... I - -RIGH PRICE OF COAL. The price of coal has steadily risen for weeks, and now stands at Is. lOd. per owt., whh every likelihood of increasing EIll further. F'or the poorer section. of the community this sta.e of matters is especially distressful, fuel in these wintry times being next in importance to tood as a necessary of life. Pcop e who buy by the ton obtain their coal at a lower ...

... CITY, SAuaRDnArrnsaw21-Or. A good tone has characteried the markets this week. Yesterday there was a sharp re- bound in severa.l Hoeni Railway stocks. Ame- ricans were aso a strong market. To-day firmness was general. In -Home Bails Brigh- ton Deferred i-ose I, South-Eastern. Deferred 14, Chathamn Ordinary I, and. others 4t to 4. South-Western issues were fiat at-s decline of 3 to 34. American ...

... NIE STOCTI I MARKETS. CITY, SAIL'uDAY AFTEMr.OOS. The mrrloots ?? been gaereaily Blat fdia wttk. 'o.ybusiuwas, was qiete sond Irrs ereucgulerkotuercalls. Auwev-er, .ltUle'ed a sttoala recovered te On tier itae~ >iatrorie 05.t600k in axegard to to weea iaptte.Soilth Eanltela Aserieea 0 ~, aud oth~er other hand, oila rve adveeelyr haiected be 0; ne' aait. IntheFo'reign e Selp u'is;; Otond s wie ...

... LATEST MARET NTELLIGENCE.I SATYmieAy, Dec. . CORN AT MARK La1.E. Only a mnoderate attendance of buyere aea again to be noted this week- and the demand as a result marked up expansion for most cereals. Holders were agaiu disinclined to iress buniness, while values ruled steady. hine white English Wheat, l9s 6d-31s; goud red, 30s ; and slightly damagerl, 29s- 129s vd, 63ib. delivered up. Foreig ...

... THE STOCK HAHRETS. ?? 4t 7 - CITY, SATuRDAT AFTERNOON. Busitness On ?? -ichange has been oualimited scale. To-daythemarkots weio ruantive. Hlomie rails were again doerepsed by fears of labour troubles, North-Rastern felling i Ti:Lsracatatic MRais ruled frmner. |I the goruig section- ChinLee and Japauese issues improved i to 1. In Mines, Bibiaua and Golden-Horseshoe rose e, and Modderfonteia, ...

... LATEST BiARKET INTELLGEMOE, SAUDAY, Forb. 24. aoRN AT MAR2 LANR. The general tone baasbeen dqu:et.' The attendance of blyerts was on ji limited scale. >iLlders %were generaily reserved. English White Wbeatmragedst29ef 6d, and goodheavy red satwalea at 28i 6d per quarter, delivered, 6311. American desuriptioun wserc 3d to 6d easier. Newr Northern Spring, 31s, ex, ship The Flour market was quite ...

... LATEST MURKET INTELLGENCE. SkTuRDAr, .J'ulI. 14. CORtN AT M-AR LAWX. A. generally quint fealing has prevailed in the market, wiU only a moderate attend&nce of bayms A moderate snuply of. ?? Whu.Lt changed hands elowly. Fine white, 32s; and good milling zed, 3ls 6d per quarter 031b. American . are sready, erd ?? limited. No. 1 Northern Spring quoted at a35 ex- ship, 33e 6d-landed; No. 1 bard ...

... }'Iv ST A C T ELU*NCE. 77 A777D' &T . I - ov. 3. Co.1W !,TMARK L4IE C l 9 ?? ?? ffnly arsnnejl vaaisidr of JiSbt put n 4D , appearaoce,/ end trado 3nwsb , Eome ,Trw w~hit mm tig~ teas1er *0'i white .5 31.an uede red, ~1Os=63b, eliverd rg 631bp, uns e4e I . 1 et 3ds landed. V°The dnor m 8zkao M1 : xvell supeplied. A-er~esa first p.tent~s wer soted at 26s-25s seconds, 24s-Rs; t r lbakerB, t9e ...

... TES TRADE O ~1OnDON. - The Royal o0mbnission apnointed to Inquire into -the trade of the Port of *Iondon sat again at Westminster. onD -Tuesday. The principal' evidence was furnished by Dir. ?? L. Ryder, chairman of the Board of Cuastom,- who warmlv supported aesteures that would remedy existing disadvantages arising from tie shallowness of thea Tbaraes and the dis- tanee of the port from the ...

... THE iTOLK MARKETS. ClTY, SAmTUsiY Aerraxoox. Only a week previolisly.the lank rateo as ?? frop sic to live per cent., and on Thursday ?? was a flrther reduetion to four aini; al The markpts have sbown a better ione this w8ea, buit yeetagrdy movonabte t6wae irreeniar.. To-day lmstasns. was concerue4 chiefly wvith the approaehing settlement. ?? ,rails cloedne a rulo -t a fai l ?? ying; from & to ...

... | I - CITY. ?? ArIEimoo Businois has been, g&uerally dull tbis week. Yesterday.. bowever, there was a slight im.- provenent in eme dopartmets, .andto-day pyiceB -were again better, partiounarly iln Americapm arnd Home. Raile. This was due in, a large measure to the im- proved funahnqia positton in New o Yorkl. , Atchison Preferred rose 2j, Udion-and North- ern raoific 1U, Louisville 13. ...

... CITY, SATUTRDAY AFTERNOON. The tone of the markets has been some. what uncertain, spesulative stocks ?? at the expense of frst-class seconrties. To-dvy there was little doing, the attrac- tions of the boatrace being answerable for a snaill attendance. The tone at the close was renerally tirm. In the American department Wabash bouds rose 1G to 42k. Canadian ?? shewed improvement, and there was ...