... TRADE AND FINANCE. -4- THE CITY AND THE DISSOLUTION. TfIE announcement of the Dissolution of Parliament Tat Easter came upon-the City on Monday evening as a thunderbolt from a clear sky. During the last fort- night rumours of the early termination of ...

... considerable advances in some stocks during the last few weeks have caused speculative holders to realise, but the approach of the Easter holidays has prevented much animation in the Stock Exchange, which will be closed on Monday; and, as a very limited attendance ...

... James's Square, on Tues. day, for Battle Abbey, Sussex, to pass the Easter recess. The Earl and Countess of Derby have left town for Tun. bridge Wells, where they will remain till after the Easter holidays. The Duke and Duchess of Sutherland are expected to ...

... MONETARY REVIEW. Last Monday bearing the prefix of Easter the Stock Eirchange was closed, and business generally throughout the speculative markets was of very limited character. All securities, however, opened briskly on Tuesday. Foreign Stocks brought ...

... sols rose 1-16th, and Foreign Stocks were firmer. There was a rise of a in Russian and Brazilian; and in several other kinds of Stock there was a smaller improvement. In Rail- way Shares the rise was very marked. Great Northern A rose 3 per cent., and other ...

... rail- way market which was otherwsse dull and irregular. Great Northern, Great Eastern, and Caledonian have shown a tendency to rise; Great Eastern was in active demand on Wednesday, and favourable traffic reports had an elevating influence on most descriptions ...

... Sea New Annuiities, 05j. On Friday Consuls were finally quoted 060, to i for tironey, and 69i to i for the account, being a rise of about J per cent. niS the day s transactionsa. South Sea New Anunities closed 953, and Exchequer Bills, .14. to :;7s. pet ...

... (famiurrm STOCKS AND SHARES.-Easter holiday-making, and the fear of war between France and Prussia, caused much stagnation of business in the London Stock Exchange throughout the week. The few transactions entered upon showed great deterioration in the ...

... Atlantic and Great Western Debentures 31 to 32; and the Consolidated Mortgage Bonds, 30 to . Railway Stocks are in request and a rise of 4 to f per cent. has occurred in Midland, South-Eastern, Metropolitan, Great Northern A, Caledonian, and London, Chatham ...

... at the closc of btuiness sere 97 to t for stooey, anid 574 to * fur thle aucounst. ExaGccquer Bills elo-ed Er. to 4is, pm.; rise Thlree per Cenits. Reduced, 97i to t; TI ree- ?? per Cents., 955 to 4; Lang Annuities, 101; ?? India Bonds, 4.ss. to 47. pmm ...

... -WVe bad many hours very heevy rain on Wednesday eveusing, which has been as ceeded by one of she sharpest lrin,e nosrth-easters se have experienced. The trhist readsing of' the Cors Gill is, se believe, to ?? on again to- niI Ot is the ?? of Comsmsions; ...

... newly-projected railways and ranu facturing speculations, were said to have caused such a de. mand for iron as justified this rise of price. The iroa masters, under the hope that the improvement which has now taken place will continue, had joined the Manchestet ...