... (PFrom the ' tot2es.) The Board of Trade returns for the month ending the 5th of mtarch, were issued this morning, and furnish the strongest evidence yet presented of the rapid contraction of business throughout the country. As compared with the correspond- ing month of last year, the declared value of our exports show- ing a falling off to tile almost unprecedented extent of L.2,470,496, the ...

... RI a r h c t 5. GRAIN & SEED MARKETS, &c. LONDON CORN MAPKET-Jan. 29. There was a liberal supply of wheat on sale from the home coenties this morning. The supply of barley was pretty good; that of beans and pease moderate. Tie fresh arriyals of oats from our own coast and Scotland were fair; from Ireland there were a few parcels in. 'J'here have been large imports of foreign grain since this ...

... FIARS' rRICES-CROP 1854. PEEBLESS5URE. First. Wheat, . L.3 7 81 L.3 Barley, . 1 13 83 I l Oats, . 1 7 9 1 Pease, 2 8 7 2 Oatmeal, I I Qa 1 4DuESnraa. Wheat, per imperial quarter, Barlev, per do., Bere, per do.,, Oats, per do., Beans, per do., I~__ -ese Drdo. L ?? JJCS ?? Oatmeal, per boll, RINROSS-SUSRE. Wheat, per imperial qr., Barley, I st do., Do., 2d do., Oats, 1st do. Do., 2d do., ...

... I CRYSTAL PALACE COMPAQNy ?? & *l mu~5 ra g z d E vJ ?? - . -UA -; n SThur.sday the second ordinary meeting of the share- holders of this Company was beld in London-S. Laing, Esq. M. P., in the chair. There was a very full attendance. The Directors' report states that the amount expended on Capital account, up to the 1ath of June 1854, the dayof open- ing, is L.90l,329, The further amount ...

... F AI RS. PERTH Palm Sun-Ben ,Market was held on Friday. There wete few good horses, and high prices were sought for thlem-the bulL were middling and inferior. Prices ranged for best drauglit from L.3Z to L.4o. For middlinig and oldish bcasts L.25 was ask- ed, but did not realise more than L.18. Hacks were plentiful, but were not looked after. On the whola, there was a considerable de clms in ...

... GENERA.L POST lFFICE, April 11. flusraxanos. ~ *II~g Mot L/p e Xor N DhSStImNAT-Wna.7T. (d7espaw.led from: t'cker 7kasX~aC L.nd . SOUTHAhPT0'; STvrIoaN. | Lisbon D al) Y adri'. Spain *;taa1iTti&ftia Marci 7I Aelz 7 1 C Gibraltar r_ zolf evermoml,.IC Gibraltar, 31 aie. fetl oM Taaa, I Egypt, Coylota, 11a- evc'4tlhlll Ap dil O dia, ad Caiaaa r l April Australia (via toe Capei 4thla el erIr of ...

... ?? gatillign. SOUND LIST. August 14. Boston, Shawn, Mlemel, Boston-Mary, Thota- st-nr, dl. England-Ceres, RoAse, do., Dundee-Aurora, Endro, do., Mirk-ddy-Jessie, Milnie, Banff, Stettin. Winds at Elsinore-August 14. SSE. S. SSE.-IS. SSE. SSW.-i(r SSW. FROM1 LLOYD'S LIST. VESSELS SPOKiEN VlITO. The Minerva, of Banft, London to Mauritius, 3d August, lat 43 N. Icing. 14 V. 'The Retreat of Alloa, ...

... zi r 1 c t S. bi- GALAN &. SEED MARKETS, &c. Itn LONDONT CORlS M.AIIKET-S001.II lie There was a smithnl slier of n heit ittatlt tncrntz' na.,r1r lartl caria'tig fisti Ess'e\ ?? oil Salf-ilk. ati; haled flit fin, &, ?? fronimtetsiiy i~ilrit' &o ?? iiat,,j n $oned. :Indthe ondti~nexcelelt~ 117a Ikst f thelie: anld thei 0itt fact that, set 'rat lit'. re of 171 'il wihealt fir ?? 'tr [ranic tie ...

... SilEPl'7 & CATTrLE ' MAINE I'S, &c. SMI1TH FIELDI, Sept . I-a;wccks tiiner.lr ?? Cfoei ign stock- into Lon don is irc niil.rit e, the btn-i ?? p~ikls : lnli 10 lxi 55 lie-d hi: thle t,-ri p'~ldiilg Avt ek ic I ?? we.- ri-ti-i, iri 1 r,7iS7 ii 2552. 10.612:. in I St.~ 11-3,0 ; il ii t5l), 1imi~i : in ISIt),. 4.a00O; in I I 4 ~, Cil00It anrd in I S 7. 4 5o)(. Ikk e III, :wn esleo-;re show ctS ...

... I(aI I a 1b. LONDON, SATURDAY, MAY 12, 1855. PRICES OF STOCKfS THIS DAY. Bank Stackl _ - India Bonds under L.1000.- Ditto for Account _ - South Sea Stock.- - 3 per Cent. lied. Anns - 891 ,Ditto old Annuities . - 3 per Cent. Con. Anns - 89 Ditto New Annuities._.- New 3 per Cent. Aimn _ Sag, 3 per Cent. Anns. 1751 - 5 per Cnelt. Ann - Consols for Account _. 89 - New ?? per Cent. Ann - 73 India ...

... VW. Repairmom ? IDi3Ul bGK SHR s - r LIST. WE~TED M,~~dLSt 6,1.844. ?? pad _ 7. ?? ?? ?? Of Stock_ 6b'- a ,BacofilW:|7n I , £ 4i£ J. d. , 'D ' ?? ?? -Soic. 00 Pt 1 e Doe_ l2f. . 2s t1 ?? 6 Ha ¶ci Do. | Do. Preferx; - t 100 90 0 o 5k ?? 12V 511 It0 ._ &>DoF ., ?? Do610 ,. 5_ . Egar.&~~spvPee 't.pernc.68 .;S 113 54 ?? - Stk,. 100 96 50 41Do Do Doo ~ tf~t 10 100 SO 10 0 3L ?? . &Pwn b 3O l 2b 15 ...

... .Jn 1. Branc D LIST. Jun 18 i~anc2,Graham, Botness, S~tettin-.Char- lotte, Selbmidt, Dundee, Straisnnd-Jessie, Davidson, Diundee, rillau,-19. Garrel, Brown, Leith, IKonigs- berg-Bertlha, Johansson, Mremel, Dunbar.-20. Con. stitution, K~raeft, Dundee, Dantzic-Queen, Taylor, do*,. M~eniev-overeign,n Maiclhenziei IEsiQore, Schie. datnk , : W~indsz at Eksinorc-June 19. WNVW. N.-°l) NE;. N. NEw.' ...