... BE.N G. ?? I ma131 WATER aT UAVEMFOOL. Moltit o. EMC . svtes gIM.01T. 5 itiM. H1.W. P. 3. ?I ThDsy D5 ?? 1 I28 ?? 0 To-'ncmow * ?? 213 ?? 8 Pb~ade'.hia A ?? FE Atea' (i'l .tife . ,, :s~~ ..3 ?? York ?? Woi' ss ,rth Am..tteot Br vy 53 '2i. Ptica:j B0upjIo[CV ?? 'rb ?? ooCtyI~i~ OW Lak LSOMOSO .a) .Bo5V ?? ?? .New York F t'g ?? A nt eeve ~Aee ?? *~3 OFFW Tam PORT. .&JL Z2-'ra C2 rom Ilaei ...

... l Froi C. If. Kellock ebill Co.'s C'ireadar.) For the first time during the last four years we are enabled to congratulate our frieuds upon an existing cheerfulness in shipping circles, founded Ona steady, solid improvement in business generally, and what may be not unreasonably considered a positive termination of that period of settled gloom and stagnation in trade all round, which, for a ...

... j I COTT ON. (y1) &nith, fEdwears, and. Co.'s Annual Circdaer.) The year through which we have passed has been one of great fluctuations and violent speculation in the cotton market. The tendency' of prices has been strongly upward, and merchants and operators in the raw material have generally done well, so likewisE have shippers of goods and yarns to foreign markets, but the great spinning ...

... LIVELPOOL EXCHANGE, WEDNESD&Y EvEN-1NG. The cotton market closes upon 1819 with a de- cidedly anxious aspect, and in the pretence of an unusually large stock for the season,-pretty nearly approaching, as it does, 500,000 bales. This and the continued increase in the receipts at the American ports are the great facts of the present position, and they explain the stronger disposition of holders ...

... T=EE ANiNUAL REPORT OF THE LAIERPOOL SAVINGS BANK. Lord Derby, whose opinions on social ra d ipolitical subeets are always worthy of note, in the course of a speech delivered about seveni ears ago, said- The creation of pro vident habits is a matter of national as rell as of private interest; a saving man is a safe man. That the importance of this truth has been to a large measure realised ...

... ISHITFPING. HU13E WaTER 4aT LIVRREFOOL. OiOBll1VG. XVEZlNU. 5OT Bs al. fl.O(. ?? I. 'hILDoy ?? I ?? 2 11 ?? S ?? 232 ?? 2251 ?? 2 - DECEOliaER 31. City of Mecca (i) ?? Clyde Dueso lea) ?? Valenci~s 'Jtheart ?? Etargoaa JANVARiY 1. Adorns ?? waT. D. C. leolll Ws) - . ?? Serate ?? sliver Plate D Ja-rdinie Brother6_6. crlmtloa dczie Fennell _ N orfolk. Va. Colonial Bmsvlre- . 2'osacola Kalera ?? ...

... COM ERCIAL. LIVERPOOL EXCHANGE, THuasDAY EvmsiNe. There has been a holiday in the cotton, colonial, and general pruduce markets, and also on the Stock Exchange. The Exchange has been open, but, as usual on New Year's Day, the attendance bas been small, and not for ordinary business purposes. Unlike what was experienced twelve months ago, congratulitions on the improved condition and prospects ...

... MERCANTILE CIRCOUA.RS. f SUGAR. MesErs. T. and H. Littledale and Co, Fi, Eschange- buildings, in their annual circular ?? sugar market during the first nine months of the year Was very dull, and prices were a3 low as in the ?? of 1876, and as in some important points there i3 a great similarity between that rear and the present, it may be well to draw attention to them. In 1S6 the estimated ...

... -WAGES IN re Ta OTTON TRADE. 'We are informed that a well-attended and influential meeting of master representatives of the cotton-spinning ,distriets of Lancashire, Cheshire, Yorkshire, and Derby- stirewas heldon Tuesdayatthe Mitre Hotel, Manchester, for the purpose of considering the movement on the part of the operatives to obtain an advance of 10 per cent in their wages. It was unanimously ...

... MPFING. i rn .7wrATM A LIVAMuOOr Roaixe. YUX1:G, imam It XZ U.N. T. L. ThbuItz . . 2i ?? 01 ?? 16 2 To ?? . ?? S a s ?? s 3 5 ABBVBD. ?? I. , Gallia lrt.re Nwyojrk Beae 14ade . .. .Ntv Orlears Lt onteire **gNew V'oxk JA.iIUARI. S. VAd',ae (ve) ?? wi- orimus CYIplan (rale) ?? Blt1more Kedr (i ?? . ero ?? PeDaloUla tirp . ?? . Xleimark ( ?? Loud-o Elgel ?? PdiarIse} ?? ?? ihej!, a , l Ia rl ...

... COM RCIAL. LIVERPOOL EXCHANGE, PatIDs EvTXMIse. The cotton market has reopened after the New Years holiday with a fair degree Of animation, and the sales ares 10,000 bales, including 1000 on speculation sod f or export, but although prices .of Amurican descriptions have been rather in sellers' favour, there has been nothing of an im- portant or distinct. change in any respect; and the ...

... THE CITY OF GLASGOW BANI. ?? . I ,. - .. _ ..i GagWBank was I~ell 2.A meeting of the City of Gag o tl ow,55solvhent shareholders attending, li~d, Mr. John Wilso presiding. The report pnblshed a, fortnight ago was taken as read. ?? On4IBeas-r said: Since-we last met in the City Hall on the 22nd of October, 1878, many changes havc :taken place. We miss the well-known faces of maul- gentlemen. ...