The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1857-04-10
LiofDs CoFFEEH HOUSE, LoNDoK.-Max
seaiesinser, In his very readable work, thus a.
'uoes 70 Lloyd's-a place famous throughout the

SofF6E'dOUSE, LO N Do n. ma,
., seaiesinser, in his very readable work, thus al
'uoes 70 Loyd's-a place famous thoughout tn,
commercial world -
b,n.s London Exchange Building itself there 10
ins srS caae, With crowds Of busy people ascend
j.,ts and there 10 door with large gols
.r.;s Lloyd's Coffee House" Let us asc end ths
We pas ,s1oa: zee wh.s sort Of coffee house this
..ss,s rooms At each door stands porter il
.sues nss, sns In the hall itself several marbl,
chant. Of Ionase aaarse marois table, which the mer
tud. = LONDON erected to the Times out of graft
ior the sueeessfu labors Of that journal in un
wsish gigantic scheme Of imposition and fraud
In the centre of ,S. 70 the whole trade Of Lon
,;o on which are written the names and dsstin. |.
flom E,si;.h snips carving malls which will sal
to the raj. rrs. and Ss the Day
ns an mns.Ilptlon, Captains Koomn No ons II alloveS
sb,na en'e. e tnis room but the sommanders of mer
vessels or those who have busn err 10 transac
.te wnn tnem. Next to 1t IL the "Commercisl ROOM.
as mee1ns place Of all the forsiga merch ants who
the otbsr onaon .;s we prefer entering saloon or
e. snnoaIly opening aud ahuttins it IL crowded with
oo Underwriters that 10 say the capitalists who
In the insurance of vessels and thei
Iielthn The telegraphic messages Of vessels ar
nved sailed stranded lost are first broua aht intc
tns room Whoever enters by this door walks IL
sne nis1 instance to large folio volume. which ie
ing snort entries of the latest In pEli,h port
snd the seaperts in every other part of the world
tsis the underwriters whether the vessels whiet
they nave insured have sailed. whether they have
been spoken with or have reached the port Of tbei
destination, Are they over iue?-run sgroundl-
wTeckeot-lo lost?
So firmly established is the reputation of this inst
tuition, that there 10 hardly bark sailing from
the ports of the Baltic, the French, Spanish OF
indI,n seas, whish Is not insured at Lloyd's IT.
branch Embellishments in oil the ports
OF the world but its head Office is in Cornhil asd
In the rooms of the Exchange. Before we again de-
scend the stairs. let rs for one moment eutsr the
reading room. Perfect sen.e tables chairs, desks;
readers here and there; Of all countries and OF
all nations; all around the walls high desks with
hles OF newspapers whose shape and color indicate
indesd papers from the other side of the OCEAN
Chiaa, Esrbary Brazliap. Australian, Cape and Ho'
nolulu papsrs-a collection unrivalled in extent.
THE HIGH PRICE OF LEATHER.-Orders ti ON
Easiand-One of the largest leather dealers in
PhiladeIphia alleges, In published letter, that
the high price of leather is not caused by specula
tors, and adds:
In confirmation of this need only state that at
the present moment five thousand sides could not
be furnished by all the commission houses in Phila-
delPhia and Baltimore put together, IL one dollar
pound were otsie ed for 1t If 1t were speculative
mivement 1t reasonable to suppose that large ship
me nts would soon be made from other countries to
meet the demand, but far 10 this from being the
cass, large orders are now In New York from Eng
no accumulation of stock in the tanneries; indeed,
the tanners have been anxious to get their stock
into market early that they would scarcely allow 1t
leather sold in New York, Pbiadelphis and Bat-
more has varied very little in quantity, amounting
In the ssaregats to ebout four millions Of sides Per
annum, while this population of the country has been
increasing very rapidly, and the consumption Of
leather with it
The scarcity of hides and leather he attributes to
the constantly disturbed revolutionary stste of the
Bd further afdA.
will here remark that the advance On hides has
been much greater than leather, for while tho ad-
it has been three hundred on the former, from
Sc. to Sc since l848 la England, and the conti-
nent of Europe, hides CHER than here and there
s!s buyers from England now in New York shipping
large orders for heavy slaughter hides froc France
SOUTHERN CREDIT-A letter from New York
In the Philadelphia Inquirer speaking of the dry
goods trade, remarks:
The payments from the North and West contin
ue very backward and good many small failures
are weekly chronicled In these sections. From the
South, on the other hand, prompt returns are made
and the credit of our friends on the other side OF
Mason and Dixon's line never stood better than II
does at this moment probSbly on account of the
large yield of cotton during the last two seasons
and the unusually high prices realized therefor
LARGE REAL ESTATE PURCHASED The Hon
Senator Douglas and Hon Mr. Rice of Minnesota
have purchased two squares of ground immediate
ly west OF Mr.. Douglas present residence in Wash
ington city, paying therefor S5i 600. 1t is under
stood that the intention is to erect magnificent
dwellings ihereon for themselves and Vice-Prest-
dent Breckenridge. Another large square near the
capitol was sold to William W. Corcoran and Hon
Mr. Bright who intend to build frst-cIass residen-
ces thereupon.
PUBLIC LAND IN MINNEsOTA.-The land officers
In Minnesota have been directed to continue tbs
withdrawal Of the lands falling within the probabe "a
line of the railroad routes established under the
grants of Congress Presumption claims, based
upon actual settlement and not for speculation,
made up to the time when the lines or routes were
definitely fixed on any fthe lands withdrawn. will
be allowed provided the testimony is clear and e1-
plicit The offices of the newly created land dis
tricts will be established at Brownsville, and at
Dacotah and Nebraska cities.
TROUBLE In KANsAs.-A threatening di dificulty
has occurred in Kansas at the town of Topeka
An alleged bogus sheriff attempted to arrest a
free soiler on . political charge, but WAS driven
off by = number of citizens. He went away to
some other town, procured posse and returned
to take his prisoner. Again, however, the citi
Gems of Topeka interfered and prevented the ar
rest Thereupon the sheriff sent message to
acting Governor Woodsop, at Lecompton. The
result had not transpired at the latest dates.
BRITISH FLEET IN THE CHINA SEAs-There
are fifteen British sailing ships and nineteen steam
ers on the China station. Besides these, several
first class war steamers and q squadron of twenty
gun boats have recently left England for the seat
of the disturbances at Canton, and have taken Out
over 5000 troops.
A WRECKING VESSEL FOR SEBAsTOP0L.-The
schooner Silver Key, Capt. Currier, sailed from
Boston on Saturday, for Constantinople and the
Black Sea, to aid in the operations of the Boston
Submarine Company in raising the sunken fleet
at Sebastopol.
HANDSOME DoNATION.-The New Bedford
mass Standard learns that ex Mayor Rowland
has presented the amount of bis salary IS Mayor
of New Bedford for the last two years, 81 600, to
the free public library.
NEW LAND OFFICEs-The President OF the
United States has directed the land offices for the
new land districts recently established in Nebras-
ka Territory to be located at Brownsville for the
Nemaha district, at Nebraska city for the South
Platte district and ut Dakota city for the Dakota
district
MONUMENT TO DR.. KAEE.-The Pontiac mich }
Gazette suggests the propriety of raising fund to
erect . suitable monument to Dr.. Kane, in order
to perpeiuate, in q worthy manner, the character
and deeds of the man who has now passed away
but whose memory will be pride to future gene
rations.
TERRIBLE CASE OF LYNCHING.-Doubtles our
readers remember the circumstances attending the
death of Mr. Frazier, farmer residing near Lex.
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