The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1855-09-18 00:00:00

ISSUE DEPARTMENT.

Notes issued ... £27,668,005 Governmt. Debt £11,015,100
Other Securities 2,984,900
Gold coin & bu11'n.13,668,005
Silver bullion
£27,668,005
BANKING DEPARTMENT.

£27,668,005

Prop. Capital ... £14,553,000:G0v. Securities £13,031,088
Rest ... 3,637,3440ther Securities 16,637,227
Public Deposits 7,591,337 Notes ... 7,525,900
Other Deposits 10,970,353 Gold & Silver Coin 649,371
7-day & other bills 991,556
£37,743,586

£37,743,586

The SHAREMARKET has been extremely depressed
all week, and prices have continued declining each day,
closing this evening at the lowest point of the year.
London and North-Western is heavy at 92, Leeds
761, Midland 651,-4,. The pressure in the money market
has caused this great decline. We annex the prices
of this day :---Caledonians, 30-1 ; Eastern Counties,
92 ; Lancashire and Yorkshire, 76; 4 4 ;
London Stock, 921 2 1-;-; Sheffield Stock, 23* ;
Midland Stock, 66 5-k 4 4s ; North British, 6i 7.16 ;
South-Eastern, 1727-16; Aberdeen 6 p. c. in perp., 9* ;
Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincoln £lO pref. shares,
12-1 13-16 : Dutch Rhenish, Sp 1 16-3 ; Luxembourg
constituted, 9 7-16 d ; Royal Rock Ferry, 4.

COTTON.---There has been a moderate amount of
business done during the week, great animation hav-
ing been caused by the intelligence of the fall of Sebas-
topol; but this was afterwards checked, owing to the
rise in the rate of interest and the advance in the Corn
market, and prices slightly declined, the reduction in
some instances amounting to 1-16 d. per lb. The sales
for the week up to Friday reached 46,330 bales, of
which 5,930 were taken on speculation, and 5,880 for
export, leaving 34,520 for the trade.---To-DAY, the
advices by the Pacific were to hand with accounts of
lower prices on the other side, and the effect was a
decline to the extent of id. per lb. The sales were
6,000 bales, all to the trade, and the tone of the mar-
ket was moderately firm. The following is a compa-
rison of present rates with those of the corresponding
period last year :---

New Orleans, middling

1854 1855
6* 7
6
6 6i

„ fair .
Upland, middling .

SALES. IMPORTS. STOCK
DESCRIPTION. PRICES.I Week ' Previ- Week This
ending ously ending!( Sep. 14
Sept.l4 this yr. Sept.l4' Year.
Sea Island
Stained
Boweds
Mobile 5 6j 6520 251770 1 10491 754995
New Orleans_ _ 4* sa 15630' 910310 I -
Pernams. a.m 6* 8 770', 35530 1432 46703 22340
Bahia, &c.
Maranham 6* 7* 1470' 38620 .... 22713 15130
I Demerara,&c —
Egyptian 6 9 1.470, 92100 1074 793371 49970
Corn.W.l.Szc 6} 6 20, ..
5400 .. 4340 2340
Surat
Madras
Bengal 3* 120 2090 .... .... 970
46330 2311100 17485 1617807 515000

PRoDucE.---There has been a very animated de-
mand for Sugar, and prices advanced ls. to ls. 6d. per
cwt. For Coffee a good demand at advanced rates.
In Tea a fair business without alteration. Rice the
same. Rum has improved ld. per gallon. No sales
in Saltpetre. Palm Oil in moderate request. Tallow
in good demand at 595. 6d. to 60s. for P.Y.C. TO-DAY:
We have again to report an active and extensive
demand for Sugar, at extreme rates to 6d. per cwt.
advance on Friday's prices ; the transactions, which
chiefly took place on Saturday, comprise 90 hhds.
Barbadoes at 425. 6d. to 475., 110 hhds. Antigua at
455., 40 lihds. Demerara at 425. 6d., with 100 bags
grainy at 475., 45 hhds. Trinidad at 41s. 6d. to 425. 6d.
(the latter from the quay), 560 hhds. Cuba Muscovado
at 41s. 9d. to 455. 6d., 200 bags Dates at 435., 5,800
mats Mauritius at 435., 40 chests Bahia and 2,100
bags Pernams, to arrive, at 275., likewise 160 cases
and 2,770 bags Brazil, also to arrive, at 275. 6d.
for brown, and 295. 3d. per cwt. for white, in bond.
140 puncheons Trinidad Molasses have realised 21s.
per cwt. from the quay. There is an improved demand
for Rum, and 100 puncheons Demerara sold at an
advance of ld. per gallon. Coffee continues in good
request, 250 bags Laguayra being reported at 565.,
and 500 bags Santos at 50s. per cwt. The sales of
Tea have been only to a limited extent, but prices
generally are firmly supported ; the assortment upon
offer is far below the requirements of the trade.
Nothing has occurred in Rice or Saltpetre. 1600 bags
Calcutta Linseed, to arrive, have been purchased at
745. per quarter, c, f. and i.
WooL.---There continues to be a good demand for
most descriptions of Wool, but the smallness of stocks
is a greatimpediment to business. Every description
of clean, useful low and middle class Wools continue
to be taken up as offered at very full prices, such as
Turkey, Egyptian, Mogadore, &c. Our next public
sales are fixed for the 25th instant, when about 7,000
bales East India and other low Wools will be offered.
The imports for the week are, 998 bales East India,
92 Australian, 60 Mediterranean, 35 Buenos Ayres,
420 Scotch, 32 Irish, and 19 Coastwise ; total, 1,656
bales.