The Press. — London, England, 1854-09-09 00:00:00

862 THE Berbice Gazette of the 24th of July states :—" Gold has been discovered at the crossing of the Colerado, also silver and copper. A tribe of Indians had been met with who used gold bullets for their guns." THE DUTCH GOVERNMENT has just published the official return of the harvest in that country. In every part of the country, as far as regards corn, the crops have been abundant; and in several of the provinces, particularly the Brabant, the Guelder Holland, and Zealand, wheat, rye, and oats present the most satisfactory results. TILE ISLANDS OF THE GREEK ARCHIPELAGO are likely to suffer from famine through the order of the Porte prohi biting the exprtation of corn. Some of these, inhabited by sailors and fishermen, are totally dependent for suste nance on the rich corn-growing provinces of the main land. Last March a decree put an end to the shipping of all kinds of grain, and, literally interpreted, it applies to the cargoes sent to supply the wants of the islanders. But, as these rocks form part of the Ottoman empire, it seems unjust that a decree intended only to apply to the foreign trade should deprive Turkish subjects of their only means of support. Some relaxation of the order musttatce place, or these populations will perish of hunger. STREET FIGHTING is an infectious disease ; it is a sort of excitement that pleases many, on whom the sound of musketry has something of the same effect that that of the trumpet has on the veteran war-horse, or the sight of the fowlingpiece on the pointer. " What are you doing here?" was the question asked of a French Socialist (a June '44 man) who on the 19th of July was seen blazing away front behind a Madrid barricade. "It is not your principles that are being fought for." " I know that," was the reply, " mais que coulee VOILA L'odeur de la poudre me grise, et, quandje la acne, it Taut que je me bane." THE PRUSSIAN GOVERNMENT made sundry purchases of agricultural implements at the. London Exhibition. These purchases were distributed among divers establishments for trial. The Correspondence Bureau says that the reports made in some cases are not favourable ; for instance, the " patent Bedford harrow " is declared to be infinitely less effective for work than the German iron harrows, and Hornsby's " corn-cleaning" machine is much too dear. It is not impossible that the first result arises from want of skilful management, joined to prejudice; the second is natural in a country where immediate expense and not progressive benefit is mainly regarded. RELIGIOUS FREEDOM IN DENMARK.—A new synagogue has just been inaugurated at Aalborg ( Denmark ), built partly at the expense of the Jewish community, and partly at the expense of the State. This is the first instance of the Government of Denmark contributing to the erection of a Jewish place of worship. THE OPENING OF THE FRENCH SOUTHERN RAILWAY to Dax will take place about the 20th inst. Already trains and locomotives have gone over the section in question, but the delay is deemed necessary, for the more perfect organisation of the service. A FEW days since the electric telegraph communication from Elsinore to Hamburg was suddenly stopped. On investigation it was found that the earth which covered the wires had been dug up in a certain spot and the wires cut, and it was afterwards discovered that the author of the mischief was a little boy twelve years of age, who resided in the village of Apenrade, near which place the line passed. He was arrested, and brought before the Correctional Tri bunal, by which he was sentenced to be whipped three times, and to receive in all forty-five lashes. ront g Varket an Qtitrr ntelligente. FRIDAY EVENING. THE Stock Exchange has been very inanimate throughout the current week. Speculators are rus ticating at the moment, and transactions are conse quently few, with a general tendency to dulness and depression of prices. The market still remains very sensitive to all intelligence, or whatever purports to be such, from abroad. Even an occurrence apps• rently so insignificant, and at all events so easily accounted foc, as the departure of King Leopold from the French camp at Boulogne somewhat sooner than had been anticipated, produced a noticeable effect upon the quotations. Notwithstanding a fur ther fall in corn at Mark-lane, the receipt of con tinued reports of a superabundant harvest crop from every quarter of the United Kingdom, and the arrival of a large parcel of specie (232,6001.) from the United States, the price of Consols receded on Monday, and a general heaviness prevailed upon the Stock Market. The first quotations had been 95} for account, but before the close Consols were done as low as 941 for money, and 95 for the 13th inst. From this, however, there was a rally of nearly per cent. just before keying off. On Tuesday the market displayed rather more firmness, but prices did not practically advance. During the day a large supply of money stock was brought forward, which sent down the quotations for a time to 941. Later they improved again, and closed at the same rates as on the previous day. The un funded debt showed signs of buoyancy, Exchequer Bills being firm at 4s. to 6s. pm.; and Exchequer Bonds of '59 commanding prices of 981 to 99. The greetings exchanged between Prince Albert and the Emperer of the French on Tuesday furnished occa sion for a better feeling on 'Change upon Wednesday. Some misgivings bad previously been entertained THE PRESS. which were now allayed, and the quotations of public securities advanced in consequence. Still the im provement was slight, being checked apparently by the dubious terms of some continental advices and the formal announcement that the French military forces were to return from the Baltic without attempting any further enterprises. After a quiet day Consols closed at 05k k for transfer, and 951 for account. Yesterday the tidings that Austria would not con sider the Russian rejection of the guarantees required by the Western powers as a cams belli were looked upon as exceedingly unfavourable. The market, which had opened rather firmly, underwent a re action when the despatches from Vienna arrived, and prices declined kto per cent. The termination of the weekly meeting in the Bank parlour without any decision respecting a reduction of discounts also contributed to depress the quotations. Business was " tight," and the market closed heavily at 94/ 5. Speculation to-day has been inactive. The official record of business done is very scanty, and the quo tations continue flat. Attention is now mainly di- rected to the pending operations against the Crimea, and it is by intelligence from that quarter that the market will be principally ruled for some time to come. Consols have been as low as 94i, and left off at 941 I. For the account on Wednesday next the prices were k higher. East India Stock was dealt in at 229, and Exchequer Bills at 4s. to Os. premium. Several other descriptions of stock are shut. .FOREIGN. Thursday was appointed for the first settling in Turkish scrip. The previous transactions had been heavy, at a considerable range of prices. The settle ment passed over satisfactorily, but the quotations were not maintained at their former rates. To-day's price was 51 pm. In other foreign stocks there has been little movement. This afternoon Mexicans were done at 241 ; Russian Four-and-a-halfs at 881 ; Greek Red Bonds at 5} ; Spanish Certificates in Cuu pon at 5} 5} per cent.; and Dutch Four per Cents. at 93}. There is at present a limited inquiry for gold for exportation to the Continent, but it is chiefly confined to gold containing silver, Australian gold not being suitable in this respect. Some considerable ship ments of specie have been made during the last few weeks for account of our expeditions on foreign ser vice. The necessity of remitting the Turkish loan in hard cash also forms a feature of some importance on the unfavourable side. RAILWAYS. Much liveliness has been experienced in the Share Market during the week, followed by a rise in most descriptions of railway stock. The actual prices will be found below in the official table. This after noon the market has given way a little. At the close the principal quotations were—Caledonians, 661 to 67. Eastern Counties, 111 12. Great Northerns, 88 9. North-Westerns 101 to 1041 x.d. South- Westerns, 811. Great North-Westerns, 731 74 x.d. Mid lands, 711 72. South-Easterns, 671 8. Crystal Palace Shares are lower, at 3 4. BRITISH FUNDS.• OFFICIAL Q 1 rig Prices. :ON. Mond.i S per Cent. Consols 954 Ditto for Account 951 S per Cents Reduced 5 33 per Cents 95 Long Annuities Bank Stock, 7 per Cent 209 11 India Stock, 104 per Cnt 2254 Exch. Bills, 21d. per diem 5 6p India Bonds, (1,0001.) — Wed. Thur. • 95 — 9s} 951 95} 5 95t }slit 951 • 413.16 210 - -22 G t 13p 5 4: 'p Sp 1 95 91 5 95 5 411.16 209E111 95 1 951 1 6 it 4 p 4 7p) BANK OF ENGLAND. ! 229 14 6p - An Account, pursuant to the Act 7th and Rth Victoria, cap. 32, for the week ending on Saturday, the 2d day of Sept., 1854. ISSUE DEPARTMENT. Notes issued .... £26,688,2601 Government Debt 011,015,100 Other Securities .. 2,984,900 Gold Com ec Bullion 12,888,250 Silver Bullion .... 126,608,250 BANKING DEPARTNINT. Proprietors'Capital A 14,553,990 'Government Seen- Rest Public Deposits*.. 3,996,427 Dead Weight An.) 110,980,029 Other Deposits .. 10,492,059 Other Securities .. 15,178.913 Seven Day & other Notes 6,836,585 Bills £26,588,250 £33,674,748 I £33,674,748 • Including Exchequer, Savings Banks, Commissioners of National Debt, and Dividend Accounts. The foregoing return, when compared with that of the preceding week, ending Aug. 12, exhibits the following changes. In the Public Deposits Other Deposits Notes Issued Do. Reserved Seven-day Bills DECREASE of 27,281 Coin and Bullion Government Securities Other Securities INCREASE Si The Rest The amount of active circulation in Notes £19,851,665 Do. in Seven-day and other Bills 1,032,899 20,884,564 Coin and Bullion in both Departments 18,368,371 Cloi luoTA• SATURDAY, 11 ed. 21; 24' 6 9 isd 110.0 e I Thur ' 211 2 1 1 9 5 ixcli I 11001; 11l I . 10 S IC4 17 6dxd 195 114 861 7 qZ,i 6 :11 3 2 ldx4 1 I 7o I Ilad 1631 4 If .11 136 N 9:41 ,94 6x.d' iNts.4l ,80 00 111 106 lat 111 1104 1 1044 26 I VV!I2 31: !1 ray. 24 i 9 I Lie 101 d 161 7k 7 6 a 95 7 561 71 15i 6 11 13 2 11 De 1 8i 2 - 70 83 4 lli 2 24 6 88 9 94 6 74i I 75 i 88 90 105 7 8 1 i 1041 6 28 7 71i 2 41 3 18V5 7xdikill• t 71d1 8 7, 14 641 8 15 t 6t! 11 a 11 3 121 ;02 ldxd 17 i at lit t 8 71 69 711 1 61 3 62 4 1 1 Ilf 2id 2:: 21 5 94 5I! 67 82t1 88 92d I 94 Oxd 94 6xd ; , 74 ixu.74l !,34 5 17 91 lidli Aid 1617ixd , Ipipar Ipl 7 Ko 5 164 6 kt!6/ 4ilLie 44 it 63 44 334 44 12 1 3 1 t lee P 54 44 54 624 6 64141 61 d1213d 2 I I 5t ei 4$ 50 Al 33 7 i ox ip 34 5 'Jr.) 7 64 5 3f id 13i 41 67i 844 5 33} 4e 21 id 81 3 31 181 9 41 5i 2 , 1 6 41 bi 70} 7e 543 7 84} 5 I 1 d If id Sle 4 I 142 .! k .6 Se .. , i l el iii i. 1 431 1 I 1 43i 4isd 1 95 7 0 ' 98 103 3 8 ) i . i .... 4i 2 IA 97 9 12 3 elm} id 1 ( ?li i 21e Sl'l al 4x1142 lza. 45 545 I 67 9 67i IN 7e 81 IS! I 1 54 24 911 6 . 6 9 4 149 4 i l l 43e 481 41 85 70.85 7f 190 6 100 ei iSi - D I I V. - i 1?• 241 701 11 .... .. .... ••• ..-. --• 88% - ..-: -- .... .-• ._ -. _ b P ,REI3. 121 i 2i 15 SHAT RAILWAYS— (Mond. Aberdeen 22 3 Nottng., Beta ' & Etta Junction Birm.Wolv.& Stour VaL xd Birk.,Lam&Ches.Junc. 114104 Do. Ches. &Birk ,501.4 25W Do. do. 201. .7 Cati Bristol and Exeter Caledonian Chester and Holyhead 154 6 Cork and Bandon Dublin & Belfast June. 24 14d Dundee, Perth, & deep Junction 7B East Anglian 'l7f tte Eastern Union East Lancashire 139 71 E.&W.l.Dks.&Bir.Jn I I Edinburgh & Glasgow 60 Eastern Counties Edubrgli., Perth, Dund. 24 6 Great Northern Gt. Sth. and Wet of Ire. 93 tad Great Western Hull and Selby I Irish South-Eastern I Lancashire & Yorkshire Lancaster and Carlisle, Leeds Northern Lou., Tilbury, &Sthend Lon., Brighton, &c London and Blackwell London and Nrth-West . Londndrry. & Coleraine Londndny. & Enneklln. Man.,Shef.,& Lnaolnsb Midland Do. Birm. and Derby N ewinarket Newp.,Aber.& Hereford Newry and Enniskillen New., Warrnpnt.,& Roa. Norfolk Nrthrn. Counties Union North British North Devon North Staffordshire i North-Western N.& Sth..WesternJunc.i Oxf., Wrcstr., and Wolv., Scottish Central Scottish Midland Shrewsbury & Birming.; Shrewabury & Hereford; Shrewsbury ,k Chester' Shropshire Union ....I South Devon South.Eas tern and Dov 1 South. Western South %Vales Yorksh. & Riv. Dun Stockton & Darlinbton Thms.HavenDk.& Rail Vale of Neath Waterford & Kilkenny Waterford .4 Limerick West Cornwall Wimbledon & Croydon Woodford York, Newc., and Ber. York and Nri Midland 13 AN Ks — Australasian Chartered Bank of Asia Ch. Bank of India, Aus- tralia, & China Eng. Stitch & Aust. Ch. Lou. Bnk ofAus.i India Lon. Char. link of Aust. Oriental Bank Corpor." Lon. Aus. Bnking& U Id Importing Company South Australia Union of Australia Do. New MINES — Brazilian Imperial .... De. (St John del Rey) Cobra Copper Colonial Gold Nouveau Monde ... Si ISCELLANEOUS— Australian Agricultural Brit. American Land Canada Crystal Palace Crystal Palace of Fr ante North British A us. Laud Do. Preference Peel River Land &Min Scottish Aust. invest. South Australian Land Van Diemen's Land 76 i_l iS6 VO, 11 105 71 Ige tx(l 1105 1261 + 21 171 1 142 421; 'be ti 4tts 54) d 34 5 7 9 14 lid lee eld. Ipr Ipl 95 ~ b 3 5 I I 2 4 0 1 24 n Wilt 2 ;42 41d!42 42d : 11 .-- 6f11 11 6 1 d b 4 R ui 12 41 9 41 5 1; 9 17 Std ° 4 61 7V.1; 'par 1 ! 1 ; 163 r 135 r 95 5 !GS . 3 OA 31 411,1 7V67 411631 41 43 4 139 4 2141 3 21d 1 31 931 3} I (si 18, 1 43 :11 4 i 24 6 2 1 , 11 3141 84 684 6 84 1 Osl Oid 1 01 —d— d 21 id 23 id 21 121 i 4 211 148 4xn 42 4xn j4l 942 4 j 166 68 SOS 8 66 8 7 e 4 '3 4 9! f I As 8 2b 8 I 49 '}`l 431 1116 7 411/ 1 45 70 95 100 93 100 3 i P P 1 1 4 314 2 Ixn 2 exn,2 35 733 7;36 111 21 111 21112 3 FOREIGN FUNDS. Per Cent. Mond. Belgian 44 Ditto 24 Brazilian 5 Do. New .. Buenos Ayres 6 Chilian 6 Danish Ditto 3 Dtch. (Ex 12 Guil )21 Ditto 4 French 3 Do. 4} Do. Dank Stock Granada Deferred Mexican 3 Do. Account 3 Peruvian 4l Peruvian Scrip.... Portuguese 4 Russian 6 Ditto 4 } Sardinian 5 Spanish S Do. New Deferred 3 Do. Pass. Convert. Turkish Scrip 6 101} 4I II 2 ixn 27 9 12 S Wed. IThurs.l 731 . 65c 73(260 1001 )0100f c 12945 E ;2945f. I. 25 944 4 73f Soo 100:05 2935 f. 171 xd 1 1 721 xd 711 xd I—i i 1 98 xd9Bl id 99 xd -- 881 f 4 ;:il s7# 8 19 181 I 114 f — 64 6lp Of fp Sf 6p 6 Of 1 asi ' 94 ^9(300 97f LOOT 1141 I, 8 17i lb. 1 74 i t: ,iwil 64.11, 110 7 181 18 6c i 24 ;)6 6 1 1,60 .-.-- -.. •-•-• .--. .' ... .. ... ••• 93i -- .. .... r