The Press. — London, England, 1857-08-29 00:00:00

854 North Midland system. Canadian shares are also better a little. In French no change of importance. To-day all descriptions were heavy and from tot lower. Ottoman Bank Shares are about one-half per cent. better. In Miscellaneous and Mining Shares little or nothing has been doing. Operations in laying down the submarine telegraphic cable from Ireland to Newfoundland are likely to be delayed now until nest year. Meantime the shares have slightly improved, but the quotations are nominal. The meetings of the directors, at which the causes of the late failure, and the arrangements for the future, were dis cussed, were all private, and nothing has been allowed to be known except that which has proceeded from the Board officially. Under these circumstances several rumours of a prejudicial character have been floating about, from which, if they may be believed, it appears that the experiment, either from mismanagement or other causes, was a more decided failure than the public have been led to suppose. The affairs of the Surrey Gardens are in sad confusion. The whole of the capital has been lost, and there is a debt of 20,090/. besides. Who is to blame does not yet fully appear ; but a well known political character, who has lately been a recipient of Government patronage for zealous electioneering services, is mixed lip with the con cern in a very peculiar way. The shareholders have been •ictimised by flaming reports and by cooked accounts. Their indignation is unbounded. A petition to wind up is now before the Court of Bankruptcy. One of the most discreditable cases connected with the management is, that poor old Mrs. Seacole has not received a farthing out of the proceeds of the benefit nights given on her behalf. Several heavy failures have occurred in Liverpool through Stock Exchange dealings. One is that of a large commission•house of high standing, which was reported to be very wealthy. Another case is before the criminal courts. In consequence of these disasters the leading journal has been Indulging in severe remarks upon the commercial morality of Liverpool. Indignant replies have been made, in which odious comparisons are suggested. The controversy is still going on, causing amusement here and anger in Liverpool, both sides professing to be ani mated by the best motives, and so on. It would be better to stop it at once. The whole body of British merchants in London and Liverpool are not to be condemned as un sound merely because a few among them have unwisely involved themselves in gambling speculations. Complaints are made of the irregularity of the Austra lian mails, in consequence of the break up caused by the disabling of the Oneida. It does not appear likely that the service will become regular until after the 11th Sept. A line of steamers is to be established between Panama and Sydney, by which Sydney will enjoy the advantage of being the first Australian port of arrival and the last of de parture. The accounts of the Board of Trade for the month and seven months ending July 31 have been published. A very large increase is shown in our exports for both periods. During the month they amounted to the value of 12,201,532/., and during the seven months to 73,027,913/. A dividend at the rate of eight per cent. per annum has been declared by the directors of the Ottoman B tnk. The business of the undertaking is making satisfactory progress. The Southampton Dock Company have divided at the rate of four per cent. per annum, and the Submarine Te legraph Company at the rate of sever per cent. The afftirs of Messrs. Gotch. of the Kettering Bank, have passed into bankruptcy. The liabilities are 150,1)001. and the assets 75,0001. A call of 15/. per share has been made upon the share holders in the London and Eastern Banking Company, with an intimation that unless it be paid the concern must go into bankruptcy, as the assets turn out less than was expected. Many persons wish that it may, as the revela tions will expose acts believed to surpass in iniluity even those of the Royal British Bank. Vice-Chancellor Wood has given judgment in favour of the Great Northern Preference Shareholders in their suit against the directors to restrain them from paying any dividend to the ordinary shareholders without first paying in full the preference dividends accrued stnce June, 1856. An appeal is threatened. Meanwhile a severe contest will take place at the half-yearly meeting of the proprietors to-morrow. The Bank of Egypt have declared a dividend at the rate of six per cent. upon the paid-up capital, free of income tax. The Provincial Trade Reports are upon the whole midis factory, but trade is quiet. BRITISH FUNDS.— Closing Priors. OFFICIAL QUOTATIONS. ,Mond. Tuesd. Wed. Thurs. Friday 3 per Cent.Consols 941 i9O 1 1 501 90; I,COI Ditto for Acoount lOl UN IMa 1 , 001 a 901 3 per Cents Reduced .... 9 0 I'9l 191 s. 21 90; 3 per Cente Long Annuities Hank Stock T per Cent. 216 ,2141 I i2lti New 3; per C . ent Annuit I 215 el Kx.311. Bills, 21d. India Bonds,( 1,00014 l7 13th —20 d FOREIGN FUNDS. Per Cent. Mond. rum!. Wed. Thure. Brazilian 3 1013 1 I 102 Danish 5 Men. (Fix 12 Ouil )ki I j 64 French I 67f 05e 66f 20e Do. 44 f 4 t e Do. Dank Stock I —f.— f. Mexican 3 Peruvian 44 Portuguese 4 Russian 4i lipapisla " - i ccrssc f co 122 i 2 tl G.' 96c 22i Fridly. f a f o 90 .)1 - 5i - 941 Ott II 94j 99 8j - 91i i 1II01(11/2 ACO.O THE PRESS, AUGUST 29, 1857. BANK OF ENGLAND, An Account, pursuant to the Act 7th and Ath Victoria, cap. St for the week ending on Saturday, the 22nd day of Aug., 1857, Thurs. Friday. 6 Asj 6j it 1. 31 Ad 3Ad 19 190 9e4j 9.1 g 193 1 ; 1 9 3 211 2A 211 2A 26g 7, 26; 7A 17 18, 17 . 8 7a a 341 i 9 10 351 a 67 69 Thwr. iBf 1 . ) .88 !/1 79180, .33 31 191 20 31 54 954 64 96 7 103 6 1 543 4 1 .9341001 bi 6.1 104 a , ',Bl 4 In Cl •;i id 47 8 4 1 Sid 7 8 - - - ,• 6 i 7 ng 2i 85 8C '.11,i 2' 1 138 42 311 £ 9 10 95i e la 9 Frill at 9 86 88 sot 35 b 20 I 48 51 95 61 11/ 96 7 103 L3l 4 99 / 104_ 6 1 99 j--i 3 1001 81 84 61 3 3i d 471 $ 4} 4d ti 31 3 1;)2, 4 lUit 7i ni 92 3 83i 4 11i 2 1 ' i 2 4 10 12 214 .724 13d 42 14 4 11 2 32 4 10 12 ENGLISH GRAIN SOLD LAST WEEK Wheat, 81.149 • barley, 2,405; oats, 4,037; rye, 698; beans, 1,964; peas ,1,087 quarters. BREAD—The prices of wheaten bread in the metropolis are Rd to 9d; of household ditto, Gd to 7,d per 4lbe loaf . TEA—Advices from China state that the shipments of tea, compared with last season, have exhibited a decline of more than 27,000,00011 m. This intelligence has given a firmer tone to the market, and it is difficult to purchase common sound Congou at is 2gd per lb. The show of samples is however, tolerably good. Other kinds are as follows:—Congou, is 2d to 2s 6d; Ning Yong and Oolong, is 3d to 2s; bouchong, Is 3d to 2s 64; Flowery Pekoe, 2s Gd to 4s; Caper,— ; Scented Caper, Is 3d to is 10d; Orange Pekoe, is 2d to is 4d; Scented Orange Pekoe, is 8d to 2s 4d; Twankay, 94 to is 3d ; Hyson Skin, 8d to Is 2d: Dyson, is 44 to 4s; Young Ilyson, 104 to Is 4d; Imperial, is to 2s 4d; Gunpowder, is to 3s 6d; Assam, 4s ld Gr 88 Id per lb. SUGAR.—Onr market has become somewhat firmer, and a tew sales of West India sugar have been effected at an advance of 64 to is per cwt. The business doing, however, is by no means extensive. West India has sold at 488 to 565; Bengal 47s to Os Gd; Mauritius, 44s to Os; and foreign, 48s to 55s Gd per cwt. Relined goods are in steady request. Brown lumps have realised 62s to 62s 6d; fine titters, 65a : and wet lumps, 61s 9d per cwt. Crushed is quoted at 468 641 free ou board. MOLASSES—A few parcels of good Antigua have sold at 24s per cwt. COFFEE —Fine coloury samples have sold steadily, and prices have had an upward tendency. All other coffees are quite as dear as lest week. COCOA—The demand is steady, but the business doing is very moderate. Compared with last week we have no change to notice in prices PROVISIONS—AII kinds of Irish butter have been in steady request, at fully last week's currency. Foreign qualities are steady, but not dearer. English butter is very firm, and the best Dorset is selling atllds per cwt. In bacon very little is doing, on somewhat easier terms. Hams and lard are no. altered. COTTON—A large business has been transacted in all kinds, at an advance in the quotations of from id to id per lb. HEMP AND FLAX—Hemp--both Baltic and Manilla qualities—has met a slow inquiry, on former terms. Flax is still heavy, and Coir yarn has fallen 20s to 40s per ton. WOOL—AII kinds are very firm, and the market generally is steady. The imports are very moderate. SPIRITS—For rum the inquiry has been confined to small parcels, at barely last week's currency. Proof Leewards, 2s 5d ; East India, 2is 3d to 2s 4d per galbo. Brandy supports late rates ; butmalt spirit continues dull. HOPS—The duty has advanced to 160,0001., and the plants. tion accounts are more favourable. New hops are on offer at from Si to 81 ba per cwt. Other kinds are very dull, and lower to purchase. METALS—Scotch pig iron has sold at 69s cash. Sprlter, on the spot, 301 15s to 311 per ton. Tin is dull, at 141 s for Banes. Copper is rather dearer. Cake is worth 1311 10s per ton; and manufactured, 134c1 per lb. POTATOES—The supplies are large, and the trade is steady, at from 3s to 6s per cwt. OlLS—Linseed oil, ou the spot, Is firm, at 391 15s to 401 per tun. Sperm is worth 901 to 931 per tun. Olive is rather dearer. Spanish, 571 to 581. Turpentine is tolerably firm. TALLOW—The demand has fallen off, and prices are a shade lower. P. Y. C., on the spot, 625; September, 61e ed; last three months, 59s ed per cwt. COALS—Tantield Moor flutes. 14s Od; Walker Primrose, 13s 3d; Wylarn, los; Riddell, 15s Od; Eden Main, lbs Od; Braddyll's, 17s , Russell'a Hatton, 17a ; South Hetton, 17e 9d; Stewart's. lAs per ton. METROPOLITAN CATTLE—The supplies of fat stock on sale this week have been only moderate The trade generally has ruled brisk, and prices have had an upward tendency. Beef, from 3s Od to Os ; mutton Os 4d to 5s 4d; lamb, Is dcl to Rs; veal, 3s 6tl to 4s rid; pork, ba Id to is ea per Bibs to sink the offal. ..... NEWGATE AND LEADENRALL—Each kind of meat bag sold steadily, as follows :—Beef, from 35 2,1 to de ed ; mutton, 38 to 4e 10d; lamb, 4e 2d to be Bd; veal, 38 de to 48 pork, 3s 6d to is 8d per 81be by the carcase. FROM THE LONDON GAZETTE. Tuesday, August Z. BANKRUPTCIES ANNULLLED. CHARLES KNOWSLET, Exeter, draper —JOHN JOSEPH BUGGINS, Birmingham, silver plater- Jost:Pm CROFTS, Walsall, builder. BAVICRU pTs. THOMAS ELDRIDGE, Upper North•plaee, Gray's Inn-road, coachmaker—NATHANlEL RADMORR HAMMETT, Cardiff, Glamorganshire, grocer —JAMES PHILLIPS, Audlem, Cheshire, draper- PETER LAWRENCE. Eastcheap. City, fruit dealer an d grocer—JoHN PEACOCK, Manchester, starch manu facturer—SAMUEL COOKS, Dudley, leather dealer—JOHN LONG• TON, Liverpool, shipbroker—JOHN STOKES, St. George-Street, St. George's in the East, cornchandler and grocer GEO. HOLT SKINNER. Queen-street, Cheapside, corn and general merchant —EDWARD PETTER and Wm. ARUNDEL OaTET, Barnstaple, De vonshire, ironfouuders —.lons SWAN, Leadenhall street, mer chant—Wm. STEWARD. Darlaston. Staffordshire, clothier. SCOTCH SEQU EST It AT lONS. It'Artsom and FORRESTER, drapers—C. DUNBAR, Janetstown. Caithness, inn- keeper and merchant—B. W. A. SLEIGH, Edinburgh, merchant —W. Mu mix and Co., Aberdeen, warehousemen—A. LISTON, Newhaven, grocer. ISRUZ DZPAATMEI4T. Notes Issued .... 225,035,410 Government Debt £ll,olsaon Other Securities .. 3,459,140.1 Gold Coin 3c Bullion 1h.Z.61.420 Silver 425,075,765 ;PARTIVENT. Government Seen- rities (including Dead Weight An.) i 10,591 654 Other Securities .. 17 3."43.3z4S Notes Gold et Silver Coin £25.0 1:),41t) BANKING I)h ProprletoneCapitalgl4,ss3. o4l6, Rest Public Depositn• 5,796.203 Other Deposits 9,765,803 Seven Day & other Bill. X 34,443,565 ► Including Exchequer, Commissioners of National Debt Skrings' Banks, and Dividend Accounts. .t1ti5.641 .134,443,565 FOREIGN RAILWAYS, Afo ltd. Antw. & Rttrdm C I Belgian East. J. 4 1} Dutch Rhehish 4t id Riot Indian 1001 Ot. Indian Pen 191 f G.W.ofCan.,Sh 20! It Lyons & Geneva 264 71 NI adras Namur& Liege 7@ 1 Nrthin.of Frain 341 I Norw. Trak. Pd 5 10 Paris & Lyons 351 6 Paris & Orleans ! 57 50 ?aria & Rouen I RAILW/A6--. Aberdeen Wolv.& Stour Val Bristol a:id Exeter Caledonian Chester and Holyhead Cork and Bandon Dublin & Belfast Juno. East Anglian Eastern Ilnior.(B) East Lancashire Eastern Counties Great Northern Gt. Sth. and %Vst of Ire. Great Western Lancashire& Yorkshire Lon., Cilbury4 S. 13rkg. Lon., Brighton, dm London and Blackwell London and Nall. West lidland Newmarket Newry and Enniskillen Norfolk Vrthrn. Counties Union North British North Stanrashire , North-Western Oxf Wrcatr., and MAY.. 7. Scottish Central Scottish Midland -tooth Devon .... South•Easternand Duv. South. Western South Wales Waterford & Limerick M ISCELIANEOUS— Australian Agricultural Canada .. Crystal Palace Crystal Palace of France North British Aus, Laud Peel River Land & Scottish Aust. Invest. South Australian Lace Van Inemon's Land , Tuesday. Widnes. 6 6i 6 1 I 4 3id 1,1i4 1003 i 99 191 1 1 1 31 261 71 24/ 17 18 -- 71 3 :q _a - 6" lu 35i 67 59 17 18 it 3i i 1 j 9 10 354 i 57 59 SHARES Afoltd. , Tuesd. Wed. -- -- 84 9 I :84 -- 9 ,84 9 I 8$ 10 88 90 A , .; 90 1 1 ,81 24 72 4 794 80 35 6!35 38!3.5 36, 194 20 . 194 201 48 51.!48 51. 96 • , 9514 641 114 4 114 41 96 896 7, 105 1103 6 53 i' s3 l 49 4 ( 29 4 p p, 104 6,104 & 6 6 109 4 102 4' 834 4'834 4 I -- 63 1 64,63 64 3 id 3 id 44 4464 6 4 461 '4 64 4'4 41 7617 9 6 31 301 3 los 4 1 10 4 71 rsin Ts' 14 74 164 74 71 2 71 2 934 44 934 41 84 84054 63 -- I -- 214 24,214 2i 131 42'138 42 4 14 I 1 14 4114 4 '62 4 I . i3I td : 45 C Gil At 4d 7 8 3 102 4! 71 1712 21! 931 41, 84 Sts 21i 4 1136 411 Ita it It 2 ;II 2 32 4.32 4 10 .2 10 12': e 11 2 .11 32 4' It.) 12 '3l 3 102 41 Friday, August 28. BANKRUPTS.—THOMAS Brtooxs, Witney, Oxfordshire, mop manufacturer—FßEDEßlCK LEWIS, Surrepplace, Kennington park, surgeon—CHARLES JOHN CARR, Belper, engineer-- WILLIAM HART, Charlotte•street, Blackfriars•rcal, wine and spirit merchant—FREDERICK RICKARDS, Farnborough, coach proprietor—JouN Mats GOTCH and THOMAS HENRY GOTCH, Long•acre, bankers--CHARLES WALKER and FREDERICK JAMES WALKER, Commercial•road, East, drapers—J. HORNER HOLE Birkenhead, broker—Cauca PlEziE, Saffron Weldon, Essex , matting manufacturer—CHßlSTOPHEß B►ncxa, Liverpool, ship chandler—THOMAS BENNETT, Derby, miller—CHAßLas HENRY WlllTE.Soutliampton. glass dealer, SCOTCH SIND ESTRATIONS.—JamEs STEWART, Edin burgh, confectioner—JOßN Itt'AuLs.v, Glasgow, chemist—JOHN SMITH, Hilton by Kettle, Fifeshire, manufacturer. BIRTHS. CARDEN—On' the 18th instant, at Templemore Priory, Tem• plemore, Lady Carden, of a son. DE LALAING— On the 26th instant, in Upper Berkeley-street the Countess De Lalaing, of a son. DOUGLAS—On the 23rd instant, at St. Leonard's-on-Sea, Lady Elizabeth Douglas, of a son. MUGGERIDGE—On the 21st instant, at High Ashurat, Surrey, Lady Muggeridge, of a son. SMITH—On the 21th instant, at Kensington, the wife of Major Percy Smith, Queen's Bays, of a daughter. Tampatitan mullets. ( Reported exclusivelli for " T es Pimp.") CORN EXCHANGE—Raiher a large supply of new English wheat has been on sale here this week, in good condition; but the show of old qualities has coot tuned limited. The trade has been In a most depressed state, and prices have given way from 6s to us per quarter, without clearances beiug effected. In foreign wheat—the imports of which have fallen off —very little has been missing, at 2s to 3s per quarter less money. Floating cargoes have commanded very little att intion. There has beau a heavy sale for barley, and prices have given wa) is to 2s per quarter. In malt very little has been passing, and the quota. tious have a downward tendency. Good sound oats have realised full prices ; but inferior samples have gone rather lower. In the value of beans and peas no change has taken place. Flour has ruled heavy, and country marks have fallen is to 2e per 2601b5. ENGLISH—Wheat, Essex and Kent red. 443 to 60s; white, 461 to GU; Norfolk and Lincoln red, 46s•to 691. Malting barley, 40s to 465; grinding ditto, 231 to 33s : distilling, 37s to 401. Malt, 605 to 765. Feed oats, 21s to 261; potato, 27s to 325. Rye, 326 to 365. Tick beans, 36s to 395; Harrow, 36s to 40s; pigeon, 43s to 476. Grey peas, 40s to 446 ; maple, 42s to 46s ; white boilers, 40s to 44s per quarter. Town-made flour, 636 to s&s; country marks, 393 to 42s ; households ,466 to 47a per 2801bs. ♦RRIVALS THIS WEEK. Wheat. Barley. Malt. Oats . Flour. Enellsh 3930 .. 140 .. 1210 .. 700 .. 1160 Irish Foreign .. 3320 .. 2210 ~. sky. 1650 bls. LONDON AVERAGES DECLARED ON FRIDAY—Wheat, 5,146 quarters,64s 3d ; barley, 260 quarters, 45s 3d ; oats, quarters,—; rye, 39 quarters, 40s; beans. 44 quarters, 42s dd ; peas. 63 quarters, 425. IM PK RI AL Vl' l I IA AV N.: RAG FlS—Wheat, 59s 103 ; bar. ley, 39s 10s; oats, Vs lld ; rye, 33a lld ; beans,' 47s bd ; peas, 41a sd. THE SIX WEEKS' AVERAGES—Wheat, CO3 id; barl sr, Ns lid: oats, 28a ; rye, , L 404 ; beaus, 461 6d: yeas, tls 10d.