The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1852-08-24 00:00:00

THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD, TUESDAY, AUGUST 24, 185 Q.

COMMERCIAL AND MONETARY NEWS.

MONDAY NIGHT.
THE decrease which has been taking place during
the past few weeks in the stock of bullion held by
the Bank of England, has this week been arrested,
and the returns, as given below, shew an increase of
£452,000 over the amount last week. Considering
the large quantities that may now be expected to
come forward from Australia, where the rains were
commencing at the date of the last reports, and the
fact that the Europa's news, received on Sunday,
advise the likelihood that coin will continue for
some time to be remitted from the United States,
we may probably look for a steady increase.
The return from the Bank of England for the
week ending the 14th August gives the following re-
sults when compared with the previous week :

Public deposits .. £ 4,828,920; Increase £1,005,207
Other deposits .. 13,803,533 ; Decrease 82,440
Rest .. 3,287,265; Increase 1,869

On the other side of the account—
Govei nment securities £14,089,495 ; Increase £298,775
Other securities.. .. 10,740,139 ; Decrease 16,475
Notes unemployed .. 12,667,563 ; Increase 551,665

The amount of notes in circulation is £22,952,555,
being a decrease of £87,620 ; and the stock of
bullion in both departments is £21,926,127, show-
ing an increase of £452,487 when compared with
the preceding return.
The above circumstances, combined with the
recent change of weather highly favourable to har-
vest operations, have imparted a lively tone to most
of our principal markets.
In OUr SHAREMARK ET we have had a large business
all week, and some severe fluctuations. The account
on the day of our last publication did not (as we
intimated to be probable) pass over Rithout dis-
asters, two or three small failures having been
announced ; the effect of these, however, has been
very transient ; the decline in prices produced by
them quickly brought in a host of buyers, and we
close this day at the highest point of the week, with
every prospect of a much higher market. London
and North-Westerns (of which some extensive real
sales have been made) alone are heavy. We annex
quotations :—Blackburn pref., 24f4-; Caledonians,
211 -; Eastern Counties 111 1 1; East Lancashire,
18 11l 1 1 1; Lancashire and Yorkshire, 811 2 it
2 I 1 1; ditto fifths, 31d ; Liverpool and Southport,
201; London stock, 1231 4 1 4 1 4 ; Sheffield stock,
30 130 ; ditto pref., 12+ ; £6 new pref., 9.16 p p ;
Midland stock, 771-. 1 7111 If-T
Northern Union A stock, 265 ; Dover stock, 22 11
212 1 2 2 Hi; York and North Midland, 241;
Great Southern and Western, 46N.
PRODUCE.—There has been a slow demand for
SUGAR, but holders of West India retna;n firm,
and extreme prices have been paid for refining de-
scriptions ; others are offered more freely, and for
these and Bengal a decline of 6d. per cwt. may be
quoted. Consumption continues very large. COF-
FEE of the best marks has been actively enquired
for by the trade, lower qualities suitable for export
being neglected. The RICE Market is dull, owing
to the fine weather having caused a cessation in the
demand; and prices are about 3d. per cwt. lower.
TO-DAY and Saturday the sales of SUGAR com-
prise 50 hhds. Demerara at 30s. 3d. to 31s. 9d., 60
hhds. vacuum pan Barbadoes at 345. 6d. to 385.,
20 hhds. Antigua at 31s. 6d, and 1,000 bags Dates
at 335. 6d. to 365. 3d. per cwt. Nothing has taken
place in MOLASSES. Of RUM, 200 puns. Deme-
rara, chiefly of fine quality, have found purchasers
at about previous rates. COFFEE continues in fair
demand, 650 bags Maracaibo having realised 445.
per cwt. There is no alteration in the TEA mar-
ket, but a fair inquiry exists for most kinds. We
have no transactions to notice in RICE or SALT-
PETRE, but a cargo (400 tons) of NITRATE Of
SODA has been sold afloat, for an out-port, at 14s.
3d. per cwt. By public sale this morning, 5,650
bags MYRABOLAMS went off readily at 9s. to 12s.
per cwt. We have also to report 500 bags SAGO
FLOUR at 14s. 9d. per cwt., and 50 cases CASTOR
OIL at 4d. per lb.
COTTON.—The business of the week has been
large, amounting to 91,820 bales, of ;which specu-
lators took 36,760, exporters, 10,080, and spinners,
25,000 bales. The market closed at an advance of

-4-d. per lb. on some descriptions of American,—
" fair" remained unchanged. The stock held in
Liverpool, on the 20th instant, was 503,230 bales,
against 483,960 last year.—To-DAY.—The demand
has fallen off within the last day or two, but, as
holders are pretty firm, prices remain much the
same as at the close of last week, when the brokers'
committee declared the price of fair Cotton to be
6d. for Upland and Mobile, and 61d. for Orleans.
The Europa's advices did not affect the market to-
day. The reports respecting the growing crop are
very favourable—some of them even venture esti-
mates to the extent of 3,000,000 of bales. Five
bales of new Cotton had been received. The trans-
actions of Saturday and to-day are about 12,000
hales, of which speculators and exporters have taken
2,000. The import since Thursday is about 6,000
bales. We close this evening with a steady but lame
aspect.

GRAIN, &c.—Our Grain market opened on
Tuesday last with a firm feeling; but it has slackened
during the week, influenced by the fine weather,
which has checked speculation. We leave off with
American Flour 3d. to 6d. per barrel lower, and
Wheat barely maintaining the prices of the previous
week, and in limited demand.

ASTOUNDING OUTRAGE AT ST. BARTHO-
LOMEW'S CHURCH.

During evening service at this church on Sunday last,
and whilst the sermon was being delivered, the congre-
gation were thrown into great consternation by the
smashing of two windows, it is believed by stones, and
the discharge of six pistol shots from a street behind the
church, principally inhabited by a low Irish population.
The sermon was at once stopped ; and some of the con-
gregaVon were preparing to leave the church, when they
were prevented by the interposition of the scripture
readers, who persuaded them to remain quiet. Two or
three parties immediately ran out to the back, and by the
aid of a policeman discovered that the shots came from
the house of Patrick M'Manus, a beer shop in Daley-
street. The stones were ascertained to have been thrown
from the front of the church. The man in the beer-shop,
who we understand was M`Manus's brother, attempted
to account. for the firing by stating that the house was
broken into on the 9th inst., and that he took the oppor-
tunity of firing a few shots occasionally to prevent a simi-
lar occurrence ! So rough is the neighbourhood about
St. Bartholomew's, that an extra policeman is constantly
engaged to protect the building and congregation from
injury,