18 JULY 1840, Page 6

Concessions on the part of the Bank of England seem

to be the order of the day. Two of the Joint-stock Banks in the City, the London and the Union, have been permitted to open a drawing-account. They have also resolved to allow parties who keep accounts with them to discount bills, and for sums smaller than heretofore permitted in their practice. The latter alteration is borrowed apparently from the mode of transacting business by the Bank of France.—Tisnes.

At a meeting of the proprietors of the St. Katherine's Docks, on Tues- day, a dividend of 21. per cent, was declared for the half-year ending at Midsummer.