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      Money Market &J3to0k Exchange. Jymay Icv...

      nothing new to communicate concerning the iwnaey market , and the continued sameness is remarked by all as an unusual circumstance . In the Stock Exchange , too , there have been no business transactions of importance , and no changes of importance in the week . Consols were firm today , and closed at 96 $ to & Shares , too were steadv . In the market for foreign stocks , also , the business has been very slack . Such dulness is unfavourable to newspapers , but it speaks Favourably for the public , and indicates a total absence of all disquieting rumours . We subjoin our own Bank An Account . ? i ^ S £ i ? to toeK & th ' aiid 8 tti Victoria cap . 32 , for the week ending : on Wednesday , the 9 th day Of November , 1859 : — ISSUE nEPAKTMENT . . Notes issued ..... ^ 30 , 09 ,. 906 | go vernment g * t MI . CJg . Gold Coin ABullion lf ., 217 , 905 Silver Bullion .... £ 30 , 692 , 905 £ 30 , 092 , 905 BANKING DEPARTMENT . Proprietors' Capi- Government Secutai ........ £ 14 , 553 . 000 ritics ( including Best ...... 3 , 175 , 209 Bead Weight-Public Deposits ( in- Annuity ) ....... . £ 10 . 8 , 5 , 107 eluding Exche- Other Securities .. 1 £ «| 9 . 3 ' 3 quer . Savings' Notes ........ . ... - 8 , 888 , 430 fiauks , ' Controls- Gold and bilver sioners of Na- Coin 612 , 263 tlonal Debt , and ¦ . Dividend Accounts ) .. ^ ....... 6 , 997 , 259 Other Deposits .... 14 , 571 , 619 Seven 35 ay and . other Bills .. 888 , 494 ' £ 39 , 025 , 223 . £ 30 , 023 , 223 BI . MARSHALL , Chief Cashier . Dated November 10 , 1859 .

      No. 503. Kov. 12, 1859.] The Leader. 125...

      No . 503 . Kov . 12 , 1859 . ] THE LEADER . 1257

      Prices Of The Principal Stocks And Share...

      PRICES OF THE PRINCIPAL STOCKS AND SHARES AT THE CLOSE OF THE MARKET .

      Last This Week Week Stocks. 3 Per Cent. ...

      Last This Week Week STOCKS . 3 per cent . Consols—Money .......... 90 * 961 Ditto Reduced , 95 () . "> Ditto New 95 U 5 Bank-Stock « g 224 India . . ~ r * rr ° Exchequer Bills •>* J 1 Canada Government 6 per cent ... ll-js New Brunswick Government 6 per cent . .. ll . $ i 11 : 2 * New South Wales Government 5 per cent . Vn 10 Ji South Australia Government 0 per « ent .. H 3 114 Victoria Government 6 per cent 107 110 £ Austrian Bonds , 5 per ceiit •' Brazilian Bonds , 5 per cent .. Sfi 3- « French Kentes , 3 per cent < W" « n > Mexican Bonds , 3 per cent ~ -i Peruvian Bonds , 4 J per cent •¦ Spanish Bonds , 3 per cent . ' Hff Turkish Scrip , 6 per cent <*& RAILWAYS . Bristol and Exeter 100 lOOfc Caledonian « -4 »* Eastern , Counties 55 X ofl East Lancashire • -, Great Northern 103 102 A „ Western « £ > A M i LancnBlilre and Yorkshire ° S * l ) O f London find Blackwall 0 / 05 * London , Hrluhton , and South Coast H- > , Ha * London and ^ orth-Westorn 0 « A 00 London and South-Western , 0 >>* 05 } Midland .. :: , io < $ ioo North British 59 S OJM North Staffordshire l » n 4 Jd Oxford , Worcester , and Wolvorhampton .. 35 35 Houth-WiiBtern ..... 77 $ 77 SouthWalea 73 73 Bombay , Baroda and Central India ....... 053 ooj Calcutta and South Eastern P » i »" , 4 « Kastom IJcugftl , J ? -J " Emit Indian ... . „ ..,.. 10 ] 4 101 Great Indian ronlnsnln 08 \ 08 J Madras 88 V 0 Solndq 104 199 Buffalo and Luke Huron H f > J Grand Trunk of Canada . i . 40 mi Great Western of Canada 1 * 3 34 j Antwerp nnd Rotterdam * JL 4 A Dutch IClionlsh * Ad 4 Ad Eastern of Franco - '< ¦* Sfljxd Grout Luxemburg ,. "it m Lombnrdo-Venetian ' 12 11 * Northorm of Franco 37 ! l 37 ! J Parly , Lyons , and Modltormnoun ' M & . Iflxd Paris And Orleans GO fifk Southorn of franco Z l UV Western nnd Worth-Woatorn of Friuiuo .. J' 3 nil

      General Trade Bepobt. Consumption Of All...

      GENERAL TRADE BEPOBT . Consumption of all kinds continues good ami productive , ns also ( ictlvu . Our population is rapidly inorejising , and it is nil well employed , and well puld . Consumption , therefore must lio Incrcattlngj nnd yotj , pi'leos of no lcind are high , or are rising . Our imports nnd stocks niusb have boon lurgu to supply Our Inoi'auaing wants , without nny rjao of prioo . At present there uro indioatlona thut tho prloo of corn ,

      ¦ which tends upwards to-day in Mark Lane , has passed its lowest level . AH the continental markets are so dear that importation to any extent is no longer profitable . But -we must import corn , and , therefore , we may 'anticipate a rise in the price of . corn . Our seed time has not been favourable , which also indicates hardening markets . Fortunately a good demand continues for the produce of our industry ; and if prices should rise a little , the people can bear it . They are no longer in such a depressed condition as to be half starved whenever wheat rose a few shillings a quarter . From our manufacturing districts the reports continue favourable . A rise in the price of cotton in the face of an extraordinarily large crop , and a rise in the price of wool at the rates of Colonial wool , which began this week-, denote continued activity in the cotton and woollen manufactures ^ If trade could escape the influence of politicians , if it could be sure not to be disturbed by quarrels , and rumours of quarrels , it would now be as full of satisfaction as it is extensive ; but amongst manufacturers we find apprehensions of political events , which impede their operations and fill them with uneasiness . They want the assurance of continued tranquillity , and this is all they want to be extremely well pleased and prosperous . All the Mincing-lane markets are dull , without material alteration . Tea , -which was expected to be lively from the Chinese interruption , is particularly dull .

      From The London Gazette. Tuesday, Novemb...

      FROM THE LONDON GAZETTE . Tuesday , November 8 . BANKRUPTS . James Owen , Westminster-bridge-road , grocer . Robert Milburn , and James Llewellyn White , Cheapside , and Martin , Jeune , and : Co ., Paris , merchants , Friday , November 11 . BANKRUPTS . William Cullingford , Gerrard-street > Soho , woollen draper . ¦ Edward Gibson , Brook ' s-mews , Hyde park-gardens , livery stable keeper . John Jeyes , Northampton , seedsman . Robert Oakley Wilkins , Appledam , Surrey , corndealer . Mathe-w George White and John Hector Manro , Strand , picture dealers . James Wvcherley , Adderhury , Oxfordshire , maltster . Thomas Allen , Newport , Monmouthshire , corn factor . William Knapton , York , iron founder . George Henry Edwards , Birmingham , victualler .

      Eailway Intelligence. The Loni>Ok, Dover...

      EAILWAY INTELLIGENCE . The Loni > ok , Dover , and Chatham Railway Company propose to carry their line over the Thames , and , by means of an arch over ] Ludgate-hill , to proceed to the eastern side of Farringdon-street , where it will be necessary to clear a space for a terminus . The site is one of the very best that could be chosen in the whole metropolis , within a stone's throw of Newgate-iuarket , St . Paul ' s , and Cheapside , three minutes' walk from the Post-office , within sight of Holborn and the westward roads , and near the intended site of the Metropolitan Railway . A final call of £ 4 10 s . per share . on the additional capital A of the Bombay , Baroda , and Central Railway , has been made payable on the 30 th inst . The half-yearly meeting of the Danube and Black Sea Railwa y and Kustendjib Harbour Company is called for the 29 th inst . A call of £ 3 is to be paid by the 5 th December on tho new shares of the Great Western Railwayov Canada . A special meeting of this company ie called for the 22 nd inst . . in London , and for the 24 th Dec . in Canada , to consider " a proposition to exchange the existing third . and fourtji mortgages granted by thp Detroit and Milwaukee Railway Company , for the loans of 250 , 000 * . made to them in virtue of resolutions of this company passed Nov . 2 , 1857 , and l ^ oV . 2 , 1858 j and . to take xn lieu thereof a similar amount of an issue of 5 Q 0 , O 00 J . of preference shares , created under the authority of act granted to tho Detroit , and Milwaukee Railway Company , and which is to be secured by a mortgage upon the property of that company . A final understanding has boon come to as regards the joint use of tho Perth general station . Tho whole niiittor iu dispute , which led to , tho formation of a new station at tho Glasgow-road Bridge , has boon amicably settled between tho directors of tho Scottish Central nnd Scottish North-Eastorn Raihvuys » and the terms of arrangement only require tho up- ; proval of tho Scottish North-Eastern shareholders . < Tho necessary station buildings and accesses are < provided for , nnd tho Scottish North-Eastern Com- ' puny uro to rosuino their uso of tho gonornl station i in aU respects us ibrinorly . ' A call of X ' i is to bo paid on tho slmvos In Hie t Uwia and DimAiiuno Railway Company by tho ( 15 th Dcjoembor . ' The LoNucor and North Wicstehk Haimvay t radio rot urns shows this woolc the largo increase r

      of £ 10 , 274 ; the South Eastern an increase of £ 1 , 505 ; the Great Northern , an increase of . £ 1 , 779 ; and the Xbndon and South Western , an increase of . £ 664 . According to announcement , the Castle-Douglas and Dumfries line was opened on Monday for general ' traffic , and a portion of Galloway now enjoys the advantages of railway communication . The first passenger train passed along the line to the entire satisfaction of all the passengers , the motion being smooth . ^

      Joiht Stock Companies. An Undertaking Of...

      JOIHT STOCK COMPANIES . An undertaking of some importance is announced , u « der the title of the Ockan Marine Iksvranci Company . The capital is fixed at one ¦ million , in £ 25 shares , of which it is proposed to call up £ 200 , 000 , or £ 5 per share . The prospectus sets forth that additional facilities are required foreffecting marine insurances in this city , and that the existing marine insurance companies were all formed prior to the year 1825 , since which period the commerce of the " country has nearly trebled in amount . It also draws attention to the enormous premiums commanded by the shares in the established companies . As soon as the measure introduced by Government last session , extending to insurance companies the principle of limited liability , is passed , this company is to be registered under its provisions , and meanwhile , in every transaction entered into by the company , the liability of each shareholder is to be " specially restricted to the amount of his shares . " The names attached to the prospectus are highly respectable , and include those of the chairman of the St . Katherine Dock Company , and two of the directors of the London Dock Company . At a meeting of the directors of the Bank op Bombay , held on Thursday , the 6 th of October , in the Bank-ofiice , Mr . James Blair , deputy secretary , was promoted to be secretary and treasurer , from the date of Mr . Stuart ' s retirement in March next . Another special meeting of the proprietors of the bank was also held on the same day , when on the motion of Sir Cursetjee jamsetjee , seconded by Framjee Nusserwanjee , Esq ., it waslunanimously resolved that a gratuity of tliirty thousand rupees be presented to Mr . Stuart on his retirement . A new project is in course of organisation under the title of the Anglo-French Marine Insurance Company . The capital is fixed at £ 100 , 000 , but power is to be taken to increase it to £ 1 , 000 , 000 . Branches are to be opened in the principal seaports at home and abroad , and it is mentioned that a board is being formed in Paris and Havre . The half-yearly meeting of the Imperial Continental Gas Association is called for the 30 th instant , to declare a dividend ,

      Trade In Russia.—A Communication From St...

      Trade in Russia . —A communication from St , Petersburg says : —The scarcity of specie is severely felt here in trade ; there is a deficiency even in the copper coinage , and people are compelled to supply its absence' 1 > y paper tickets . The consequences of the excessive speculation of 1857 are noAy felt most grievously . There exist in Russia 104 joint-stock companies , sixty-four of which were founded in 1857 . Several of them have been compelled to wind up their affairs . The companies engaged in metallurgical operations ; the St . Petersburg hardware manufactory ; tho Dniester Navigation Association , and tho agricultural company have lost portions of their capital amounting to 80 , 000 , 240 , 000 , 480 , 000 , and 900 / 000 silver roubles . In Poland , many merchants have suspended payment . The Government intends to create a new mortgage system for the relief of the landed ' interest ; also , to pass a now bankruptcy law as a safeguard for creditors , llie regulations relating to trade licences are also to be rpviscd ' The ' Grbxk Loan . — The Times says that England , France , and Russia hnvo at length agreed to coerce the dishonest Government of Greece into making some partial- provision for tho payment of tho intoreaton tho Greek loan of £ 2 ,. ' 343 , 750 , contracted slx-nnd-twenty yoars ago , under the ffuarantoo of the three powers , who have been eft throughout tho ixwiod to provide for tho liability . Tho sum now to bo extorted from her Is , however , nnlv £ 30 . 000 per annum , while tho amount actually requirod is , £ 107 , 187 , to say nothing of any repayment for vast defaults . Tho othor loans granted to } nablo hor to gain her freedom sho has dishonoured luring hor wliola existence as mi independent state . rhoy wore contracted respectlvily in 1824 and 1825 , md now amount , with arrears , to about £ 7 , 000 , 000 . Dn th ' eso tliero is no guarantee , tho only security of ho bondholders holng tho pledged fliith ot tlie > rpolc nation— -a commodity \ vl \ iuh tor many years uis boon entirely unmarketable . Nmw Sahdjman Loan . — The ncoounts trom Italy uontlon that ; tho Now Sardinian home loan of

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    • Leader (1850-1860), Nov. 12, 1859, page 21, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/cld_12111859/page/21/