... I I rags-,, ,w. ii flwrroomadent_1 [Frome our City Gorresponldent.C LON2DO2o, Thursday Evening. The progress of the Eottlement has not sO wholly ocoupled the attention of operators as It did yesterday. Though this ie still the main business in hand, time has been foutd for some good general purchasing, and, conse- quently, there has been more doing, and a more animated feeling. This ...

... WOLVERHiAMPTON CORN MAI({ET, YkstCIeilay.-There has been a coatinuauce of weather favourable to veglitation. The miarlkets generally have, given way, and buyers purchasing cact- ticusly, there is not much aleiimation ill the trado ' Following the fll in grain, millers reduced the retail price of flour Sl. per bushel on Tuicday. Thore was a quiet feeling in the trade to-day, and a further ...

... DIARKETS. LXgiuoOi, lCORN MARtiICsl, Ycsterday.-Largo ethen- aee alid good colns-.luptive business. Wheat att the advance di last Friitay. Flour moves rather more freely at the late decline. Oats and oatinesil quiet. Bean3, peas, and barley nominaii y UR o altered. Indian corn ill fair request, at filly 6d. decline: mired, 3ii. lid, to 3il. NVALSALL C(i)R MARlIKEr, YestCrdtay.-There was 11 ...

... I COMMERCIAL AND MONETARY [From our City Corresposnentc LONDON, Wednesday Evening. Although the tone of the Stock markets has rather improved, business is still in great langeor. The deal- ings are chiefly among the members of the Stocl Exchange themselves, the public apparently being deterred by the apprehensions that are continually expressed as to the fate of some - the discount and finance ...

... COT'RT OF ASSESSORS. At the Parish Offices, in Paradise Street, yesterday morning, the Mayor (Mr. H. Wiggin), with his assessors, Messrs. T. Martineau and Docker, sat for the purpose of hearing and deciding upon the claims of persons desiring to be placed upon the Burgess List for the borough of Birmingham. Objections had been lodged against the claims of 372 compound householders, for whom ...

... IB* EIKITRIO AMERICA. SOUTHAMPTON, October 12. The 11' 1 it and AincriiMn Company's steamship Unnania has arrived. She left New York the 30th ult., ami brings 171 passengers for this port, Ha\re, ju.il llai..lurj, 1111,8(0 dollars speeie for hnglauel, dollars for France, and dollars for Hamburg. On the 30th ult., oil' Sandy Hook, she spoketlie steamer City of Cork the Ist instant, the ...

... MARK 'ETS. LONDON Coye.s;I MARKEIT, Yesiter-lny.-Ttaita San in onl Saturday aifternooin, and contitnued for feorrenid twoetyd'snrv. It has since been 'life, swith art occeaesioal chiooer. SThe wind1 on Saturday changed to S If., and lion since blow7.n front rite s I, to small11 resetIetsL lar~e proportion ren toiterd uiteeld at at 6ta was shout the seine as e f late. Foreige wltest Wtsa Itetl ...

... I COMMERCIAL AMBD MWOETAY. ; ~ ~ ~ - as,,, I,, I;, ,,flht 'ro5tv our e city torreeponacn.j LONDON, Thursday Evening. r The Bani4Directors have lowered the rate of discount r2 from 7 per cent., at which it has stood since the 22nd of 11y February, to 0 per cent,, and tho terms for deposits at all the banking and discount establishments are reduced in the same proportion of 1 per cent. At the ...

... CoIMMERCIAL AND MONETARY. ?? otur' City Corrcspondent.] LoNDox, Saturday Evening. Scarcity of business has been the only feature in the Stocl, Exchange. The absence of any definite infor- mation upon the prospects of the corn and cotton markets, the sudden decline of nearly three-quarters of a million sterling in the coin and bullion held by the Bank of France, and the continued disclosures of ...

... I I 2ilMt-m AX-M Ien~lwmt 1 ?? wrs uv,-,wpwin.s The aspect of affairs in this district has undergone a considerable change for the better during the past week, owing to the almost complete crumbling down of the obstinate strike of the ironworkers, which has lasted since July 14, Though from. the first the general public and all who were able to judge of the real position of commercial affairs, ...

... THE OOVENTRY CRAMBER OF (OOMMERC4 MEETING YESTERDAY. The usual quarterly meeting of the Coventry Chamber of Commerce took plaIe yesterday, in St. Maryg H~all, hr. Jamres}lHart, thepresident, in the chair. Therewerepresent Messes. J. Rotherham, IL B. Phillips, J. Cohen, R, A. Dalton, A. Rotheriaon, J. BIll, jun, W. Franklin, P. Caldioott, jun., MI. Hands, J. Canh, JoB. Cash, T, Hill, Alderman ...

... LLOYDS BANKING COXPANT (LIMITED), . The following Is the report of the directors to be prar- sented at the half-yearly meeting of shareholders, at the Exchange Rooms, at noon, on Thursday next Your directors presaet herewith the usual statement of assetsand laiblitses of the company, on 31st Desember 'The balance of profit and lose for the half year (taclud- Ing the balance brought forward ...