Current:

Leader (1850-1860), 25th July 1857, Edition 1 of 2, Page 717, Untitled Article

Page 717
Page 21
21 of 24

On this page

  • Departments (1)
    • i . ., — ! j /PV»fM-tt»A«.«I * I (Zl tfn It* , ~ ' (IbOIHIIlFl fHU MMllb. i __^_ _
  • Text (10)
  • Transcript

    • Note: This text has been automatically extracted via Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software. The text has not been manually corrected and should not be relied on to be an accurate representation of the item.

      Additionally, when viewing full transcripts, extracted text may not be in the same order as the original document.

      Untitled Article

      No . 383 , Juirr 25 , 1857 . ] j ^ JLJL ^ E A P E B -. — —— _„ . ™ ¦

      Untitled Article

      A Companion to the Royal British Bank Case . — A meeting was held on Monday of the London and Eastern Banking Corporation , which went into liquidation in March last on the discovery that more than its entire paid-up capital of 250 , 000 / . had been dissipated in loans to Colonel Waugh and other members of the Board , including Mr . Stephens , the managing director . Captain Beville presided on the present occasion , and a report was read showing a reduction since the 11 th of April of the liabilities from 340 , 240 ? . to 282 , 7061 ., and of the assets from 334 , 010 / . to 269 , 996 / . The estimate of the loss to be sustained by the shareholders in addition to their entire capital has been raised from 6320 / . tol 2 , 710 Z . j owing to advices from India of the disastrous results of the exchange operations carried on by the directors in London to supply themselves with funds . During the discussion , opinions were expressed that the career of the London and Eastern Bank has been marked by circumstances far worse that those of the Royal British , and that it is much to be regretted the fact of its being privately liquidated will prevent it from undergoing a like judicial examination . In answer to questions from Mr . Guedella , it was stated that not one of the open accounts of the directors has j-et been adjusted . —Times . The Queen of the Netherlands . —The Countess Van Buren ( Queen of the Netherlands ) visited Saint George ' s Hospital on Monday morning , and was conducted through the wards of that institution by a deputation of the governors . She left a sum of money with the secretary . She then paid a visit to Stafford House . Gkbat Fihb ik Southwaric—Near midnight last Saturday , a dreadful loss of property by fire occurred in Great Suffolk-street , near Hie Queen ' s Prison . Its outbreak , discovered by a man named Serle , who rescuced some horses , took place in the shops of Mr . John Wilson , the builder , and the flames spread fearfully . The engines soon arrived , and were worked by about 200 auxiliaries ; but , with the exception of a few piles of timber , all Mr . Wilson ' s property was burnt . Not less than five houses were destroyed and damaged in Suffolk-street , three houses damaged in Kesterton-yard , two houses in John-street , and many poor families burnt out in Rodney-street . It was nearly four o ' clock on Sunday morning before the flames were extinguished . Tub Atlantic Submarine Telegraph . —The conclusion of the manufacture and stowage of the Atlantic Submarine Telegraph was celebrated on Thursday , by an open air festival at Belvidere House , the seat of Sir Culling- Eardley , near Erith . An immense marquee wns erected on the Ia \ , and a cold collation was provided for eight hundred and fifty visitors of nil ranks , including the sailors and artisans concerned in the great undertaking . Cricket und other athletic games were enjoyed i by these manly fellows during the morning , and at two o ' clock all sat down to table . Hornpipes , polkas , &c . followed , and everything passed off with the utmost hilarity . Among the persons of distinction present were —Captain Sandes , with the officers of the Susquehnnnu frigate ) Professors Wheatstonp and Morse ; Sir Frederick Thosiger , Mr . Cardwoll , M . P ., Mr . Cyrug Field , Mr . Raymond , &e . During thu toast-drinking after dinnor , Mr . Cyrua Field , ono of the principal promoters of the plan , roud a letter which ho had received from the President of tho United States , and in which Mr . Buchanan warmly expressed hia sonso of tho honour which it would bo to him to receive the first message on the completion of the undertaking ; and this , Mr . Fiold eaid , it Jnul boon arranged should bo sent from this aido of the Atlantic , ? by no less a porsonngo than Hoi Most Gracious Majesty . Mr . Glnsso , tho maker of tho Greenwich half of tho cable , adverted to the manufacturing difficulties which had to bo overcome in tho completion of so gigantio a work within so brief n period , tho contract having only boon mado last January , ami 2600 mllofl in all being now finished , flhipped , and ready to bo laid dpwn . —Captain Hudaou and , tho ofllcors ' of thoj United States frigates Niagara and Suaquolmnnn , vroro on Monday ontertalneu at a dinnor At tho Adolphl Hotel , Liverpool , by tho shareholder /! of tho Atluntio Tologmpli Company resident in and no » r tho town . Hkaxth of London . —Tho dodtha registered in London in tho woojc that ondod last Saturday exhibit « n in- ,

      • ! crease on those of nine previous weeks . The number h [ 1061 , of which 550 are deaths of males , and 511 thosi of females . In the ten years 1847-56 , the average numi ber of deaths in , the weeks corresponding with last w . eefe was 1028 . But , as the deaths of last week occurred in , an increased population , the average , to admit of com-, parison , must be raised proportionally to the increase , in ! which case it will become 1130 . From these statements ' | it may be inferred that the present condition of the ^ pubi lie health is at least as good as is usual at this period of { the year . The deaths from diarrhoea , which in the three | previous weeks were 33 , 65 , and 133 , rose last week : to 150 . The increase which this disease now shows is ! therefore not so great as that which appeared in the , ' preceding return . —Last week , the births of 860 boys ! and 826 girls , in all 1686 children , were registered in i London . In the ten corresponding weeks of the years I 1847-56 , the average number was 1379 . —From the Rej t / istrar- General ' s Weekly Return . i Mr . Sihr Edward Pack Baeber has become- a j bankrupt . He is described as a glass merchant , but is ! better known as the proprietor of the Samaritan Insti-; tution in Smithfield . He was acquitted of a criminal charge in connexion with that institution , and , having brought an action for false imprisonment , was nousuited . His debts are now about 1000 / ., about 400 / . being on account of the institution , and 400 /" . for law costs in bringing the action . Assignees have been chosen .

      Untitled Article

      MISCELLANIES . The Letters of Horace Walpole , Earl of Orford Edited by Peter Cunninghami Vol HI ( Bentley . )—Several new letters are contained in this volume . The number of letters now printed amounts to seven hundred and ninety-five . The portraits are those of Lady Mary Wortley Montagu , George Montagu , Maria . Countess of Waldegravo , George Selwyn , llichard Ed ^ ecumbe , and Gill / Williams . The Universal Pronouncing and Defining Dictionary of the English Language . Ev Noah Webster , LL .. D . With Notes . by Chauncery A . Goodrich , D . D . To which is added , Walker's Key . ( Ward and Lock . )—This is a wellprinted and convenient volume , for which students of English will be Lands of the Slave and Free ; or , Cuba , the United States , and Canada . By

      -- ¦¦ ' _ ,. — , —>¦^^^¦ n ^^^^ HMMHMMPWiMH ^ HMBai ^ HaWi ^ nH Captain the Hon . Henry A . Murray , R . N . ( Routledge . )—Captain Murraj has not improved the spirit or the plan of his book , which , in the seconc edition , is as flippant and as superficial as in the first . Reliques of Ancient English Poetry :. Consisting of Old Heroic Ballads , Songs Sj-c . By Thomas Percy . Edited by 11 . A . Wilmott . Illustrated by Edwarc Covbould . ( Routledge . ) - —This neat and pretty edition is very welcome . The notes appear judicious , and there is no doubt that in their new foxric the lieliques will enjoy a largely increased popularity . To Bonn ' s Classical Library has been added a sixth volume of Pliny ' t Natural History , translated by Dr . John Bostock , F . E . S ., and Mr . H . X Riley , B . A ., with a General Index . To the Scientific Library , A Manual o ) Technical Analysis : Founded upoii the worJc of Dr . P . A . liolley . By Dr , Benjamin H . Paul , F . C . S . And to the Illustrated Library , Mi * . H . € r , Bonn ' s Qzdde to the Knowledge of Pottery , Porcelain , and other objects of Vertu , Comprising an Illustrated Catalogue of the Bernal Collection . This is a verj p leasant and meritorious volume . Mr . Charles Bowdler has republished The Religion of the Heart as Exem plified tn the Life and Writings of John Boiadler , which was originally printed for private circulation .

      Untitled Article

      than bigotry . * ' We make this remark , " observes Mr . Rigg , apologetically , " ? n the way neither of praise nor of censure , but merel y ot definition . ' Th " s short sentence indicates the tone of feeling with which the inquiry is intended to be conducted .

      I . ., — ! J /Pv»Fm-Tt»A«.«I * I (Zl Tfn It* , ~ ' (Iboihiilfl Fhu Mmllb. I __^_ _

      i Cnmmmrnl Mara . : . ?

      Untitled Article

      London , Friday Evening , July 24 , 1857 . ! The India ne-ws not having yet arrived , tlio markets have ' boon kept in a very uncertain . state . The rumours aro doi cidedly of a bail nature , and this has had the eflect of lower-I ing Consols ij r > er cent . ; all foreign stocks liavo fallon , Indian railway snares arc depreciated to a greater degree , and in tho original East Indian lino they aro no longer quoted at a premium . Coy Ions arc no better , nor any of tho linos 1 in Bombay or Madras presidencies . Tho demand for money has boon active enough , but no pressure The advices from Australia would indicate that over a million and a half may bo weekly looked for from Australia . All Canadian railway ahures aro steady . Our homo heavy nmvlcot shares aro 1 per cent , lower . Great ; Northerns , witn a law-suit in prospect , have dropped 1 { . to 21 . per share . North StaUbrdshiro and Berwiehs maintain their price . In miscellaneous shares ono . finds a very small amount of business . Mining shares have boon deu . lt in , both British and foreign . Oouro coppor is considerably lower in . prico , and tho roporb is not favourable . But throughout tho lixolmngo dulnosa is tho loading fenturo ; until some Indian hows decides whether tho events thoro are in favour of the insurgents orDuropoans , ono will soo no business . Turkish Six pur Cents , aro not bo firm , Oli , 05 l > oi » g about thoir pric o * Blackburn , 8 , 8 J ; Caledonian , 75 } , 70 i ; Chester and Holylioad , 304 , . 17 J ; Uastoru Counties , Hi , HI ; Great Northern , t ) 8 , 084 ; Grout Southern and Western ( Irolnndj , 104 , lOOi Great Western , ( KJ * . 03 }; Lancashire and VorkBhiro , 1003 , 100 $ ; London and Blackwall , « i , Oji London . Brighton , and . South Const , 111 , 113 ; Londouand JS ' orth-Wostprn , 103 , U ) 3 i ; London and iSouth -Western , 100 , 1004 i Midland , S 3 J , 835 ; North-Eastern ( Berwick ) , Mi . 0211 Soutli-ISastorn ( Uover ) , 7 t , 75 , Antwerp and ; Rotterdam , 01 , Oil DutchitlienlsU , 44 , 34 dia . i IS as torn of Franco ( l ' nris and ( Strasbourg ) , 274 , sit ); Groat Central of Franco , 233 , 24 i * >» ; Great Luxembourg , 74 , 31 Northern of tfiwioo . Wtt . « / *« i 1 ' iu-i . i und Lyons , 514 . 0 B { Royal Danish , 1 U , 18 ; Koyn . 1 bwediah i , I ; SaiubroimU Mouse , 74 , ti .

      Untitled Article

      CORN MARK K T . Mark-lano , Friday , July 2 < 1 , 1857 . Tub flno weather lias produced its usual ojjovt « J . "' ft season , and pricoH of Whont Imvo Uoollny U 401 wldoitj > ly oH over fcho country . Slooka ol "old Wheat u nl lia us *^ ro much less than lftHt year , and tliia may I'W ^ U / fiTho w « n B roat ( fell in now Wlioat . suppwIiiB tho \ w ™*\ Q 4 ? -Xv aocurod . Bonus liavo been tnkoii at 30 h . to ^ 0 a « an « J » J ' «^ hurt boon sold at ^ d . Syrian , and 2 < 1 m . OdoHsn , bot lift ri voo \ . rai , ai < u 110 snlos Ol ilonbillK OlVrROOa l \ t > priCOB to give « prlooa have . fivllOM er uft"y '

      Untitled Article

      BIKTJIS , MARRIAGES , AND DEATHS . I BIRTHS . i SIMMS . —On the 17 th inst ., at Landford , near Salisbury-. ! tVie wife of the Hev . Edward Sim ins : a daughter . ! WHITWORTH . —On the ISth inst-, at 86 , Camden-road ¦ Villas , the wil ' c of Mr . Benj . Whitwortli : a daughter , stilli born . ! WETHERED .-On the 18 th inst .. at Mariow , the wife of T . i O . Wethored , Esq . ; a daughter . j MARRIAGES . I PHILLIPS—HICKMAN . — On | the 10 th inst ., at Oxari ! Church , Salop , George , second son of tho late George 1 ' hillips ,- of Brockton House , in the same county , Esq ., I \ o Hannah < second daughter of the late Henry Hill Hick - 1 man , M . D ., of Tenbury , Worcestershire . ! WILLS—TEliBY . —On the ltthinst ., at the parish church I of Burnhiirn-Westgate , Norfolk , the ltev * . Edmund Wills , B-A ., Barkstone . Lincolnshire , to Mary Auue , eldest daughter of the late Rev . Michael Terry , M . A- , roctor of Duuiiner , Hants . DEATHS . ! HxVRDING . —On the 17 tU inst ., at Guernsey , Emma , daughter of the late Colonel Harding , lloyal liorse Artillery , and sister of Major-Gen . Harding , C . 13 ., Lieut .-Governor of Guernsey . BEDDOES . —On the 10 th inst ., Fanny Mifcildi , infant daughter of \ V . Mintou Btddoes , hlsq ., of Miiitoa , Sliropsliire . , JONES . —On the 19 th insr ., the Rev . Edward Jones , rector j of Milton Keynes , near Newport JP . i # uijl , liito J . 1 oUo . vof 1 King ' s College , Cambridge , aged eijlity- six .

      Untitled Article

      BRITISH FUNDS FOR THE PAST WEEK . ( Closing Pricks . ) I Sat . Mon : \ Tnes . Wed- Thur . Frid . Bank Stock f 215 J 210 ...... 216 1215 3 per Cent . Uecl 62 U 2 * \ 92 912 Olf 913 3 per Cent . Con . An . 01 J 915 ! Oil 01 * SIS 9 li Consols for Account 92 \ 02 J 92 91 it 914 Olj ) New 3 per Cent . An . ' 02 » ' V ' Zl « 2 915 91 } I Oil New 2 i per Cents ... i 77 754 Lour Ans . 1 S 0 O ¦ ' I 2 7-10 . 1 2 . J India Stock ' ! 218 . 2164 ' 214 ¦ 2104 Ditto Bonds . £ 1000 15 d 1 | 20 d Ditto , under 4 JIO 00 5 d IS d 20 d 20 d 15 d Ex . Bills , . £ 1000 ( 4 rl id 1 2 ( 1 ; Od ; 3 d 4 ( 1 Uitto , i 3500 2 d Id I 4 di 2 di 2 d Ditto . Small I 2 p' 2 pl Id ' 0 ( 1 2 ( 1

      Untitled Article

      FUOM THIS LONDON ( 3 AZKTTU . Tuesday , July 21 . BANKRUPTS . —Abraoam Low , Lower Homer ton , Middlesex , cuUlo salesman-JamI 3 S Jojid . in , tho ypungoi ' , a , Onmpdeu-Uill . KonslnBtoii , builder — Ciiauj . us IUKKR , SoutliampLon , tinvbor merchant—Altrisd Rubt , : V 2 , Ho ( lBerow , lslington-grcoii , hosier-Loran db woi-b CocintAN , Into of South Son House , Throiidneodlo-strcot , City , Hlnpownor and merchantt-Romkut Porbtbr A ^ dbw , ( st . btoplieira-plain , Norwich , tlnnmii and brasslor—I 2 » WAnr > 0 ou « J'JvjsuiTT , East RiuUiam , Norfolk , iilmtibor and Kla' / lor—OitAiti . ua 1 > 'uijclu > jJuitNKTT , Lincoln , Uvtlor and draper—Thomas I ^ emino , Llvorpool , merchant and commission ftBont—Hbnuy TmsTnAW , Liverpool , broker—Riohauu DiiiiuiYSiriUJO , Hvornool , provision niorohant-RicHARO BoyroooK , Hulmo , ' MlanohoHtor , oil and Hoor cloth manufacturer—Thomas MausualI' . Ilartlopool , Durham , boot , and shoo mnkor . _ _ _ ,, SCOTCH SKQUKSTItATlONS . —J . OBUiKsirANK , Olnngow , auotiouoor and eouuulaslou agout—G . oTKphkn , awruQway , Ross-shire . Friday , July 21 . BANKRUPTS . — Saw vku Moit NKt / x , OHvor ' s-ynrd , Cltyr road , Middloaox , mill Bawjyor-OiviSN- Mixjs , Liverpool , inaaon—Samuhx . 'WirAiiTON , NottlnBhnm . nn B | " 5 ? T ^ i !> Ai'iNnAU , OhoraioiU WorkH , Harrow-brldKO , Stratford , manufaoturliiB ohonilsti—Robkut Wn . nv . PHiioo of W » los . road , OnindoiUowii , llooiwod vlctuiillor-TjroMAS Mxxonwhu Proston , Lnnouator , corn Uonlop-JoiiN Uiami sa , Uolpor , mUl \ vrl ( jht-Wii-i-iAM «« o \ v » , Ramsgato , $ »•} " **»' ooonor-JoHN Wnnitjcnow , Mnnolioitop , nnokln « case 1 aud oftblnoti manufaoturer-JoHN Watso . v , Upper Uomortou . street , OiilodoHlavi-roivd , pianoforte maimlaoturor . <

      SCOTCH SEQUESTUATIONS . —Ax , exaht > ek Duptoit . a Cowie , Aberdeenshire , farmer—James Wilkie , Perth , " baker and confectioner—John Dow , A-lloa , draper—Ja . me 3 " Hendeeson , Dundee , shipowner—Heaud and Steei ,, Liark-: hall , Lanarkshire , grocers and general dealers .

      Untitled Article

      FOREIGN FUNDS . ( Lvst OFjricr . vi , Quotation duuinotue Week ekdjno Fr . IDAY EVENINO . ) Brazilian Bonds 100 | Portuguese 4 per Cents . ... Buenos Ayres (> p . Oonts ... I Russian Bonds , 5 per Chilian 0 por Conto 103 ' Cents Ill Chilian 3 per Cents 22 Russian * . > per Cents .... OT Dutch 24 per Cents Ot Spanish 40 Dutch 1 nor Cont . Oortf . 9 Si Spanish Committee Cor-Equador Bonds of Coup , not fun r > J Mexican Account 225 Turkish ( 5 per Cents *> 5 Peruvian < ti porCenls .... 81 Turlusli Now , -Iditto .... 102 i PortuKuose 3 por Cunts . 454 Venezuela 4 i per Cents

  • Citation
    • Leader (1850-1860), July 25, 1857, page 717, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2202/page/21/