... LABOUR CONFERENCE AT BRADFORD. The first Conference of the National Inde- pendent Labour Party was opened at Bradford yester- day. There was an attendance of about a hundred and thirty delegates, amongst whom were Mr. J. Kier- Hardie, M.P., Mr. Alderman Ben Tillett, Dr. Aveling, Mr. G. Bernard Shaw, Mr. Shaw Maxwell, Mr. W. B. Do Mattos, Mr. R. Blatcbfora, Mr. John Trevor, and Mr. Chisholme ...

... 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 ...

... 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, ...

... __ 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 ...

... 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 ...

... 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 ...

... 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 ...

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

... 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 ...