The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1836-08-12 00:00:00

LONDON LATEST NEWS:-

City, Wednesday, Half-past One o'clock. j
Money is abundant this morning, and may be obtained at 21
per cent.
A defaulter has been declared on the Stock Exchange, but
we have not heard any estimate of the amount.
Gibraltar papers have been received to the 26th ult. The
mail from Cadiz continues to be stopped and robbed.
We have immediate dates from the Cape of Good Hope,
which furnish nothing worth extracting.
The Consol Market is very passive at 911 for the Account;
and Exchequer Bills are 9to 11 quo ; India Bonds are
lower, 2 discount being, the present tation. The intelligence
from Spain has caused a considerable decline in Spanish Bonds,
the active stock having fallen to 341, and the passive to 104
Portuguese Securities are likewise on the decline, 771 being
the quotation of the Five per Cents. ; and 48 that of the Three
per Cents. The Northern Bonds are steady. Dutch Fire per
Cents. are 1041. The Two-and-a-Half per Cents. 55i to 56i :
and Russian, 1112. Brazilian Bonds are 881, and Chilian 451,
but no other stock affords any real quotation.
We understand that pigeons have arrived, which brill.. the
price of Spanish stock from Paris as low as 331, arid had been
done at 321, owing to the revolutions in the various provinces
of Spain.
In Shares the Greenwich are 241; Grand Junction are 11 ;
and North Midland 91; South Eastern are dull at 41; and
South Western are per share. Anti-Dry Rot Shares have
been done this morning at 91 per share; and Mexican and
South American Shares at 61. Nothing is doing in other
schemes.
FOUR o'cLocic—Consols for Account closed at 911 sellers
Spanish Bonds, 33a' 31. Portuguese, 772. Chiliau, 45 to 46.

'rhe following was, ou Tuesday, received at Lloyd's:—
" Brixham. August 7.
" Sir,—l beg to inform you, for the information of the sub-
scribers to Lloyd's, that all the mails from Madras, Cape of
Good Hope, and Ascension, on board the Premier, lately de-
stroyed by fire at the latter place, were burnt; every effort was
made to save them, but in vain. This intelligence has been
communicated to ►ne by Captain Byron, lately belonging to
that ill-fated'vessel, who arrived here this day, per the British
Sovereign, Captain Browne, from Sydney, New South Wales.
(Signed) "3.U. To z .
" W. Dobson, Esq., Secretary, Lloyd's."

The following was on Tuesday, received at Lloyd's :
"British Consulate. Office, *Coyunibo, March 25, 1836.
" Sir,—l wish to acquaint you for the information of the (om-
mittee for managing, the affairs of Lloyd's, that underwriters
should be careful in insuring copper ores on board vessels load-
ing the same on this coast, as them- are some which are ex-
tremely dangerous, to both the safety of whatever oilier cargo
the ship may have on board, and likewise to the ship, as the
inclosed document will prove.
(Signed). "CHAS. CII.AMBEIII,AIN,'Esq. Consul.
" W. Dobson,'Esq. -
" The documents enclosed are a report of the gentlemen de-
puted by-the Consul to examine the RiChard Bell, Captain
Rogers, and hold a survey on the cargo, composed of copper
ore, reported by Captain Rogers to be in such a heated state
as to endanger the safety of the vessel if retained on hoard for
any longer period. These gentlemen report that having been
on board they examined carefully the state of the cargo, and
fund the calcined copper ore (of which about two-thirds of the
cargo consisted) -in such a state of heat as to be unbearable to
the touch, and that ou trying with a thermometer they found
the mercury rose to 132 degrees of Fahrenheit; and they further
declared that the cargo was dangerous in the extreme to the
safety of the vessel; that it would be unsafe for her to sail with
calcined ore on board. The cause was :aid to be the great pro-
portion of sulphur contained in the copper ore, and from its
having been shipped in a damp or humid state. The other do-
cument is a letter to the charterers confirmatory of the other
communication, stating that a small hole was dog one foot be-
low the surface of the ore, and the thermometer was introduced
.and after remaining there five minutes the mercury rose to 162
degrees, and that he felt justified in taking no more than 75
tons, which could be placed on the decks with safety."

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HONOURABLE INTEGRITY.—We have this week to record
another instance of industrial integrity, which reflects infinite
honour on the town of Blackburn, and' the individual whl, is the
principal in the affair—Mr. Robert Hopwood, of Nova-cottage.
Phisgentleman, who, on account of the pressure of the times,
was in 1819 compelled to suspend his payments and compound
with his creditors, we are happy to hear has lately been emi-
nently successful in his business as a cotton-spinner and mane-
facturer; that besides having tealized a competency for himself
and family, he has it in his power to liquidate the long dormant
claims of-those persons who so kindly considered his difficultiehs
in the hour of pressing nc,ed; and that, with a generous
nourable feeling, which all rightly constituted minds must fully
appreciate, he has commenceil the laudable undertaking 'of pay=
mg the balance rf twenty shillings in the pound to all his an-
cient creditors. We hope that the tradesmen of Blackburn
will substantially testify their admiration of such honourable •
and upright cmiioct, two instances of which have been exhi-
bited here within the last three mouths.,--Biadtharn Standard.
BRADFonn.—It is rumonied in Bradford that a near relation
'of John Hardy, Esq., M.P.; is likely to be called forward as
a candidate Co represent that botiiigh in
event of a dissolution.—Leeds Paper: