... THE COMIMFERCE OF OLA5QW TC LIS63. The fulloW lug is fiom Messrs Connaln Ci syeisly I circular:- The state of the money market has had a depress- ing influence on the general ?? of the country throughout the vearfiu. Cu the 4th dkebniary the minimiium rate of dliscount ;at the Ba-nk of England -as raised from 7 to S PIeP cent., at wxhich it continued till the 22d F03dc1bru7. The rate then ...

... . r r-7 t -,TL -CLkL 55NEWS. ?? ' I lv',N A'I.ldlv ED juMi. * V ?? Es 'ltfl.e .1 t ocg.) 1, S:Lnl1daiibutl 1'hVLI 55l' t-ile aret C V'lI, hreto thee iteother caup! -1 ~n c&'VV.The V-J1, d11lne at 3~ per C vtfered, TChe ?? tone, andl the i.ntkuvC1 lneited TI' I'V th - pproaching - ?? Aockl re ii soni ills, 7s. to le~i' ?? ji;, and nearly in ?? to the ex- \Viricaii .,cuurities are pt s Cd, 'Abe ...

... The following circular has been issued by Mr. Williana Colvmn.- Glasgow, 31st December, 1866. The exceptional and disturbing influences to which the Scotch pig-bnon trade has been exposed during the greater part of the past year, render a roncord of the course of the market at this season more than usually minerestiac. The year opened with a fair speculative demand, based on a good legitimate ...

... A GLASGOW, AaxIvxn-December 29. TI Excelsior ?? Cuthbertson, from Havre, gen. cargo. n Alexandra (s. s, Carnege, from Cadiz, with wine. O SAILED-December 31. Mary Hamilton, M'Nab, for Grenada, a gen. cargo. J. R. fea, Folker, for Boston, U.S., a gen. cargo. Cherokee, Torrance, for Buenos Ayres, a gen. cargo. Priam, Irvine, for Batavia, with a general cargo. T ?? GREENOCK. _ AnRivED-December 30 ...

... FORIUCG COMPETITION IN THIE IrON TRADE. Messrs Creed and Williams having described what they saw and heard during their recent visit to the ironworks of Belgium, now state the conclusions to which they have been led with reference to the posi. tion of England in the great indulstial race. They state:- We have satisfied ourselves on two essential points. Firstly, we are satisfied that the ...

... LATEST COMN.ERPIAL NEWS. LoNDox, Tuesday Evening. [lP SPECIAL wira] (From the Globe of this Bveinal City, 2Vwo o clock. The Lavourable character of the revenue returns, I andl in the absence of all foreign demand for specie, I the prospect of the gold held by the Bank continuing to increase, combined with a very moderate demand f ior money, have all contributed to strengthen the stock malkets; ...

... COMMERlCI AL 3MORALITY. (From Lhe SatjjrntAy Revie.) this is the season for retrospect. We t balance our books, score up the annual vrofit and loss, take stock, and write leading articles about the year, and its history and successes, znd all that sort of thing. Now is the time for statistics, judicial, econtomical, social, and eleemosynary AW hatever else Dr. Pusey may have to say for the ...

... GOLASGOW. , ~~~AamRv=-anuary I. Alvarado ?? eiga, from Cadiz and Seville. GREENOCKi. PUT BAcK-January 1. Palello ?? ithynas, from Glasgow for Lisbon, OKAI~sEKSOUTH. . ac Aa-RRI-VEI--Jannary 1. f Jas. ank;it ?? Bruce, from Rotterdam, goods. ?? Benia ?? Clark, from Gibraltar a~t Dubliu, irL 6- day s. .MZl~oravian ?? A~UonI, front PCarttall-so, 17S at 3o- vffle, aid proceedled t Liveapool a Sarah ...

... TH.E REVENUE RETURNBS. The following is an abstract of the gross produce of the Revenue of the United Kingdom in the - under-mentioned periods, ended -Dec. 31, 1866, compared with the corresponding periods of the pre' ceding year:- QuAnueRs ENDED DEC. 31. 1io. 1M65. Increase. Decrease. Cnstms,,.., 5,964.000 5,670,000 294,000 xcise. 5,471,000 5,110,000 361,000 Stamps. 2,308,000 2,37.3,000 - 65 ...

... SEIPPIMG INDMLIGENCE. 4GLASGOW. AasPaUvE-JenuaTY 1. Bossuet, Ravain, from Nantes, with flour. GRANGEMoUTITI Asasvxn-January 2. Mercur, Halmod, from Christianiac with battens. Acosia, M'Lean, from Narva, with deals. Albert and Anna, Gralow, from Wolgast, wheat. SAIix>-JAMUarY 1.. Gallia~.) Stool, for Dunkirkc, with goods. January 2. Mathulda Calder, Mason, for Bordeaux, pitch. LAMLEASH. Aanlv-D ...

... LATEST COADIERCIAL NEWS. r Lonmox, Wednesday Evening. ?? [BY SPECIAL WIRE.] I (From the Globe of this Evsniog.) City, Two o'clock, o The snow storm, wthich has lasted ten or twelve hours, has very considerably interfered with busi- I ness fn the ct-ya large numher of persons residing I out of town have been delayed, of have been wholly ;unable to reach town, many of the rats ways having ...

... I y NATIONAL ALLIANCE OF TRAD l I ~~~UNIONS. .s *With a, view to offer the more effect- I ?? resistarce to the combinations of employer and the action of lock outs, a MOVelnent ^ ginatsd in Sheffield last July, for the forrstion of a national alliance of j (10 ?? .oX te emnployed. The scheme has pro- I eceded so far as to ullowd the first conference of the Alliance k~eing opened yesterday, ...