The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1856-01-15 00:00:00

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LATEST NEWS.

MONDAY NIGHT.

IT would appear by the decline in the value of the .
Public Funds, and which is attributed to the expected
failure of the attempted renewal of negotiations for
peace, that more weight has been attached to them
than they at any time deserved. The feeling, no
doubt, is, that a continuance of the war will necessarily
require another loan, by which so much more stock
will be thrown upon the market, a consequence of the
present state of affairs which might long since have
been anticipated. At the same time, it may fairly be
presumed that the Bank Charter Act of 1844 will
undergo discussion in parliament, and a modification
of it may be the means of considerably relieving the
present monetary pressure.
The bank returns published on Friday show another
decrease in the stock of bullion of £283,234, and as
there is also an increase in the actual circulation of
£200,190, the decrease in the reserve of notes unem-
ployed is £443,475, leaving a balance of £5,520,375.
The public deposits have decreased £329,397, while
other deposits have increased £245,328, so that the
changes are comparatively trifling. The next account
will probably show a still larger decrease in bullion,
owing to the payment of the dividends, but this cir-
cumstance will also tend to render money out of doors
easier.
The arrivals of specie during the week have been
only about £lOO,OOO, whilst the exports have ex-
ceeded that amount.
The return from the Bank of England for the week
ending the 3rd January gives the following results,
when compared with the previous week :
Public Deposits ... £5,514,535 ; Decrease... £329,397
Other Deposits ... 12,607,840 ; Increase ... 245,328
Rest ... 3,285,323; Increase ... 49,995
On the other side of the account :
Government Securities.. £10,827,515; Increase ... £402,223
Other Securities ...... 19,871,874; Increase ... 94,014
Notes unemployed ...... 5,520,375; Decrease ... 443,475
The amount of notes in circulation is £18,900,805,
being an increase of £200,190, and the stock of bullion
in both departments is £10,536,909, showing a
decrease of £283,234 when compared with the preced-
ing return.

IBY ELECTRIC & INTERNATIONAL TELEGRAPHS.]

LONDON, Monday Aright.

THE WAR.

DESPATCH FROM GENERAL CODRINGTON.

The Gazette contains a despatch from General Codrington-,
dated Ist Jan., enclosing the copy of a letter from Omar
Pasha, addressed to General Simpson, in acknowledgment of
a despatch from him, dated the 30th October, announcing
Her Majesty's intention to bestow the Crimean medal on the
Ottoman troops, also enclosing the weekly medical report.
Omer Pasha expresses his appreciation of the most gracious
condescension of Her Majesty. Dr. Hall reports that the
health of the army continues very satisfactory:
There was an absence of serious disease, and although the
admissions under head and chest affections, and frost bites,
were numerous, they were generally slight.
The few serious cases were all caused by exposure when
drunk.

The Land Transport Corps still enjoyed less health than
the troops, and more than one-half the deaths for the week
had occurred in that corps alone.
The admissions for the week were 1,271, and the deaths 36,
against admissions, 1,423, and deaths 40, for the preceding
seven days.