... M NA~rRT-Cm', YvEiNisbjY.' zet has been very animated to-day. Prices le extreme point of yesterday. emer t of business, the great rise in French was not known, and the Account price was tc 871. ;'ale of the day, large purchases were made so h aDs bfi Al There appearing to be but a very limited r the Account price did not fall back beyond 881 up to rl the private bargains, Console for Account ...

... 111a the-strictures of Professor Babbage, on the bookselling trade, his reasoning Is based on a fallacy from first to last. He makes a statement of the prime cost of his own work, and then shows that some 33 per cent, of the retail price goes into the pocket of the publisher. This assumes that the business of publishing Costs nothing-that no labour Is expended Upun it-that the moment the book ...

... SnIP NBWS. DEAL, JAN. 29.-Arrived bis Majesty's sloop of war Conway, Captain EJeo, trom a cruise eff the Dutch coast. Sailed the Dee steam-ship to Woolwicb; and the Conway sloop of war again on a cruise ; also the Andymion French brig, off the Dutch coast. Came down from the River the Hon. Company's ships Xellie Castle, Captain Pattullo, ftr Bengal and Chiba; Harefordsbire, Foord, for Bombay ...

... MONBY MARKET-Crrr, SATvBDjr. The state of the Consol Market to day defies all attempts on our part to describe it. The appearances of the last few days have been comparatively trifling with those which were presented be- medlately after buaslers commenced this morning, It bas been at length ascertatned-and this In a great measure accounts for the exsrente scarcity of Stock-that very large sums ...

... M ~~~~~flflTSA~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~1,5 yal ' LI-aalau i rather better prices fine crah~34s. w lumpa or pack, riaut-uL'Dkdfliti7 yellow,~ We to Ss4 6d i good ysllow, Sis; --- Ililir 53 -t 54 , fine fine yellow, 54s fid to 55#s. 1 RuBsk India Stigar-Public sales extenuive: 1,413 baskets java 2, 015 bags Slazn, 55 boxes aud 74 bags Bengal. The whole foul,4 buyers at an advance of about Is on the Java, ...

... &IIP 'NEW& Dovsa, JvA. 13.-Arrived yesterday the Firefly xteapacket, from CalIs, with a number of paisengrts, and amoagst others, Mr. Nixon, Mr. Hart; MF. Dozille, and a foreign Messenger. Also the Royal George stearnmacket, from Boulogne,With Capt% Pilpher, Dr. Scott, Captain Fletcher, Me. Hedding, Mr. Dixon, &c. Sailed yesterday his Maj tsty's packet Ferret, wttit the mall, dtspatches, aid ...

... gooRy J4RK UT-sury, THfVRSDJY. Thadlance in the Public Securities is still going on. have this afternoon reached quntations so high as to le, hope that some new impulse will be given to commer- is tanssactions. I of the actual state of the Revenue this quarter nothing has yospired from which any opinion can be formed of the aot ofthe excess ; we have, however, every reason to fiee that there ...

... AlBzY AUAuR12-4a,4 Afo6 MO2DAi The Public Securities, on the last day of the year, have attained prices higher than they have been sold since the month of June last. The shock occasioned by the refusal of the King of Holland to give up the two forts, so often referred to since the fall of Ouie Citadel of Antwerp, appears to have been completely got over by the speculators, who have been ...

... SHIP NEWA LPROM LLOYD'S ] DXAL, JAN. 7.-Wind N W., light -Arrived from the river, the Aroca, Beadle, for Madras; Saluse, Crickmaye, for Cape of Good Eope * his Majesty's steamer Dee ws dispatched this morning, *Upp.oceld r the Scheldt. PLYMOUTS, JAN. 7.-Calm.-Arrived his Majesty's ship Griffia (rum Chatham. Sailed his Majesty's ship Jupiter, for the Mau- riftus; Prince Reseut transport for ...

... Patces or Gksa AT LzkDxNHALL.-I-hesat5s s8t.; Partdge, 4s. a brace ; Hares, 4s. each, Wild Ducks, 6s.; Widgeor.4sto 4s. 6d.; Teal (ERglish), 3s. a couple; Woodcocks, 3n; Soipe, 3o. 6d., both scarce. SMITBFIELD MARKET, JAN. 19.-This market was moderAttly supplied uith fodder this morning, and prices were but barely sita tionary, the best hay, but In very tew instances, averaging 41, whilf on ...

... MOSEY )IAAICd't i oy;, JIoX A good deal of Stock has been sold to-day in time bar. gains, brought forward from the belief that the new proposals of the King of Holland (for such, it is said, form the answer of his Majesty), are submitted in no spirit of conciliation, but for the purpose only of promoting delay. Among the mercantile interest in the City the belief is neral, that there is no ...

... MONEY MARKET-ULTY, SiruRDJy. The transactions to-eay at the Stock Market have been more un- der the Influence of local matters than any Intelligence from abroad, whether In the shape of rumour, or something else less question. *ble. The fluctuation amounted to 4 per cent., ocasioned cbledy hy an unfounded report that an extensive fallure would be announced among the dealers In the course of ...