... COMMERCIALAX]) MOXETARY. I WFrom Our Ciav Corresxondetl Lo-NDos, Friday Evening. Bank rate of discount since aenuary 8, 1891, 4 per cent. There was again an exceedingly quiet demand for Money in Lombard Street to-day, and the supply of floating capital was so great that large amounts were left over unemployed. Not more than 1 per cent. could be obtained for short loans. The Cape loan ...

... ITHE WOODFORD SH EET BON COMPANY.I The following circular has been issued to the creditors of this company:- : Oldbury, near Birmingzham, 27th December, 1890. Dear ?? ?? Sheet Iron Company (Limited)-I observe you are a creditor of this company. The position of affairs is as ?? the company purchased their works they issued debentures to the extent of £25,000. About £23,000. and interest is ...

... YWOLVERHAMPTON TRhAMWWAYS COM- PANY. The half-yearlyreport of the directors of this company is as ?? directors submit herewith the accounts to December 31, 1890, showing that the gross receipts bare been £5,575. 11. 10d.. and the total expenditure £3,568. 8s., heaying a balance of £2,007. 3s. 10d. as net profit, to which has to be added £187. 7s. 4d. brought forward from the last account, ...

... THE CORN TIRAE.3j A return of colder weather with a still AtrnosPhere at~ heavy local fogs reminds us, in a rather inpie.aas ma~nner, of 3Febrnary bein~g a winter monote. The ver~ equinox is in fact still thirty days distanrt, and the .5 between now and then may easily prove of Srliic0ii rigopr to materially affect the mTarkets. A fl;' - of spring soving has been already g-t througiny ),3 ...

... MA RKETS.-YESTEUIDAY. TANDOx COxN.-Tbe imperial average for English wbeat shows only a penny improvement on the week, and the London average of 33s. 7d. is actually 4d. lower from the prtvioos return. These figures by no means refiect the actual state of the market, though they are doubtless significant of increased proportionate offerings of inferior corn, and point to the 1890 yield tailing ...

... I __ __ AMERICAN BOL.RKETS. Ra~w Yoax, ~March 2.-The Stock market opened heavy in sympathy with.,L-ondon. Though the room was bearish, the large commission houses were disposed to buy, and the passage of the Postal Subsidy Bfil sent up IPacific Mail ?? the general list likewise advauciog slightly despite. the selling of Cbicago. Burlington , and Qumey. Realisatioos, however, encouraged further ...

... BIRMINGHAM SHARE LIST.-YESTMDnAY. SUl. Pd. B_ TIIIA. Byr.Sle. uies - r.Cor. Water An.,per£SL 31Z 1 5th. 100 Dittor-Stoclc, 3 ?? - 100% - A-RMS & AAE5TU-NTl0N. 5 5Birmingham Small Arms. - 15 10 10 G.Xt~noch & Co ?? - 1it~ 10 10 Ditto, Pref ?? 15 - RANKS., 20 4Bires. District & Counties. 9 %, 10 - 60 12% ilirminglame and Midland. 39 40 50 8Lloyds ?? 28% 29t/~ 2 50 5Mhetropolilan&BMirmingh'm 17% ...

... SHIPPD-G AND KAI INEWS. (Fromn leovd's.) Arteer Ec. 9--The P. and 0. Oriental, fromBonbay, arrived. Dec. 0: Thle MM.-. Mendoza, for Marseilles, left with mails frozn tslusbar, isladagoscar, and Mauritius.-Dec. 11: The P. and 0. Oriental, from Bombayyfor Brindisi and Plymouth, a.riv&o Bosro,:, December U1.-Toe Warren Michigan leftL CAOLcrZrS, Dec. 11.-The B.L Golconda, from London, arrived at ...

... WORK AIND WAGES. STRIKE RIOTS IN PENNSYLVANIA. According to a despatch from Scottdale, Pennsylvania, the coke region is againL excited to a fever heat. On Friday evening a hundred strikers assaulted the Leisen- rin-g No. 2 Plant of the Frick Company. Shots were exchanged, and for a while the fight waged fiercely. The guards, however, held their ground, and finally como- pelled-the mob to ...

... COMMERCIAL AND MONETARY, Wram our CUts Cb'5rrvnet.1n LONDO.N, Wednesday Eveninz. Bank rate of discount since January 29, 1891, 3 per cent. There was a better feeling in Lombard Street to- e day, the impression being that the Bank rate will not be advanced to-morrow. There was an abundant P supply of floating capital, and short loans were obtained at 1;4 to 14g per cent. The Discount market ...

... | ,IMAR1KETS.-YESTEBDAY. abo LoNmOw CoLN.-Very firm market forboth English and M: foreign wbleat, at fully late rates. Country and American floor a I 6d., oastanod maize 3d, and beans andpras 6d. dearer. Barley 0-r. wa Arrivals :-Brlihsh: Wheat, I180 quarters ; cats, 400 quarters. iX Foreign :Wheat, 25,110 quarters ; barley, 7,2t4 rters ; 0ats, 13 27,470 quarters ; maize, 6,190 quarters; doLr, ...

... AMERICAN MARXETS. NE~W Yoxs, Fbruaasy 24.-The stock market opened doll and- lower. in sympathy with London. prices. Extreme inactivity was developed on the diposition on. the part of traders to go short, causing declines of ?? to 1%/, in coal and industrial stocks and epeciatitiee,while the gencral list was stagnant, with nothing of interest in the trading. The closing was dull and heavy. The ...