Northern Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1857-07-04 00:00:00

BANKING D:

Debit.
Proprietors' ca-
pital
Rest
Public deposits 8,243,237
Other „ 9,184,352
Seven days, and
other bills .. 677,021

.. .L 36,026,280

Compared with the return of the previous week, we
have the following results :
Active circulation
Increase.

£19,142 700
338,875
11,378,872
206,010
Rest .. .
Increase
Seven day and other bills
Increase
Public deposits
increase
Other deposits
Decrease
Government securities 10,327,222
No change.
Other securities
Increase
Notes unemployed
Decrease 71,255

Bullion
Increase

The reduction of /d in the East India Company's
rate of exchange—coupled with an idea which pre-
vails in some quarters that a further reduction of
id may be decided upon in order to attract money
into the Company's Home Treasury—has led to
a fall of :1-,d to is per ounce in the price of both
bar silver and Mexican dollars. On Monday
last, it will be remembered, the bar silver by the
West Indian and Mexican packet realised Os 111
per oz , and the Mexican dollars 5s ld. Yester
day. transactions took place in bar silver at
5s lid to 11d, whilst dollars were dealt in at
5s Old., and subsequently offered at 5s 0,-1-d. This
flatness of the Silver Market will, of course, tend
to render the immediate withdrawals of Silver from
the Continent more moderate. A remarkable fea-
ture is that it is witnessed at a moment when, con-
trary to general expectation, numerous fresh orders
to effect shipments by the Colombo have come
forward. Up to yesterday it was thought by the
parties practically engaged in the business that the
aggregate remittances by this vessel, which will
leave Southampton to-morrow, would not exceed
700,0001., but it now appears that the amount will
reach 860,0001. Of this, 348,1001. is destined for the
two Chinese ports. As yesterday was the last
shipping day, we believe the subjoined may be
regarded as the exact official details of the remit-
tances in question, viz :—For Ceylon, gold 2881.,
and silver 254/.; for Bombay, silver, 290,5251.; for
Madras, gold, 3,1001. ; for Calcutta, silver, 172,155/ ;
for Penang, silver, 1,2501.; for Singapore, silver,
43,550/. ; for Hong Kong, silver, 167,199/. ; and
for Shanghai, silver, 180,001/. ; total, 859,2201.
The subjoined exhibits the aggregate remittances
by each of the last six steamers :
April 20, per Indus
May 4, per Pera
May 20, per Columbo
June 4, per Indus
June 20, per Pera 1,142,616
July 4, per Colombo

This day the half-yearly meeting of the London
Dock Company was held at their offices in Princes-
street Bank ; Mr. Cattley took the chair. The
report stated that the number of foreign vessels
which entered the docks in the six months was 462,
and the receipts 241,9861. 3s sd. The net balance
standing to the credit of profit and loss was
235,6311 98 4d, from which a dividend of 21. 10s.
per cent.. for the half-year was recommended,
amounting to 94,780/ 5s sd. The stock of goods
in the warehouses was 95,922 tons. A short dis-
cussion ensued, when the report was adopted.
At the special meeting to-day of the Victoria
Dock Company, a bill for enabling the directors
to make a new cut eastward of their dock, and for
raising additional capital, was read to the pro-
prietors, and approved unanimously.
The following report on the Silk Market is from
the. Monthly Circular of Messrs. 11, Waithman and
Co., and refers to the continued- unfavourable
accounts of the new crop in Italy :
During the early part of the past month silk was in fair
deniFnd, and owing to the scarcity of good Tsaltees best
thirds at one time advanced to 27s per lb ; latterly, how-
ever, the market has been more quiet, and that price is now
hardly obtainable. At the public sales, which took place
on the 18th inst., less than usual was done, all classses of.
buyers showing great indisposition to operate. The China
letters were delivered yesterday, with dates from Shanghai to
the 29,h April ; the settlements had amounted to 85,000
bales, of which 82,600 had left, and 1,600 more were on
board ships in port. Unsold stock on the market, about
1.500 bales. Quotations were about the same as those of
the previous mail. Exchange had fallen to 7s. 4d. The
deliveries for the month are 5,290 bales. In Bengal silk
there has been rather more doing during the latter part of
the month. Italian Silk : Accounts of the new crop have
continued very bad, and the prices paying for coc3ons are
so enormous, that the new raves will cost more than our
present highest quotations for throwns. Persian Silk :
The imports for the month are 44 ballots.
The new tariff has just been published at St.
Petersburg. The duty on currants is reduced from
21 80c per pond to if 600; and that on figs, dried
raisins, dates, and prunes from 51 60c to 4f; wines
in barrel reduced from llf. to 8f 400; in bottle
(except Burgundy and•Mousseux wines) reduced
from 2t to if 200 per bottle; bottled porter reduced
from if 400 to 80c; leath€er gloves and chamois
leather goods reduced from 12f to 8f per lb ;
printed cloth, with or without a mixture of cotton,
reduced from 5f 600 to 2f 800 per lb ; batiste and
handkerchiefs of that material, or cambric,
reduced from 12f to sf; white cotton yarns
reduced from 20f to 14f per!poud ; do. coloured,
• 201; cotton wadding reduced from 16f to 4f per
pond ; cotton woven stuffs, such as calico, Jac.
QQuets cambric, crinoline, cotton, silk, and woollto