The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1852-06-01 00:00:00

COMMERCIAL AND MONETARY NEWS.

MONDAY NIGHT.
THE continued influx of gold, and its alleged non-
effect upon prices, puzzle most of our commercial
community, and opinions with respect to it are as
various on 'Change as the qualities of any of the
principal articles dealt in. From some quarters we
hear wonder expressed that it has not sent railway
shares up to extreme prices, and others point to the
funds, and ask why they are not above par ? These
parties, however, omit from their consideration that,
so far as these securities are concerned, their price
is only capable of being enhanced by a decrease in
the interest, not the value of money. The general
opinion is progressing every day that produce, land,
and every other realized property throughout the
world—produce, however, first—are on the eve of a
striking advance ; but the difficulty of determining
where the movement will commence, or how it will
operate, deters many parties from speculative pur-
chases.
The return from the Bank of England for the
week ending the 22d of May gives the following re-
sults when compared with the previous week :

Public deposits
Other deposits
Rest .. ..

£5,132,209 ; Increase £866,534
13,738,837 ; Decrease 102,548
3,126,171; Increase 450

On the other side of the account—
Government securities £13,833,241 ; Increase 381,584
Other securities.. .. 10,662,923 ; Decrease 102,658
Notes unemployed .. 12,803,045 ; Increase 656,180

The amount of notes in circulation is £21,304,445, I
being a decrease of £365,790; and the stock of
bullion in both departments is £20,628,734, show-
ing an increase of £323,828 when compared with
the preceding return.
Extreme dullness has again been the characteristic
of the Share market during the past week, and
prices have receded sufficiently to bring out some
loan stock upon the market. A disappointment in
an arrangement to take up a large bill account in
London caused a considerable quantity of stock to
be thrown on the market at the settlement, and this
tended to increase the heaviness. To-day prices
have rallied a little, and we close with a decidedly
better look. Gold mines continue very dull. We
annex the quotations of the day :—London new
quarters, 51 p ; Do. fifths, 3i p ; Sheffield stock,
32); -:-}; Midland, 681 ?f 1 9 81-; Lancashire
and Yorkshire, 72 -1 i ri-; Do. fifths, 6d ;
Do. £2O F's, 7-16 d; Caledonian, 191 ; Chester
and Birkenhead, 181; Eastern Counties, 91,- 3-16:
Old Dovers, 21 1; York and North Midland, 23*;
Do. pref., ap; Shrewsbury and Hereford, gd ;
North Staffordshire, 61 1 d ; Oxford and Wolver-
hampton pref., p ; Dutch Rhenish, 31 d ; L'pool
and London Fire and Life, 41 p.
Our produce market during the week was active,
and up to Friday a large business was done in
SUGAR, at an advance of 6d. per cwt. COFFEE
was also in good demand, and TEA, of good con-
sumable sorts, was inquired for.
Wool.—We have had but little doing here dur-
ing the week, in consequence of the attention of the
trade being at present engaged with the London
sales, which are reported to be going off with very
great spirit. The prices for good Wools are 2d.
per lb. higher than the February sales, and for East
India Jrd. higher.
CorroN.—The advanced prices paid up to the
making up of last week's circular were scarcely
maintained on Saturday and Monday, some quali-
ties having given way 1-16 d. per lb. The arrival of
the Niagara, however, gave a stimulus to business ;
and the sales up to Thursday night wore 104,730
bales, of which speculators took 31,790, exporters
16,390, and spinners 56,556 bales; prices leaving
off at an advance of 1-16 d. over the previous Fri-
day's quotations. The sales of Friday and Saturday
were 25,000 bales, of which about one-half were
taken by speculators and exporters, and the remain-
der by the trade, at full prices. The following are
the quotations :

1852. 1851.
6.1 d. .... 60. per pound

New Orleans,

Mobile

51:1. .... ficl

Uplands.... 51d. •• • • 51d.
Import since Ist Jan 1,035,140.... 847,317 ~
Stocks 548,110....670,270 ~

YESTERDAY