The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1866-05-23
Great Military Preparations b,
Austria, Prussia and Italy.
Austrian Troopsfor Maximiliar

EsCE5ProteSt trom1 On1Ieo oLaIeS+1
Minister Motley.
HAn1FAx, May h2l.-The steamship
Cuba, from Liverpool on the 10Th, via
| Queenstown on the 18th inst, has ar
riyed4~ ~. S-ss - sys 90
sThe eContinental- news continues war
! like. but "a Berlin dispatch-t o:day says
hopes are still entertained In some
ouarters for the maintenance of peace,
probably on the ground that Austria
will make some CONCESSIONS. IL Is De-
| lieved that no treaty has yet been con-
cluded between Prussia and Italy,.
The Paris correspondent of the Lon
| don telegraph believes, on good au-
thority. that there is a chance for peace,
| ii England and Russia will join France
in a Congress.
ARE unChanged.
The last raised Mexican volunteers
will enter the heAustrian.army.
ifsTtle steamer L'Imperatrtce Ergente,
| from Mexico, has arrived at Nassau
with troops. and nine million francs,
| three million for the French treasury.
| THE Paris Bourse was very Irregular,
i-but closed firm. Rentes, Gar zoe.
| ? GREAT BRITAIN.-The financial panic
cplmfnated late on THURSDAY tternoo9 J.
1.-The IOIE1.! iFl-the suspension of F0veranu,
Guerney 81 Co.-Pheir business was
convertedsin August last into a limited
| liability eompany, with q nominal cap
| ital OF five millions sterling, OF which
a million and a half was paid. sIhe
liabilities are stated at tenito twelve
million pounds sterling. The break
downisattribu butedlto heuYylspecu lnttve
sales Of shares which forced them down
| from n premium to a discount. Depos-
ftors then began to get alarmed, and
the draw on the 10th was very severe.
Application for assistance was made
at the Bank of England but The gov
ernors decline. to grant any. on the
| ground that,i it would be vain in a crisis
/ like the present to assist one establish
| imentnniess they were prepared 10 help
1.-THE other applicationsas as Well II was
| too late to make a call on the share-
holders or take any other steps: 5Ine Tut
| l0uentlv3clOsed. The following morn
4 ing. Friday the l 1th, intense excitement
/ nrevniIed In the financial circles OF
/ London, Liverpool and other centres,
and business WAS almost suspended
The Times, of the 18th ,sin Its city ar
ticIe. says that the Bank of England
| Yesterday raised, the rate OF discount
| from eight to mine per cent, and the
| charge for special advances to ten. Ihe
4 pressure even at these terms was enor-
\ nous; and it wis on " on IN pnsxcePtion
i able bills that hccoInmo odatlon could be
\ 0OtHlnRus-
most serious disasters were hourly an
uounced.9 The first wasa comparative
| ly small Bank, the English JolntStock,
| for ESQ 600: then came that of Peto and
| Retts for "a, 900, 600; then that of w.
| Sheimpton, railway contractor, Tor
| GOO 600: and finally, 1t was understood
| that the Imperial Mercantile Credit
Asso sociation, Whose paid up capital Is
| half a a@miiIIion sterling and the Consoli,
llated Discount Company, with a. PAID
up capital of a quarter of mlllion
| sterling, must under Extremely heavy
commitments pass into liquldatl3tn.
During the day the most intense ankle iil
| tv was manifasted to ascertain If any
Steps had been taken by leading merT
| chants and bankers to represent 70 the
| Government the extent OF the Crisis,
| and the false notification in the STOCK
4 Excffaffye, to the effect that an extra
issue of bank 7notessto the extent often
/ IniiIions had been authorized, caused
al, one time a general rebound iniprtces.
4 n LATER in5the-evening, 1t tranSplfeu
lthapthef Government had resolved 70
/ suspend the bank charter act. 1he as
Il sets of. Belts ~ Peto,a even under the !!
/ mostdepressed circumstances, arelestl-
bmafetl at five millions sterling, and II
lisicohiidently assumed that in a .short
l5time PROPOSITIONS for the adjustment
4 l,ofalIciaims can be submitted Every
one wtlIi Iihope That thismaylbe the case,
for Sir Morton feto anu ms PaFtist PIt!i
rank prominently aLhong IupseIwiu
have carried the Iatne oL
prise to all parts OF 5tne gltooe, ii!.1 Mnta1
they have commanuel -, - Per s'','a :,
regard in allsectlons athons tnelt eOun
ltrymen. 81 8 Ia, q. f:,;1
1t Is already known ihsG
ures among dealers will be a annonneed
in connection win tne mar llIy Inolllty
settlement on the stock EXchan &c., q q
large number otcountry phnkeLs .1ltI5ss.Ia,, MsLs
lin London to confer Win Is the Lotl49l Y!
agents to proVlue against tuli. taansel
from localruns.s Runorss We're s clrcu' .i,s.i
Hated dinthe course.'oL Tue uaty = c,ft.'se q se
we're run on the bank OF barEetI b o OoIss
HonPpry pu6 u
without foundation :. y.
on two OF hrse % ~, TI,ss
we'll met soou tiSI,,.
don ana ln 1ne Eouni3 psip,,,t, sg,,,.
were very geueEetiiy hiie''te ~ 49, w
ungenleieSss lsa II cot ton3 Market there
In the ttVerpoofIco Icoteou s ~ "a. $500. ny sa.SI
was an increased pane ~ y
nepcsmensio observation-disclosures sul9.st1
diness al the close. a,,,o.,
AT ManchesLef tneEe esaas.a So tlii
Z pause AZ Glasgow the iron 2roksI'
( Ilresolved to toSuSpendsplsiness Ell1 Mon
tsday. ~ NJ 49, , @.a'-l - - 3 Z.
In the produce maj fkets Iat IoLuol
prices were almost wholLy noulILIa.: MAJ.
IL Takinginto aceonnGtne 1oepteclassil99! y
that has simultaneously 20 oeclFre1 ~ Y
English fundsi railway anu anu !.s 81 = - ~
curitles DC, the " s4s itst. !.
lnl: ~. = Ky cnnsisier
beginning OF e,ansGne S,,s nnn - say notiSfS,
edto resch ~ ssS sSS,1is. S;,o,