVITY. The same features prevail in the Money Market, that is excessively easy, short money and comparatively firm discount rates. Wore it nbt for the state of the :oreign eichanse, more partic.ularly the German and French, the rate for three months' bank bills would probably be little better than X ...

... 0;:4 odxa, MAIRKETS INACTIVE ANTD ALMOST FEATURELESS. Money is changing hands rather freely in connection with the payment for the recent issue of three million Exchequer Bonds, but there is little oi no pressure, as operators find no difficulty in -getting advances for a flay or two at the Bank of England at the official minimum. The demand for money, however, is not so great as had been ...

... O,,e aW, lock. STOCK MARKETS IRREGULAR.-SMALL BUSINESS.-CHANGES IN THE ALLSOPP DIRECTORATE. | Moey i6 rather wanted in connection with the payments on the Stock Exchanoo but the inquiry is not so large as is often the case on a settiing da. The supply of cash, too, as shown by yesterday's Pank return, is abundant, and advances for the day are obtainable at X to ij per cent. The discount rate ...

... Onre o'clock. HIGH RATES FOR DISCOUNT.-STOCK MARKETS DULL AND INACTIVE.-ENGLISH FUNDS EASIER. The discount market is unsettled, and many brokers refuse to do business while the exports of gold to Paris continue, An advance in the Bank rate is urged as a preventive against further withdrawals, but with short money in such abundance it is very unlikely that the discount market will follow the ...

... Onse o'clock. HOME RAILWAYS STILL FIRM, AND OTHER RAILWAY STOCKS STEADY.-AMERICAN RAILROAD SHARES DULL AND LOWER.-FOREIGN GOVERNMENT STOCKS QUIET BUT STEADY. Large sums of money are changing hands to-day in connection with the payment of Exchequer bonds, but there is no perceptible increase in the demand for loans, and day-to-day money is still only woxth 4 per cent. Loans for a month have ...

... o00a o'dC&. HOME RAILS QUIET.-FOREIGN STOCKS STEADY.-AMERICANS HEAVY.-FAIR BUSINESS. There is decidedly less demand for money in the open market and more of it about, so thatborrowers can generally get their requirements satisfied at tjX to 1% per cent. The discount rate tor three months, bank paper is about I 5-16 per cent., though some brokers still give the quotat on as 5-16 to l s per cent ...

... One 'lo~srck, MARKETS ALL WEAIK.-QUOTATIONS LOWER.-FAIR BUSINESS In the Money Market there is a better supoly of loanable capital owingto the release of the dividends and the repayment of old Consols, and short advances are readily obtainable at l to iA per cent. The discount inquiry is not particuarly brisk, and the best quotation forthree months' bal)nk Pper is now X ?? p.r cent., while ...

... THE MONEY MARKET, One o'cte4, STOCK OPERATORS BUSY WITH THE SETTLEMENT.-FEW FRESH TRANSACTIONS. - METROPOLITAN RAILWAY DIVIDEND. Yesterday's large withdrawal of gold for Paris has had a hardening effect upon the rite of discount in the open nmarket, and little is now done in three months, bank paper below I X per cent., while the general quotation is IX to oi' per cent. Short money is in ...

... Owe o'dcweke . BANK RATE 2T/ PER CENT.-MARKETS ALL QUIET.-FEW CHANGES.-THE PAPER SYNDICATE. The Bank of England directors, at their meeting this morning, decided to make no alteration in the official iiieaimiltn. which therefore remains at 2 ' per cent. In the open market there is little change to report in quotations, a fail demand for short loans is experienced, and the quotation remains at ...