... SATrURiDAY EvENi1,T(;l-T*o produce martkets are per- fiec:ly quiet. Spelter is worth about C£3perton. A parvel of Scotch l'ig Iron has been sold on board in the Clyde at thc very low price of g2 per ton. The Tea Ularket is quite st a stand still ; 8t,O61) packages are declared for ssle on Tuesdtay next. THE MA\NUFACTURING DISTRICTS.-SATUnDAY. i.tuCK uitnN.XVery little business has been doing ...

... SOUTH WVESTERN RAILIWAY COMPANY. _ ;- - On Saturday the half-yearly general meeting of share- holders in the above undertakhing was held at the station Nine Elms, Vauxhall, to receive the directors' report, and for the declaration of a dividend. Mr. T. Chaplin, chairman of the Board of Directors, presided. The minutes of the last meeting having been read aid confirmed, Mr. ALFnRD MORwAN, the ...

... CE. IM1PORTANT TO MARINERS, TIhie following hos been received at Lloyd's'.- 11Workington, Feb. 10. It is intended to eutstituto ta htalf-inch of red gloss oi tihe light- house here, iinstead of the white now lin use, to distioguith the light from othtiect slung shore ;as elsa frota the coatl-pit tires.'' L.ognone, FElt. 23.-Wind this day at noon tight breeze frost S. to SE a luyat tiutes. ...

... MONDAY. An unsuccessful efflort was made to obtain an ad- vance in the funds, upon the satisfactory result of the debate in the French Chambers, on the question of the right of search. Consols touched 948 to 5; but that price was not long mnintained. Tle mar- ket soon receded to 94-l- to B, and at the close of business had declined to the level of Saturday, the last price, both for time and ...

... MR. GLADSTONE Senior, AND FREE TRADE. ad [FROM A COR RESPONDENT.J l e have no wish to criticise severely the twaddle slit of an old gentleman in his eightieth year, but really $ if the Post and the Standard will cry it up as oracu- at lar, it may be worth notice at least asa specimen of [d; the stuff of which their oracles are made. )W, MIr Gladstone, senior, it seems, will not allow Alihis ...

... I LONDON MA RKXTS-FRiDAY. I CORN EXCHANGE. We have to report the arrival of a very moderate supply of English Wheat tip to our market this week, consequantly the standt to.day were poorly supplied with samples. The attendaince of buyers, how- ever, belisg smrall, the demanid for that article was in a sligegish siate, at last Monday's quotations. In foreign Wheat to little was doing that the ...

... GREAT LEAGUE FUN]D. A numerous and respectable meeting of the advocates of commercial freedom, residing in St. John's-wood and Port- land-town, was held on Friday night, at the Pine Apple Tavern, Portian-marlet, for the purpose of forming a District Anti-Corn-law Association, to co-operate with, and carry out the views of, tbe National Anti-Corn-law League. ARTHUR WALiER HlYDZ, Esq., was ...

... tiRVIEWy OF' THE LItVFRPOOt, COTTON MARCKET FORL THE WEEK 13ttIO~l FRIDtAY, FieE. 17. Thu gneralaspec of or maret ha bee dull1 this week, anti thouh itfai detandlineexised.AmercandescrIptions must be 21 quote i~d andIn sme istanes id pe Qlb eo tile rat(8 Of Fri. slaylas thedepesson i prcee s ologtlier attirilsutafale to tin 15 eagrnes t sel ehiite bylssde~s wo oe coutitiuei to press if ...

... LONDON TRADE' REIPORT. SATURDAY lEVtltNIta,-TALIOWV.-The mirket is still dull. Best St. Petersburg Yvllow Candle is 43s to 43s (;d on the spot. At y esterday's public sale, 178 casks Odessa Yellow Candle sold at 42s to 4*2 3d per cwt.; 75 casks se- cond sort P.Y.C., -1s 61 to 42s3d S9 casks South Amrnri- cn, 38ss 3d to 42s; and 58 casks North American melted, 42-4 9d to 43s 3d. Sp~irTR is ...

... -4- REIEW OF THlE LIVERPOOL COTTON NMARKT.T FOR THlE WEEK W' ROnlNo FRIDAY, VED. 24. it Theo business doea 'in Cotton thils woeak has been very extensive; dt both the triple and speculators hsave pusrchased largely, inli oisiddling ti to f~air American sorts into adlvaneds 1~d ler lb Aince Friday lnst. o0 Tile! impsroveento di~d noat, however, extendt to good fair anti good Ij sutiesnit. ...

... -4- LONDON, FES. 14.-Wild tbis lily tit noon light nirs froeat S.W. und foggy. Seven p.m., light airn from N. to N.E., and hazy. DEaL, FEB. I3.--Whind E.N.E. to E..S.E., nioderate.-Sailed the Citingagwod tor Hobart Town,lWidgeon and Tory fOr Madras, Layton for Va.paisisu, J. H. Yiates Ior Costa Rica, Idlina for Rio Jainiro, (lent tluntley for Sierra Leone, 'tropIc tar Bnrbadoer, Lord William ...

... .x. ' I THURSDAY. The banking interest seems well pleased at the in- timation given by government, that no legislation is to be attempted this year either with regard to the Bank charter or the private and joint-stock banks* The stock of the Bank of England has improved considerably since the intentions of the government were made known ; but we hope the proprietors do not consider a reprieve ...