16 MARCH 1956, Page 10

Elie 6p water

MARCH 19, 1831

THE TURN OF THE MARKET.-A capitalist in the City, of European fame, who, like King Canute, sat on the shore commanding the fluctuations, not of the sea, but of stock, and at whose nod it was supposed their fluctuations obeyed, has been heard to say, that in the late changes he has lost more than any other two houses in London; and that he retains as much as any three. Full credit is given to the first half of the declaration.