... BIRPMIGHAM SEURE LIST. OATUBDAY. COMPAMUE. RATLWAYS. LAnSED. Chester and Holyhead ?? London and North-Western Pset (Sooth ?? Wellington and Severn ?? GUARATMD 'AND PBI.T3EFOE. GreatfWestern-Preferene 6 per cent. Ulldhind, Bristol & Binu.. 0 per cent. North 13tafordshbre, Pref. Sper cent. CANALS. Birmngham ?? Gloucester and Barkelej ?? Waruick and Birmingham . Warwick aud Nap.on Wtreester and ...

... .VjBC1AL AND MONETAUY. I [Ir Os aty Ooesponkmt.] LONDO-N, Saturday Evening The mnarkets have been somewhat undecided to-day. and the ultimate variations established were as often unfayourable as favourable. Yet the tone is not bad, but in view of the settlement, beginning Monday, there was more than the usual indisposition to enter upon new business at the close of. the week. The funds did not ...

... WoLvxanRnAmPTolrN cORN xABRxr, Yesterday. - The attendance WaS good, but there was not muchactivlty in tko trade. 'Wheat was lower, whilst beane, peas, oats, and barley were unchamged. BOlTON CORN MARsXr,. Yesterday.-The show of wheat at our market was fair, and a tolerable amount of business waa done at last week's prices. ?? barley was In request, and quite as dear, other kinds as heretofore ...

... GREAT WESTERN RALLWAY. The report of the direotors of this company has just been issued. It states that the trafle receipts for the past half.i'ear show a substantial Increase over the receipts for the half-year ending the 31st January, 187L, In the fol- lowing table the comparison of the receipts and expendli ture on revenue account is presented in the usual form - RECEIPTS. 1872. 1871. ...

... I . MAR1UfT. ' Wr&tWIOR CORN.M ARW, Saturday.-°Pric wts .£rm at ghe Exchange .to-day, at former. rateb,'ad business steady. aTAFeOM CbBcN-. MiREnr, 0ia-r4aa Breadats the turn in favour of buyers. A&ve'uge samnples of red-wheat snap sba quoted 2d. ,Ier bushel lowet. New data 17s-'to 19. Per beg of .10 scores. Maeltlrg barlel fs. fd. to fla. fi. peerfi quarts. floans jand peas nnaltered. ...

... I BUUMR.AXSGH HARE LT. YNSTERDAY. COMPANIES. OLOSC1PAE SALls. RA ILWAYS. ORwrreA.Ry. )r lnt Easatern . . , - .-o5('onl, Chafisam, e ne 26- lerth Staffoldalsire , 78 Atatford-o n.Avoa ?? - 21i _LEASPD,' Dondon and Nortl-Weatern Pret (80.1'h 6tafforshird) r D3 - WCefltniton and govern Junction ?? i0j- GaUARANTMED AND PjLEFRltRNOZU Grest West.-Guar. e per ?? 112 -1l4 Ditto, Preference,6percont., ...

... NORTH OF ENGLAWD IRON TRADE. [IM-oM our wen OcrreEpO,-ntj1 MiD9rnsBmnouGn}, Satturday. The present condition of the iron trade Is fraught with a good deal of anxiety to rany who are engaged therein, owilg to the Inflated condition of prices, and the almost utier impossibility of forecasting the future with anything llke ordinary precision. This difficulty is not merely due to the Stato of the ...

... STAFFORDSHIRE POTTERIES WATER- WOBRKS COMPANY. The annual meeting of the shareholders was held yester- day, at the effices of the company, Albion Street, Henley; Mir. 0. W. Campbell presided. The directors in their report congratulated the share- holders that notwithstanding an extraordinary expendi- ture, amountiug to £563., they were in a position to re- commend a dividend of 5j per cent. ...

... THE ERUPTION OF MOUNT VESUYVIUS. GLEAT LOSS OF LIFE AND PROPEMTY. ' ?? TELEGRAMS,] [From dthe Daily NCZs,] NAPLEs, Sunday Mornicg-I proceeded lasi night 1! the direction of Porticel. The streets woer6 crowded with peasants hurrying away, or encamping in the fields, in fear of the' earthquake, which they thought inevitable. On approaching- Vesuvius the scene was indewcribably terrible and grand ...

... M ARKETS. LiVls POOL Cows MutxET, Yesterday.-There waa a good attendance, and, wit'l an active consumptive demand, wheat was very irregular, at an advance of 3d. to t4 for spring Arnerima red, 2d. for wimter red, and at higher prices for other kinds. Flour 6d. per barrel and Is. per sack dearer. Beans and peas unchanged. Oats and oatmeal a slow sale, and rather in tlyexa' farour. Ir.dian corn ...

... ?? our City correspondent.] LoNDoN, Tuesday Evening. The principal business in the Stock Exchange to-day has been in connection with the settlement which is now in progress. Friday being pay-day, general business has, as a rule, been neglected. The movements in prices have been unimportant, the favourable bullion intlnences being overruled by the still unsettled position of the American ...

... iIrGMW Ard, Fridy Ivening. SOME hnprovement to reported. this weelk in the cotton trade, and prices at Manchester ame firmer in sympathy With Liverpool market, A betteirdemand for shipping yarns wan experienced on Tuesday, and spines are agtio fairly engaged. In the cloth branch busines to still lUmited, but'the tone of the market Is Stronger. There Is no material change la the woollen trade, ...