... THE BRITJSk AND I 6BI(GN CO.BR.TA DBR (From the Mar*-ane Expres8.) t With Ch'ristmas: occurring in the mnidst of jthe past week we have had the remitl limited amount of Wusi- * ness. Preparations for paying rent were previouily made, ~ a-ad a less supply than usual was required to meet the 6 Iclaim, in cdndequence of better pricesf.; and ,it. is to be noted that Ithis. year's deliveries in fou ...

... 1 WEDNESDAY EVENIN. British minixg shares were very little dealt in. West Basset, ?? Grenville, and Wheal Seton advanced, while East Caradon and Prince of Wales declined. Prices were quoted as follows:-Chiver- ton Moor, 5o to 1; Clifford Amalgamated, 5f to 6; East Basset, 10 to 12; East Caradon, 5 to id; East Carn Brea, 2J to J; East Gunnis Lake, 35s. to 40s.; East Lovell, Si to i; East ...

... :OE f ZAReKI.T. I i t Y- ~i,. e Y4: - 0 ?? . h Business in' the Stock Exchange to-day was t generally dull. The English funds, like the a French Rentes, present no variation.; Foreign Y stocks were in rather better demand, and in .t several cases improved a little, the advance ex- 1, tending to United States 5-20 Bonds. Both in [ this department and in the railway market there , were ...

... nTRADE A1AD FEINANE IN 1867. TIM year that oloses to-morrow ghas .been in no respect favourable to commerce., The usuaIleventA wfi6h succeed 'a meroantile-crisis-have bean 're- ?? tobenoted, butbthe main features are more or eas - identical. Th'er are the same,. lethargy, the, apparently in- eradicable ?? entire absence of enter- . prise, and th conseqilent curtailmenlt of trade, the -effects ...

... I - SATURDAY EvrrNo. The railway market showed extreme depression to-day, owing to a renewalof speculative sales for a fall, and to the continued absence of any bona jde. demand on account of the public. The reduction extended to nearly all the leading lines, and in several cases was very important. Caledonian stock was pressed for sale, and fell 24 per cent.; Great Northern A declined 14; ...

... Saturday, I o'clock. Consois wcre first marlked at the opening of the markets to-day at 9234/ to 9234 for both money and the account; New Threes and Reduced, 923 to 9234. There was no alteration from the closing figures of yesterday, but the tone throughout all departments was towards increased depression, both the Continental and American news being regarded as unfavourable. Some large houses ...

... SHARE LIST- THIS DA Y ORDINARY SHARES AND STOCKS. RAILWAY.. Closing Business done S .eA hILWAVS. Prices, to-day NO Saturday. to I p.m. St coo Bristol and Exeter , X .. Sc 83 - St IoO Caledonian. 75Y 76 76 5Y4 6% 7s8 St too Cambrian ?? 30 - 2a all Cornwall . . 2 4 St ion Dublin and Belfast Junction 74 76 St ioo Dundee,Perth,&Abd.Junc. 70 72 2o 6 East London zoo all Ditto Scrip .P . u. 9 _ St ...

... I--COMX CIAiAS22 p-4ARKETS. The publie markets *are'elosed for the holidays, and fprisnteley littlg business ?? been transacted. . S; 8UGAB.-,0 Baler~d~ss repeotd wcyi,; 'foir-nwd a mode- y~ate,,business fs'4oing at revious rates,: : RxC%'x. 0touS oif Balam sold rat 10s. ex ship, and 50 .ions ?? at l1s, 4jld. -- CosTON.-Th demandabout 1,000 m tleb sold ast lat week's currency. ; i Oas-Lnaseed, ...

... I MONEY MARKzr'. I' WVDESaDAY EVWG. . The funds to-day were firmer, and closed at an advance of t per cent., no adverse intelligence being received from any point of the continent, and the telegrams from Paris reporting an advance of t per cent. in the Rentes. Foreign stocks were likewise in some cases better, especially Mexicar, Italian, and Peruvian; but the improvement was not general. ...

... Tuiesday, Hif-past One. The Stock Markets opened this morning with a steady appearance. The French prices were firmer last evening, although the quotations did not arrive in time to produce any effect upon the markets before the close of business. The Home Funds first marked the same as the last figures of yesterday, and Consols are now called 93Y4 to 93ys ex div. for both money and the 5th ...

... RAILWAY MARKEt' ' 'FRIDn EVINING. In the railway mnarket to-day the trarnsactions showed a preponderance of sales, and the general,, course of prices was unfavourable. Metropolitan stock was very heavy, and fell 1# per cont. Great' Northern Original declined j;Midland,; Great Northern A, South~ Eastern, Cale'donian, tr k and London, Chathsni, and Dover, 'J ; and Great Western, Manchester, ...

... 1 M~ONDAY EVEnMo. The railway market was firmer, and the closing prices, though not the best of the day, were in nearly a dozen cases better than on Saturday. Thusi compared, Caledonian and Great Eastern stocks shiow a rise of -a per cent. ; Great Northern A,I Metropolitan, and Brighton, I ; and Midland, 'Lancashire and Yorkshire, South Eastern,3 Man- .chester, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire, and ...