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London, England, 1854-12-02 00:00:00

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IN1)1(10—The huaineas tieing in this article is very mo,le
everthelesa, the late improvement in the quotations is

supported.
CuTTON—Our market is dull, and, In some instances, ptiaell
are on the turnin favour of buyers.
HEMP AND FLAX—Baltic hemp is dull, at from 561 to 5111
per ton. East India qualities are almost norn‘dial. lu du very
few transactions have taken place.
WOOD—English wool is very dull In sale, and again cheaper.
Both foreign and colonial parcels are heavy.
TALLOW—The imports having been good, there is less
activity in the demand, and prices have given yea ed per cwt
P. T. C„ on the spot, abe dd to Ces. Town tallow, bee uet
cash. Hough tat, as ad per Bibs. imports this week, 1,300

casks.
olLS—Linseed oil is arm, at 370 6d to Us per cart on the
spot. Most 11sh oils are improving in value. Turpentine is
quite as dear as last week—American being worm 410 lid
per cwt.
METALS—Scotch pig Iron has fallen to 643. Manufactured
iron is drooping, with II heavy inquiry. Speller is nominal, at
251 to 251 sa. Tin plates are rather easier. Copper and steel
are quite as dear as last week.
SPlRlTS—Another Government emtract having been adver-
tised, the market fur rum is firm, and prices are rather higher.
Proofs, 3* 4d w 3s 7d per gallon. Brandy, curu-epirits and
Geneva command lull quotations.
SA I.TPETRE—This article is 15 per ewt lower, with a dull
market. Refraction St to 123 has realised only 21s I.ld to 25e
per cwt.
COALS—Eden Main, 235; Ituwell, 245; Stewart's, 245;
Whitwell, 225; Haugh Hall, 235; Kellum, Ass 6d; South artle-
pool, 235 Od ; Whitworth, 19s ed per ten.
POTATOES—The supplies are rather on the Were ase, yet the
demand is steady, at very full prices. Scotch red* 100 s to 115 s ;
Scotch Regents, 100. to 120 s: York Regents, 105 s to 120 s;
Lincolnehire ditto, 100 s to 1100 ; other kinds, 95a to 115 s
per ton.
SMITIIFIELD—The supplies of each kind of stock have
been but moderate. The trade may be considered steady, at
full prices. Beef from 35 6d to 5e 2d; mutton, Bs 61 to
As; veal, 45 2d to 5s ad ; and port, 3m 41 to Is per tithe to
sink the offals.
NEWGATE AND LEADENHALL A 'till average bust.
ness has been transacted, at full quotations. Beet, from 3s 4d
to 4s 8d; mutton, 3s 4d to 45 8d ; veal, Be 10d to 5s 9d ; pork,
Se 4d to 5s 2d per 81be by the carcass.

BIRTHS.
BLIGH—Ou the 24th ultimo, at Dover, the Lady Isabel Bllgh,
of a son.
BILVERTOP—On the 2Srd ultimo, at Mlueter•aorea, l'orthum•
berland, the lion. Mrs. Sllvertop, of a daughter.

BURROWS--COLLINS—On the 23rd ultimo, &Mayan, Edward
Hollis Burrows, Esq., son of the late Lieut.-Oeneral Montag*
Burrows, to Isabella, daughter of Robert Collins, Esq., M.D.,
J.P., of Ardsallagh, county Meath.
MAktWoOD— PEEL —On the 28th ult., at St. George's,
Hanover-square, George Harwood, Esq., of Bushy-hall, York-
shire, to Frances Anne, daughter of the liar. Fred. Peel,
prebend of Lincoln.
WARDLAW—WESTON—On the 28th ult., at Hosting., John
Wardlaw, Esq., to the Lady Horatia Elizabeth Webb. Weston.
YOU NO--GRANT--On the litith of October, at Fort William,
Major John Smith Young, to Jane Ogilvy, daughter of the
late James Grant, Esq., of Corrirsony, Inverness-sire.
DEAT/18.
BEACH—On the 22nd ult., Sir Michael Hicks Hicks Beach,
Bart!, M.P., aged 46.
CLEYLAND—On the 6th ult., from a wound received at the
battle of Inkermann, in the Crimes, Archibald Cleviand, Eng.,
of Tapley-park, Devonshire, aged 21.
CUMMING—on the 23rd ult., at Altyre, Sir William Gordon
Gordon Cumming, Bart, aged 67.
DE ROTHSCAULD--Ou the 26th ult., at Paris, Baronets
Solomon de Rothschild.
LENNON—On the 23rd ult., at Cheltenham, Emily Lavinia
Lennon, relict of the late Colonel Lennon.
LISTON—On the 20th ult., at Brompton-crescent, Captain John
Terry Liston, late of the 7th Dragoon Guards.
LOCKHART—On the 26th ult., at Abbotaford. John Gibson
Lockhart, Esq., aged 61.
WEBB—On the 6th ult., at Scutari, Augustus Yred. Cavendish
Webb, Captain in the 17th Lancers, aged 22.

Now in course of publication, MonUily.
THE ROYAL GALLERY OF ART,
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India paper of LINE ENGRAVINGS from the choicest pictures
in the PRIVATE COLLECTIONS of HER MAJ ESTY THM
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