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    JOINT-STOCK COMPANIES. An extraordinary ...

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    THE METAJL MARKET. W» copy from Trueman ...

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    Riff Piuatks.—The Brussels Indcpendancc ...

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    Home, Colonial, & Foreign Produce Market...

    2603 hds ., including Barbadoes at 39 s . to 45 s . for low tofineyelW ; Jamaica , 40 s . to 41 s . 6 d . ; and Crystallised Deraerara , 40 s , 6 d . to 47 s ., the last named being rather cheaper ; 2000 bgs * Mauritius in auction were chiefly sold , brown at 31 s . 6 d . to 39 s . 6 d .. ; yellow , 10 s , to 44 s . ; 3200 bgs- Madras brought 42 s . to 45 s . 6 d . ; for grocery 4000 bgs . Bengal ; Benares , 45 s . Ud . to 47 s . 6 d . ; grocery , 44 s . 6 d . ; and dry brown , 31 s . 6 d . per cwt . The public sales of foreign were nearly withdrawn or bought in , 13 , 750 bgs . Manilla at 34 s . to 35 s . 180 brls

    for middling to good unclayed ; lOOOhds . and . foreign Muscovado , at 38 a . to 39 s . 6 d . for brown ; 40 s . 6 d . to 43 s . for yellow ; but 1100 bxs . Havanah ( damaged ) , -were mostly sold : floretts , 46 s . to 489 . ; white , 51 s . to 52 s . per cwt ., duty , 16 s . and 18 s . 4 d . respectively . The private transactions have been small . A floating cargo of 36 O 0 bgs . Paraiba sold for Hamburg at 23 s . 6 d . per cwt Refined sugars are seasonably dull of sale , but supplies are moderate and quotations comparatively firm . Brown lumps , 52 s . 6 d .

    Coffee . — The market has a firm aspect , the public sales having gone off with animation at full prices . 750 csks . 300 brls . and bags plantation Ceylon brought 64 s . 6 d . to 69 s . 6 d . for low middling and middling ; and 70 s . 6 d . to 74 s . 6 d . for middling to good middling coioury . 169 bgs . good ordinary St . Domingo , 47 s . 6 d . to 48 s . ; 800 bgs . Madras , good ordinary to middling pale , 63 s . 6 d- to 68 s . 6 d . ; and bold coioury , 81 s . 89 bis . long berry Mocha were held at 93 s . to 95 s . per cwt . Two floating cargoes of superior first Rio , new crop , have sold , the one at 46 a . 9 'd M and the other at 48 s-, both for continental ports . The statistical position of the market continues satisfactory .

    Tka . ^ —The principal feature this week has been the public sales , in which 14 , 677 pkgs . were offered , comprising the unusually large proportion of 8600 pkgs . " without reserve . " The sales went somewhat unevenly , black leaf Congous realising very full prices , but scented teas showing a decline of id . to Id . per lb . Of the above quantity put up 9100 pkgs . sold . The private , transactions have been , chiefly in the new teas per Robin Hood , and these have found a steady sale at about former prices . To day private telegrams have been received in anticipation of the China mails , but they have had no appreciable effect on the market , which closes decidedly quiet in tone . Rice . —The demand ntns almost exclusively upon

    low qualities , in which a steady business has been done at fully the previous currency . Rangoon has sold at 6 s . 6 d . to 7 s . ; pinky Madras at 7 s . 3 d . ; good JNecranzie , 7 s . 9 d . ; and low to good middling white Bengal , 7 s . 4 id . to 9 s . 3 d . per cwt . The deliveries continue very steady , and the stock is . still slowly decreasing . SAt , TPKXBB .- ^ -The market ^ is exceedingly flat , and where sales are made lower prices have to be taken . Public sales were attempted in the early part of the week , but the bids fell much below previous rates , and the whole offered was withdrawn . ' Since this nothing of moment has transpired . Spices . —Cassia lignea has further advanced Is . per cwt . ; sales of pile 1 having beeo . made at 100 s . In other spices the dealings have been of a retail character , and have not altered prior quotations .

    Fruit . —The dried fruit market , na usual , so near to Christmas , has been quiet . Several public sales have been brought forward , but they have resulted in very little actual business . Holders in general are , however , firm , and in what has been done , quite late rates have been paid . Dbugs . —The only sale of moment has been one of 500 chts , of camphor ( a , portion of the arrival per Onni ) , which met a partial demand at 61 s . to 62 s . per cwt . Dyes . —Indigo is firmly held , and it ia difficult to buy except at higher prices . Some small lots of low and middling safflowers have sold rather cheaply , but the market in general is steady , 130 tons Savanilla Fustic in public sale realised 5 / . 6 a , to 51 . 7 s . 0 d ., and some parcels red wood 4 . 1 . 7 s . Gd . per ton .

    Cotton—The market has been quiet , but holders having offered but small supplies , prices remain steady . At Liverpool a decline of l-J , Cd . to id . has talaon place , and the sales are 46 , 800 bales . The American advices bring increased receipts at tho ports , and also a general inclination to a . Wglicr range In crop estimates , and to this the heaviness in the Liverpool market ia mainly attributed . Hemp , —In Russian hemp but a moderates business is doing , and quotations are unaltered , 291 . being the price generally named for St . Petersburg clean , East India hemp is also in limited request only . Jute continues in active demand , and prices have furthor advanced 15 s . per ton , common to good selling In public sale at 16 b . 10 s . to 20 / . 10 s . por ton . of has

    MteTAX'P . ^ The price copper been , advanced 57 . per ton on tile and coko , making the present quotations 107 / . 10 s . Best solooted Is worth 110 / . 10 s ., and for . Bnrra Burra UU to 112 / . is asked . Sheet copper has been put up id . per lb ., the prices being now Is . per lb . There have been several transactions in Straits tin at ) 1151 ., but very little in other descriptions . Scotch pig Iron , is steady In price , bu , t Inactive . On 'Change to-day the quotation was 54 a , 0 < J . In spelter rather a largo business hat ngnjn been done , principally foi ? arrival , spring shipment * bringing 22 A The ejeact terms of the

    later transactions were withheld , but are supposed to have been at rather higher prices . In lead no change has t aken place . Oils . —Linseed , after being heavy all the week at 29 s . 6 d ., closed to-day rather firmer at 29 s . 9 d . Rape oil sells steadily at previous quotations . Common fiah oils meet but a limited demand . Sperm , on the contrary , finds ready buyers , and to-day 927 . ( one lot at 92 Z . 5 s . ) was obtained for good colonial fished . Tallow . — There has been but a moderate demand throughout the week , but stocks are well held , and prices ' show considerable strength . The deliveries have somewhat slackened , but have been rather in excess of the importations . The prices quoted during the greater part of tho week have been 50 s . 9 d . to 51 s . on the spot ; 50 s . 6 ' d . to 50 s . 9 d . for delivery up to spring ; and 51 s . 3 d . for March only ; and to-day the market closed rather flatly at these rates . - .. - ' ' m :

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    Joint-Stock Companies. An Extraordinary ...

    JOINT-STOCK COMPANIES . An extraordinary meeting : of the Trust and Loan Company of Upper Canada is called for the 31 st irist ., to authorise the directors to exercise the company's borrowing powers . ' The London General Omnibus Company ( Limited ) have issued an advertisement , in which they notify that on the 1 st January next " the business of the French Company will pass into their hands * and that it will in future be conducted by an English board of directors instead of the gerants of a .. French ' company . " It is announced , in vague terms , that " an extensive plan is under consideration for improving the svstein of working the omnibus traffic of the metropolis . " One of the " plans" upon which tlie company have acted appears to have been perfectly unsuccesscontract tickets

    ful— the issue of correspondence « ud —which will be discontinued on the 1 st of January . At the adjourned annual meeting of the South Australian Banking Company , a supplemental report from the directors was read . Referring to the colonial profit and loss account for the year 1857 , the directors express their regret at finding that the colonial manager ' s explanations are most unsatisfactory as rcspcc . ta tho realisation of the securities on the pending account . The xirotits on the colonial account for the year 1857 , amounting to about 50 , 000 / ., have been absorbed in the losses sustained . The assurance was given , however , that the unfortunate . transactions referred to will be brought within the result of that year ' s operations , and that the capital and reserved fund remain intact . After some discussion , the report was unanimously adopted .

    On Wednesday was held a meeting of sharehoMors in the European atid American Steam Shipping Company who are opposed to the directors' proposal for winding up the undertaking ; Mr . Austen was called to the chair . Resolutions were adopted , pledging tlie shareholders present to resist the directors' proposal , and referring to the election of a new board of directors . At the special meeting of the African Steam Ship Company , there was an insufficient attendance to consider the resolution for altering the form iu which the

    accounts are to be presented ; but it was , nevertheless , intimated by Mr . Hadow , on behalf of the board , that the new system will bo carried out during tho next half-year . Tho change proposed is , that with a view of simplifying the accounts , the directors be " authorised in future to charge the actual disbursements for wear and tear and insurance against the recoipts of , tho vessels respectively , and to reserve 7 j per cent , per annum out of revenue on the coa . t of the company ' s ships , as shown in the books at the expiration of each half-year , to form a depreciation fund .

    The Metajl Market. W» Copy From Trueman ...

    THE METAJL MARKET . W » copy from Trueman and Fry ' s circular tho following statement : —< Wo have not much to note beyond the fact that , notwithstanding a little contraction of business , which is generally felt , tboro is no expectation prevailing that prices will go lower ; indeed , a confidence in tho future , and of a healthy return of business at the commencement of tho ensuing year , is entertained iu almost all quarters . Copper . —Since our last tho oxpectod advnnco in prices has been declared , but oven now tho Bmeltora « ro so fully engaged , that they are unnblo at present to tnko orders for unmanufacturod descriptions , oxoopt on a very limited scale . The holders of foreign arc for tho most part intent upon higher rates , although tho stocks of that description havo had aomo little accessions . High comparative prices can bo obtained for Hurra Burro and other fine foreign coppor , InoN .- ^ -The reports from tho Iron districts are Hatisfactory , tho Jinjfrovemout of tho past fow months having reached nil the manufacturers . Some one or two of tho flrat Welsh makers havo advanced their prices within the past ton days ; tho majority , however , accept orders readily , -without evincing oagorneBS . Scotch pig is at a stand-still s price-to-day 61 s . Od , cash , ' as In our last . Tin . —VThls motal is firmly held , and to all Appearance the holders of foreign are justified in their course . English , refined Is In request , but common not so much oo .

    Spelter . —There is an improvement in the bosif , ^ , of this metal , ami it is not obtainable on such favour m terms as it was a week ago , whea ; some considerable transactions took place . * 'uwe Lead is still rather inanimate . TIMPLATE 8 arc eagerly sought at low rates * hi , K makers very reasonably decline , under the existine -c curastances of the tin and iron markets . The demand at makers' prices affords fair employment . * - * rti ¦ _ . ¦ ' ' " ' ^^^ ^^*^^™^^^^^ S * 2

    Riff Piuatks.—The Brussels Indcpendancc ...

    Riff Piuatks . —The Brussels Indcpendancc asserts that England , France , and Spain have agreed to make a joint expedition against the ' Riff pirates next spring Belize . —The Shipping Gazette publishes an elabo borate judgment , which has lately been pronounced bv Mr . Temple , tho Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of British Honduras , in the case of " Plues v . Hyde and Co . " The question at issue -was , virtuall y , whether the colonial creditors of Messrs Jame Hyde and Co . of Belize , should have a preference in the distribution of assets over which the creditors of Messrs . Hyde , Ilodge , ami Co ., of London , the two ' houses being in reality the same . The court has adopted tho common-sense view that there is no such law in that country , and that the estate of an insolvent must be distributed fairly and equally amongst all his creditors , wherever the \ - may reside .

    Kiiw Commissionr : n in B . \ XKRrrTcy . —The newlyappoiatoil Birmingham Commissioner , Mr . G . W . Sanders , took his seat in the ' Bankruptcy Court on Wednesday . He Was met by a largo body of the professional gentlemen practising in the- 'court , but no courtesies were exchanged on the occasion beyond the usual obeisance to the bench and its customary recognition . Tlie usual business of tho court was at once proceeded with ; Tin-: Shipping Intkiust . — Mr . Duncan Duiibar , chairman of the public mci'ting of shipowners held on the 15 th instant , Mr . George Marshall , chairman of the General Shipowners' Society , Mr . George F . Young , and Mr . William IJon . ir , secretary , had an interview with Mr . Secretary Walp ^ le on YV'ediicsday , at the Homooffice , arid present . ( 1 the address to her ' Majesty . agreed to at the-public meeting .

    Incrka . se or Russian Trapk rx Asia . — -Russian navigation on the Air . oor . dates from 1 . S 54 . when it was found necessary , with all ppeud , to convey troop 3 and provisions to Pelr «> pawlowsk ,. Kamsch { itka being at that time rixenarcd by ' th < - navy of the Allies . Since then shipping on the " river has attained ~ uch development that a pud of wheat ( 10 lb * . ) may now be carried for Is . C . I . from the confluence of the Shilka to the shores of the Pni-ilic . a distance of niuiv than two thousand miles . So long as ' the Ochotsk and Ajan line of roads wore the onlv available means of transit , a pud ( 10 lbs . )

    of wheat could never be purchased at Potropawlowsk for less than thrco roubles- Since the opening of tho A moor this price has sunk to onu rouble , or sometimes not eron quite bo much . Gunpowder , formerly conveyed from Irkutsk to Oohotsk nt a charge of five roubles per pud , is now delivered by Irkutsk merchants , in Mcoljiteffsk at tho reduced rate of one and a half roubles . As to the progress of commerce on the Araoor , no more at present need be sni . l on this topic . In order to giro an idea of its growing important , it will be sufficient to obscrvo that the value of merchandise shipped on tho river in 1857 had already reached l . uoO . OOU roubles .

    the correspondent of a New York journal ) visitci several of the workshops of all trades , and we lom . d that nH work was carri ., 1 on in nil entirely ¦!• rtcrcnt tvnj from that in our QWi . country . The carpenters ^ and r » b » notmakora all sit down to saw or piano their stock , no entered a blacksmith ' s shop . Horo ^ fuund tho forg in blast , while two men we . ro sitting down , one on end Side of an anvil , hammering out a Iiei- ^ o piece of « r » n . Tho one with the . slcdge-hanuner scorned to - Iff t «» JLJ 10 OHO WHIl HIO Sl «» gi :-M » " amifllS dO ii ti «»

    easily [ in tho sitting posturo ns our ow . ataixlluff . While they heat th . ; ir » ron , thoj hmi n ^ J hook in tho roof of tho e * l . iblishmo . it , over « J J pot in which they aro at tl . u . nmo Unu , « jok n ^ th « r rice . In ono shop we saw a hole ( or ««•««•« , ™ » J dug in tho ground , in which was a ™ a \ aV * Z > Z \ . kept up by a small bellow ., running u « ulo ' tho ^ In front of this novc-1 forge eat a small l ) 0 j , ^ J \ ,, hard « t work with both hand * mukwff nailj , wi no bellowrthc kept in motion with thu toes of _ u I U « It wn . a novel night to soo with Wh « t ^ ' ; ' l ,, ger o up tho blnttt , his toes working Hko h lnu > « »» t "

    ft tt :, » n OMK . nt , W in V , BNMA p « thonjornlns f tho 1 . 0 th tho first train left Vienna for Lnw . 3 " ™^ built Iu Kiiglond opnvoye . l the VW ^^ Zfo mlnua , and groat was tho crowd n « oinb ^ ' ° UC ( l Stcphft . i ' a Place to boo and nJmlro U ' ° " ™ " vll 0 Aro vohicloa nnd harness . Tho hackney ooaolimo , v o good jiulgcfl of huoIi maWow , « roiic . » ncort t ^ * w B workmanahlp to bu JUmo * » f W 'S fij « bh » not ono Vlonnoso Iu a liunuW will ore noru « and neck by being n « i outoWo i P » " » "Xiuli W " known form of the vohluloa prod « o « ' » » "J & J a pfloil gon Blon on tho English , and H was Incronao < 1 on « ¦» „ thorn tho words' " Munich , ^ Ufort , 1 orl » , wj In a fow months the journey bo ^ oon Vienna on don will be accomplished In loas tbm ttor « ° ™ 7 ''

• Citation
  • Leader (1850-1860), Dec. 24, 1858, page 26, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/cld_24121858/page/26/