... FtrDOAT EVENING. The funds to-day were very inactive, but steadier than yesterday. The extreme fluctuation was limited to a per cent., and the closing quotations were the same as those of yesterday. In most of the other departments of the Stock Exchange firm- ness prevailed. The tendency of the market for British railway stocks is still upwards, assisted by the considerations touched upon in ...

... ANNUAL TRADE CIRCJULARS. THE SHIPPING TRADE. (From the Circular of Messrs. Carry, Ktfloolk, and Co., Liverpool.) We regret having to record another year of diminished sales of shipping in our port as coro',ared with the pre ious one, equal to about 18 por cent. T'.eA character of tU .usi- ness from January to December bas been of that filfal yet improving kind that follows recovering health ...

... . I'Was Df sforhs, Ilailw.aly 54arts, & RAILWAYS AND PUBLIC COMPANIES. Frem the list of Hmesma Hlolderness, Fowler, and Co., Stock and Share Broker o Chance alley, Cornhill. SnARNs o 3rAILWAYS TO. PAID. CLOSING PROCE. * 1IAJLWA1S. Blaeckwall ?? ?? ?? ?? Brighton ?? ?? Bristol and Exeter ?? ?? Caledonian ?? ?? ?? .. Chester and Holyhead Eastern Counties Edinburgh and Glasgow .. ?? Great ...

... I SHIPPING INTELLLIGENCE. ?? - - CIA SU A LTY. H~Dr~s, Of Soaderlaced from the Crimea to Grimsby, VIth bonies, such latt nigh; in Pakefeleld Gat.-Lowestoffe, Dec. 30. Auoosan-at Gr'veaead, December 31, from ?? AREIOOIuA.CaxmAanea--st Gravesemd, December 31. fromCronstadt Ames-at Londonderry, December 27, from ?? AcesTrimpoao'er-at Queenetown. December 29, from Molmi BALOOW2V1N- ...

... 1ETH'ZAkDS LANVD KYCLOSURE COMP.3Ny. Suh Jined is the report of the directors to the sharehol1ders : 1 The negotiations with ?? government having been brought to a conclueion, the directors take the earliest oppor- tunity of summoning the shareholders together to commu- nicate the result, The report to the annual meeting of the company in July last informed the shareholders that the Hon. ...

... FROMI THE LONDON GAZETTE. Taesd-ey, December 28. AdtmiaraltiY, Dec. 10.-Corps of Royal Mtarices. Gent.-Cadet H. E. Start to be Sec.-Lieut. Brnmkruipsey Annsulled.-E. Dixon, Gravesend, oilman. naufkrupts.-J. Hills, Dartford, miller. (Harrison and Lewis, Old Jewry.- J. Care. Alcester, Warwickshire, licensed victualler. Cifodgion and Allen, Birm- inghans.-J. Cheetham, Birmingham, general dealer. ...

... I FROM LAST ZTIG UT'S GAZ.MT T.B. l BANKRUPTS!. Ooo'BT~AR DnYSTBSa, Old Trinity-house, Waterlane, City, glass mer- c~ano. to surrender Jan. 12 at I, and Feb. 14 at It. at siinlgbalI- street. Solo., Beslding and Simpson. Oroccehurcloeoreet, City. off. eassig., Nicholson, BoelnghaUl-streer. HENRY WyvES, iCannon-strest. City, and Brixton-place, Brixtots, uphol- Btorer. Jan. 12 at 11. andI Feb. 1i ...

... THE REvsNvJu.-The Quarter's Revenue returns are published to- day. On their surface they shov an increase of more than 1,000,0001. as compared with the corresponding period of last year; bat if, in- l stead of taking that highly exe~tional period, a season of extraor- dinary commercial embarrassment, as a standard, we compare them with the returns of the last three months of 1856, we find an ...

... COMMERC1ALAND MR ..Ta I PRODUCF. XLkfCIN`O.LANE, DEc. 31. The publie markets will re-open on Tuesday next. The private contract markets during the paet holiday week have had a very steady appearance without ehowing any desire of holders to force sales, and our quotations must remain the same as previous to the holidays for the leading articles ex- cept tea, which has been in good demand aiuce ...

... THE REVENUTE. No. I.-An ABSTRACT of the GROSS PRO- DUCE of the REVENUE of the UNITED KING- DOM, in the undermentioned periods, ended December 31, 1853, compared with the corresponding periods of the preceding year. fig. to to to to to to C 18 to to to - - 'a to to to C? to to to - - U' ?, h e, ?to - - - 101 to to zc ] °'a ° o -e .1 ,5u toh| to9 co X o - -t 1 No. II.-INCRE ABE and DECREASE in ...

... (braN alpr Gonmmrte. M,1ls'sspolltan ?? ITirlss't, MosDar.-The arrival of cattle and she, p into the port of London fram the cotinelet during the past week hlts ?? tnoderat. The Cuatom-lnn iso retain rivr.s aa entr' of 4i3 oxen, 272 calves, and 4,203 sheep, making a total of 4,960 head, against 1,435 head at the cour espoisding period of last year. Asilsual, on the first mnirket-day after ...

... SLIPPINO. ?? OrI . . ?? ~- i QUJ?ATNTINE NOTICE. 1 Lisbon, Doe. 23. 1 An order of the Board of Health of the 17tb iust. de. I dares Stettini infected E ith cholera, from tile 19th alt., v and Helsingfors suspected. C CUSTOM-HOUSE, Die. 31. C ENTERED OU'LWARDS.-The Triton for Calais, Thames for Hamburg, Lydiord for St. Vincent, Magnet for Rot. C terdam, Blue Jacket for the Canaries, and ...