Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1848-01-21
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From tie Be.IimoSe Su,, .I2'i 4uj
ARRIVAL OF TIE
Steaslasiaip Gassibfl;a.

Important CONsmcrc"l lne ~,
improvement IN Cors-A4dtt""Hl 'isreant e
E,,,.re,- J,su,reet;on IN Gfecce-tte Spanisa
N,naychy IN MeEico-Open'ns OF A"e f'''~
Chambrs. N.u yor,,
TIE steamship Cambria arrived a; New fotR
IN Thursday night. We are indebted 10 Tue
Herald and Courier tor the following extracts:
The news is of considerable interest.
The frs, in importance 10 coumele Id: p''"'
OF view, are the failures. m n' anheA "S'
anp,r,oN.t FAmuREs.-Blain & Son, corn
msrcoan,s Liverpool; Co,eswonh, Powell q
Pryor S. Am. trade, London; Deaves, Brothers,
merchants. Cork; Durand. Mckenzie & Go,
merchants London; Sharpe, Browne & CO.. iron
mercban:s, Birmingham Froske Co., saip
owners. Liverpool; HARLEY, B. & Co., manuiac-
turers. Halifax; Mitchell s. Co, Canadian mer-
chants, Glasgow; Cakes g. Jones, Kelley Iron
Works, Knsswinfoft; Rankine Co.., ware
housemen, Glasgow; Sanders, May Fofayce
O., merchants, Calcutta; Sands 7. | mer-
Chants. Liverpool; Wright, J. & Co, Russian
merchants, London. ,o,
rnere wee tour failures reported in London
on the 3l>t ui,. OF these, Durand, Mckenzie "
Co, and Coesworlh, Powell & Pryor, we're TWO
There was no material change IN colon'
The reyl piece Of intelligence OF importance, 10
probably The price Of breadslu1s " hase YIN
piled a comparative statement OF Inc prices on
the 18Th and 3lsl ult., showing the rise 10 each
article. Il is annexed.
PRICES OF BREADsTuFFS IN LIVERPOOL.
Dec. l8. Dec. 81.
Per Caledonia. Per Cambria.
Sd. S. d. sd sd.
American W heat. 9 a s 10 SO = 3
Indian Corn, 30 . SO "a 50 y
Indian Meal, IA IS ID 10 .
American Flour, % 80 81 81 U
The following are the details oil Inc news
The Flour market is firm. and prices Tor Inc
finer sorts have advanced full one shilling. The
general aspect OF The commercial news is favor,
able The amount OF bullion in line BANK OF
England, on The 9Th December, was t l2,2oo,'
526 and the ia ( OF interest has been reduceu ~
five per cent. h =,
The French Chambers bad been opened by
speech from the King. Prince jerome Bona
parle, cx-King Of Wes'phalia, had arrived anu
taken up his residence 10 Pans.
I,aly i, still in a disturbed state. The Ausri'
ans have evacuated the city of Ferfara.
The difference which prevailed between this
duchy and the principally OF Modena, has been
happily adjusted without the effusion oil blood
This has been effected by The mediation OF the
King of Sardinia.
The reports of instructions in Sicily, which
will have reached you, are without foundation
There have been many popular demonstrators
but all OF a peaceful kind.
ENGLAND.
We find the following in Wilmer & Smiths
Times
lis with extreme regret that We have 10 add 10
our list OF mercantile failures during the present
crisis, that OF Messrs. Thomas 4 Joseph SANDS
OF this Town. The embarrasSmenIs OF MT. mo
mas Sands who is also frs, partner in The East
India house OF Sands, Turner & Co., and the
New York house of Sands, Fuller & Co, have
been more or less known for some time past and
were understood 10 rise from causes in no way
u. r. tkn Ind .
house.
From tie Times of January, Isl
MoNEY MARKET.-FIiday Evenng.-A fail.
ure. which apart from lis magnitude, has caused
universal regret, was announced this morning,
the parties being Messrs Co,esworlh, Powell and
Pryor, South American and West Iudia mer-
chants The debts AID Liabilities amount 10
about ESQ 900 (ot which f320, 900 consist OF &C
ceptances) and the assets are believed 10 be favor
able bolh in amount AID description.
The firm, il Is understood, did not stop from
want of immediate means, but as their progress
would hereafter derend upon renewals, and As
these had been found more AMI more difficult,
they considered it their duty 10 suspend al once.
Mr.. Co.esworih is director oil the Lonion Assn
rance Company, of the Royal West India Mail
Steam packet Company, and OF the West India
Dock Company MIR. Powell was elected di
recto! of the Bank OF England in 1912, but is this
year out OF ONCE py TOtdtlOu
simultaneously with this failure We have al
50 had the announcement OF that of Messrs. Du.
rand s. Mckenzie, American merchants. Their
liabilities are 5 alcd q. G70 900, and II learned
thai The liquidation will prove unfavoratle. The
Arm il will be reco.lec.et, was compelled To sus-
pend paYinen, during The panic OF 1887 but on
that occasion il ultimately paid 20s. in The pouni
with interest.
TIL. return from the Bank OF ENGLAND for the
y ILL., q n, ~ fol.
lowing results when compared with the previou:
week:
Public deposits f92S 9S7 Increase f472,4s
Rest, 36S,5I9 Increase, 9,io'
On the other side of The account
Gov, securities, Ell, 065 267 Increase, f67Oo'
Other securities 10 79 06J Decrease, ny ~
Notes unemployed, 1856 $50 increase, 25o,o4
The aHianut of notes in circulation is I'll,
s22 sa5. being an increase oil $3.50 pounds; an
The stock OF bullion in both departments is IL,
236 526 pounds, showing an increase OF 2l5, ID
pounds, when compared with The preceding re
turn.
terday's prices; but n the announcement OF IN
failure OF Messrs. Coleswcrth & Co.. they Of
cliued quarter per cent, assuming however,
firmer appearance before the close Of The marke
The first quotation OF Consols was Ssh 10 . ant
after recedns to S5l sellers, they closed at S5l
!. Bank Stock LETT off 1856. 10 1874; Reduce
Three per Gents, S4i 10 /; Threc-and-a- quarit
DER Cents SGT 10 !; Long AnDuitles, 81 10 Il
is; India Bonds IS. dis. 10 2s premium, an
Excheuuer Bills 9s. TO l3s premium.
The foreign securities were in most cases quote
at a decline this afternoon, but the sales chief
affected Mexican and Spanish. The dealers
Mexico were influenced By the tenor OF Prcside
Folks message, and business was dole al IL
for money, aud al III for The account. Spans
Five Der Gems were last quoted al l3t for none
audl9t for the account; the Three per Cents
30.; and the Passive al At.
In the foreign Exchanges, The rates OF bill
upon Holland were rather higher, while tor olh'
places they remained about The same as las: pos
The corn market to-day was again firm, will
out any alteration in prices.
FRANCE
The French Chamber OF Deputies assemble
upon the 2Sh nit The session was opened
person by Louis Philippe and the National r
marks upon his appearance in the following boz
ing terms:
SWhh his usual courtesy Louis Philippe sea
ed himself and remained covered. He look h
manuscript and spoke. Our sadness resumed
influence. We ourselves sill feeble, could con
passionate the sufferInss OF another. His Mai
~ appeared 10 US to be 10 an i'll state VI health
His attitude his gesture, his voice gave proofs
the effort which ii was necessary iof him 10 mai
in order to pronounce the speech composed by \
Guz1t.
1.-The King has become reduced in fash. Fl
pale face denotes sufferings, vanqushed and su
dued but still active. The sound ut his voice
profoundly changed, and The veil which covcrt
that accent ordinarily hollow and firm, cast ov'
his entire speech something so gloomy and du
that il CONCEALED even the very centres, and dro;
back the enthusiasm 10 the lowest recesses
their noble breasts. II was the first time that
Royal speech was delivered from the commenc
ment 10 the end without having been iuterruPte
by applauses We could catch but TWO mari
of adhesion and Of continued appreciation, nam
", when Louis Philippe spoke OF his son II
Duke d'Aumale and OF his own old age"