6 DECEMBER 1935, Page 40

A Hundred Years Ago " THE SBECTATOR," DECEMBER 5rit, 1535.

• MONEY MARKET.

Is the Foreign Market; 'Spanish Stock has fluctuated materially. Iii the early part .of the week, the favourite intelligence received from Madrid, and .firm appearance of the market in Paris, induced several considerable purchases ; and an improvement of per' cent.. upon the closing price of Saturday was produced: Since that, however, the Fren.•11 merket has given way ; and the effect of its decline has been to pi-Moot,' a depression here of more' than 3 per cent.: a reaction-of + per cent.-hawSince occurred, and the prim for the last two days has oscillated between 44 and 45. It is also understood that Cerro,: his succeeded in commencing negotiations for raising a Loan. and that some of the Curled bankers at Paris are concerned in the undertaking.