The Express.
London, England, 1851-07-23 00:00:00

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LOCAL SIWIE AIARKETS.

LIVSRPOOL, JULY 22.—The slistre market hail ‘uffl•reil
relapse to-day, and the improved yppeerancee of yesterday have
vanished. There are very few buying onlere, and the on alio gene.
ratly in dull. The foilowiug are the traimiieti.dtm Kee( Lmenthire,
13i .Laneaehirearull'orkobire, 4G/ 71 7—lnttu ink!, e 7 d.—
lennlon and North Wyetern, e.—Dittu (hew I.ehure-d, 3 If P.
—Ditto (tilthebaree), 3j p.-21Phand, 37 a 7 ..—thtto int iiilarer)),
221 1 2 d.—South kendern end hirer, 24 1 I—York and Nut,lt Mid-
land, 17/ Id.
illicisroL, JULY 22.—The market wan somewhat improved,
and Sinai Wt-,terns, in wh.cli the tamely:a buswc, was trap...acted,
were date at IQ

EEEl;ti' Jri.v 22.—There is tin new feature in the sham
market this morning. Things continue fist, rind buyers are svey re.
I OCUlln operators. Closing sales were—Midland mock, 3;1; 311.
%Wands, 22 olio.: Leeds and Thunk Quarters, 12a. 6d. pm.; 'AMU.
shire and Yorkshire Maw. 9 Ain._ _ _

22.—Thcrc has bun no increase
of buntne,, buL prices um ilessisiily higher, Leeds tits& 114,113 sumo
20s. higher.

COMMERCIAL BANK OF LONDON.

The annual meeting of this company was held
yesterday at the bank in I.otlibury.
THOMAS BA 10: MALL, Esq., having taken the ehair,
Mr. CUTBILL, the manager, read the report and balance
sheet, from which we 'Atrial the following
It will be seen by the annexed balance sheet that,
after making full allowance for bad and doubtful debts, and
paying the charges and current expenses of the past year,
the net profits amuunt to 1.5,%ki11. Ids. ; out of these profits
a dividend, at the rate of it per cent. per annum fur the
half-year ending list December, 18.10, has been already
paid, and the directors have new to declare a dividend, free
from income tax, for the half-year ending 30th June, 1651,
at the same rate.

" After paying such dividend and deducting th, rehabs
of interest upon current bills, and also writiug off b per
cent. (2001.) front the item of I,OUO/. annually charged to
the bank premises account, there will remain a balance of
1,1911. 3s. bd. to be added to the reserve fund, thereby in-
creasing this fund to 28,0621. 17s. 11d.

Baum.: ;mgrs., 30ni J 1.141, In.

robed

td pd up.

/I5?,100 0 0

fhTtranke had invevtml in government new-Hies
II lance due to the cu.t. mere of the bank
&dance carried down, after deducing bad and
donbtlul debt; and p-ying all charges and earrent

21:511 14 5
761,3&1 14 S

CXI4IAN

15,551 13 0

5V46,32S 1 8

Cash In hal,d, government 'neuritic% India bonds,
bails di•coonted, it £352,323 1 a
Wass of Winking premi.ea, fitting., and Amass; at
Lathbury and llettriettagitrect 4,001 0 0

Z54,3:5 1 11
The CHAMIAN, in moving the adoption of the re-
port, alluded to the prosperou4 state of their business
(luring the past yi ar—a state of things which would have
justified an addition to their dividend; but the directors
thought it more conducive to the stability of the hank
*to go on increasing as feet as possible their reserve fund.
(Hear, hear.)
The motion having been seconded, was passed una-
nimously.
A dividend at the rate of 6 per cent. per annum was also
agreed to.
Mvars. Archibald, Barnewall, Hopkinson, and Osenford
were re-elected directors.
The meeting then adjourned.

Tae CROPS IN IRELAND are now passing
through the most critical period of the season, and the state
of the weather—its main characteristic is the continuity of
rain—has become a source of serious anxiety, as so much
as regards the condition and prospects of this country,
necessarily depends upon the result of the harvest. Tho
accounts respecting the potato crop aro very conflicting.
some asserting in the most positive manner, that the old
disease has re-appeared, whilst, according to the reports
pretty generally, there is not the slightest symptom
of blight, and the potato fields present a healthy and luxu-
riant appearance. The intelligence from the most accurate
quarters, however, leave no room for doubt that the disease
has manifested itself in some localities, especially in moun-
tain districts adjoining the coast, but up to this time it is
extremely partial and less virulent than in any previous
year. The moist weather is considered unfavourable, as in-
creasing the susceptibility of the plant. From Kerry, during
the present week, there have been positive statements of
the existence of the blight; but the Cork Examiner, of
July 19, says—" Our KWarney correspondent states that all
traces of the blight have now disappeared in the potato
crop about that locality. The Limerick Reporter mentions
that the letters from Tipperary, Clore, and Limerick speak
in the most cheering manner of the prospects of the harvest,
and more particularly of the vigorous appearance of tho
potato. The accounts from Carlton and other midland dis-
tricts are to the same effect as regards all the crops. On the
other band, the Banner of Oster declares that the potato
disease has decidedly made its appearance in several dis-
tticts of Louth, Armagh, in some parts of Down, and in
the fields adjoining Belfast. Much allowance, however,
must be made for the prevailing tendency to alarm, na-
turally arising from the awful consequences of failures in
previous years. There are no further accounts of blight in
the wheat crop in Kilkenny, and it is now described as very
partial and confined to certain localities. The result (doll
the intelligence is, that the present unusually rich crops
bare as yet suffered: very little; and fns weather during
August would afford almost a certainty of an abundant
harvest, the effect of which would soon become perceptible
in the gradual improvement of the country.—A. letter,
• dated Dubin, July 21, says "Since Saturday evening we
have hail a marked cuange for the better in the weather,
warm sunshine having succeeded the rain of the past
week.