... A HitMK. One the reai'eis the /hitly A'- has written c. vary courteous letter, asking iii-e whether can any information which may help him to * homo France fur small family of moderate means search change scene ami ijuiet. It great to he ao before public useful, and I always honoured when such are made, because they draw closer the links between ar;ii England, now lengthening every yen-, till ...

... t'OAM8ERPSfITAL NEWS. BAV41 OF FWNGLhAND RiTURN- TllIsarA. ?? 10,OIMATION T1,1dRA0U.] 114;UE DEPARTbMLeNT. Lqcta3 isamod, £A1jv0,815 Govornment debt, 41.,015,100 Othor seraritieg, 3,924,900 Geld coln and other boillon, - 29,380,815 £41,v`).r1t £41,ElO,815 11MAN581G 1DEPARTMENT Proprletors'capithi£14,55 ,00 Goverunient securl- Rest, - *. 3,0or li6 ties . g16,537,f84 Pnblic deposIts, 8,029, l?8 ...

... (lErnTErrr's TsuGreaMS.) , BTniXD;, Thursdav.-Tho Peninsular and Oriental n' steancer Ve~nda anths Inias snails arrived here at seven 11 ann., and mail left at nine a.m. to-day. Letters expected tl in London on Saturday eveninpg next. GenPALTAR t Wednodmc L.-The Peninsular and Oriental Company's steamec I epsnl with India and China heavy mails, left it aeleven this moruinn lor Sonthampnton, ...

... There was unusualanimation at the weeklymeeting of the iron trade yesterday, owing to the circumstance of the marked bar firms having fixed their quarter-dly prices a week in advance, in order to end the suspense which was checking business. The announcement that the rise on marked bars would be limited to ;. per ton, making the standard quotation £9., with the usual extra 12s. Gd. for Lord ...

... BANIC OF BNGMAND RETURN. OttlerSeovarities.. s 20,s0,850 . ?? Coiruandfluliica 20c,00, 816 Silver liouliou ?? nil TO !419l 15 tal ?? ?? Atl,s~~l BZ-*iftN( D15PARTMENtT. Dee. I CIL. Proprietora Capital.. £14,553,000 I Governnent Secuiritec £X16,537,14 2 Rest ?? 0s5,115 I Other Securitles ?? 24,295,528 Pub'lic Depositq ?? I,'912 3Nots . 13,74US051 OtherDepsoits ,, ?? 397 'I Gold ?? (join.. 1 ...

... SHIPPING I7TELLIGENCE Ariivee-Netw lyork City 81;, New York, c 11w (le1s-Bel'iizo oE- groll ilnitirnore. Sailrd-Tieginnld Fs, Waterforl. A1iMR 111V.) (JUT. I\1.! Inr ~~ Fruromn Ctrm ciff-horuce sa, Maltat; Iniia ss, A liers eklir Li ?? 0s, Coollet ss, ljady F! raucoeS eii, U sltejelJ i s,J ol (lol en Urol n i, all Gellua, J'tIE Kunltvim -.-A Biowm cirrempondent heatv from1 Nnapics thalt tlie ...

... 5?HPPI!((? INTJM?L1Wf?NWf.. ARRIVEDi AT TZlE T1AIL OF TH BANK - - December 3L Fanny Atkinson, 608,- Brabyson, from B3elfast for Pensecola; put back through stress of weather. January t Emily Rwayond, for Glasgow-deals.- Gienbervie, 799, Camnpbell, from New Y ork for G13sgow-greneral cargo. Sussex, 385, front Wilmington for Glasgow-R~osin. SAILED FROMt THEE TlAIL OFs TH BANK. Janluary 1L ...

... THE RE VENUE. TUiE Revenue Returns lately published are even more unsatis- factory than it was expected they would prove. In the first three months of the present financial year the revenue showed an increase of about io5,ooo; in the next three months it showed a decrease of ioo,ooO; while in the last quarter it has produced 453,055 less than in the corresponding period of I878-9. The dccrease ...

... 1 *nm-%ta1 saiiu ?? $~arftet:. I ?? r x- ;; i . D. ,; i. ?? 1- 1 ?? a S an Improveten~ f6(1. er'vd Masetl'ir0j tC Mse theaturn in ?? avour. : '''fflg;Ng~~ftti'doneW 'a timcn ing's mnarket was not, large. I.T rno, mod rate o- mnsid for WheateurAt the fun prices of: thisd wnek.rat dne C ath vn alue of barley, bear s , ad'peas therwzi no ch The oat trade wa quiet, ioutan'yalteratio pies -NoBay ...

... MAIL AND STEA?ISHU? NEWS. (From Llovd's.l MxvaaumOes, Dec. S0h-'The Peniosular and| Oriental Company's steamer S~iam, frojm Bombay, arrived hare ta-dayr. Quss~xsrowx, D;ec. St-The Inmnan Ro~yal M~ail steamer City of Brussels, fromt Liverpooi, arrived here at 12.45 r.ze. to-day, emabarked mails and passengers, and proceeded at 1S~l s-.n. ?? fork. XVEST Hsarnvroon. Dec. StL-The steamer ...

... Hull is usually slow to receive checks or feel the advantages of traderevival. As a port, Rull labours under an incubus, which every child in the town must now be fully aware of-railway monopoly. Enter. prise is useless when opposed by heavy traffic rates, and the only: wonder is that matters are not worse than they are. The favouritism of the North- Eastern Railway Company is an oft-told ...

... TUE I1?QNTRADL The presenzt holiday season, as usula interfered to a co~nsiderable extent weith t-usinees in all de- partn~ecuta of the coal antl iron trades ; hut the pressure osf orders in the iatter is so great that op~eratiuns will vrobably be resumnedl in mnany places after a brief er interval than ordinary. Gienerally there is DOu c;ssation of inquiry into the mawrkets, anud rates ...