... CONT- - RY M L COUNXTRY MtRIKEIrS. j l~~DRBnlY CORN DIrK^iET.| d CtOSS l;EYSFRIlAY. Decenilber28--le halive a iery sttiall | market, wheot mells freely at about Ini. advance. fsirlcy free sale at . e aidly late rites. Other titi ago recrtdn as lost reported. iVWheal, red, new ?? 40s. to 4 tI. pr ?? stories. whilte ?? .. . . . Ails. to -196. iarley ?? 2its. to .3Ps. Itmperial neatsure. Y - ...

... . . - - :0 l.: 1 f 1ROM MESSRtS. DU FAY AND Co.'s:A TRAOE REPORT. INrrs ari A L ?? -- l MANCHESTER, IU OF JANUARY, 180. h AUl our friends, and particularly those who practically felt il the inconvenience of the old navigation'aws, will rejoice' that they expired with the last year, and that the amaende Atals will c me into operatiobn this clay. It The year we have just closed was begun by most ...

... OOMMERCIAL AND MAKEBTS. PRODUCE MARKETS. ?11INCINGt LANEB, JAw. 1. To-day has been kept as a heliday, and thi publie market closed, but it will re-open to-morrow Wednesday, with public sales to a fair extent of ~ugar, coffee, salipetre, rice, nen saute minor articles. It has been truly oboorvedl that thtre has been an unuitual attendance In Mincing-lane during the holidays, and speculators ...

... LONDON, MONDAY-TwELVE O'CLOCKc.-Co0so0s opened 961 to 96, and have improved A per cent., being at this hour 96. to 9C4 for January Account; al per Cents., 97J to 97.; Exchequer Bills, 1,0001.. 6ls.; 1001. and 2001. 59s. The English Share Market continues in a very depressed state, with little business ?? Western, 107i to 108A, Great Western, 57 to 57J; South Western, 29J to 30; Midland, 42J to ...

... ?? - ?? . -. I -I 1. ?? 1. I- ?? !11 . 4111? I. ', ?? , .1 - . c ROOM , . - A ., . ?? ?? 0 ~~IOXDON~HOP IAKTMonday, December31 --no ari li~vhryu~t~s i usallyhe adeat this period of the year, Andi or ii!tko ~~nc~o buinespriesremain ?? the same. P LOI)O ?? %1rrivals last weekc from Irelfnd weiie 3470li~frkins batter and 740 bales bacon;- and f:om foreign parts,.1170 Dbaske butter enul 88 bales ...

... REVIEW OF THE BRITISH CORN TRADE DURING THlE PAST.,WEEK. I (From the Mark lane Expreis.) In taking a retrospect of the grain trade during the past twelve months, there are few points to look back to with satisfaction. The value of most kinds of corn had already undergone a great depression at the close of 1848, in antici- pation of the removal of the duties in February 1849; and in January ...

... 'grabe liepott%. MANCHESTER, TuisDAY, JANuARy IST, 180, Onr market has continued to increase in firness since ourliest report, and a considerable amount of business has n been done, considering the advanced season of the year. It pi is many years since goods were a8 scarce at the end ot tI December, buyers of miost descriptions of cloths finding x l~te or no obioice, and being,,obliged in most ...

... MON EY MARKET. TusImty Evzxn . The stock market was much firmer to-day, and in the abseeo of any counteracting influence, either a domestic or foreign, the English funds experienced a6 further advance of J. Console were first called 961I to e xc div. for the opening, being I above the closing price of yesterdayl they then advanced to 961, at which they continued firm for the greater part of ...

... SHIPPING IIVTBLLIGBNCE, (From Our CorrsperdeRat, tla Shipping Gazette, 'ad L Lky', 14A1. CASUALTIES. Agapemeni Adelphi, Greek brig, which put in wind- bound, on leaving this harbour yestearday for Cork got on shore on the bank near the Block-house, where she keeled off, and strained so much that it was found neces- sary to socmence dischargilig the cargo this morning, wahlih is par'ially ...

... IATi YORE BUILDINGS COMPANt. . . . w .- . I -. f: ?? 7~ t. [The na-se of this Corporation, so wellknown in this dis- trict in former days, may be familar to many of ourreaders;- but not a few of them are, we imagine, ignorant of its ori- gin and curious history. The following account appeared in the pages of an Edinburgh contemporary during last autumnn; and we now transfer it to our columns ...

... 4 .. - .- I - - - - - -- --1 ?? ?? MR. OASTLER ON FREE-TRADRE AND EMI-. I G RATION. I1 r n+ nany fo nF Ah f r o12{nf IVcr Who is the great apostle of this age? On the evidence of be Sir Rtobert Peel-Richtard Cobdlen. Who is the author of his creed? Ile says-.Adain Smith. nl- Read the ?? doctrine taught iby Adam Sdsithi. of He positively aisserts (but, mark, hie nowhere diemnonstrated), of 1E ...

... Ir#LA4-uracmums, coaxallmo, &C. Dun ng.- Our markets hare n( t exhibited iny new fes- tire diring the hlst eight rhays ; aid ther is generally lesi d ing in the way of bissinecs lor a lhart tine about tte end of the year. Pri-es tif flax, tows, yarns, and linens, have undergone no change of late. ?? have been nanmrous, and the satee il low goods have been very extensive. In vestingi there is ...