The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1852-09-07 00:00:00

FROM OUR LOIN

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MONDAY MORNING

WITH THE QUEEN, her Consort, and the Royal children
far, far away in the north, cantering over the hills on
Shetland ponies, and enjoying the Caledonian luxuries of
pure milk, oatmeal porridge, and the squealing of the
bagpipes ; with the Parliament scattered throughout the
" varsal world," in fragments, from Timbuctoo, where

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the four elements,

some careering away over the blue water

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and go on quoting an infinity of pretty little couplets to
the same tune; but I am not in the vein. The dahlias
will be in great beauty and variety to-morrow : so a fig for
defunct tulips, lilies, and roses. I will go and pay my
homage to the queen flower of the day, the reigning and
which is just now polite I
superb dahlia.

COMMERCIAL AND MONETARY NEWS.

MONDAY NIGHT.

NOTWITHSTANDING the admitted prosperity of
the labouring classes in the manufacturing districts,
and the abundance of money within the reach of
the commercial classes, the trade of the countzy

flags every now and then in a most extraordinary
manner. For a week we may have an active
demand, and a general rise of prices of all descrip-
tions of produce and securities, and holders and
speculators rub their hands in the exuberance of
their delight at the prospect of a largely increased
and profitable business ; but in a few days after-
wards the excitement dies away, and gradually
prices subside to their forme= level. We have on a
recent occasion pointed tc 0.. e source of this ab-
sence on the part of the public generally to make
large speculative purchases, and on that of
dealers and consumers to hold large stocks.
Our mails, carried by swift steamers, are con-
tinually bringing us advices from all distant
countries of the amount of produce which is on
the way, and can be poured into any market which
may offer, for the time, the, temptation of an im-
proved demand and price. In fact, in the present
state of things, speculation on any large scale can
never take place. On the other hand, through the
facilities afforded by our Railways, the necessity for
dealers in the country to hold stocks, is done away
with ; and these are therefore made to press at all
times a dead weight on importer's hands, who
realise the moment a favourable occasion offers,
thus deadening markets whenever a disposition to
advance appears. During the last week we have
been experiencing one of these dull phases in Com-
mercial affairs. A steady consumption is going
on; but there is no spirit, or show of profitable ac-
tivity.

The return from the Bank of England for the
week ending the 2Sth of August gives the following
results when compared with the previous week :

X 6,318,423; Increase £173,903
12,638,205 ; Decrease 306,879
3,223,764; Decrease 62,879

On the other side of the account—
Gore! nrnent securities £14,139,152 ; Increase £19,844
Other securities.. .. 10,646,723 ; Decrease 67,377
Notes unemployed .. 12,824,475 ; Decrease 159,460
The amount of notes in circulation is £22,620,435,
being a decrease of £139,680; and the stock of
bullion in both departments is £21,913,754, show-
ing an increase of f 39,788 when compared with
the preceding return.
OUR SHARE MARKET has been steady all week
with a fair amount of business, and the tendency
of prices upwards. The stocks mostly asked for,
and chiefly dealt in, have been Midlands, Lan-
cashire, and Yorkshire, arid Dutch Rhenish shares,
all of which are scarce and good at the quotations.
Royal Assurance shares are asked for in one or
two quarters, but none are offered at present. To-
day the market closes with a healthy appear-
ance. We annex the prices of business done :
Birmingham and Oxford guaranteed, 301; Caledo-
nians, 21; Eastern Counties, 111; Lancashire and
Yorkshire, 861 7ac7c 6 6,Tfc 1; ditto fifths,
31 3,d 7-16 d; Leeds Northefn, 17k; London stock,
1221 3 2i: 41; Sheffield stock, 291; Midland stock,
7,71 871 8 7/. 8 7i. 8 71- 7 -1-; Dover stock, 211 ;
York and North Midland, 241: ; Dublin and
Drogheda, 491; Dutch hhenish, 3-16 d; Leeds
and Liverpool Canal, 503.
PRODUCE.—There has been a considerable busi-
ness done in this market during the week; buyers,
however, have been freely met, and no advance in
price has been realized. The article of SUGAR has
tended downwards; and with the exception of TEA,
JUTE, and Wool., weakness has pervaded generally.
To-day the inquiry for SUGAR continues limited,
and including Saturday's sales, we have to report
100 hhds. Demerara at 30s. to 325., 20 hhds. Bar-
badoes at 31s. to 355., 200 bags white Benares at
405., 500 bags brown Paraiba at 15s. 3d., and 400
bags white at 19s. per cwt. Nothing has occurred
in MOLASSES or RUM. Of COFFEE we have only
to report 100 bags St. Domingo at 40s. per cwt.
The TEA market continues firm, and prices are
well supported ; common Congou is in good
demand at Bd. to 8:1-d per lb. Several con-
siderable parcels of East India RICE were
brought to auction this morning, part of which
was withdrawn, but the total sales amounted to
6,300 bags Bengal, at 9s. 9d. to 108. 3d. for broken,
up to los. 9d. and 11s. for good bold, with 900
bags very low Madras, at 78. 3d. per cwt. 200
bags SALTPETRE, by auction, went at 20s. per
cwt., 17 per cent. refraction ; 20 tons damaged Ja-
maica LOGWOOD, at f 3. 10s. to £3. 15s. ; and 10
tons BARWOOD at £2. 10s. per ton. We have also
to notice 350 cases CASTOR OIL, at add. up to
4tid. per lb. for fine Madras, 300 bags CUTCH, to
arrive, at 19s. 6d.; 20 tierces and 20 brls. Jamaica
GINGER, at 51s. per cwt., 10 tons Manilla SAPAN
WOOD, at £l2 per ton ; and 400 bags Calcutta
LINSEED, at 445. 9d. per quarter from the quay.
COTTON.—The market during the week has
been firmer, and without change in price. The
sales up to Friday were 50,870 bales, of which
13,010 were to speculators, 5,460 to exporters, and
32,400 to the trade. The stock was taken for the
second period this year on Thursday, and the small
excess of 10,000 bales, all kinds, over the estimated
quantity was discovered. There is a deficiency in
American of 4,600 bales.—To-DAY, the market
continues steady, and prices for the most part
are unchanged since this day week. The sales to-
day and Saturday were 16,000 bales, of which
speculators and exporters have taken 3,000. The
market this afternoon closes with steadiness. The
imports since Friday are 50,000 hales.
GRAIN.—The market on Friday was firm for the
best qualities of Wheat and Flour; inferior sorts,
of which we have recently received a large quantity,
were easier to buy. The stocks coming forward,
principally from the Mediterranean, are reported as
being considerable. The advices per Africa show a
rise in the markets there since receipts of advanced
prices here ; but this was foreseen, and will produce
no effect except probably to stimulate shipments.
Woo n.—For Irish Wool there has been rather
more demand this week, and several sales of wethers
have been made at 13 id per lb in the manufactur-
ing districts. Egyptian Wool is in good request,
and realizes readily 10d to 101 d for good first
white, and 7id for black.

LADY LOVELACE.—Serious apprehensions are enter-
tained respecting the termination of the illness of this
distinguished lady, the accomplished daughter of the late
Lord Byron.

A CANDIDATE at SURGEONS' HALL, after a variety of
questions, was thus interro,,atLd :—" In such a case, sir,
bow would you act ?" " Well, air, if that did not oper-
ate ?" " But if that did not produce the desired effect of
causing perspiration ?" " Why, gentlemen," said the
worried student, " if all these snould fail, I would direct
the patient to be brought here for examination."

MELANCHOLY OCCURRENCE.—A few days since, five
young girls entered the baths on the Rhine, at Cologne.
They were heard laughing and talking in the bathing
room which they occupied, when suddenly the noise
ceased. The master of the establishment, feeling some-
what alarmed, opened the door, and found that the floor-
-1 given way, and that the whole party had fallen
h into the river, and been carried away by the

MYSTERIOUS DISAPPEARANCE OF A GENTLEMAN.—
On Thursday information was received by the metro-
politan police of the sudden disappearance of a gen-
tleman of the name of Mr. John William Fielder, about 63
years of age, who resided at No. 6, Bruce-terrace, Ed-
monton, under the followinz circumstances. It appears
the gentleman left home on Sunday morning at ten o'clock
for the purpose of taking a walk. Every exertion has
been made by the police to ascertain what has become of
the missing man, but not the slightest clue can be ob-
tamed. Little doubt is entertained that he has fallen into
bad company and met with an untimely end.

HINTS ABOUT THONDERSTORMS.-411 a thunderstorm.
when the sound instantly succeeds the flash, the persons
who witness the circumstance are in some danger, but
when the interval is a quarter cf a minute they are safe.
The best situation is the middle of a room, at a good
distance from the chimney, and standing on a woollen
rag, which is a non-conductor. The bed is a place of
comparative security, provided the bell wires are not too
near.