... __ Saturday Evexixg. Money w_s m fair demand to-day at IA to 1| per ctnt., but the discount rate continued easy at Is per cent, for tliree months Bank bills. It is supposed tbat tbe Treasury will release erough cash in tbe course of next week to reduce tno pressure. This is doubtful. Tbe proba- bility rather is that, such payments notwith- stHi.dmg, the market will have to borrow at the ...

... Wednesday Evening. Money was J per cent, on call to-day, and 1 3er cent, for a week or more. It is probable :hat the discount houses wfll lower their de- posit rates to these figures to-morrow. No finer discount rate than 1 1-16 per cent, was confessed in the open market, but the brokers may be glad to get 1 per cent, before the week is out. To-morrow the Stock Exchange payments wiU, perhaps, ...

... MONTIAY Ev__ST_.G. BillLrol-eis were desirous of fixing rather higher rates of discount this morning, hut the highest quotation, 3| percent., for three months _3ax_i bills was not the usual one. Paper of this description was taken at 3| per cent., and the quotation for short-dated hills was a 'fraction less. The market was quiet, and its firmness cauie simply from the conviction that we are ...

... Monday Evening The stock markets to-day opeaed with an unde- cided appearance, mainly on monetary considera- tions, the European political advices still strengthening the belief in the continuance of peace, whilst the weather for the time isfavourable, and the accounts frora the leading commercial centres, in- cluding the shipbuilding trade, are of an encouraging and hopeful character ; hence ...

... THE AMERICAN MARKETS. ♦ (TBBOnOB RXUTKS'S AOKHCT.) NliW YORK, Ma»CH 28. To-Aty's Stock Market opened quiet and tirm, bat fcearish preasure was brought against Coal Stocks, j especially Philadelphia and Reading, which, however, j ■was well supported, and on very large tnnsactions wag , l.roken only a point. Attention was then turned to Atchison, Topefea, and Santa FA, which yiel ied 2,_ In the ...

... Friday Evening. Many borrowers had to go to tlie Bank to- day, and it must have lent considerably more than a million. Some place the borrowings even higher, but there was no indica- tion of serious pressure in the market. The Bank dealt very leniently with bor- rowers by lending them money for three days at its published mfnimnmj as well as for the week. It was only fair to do this, seeing ...

... Friday E vendsg. 7. lonev was lent at from _- per cent, upwards ?? . Loans f«r a week wore li to 1^ per ...

... YITE D-1?AJA. STRIAND TlIEATII'E. It' wve JnI not kinow tflt the niow farcical conledyv entainhl ' ., Ni't bt's wroli.'' which was ' a brought outat the Strand Thati e lest evulinig, is an i ti Ane:er:cati adait ltioen froln the tiermitall of lerr Von I XMoser 'la tat wcaicrlis, ial; statted ill the playbill). we ! sholild a3v it it tiue picce had beesn secialy lvwritten ior I the purpose of ...

... Monday Evening. The Stock Markets, except for British Rails, w-jre steady to firm, whilst in the American depart- ment some little firmness was apparent. In the Ihi^lish Funds Consols were without alteration, but the 3 per Cent. Local Loans Stock improved | per ?? Metropolitan Consolidated 3i per Cent, was l cent, stronger. India Rupee l?aper exhibited v recovery of J to J per cent. New South ...

... The following Forecasts were prepared last night at the Meteorological Office at Half-past Eight O'clock : — Or«Tßirrs. _ . o. Scotland ,N. ILightbree.es, chiefly easterly. I-air l_Scotland, E 1 {.enerally. , . . i Easterly and south-easterly winds, 2._--U_land. ?? -J ?? Changeable, some shower.. _ thunder locally. ?? Varying southerly (south-easterly to «.Mld.Counties { breezes. Changeable ...

... T HE MONEY MARKET. Tuesday Evening. - InnPV Market was again tirm to-tlay at Tf ' e ' ?? for call loans - a d ?? ] U» 1 j i *\ „1 percent, for three months Bank fewer that there are any ■ , !, ?? about, and tho market is kept ■■ ;; ?? v ived fears about exports of gold. sl ' - - f or the metal is unquestionably con- :-•U1 mi i from -.arious quarters, and the :I ?? t\\ hivo felt the ...

... notwithstand- ing which the rumours of weakness and dis» sension in the councils of the Ministry con* tinue to grow apace. To a certain extent this is only natural. It is not necessary to credit all, or even half, that is whispered in the ear and proclaimed on the housetops concerning the prospects of the coming Session. Those Ministerial* ist3, however, who, like! Mr. Asquith, boldly avow ...