... LONDON GAZETTE.-FMRUAUY 21. THE BANKRUPTCY ACT 1883 RECEIVING ORDERS. JpAxEs Rscninnsosr Geysresowc. of Shenton, Leicestershlre, farmer, rattle dealier, and ?? proprietor. Gpoaes Hterv Gacomns, Ring Street, Melton Mowbrny, late six Hills and Loughborough, all Leicestershire, licensed victualler. Jmisxr oine Bradgate Arms, Cfropton, Leicestershire, licensed victualler. JoAN C13AR~LEs Lixa, West ...

... Itf SELPPING A ND AUI NEWS, (F7roM Zloyd's.) . ADLAiDn,'Feb. 1.-The Gulf Gulf of lfeulco, from London for Sydney, arrved. AnsBANrY, Jan. .L-The LL. Salasae, with mails from New Cadedordand -A nis-iba. arrived. BAIea, Jan. 31.-The L. and H. Kepler sailed for lendoen BA13SAy, Feb. ?? P. and 0. Thibet sailed for Hon-g FOD The earne ?? Oriental, from Colembo, arrived. The COh Clan Forbes sailed. ...

... I I PAnes-, January 31.-The lionieswa~sextremely qu~'st. 1entes fj were generally firmly suipported, the only change to note sinmce t2 yesterday ceusistad of a rise of 10c. in Three pre Cent. Ilentes for atountL Credit Fourier impoouved 3W. 75c., Rio TPinto 4U. %. and De Beers shares 5f. The principal foreign Government ~ stocks did not move beyond a rangze o prcn.since fl yesterday. ...

... rz MV ?? ore,ondcatj1 * LoNOx, Saturday Evening. Bank rate of discount since December 30, 1889, 6 per cent. There was a fairly good demand for Moneay in Lom- bard Street to-day, and althongh the supply of Boating capital was larger short loans were charged 5 to 54 per centb. Bills were in demand, but not *many were brought. forward, anad those at two and three months wi ere quoted at 44f to 5 ...

... I THE, MONEY MARKET. AlthouPh the Bank has gained strength this week l through tbe return of notes and coin from the provinces, it is still very much weaker than usual at this time of the year. This will be seen at once from the following statement:- BANS orF EGLANDR Proportion Middle of Stock of Berve. of ?? PrnktsBank oianea., Builin. to Deposls.Bate, ?? _ Lsibilutic £ 2 £. Per cent . Pr. ct ...

... : i TiMARKETSm-YESTEBDA.Y. CO~ Bg ¶ 37 --rst, 109s; #ocniids, 88s.; thirds, 61. * fourths, 38s. Mild-cured ftrkns: Superfine, 102s; fine, 92s. mnild, 70s. Mild-cured kes: Fine, 88s. In mar-ket, 65 drldns, 6 kegs (29 mild)- 7 FAIRS. JprU 5, BEton-Trent ?? Chesiergeld, Gloueester, Nortbampton-7, Atherstonle, Hales Owen (two days), Lihfield ?? lNewasLle, Slffnal, VWenlock-8, Daventry (caL, ?? ...

... THE STRIKE INT THE FIRE-CLAY TRADE. There was another meeting at the Salvation Army Barracks, Lye, yesterday afternoon, of the men and women on strike in the above trade. A workman pre- sided, and there was a large attendance, the place being ?? Chairman said the masters asserted that they f did not know what the men were out for. As a matter 1 of fact some of them had been to see several of ...

... - [From our CMu Cbre4Dno&ntl1 - X.. Loan~o;, Monday Evening. Bank rate of discount since February 20, 1890, 5 per cent. The Bank of Bombay raised its rate of discount to 12 per cent. the National Bank of Belgium reduced its rate of discount from 4 to 34 per cent. The demand for Money in Lombard Street to-day was again brisk, while the supply of floating was by no means in excess of ...

... , SUIPPlDG AND MAIL NES. I ~ ~ ~ ~ ;(Pres Lloyd's.) AnDw, April 3.-The P. sand 0. Asesam, from Bomaha t- TheWilson Else, from Bombay for Hll, sailed.,s Sooth Austrolia for London, arrived. Bonn.&Y Apti Z,19-The Clan Clan, McGregor, ro ?? 3 : The P. and 0. Rohilla, from Lno The same oomnany's Gwalior left for Hong Iop'~ aeng sle.TeCity City Of DUblin , iren tie~ sarrived.-rO t BarowsrAl), ...

... LONDON CHAMBER OF COMMERCE AID I TRADE DISPUTE$. PROPOSED CONCILIATION BOARD. The eighth annual meeting of this chamber was held at Botolph House, Easteheap, London, yesterday after- ?? John Lubbock (the president)'in moving the adoption of the report, congratulated the members on the continued progress of the institution. The number of new members elected during the past year had been 470, ...

... I FOREIGN COMMERCIA NEWS. P'ARTs, March,22.-Dealings on ?? very restricted, bu~tmovements weremrther irregular. Both Beieteadvanced for the acotnit 7W/e Ie the miscellaneous stock anidhare market, 5 Lombard shares, Spanish stock, and Hungarian Gold Recite 5 showed a esinilar decline; bet Rio Tinte and De Beers shares E were firmer. Cheques unchanged at 20-35.C Bxvuiao, March 22.-Dulness ...

... I The Board of Trade returns for the month of April and the first four months of the present year were published yesterday. A special note indicates that the issue was delayed for a day in consequence of the alterations of the duties on spirits from the icth of April. The total declared value of the iinnorts for the month is £35,680,242., as against £37,255,785. in April of last year, a ...