The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1852-12-21 00:00:00

e instant ans,

Prop.'s capital.£l4

Public deposits
Other deposits

7-day, &C. bills

Our SHARE MARKET has been very quiet, but
very firm, all week. Prices receded a little on the
receipt of the news respecting the defeat of Minis-
ters, but the check was of short duration. Increased
orders were received at the lower rates; a reaction
to a point higher than before the decline was the
consequence. To-day, the market has been very
good; and a large business would have been done,
had there been stock to supply the demand. Much
attention is being given to the great excitement in
Mining Shares, the speculations in which, however,
are almost altogether confined to the London market.
We annex the quotations of this day :—Caledonians,
35 4i; Chester and Holyhead, 24 ; Eastern Coun-
ties, 131; East Lancashire, 191; Lancashire and
Yorkshire, 85/ * I; ditto E. 16, *p; London stock,
126/ 6 ; Sheffield stock, 31 ; Midland stock, 801 I
* ; North British, 10 1-16 1- Dover stock,
244 a a a a 5 4i; York and North Midland, 30 *;
Dublin and Belfast Junction, lid.
PRODUCE.—Our produce market during the
has been dull, and prices of some articles a
shade lower, the uncertainty as to the formation of
a government depressing the spirits of speculators.
To-DAY there has been rather more inquiry for
SUGAR, and, including Saturday's business, the
sales comprise 500 hhds. Demerara at an average
of 335. 6d ; 100 hhds. Jamaica at 355. 3d. to 375.
6d. ; 1650 bags Dates at 345. 6d. to 375. 6d. ; 500
bags yellow Cossipore at 40s. 6d., and 1250 bags
Madras at 31s. 6d. to 31s. gd. per cwt. —Of
MOLASSES, 110 puns. Demerara have been sold,
deliverable from the quay, at 15s. 9d. per cwt.—
Nothing has taken place in Rum or COFFEE.—We
have had a steady business doing in TEA to-day ;
the accounts received from China to the end of
October are in favour of a further advance in the
article, exports having fallen off materially.-2,000
bags good middling Bengal RICE have realised
12s. gd., and 650 bags SAGO FLOUR 18s. 9d. per
cwt.—By auction, 15 tons LIMANVOOD, with all
faults, went at £l4 ss. to £l4 7s. 6d. ; 35 tons
Puerto Cabello FUSTIC at 158. per ton, and 37

casks Oporto red ARGOLS at 293. 6d. per cwt.
COTTON.—The advices per Asia on the 13th
instant, being more favourable than anticipated,
imparted more steadiness to our market, and
36,870 bales were sold, including 6,020 bales to
speculators and 1,300 to importers. There was no
material change in prices, although, American sorts

having been neglected during the previous week,
an advance of Id. to /.d. per lb. was realised over
previous nominal prices. The accounts per Asia
tended to a belief in a larger crop than last year,
which must ultimately depress our market. Though
spinners have now only small stocks their imports
are coming in, and, with large receipts and ship-
ments, their purchases will continue small. The
arrival of the America to-day brings advices of
falling markets, which are met and counterbalanced
by the effects of increased rates of frieght—those
of cotton being quoted at -Id. per lb. from New
Orleans, and id. from Mobile. By telegraph from
New Orleans the price of middling was reported at
81 cents. per lb., which brings it nearer to oar rates
here. TO-DAY the market continues steady, the
business on Saturday and to-day amounting toge-
ther to about 10,000 bales, nearly all to the trade,
at very full prices.
WooL.—The greater part of the Wool now here
being held for public sale, on the 22nd and 23rd
instant, there has been but little doing in Foreign
Wool this week ; prices are without change.