... 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 ...

... 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 ...

... 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 ...

... 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, ...

... 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 ...

... __ 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 ...

... HIGH COURT OF JUSTICE. CHANCERY DIVISION.— Fbidat. (Betore Mr. Justice Kekewich.) SAN'-.OW V. IJLOO.MriEI.I_t. In thi action tlie plaintiff, wlio is known as Sandow, tho . *r»! _: Man, fought by motion to restrain the defendant f rum iiwing or permitting to be used the name of Sandow, cr ?? other name so nearly resembling the name of the f . •• ?? -is to be calculated to mislead the public ...

... 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 ...

... ?? MARKET AXD CITY NEWS. ♦ 1 . IUI-KSDAY EVEXI-NG. Tli*. Bank Returns issued this _iiiurnoo U e- .h: •■:: a decrease in the reserve of £1,0j1i,9i)0, o: i.i ?? whilst the proportion is redueeii ?? ?? per cent., or from 49_^ to 4otJ per cent. The j.jiilic dep_.sit,s ou Treasury disbursements have 1 . In oil* by £478,000, the other deposits are larger l.y £.1,671,600, and the other securities ...

... 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 ...