The New York herald., 1850-05-04


This show- sncrease in the banking capital Of
Massachusetts,, within period Of hess than twelve
months. Of s2oooooo. This will probably supply the
demand for capital for time, but. have doubt
In year hence II will Be great The dnan-
eial diieultes and cmbarrsssments which the rail-
ros. companies Of New England generally, and Msssa-
ehusetts particularly have labored under during the
past two three years have given the banks large
amounts OF railroad paper and absorbed large por-
ton OF their discount lines This has restricted the
usual fsvors to the commercial classes and cut them
on from their usual supply. As the wants Of
the railroad corporations concentrated In Boston, ere
supplied-ifthat time arrivc-and the banking ca
r,ai Of that city Is le TO It's legitimate busne there
will be no reasonable demand from the merchants for
dlscounts which cannot be supplied Massae has
banking capital In proportion to its population
and business than any other State In the Union; but
the necessities Of its railroad comp have enabled
TO employ probably every Of that In existence
Subscriptions to the amount Of 100000 have been
received to tho stock of tho plated railroad from
Troy to connect with the Boston roads Eagle Bridge
The from customs nj the port Of Boston for
the month Of April 1850 s537 500 against $3.50 800
for the corresponding month last year showing an
crease Of sio73oo this year. The amount Of money
deposit with the Assistant Treasurer, Boston
10 81 0so0oo
The political condition Of the continent s anything
but satisfactory. france appears to bc rapidly ap-
preaching another revolution and people Of property
following the first Law Of nature-takng car. Of
Themselves This want of confidence In the stability
Of the government s csusing great deal Of pta to
Gov TO Grat Britain aud this country partly for In
ves,ment and partly for deposit in safe places Cen
soils fuetuatsd considerably In the London market,
and prices settling the latest dates The
Buslsh railway market continued much depressed,
and all the indications Of returning confidence have
dkappeared The future looks gloomy enough The
most recent erpest was in the Caledonia company
The report says that after expenditure Of nearly
CO 90 600 the Shareholders they we're PEELED to
fslhl all their engagements would have sustain no
only total absence of any la the shape div
dend-. hut also yearly loss Of abou, 100000 The
state of affairs In this instance has been brought
by the Caiedonian Company having bought up every
competing company in their neiehborhood. by giving
them guarantee OF large dividends their rcspcc tive
capitals. general compromise for the reduction o
th.s. guarantees will be the only ief open. The
directors by whom all this ruin has ben occasioned
comprise many ofhr leading In Scotland; aud the
blindest confidence reposcd them by the share
hoiisrs slmo-t mp the very hour in which the
gin,r the line were sciged for dobt
The cus.oms receipts at Manchester for the year
ending eth Il April lsls aud 1850. are follows
Quarter ending bth April. 1879 fTe5lo; san April,
ending 5th April. isso. c9s2o9i sth April 1860
GJI6 557; increase on the year, c45s6s
According To a return Just published, the total
quantity Of wheat aud wheat G5ur imported into
the United Kingdom of Great britain, In the year
ending the 6th Of January. 1850 amounted 10
sas $50 quarters. of which AVS 2g3 we're from
foreign countries. and ieo os7 rom British coloues
the average price of wheat during the year being
% The quantity of forsign barley aud barley meai
imported In the year 3s9.sjs quarters. the
Average price being 2s oil The total quantity OF
aud oatmeal imported 3o7 eoi quarters Of which
sS3ss4 for.gs. and 2t07O British colonial; the
price was lie OF Ofrye meal 2s6 s5 quarters
p.re impnrted 2is s22 from foreign countries and q
Rom British colonies the average pric. bling ass 81
The quantity Of peae and nmeai inp ported 2)i535
a.srt.rs. of which 2z1T05 was foreign. aud 1Is1)
Britih colonial; the average price being 3ls 2l The
totai imports pf beans aud bsaB meat amounted ~
ass c5i all cf vhsh With the exception ofone quarter
foreign; the average price briag sps "a. The
aoantiy ~ Indian corn aud meal imported ga
acTI 22i quarters. 22st GA bsng foreign and 2 40
british colonial The impsrt- Of bnes ~b.at aud buck
rh..s meal smouosedto e quarters sll but Que quar-