The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1855-10-16 00:00:00

ISSUE DEPARTMENT.

Notes issued ... £25,765,025 Governmt. Debt £11,015,100
Other Securities 2,984,900
Gold coin & bu11'n.11,765,025
Silver bullion ...

£25,765,025 £25,765,025
BA:( RING DEPAItTXtENT.. _ _ _

Prop. Capital ... T11;563,000 Gov. Securities £11,413,143
Rest ... ... 3,682,448 Other Securities 19,791,293
Public Deposits 7,106,524 Notes ... • 5,473,470
Other Deposits 10,837,643 Gold & Silver Coin 614,256
7-day & other bills 1,012,547

£37,192,1621

£37,192,162

Our SHAREMARKET has been more active during
the past week, and prices have experienced an advance
of about 2 per cent. This, however, has been caused
more from speculative operations in sympathy with
consols than from any buying on the part of the public.
At the settlement now being made, contangoes have
been quite as high as at the previous settlements,
when the market groaned under heavy bull accounts,
and the nature of the buying during the last few days
is calculated to increase rather than to diminish these.
On London stocks the rate has been as high as 10s.
per share. Local stocks are steady and in demand.
The following are this day's prices, the market closing
at a decline of a per cent. very weak :---Caledonian,
xd ; Eastern Counties, 92; Great Western, 541 ; Irish
South-eastern, xd; Lancashire & Yorkshire, 764 t- 6 1,
5.1 s ; Lancaster and Carlisle, 69 ; Lancaster and
Preston, xd ; London and North-western, 931, 21- 1 ;
Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincoln, ' 221 • Midland,
654 a Scg 4 I- 5 41 ; North-western, s*; South-
eastern, 171 c, 17 3-16 1-16; Ulster, xn ; Caledonian
£lO shares, xd ; Dutch Rhenish, par. ; Gt. Western of
Canada, xd 23c1 ; Bonds payable 5i with opt. till 55,
xd ; Ditto, 62 with opt. till 56, xd; Royal Swedish,
xd ; Tournay and Jurbise, xd; Western of France, x int ;
Royal Insurance, 15-16 p.

PRODUCE.---The supply of Sugar has been 'limited,
and very little business has been done. Coffee dull
Tea rather less active, but Green in more request.
In Rice little doing. Rum more in request. Brim-
ston"teadv. Palm Oil in good demand. For Tallow
a good inquiry ; P.Y.C. 625. to 635. per cwt. To-DAY,
there is no particular change to notice in the state
of our Sugar market, but, ir anything, rather a better
feeling
prevails, and the transactions have been more
considerable, comprising 2,000 bags white Benares at
48s. 6d. to 505., 200 bags grainy Bengal at 485., and
45 hhds. Porto Rico at 475. to 48s. 6d. per cwt.,
besides 3,500 indirect bags Brazil, to arrive, the price
of which has not transpired. Nothing has taken
place in Molasses or Rum. 20 casks Plantation Ceylon
Coffee are reported at 655. to 68s. per cwt. The
Tea market shows symptoms of increased firmness in
the lower
stricted, owing to the bare assortment of current
descriptions of Congou, but sales are re-
qualities on hand. Rice continues quiet, and we have
only to notice 1,000 bags Arracan, on the spot, at
12s. 6d. per cwt. ; but 100 tons Bengal, for arrival,
have been disposed of, the price not reported. A
small lot of Saltpetre has realised 435. per cwt. for

FRUlT,—Messrs. FLETCHER & FIRTH, in their
circular published on Saturday, make the following
remarks :

CURRANTS.—Since our last report we have had arrivals of
New Patras and Cephalonia Currants, and the quality being
quite equal to our anticipations a considerable business has
been done at from 85s. for the lower qualities, up to 105 s. per
cwt. for the finer marks, and although the price may be con-
sidered high, it does not prevent our dealers coming forward
to purchase, we should say two-thirds of the importations have
already been disposed of, and we calculate before the end of
next week, scarcely any of the present arrivals will be left
unsold, old 1853-4 Fruit is also moving off at from 80s. to 955.
per cwt. for the better qualities, and 60s. to 635. for inferior.
RAISIN s. —We have had an extraordinaro speculative demand
of late for Valencia Raisins, both to arrive and on the spot,
and prices have been driven up from 41s. to 425., to 475. to 485.,
and it would be difficult now to buy any great quantity even
at these prices. This demand has been caused by the rains
having injured some portion of the Fruit in the curing and
drying process, and also by the Growers requiring a consider-
able advance upon the opening prices ; and, in consequence
of this rise, a great number of cargoes ordered will not be
executed, and many of the dealers will be thrown upon the
market, even at these high prices. Muscatels came forward
sparingly, and only a few small parcels by steamer have arrived,
which are retailing at our quotations. Black Raisins being
held at our highest quotation, has prevented much business
being done. Sultanas move off in limited quantities, at 755.
to 80s. per cwt. for fine quality, inferior not in demand.
FiGs.—We have again had considerable arrivals of Turkey
Figs, and at public sale on Thursday, inferior and middling
quality sold at 545. to 565., while the finer qualities were obliged
to be withdrawn. These forced sales tend very much to
prevent sales of the finer descriptions, and if continued will
operate very seriously against importers making full prices for
fine fruit.

ORANGES AND LEMONS.—We have had no arrivals of late,
and we have nothing worthy of remark at present.
Nurs.—Barcelonas are higher, and holders require 9.5. to 3s.
advance upon former prices. Black Spanish lately arrived are
selling at 48s. to 50s. per bag. Turkey Nuts steady at our
quotations.

WooL.---Since our last report, the Wool market
has been very quiet. The expected rise in the rate
of discount by the Bank of England, and the anti-
cipation of the approaching public sales in London,
commencing on the 18th instant (when about 60,000
bales will be offered), has tended to check demand ;
and the transactions of the past week are very limited,
without any material alteration in price, although
the tendency is rather in favour of the buyer than
seller. The imports for the week are 421 bales
Mediterranean, 283 East India, 108 Buenos Ayres,
500 Scotch, 54 Irish, and 4 Coastwise ; total, 1,375
bales.

METALs.---Owing to the anticipation that the Bank
of England would again raise their minimum rate of
discount, Scotch Pig Iron was, up to Thursday last,
considerably depressed. Since then, however, it has
fully recovered the decline, and may now be quoted
775. 6d. to 78s. for store warrants, f. o. b., at Glasgow.
In manufactured Iron a good busine§s doing, but
without change in prices. In other articles no
alteration.