The Press.
London, England, 1854-10-28 00:00:00

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Commander—Frederick B. P. Seymour, of the Brisk, to
rank of Captain.

MR. MAURICE HARTMANN, the German poet whom
the Austrian agents seized at Bucharest, was for a
long time believed to be kept secretly in prison in
Vienna. It now appears that he is in Constantinople,
free, but severely indisposed.

glom! vadat attb' tit put.

FRIDAY EVICSING.
THE same general features which have now con-
tinued for many weeks still exist. The funds are
dull and inactive, and speculators are disinclined to
enter into transactions. In the middle of the week
many vague rumours were in circulation, such as
that Prussia was about to declare war against the
allies, and, in the absence of authentic intelligence,
these rumours contributed at one time to send
Consols down a half per cent. It is believed that
the present account is a " bear " one. Consols on
Mon lay opened at the closing prices of Saturday,
but soon declined a shade, and were quoted at 941
to 94g. To-day the prices are 94/ 1 for money, and
941 g for the account.
Money is abundant, with no great demand for it,
consequently the rate of interest is extremely low.
Advances on the deposit of stock have been made at
2/.los. and in some cases 21. per cent. The last return
of the Bank of England shows an increase of more
than half a million in the stock of bullion. The
unfunded debt presents a firm appearance. Ex-
chequer Bills are at Os. to 7s. premium. Indiaßonds
10s. premium. The Exchequer Bonds of 1859 have
been done at 991.
It is believed that the affairs of Mr. Oliver will
turn out better than was generally expected. A
statement has been issued, from which it would ap•
pear that a surplus will remain after payment in full.
It is said that the trust-deed for the arrangement of
his estate has been signed by the London bankers
and discount houses, and that a meeting of the cre-
ditors will shortly be convened, when a plan will be
laid before them for the realisation of the assets.
The accounts of Mr. Milienry's affairs are also
favourable.
Two other failures have been reported, but they are
both insignificant in character and in amount. One,
that of Messrs. Lemon and Co., of Brentwood, de-
rives a factitious importance from the circumstance
that they are nominally bankers, but, in reality, they
were shopkeepers, the banking business being small
compared to their other transactions. The second is
that of Messrs. Porter and Stuart, iron-house builders
at Birmingham. Their liabilities are reported to be
25,000/. The failure is attributed to the non-arrival
of remittances from Austrailia, and it is believed that
20s. in the pound will ultimately be paid.
Early in the week the Lightning arrived from
Melbourne, after a passage of only sixty-three days.
The importation of gold during the week has again
been large, considerably exceeding half a million;
about 300,0001, of this was from the United States.
Other large consignments of gold-dust may soon be
expected, but it is supposed that the high price of
corn will check the importation of corn from
America.
A belief is entertained in some quarters that corn
may be obtained from the Black Sea ; Greek firms
in London are chartering ships with the option to
land them at various parts in the Euxine. It has
been alleged that there are immense stores of grain

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along the Danube, and it is said that the navigation
of that river might possibly be opened so that we
might thence receive a supply. During the last two
or three years the importations of corn from Den-
mark have amounted to a third as much as the im-
portations from Russia. Freights are declining, and
this will facilitate importations of " breadstuffs."
Dissatisfaction is still expressed at the indecision
manifested by the Government in not adopting any
resolution as to the manner in which the indirect
trade of Russia is to be dealt with.