The Press.
London, England, 1856-01-05 00:00:00

SATURDAY,

and the closing Of. 30c. for money, and 63f. 66e. for
account, being nearly per cent lower than
th,, __....risnment of the Imperial
The capital to be subscriber] me Limited
Liability Act for
Hotel 0_ ...puny, whose projectors propose to pur-
&lase the site of the National Gallery, is 1,000,0001.,
in :0/. shares.
• - -

At the adjourned meeting of the Crystal Palace
Company to-day the report of the committee of
shareholders was received.

NEW STF.AV-SHIP COMPA.NT.—The Limited Lia-
bility Act of last year is beginning to be brought
iutu practical operation, and, so far as we can at pre-
sent judge, with advantage to commercial enterprise,
and to the public generally. " The London Auxiliary
Screw Steam-ship Company " is started on this prin.
ciple. The great demand for steam-ships created by
the enormous amount of transport service required
by the Government, and the high freights which
consequently prevail., have made the steam-shipping
interest uuprecedentedly prosperous, and the supply
has been quite unequal to the demand, our foreign
and colonial postage system having been disarranged
by the scarcity of vessels. The company now before
the public propose to build a fleet of iron clipper
vessels fitted with the auxiliary screw, and to be em-
ployed on any stations or service affording the most
profitable employment to their tonnage. The enter-
prise is a legitimate and very promising one, and
with ordinary good and scrupulous management—
a point of the first importance—can scarcely fail of
proving remunerative to the shareholders, and of
affording new facilities to our commerce and to the
service of Government. Similar companies when
well conducted have proved highly profitable, and, in
this case the company will start with the fairest pro-
spects, as its vessels will be constructed on the best
principle, combining economy with speed, and with
all the latest improvements which science has been
able to suggest.

BRITISH Ft
OFF to:

Closing Pricts.

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BANK OF ENGLAND.

An Account, puretTaTi-tri-o-teACIICh and tTtli Victoria, cap. 32
for the week ending on Saturday, the 29th day 01 Dec., 1056.

iSRUC DIZPAUTMENT.
Notes issued .... X24,v64,405 Government Debt X 11,015,100
Other Securities .. 3,159,900
Gold Coin it Bullion 10,189,465
Silver Bullion .... --

824,664,466

£24,664,465

BANKINO UI
ProprletoraTapital4l4,s33,ooo
Rest
Public I)eposiue 3,843,932
Other Deposits
Seveu 1h43, Jt other
131119

PARTMENT.
Government Seou-
rities (including
Dead Weight An.) 410.425.292
Other Securities 1U,777,860
Notes 5,983,8.50
Gold & Silver Coln 030,c7.3

801,908

£36797080
* Including Exchequer, Savings Banks, C,
National Debt, and Divi head Accounts.

£36,7771.80
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