The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1853-02-22 00:00:00

turday night : time, a quarter to twelve—the great stair-
case is crowded ; not room to move ; while the flunkeys at
the bottom are bawling at the top of their voices, pro-
longed by a score of roopey linksmen, " Lady So-and-
so's carriage stops the way." Herladyship, perhaps, don't
reach her carriage for half an hour ; meantime, GEORGE,
of the Railway, may be seen waddling down by the edge
of the staircase, and quietly gets to his carriage and steals
a march upon tha most experienced habitue; the ladies of
GEORGE are not far off ; in they get, and drive away.
GEORGE laughs, not in his sleeve only, but loud enough
to be heard on the topmost step. This has GEORGS done
over and over again, just to " make things pleasant,"
when, perhaps, he was torn to atoms by nineteen or
twenty newspapers. Brave GEORGE! one almost wishes
that you may have a " bottle of brandy to wash your
teeth with" every day. When HUDSON first commenced
Ihe could not take a walk but some half dozen
1 surveyors watched his movements, fancying they saw
' a new line in his every step.
You will be one of the first to announce a very im-
portant piece of intelligence, namely, the proposed 1
constitution of the parliamentary tribunal which is to
prepare legislation on the most difficult subject of Land-
lord and Tenant in Ireland. I have good reason for be-
lieving that this select committee will consist of six mem-
bers from Ulster, six from Munster, six from Leinster,
six from England, and three from Scotland. If Ibe not
very much misinformed, Sir Jolts YOUNG will, this
evening, ask the House of Commons to nominate the
following gentlemen ; but inasmuch as there is a prepon-
derance of anti-communists' advocates for the non-con-
fiscation of property on this projected committee, and as
the extensive agricultural province of Connaught is alto-
gether excluded from the representation, you may be quite
certain that the Lucasites will not suffer Sir JORNYOUNG'S
proposition to pass without at least kicking up a row on
behalf of " the industrious Tenant-farmers." Here is
the government list : Viscount Palmerston, Sir John
Young, Lord Naas, Sir Robert Fergusson, Mr. Kirk, Mr.
Cairns, Mr. C. Fortescue, Mr. Serjeant Shee, Mr. Gre-
ville, Mr. Napier, Mr. C. S. Duffy, Mr. Urquhart, Mr.
Lucas, Viscount Monck, Mr. Walpole, Mr. Bright, Mr.
Drummond, Mr. Vernon, Mr. M`Kenzie, Mr. Dunlop,
Mr. Bouverie, Mr. James Sadlier, Mr. Meagher, Mr.
Fagan, Mr. T. D. Fitzgerald, Mr. E. Roche, Mr. H.
Herbert. Liverpool, just as much as any part of Ire-
land, is deeply interested in the settlement of the Irish
land question, and it is sincerely to be hoped that this
committee may produce a measure which will give satis-
faction to all phrties.

COMMERCIAL AND MONETARY NEIT S.

MONDAY NIGHT.

NOTWITHSTANDING that the returns of the Bank
of England show another diminution in the stock
Bullion to the extent of about £300,000, it appears
to have created no ill effect, as the Funds have
since not only maintained their value but have
slightly advanced. Nor is this the only evidence of
the present satisfactory state of monetary affairs, as
most of the principal markets present a steady aspect,
leading to the conclusion that money is easy for com-
mercial purposes, and that no alarm of over specu-
lation has produced a feeling of uneasiness of which
there was some tendency when the rate of discount
was increased. The Chancellor of the Exchequer
has announced a reduction of the rate of interest on
the floating debt, not, as was anticipated, from lid.
to lid, per day, but the sweeping reduction to ld.
or 33k per cent. This reduction, amounting in the
aggregate to about £130,000, and which will form
a satisfactory item in the new financial statement,
has been objected to on the ground of its extent,
but the premium which Exchequer Bills have since
borne in the market completely justifies the Chan-
cellor of the Exchequer in the step which he has
taken. So long as these securities bear a premium
which leaves a reasonable margin for ordinary pro-
babilities, the interest is sufficient, however low it
may be, as anything beyond this is so much loss to
the country. The care of our finance minister is to
keep them from falling below par, and on this
ground there is as yet no cause for complaint.
The Return from the Bank of England for the
week ending the 12th February gives the following
results when compared with the previous week :
Public deposits .. X 6,239,297; Increase £671.092
Other deposits .. 12,012,578 ; Decrease 593,652
Rest .. 3,313,924 ; Increase 5,492
On the other side of the account—
Government securities £13,648,600 ; Decrease £116,051
Other securities .. 13,790,758 ; Increase 84,946
Notes unemployed .. 9,494,625 ; Increase 155,805
The amount of notes in circulation is £22,305,085,
being a decrease of £390,325 ; and the stock of
bullion in both departments is £18,402,360, show-
ing a decrease of f 298,452 when compared with
the preceding return.

ISSUE DEPARTMENT.
Notes issued .. £31,799,710 Govrnt. Debt.. £11,015,100
Other securities 2,984,900
Gold coin& bu1n.17,780,556
I Silver bullion .. 19,154

£31,799,710
BANKING DEPARTMENT.
Prop.'s capita1.£14,553,000 Gov. securities.£l3,6lB,6oo
Rest 3,313,924 Other securities 13,790,758
Public deposits. 6,239,297 Notes .... 9,494,625
Other deposits . 12,012,578 Gold & silt'. coin 602,650
7-day, &c. bills. 1,417,834 I

£31,799,710

Z3-7:536633 1

£37,536,633

The returns of the Board of Trade which have
been made up to the sth of January last show a very
favourable account of trade in 1852, the declared
value of exports for the year being an increase of
£2,897,947 over the year 1851. Of this increase the
greatest was upon metals, amounting to £1,010,281 ;
next woollen manufactures, £348,462 ; haberdash-
ery and millinery, £344,874 ; wool, £317,403 ;
leather, £247,915 ; linen yarn, £193,095 ; beer,
£176,218; thrown silk, £134,664, and linen manu-
factures, £104,954: while upon cotton manufac-
tures there has been a decrease of £153,532 ; hard-
ware, £134,572 ; refined sugar, £67,991, and wool-
len yarn, £64,611. The following is a comparative
table of the declared value of Exportations.

1851. 1852.
Alkali, viz. soda . £360,552 .... £395,527
Beer and a1e........
Butter
Candles 97,941 .... 83,719
Cheese 32,963 .... 55,654
Coals and culm
Cordage and cables.
Cotton manufactures .
Cotton yarn ...
Earthenware
Fish 344,399 .... 344,789
Glass manufactures 327,950 .... 379,284
Haberdashery and millinery.. 1,727,690 .... 2,072,564
Hardwares and cutlery ...... 2,827,011 .... 2,692,439
Leather.
Linen manufactures
Linen yarn
Machinery
Metals
Oil and seeds .
Painters' colours, &c.
Salt .
Silk manufactures
Silk, thrown
Silk, twist and yarn .. 138,577 .... 201,002
Soap
Stationery
Sugar, refined
Wool, sheep or lambs'
Woollen manufactures
Woollen yarn 1,484,544 ...„ 1,419,933

. 68,531,601 .... 71,429,548

In the return of Importations, the quantities re-
tained for home consumption of Breadstuffs and
other provisions show a considerable decrease,
amounting on Wheat to 762,615; other grain,
368,402 ; and Indian Corn, 339,892 qrs.; flour,
1,493,383 cwt. ; Bacon and Lard, 227,191 ; and
Butter and Cheese, 110,807 cwt. On most other
articles of foreign produce there has been an in-
crease, amounting on Coffee to 2,480,182 lbs. ;
Sugar, 674,205 cwt. ; and Tea, 759,503 lbs. The
following is a comparative table of the quantities
taken for home consumption :
Grain, wheat, qrs

1851. 1852.
.. 3,836,835 .... 30,74,220
... 2.491,261 .... 2,122,859
•.. 1,819,783 .... 1,479,891
... 5,384,580 3,891,197
•.. 680,338 .... 569,531
115,524,243 ... . 108,320,480
• 3,024,338 .... 3,382,944
... 27,997,096 .... 27,722,806
• 4,567,095 .... 7,321,570

, or. kinds,
Indian corn, qrs....
Flour and meal, cwt
Butter and cheese, „
Eggs, N 0........
Cocoa, lbs.
Coffee, British, lbs.
„ foreign, ~

Total coffee ~
West India, cwt.
Mauritius, ~ •• • • 907,031 .... 1,142,705
East India, ~ •• • • 1,260,624 .... 1,534,127
Foreign, „ .. ~ 1,383,509 .... 687,269

6,254,651 .... 6,928,856
53,965,112 .... 54,524,625
399,170 .. • . 575,339
4,756,859 4,851,405
6,554,438 6,614,231
50,682 .... 62,521
28,062,841 28,558,939

Total sugar ~
Tea, lbs. ... .
Rice, cwt.,,
Spirits, gallons .
Wines .
figs, and
Opium, lbs. .. ::
Tobacco, „ .. .. ..
Currants,
raisins, cwt....... j 695,736 ....
_... Lemons and oranges, }
'''' chests
{-
374,123 ....

625,969

374,196

Spices, lbs.
„ cwt. 3.935 •• •• 3,872
The corapantin table of the trade Dageri
ha raw •
als,