The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1855-07-10 00:00:00

COJIMERCIAL and MONETARY NEWS.

MONDAY NIGHT.

LITTLE has occurred during the week to dis-
turb the quietude, or rather stagnation, which has
prevailed ; and notwithstand'ng the few accounts
from the Crimea since the repulse of the 18th of June,
the demand for investments on the part of the public
has served to keep .up the price of the Public Funds
at a time when circumstances might have otherwise
had a depressing effect. There is the new French
loan of £30,000,000, which has just received the
sanction of the French Chambers ; and the French
Government has also consented to guarantee a Turkish
loan of £5,000,000. Money is, however, abundant,
and the rate of discount on first-class paper is still
below the minimum rate fixed by the Bank of England.
The returns on Friday show a decrease in the stock of
Bullion to the extent of £150,451 as compared with
the previous week, and a diminution of the reserve of
unemployed Notes to the amount of £747,785, arising
from an increase of discounts, as shown in the aug-
mentation of " other securities," by £643,486, and the
increase of Notes in circulation, £623,420. Foreign
Exchanges are, on the whole, favourable, though Gold,
in moderate quantities, continues to be :sent to Paris.
The arrivals of specie during the week have been
large, but are more than balanced by the exports. The
total imports amount to nearly £450,000, and the
shipments are estimated at about £700,000, of which
£5OO was in silver. The gold by the last vessels from
Australia having been deliverable at once, some por-
tion has found its way into the Bank ; but, had the
delivery been spread over four or five days, the pro-
bability is that all would have been sent abroad.
The shipping returns of the Board of Trade for the
month ending the 31st of May have been issued, and
exhibit a large increase in the general employment of
foreign vessels

ENTERED INWARD.
1854. 1855.
British vessels 407,416 403,071
Foreign ditto
CLEARED OUTWARD.
British vessels 428,816 482,132
Foreign ditto
With 'regard to the coasting trade, the tonnage
entered inward, in 1854, was 1,126;381; and in the
present- return it is 1,078,467. The clearances out-
ward were 1,141,877 tons in 1854, ,and 1,176,022 in
185&

Returns printed on Wednesday 'give an account of
'the imports and exports of iron 'in the years 1853 and
1854. The quantities of foreign iron imported into
•the United Kingdom in 1854 were as follows,namely:—
Iron ore, 851 tons ; chromate of iron, 2,670 tons ; pig
iron, 898 tons ; bar iron, unwrought, 41,745 tons;
iron wire, 70 tons; iron bloom, 762 tons ; iron slit or
hammered into rods, 53 'tons ; old, broken, and cast
iron, 751 tons ; iron hoops, 26 tons ; cast iron, 52 tons;
unwrought steal, 1,408 tons ; steel scrap, 226 tons ;
wrought iron and steel manufacturers, 15,458 tons.;
and fancy ornamental articles of iron and steel, 323
tons. The quantity of foreign iron exported was 27
tons of chromate •of iron, 4,351 tons of iron in bars,
unwrought, 3,340 tons of unwrought steel, and 3,810
tons of iron and •steel •machinery and manufacturers.
The quantity of British iron exported in 1854 was as
follows, namely-:-393,432 tons of pig iron, '604,662
tons of bar •iron, 12;055 tons of bolt and 'rod iron,
69,438 tons •of cast iron, 7,937 tons of 'iron wire,
26,084 tons of •anchors and grapnels, 30,709 tons of
hoops, 8,•141 tons of -nails, 111,249 tons of .other sorts
(except,ordnance),l2,242 tons of:old iron, ‘and 20,793
tons of unwrought steel. The quantity of British
hardware and cutlery exported from the United
Kingdom:in 1854 amounted to 32,054 tons, and the
declared value to £3,867,598. In 1854 'the quantity
was 82,375 tons; and the value was £3,665,051.
The return from the Bank of England for the week
ending the 30th, of -June gives the following results,
when compared with the previous week :
Pablic Deposits ... £6,146,999; Decrease ... £339,689
Other Deposits ... 13,474,749; Increase ... 210,279
Rest 3,140,067 ; Increase ... 13,788
On the other side of the account :
Government Securities.. £12,896,068, Unchanged.
Other Securities .. 13,497,443; Increase ... 643,486
Notes unemployed 11,139,525; Increase ... 747,786
" The amount of notes in circulation is £20,165,545,
being an increase of £623,420, • and the stock 'of
bullion in both departments is £18,018,575, shoWing
.a decrease of £150,451, when compared with the
I:preceding return.