... ARE THE DIRECTORS TO BE PROSECUTED? This question has again been raised in London before Mr. Buckley, the chief clerk of Vice. Chancellor Malins, and, judging from the very large attendance of professional men and their clients in chambers yesterday, it begins to assume somewhat of a serious aspect. Mr. Field, of the firm of Field, Rcscos, and Co., was present on the part of the liquidators. ...

... ' ron O ui lir Ci, Cocisoondoet.1 [Fiont our City Correspondcnt,] LONDON, Satuorday Ev3Xening. Business was resumed this morning in the Stock Exchange, with every desiel to make the new year op1en1 cheerfully. Upon the bolief, now so general, that veace wvill not he dlisturbed, antl that trade will revive, a large business has been done in the leading descriptions, with such good effect that ...

... I - ?? BIRMINGHAMI AND WORCESTER CANAL COMPANY. 0 Tho half-yearly meeting of thle ewolerietors of the ?? antil Worcester Canal Company wan held yesterday, at thle corn- 0 pmny's office, Gas Street. Mr. Edward Gene presided. The other 0 directors present were Mlessrs. T. Rlyland, T. W. Bliskency, J. 0 1'ostans, E. Binecbridge, E. -Davenport. y ',The lealf-yearly report (which appeared in thle ...

... TO TrlE EDITOR OF THE NORTH BRITISH DAILY MAIL. SIR,-It is hightime that the possession of the disputed territory between Canada and British Columbia, embrac- ing, the vislies of the Saskatchewan, Red River, and Lake Wilnnipeg, should cease, and that these fertile lands and rich prairies should be opened to settlement under the Crown, or annexed to Caisada-the Dominiion claiming thein as a ...

... ICOMA MARAK AND .ETAf^S i - _ - - ?? 'I BUTTERl-OooK, JAN. 2.-Ordinary,1048., ISs., 1260., 11Th., fj lO0, DOE. ; 1l fickin,, Mild cured, firets and eeceods n;t quotad ,r thirds ills. ?? 11t6LLOW.-SA'rnlo Xv ?? mnarket was ateody to- day. Spot, 47e. od January to March, 410. Ed. to 479. Od,:; 4 Marh, ~sto V - Arilto Juem, 47a. 6d.. June, Ole.; b COTTON GOOflS.-MAoecREovca, JAy. 2.-Teoterday ...

... MONEY MARKErT, The day's news not 1oing of a character to exrieany influence upon the stock markets, buinesso to-day was quieter, and, as ragartlk some stocks, a slight. tendency to reaction from the late improvemeant -was obseirvailp The reucd~tion'in prices, however, was scercely. more than frac- tional. Console op.ined'at afrish advance of 4 per cent., Ipurchases. contiuiung, and the~ ...

... I - SHIPPING IMTELIUGENOB. I - - ^ \ Cr57s onerous Joe. lli,-V el ?? (S . ?? f i. ro Calcutta; -Ittered a . Alax ofor a parositels, or Caloutta; Gerosnrfsa Sbnanhloa. Cleared out; Sino-oon, for Mlsauritius; Realal homis, for Sydney. IGRAEoaSKO. JAil.'12.-Arrived: Jolla, from Tabhunntopeao3 Telegraph, hrom i'.ouenso Bloado Co,, from Doankirk; Thomas Eatheeton, from Antwerp; Marie Charlotte, ...

... jar A To) IS E T S. ?? IRISH. BELFAST MARKETS-TT!':'SDBY JAN. 23. ZOP'.OU~C-H tRE' c.Frrtue PRncE'S. G1,504, S.Cr k'er cAt. cf 11iQ1he. Parch. 3 12w ?? . 4. Qw .. - ?? ji ?? - Fr;s- % I, .. o 7 - 0 Po k, _D5I1W 4. 9~~ TI L P., t 0 t, . 8 3flTca'a 000? .T. PeofPetb. 0 o ?? S~tu 'e .0 ; e. 'Ior 1rh,U .. 1 ,, .0, iS 0 0 ?? to- I TLo.'. . pr ?? r9 rr bunco - Plioc5, ?? TiDe;, 0 iS51 Gc,~~11, ?? ~ ...

... ME ARKETS. I -- IRISH. BELFAST MA1RKETS-T ifH7SrA5-y, JAN 14. BOROUGH MAR Rfl OFFICIAL I'RICES. G&ALN, &c. Per Cwt. Cf t 121 ;d Per cwt. of 1121s. d - 3fi. d. s.d. %Nritcrcr-, .. 2 Wiheat, rced, .,10 GV to ll ?? pr l24 i. 5j, Do., w.hite,. ll O- l'20Carr-tq, r, Cwt ..u i- , ' Iat, 7.. 1- S, 6 Tur ij.>, I] -1 4 3 Oatrmee .14 0 142 ?? :0G. 10 - ° Butter, crock, lb 1 1 -1 2 L.S e- 0 0 DO, ;. 1 1: ...

... I OVEREND, GURNEY, & CO. (LIMITED). m ,r. A ?? . Lu The fourth adjourned examination into the charge preferred against six of the Directors of this Company was held on Friday before the Lord Mayor and Alder- man Sir T. Gabriel. le Mr. Oswald Howell, the accountantnappoioted by the :Court of Chancery in the interest of the shareholders to 0 investigate the affairs, both of the old firm and of ...

... THE M4IRKETS. I~ f- 3ft~ I DUBLIN MP&h-THUBSOA Coren Markets-oroe grown grain ertrelmey? ?? - weforgn wheat, from the long run of priest, 25s toC Z& 8 barL Flour-No change in bakere qntje, 1.4 P Bread-Wo choage, Sid to Sd per 4tb. Peteto-S Cd to 8d per cwt ;at the .,-y t BAcor ha adraroed 2is to s per et tbu w.eek ptteact Bdch, 7.4; middleg, 7.S; A-artca, S;k hak, 74s, and lozi, 90. Ll Buttar, ...

... I 'MSADVEINTUlBE3 OF AN M11GRANT I SHIP. Early in November last, the ship PAlmser3tou of and frozm lhamburg, bound to New Yorlk, with -125 emigrants, arrived in Plymouth ia a deplorably leaky state, having been six weeks at seea She made the passage round by way of the North Sea but on arriving off the tvest coast of IrleAud hld become so leaky that all hands, including paes3n ges. bhad been ...