The Sun.
London, England, 1853-09-05 00:00:00

EXTENSIVE MERCANTILE FAILURE.

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Mr. Oppenheim, of Broad•street, merchant, has de-
clared himself bankrupt, and the requisite proceedings
have been taken. He states his debts at about 20,0001.,
and assets in England 5,0001. or 6,0001., but he antici-
pates that if all the property be realised at fair value, he
will pay 205., and have a surplus.

THE LAST MAIL TO AUSTRALIA.—The Peninsular and
Oriental Steam Navigation Company's ship Indus,
Captain John Soy, sailed this morning for Gibraltar,
Malta, and Alexandria, taking out the East India,
China, and Mediterranean mails, also the regular bi-
monthly mail for the Australian colonies, to be con-
veyed via Singapore, by one of the company's steam-
ships to King George's Sound, Adelaide, Port
Philip, and Sydney. This mail is a very heavy one,
comprising no less than 380 boxes, of which 260 are for
Australia, the whole occupying a bulk equal to 45 tons
measurement, or 1,800 cubic feet. The overland route
being now the most certain and speedy method of
communicating with Australia, the principal corre-
spondence is despatched by this means. We not long
since remarked upon the fact that, last year, the
Peninsular and Oriental Company earned, in postage,
nearly the amount of their annual subsidy for con-
veying the mails. Present appearances seem to indicate
that the system is now almost a self-supporting one,
and that if the mails continue to augment in num-
ber and in bulk the Post-office will speedily be re-
ceiving as postal revenue a sum far in advance of
the annual payment to this company. Besides the
mail embarked at Southampton the Indus will receive
at Malta the Marseilles portion, and when the Aus-
tralian packet starts from Singapore, the Indian corres-
pondence will, no doubt, swell the mail she will have
1849. 1850. 1851. 1852
to carry to nearly 350 boxes. The Indus taken out
about 80 passengers, only four of whom are for Aus- Stock this day ...... 27,350 ! 24,213 ' 311.774 39,679 17.3 2
tralia. She has a full general cargo and an immense freight Price of Y, C. .. 38s 3d '375,6d to 3!1%9q to 39s 3d 518 Od to
of specie and jewellery for different parts of India, pgd 372.0,V2 5w2,7?2112 to 3193,1071 001 s 604
the total value of the whole being 455,728 k sterling Ditto from Julie
Delivery last week" ..
1.... 17,1.'39 1 15,859 19,938 i 16,93 s 20,945
and the weight about 60 tons. The freight alone of this Arrivals last week.. 2,441 i 2,374 630 1,099 2,1160
specie yields the Peninsular and Oriental Company
Ditto from Juae 19,116 17,748 14,179 15,887 14,972
nearly 10,000/. I Price of Tovin ••1 40s Od 39s 6d 1 39s 6d 418 Od 52s 9C

canarye
have
ecaymh.aai.g..
changed
. ...
hand 5........
44a6sts from4s 08s
to 7g exl per bsbl.,
qlsr.o!nneewwwintertlasrte.sL6iinfiseded
is
.
SEEDS.
48sAtofe5w0spparecer
and fine new rapeseed 28s per quiet. Black
bay 48s 6d to 49s per quarter. The nominal value of the
Sea is quoted at 4Es ex. ship., Calcutta 48s 3d, and Born-
best East India rape is 525. Cakes are in good request.
Coriander ............
113 148
iiempeeed, per quarter 381 42s
Linseed, Eng.,.owing • • 569 fOs
Crushing ........ 49, 5,9
Baltic .......... 475 503
Linieed Cake, pr. ton—
English .. . 81 0 9 103
Foreign, per ton 71103 91 3Om
rape Callus, Pr ton 5/ 5( 51 108
Rapeseed, New, pr Ist 2710. 'ifs Co

Tarnip,White, per bush. 99 to lle
Swede • tem 12s
fustard, Brown ••• • .. 79 9s
White, new •. • ... 75 d
Tares, Winter, new.... Gs 6,1 7s 6d
Spring .. • • .... 03 0.1 ts Od
Canary, per quarter • 483 503
:tye grass.. • • '285 315
Clover, Red Ens. (cwt.) 445 649
White .• • • 489 653
Foreign Red.... 443 -62 s
White .. 51e 65s
Trefoil, new.. •• 24s 283

In prices very
marketlitOtleurchan TALLOW.
C. on the spot
is quoted at 51s per cwt. ; for forward delivery very
change
has mayta
kbeencpolnascied.ereTdo
.sdteaaydpy y
little is doing. Town tallow is 49e 6d per cwt. net cash ;
rough fat, 2s 100 per 81bs.

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