The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1853-06-28 00:00:00

COMMERCIAL .4 ND MONETARY NETT S,

MONDAY NIGHT•

still unsettled state of affairs in the East has
been the prevailing influence on the state of the
Money Market, and the contradictory accounts
which have been received, leading to doubts as to
an amicable settlement, have had the effect of
creating several depressions in the Public Securities,
alternating with slight improvements ; but it Intl
be satisfactory to remark that the fall has at no time
been to any great extent, that the prevailing
opinion
seems to be in favour of peace, and that nothing has
occurred in commercial affairs to check that confi-
dence in general stability which is indispensable to
a healthy state. Money for commercial purposes
has been comparatively easy, and the rates for firs!'
class paper have been below the minimum of tue
Bank of England. It will be seen by the weeklY
report that the stock of bullion is gradually
creasing, and there are continuous arrivals of specie?
not only from Australia but from America.
As the South Sea Company has resolved not t°
accept the new stocks 'contrived by the Chancellor
of the Exchequer, the latter will have to provide
above £8,000,000 within the current financial year,
to pay off the dissentients,--an operation which, e°
far from realising the profit which was anticipate'
will more than probably result in a loss.
The markets in the manufacturing districts are
disturbed in opposing directions, by the apprehen-
sions of war in the East, and the extending innce,"
ment of the operatives—the first tending to diminis'
the demand, and the latter to decrease the supply'
The strike which commenced in Stockport has n°'
yet been brought to a conclusion, although the de-
mands of the men are the subject of negotiation;
and the example has been followed at Blackball
and other places. In the meantime holders are
firm, and prices both for yarns and manufactured
goods have been maintained, but the amount o',
business has been comparatively trifling. In tbe
woollen and linen districts there is no change worthy
of special notice. The spinners complain of the
high price of the raw material, while orders are kept,
back until something more definitive is known Of
the result of the dispute between Russia and Turkel'
A return, which has just been published, of the
rates and duties received by the treasurer of the
Liverpool docks, for the year ended 24th of June'
shows an improvement on every source of revenue,
with the exception of lighthouse duties and extra
dock rent, when compared with the preceding year'
The comparative receipts are—

1852. 1853.
Duties on tonnage 137,754 140,619
Duties on goods 108.932 116,082
Floating-light duties
Graving-dock duties
Graving-block duties
Lighthouse duties
Extra dock rent
The net increase is £13,169 16s. 9d.
The return from the Bank of England, for tbie,
week ending the 18th of June, gives the followias
results, when compared with the previous week :""
Public deposits .. .. £4,615,831; Increase
Other deposits .. .. 13,174,519; Decrease

3,114,532 i Increase

559. t 2,
f 3-79,718?

On the other side of the account—
Government securities £13,123,910 ; Decrease I,v-
Other securities .. 13,700,971 ; Decrease 545%.,,26,1'
Notes unemployed 9,4'40,215 ; Increase 512 P"

. _
The amount of notes in circulation is £22,695,780:-
being a decrease of ;087,300 ; and the stock °'
bullion in both departments is £18,635,826, sbo.s,Vl7,
ing an increase of £156,311, when compared wn'"
the preceding return.
Our SHARE MARKET remains in the salve.
quiescent state as reported in our three or folt
last publications, the eastern question preventing
hnsiness to an extent materially to influence prices'
We annex this day's quotations :—Caledonia°,!'
341; Eastern Counties, 13; Lancashire and York'
shire, 78+ • Liverpool, Crosby and Southport, 17-0
London Stock, 1151; Sheffield Stock, 30; D°;er
Stock, 21i :15 York and North Midland, _
Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire Fret.'
Shares, 10i; Lancashire Insurance, p.
COTTON.—AII the anticipations of those WOOspeculated for a rise have been fully realised, and
the successive accounts from America bear out the
opinion that the supply will not be more in excess
than is required by the increased demands for
consumption. The market has been very firm
during the week, notwithstanding the counteracting
influences of foreign war and home-strkes, and
prices have advanced, particularly on the better
descriptions. For Fair the improvement Way he
quoted per lb., while Middling is also somewhat
dearer. We quote from the circular of
Hermann Cox.

and Co.:—
" The strike of the operatives at Stockport
followed by that of others at Blackburn, andtl

consnroptio'n of C

Messrs.

itton has thereby been red

3,000 bales per week. Further strikes are talked
the fear of a war with Russia has kept business 1
in Manchester in check. Without strikes in thl
facturing districts, and fear of war, we should LL
Middl.r, at 6d. ; •at present, however, every ore

his operations, and if the article had not been loolce'd'
upon as safe, and a further advance certain, we show
have:.had much lower prices."
TO-DAY there has been a fair demand for aboa,t,
8,000 bales, particularly for the cleaner sorts 01
American, which are a little dearer than last week'
Surats are also in better demand, and, as there is
not much offering, prices are in favour of holders'
The advices from America by the Arabia have 11°A
had much influence on our market, the falling ° 0
',
,1
in receipts and reports of a bad crop being
counteracted by the unsettled state of politics
affairs, and the strike of the operatives.

PRODUCE.—The demand for Sugar has beer'
chiefly confined to West India refining descriptione'
of which 700 hhds. have been taken at stead,'
prices, and the only sale in East India consists of
parcel of 3,500 bags of Cossipore at 395. to 405.9'
per cwt., being rather dearer. Of Foreign the sale
are large, and amount to 4,000 bags Paraiba an"
Pernatnbuco on the spot; 400 tons brown Bahia tf
arrive, also two cargoes for outports, and 100 hh(l-,;
Porto Rico. In Molasses, the sales have been 43t:,

puns. For Coffee, a fair demand for all ordinal
descriptions. Of Rice, 6,000 bags Bengal sold ad
10s. to 11s. 6d. per cwt. Rum continues in goo
good demand. Tea : A good business has been
done in Congous from is. 3d. to ls. 7d. per lb., but
for low kinds not much inquiry; scented Teas and
greens have been taken at full previous rates.
Saltpetre, 500 bags, 4 per cent refraction, sold av
275. to 275. 6d., and 150 tons Nitrate of Soda
chiefly at 16s. 6d. per cwt. For Guano, the de'
mand has begun to subside ; no change in prices'
The only sale of Turpentine was 170 brls., at 11'
per cwt. Rosin still in good demand. Ashes dull'
Hides are quiet. No demand apparent for Oily!
Oil; Seal Oil, on the spot and to arrive, sold a'
£32. Leed Oils in limited request. Oil of 'fur
pentine rules at 48s. 6d. for British, and 495. t°
495. 6d. per cwt. for American, withUittle doing';
For Palm Oil an improved demand ; the sales were
850 tons on the spot, and 1,400 tons for delivery 31,
£34 to £35 per ton. There is a good demand f°
Tallow; Petersburg Y.C. selling at 4Ss. 6d. to 495,11
but a higher price is now demanded. Jute has stil
a downward tendency, and the decline is fully 31';
per ton from the highest point.—To DAY the
transactions in Sugar consist of 50 hhs. Barbad°4`o
at 335. to 385., 50 hhds. Jamaica' at 355. to 37e.,,,v,„
hhds. St. Lucia at 325. 9d. to 355., 300 brls. f*";
tigua at 345. to 345. 9d., and 30 tierces Trinidad.",
345. per cwt. Nothing doing in Molasses, En'i;
or Coffee. For common descriptions of Congo
Tea there is only a limited demand, but for t,.,P0
meaium kinds there is a fair inquiry. About s,ovt,
packages are declared for sale on Thursday ness
Of Rice, 725 bags Bengal sold at lls. 3d., soobatt
Arracan at 10s., and 30 tierces Carolina Rice ..5
245. 6d. per cwt. A parcel of Bengal Linseed 11'
been taken at 465. per quarter. • of
Woora—The demand for all descriptions, os
foreign Wool continues very languid ; transacti.°ol
are, therefore, very limited ; and, unless politioe
affairs in the East begin to wear a more favour,°ate,
aspect, stock will very scon begin to accunit'wer
and to force sales at the present moment 1° etc,
prices would be inevitable. Imports for the weery
v
1,569 bales. English and Irish continue ~,ht
firm ; at the last Dublin market there was a -14'
advance. - - a,.1t14

TIMBER.—The trade is not only in a 114"ior
state, but the improving, demand, not only
Baltic, but also for American Timber, affords the
most gratifying prospect for the future. We gcirs•
the following extracts from the circular of Mes„'D.
A. F. and D. Mackay, which has just been r"
lished the

erg
" St. John Pine is much in demand, the stocii
market being reduced to a few thousand feet. E3r'Y adY
rivals from the St. Lawrence will also meet with re„pcl
sale at good prices. Red Pine is very low in stocsic!r;go
early arrivals will meet with prompt sale, 50 feet
nf E ltic;
having been sold at 2971 d. per foot with cargo•the
several cargoes have arrived during the month, and,.,ains
tonnage this year employed 9,350 tons register, EL,- n of
7,590 tons to same date last year. This descoriP&.°;bec
wood, owing in a great measure to the scarcity
fber,llos
Red Pine, and other importations of Colonial Tina‘e fact
been in great request, which will be borne out bY
of the high prices obtained."
-At

BENDIGO, the ex-champion of England, has bec
into the lunatic asylum at Nottingham.