The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1854-05-02 00:00:00

ISSUE DEPARTMENT.

Notes issued ... £26,s62,oloGovernmt. Debt £11,015,100
Other Securities 2,984,900
Gold coin & bu11'n.12,562,010
Silver bullion ... •• •

£26,562,010
BANKING DEPARTMENT.

£26,562,010

Prop. Capital ... £14,653,000 Gov. Securities £13,349,067
Rest .' . 3,166,463 Other Securities 14,336,835
Public Deposits 1,767,723 Notes 4,291,815
Other Deposits 12,053,626 Gold & Silver Coin 752,083
7-day & other bills 1,189,099
£32,729,800

£32,729,800

COTTON.—The amount of business done during
the week has not been large, owing to the dulness
of trade in Manchester, and the unwillingness of
spinners to purchase beyond their present wants.
The sales of the week, up to Friday, amounted to
37,470 bales, of which 7,060 were taken on specu-
lation, and 2,030 for export, leaving 28,380 for the
trade. Owing to the scarcity of better qualities,
" Fair" was raised if& in price, but " Middling,"
which is rather in over-supply, lab about 1-16 d.
lower. TO-DIY, the advices per Europa were
received, with accounts of lower rates on the other
side, and this, coupled with recent large arrivals
at this port, had the effect of still further depress-
ing lower qualities about 1-16 d. per lb. The sales
reached 5,000 bales, of which 10,000 were on spe-
culation and for export. The following is a com-
parison of present rates with those of the corres-
ponding period of last year :

1858. 1854.
New Orleans, middling 513-16d. sid.
fair 6ld. 64d.
Uplands, middling 5lB-16d. 5 5-16 d.
fair

1 SALES. IMPORTS. STOCK
5,.........A............, ~................., .........
°Esc RIPTION ' PRICKS. Week Prey'. Week Tbls
ending ously ending „ Ap1.28
Apl. 28 thisyr• Spl. 28
---"i -- -- -- -
Sea Island —ll2 @26 90 290' 70
Stained .... — 5 BO 199513
Boweds .... 33 7 7200, 130330
Mobile 33 63 4370: 61610
New Orleans.! 33 73 133201
Pernams, &c., 63 63, 2001 14650 356 10804 18010
Bahia, &c.
Maranhatn 63 7 800• 11120 .... 13950 IMO
Demerara,&c 11 277920 } 10270 360613 405520
20 240 .• • • 124 140
Egyptian 5! 103 3130 36130 991 10642 57030
Corn.W.l.&c. 100 1990 3 1177 3270
Surat
Madras M 31 740 2120 1876 99626, 205380
.... .... 974 3690
Bengal BBO
I ..U...i
7_23290
37470 645930 24867 70710

PRonrcE.—No alteration to no tice in Sugar,
Coffee, or Tea ; in Rice, little doing ; price Oli
s of
Saltpetre nominal ;in Brimstone more doing ; ve
Oil in more request ; a fair business in Palm Oil
as well as in Tallow. To-DAY, although the quan-
tity of Sugar on offer was moderate, yet the
demand was limited, and the business since Friday
is confined to 400 bags Madras, for refining, at
295. 9d., and 60 hhds. Cuba Muscovado, to the
grocers, at 345. 3d. to 345. 9d. per cwt. Nothing
has taken place in Molasses, Rum, or Coffee. A
fair inquiry exists for common and medium Congou
Tea, at former rates ; in other classes there is
not much doing. 650 bags middling Bengal Rice
have been taken at .13s. 3d. ; 800 bags Saltpetre,
4 to 5 per cent. refraction, are also reported at 38s.
to 38s. 6d. per cwt., being a considerable decline
on previous prices. We have also to notice 1,000
pockets Calcutta Rapeseed, at 575. per quarter.
WooL.--Manufacturers have manifested more
disposition to buy during the past week, and the
transactions have been a little more extensive
than for Soule time past, but at very low rates ;