, 1870-08-10
Financial Effrcs%-On sChnngc mud
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1tcA We're Affected.

49," <AAAG@A[Ne
From the Eondon Time. trity cr:tfst) .Tuly 81.
Prices wero generally unaltered at The OPEN
Ing this (2oth) morning, and there has been =
gradual decrease Of confusion in the stock
Exchange: but 1t one time the markets we're
again al lover, and although the English
funds finally returned to the liant prices Of
yesterday, foreign stocks show further av-
ar7ge reduction OF about .ooe-hAlf. Many i'll
reelments have been n.de tr the public, aud
there are symptoms that theee will steadily
continue. No quotations were received from
Paris during business hours, and great COM
plants are heard Of the inenlcieuc5 Of the tel
egraph service under tbs monopoly Of tt,e
Submarine Company
The advance IN the discount rates Of the
Continental Bark and the partial Withdrawals
Of goh now being made for the continent hAs
let to m Impression that the question Of put
ting up the Bank Of England rate to az per
cent from per cett, 1T which it has stood for
nearly nine months, may be discussed It the
weekly court Of directors tomorrow Should
the movement be adopted, 1t must be merely
from precautionary considerations, si:lce there
Is rothipG in the present Positiou Of tho &C.
courtA to retder it necessary Is N ordinary
one According to the accounts to-day from
every quarter il seems to be the general
opiniou that all the great Powers will be per-
fectly nsutra1, and it is hoped that advantage
will ba taken after the first serious engage
ment, Of in any turn Of the struggle. again to
inte1rose TO a1est the ptoapect OF > coatinu-
ous devastation and slaughter that may eur-
psss al precederta i'll the history Of civilized
peoples.
The tum OF G14s, 600 in gold was Withdrawn
from tbs tank to-day, including liz, 900 rover
tigns for Germany, the transactions of. the
week resulting on balance IN q withdrawal Of
!foGO, coo.
Orders for the purchase Of bar silver con-
tinre to aztivc from the Continent, aud the
rata is we'll msintanea It 61s{ pence, but
in tta present unsettled state Of Anai.s no
F.ice ran BE- relied upon as indicating The
tenetncy of the market. Some amounts OF
day to day. but gold hars do not seem to b.
much inquired for. ..,..
: /, has been understood to be the intention
Of PTussi4 TO aIIow fun time for Ill French
trading veeee1s to leave her porte, but Appar-
emily the French Government are disposed
10 he less contsd1ate- pne OF tho
Roesoek ships: the Presto at Rouen,
losded 1os odcssa, and on the point OF
Having the ro.t, has been seized. and the
BE- found thas this WIS simpty m act Of the
loeu authorities pending tho receipt Of in
e+ruetions, since 1t may be, assumed that
France will not be behind her opponent N any
fair concessions that may be made to conmer-
ciL lnterests.
Adyicee from Vienna etase that the Austrian
Chamber OF Commerce haa petttioned the Au4-,
t1isn Government (ae ther subesEze tha
steamers belonging to the Austrian Lioyd) to
allow their vessels to ply direct between
TEit ste and the ports Of London. Lse1Poc1,,
aud Southampton, 70 thar tho trade Of the
Austrian domIn,ons with England md America
may be II lttla disturbed - possible By the
waf between France and the North German
States,