The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1856-02-26 00:00:00

THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD.

COMMERCIAL and 21102VETA1?Y NEWS.

MONDAY NIGHT.

Tat Public Funds have been slowly progressing
towards a recovery from the depression which they
experienced on the announcement of a new loan, the
advance being somewhat stimulated by the amount
being confined to Five Millions, it having been at first
anticipated that it would have been for a considerably
larger sum. The award took place on Friday, when
the only tender was from Messrs. Rothschild, whose
offer was to receive £ll2 ss. in stock, for every £lOO
of money, or at the rate of 893 per cent. ; but as this
was below the minimum fixed by the Chancellor of the
Exchequer, which was £lll 2s. 2d. stock for every
£lOO of money, or at the rate of about 90 per cent.,
a consultation took place, and Messrs. Rothschild
agreed to accept the whole loan of £5,000,000, and the
funding of exchequer bills to the amount of £3,000,000
at the government price. It is said that the tenders
received by the contractors were for no less than
£30,000,000, upon which a deposit of 20 per cent. has
been paid; so that a large overplus has to be returned.

The demand for money has been somewhat easier,
but there is no alteration in the rate of discount, and
nothing has been done under the minimum of the Bank
of England. The returns of that establishment, pub-
lished on Friday, show a decrease in the stock of
bullion of £81,225, and a decrease in the actual circula-
tion of £79,105, while the reserve of notes unemployed
has increased by £39,065. The private securities have
decreased by £124,797, but the other changes are
comparatively unimportant.

The returns of the Board of Trade for the month of
December, which have just been published, show an
increase in the declared value of exports of British
produce and manufactures of no less than £1,470,969,
when compared with the corresponding period of the
previous year, the respective totals being £7,314,473
and £8,815,442. The principal items of increase are
—cotton manufactures, £977,084 ; metals, £189,977 ;
woollen manufactures, £189,425 ; linen manufactures,
£134,326 ; millinery, £49,054; woollen yarn, £38,314 ;
silk manufactures, £26,264 ; and butter, £20,143.
The principal items of decrease are—cotton yarn,
£55,160 ; linen yarn, £36,337 ; oil and seeds, £35,854;
leather, £28,993; beer, £25,929; and refined sugar,
£21,114 ; so that the decline is chiefly on partly
manufactured goods. The total for the year 1855 is
£97,364,655, being an increase of £179,929 on the
preceding year.
With reference to articles imported and retained for
home consumption, there is an increase in wheat,
flour, and rice, but a falling off in most other com-
modities, as will be seen by the following table :

Month ending
Jan. 5, Dec. 31,
1855. 1855.
Wheat, quarters ... ... 114,687 ... 73,919
Indian corn, quarters ... 69,241 ... 224,129
Flour and meal, cwt. ... 97,330 ... 262,9221
Eggs, N 0.... ... 5,698,600 ... 6,144,600
Cocoa, 1b.... ... 338,750 ... 209,660
Coffee, 1b.... ... 3,051,639 ... 2,311,680
Sugar, cwt. ... 594,313 ... 217,816
Tea, lb. ... 5,201,119 ... 4,716,384
Rice, cwt.... 54,033 ... 88,151
Spirits, gallons ... ... 546,834 ... 492,918
Wines, gallons ... ... 506,010 ... 482,211
Tobacco, lb. .. ... 2,750,912 ... 2,603,074
Currants, figs, and raisins,
cwt. ... 69,158 ... 60,278
Lemons & oranges, bsh.... 208,153 ... 192,945
Spices, 1b.... ... ... 336,601 ... 229,021

Of raw materials for manufactures there is an in-
crease on cotton, silk, flax, and tallow, but a decrease
on wool and hemp. There is also an increase on timber,
metals, oils, and dye-stuffs.

The return from the Bank of England for the week
ending the 16th February gives the following results,
when compared with the previous week :

Public Deposits ... £4,164,823; Increase
Other Deposits ... 12,964,126; Decrease ...
Rest ... ... 3,506,653; Increase ...
On the other side of the account:—

£481,496
85,131
13,133

Government Securities.. £11,931,005; Increase ... £508,645
Other Securities
Notes unemployed
The amount of notes in circulation is £18;724,270,
being a decrease of C 9,105, and the stock of bullion
in both departments is £10,532,494, showing a decrease
of £81,225 when compared with the preceding
return.