The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1855-08-21 00:00:00

THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD.

COMIE_RCIAL and MONETARY- :17EWS.

NIGHT.

rurnr Was nothing during the week to interrupt
the quietude which has prevailed for some time past,
until the receipt of intelligence from the Baltic of the
destruction of the fortress of Sveaborg, followed by
the news of the signal defeat of the Russian army
under General Liprandi, led to a sudden advance in
Consols. The advance was not, however, very great,
owing to the preparations for the deposit on the
Turkish loan, and the desire to realise which usually
follows any rise. With this exception, the fluctuations
in the Money-market have been but slight. By the
Bank returns on Friday there appears an increase in
the stock of bullion to the extent of £43,561. This
may be considered owing to the favourable state of
the exchanges, which has prevented any demand for
gold for the Continent, though accompanied, on the
other hand, with small arrivals. It is supposed that
the deposits on the Turkish loan amount to nearly a
million ; but as the biddings are made to-day, the
surplus above the amount required will be speedily
returned. This circumstance has led to a demand for
money, which may account for the decrease in " other
deposits" and the increase in " other securities ;" but
as money is comparatively abundant, the inconvenience,
if any, can be but temporary.
The feeling of confidence which has corignued to
prevail, notwithstanding the large demands for the
purposes of the war,vill be considerably strengthened
by the favourable Iveather for getting an the harvest,
and, as the prospect of plenty is now removed beyond
a probability ,of doubt, it has a corresponding effect
on the markets, those for breadstuffs declining as other
'commodities -advance.

There lifts been more business doing in the Man-
chester markets, and prices have slightly improved,
but the advance is said to be at'once the effect and the
cause of the rise in Cotton in 'this market. There is
no doubt that the manufacturers are short of stock,
and would like to supply themselves at as low a rate
as possible, but every attempt to do so is followed by
•a-speculative demand here. In the Woollen 'trade a
'fair amount of business is.doing, the tendency 'being
upwards.

The arrival of •specie during the week have
amounted to about £560,000, while the shipments,
'including those by -the -Ava to China, and £55,000 by
the Iberia to the Peninsula, are estimated at -about
£450,000.

Our &R AU 31Animr during the week has.'displayed
very little activity, -the transactions being Of a very
limited character, vslile some lines have shown a ten-
dency to decline. The following are 'the prices at
which sales were made to-day :---Lancashirvand York-
shire, '634 ; Eait Lancashire quarters= '84.; Liverpool
and Southport, ; Great Western, Sheffield
Stoek,2s3 6 ; 'Midland Stock, 711 s 4 • South Eastern,
183 13-16; batch Rhenish, pm: ; ;-13ez-ough Bank,
101:; ditto new, £lO shares.
COTTON.,,:-The market has displayed considerable
activity during the week, and prices., have continued to
ironrove; theadvance being id. per,lb. for middling
and 0. fbr The sales daring the week were
80,640,ba1e5,, of which 24,340 were 'taken on specula-
tion, and 4,560 for export, leaving 51,740 for the trade.
`This renewal of activity is owing:to the unfavourable
accounts of -the Cotton crop 'in America, combined
-with the mare cheering aspect of political affairs and
"the nearer prospect of an abundant harvest. TO-DAV,
Tthe advices by the Atlantic were received. The sales
amounted to 7,000 bales, inanding 1,000 for specula-
tion and for export, and prices remain without chauge,
the market closing firmly.. The following is a com-
parison of present rates with these of the correspond-
ing period last year :---

New Gleans, middling ......_
71 fair . .....
Upland, middling .......
, fair

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PuomycE.---Sugar has been in good demand, and
supplies king inadequa.te, Trims have advanced fully
6d. per 'cwt. Coffee has realised full prices. Tea in
moderate request. In Rice an extensive business has
been dome, without alteration in. prices. Saltpetre in
limited supply. Palm Oil -steady, at £4l to £42.
Tallow, in good demand, . at 575. 6d- for .P.Y.C.
TO-DAY, the supply of- sugat being restricted, and
holders -still demanding .higher prices, the hnsiness
was confined to 1,800 bags-white Benares ,at 425. to
435. per cwt. Very full prices continue to be paid for
Molasses, 600 puns. Cuba Illuseovado, to arrive, having
realised 19s. 3d. per cwt. -A small parcel of Demerara
Rum has been taken at previous prices, anti 50 hhds.
Mauritius:at 2s. qd. per gallon proof. A cargo of
Rio Coffee, afloat, (3,400 bags,) is reported for a near
Continental port, but the,come:, terms have not tran-
spired. Transactions in 'Tea 'hae been small; sonud
common Corigou is noireb3.llly,worth 82d. tcr-Sid. per
lb. Nothing has occurred in !Rice. 60 bags Saltpetre
have realised 325. 6d. per •ewt.:for 94 per cent. refrac-
tion, and 3-8 :chests Manilla Indigo 9d. to 2s. ,6d. per lb.
There continues a good inquiry for Jute, 700 bales
havinc, ,changed hands at ', Ll 6 1-,o £l9 10s., and 800
bales Manilla Hemp have Also; realised £4O per ton.
200 tons Jamaica Logwoolt„ to.arrive, have been sold.
at £5 per ton.
W00r,.--We Thad a fair nitendanoe of the trade at
our public sales, which coremeneed on the 14th and
terminated ,on ,the 17th inst. the qinntity offered was
9,359 bales East India, Tinitey, ;Smyrna, PernTiau,
Buenos Ayres, Cordova, &c. For East India there ,
was a good competition, and the hole sold at good .
prices ; Egyptian was also in good tequest, and the
late advanced rates were wellaßported. For Turkey,
Smyrna, Barbary. &c. there was ;note° brisk a demand,
and a part was withdrawn forflier rates. In other
descriptions we :have uo alteration to notice ; the mar-
'et is very barely supplied with law :and middle-class
wools, and late prices are well supported- The imports
for the week consist ,of 528 bales. Iceland ; 341 ditto
;Fast India; 18' ditto Mediterranean; 1.15 ditto Buenos .
Ayres ; 293 ditto Scotch_; 18 ditto Irieh. Total 1,481
ibaies.

-METALS.---We have ,had much excitement in Scotch
Pig Iron during ;the past•week, and a large amount of
business has been done at prices which advanced steadily
up ,to 83s. at the end of the week, since why h we have
been rather quieter, and close to-day at 542-s. 6d. per
ton. Manufactured iron in. good demand, mcny of the
manufacturers refusing to soil,. excepting at prices to
be fixcd at the quarterly meeting. Other raeWs with-
out change, excepting Tin, in which there has .been a
further,.ll4vance of £5 per, ton.

The :stew-ship Canada ailed ,for l3orton shortly, after one
o'clock or_ Saturday, with la passengers, a full r.ar,gp, and
the regular mails.

SOUTRPOAT CROWDED.—A. few days since, the cheap trains
took down so. many visitors to Southport, :that serious incon-
venience was.ez-perienced ; in a few hours .all the bread Sand
eatables disappeared, and at night hundreds could find no
place to sleep 4I;.
AT a quarter past two o'clock, on ,Sunday morning, the
police-constables found a man, name unknown, lying on some
hen coops, in Market-street, apparently drunk. They took
him to Hothana-Weet Bridewell for .safety. The bridewell
;keeper perceived that the man was cry a dying-state, and im-
mediately sent him to the Infirmary,,where medical assistance
IMS afforded him, but before this was available the man was
dead.
.cg.ICKET MATCLEEC—On Saturday afternoon three cricket
matches took place in this locality. In Birkenhead Bark, the
returr. match between the first eleven of 'the Birkenheid Vic-
toria and the second eleven of the Olympus (Liverpool) Clubs,
was commenced. Oneinningson ea,clisideweregotthrough with
the following result :—Olympus, 74; Victoria, 3.02. The .first
eleven of the Royal Rock Ferry Club and the second eleven
of the Atheneum (Liverpool), with a first eleven man given,
met in frier ily contest, and though the Rock Ferry mustered
badly, the game was carried on with great spirit on both sides.
The Rock Ferry eventually won a majority of 14 runs, 'the
greatest score being obtained by their energetic secretary. A
.closely-contested match was also played between the Derby
{Liverpool) and the Egremont Clubs, on the ground of the
latter. The Egremont went in first, and their opponents'
clever play allowed them to get no more than 26 in their
first innings. The Derby then took the bat, and succeeded
in zna,king 46. The Egremont did better in their second
innings, scoring 51, but the " Derbyitee won by four runs
and four wickets to spare. 'The following is the full score, from
which it will be seen that the bowling of Mr, Gibson, for the
Egremont, and of Messrs. Fairclough and Laycock, for the
Derby, was very effective :