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London, England, 1866-07-20 00:00:00

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COURT OF BANBRUPTCY.—JuLy 19.
Wore Mr. Commissioner Holroyd.)
II( RE J. S. MOOR&
Upon the application of Messrs. Sidney and Son, adjudi-
cation of bankruptcy has been made upon the petition of
creditors against Mr. Joseph Solomon Moore, of Montagu-
place, Russell-square, and Walbrook-buildings, City, mer-
chant. The bankrupt has absconded, and although his
liabilities are believed to be very large, the assets are said
to be inconsiderable.

th`OPPAGE OF TIM PIUNTON BANIL—The Preston
Bank, which was established In 1844, has suspended pay-
ment. The announcement was made yesterday morning
by a written paper, posted upon the principal door of the
bank in Fishergete, which ran as follows :—" In conse-
quence of the pressure in the money market and temporary
embarrassment, this bank is compelled to suspend opera-
tions for the present.—July 19,1866." This notice was put
up just before the usual time of opening the bank (nine
o'clock) ; and as merchants, manufacturers, and others
turned up between that hour and ten o n financial buai.
nem, and realised the fact of there being " no admittance,,
the excitement created when the announcement was

first made became very intense, and for • time the
street was very nearly blocked up with people..
Early in the week several parties apprehended that •
stoppage was at hand, from the fact of the bank autho-
rities having pressed heavily for outstanding accounts in
certain quarters, and they withdrew their deposits, deter-
mined to be on the safe side whatever was the result. On
Tuesday and Wednesday there was a most unusual ran on
the bank, and it is said that fully 40,0001. was withdrawn
in those two days alone. On Wednesday evening the
legal adviser of the bank authorities was consulted, and
the result was the announcement above given. The bank
is in the hands of a company established under
the Joint Stock Act; and the shareholders number
in the aggregate 113. The liabilities of the bank
are roughly estimated at 1,600,0001. The bank
has branches at Lancaster Southport, Ormskirk, Bleak-
burn, Blackpool, Fleetwood, Lytham, and Garrtang.
The weak place in the bank, if not the actual cause of its
stoppage, has, it is asserted, been its connection with •
number of cotton manufacturers. Several of them during
the late cotton famine, and some even prior to the crisis
which it caused, overdrew their accounts, or else, being
hard pushed for money, had to mortgage their property ;
and not being able to realise upon the premiss,
ko. , so mortgaged, or having pressed the parties named for
payment of sums owing before they had properly got upon
their feet after the late depression in trade, the bank
authorities have found themselves in a difficulty, and
unable to meet the demands upon them, especially during
the ran upon their funds caused by an apprehension of
their financial weakness, they have had to suspend opera-
tions. To the shareholders the bank has hitherto been a
profitable concern, the interest derived being at the rate of
20 per cent. per annum. The bank has suffered very
heavily by its Blackburn branch through the mums pre-
viously assigned. Nearly all the shareholders are men of
good position and substantial means, and numbers of
depositors are large employers of labour.

PARLIAMENTARY REFORM.—In compliance with
a requisition, signed by upwards of 650 inhabitants, a
public meeting convened by the Mayor was held on Wed-
nesday night in the Salford Town Hall, " to consider the
present position of parliamentary reform, and the duty of
the inhabitants of the borough in relation thereto." The
chair was occupied by the Mayor • and there were present
—Mr. J. Cheetham, M.P. ; the Revs. Dr. Crosbie, J. L.
Whitley, P. C. Nicholson. and James Clarke ; Alderman
Harvey ; Councillors Williams and Thompson ; and
Messrs. W. Warburton J. Atkinson, J. E. Davies,
J. Wainwright, Roberts, Foden, Re. There was
a very full meeting in the large room. Resolu-
tions were passed expressive of disappointment on
account of the defeat of the Reform Bill proposed by the
late ministry, of sincere and hearty admiration of the con-
duct of Earl Russell, Mr. Gladstone, Mr. Bright, and
others, and gratitude for their noble services on behalf of
the good government and the rights of the people. It was
also resolved, "That this meeting would express its
strongest condemnation of the conduct of the conservative
party, and those liberals who joined them in en opposi-
tion unparalleled for its unmanly character ; and though
the friends of the tory government claim forbearance on
its behalf, on the pretence that its present position is
forced upon it, this meeting cannot forget that the con-
servative party in parliament, almost to a man, supported
every motion calculated to defeat or retard the bill, sad
either themselves calumniated the unentranehiaed, or
cheered to the echo those who, in the most ungenerous
manner, traduced their character ; and this meeting is of
opinion that the government just formed is totally un•
worthy of confidence." The meeting pledged itself not to
relax its efforts until a just and comprehensive measure
of reform becomes the law of the land.
AN UNSEEMLY DISPUTE.—An action for assault,
in which the Rev. Mr. Walsh, Roman catholic curate of
Clifden, was plaintiff, and the Rev. Mr. Campbell, a
protestant clergyman, was defendant, was tried on Wed-
nesday at the Galway assizes. It arose out of an un-
seemly dispute over the bed of a dying man as to which
of the rev. gentlemen should administer religious consola-
tion to him. The deceased, it was alleged, had been for
some years a convert to Protestantism, or, as the rev.
plaintiff said, " living with the sourer, "in the Church
Mission establishment at Clifden. Either he or sonic of
his relatives, however, on the let of July sent for Mr.
Walsh to attend him, but he was opposed, on entering the
sick man's room, by the defendant, who claimed him as a
member of his congregation, and said he looked on the
plaintiff as an intruder. In e discussion which ensued,
the plaintiff, it was asserted, was rudely seized by the
defendant and pushed against the wall. As is usual in
such cases, the evidence was very conflictiag. The jury
returned a verdict for the plaintiff, with a farthing damages
instead of 1001., which he sought for, and the judge (Chris-
tian) refined to certify for costs, remarking that the action
should never have been brought.
Tin Loss or H.M.S. Amazon. A court-
martial assembled on board the Victory, in Portsmouth
harbour, yesterday morning, to inquire into the circum-
stances attending the collision which took place in the
Channel between H.M.S. Amazon, Commander J. E.
Hunter, and the Cork Steam-packet Company's passenger
steamer Osprey. Captain Bartndge, by which both vessels
and a number of lives were lost. The court was composed
of the following officers : —Rear-Admiral Wellesley, C. 8.,
president ; Captain Astley C. Rey, C. 8., Captain E.
Tatham, Captain the Hon. F. Egerton, A.D.G. Captain
C. Tumour, Captain W. G. Luard, Captain W. Cham-
berlain, Captain C. Pellowes, Captain D'A. D.O. Aplin.
Mr. Pope Hennessey appeared to watch the case on behalf
of the owners of the Osprey ; Captain Harris attended for
the Board of Trade ; and Mr. E. Hoskins officiated as
Judge Advocate. The usual formalities, including the
mustering of the ship's company, having been gone through,
the correspondence of the officers of the Amason, together
with the reports on the disaster, was read, and a great deal
of evidence was taken, the inquiry being adjourned till
to-morrow.

ANOTHER ACCIDENT ON THE STOCKTON AND
DARLINGTON RAILWAY TO AN EXCURSION TRAIN.—The
Stockton and Darlington Railway Company are in a fair
way of losing the long-enjoyed reputation of being one of
the most ably conducted lines. Only last week we re-
ported two accidents, one of which was a most alarming
one, and we have now to report another of an equally
alarmingl nature, caused by carelessness. From what
we can gather, it appeared that on Tuesday there was
• cheap excursion train from Middlesbrough to Ripon
and Leeds, the train consisting of twenty well filled
carriages, which reached Leeds in perfect safety,
and started on its return journey soon after six
o'clock in the evening. All went well until Preston
junction was reached, when it became necessary to shunt
the train from the Leeds Northern line on to the
Stockton and Darlington section, and in doing so a mishap
occurred ; the switches were being held by a young man,
and when half of the train had passed over, the switches
must have been dropped by the switchman, causing one of
the carriages to run of the rails and dash along the bal-
lasting, making fearful havoc to the permanent way.
The occupants of the carriages were much terrified, and
they shrieked piteously and leaped out of the windows,
every door being locked. The screams from the passen-
gers attracted the attention of the engineman,who stopped
the train as soon as possible, though not before the car-
riage was much smashed, the line misplaced, sad some of
the passengers eghtly scratched. The train was delayed
• considerable time. and reached Middlesbrough at eleven
instead of nine o'clock. —Leeds Mercury.

Ties HEAVY INDIA, CHINA, AND AUSTRALIAN
HAILS.—SOUTHAIIPTON, JULY 19.—The Peninsular and
Oriental Company's steamer China, with the heavy por-
tion of the above mails, has arrived here. She brings a
full complement of passengers, specie to the value of
206.0001., and a general cargo, including 596 bales of silk,
valued at 500001. Gibraltar, July s.—The steamer
Chanonr;stranded near Tarifa. She broke in two on the
9th inst., and only the funnel portion, the storm deck, and
mainmast were visible. The British steamer Eliza went
ashore off Cadiz, on the 9th, during the gale. Exchange on
London, 504 ; on Paris, 5.13 ; on Madrid, 24 discount.

SummarProw, Jute 19. —The Hamburg and
American Company's steamer Bavaria has arrrived here. She
brialars 113 passengers for thisaount7, Havre, and Hamburg ;
661,794 do for England, and 251,784 dollars for Ham.
burg. On the 17th, in let. 49.22 N. and lon. 14.32 W.,
the Bavaria fell in with the British barque British Queen,
completely waterlogged and breaking up fast. The cap-
tain and crew, 17 in all, were taken on beard the Bavaria
and landed here. The British Queen left Quebec on the
17th of June, bound for Bristol. The American Lloyd
steamer Western Metropolis, from New York, put into
Boston in distress, and to undergo repairs before resuming
her page.

TALLOW.-
to-day. Spot,

OOTPON.•
Preston Ban]

with prices
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OF, 10. to

Maianhon,
17d.; 600 Egyptian,

125.; 3,550
dial,,

WOOL AND.

acomutts as lemy
morning are rather conflicting. Sons repreeml tie
market as very fate while others say that there h a• in,
rtivid tone, some inquiry, and • fair amount ef haft
with a very slight tendency in prices to him%
The tter account, indeed, may be taken as the amid
one, as it is apparently sustained by the mend -'
The better state of the yarn branch also gam to
this statement. The quantity of new wool is 414 eeeey
is very slight, and the scarcity Ueda to send the
ileum up. The farmers have wt up their wool at
which staplers hem felt sath could not be ' iii
consequently have refrained from purchasing. The mot
apparently remains in this position :—Who emshad set
longest' Will the farmer recede and enable the Owe%
approach him, or on his declining to do so, will ths Eliq
confident he can realise the farmer's price lens, hems
the purcheaerot wool. This lathe struggle whisk ramtnee
be decided in one waor another. In the "centime, ay
• limited supply In the market, wool is hey. 4
tenacity, and the tendency of prices is tipster& gal
Lincoln hogs realise about 2s. per lb., and maim
U. 10d. In worsted yarns there is rather mete amok
and a better tons. The export merchants ere mine
round. There is rather more inquiry and more &Meit
lustre yarns, in super 305., and in two-folds. .
transaction", however, are mostly from stock, mg ii
low prim" The stocks in the hands of ap.emen kwee4
creased ccnaidarably, and merchants are conseq
enabled to command better prices. There is an um.
business doing for the home trade. The piece mirteei
quiet. The home houses have recently placed orders em
as business in warehouses is not very brisk, they me*
operating at present. There are a few American imi,
in the market, but their purchases are very smell Itiii
German merchants receive very little encouragement ben
abroad, and an not buying. There is a fair dental I.
France, meetly in plain goods. There is no champ le
prices.
LACE AND HOSIERY.:-Norrntonss, JOLT Ill_
The slight improvement noticed in our lad report has set
been maintained, and there has been another very gem
week at all the lace warehouses. There are ray I.
shipping orders on band, and trade with the Contest it
almost all. The orders from London are few id
very small. The finer yarns are a trifle easier to-day, lee
unir these are far too dear to be made into lace at •peep
The hosiery warehouses an still tolerably busy et
old orders, and at some a fair amount of busines
been done, but generally speaking fewer fresh orders Isn
been received during the last week than in the purism I
one. The operatives in all branches are kept well is.
ployed.—Nocringham Journal.
CORN.—BIIMINGRAII, JULY 19.—At this day's hail
there was a fair supply of wheat, and the turn in pgs
was in favour of the buyers, but we make no alteratimill
our quotation'. Barley dull. Oats quite se dear. Item
still scarce. Peas rather cheaper.
BRISTOL, JULY 19.—0 n our market to-day there en
a thin attendance. English wheat was in short nipplz
and sold slowly, at last week's prices. In foreign mei
little doing, and we reduce our quotations from IA h k
per qr. Indian corn, on the spot, quite as char, hei
buyers generally held off for large expected while
Barley scarce, and sold freely, at fully last emit
prices. Oats, a fair consumptive demand, without slim
tion in value. 1
MASCRISTIIR, JULY 19.—The trade since our last Iva
has remained inactive for all articles, the business mai
being confined to the purchases of a few neceentous ligni
In prices but little change has been observable. no
weather has been all that could be desired for prase*
the progress of the growing crops. Our market this ms
ing was slenderly attended, and but little &smith" fa
business was manifested on the part of buyers. He
however, evinced no particular desire to force salsa,
we !repeat the quotations of this day ae'nnight for
article.
Newenx, JULY 18.—A tolerable business was doss h
wheat, and prices were the same as heretofore. Bang •
before quoted. Oats and beans sold at extreme ounce is
NIWBURY, JULY 19.—Our market was well sejgk
with wheat today. There was rather more life mis
trade. Good parcels moved off briskly at last wait
prices. Oats and beans as before.
EDINBURGH, Jut 18.—As compared with last work
wheat was same on top, and 11d. up on average. Beelq
was lid. up on top, and ls. bd. up on average. Ode an
3d. down on top, and ltd. down on average . BOW 111,1
4s. 6d. up on top, and 4s. up on average. Wheat, 4k 6
555. 6d. ; barley, 391. 3d. to 395. lid. ; oats, 235. Id. ti
33e. 6ii. ; beans, 625. to 63e.

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CATTLE—Bmitntoltsw, JULY 19.—We were bet
derately supplied with all kinds of stock at this tiao
market ; the trade ruled steady at about late rates.
7d. to Md.; mutton, Bd. to 9d. ; lamb, 9d. to 1001,5
6d. to Bd. per lb. ; bacon pigs, Bs. to 10s. 6d. ;
ditto, 10s. to lla. a per score.
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Nirwani, duo' 17.—The number of sheep penned v
681, and although buyers were numerous, they append
disinclined to give the prices asked by sellers. The
sequence was that a small amount of business was dolled
a reduction of an average of id. per pound, prices Wog
70. to Bd. lambs, 30a. to 40s.
NO7TINGHAN, JULY 18.—There was a fair show of sks,
at our market to-day, and the attendance was modn6
The tone of the demand was limited, and, except for 6
beat descriptions, prices were the turn in favour of 6
buyer. Of lambs the show was by no means plentiful, V
the inquiry ruled fair at fully as much money as kit
week. Tho show of pigs was quite equal to the cleiss6,
and prime underwent very little alteration. Quotation:
—Mutton, 74d. to 9d. ; lamb, 9d. to lOid. per lb. ; pa,
7s. to 7s. 9d. per stone of 141 b.
EDINBURGH, JULY 18.—The supply of cattle V
morning was 159, being 33 less than lest week. Saks
ready. Top price, lls. 3d. ; current, 16 6d. to 9s. AL
per stone. The supply of sheep and lambs was 2,7*
being 1851... than List week. Aged blackfaced meek
Bid. ' • how, Bd. to 9ed. per lb. Sales dull. lambs also
were s dull sale. Top price, 40s. ; current, 28a to
and down to 18e. a bed Numbers in market—Fat 6116,
159 ; sheep, 2,725.

TRAFFIC RETURNS.
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open. singers. dandies. PMA NS
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Great Southern of India 79 668 $44 912 NI
Week ending 7W7 14.
North Eastern non 24,961 46,7!7 new ofil

RAILWAY BILLS !WORN PARLIAIIINT.—Yedik
day, in the House of Lords' committees (in the Pala
Chamber) the principalfeature was the consideratienolik
Smith Eastern, and London, Chatham, and Dover Com
ponies (Lewes, Beckenham, and Brighton) Itailway
and the promoters' case occupied the day. In room C, tY
North British (Wishaw, &c., Branches), the Bemis sa
Grangemouth Railway and the North British (Tay Brit*
were adjourned. In room A the Caledonian and Swat
North Eastern and the Caledonian (Lanarkshire) WWI
were proceeded with and adjourned. In the Bona
Commons committees the Pembroke and Tenby, the Nceili-
ampton and Banbury, the Barry (Extension), the Mama
(Ashby and Nuneaton), the Raleaowen and Brower,
and the Vale of Neetth(Tranader), Bills were proceeded
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its cost in other reseo...ke, and is the best food for ti
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ot, 441. ; October to December, 4.5 t. 9d,
Jou 19.--ths steppe/. d
Ain/ company has caused a quieter rasa&
slightly easier. Sales to-day 8,000 taloa, a
DO for speculation and export. 2A/ e
* 18.1. • 900 Pentane &c., 160. to 17.1.;
lid. to 160. • 000 MAOOIO and Bakis, _
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to business dons in the wool market al.