The Sun. — 1857-12-04 (London, England)

HAMBURG. HAMBURG, DEC. 1. I informed you that yesterday had been a day of the greatest gloom and calamity which our Bourse had ever yet experienced, resulting in the suspension of payment by the following prominent firms of this place and the neighbouring town of Altona —l, C. J. Johns, Sohn, tea and colonial house ; 2, C. von Leesen, banking-house, whose operations are extensive with Sweden ; 3, Reimarius Nachfolger, insurance affairs; 4, Busse() and Halskr, banking business with Sweden ; 5, G. Kruhers aud Co., Russian and Finland merchants ; 6, T. P. N. Jahnke, money-changers ; 7, Cordes and Gnmerneyer, corn affairs ; 8, UllLerg and Kramer, Swedish agents, failed as expected ; 9, Kruher and. von Ove,,, large export. trade ; 10, T. F. Kalckralno, insurance agency ; 11, Waget er and Enet ; 12, Bach and Rasps, a young and highly respectable corn and butter house, stopped iu consequence of the suspension of the house of Jahnke, the moneychanger ; 13, T. P. Christie and Co. ; 14, Lltntr and Uhde, South American trade (all these Hamburg houses); 15, C. T. H. Eschells, banking operations with Sweden and Norway ; 16, Barbech and Wall, the same kind of business as the abiive-mentioned ; and 17, Eschelles Sohne, colonial trade, of Altona. The first-class firm, C. M. Schroder and Co., of which Senator Schroder is the chief, was for some hours also on the suspended list, but at a later period received sufficient assistance to go on. The great majority of the above-named houses are said to be only in temporary embarrassment, holding acceptances of houses that, up to the present moment, were supposed to be quite firm, but which are sufftring from the effects of the want of confilence.  All the prompt and energetic steps hitherto taken have so far availed but li•t'e. Only imagine the amount of close upon 500 millions' worth of cools of all kinds being at this mo• ment warehoused and in port on account of the merchants, and such a general want of confidence existing ! There is mid als )to be about GO mil tons of silver in the bank ; but, on the other band, up to only a few days ago local bills, amounting to the sum of 310 mill ons of marks, were passed th sigh the Stamp-office preparatory to being accepted, long and short ; and, besides these►, there is a mass of returned and prosested bills from all quarters, the real amount of which is not known.  4 o'CLocy, Upon visiting the 'Change at the usual business hour I was informed of the following fortln r stoppages :—Conrad Warnecke, a very old-standing firm, considered to have been worth 2,000,000 masks. His business was confined principally to colonial produce, especially sugar. This failui e will involve an immense circle of friends in Germany, Denmark, and Sweden, with which latter country he was connected in bill transactions. T. C. Bahro, a shipowner and general merchant, has this morning committed suicide, in consequence of his embarrassments. Lorent am Ende and Co., a very old firm, carrying on business with Denmark, Sweden, and Norway, and several other firms, have b-en mentioned as having suspended payment to-day. Besides .11amburg there are a number of Altona firms mentioned of great consideration.