The Press. — London, England, 1853-09-17 00:00:00

478 Cuinza--C. .1. Martin (1347), from the hosperietwe, bO, screw frigate, Channel fleet, to the President, as secretary's clerk ; W. Evans, to the flaperieuse, vice Martin ; J. W. Nicholls, to the Tribune, 31, screw, Channel fleet; Richard F. Wily (1052), to the FL Jeestc r Acre, 101, screw steamship, at Devon port. MtOIIIZTAIRY'S CLILIIIII—Edward Faulkner (147), to the la prep ware, 10i, deg-ship of Admiral S. J. A. °coma:wry, K.C.11., at Davenport. CUMIN' H. Mould, to the Nephew, 120, gl um. ship of ordinary. at Portancouth ; C. P.l« Brockman, to the Blrsinibell. Bryan Stratford, 11. J. Aldrick, Jelin Rivers , and F. A. Mlles have been appointed Clerics' Assistants. lirrat.mozwcz has been received from Tahiti to the be. ginning of June. The situation of the country was satiie hictory. Agriculture war gaining ground, and th,• produce of the w,il hail led to a considerable amount of con 1111 l Tee with California. During the preceding Ms the the number of vessels which had arrived hail almost &sailed. LAST week a fanner, in the commune of liersittnes (Allier), wait overtaken when at work in his field by a vi lent storm. He pre/meted to a young man who wits with bins to take shelter under a large oak, but the latter refused, *eying that it was dangerous. " Noteseispie, replied the fanner," the tree has mood where it is new fur a hundred years, and the lightning has never tout-heti it ; I shall get under its shelter." He iseciirdingly went. and hail not been there a minute 'serer.. the tree was shivered by light ning, and the man kwicked senseless. IN Yottmstutte there, are ten peeks of foxhounds. sits.' pack of staglitoutitht, and five or six of limners, equal in all to thirteen or fourteen packs of foxhounds. Thirteen packs of ttttt nil*, of fifty couple each—i.e., I .:1141114 omits, consume annually 2111) tons of oatmeal, at a rust ni 2,11400/., besides the eannuses of about 2,010 dead horses, worth nothing if nit home's went kept. 'Mere are at least 11140 bunting men in Yorkshire, keeping upon* nn uverage flour horses each ; 4,111N1 homes w ill (mis t th em 1101,114M11., to !MN. each ; and their keep mt 51 N. per ennuis etteh itiotkem 24111,1110 1 1/.intore ; 4,111141 boners employ %LIMN) men as gnotilliN (generally Ole sittispring of thesgiieultnrul pt opulatis on and tooltsume allrtttelly 411,111N1 I 1 11:1111.N Irf • 2,01001) o f b eni p s , sod 5,1MN1 Isms tor bay and grass Eeerc Ironies man shut is benetiteti by hunting—titiliors. slitoeinakent, blaeksmithm, meddlers, druggists, surget eterinary surgeons, Sol'. if rex-hunting was given np, where would the farmer find a market fur the alsove 01' for a well.bred home of four sir rive years old? foxes are the farmers' heist friends, and they ought to use evert exertion to preserve them, and prevent them being stolen, to be snit where mutters ior hounds are u n sportsmanlike tieing)* to purchase thetn, 110 matter trent whence they 1,01111.. THE AbI..IOPIN 111'0NNE1.11., ot't irt•lNdi, 1s HD noisnord in a French journal, the impartial •11 1 ,. event took plate, suddenly, in the small town of I John (Wonnell was N bristlier or the Libertiter. and, during his long career as a nomitlent 'amnion' on the Isteks of the Lakes of Killoniey, was N Mandel sof and public spirit, truly liberal, and universally looptilitr. many national queostiono, he took visors altogether at VA. littliett with thoee of his late brother. AIIONO TINE 1111111.11EANTUIPS of alli gators," " largest crocodiles in the world," " pa ttttt NM.," •' wild men," tkc., with which the New York t'rtstal Palace its surrounded, was a vile imitation of Mathew , Wharton's' "model artials"—a set of haggard women and some dilapi dated drunkard's, covered coarsely in liettlectolotired cotton, set up to imitate the Venus and Apollo, the .luttio, !diners's, Ajax, Hercules, ('airs and Abel, and other of the nude an tiques. Some Puritan fanners from New England, not knowing the nature of the spectacle, were retrapped into this den, and, no doubt, the proprietor eougratulated hula pocket as he dropped ill the six unexpected quartet-dollant. But, behold the fallibility of human hope! The Puritans no sooner gut a glimpse of the sibontination than their wrath arose—grim, resolute, and terrible; they deuttuttled their money back ; it was refused, and the proprietor le vented; then slid the Puritans lay violent hands on that heathen deity Apollo, and hint did they cudgel and kick down stairs into the street, pursuing the /NNW shivering wretch until he rushed up the steles of the ',attire, leaped across the check-taker's seat, and literally totok shelter among the sculpture of the Italian department, whit+ lies immediately to the left of the entrance by which he his unweleome visit. lirreted with roars of laughter front the spectators, the unlneky refugee was taken by the pollee ; and the pug of which he was a member hopelessly seat tared and broken up. Considerable curiosity was, on Monday, excited amongst the passengers by Westinitisterhridge, by the operations of a party of divers examining the bed of the river. prepa ratory to the construction of the new bridge at Westminster, the works for which will shortly commence. The works of the Italian Central Railway have been commenced in the section comprised between Florence and the Roman frontier, rid Arczzo, and will he curried on with activity. The contractor is an Englishman. Mr. John Ciandell, who has undertaken to complete tht• hoe within forty-two months. The manufactures in the United States eng.iged on .tune 30, 1800,a capital of 330,000,000d011ar5. The value of the raw material used up annually was :$50,1100.10 t ,1 0 11. 1 m. The amount paid for labour was 240,010,000 dollars. The number of persons employed was 1,034),n00, and the re• suiting vane of the rnanActured articles 1.020 3 o,i dollars. An English gentleman is now at Naples seeking a con• MOUS for an electric telegraph communication between Naples and Sicily. If the King entertain* the propofiition in a military point of view, it is considered possible that request may prove successful ; but intercommuniestbbn, generally, is just what the Government is snxions to poid. THE PttiSS. The editor of the Elmira (U.S.) liqiiiblioan notifies his subscribers and others that his fighting hours are between 10 and 12 cm., when be will be happy to Yee any one who wants anything." An English engineer is in Naples employed by a com pany to drain the celebrated lake of Encino. by which means an immense extent of valuable land will be re• claimed. The shares will be brought into the English market. Messrs. liresset and Torlonia, the Roman bankers, are said to be interested in the speculation. Cane' gbaktt nub Citg nttiligentt. Vanua EvENtsii. TuE same causes winch for so many weeks have been in operation, and have produced so depressing till in fluence on the Money Market, still continue, and consequently produce the same effects. We will re- capitulate them. The unsettled state of the Turkish question—the continued drain of gold from the cotters of the Hank, and the consequent demand for money—the appre- hvii,ions relative to the harvest, and Mr. lavAlstune't; ti►►au,•ial dilemma. our monetary system being based on gold, so long as the drain continues die Bank of England has no alternative but to raise the rate of discount until the exchanges turn in favour of this country, and yester day it was raised to 41 p►er cent. In expectation of this event, the demand for honey was very great, and the applications f o r discount at the Bank were, in anticipation of raising the rate, 1111 l totally large. An immense amount of ~ttwk, both f o r money anti on speculation, has been thrown on the market, which has caused a depreciation of about per cent. in (7onsols, which have been as low as 111 for money, and 93 for the account. The question arises, and will s►snter or later force itself on the consideration of the financial and con menial world, whether they are t be subjected to these continual thtetutit• and uncertainties as to the obtaining ()rummy, because the Bank of England happens to have live or six millions less of gold in its rollers. Front the beginning of the year to the present time the gold in the Bank has been diminished by **bent that sum, and the rate of discount has risen in consequence from '2 to 4e per cent. The funds since Jauntily have depreciated full 5 per cent., and railway properly nearly 20 per cent. ; so that in these two items the difference in price amounts to about ninety millions sterling. But this is not the extent of the evil. We have no hesitation in saying that, if the drain of gold continues, our commereial pros perity will be endangered, and especially the Aus tralian, Californian, and Plena trades, f rom w hi c h r.turns cannot. be (11116111'11 fin . Many mouths after the shipment of goods. A difficulty may arise in the renewal of the aceionmodation required to early on these trades, which might cause so serious a diminu tion in our exports, especially to Amstrads, that eon sequences of the most alarming nature might arise. We mention these trades, as requiring the longest credits ; lint the whole commercial world will sutler mon( or less, and this because the Bank of England has temporarily dve millions of gold less in her coffers. In due course we shall obtain large quantities,— rom Aust rade in return for sh tents—from France in payment for curie and railway shares. We shall also dispose of Americtut stock and railway debentures, in which the public have invested largely in the United States. We must also bear in inind that gold, an almost indestructible commodity, is being produced at the rate of forty millions per annum. Under these circumstances, although the commercial world may have to undergo a severe pressure, so long as gold continues to be drained from the Bank, it is certain that this pressure can be but temporary, and ought not under a better regulation of the Bank to occur at all ; for we estimate that the amount of gold that will accumulate next year in the coders of the Bank will be larger than ever. The rate of money on the Continent is lower than • in London. At Amsterdam it is 2 per cent.; Paris, 3 per cent.; Hamburg, 3 per cent. About wow/. have arrived from Australia during the week; and the shipments of silver to Chins have been suspended. The exchanges are again ti►mer to-day. To all these indications of an improved state of things the only drawback is that there is a rise in the Corn 31arket to-day of 3s. to 4s. perquarter. Money is abundant in the Stock Exchange ; the rate being about 3 per cent. on the security of stock and F.xcliequer Bills, which latter have been sold at Ss. discount. But it must not he forgotten that a large portion of this stock will hays to be replaced, as the operation bas been t 4 raise money on stock in SATURDAY, the Stock Exchange at a low rate of interest, and to supply the commercial world at a higher. The rate of discount is to-day to I. Consols close 90} for money, and 901 a for the account. FOREIGN FUNDS. The Foreign Market has been subjected to a severe depression, in consequence of large quantities of stock on which advances had been made being thrown on the market for sale. No stock has suffered more than Peruvian on this account, which is aggravated by the growing dis pleasure which exists on the part of the agricultural interests at the short supplies of guano, for which there would be, at reasonable prices, an almost un limited consumption. It would be worth while for the Peruvian Government to have vessels of its own for the regular supply of guano, and to break up the present grinding monopoly, which is alike prejudicial to the credit of Peru and our agricultural interests. Peru, in rive years, could liquidate the whole of her debt by these means. It is probable there will be improved prices for most of the foreign stocks, as they have been un , naturally depresssed from forced sales. RAI MAYS. A panic has pervaded the Railway Market, caused by the fall in Consols, and also from large quantities of pledged stock being forced on the market. Apart from this, which will terminate when the monetary pressure ceases, the increase in the traffic is extra ordinary ; and it must be borne in mind that almost all the railways at the present prices pay nearly 5 per cent. There is no real ground for the present deprecia tion ; and, when the causes to which we have above alluded ce*se, the reaction will be very rapid. PRICES CURRENT. BRITISH FUNDS.— Cloi OFFICIAL QUOTA' Mond. Trend. --.. 8 per Cent. Consols 4l 4 . 9 1 1. 0 511 nitto fur Account 3 per Ceuin Reduced 3} per Cents !Ann; Annuities Houk Stuck, 7 per Cent India titock.loe per Cut 25 44 Ex. 11. lIIIIs, Id. per illein4 dpnr 2 d pnr Wig Boutin, (IOW) lpai :: p 3td 1 4d pal 2 phi 9bl '•ibi tr 4 - J7l SO On OM. ed. 2d 411 3 4dl 5 11 ITION. , Wed. i TLure., Friday. .4/6/1,51 95t U 4 7011EIGN RAILWAYS. Ante. & Rotterdam 11ezierealu Ili rasa. Belgian Era. June. Charleroi it Eriiiied LVuu & 'Hitch Rhei 1 East 'Wiwi Do. Extennioti tit. 111111111 Pe . U rand J one. of 'era. 6 t. Cana.. Hid „ lids. Ohl is.) D. 73 'AVILA; Pis. Luxembourg . Lyons L Meditemt Madras ilisi lit C 4 par 1 pull Maria Antouia....l Niuu.tt I.ge.(wtliini GI 7 Northeni of Frauee , 34a 34* orit e. Trunk Pref. ea 9 Paris it I.youi 3t t p l'aris it Orleans 4e 50 l'aris k Murn 44 43 Paris & Strasbourg $U t l'ar.,Caen A Cherb. S 41P Quebec& itieliniud. iN Rouen Havre 2oa Royal Swedish... dos Sambre& Meuse Stli•East. of Franee i pin Southern of France 4 5 p, Upper Willow Scrip par p 1 est Flanders 4} 1 Western of France 9 91 . 1) {Velum. of Switzer 1 1 01111;1 Zealand 3 9 di*, 0;1 7 311 r 11;1 1 ii;ul 4; 9 41 42 fond. Belgian 44 pCt. Ditto Brazilian n 110. New• 4i Buenos Ayres a Chilisu (' Danish 5 Ditto 3 Lich. (Es 12 tiud )24 Ditto 4 French >l Do. 4i Do. Bank Stock Griunnia Deferred Mexican 8 Do. Aee..utit 3 Peruvian 4l Peruvian Scrip.... Portugues• 4 Russian 6 Ditto 4l Sardinian 5 -.- Spanisis 3 Do. Now Deferrsd 3 Ditto (Paul i's) Voneuels N wt; r7f 041 lillf 641 SIEK/Of. 91 i kss ii N 154, 111 Mt& WOE 115 lu9 Mowlay. 'fileaday. Woineg. Thurs. 1 tii.lir I! 14.1 i,. 2 It .lisi 2 lidia 1 iii Al 11 iqtl, 11 4./ LI; 1/ 0141' 11 / 11 1i 11 I $ll I:li ll} 131 11041 14. I 3 14i II 2t 11, 1 2pi 1 2pl 1 2p I 1 2/ 21dih r 2/ 21.1i,12t 21.IisAlt 2idis; A 4}p 1 i 0 4 40. 1 4 4 11 P f „ i If 1„ 4 II 2 „ it 1 1 1 .. 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