The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1855-07-03 00:00:00

COMMERCIAL and .MONETARY NEWS.

MONDAY NIGHT.

IN the intelligence received during the week from
the seat of war, there has been little of stirring
interest, the operations being rather of preparations
for future proceedings than productive of present
results. At the same time, the tone has been rather
unfavourable than otherwise, owing to the numerous
cases of sickness, and the loss of many valuable offi-
cers, including the Commander-in-Chief, the Deputy-
Adjutant-General, and the gallant Captain Lyons.
This state of things has not been without its influence
on the Public Funds, but notwithstanding an occa-
sional drooping tendency the fluctuations have been
comparatively trifling, owing, no doubt, in a great
measure to the redundancy of capital creating a con-
stant demand for investment on the part of the
public. Discounts have been easy, and no alteration
has taken place in the low rates which have recently
prevailed. The Bank returns on Friday show
another increase in file stock of bullion to the extent
of £108,310, the total being now £18,169,026, while
the reserve of unemployed notes, which is usually
considered as the criterion by which the ability. of the
Bank of England to extend accommodation is judged,
is very nearly twelve millions. The other changes
are undeserving of particular comment.
The arrivals of specie during the week have been
large, amounting in all to upwards of £BOO,OOO, of
which £343,836 came from Australia. The shipment
have been moderate, and do not mach exceed £50,000.
The total imports of specie during the month just
completed amount altogether to about £2,506,000, of
which £493,520 came from AuAralia. The shipments
of the month reach to nearly £1,000,000. The total
arrivals of specie from all parts during the first half
of the present year amount 'to £1.3,616,000, of Which
£5,265,000came from Australian ports. The total ship-
ments during the same ptriod were about £3,500,000.
The accounts from Manchester teem with com-
plaints of depression -since the check given to the
cotton speculation in 'this market, and spinners are
earnegtly persuaded•not to lend themselves to another
upward movement, .on the ground that the reports of
the 'growing crops are highly favourable. It must be
evident, however, `'that the existing stocks are very
short, and unless -the manufacturers can find other
`sources of supply-than the United States, any increase
-of demand, such; as may reasonably beanticipated, will
very shortly render the quantity .available inadequate
'to their requirements. A rise in the rivers may cer-
tainly add something to the receipts, but not at all
commensurate with the existing deficiency, more par-
ticularly as Ihe rate of consumption, especially of
middling and lower qualities, is-Steadily increasing.
The returns of the Board of.lhade for the month of'
May have just been published. in the declared value
of exports of British produce and manufactures, there
appears a-ilecrease of £374050 as compared with 'the
corresponding month of la:4t year. The changes,
however, are very various as will be seen by 'the
following principal items •oflincrease and Decrease-:
Increase. ThecreaBe.
Cdtton Manufactures_.....
Caton Yarn -
Woollen Manufactures.— ... 268,033
'Woollen Yarn . . - 48,074 ...
Linen Manufactures -- — 29,836
' Linen Yarn
Manufactures .
Silk Yarn 5,649
Haberdashery ...... ..... 101;124
Metals 228,518
Hardware
Machinery ...... 60,064 .... -
Wool

The following is-a comparison of the quantity of
articles entered forliome consumption ,during the re-
spective months id the years _

1854. 1855.
Wheat, quarters . . 611,993 ... 4497,838
Flour and meal; cwt 378,205 .... '160,634
Cocoa, lb. .. ......... 376,345 ... • 522,250
Coffee, lb. .... . 3,193,865 ...:%,183,276
Sugar, cwt.. 640,953 ... 331,661
Tea, lb
Rice, cwt. ....... ........
Spirits, gallons 349,228 ... 384,114
Wines, gallons 619,289 635,840
Tobacco, lb.
Currants, figsrk raisins, cwt. 31,004 .... 42,673
Lemons and,oranges, bsh 38;531.... 57,495
Spices, lb.

In the iniggut of raw materials for manufactures,
the following ie the comparison, dedtieuing the quan-
tity re-exported:---
1854. 1855.
Flax, cwt.. - 117,219
Hemp, cwt. . 94,005 ... 169,551
Silk, lb.
uottou, utv t....... ... ..... .. 1,1111050 ... 663,672
Wool, Th... ........ ...... ...... 5,675,119 ._ 4,434,315
Tallow, cwt .
Dyes are,aisont the same ; Glass and .Leather manu-
factures show.E. decrease. Of Metals,. except Tin, the
supply has been small, and Timber prez,ents a decrease
both in importation and consumption. Guano and
Seeds exhibit, an increase.

Our SSARE•IVEARKET has been t and drooping,
with scarcely a'rally all week. The:eaases are said to
be the absence ,of news from the Oiimea, and the
apprehensions ..of the French Loan. Prices seem
to-day to kavereached a point fromtivhich a re-action
may be looked for, some buying having taken plate.
We annex quotations :—Caledonians, .-81 i 1 * ; Lan-
cashire and... Yorkshire, 81+ 1; London Stock, 101 +
1 1 -1004She'ffield Stock, 2511 24; Midland
Stock; 724' North British, :7/ ; :-South-Eastern,
18+ 5-16.
• CarToN..-1-Irpto Tuesday last,ithebnainess done was
very trifling,: dike -sales being only.fvom:2,ooo to 3,000
bales each day.'"There was, however, are-action onWed-
, nesday, when,speaulation again commenced, and the
..sales. of the.weiik lap to Friday !reached 43,330 bales,
.of which 17,960 ,were taken on specfilation, and 1,950
'for export,+ leaving 23,420 for the 'trade; and prices
-.of-the previous .week were still -current. There is a
strong opinion: that prices witirulchigher before the
end of the season, though any great advance will have
the effect ,of,-checking consumption. 'To-ney the
advises per linfrica were to hand, with accounts of
lower markets, on the other side, in :anticipation of
increased receipts, and the effect on -this -market was
to produce a. depression, the sales 'being .only 6,000
bales, of, which- 2,000 were on specUlation, and prices
were barely • maintained. The following is a compa-
risomof present sates with those of theteorresponding
petiad=of last .year:--

1854. 1855.
New Orleans, 5 7-16 d.... 6 9-16 d.
fair
Upland, middlipg -16d.
" fair 6i d.
The stoek is; now 586,880 bales against 891,900 at the
corresponding date4ast year.
Plonvo-F..--ahere :has been a limited lanSiness in
Sugar, owing .to the small supply, and prices are
without change. . Coffee has sold freely. Tea very
inactive, and prices lower. Cocoa in fair request.
Rice dull. :saltpetre • scarce, and prices advanding.
In Tallow little doing. 'TO-DAY, there is no particular
change to notice-in onr,Sugar market. The business
since Friday .comprises 100 hhds. 300 bags Demerara,
at 345. 9d. for ;maw, and ,at 38s. to 40s. per cwt. for
vacuum pan. 420 puncheons Barbadoes Molasses -are
reported at 18s. 6d. per .cwt. Nothing further .has
taken place in Bum or -Coffee. The Tea market is
very inactive, and to effect :sales rather lower rates
would require to be accepted. We have no transac-
ttions to notice in Rice. 750 bags Sago Flour have
,realised 235. to 235. 6d. per cwt.; and 100 bags Singa-
pore black Pepper, 41d. per lb. from the quay, The
better descriptions of Jute continue in good demand,
1,200 bales having been sold from £l7 10s. to
£2O 15s. per ton. At auction 50 tons Rio Hache
Fustic, with all faults, sold at £5 2.05. per ton.
WOOL,—Considering the lightness of stock, the
market has again been active during the week, and
the late improved rates fully maintained. The next
series of .public sales in London will commence on
Thursday next, when upwards of 70,000 bales will be
offered ; this being an unusually large quantity put
on the market at once, these sales are looked forward
to with more than an ordinary degree of interest.
Combing skin continues in very active demand, and
would realise full prices. Imports for the week, 107
bales : viz„ 35 Mediterranean, 63 Irish, 9 Coastwise.

Messrs. WM. GEEA.ME and Co., in their monthly
circular, say :
We have again a satisfactory report to give of the Wool
market, the amount of business during the past month has
been considerable, both by public sale and private contract ;
the late improvement in prices generally has been fully sup-
ported, and a farther advance has been paid on some descrip-
tions, such as East India, Egyptian, Oporto, &c., and upon
which we accordingly enhance our previous quotations. The
arrivals from the Levant and Mediterranean continue to be
unusually small, and stocks of all descriptions of low foreign
Sheep's Wools are now reduced to so low an ebb, as to cause
serious apprehensions of a short supply of these descriptions
for future requirements. Both Alpaca and Mohair have been
in considerable request during the past month ; in the latter
some considerable sales have been made at extreme quota-
tions, but of Alpaca we have been almost entirely without
supply, the late imports having been nearly all sold to arrive,
and holders are now asking higher prices for what is expected,
Messrs. HUGHES and RONALD say :
Since the public sales on the 14th, the Wool market has
been rather quieter, nearly everything of current quality
having been cleared off at that time, and we have been since
left extremely bare of stocks,there having beenvery few arrivals.
In Wools, of home growth, an active business has been done
throughout the country, and growers who are at all prepared
to accept market value, find no difficulty in effecting sales,
but there is, in many cases, a disposition to stand out for
extreme rates, The clip, as far as has been anertained, is