... -4- A Court of Aldermen was held yesterday at Guildhall, under the presidency of the Right Hon. the LOnD MAYOR (Alderman Gabriel). THE CITY GAOLS. Alderman and Sheriff WATERLOW brought up a report of the state and condition of the City pribons, by which it appeared that there are at present confined in Dtewgate, 72; at the Debtors' Prison, 106; and at the City Prison, Holloway, 324 prisoners. ...

... SHARE LIqST&~~ - : . - i ; ,: I TUEOIAX EVMlOOG. The railway market opened firmly this morning, and subsequently. improved, but gave way towards the close of businesd,~ owing to- h' Pieponderaniae'df sales. The closing prices, c6mpared with those' of yesterday, show a 'fall of 1 per cent.' in Great XorthJern A and Great Western stocks, j in Mid- land, j in South Eastern, and Man~chester, Shef ...

... SHARE LIST-THIS DA Y I ORDINARY SHARES AND STOCKS. C ?? ~Closinj RAILWAYS. Prices, isd | 14 1 * If Tuesda: St zoo Bristol and Exeter . . ' 85 St soo Caledonian .. 122 124 so all Cork and Bandon - _ en all Cornwall .. 4 6 St l00 Dublin and Belfast Junction 65 61 St ioo Dundee, Perth, & Abd. June. 70 72 St soo Glasgow and South Western x17 119 St ioo Gt. Eastern Ordinary Stock 34 35 tt soo Gt ...

... Wednesday, 2 o'clock. The demand for money is light at the Bank and in the general discount market. The rates current are 3 to 3%4 per cent. There were no bullion operations at the Bank yesterday. The ENGLISH STOCK MARKET is weaker in tone, and business remains dull. Consols are at 90os to 91 for money, and 91 to 91gX for the account; the Reduced and the New Three per Cents., 90$ to god ; ...

... ] The ordinary half-yearly meeting of the above company was held yesterday at the London Tavern, Mr. GEoRGE LYALL, chairman of the company, in the chair. After the usual formal preliminaries-the report being taken its read, t The CHAIRIMAN proceeded to call attention to the more 5 important points in the report. He had very few words I, to say. They aill knew how difficult had been the priod I ...

... I -H. - - IT Y A SK . - The annual genera. meeting of the proprietors of this bank was held yesterday at the London Tavern; Mr. J. JoNEs in the chair. M -r. WOwR, the secretary, having read the advertise- ment convening the meeting, proceeded to read the report, Iwhich has been already published. The CamiiaMf, in moving its adoptign, observed that, with the permission of the meeting, he would ...

... Is MONEY M4RKETS I ?? -~ TUESDAY EVENINO. The funds to-day showed renewed firmness, owing to the scarcity of stock and the extreme abundance of money, and Consols closed i per cent.' higher than yesterday. Foreign bonds were like- wise inquired for, especially Turkish, Egyptian, Brazilian, and Italian, all of Which showed an up- ward tendency; but Spanish Passive Bonds were exceptionally lower ...

... I COMMBRCIAL AND MARKETS. E . PRODUOE. MrMINCIN -WmE, JAN. 15. SUGAR.-The market has opened firmly at the full prices of last week. 1,200 casks of British West India sold, part in public sale .Barbadoes, at 33s. 6d. to 36s. 6d. ; Jamaica, 34s..; Tobago., 29s. te 32s. 6d.; Demerara, crystallised, good to superior, 37s. 6d. to 43s. 6d. * syrupy, 31s. 6d. to lisa. 6d. 330 barrels and 200 bags of ...

... SWEDISH BANK (LIMITED). I 1 .4 - --l lk - I Au etror dillsary general meeting of this coom Ar held vesterday at the London Tavern; Alr c tn ?? he chair, to be made acquainted with the resul5 ( ?? In wide had taken place between the I ireth and:l athe Sc n vdiian Credit Share Company. t Thectors an ps aI hie lhoped he should be ab'e to con- thes hareholdere that the dvcetors bad hononrably i ...

... | -- IIMPERIAL BANE (LIMITED). LtI e The ordinary general meeting of the share- n holders in this bank was held at the London Tavern I- yesterday; Mr. Alderman Lusi, M.P., in the chair. a The report, which has already appeared in the DLii; II Fewrs, having been taken as read, is The CHBAirmi said, from a business point of viel *s there were two classes of men in London and the worl , e and he ...

... PROVINCIOA SEHAR MNARKTS. LVIMPOOL, JAN. to-day: Greet Eastern, 34* ~~ ?? Western 55f 1--Lanca- shio au Yorkshe, 12-London Chatham, and Dover, IS 13-16 London and North Western, 124 jj 1-Manchester, Shef- field, and lincolneblre 55 4* J*5 5* J -Metropolltan, 92-flrk~enbefld, 88 xd.-raud rukof Canada, 218-orth Jueserance,d ff ?? I~nsunran~ce, S g7-1 ?? Untted Gne, 203-Runcorn Soap and Alkaline, ...

... I LONDO AD WESTISTE BANK. , I -- .- I. The half-yearly general meeting of the pro- prietors of this bank was held yesterday afternoon in the new board-room of the Bank, Lothbury; Mr. Alderman SALOMONS, l.P., in the chair. The SECRETARY (Mr. T. P. Shipp) having read the ad- vertisement convening the meeting, the minutes of the previous meeting were read and confirmed, after which Mr. Shipp ...