... ?? PRESTON MARKET.-Saturday lasd. The market was well attended both by sellers antd buyers, and considerable business was done. Wheat, was better sold, and prices were a shade higher. Meal main- tained last week's prices. In other articles no alteration. WHEAT, white per windle of 2201bs ?? 18s Od to 20s 6d Do., red ?? 15 6 ,, 17 6 FLoUn, superfine, per pack of 2401bs. 30 0 ,, 32 0 Do. common ...

... LIVERPOOL COTTON MARKET.-Yesterln. We have had a limited demand throughoutthe week and a quiet market, but there has not been any pressure to sell; the prevailing easterly wind preventing arrivals and accumulation of stock; the supply is narrowed for want of fresh parcels, consequently, prices of American have undergone little change beyond a slight fluctua- tion: we quote them the same as at ...

... I; 1 lI j . . MANCHESTER CORN EXCHANGE.-SatUrday last. At our market this morning wheat must be noted Id, to 2d. per 701b. higher than on this day 3e'nnight. On flour we raise our quotations Gd. to Is. per sack and barrel, but in some in. stances a greateradvance was demanded. Oats and oatmeal fIrm, b but not dearer. HALIFAX CLOTH MARKET.-Saturday tast. The Inquiry for worsted goods in our ...

... (By Electric Telegraph) LONDON PRODUCE MARKET -YESTERDAY. - Sugar, West Indian, closes firmly. Sales 200 casks, making 2077 for the week. Refined, brisk; grocery lumps, 46s. Gd. to 49s.; brown, 45s. to 46s.; Mauritius Gd. to Is. per cwt. dearer for the week, 4000 bags sold at 33s. to 39s. 6d. Foreign, several buyers at previous terms, but few sellers. Yellow Havanna in bond 22s. to 25s, Coffee ...

... -AI$Eyr 31ARKfE TS. PRESTON MARKET.-SATURDAY LAST. The market was not so brisk as last week, although both wheat and meal realized our last quotations. Beans were brisker, and advanced about 3d. per windle. In oats and potatoes no altera- tion, WHEAT, white per windle of 220lbs ?? 23s Od to 25s od Do., red, new ?? 2 0 23 6 Do., unsound and inferior sorts ?? 19 0 ,, 21 0 FLOUR, superfiue, per ...

... I (Frosu the Mark Loanc Express.) The quarterly returns of tbe arrivals of grain, pulse, and flour. into London during the three months ending 31st Dec., 3853, has just been published. The most striking feature in this return is the insignificance of the arrivals of home-grown produce as com- pared with the supplies from abroad; indeed we have become so dependent of late years on foreign ...

... FROM PRESTON. To Blackburn, Adccrington, Bury, and Manchester-6.45 mix. 9.-0 11-0 mor.; 1-45 4_0 5-10 7-20 mix, 9.0 (on Saturdaysonly), aftn. On Sundays: 7.40 morn., 2-10 6.20 aftn., all mix. ('To Acorington only.) To BlMacbun, Burnley, C obte, Sktpf-h, Bracford, e- Leeds.- *6-45 mix, *9-0 11-0 morn.; *1.45 4-0 510 '7.20 mix, aftn. 0O Sundays: '7-40 morn., 2-10 0620 aftt., all mix. ( To Cola ...

... |m THBLACKBUR RAILWAy COMPAbqY. fALF-YEARLY MEETINqG. The fifteenth half-yearly meeting of the Blackburn Railway Company was held on Monda last, at the Darwen-street Station Blackburn; Mr. W. H. Hornby, chairman of the directors, pre, sided, and tbe foilowing members of the board were also in at. tendance :-Mr. Alderman Bancroft, Mr. T. Ecces, IMr. C. Par. kinson, Mr. P. Ellingthorpe, and Mr. ...

... (From the Times.) The Return of the Quarter's Revenue came out On Saturday, the last day of the month, five days earlier than heretofore. By the act of last session the quarters are now to end March 31, June 30, September 30, and De- cember 31. As this is the first quarter in which the new arrangement has been carried out, it is five days short of the usual period, and, to prevent any ...

... 0By 3ogallieic Tclegr.^phlJ LONDON PRODUCE MIJaLtEr, YESTEiDAY.-Sugar steady, making the decfline Is, C1. for the week. Coffee: Public sales progressing steadily at full prices. Tea unaltered Rice dull; 2,730 bags betler than good midmllsg Bengal were taken at 12s. 6d., only ls. Gd. offered. Saltpetie, little doing at fully previous rates; nitrate soda, 512 bagslakeee at 17s. LONDON TALLOW ...

... I (From the Time.) It requires no great ?? to perceive that a great contest is approaching on the subject of Shvery and the Slave Trade. The battle of the Negro will have to be fought by the philanthropists with a greac diminution of prestige, the result of falsified predictions and blasted hopes. The Broughams and Wilberforces of the present day will have to adopt a somewisat humblec. tone. ...

... [By BRITISH AND IRISH MAGNETIC TELEGRAPH.) LIVERPOOL CORN.-A large attendance at to~day'a marker but not quite so ?? life as there has been for the pan few days, and prices are well maintained. The advance on whea siece last Friday is equal to is.; flour, 29.; oatmeal, Is. 4d.; *aol Indian corn, lOd, per cental. LON~DON CORN.-Weather mild, with heavy rain IaA nkt Supply pretty fair of foreign ...