The Press. — London, England, 1858-08-07 00:00:00

shortly before Christmas last, since which time be bad " hunted her life out" by his incessant amatory visitations, and on more than one occasion she had bidden herself under the bed to escape the perse cution. On the day before the marriage he called at the house, and pathetically implored a short interview with her daughter, which she imprudently granted ; and as soon as he had gone the girl told her that he bad threatened to stab her to the heart unless she consented to marry him. On the following day her daughter stealthily left the house, but returned, after a prolonged absence, in great agitation, and told her that the youth had met her in the City and taken her to church, where their marriage was solemnized, and afterwards consum mated in a house in the neighbourhood, to which they went, but that he had since deserted her. The young bride, who was timidly shrinking back behind her mother, was called forward, and in answer to the magistrate's questions as to whether the facts stated were correct, bashfully replied—Yes, he made me marry him, and on going away he told me that he bad done it all out of »Fort, because I was acquainted with another young man, who would have nothing more to say to me after what had happened. The magistrate observed that it was the strangest piece of business that had ever been brought under his notice, but as both parties were under age, and the young girl had manifestly acted under constraint, he conceived there would be n J difficulty in obtaining a dissolution of the marriage at the Ecclesiastical L'ourt. In the meantime, however, the boy husband was bound in law and honour to protect the girl whom he had beguiled into such a silly engagement, and to contribute towards her support as far as his means allowed. Nam Parket anb atitg gattiligente. FRIDAY EVENING. THE return of the Bank of England for the week ending Wednesday last, the 4th inst., shows the following changes compared with that for the week preceding : Increase in Circulation Increase in Public Deposits Decrease in Other Deposits Increase in Government Securities 156,891 Decrease in Other Securities Increase in Bullion Increase in Rest 108,0.56 Decrease in Reserve .. Bullion in both Departments Circulation, including Bank Post Bills Some of the changes shown by this comparison pos sess considerable importance. Owing to the with drawal of Private Deposits, principally for dividend purposes, the circulation has increased, while there is a falling off in the Reserve, which, however, appears to have been compensated by the addition to the Public Deposits. The Private Securities continue to decline, indicating that the discount business of the Bank is inactive. The diminution is only trifling, but it is indicative of the state of the Money Market out of doors. The Bullion again shows an increase; and there is reason to believe that the succeeding return will make the total stock fully seventeen millions and a half. There is a falling off in the Coin, caused probably by harvest payments in different parts of the country. The Money Market continues to be superabun dantly supplied, and capitalists have been sorely complaining of the difficulty of finding employment for their reserves even at the moderate rate of from two and a quarter to two and a half per cent. They are, therefore, rather shy of addir.g to their unem• played means ; consequently there is a mass of money in the different banks returning no profit to the owners. In the early part cf the week, and again yesterday and to-day, there was a pretty good demand in the open market, caused in the first instance by the preparations to retire commercial acceptances, and afterwards by an announcement from the India house of the intention to complete the 8,000,0001. loan, and the payment of the deposits upon the Red Sea Telegraph shares. Yet these inci dents made no impression upon the supplies. The only feature attending them was a slight hardening in the terms ; and at this moment the market retains all the ease which has so long characterized it. The requirements of the India n L oan , an d t h e dispoaiiiou there is to introduce various Joint Stock under takings, may, however, cause some change in this respect before vary long. The announcement from the India-house appeared on Wednesday. It was to the effect that the Com pany are ready to contract for the issue of debentures to the amount of 3,570,0001., the residue of the loan of 8,000,0001. authorized by Parliament in the late session. The debentures are to run for five yearP, to bear four per cent. interest, and to be in sums of 0001. and 1,0001. each, with half -yearly coupons payable in April and October. The tenders are to be for not less than 1,0001. each. They will be re• ~,~` ~~~` ~. THE PRES S, AUGUST 7, 1858. ceived up to the 17th inst. A deposit of five per cent. is required, and twenty per cent. is to he paid on the 23rd. The remaining seventy-five per cent. is to be paid in instalments of twenty-five per cent. on the 20th September, the 18th October, and the 15th November. Thirty per cent. of the previous loan have yet, nominally, to be paid, making 1,500,0001., but the larger proportion was paid at the commencement. There is no doubt that the amount will be raised without the slightest difficulty. It was announced yesterday that the Atlantic cable, which is to place this country in immediate tele graphic communication with the United States, had been successfully submerged. The intelligence diffused universal satisfaction, and it had a marked effect in improving the tone of business. There is now great anxiety for the entire completion of this noble enterprize. The shares of the company, which have been as low as 290, immediately advanced from 300 up to car or nearly so. Specie to the amount of 518,3641. has arrived since our last. Out of this amount about 115,0001. have been taken into the Bank ; 98,202/. have been sent to India and China ; and fully 170,0001. have been purchased for transmission to the Continent, for which there is still an exceptional demand, notwithstanding the state of the Exchanges. The most favourable features in the bullion market are, the resumption of large shipments of specie from the United States, with the prospect of a con tinuance of these operations, as the Exchanges at New York touch 110, and an advance in the Eastern Exchanges, which, if it does not bring back silver to this country, will certainly prevent the transmission of further amounts hence. The silver market, con sequently, remains dull, and though the price still remains at ss. lid., there are fears in some quarters lest it should return to the average of 1850, when it was no more than 4s. llid. Besides the above supplies of bullion, advices were received yesterday from Australia, from which it appears that the amount of gold now en route thence to this country is rather more than 1,122,000/. Under present cir cumstances nearly the whole of this sum may be expected to go into the Bank. The Funds have shown considerable firmness during the week, and a steady improvement has been established. Railway Shares have also established a decided advance. Altogether, though business is not very active, the tone has improved, and things are looking better and brighter. There are, however, occasional intervals of dulness. Consols, which closed this day week at 961 to 9 for the September account, advanced yesterday to 964 to 4. This morning they opened at 964 to ; but a succession of sales caused them to recede to 964 to 4, at which they finally closed, firm. Foreign Stocks have generally improved, the prin cipal advance being in Mexican and Brazilian. Railway Shares are about two per cent. higher than this day week, the improvement extending over all the leading lines except Great Westerns and one or two others. Banking and Miscellaneous Shares are all fairly supported. Exchequer Bills are a point lower than this day week. The range of fluctuation in the price of Consols during July was one and three-eights per cent., and the advance established was three-quarters per cent., the price having been 951 on the first, and 961 on the last day of the month. The lowest price was 944, and the highest 061. In the railway market the advance established was between five and six per cent., the most unfavourable exceptions baying been Great Western and Sheffield stocks. At the half-yearly meeting of the Bank of London, held on Tuesday, a dividend was declared at the rate of five per cent. per annum. The London and County yesterday divided at the rate of ten per cent. The London Discount Company's dividend is at the rate of five per cent. per annum. The half-yearly meetings of the several joint-stock banks in London are now completed. It appears from a table just published that their aggregate paid-up capital is 3,901,3051., and that while their current and deposit accounts reach the enormous amount of 39,520,5371., the guarantee funds do not exceed 740,200/. The following are the rates of dividend and bonus per annum, as declared at the recent meetings : London and Westminster London Joint-stock Union London and County Commercial .. . . City 8 Bank of London 5 i• Unity Western of London It should be mentioned that, compared with the preceding half-year, there has been a diminution in the aggregate amount of deposita of rather more than four per cent. ; and that it is believed the deposits in some of the leading private banks have increased in a greater proportion. The Great Western Railway Company will pay no dividend this half-year. The half-yearly dividend of the Electric and national Telegraph Company is at the rate of per cent. per annum. The Report of the Select Committee of the of Commons on the claims of the Governm ent Hanover to the Stade Tolls recommends that • should be given to terminate the treaty of li which the United Kingdom is bound to their ment. The Bank of Egypt purpose to divide at the of seven per cent. per annum for the Wryest the meeting of proprietors called for the 18th;- The Trade Reports this week are upon the extremely satisfactory. The only exceptions from the iron and hardware occupations in Birming. ham, Wolverhampton, and Sheffield, all of whirl , still heavily depressed by the recent collapse United States. They are, however, receiving from South America and the continent of Ei and the home demand is slowly reviving. In trades connected with cotton, wool, and flay, bracing by far the greater part of the manufaeti industry of the country, there is great activity. shire and Lancashire are in full employ. The trade indeed in all branches is reviving, and orders are increasing. Already this improveme-nt has developed considerable activity in the traffic of some of the railways, and it is evidi. the turning point has now been clearly passed BIRTHS. BOUGHTON—On the 24th ult., at Downton.hall, shire, Lady Rouse Boughton, of a son. FIENNF:S—On the 3rd Instant, at Kensington.gatt Augusta Fiennes, of a son. FITZ ROV—On the 4th instant, in Grosvenor-street, Fred. Fitzßoy, of a daughter. MKERLIE-0.1 the 22nd ult.. at Monkstown, near the wife of Lieut.-Colonel M'Kerlie, R E., of a daughter. PORTSMOUTH—On the 24th ult., at tlurstbouroe•park, the Countess of Portsmouth, of a daughter. MARRIAGES. BASSET—VEREKER—On the 26th ult., at St. Eaton-square, John Francis Basset, Esq., of Tehidyq. Cornwall, to the Hon. Emily Vereker, youngest daughter Viscount 0011- CAMPBELL—GI BBF.S—On the 23rd ult., at Dorset, Lieut.• Colonel C. F. Campbell, 44th Regt... daughter of the late Francis Gibbee, Esq., of Hare, Yorkshire. C 0 RNE WALL—MASTER—On the 29th ult.. at Moccss, fordahire, Harriett, daughter of the lets Sir George wall, Bart., to the Rev. Augustus Chester, sou of ( Master, of Knole-park. Gloucestershire MA RJO RI BA NKS —TIIOI7 ER —On the 27th ult., ton-hall, near Edinburgh, Sir John Marjoribanks, Charlotte Atholl Mary, daughter of Richard Trotter, of Morton•hall. RYCROFT—OGILVV —On the 27th ult., at Dundee, Itycroft, Esq., son of Sir Richard H. C. Rycroft, Bert., Juliana, daughter of Sir John Ogilvy, But., 31 P. WOODHOUSE —BU ROUYN E —On the 27th ult., James'. Church, Westbourne•terrace, Edward Si Woodhouse, Eaq., to Elizabeth Montagu, daughter of Sir John Fox Burgoyne, Bart., G.C.B. DEATHS. ASTIWORTII—On the Ist instant, at St. George's-place, General Sir Frederick Ashworth, aged 75. COPINGER—At Adelaide terrace, Dublin, Jane L. relict of the late Rev. J. Copinger, aged :id. COWLARD—On the Ist instant, at Reading, the Cowlard, aged 79. GRIFFIN— On the 29th ult., at Torquay, Lieut.-Colonel John Griffin, late of the 54th Regt. HART.—On the 24th ult., at Cheltenham, the Rev, Hare, D.D., Senior Fellow of Trinity College, aged 77. OSBORN—On the 30th ult., at Chicksands Priory, Laura zabeth, daughter of Sir George Osborn, aged 20. PEASE—On the 31st ult., at Northgate, Darlington, Pease, aged 91. RAM'SAY—Ou the 23rd ult, at Edinburgh, Isabella say. wife of the Very Rev. Dean Ramsay. TEESDALE—On the 24th ult., at Scarborough, Teesdale, Esq., of Milton, aged 86. VANSITTART—At Reading, Charlotte, relict of the Wm. Vansittart, D.D., aged 75. FROM THE LONDON GAZETTE. Tuesday, August 3. BANKRUPTCY AN N U LLED.—SA lava t. TROUNCE, Bristol , provision merchant. BANKRUPTS.—WILLIAN ELLERBT WHALEY and WILLIAM Jon. HILLSTEAD, WOod•aireet, Cb eapeide. warehousemen — SYDNEY HoDOKINSON. Queenhithe, wholesale ststioner—JoHN DERRICK ATERB and DAVID M'HAFFi late of Nottingham—Louis LICHTENsTEIN, Wood.street, Chea pelde, merchant—JANE. BATE. Birmingham, innkeeper—TMOMA ll GRAVE., and HENRY WILKINSON, Leamington Priors, pltuni . ers and glaziers—JOHN MILLER. NemeaStle•tilider•Lyne, travelling draper—SAN MIL STUART, W etinesbury, grocer—JANzs Ou.r.us, Exeter. boot and shoe manufacturer. SCOTCH SKQUESTRATIONS.- -CApEt. AUGUSTUS Ctrs. WOOD, Satan, in the Island of MuII—JOHN COLVILL, Glasgow carpet manufacturer--GEoROF. GARDEN. Broughtpferrii g rocer , —.Lams and WILLIAM APKENZIE. Glasgow, wrights am, builders--JosEpH STEVENSON, Glasgow, oil and colour merchant —,JOHN and JAKER Gow, Dryden Mains, near Hoehn, farinerS — Jour( SMITH, Glasgow, manufacturer. Friday, August 6. BAN K PTS.--rit ASLEF; WALTER, H igh-street,Marylebo ne, pawnbroker-4014w PrmsTow ,Spalding, Li nc olnshire, jeweller —GEORGE C. WILLIAMS, Notthampton, corridealer—Ggo ß " MELLON and JAKEN TERII4I, Manchester, joiners—Ml. l . lot Surrow, Yoshall, Staffordshire. grocer —CHARLCs WALTON and WILLIAM WALTON, GraCeellUloll-street, City, rhino/me" —Joint K. WERTItoPP, Staining-lane, City, glove manufacturer .—JOHN B. SMITH, SUM Warwick, baker. 8,30 CCH NEQUKSTKAIIONs.—JOHN MENZIEa, Glasgow' gardener—WlLLlAM GILL, sometime residing at Park-villas, Richmond—KOWLAND MUCKLESTON, Stratford-place, London, sometime dealer —JAMES NAusuros, Dundee, brewer. ind Inter. of s even H ome nrnent of 'at nonce 1 844, by heir pay. the rate if year, at th inst. the whole ms come Binning. which are tee in the lug orders f Europe, In all the flax, ern. ufacturing ity. York. The borne nd foreign provement the good % ident that sed. fibrop gate, Lady street, Lady sear Dublin, tughter. bouroe.park, St. Peter's, rehidy.park, daughter of tt Bwanage, gt.. to Lille, ' Harewuod, 'ocelt, Here. Kirge Come. of Colonel at Mot , ks, Bart., to 'ratter, Eau., [dee, Nelson ft, Bart., to ' • ult., at St. 11 Sebastian sr of General place, Lieut. L. Copinger, se Rev. Wui. euel Francis Rev. Charles ge, Dublin, r. Laura Eli. ton, Edward abella Ram. gh, Thomas the late Rev. 'E. NCE, Bristol, nd 'Mutsu , housemen — loner—Jam e lterg L eesr l f eaT7 , C Puhr f lul u vfta . :Pt e o dn:: : ( eg: n,ferry.ts y u il r r t r i e g aryi.ar h merchant g eweb . s Jeweller er—Ggoß" B —Wiwew ;s Was.Tos thipowuers