The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1845-06-24

Loss to the original stockholders. sas4,5ss 90
The stock is now selling in this market at r. at which
rate 1885 shares would make slls052o to which add
debts &C., making the amount So 1857 $l5sls6 less
than the amount charged to construc ton account.
The Supreme Court of Mississippi has decided against
the Commercial Bank of Natchez, upon the quo
ranto Act There were eleven charges of forfeiture
against the bank Of which had been demurred
by her attorneys and the State had demurred three
OF the reonders of the bank The result that the
murrers Of the State to the reonders Of the bank have
all been sustained and the demurers of the bank the
repicatons of the State have all been overruled with
one immaterial exceptioninvolving the right Of the
bank to issue bills of exchange-the deciding tha
had the right If the bank does not plead over or ap
peal she stands convicted by the Judgment of the csur
on the demurrers Of fraudulent subscription Of stock
failing to require one-h of the capital to be paid in
previous to going into operation of becoming nsoven
by the Encouragement of its officers and Of fraudulent
refusal to pay specie their notes of failure to es
taolish four branches with certain amounts of capital
being four distinct causes of forfeiture If the bank
pleads over learn that two other causes of forfeiture
will be assigned to wit the payment of dividends in
specie to the stockholders Of the bank while in q
suspension and the fraudulent issue of notes or bills
commonly known as blue backs" at a time when the
bank insovent and had no means with which re-
deem the same.
We annex table giving account of the imports Of
the principal articles offoregn and colonial
into Great Britain for the first three months of the year
1885, compared with the imports for the corresponding Pc
rod nls43 and 1s44 The import of wheat has been much
smaller this year than in either of the last being
only l3497 quarters against 90 92 in 1884, and 81 in
lsis while the quantity taken for consumption has been
much larger being this year a672a quarters, against
only 5000 in 1914 and 67as quarters in ls4s The stock
in the warehouses though undoubtedly lsge has been
rapidly diminishing In the face of this diminution in
the stock on land, there is prospect of bad harvest
throughout the United Kingdom OF other kinds Of grain
both the import and consumption exhibit great in.
over former years. The trade in sailed provi
sions shows progress far the importation
cerned There has been considerable increase in the
importation of butter and cheese last year and the
previous The increase in the trade in these afti
ces between Great Britain and the United States within
the past two years. has been much greater than this
table indicates, tho mporatons from this country
rapidly driving out Of the English markets. similar
articles heretofore supplied from the Continent and
many of the favorte marks manufactured in the
kingdom Cheese from the United States sells in
Of the largest markets Of England cheaper than of
a domestic manufacture, and has been pronounced su
perior to any from any section Of the world The guam.
ty Of tobacco imported into the kingdom this year
was somewhat less than last, but still enormously in
excess OF 1875 Inc quantty cleared LOT consumption
this year considerably in Of either of the for
years. the quantity reexpored less than in former
years. and both consumption and export put together
hardly equal to the quantity imported the stock
has, therefore, increased 1905 500 lbs. The quantities
cured provisions imported into the United Kingdom
were follows of sailed beef ,633 cwt in IS43 and
766 cwt in 1s44 of sailed pork Pills cwt in Is43
and $50 cwt in 1914 Of hams of all kinds 699 cwt in
s43 and 6,7s2 cwt in 1874 and Of bacon 44s cwt in
ls43 against SO cwt in 1874 OF the 666 of salt
beef imported in 1884, 2l07 cwt from Russia 255
cwt from Denmark, $50 cwt from Prussia, 5o42 cwt
from the Hanseatc towns, ego cwt from the United
States Of North America 1885 cwt from the British
settlements in Australia and l0Ol6 cwt from the British
colonies in North America. OF the 80 $50 cwt of salt
pork concurrenuy imported, 24,s42 cwt from the
United stacs 1896 cwt from the British North Ameri
colonies, and 27O9 cwt from the Hanse towns or
the 6,7s2 cwt of hams imported in 1874, 26l6 cw came
from the Hanseatic towns, and 2,7o4 from the United
States
PRINCIPAL ARTICLES IMPORTED GREAT BRyrAyN FOR
MONTHS 1913, 1874 AND 1915.