The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1853-07-05 00:00:00

TO THE EDITOR OF THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD,

SIR, —Our attention has been called to an advertisement, in
the form of a letter, in your paper, of the 28th instant, in which
a party, representing themselves as O'Neill and Co., are en-
deavouring (as they have been for the past year) to injure our
long•established reputation in the Wenham Lake Ice trade in
England, by false representations ; but their whole tirade of
abuse is evidently got up to force upon the public an article
they last year condemned as impure, their present pretended
large stock of pure ice coming from the same source as that
which they condemned last year. This is, indeed, strange con-
sistency, but it is nevertheless true, as any one, who will com-
pare their advertisement of last year and this, will readily
perceive.
They have the audacity to state, that they are in a position
to prove that we have no Wenham Lake Ice. Now, sir, in order
to bring their pretended honesty to a test, we challenge them
to prove it ; and should they be successful in their case we will
forfeit our whole stock of ice; and, should we be unsuccessful
in proving that they have not only imported no Wenham Lake
or other American Ice, but that their whole stock is from the
same source as that which they pronounced impure last year,
we shall expect them to meet us upon the same terms.
In the meantime we beg to inform our numerous patrons and
friends, should any be desirous, we shall be most happy to
submit to their inspection our large stock of pure and only
genuine Wenhain Lake Ice in Liverpool, as also our small ship-
ment of Norway and Rough Ice, such as they exclusively deal
in, or have dealt in, since the few tons of the pure article they
had from us in November last.
As regards their assertion of our supplying hotels and others
with English Ice for W.L.I. is false. It could not be substi-
tuted as Wenham Lake, or any other American, Ice; for every
one, who ever saw American and English Ice, would at once
see the difference. Therefore we say that it wouldP be against
the interest of any one to sell the latter for the former. No
person would take English Ice the second time for American;
and we furthermore state that they know, by practical experi-
ence, that English Ice does not answer for the use of steamers
to pack their provisions in. For the satisfaction of the public
we take great pleasure in submitting to their perusal the foe-
lowing certificates :
ylt gee sbh
ship
and
eCoor.g, e of
Kendall,N o North
5, India-buildings, Wafer-street, Liverpool,
Isab.rge cargo of Wenham Lake
June 29, 1853.
This may
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ojf certify that
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Only cargo of Ice to this port this year,
American
tr:jcl°'eal:rn''t-enSr`it--erteti..lelbtl'.,„,!..,i here in fine condition.
TRAIN

_ and CO.
6, Tower-chambers, Liverpool, June 29, 1853.
This is to certify that _Messrs. Ropes and :Co., of North
seived by one of our ships, the George
Boston, a large cargo of Wenhant
,e in fine condition.
KENDALL BROTHERS.

J ohn - street, nave ju.i.
Kendall, Captain rarley,fr
Lake Ice, which was Wide,

Liz opool, June 29, 1333

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This is to certify that the ship George l‘enuall, commanded
by me, was loaded at East Boston, by Ice from the Wenbarn
Lake, under the superintendence of the manager of that com-
pany, with the most brilliant, pure, and magnificent Ice I ever
beheld, each block weighing fully 9i cwt., and has just been
landed here in fine condition to Ropes and Co.
(Signed)
Captain VHILIP FARLEY,
of the George Kendall.

TrENHAM LAKE ICE OFFICE,
28, North John-street, Liverpool, June 29, 1833.
H. T. ROPES and CO.

I COMMERCIAL AND MONETARY NETT S.

MONDAY NIGHT.
THE monotonous dulness, relieved only by de-
pression which has prevailed both in monetary and
commercial affairs, has been mainly, if not solely,
owing to the continued uncertainty as to the termi-
nation of the dispute between Russia and Turkey.
The Emperor Nicholas refuses to abate any portion
of his demands, and threatens occupation of the
Danubian provinces in the event of refusal. The
Sultan of Turkey avails himself of the time allowed
for deliberation, consults his allies, and receiving
assurances of support from France and England,
refuses to accede to the demands of Russia. So
the matter rests, and until something definitive has
been ascertained, it is not likely that we shall experi-
ence any resuscitation of activity. Notwithstanding
the threatening aspect of affairs, if we may judge
by the recent account of the movement of large
bodies of Russian troops, we still adhere to our
previously expressed opinion, that the dispute will
be brought to a termination without a resort to the
last appeal. The English and French fleets have
both reached Besika bay, where they await the in-
telligence of Russia having invaded the Turkish
territory, in order to pass through the Dardanelles,
into the Black Sea; but of what avail will they be as
a protection against operations on land ? Russia
also denies that the occupation of the Danubian
provinces would be a declaration of war, as she
claims to do so by treaty; and as this could not
easily be resisted, it seems not improbable that
Russia will fulfil her threat by going thus far, and
that means will be taken by some of our clever diplo-
matists to prevent any further explosion. That this
view is generally entertained, may be judged of by
the general firmness with which the public secu-
rities have been maintained, Consols having but
slightly varied until the close of the week, when
there was a sudden fall, owing to a doubtful report
of the Russians having entered Jassy. Prices have,
however, since rallied, though we cannot expect to
see any sensible improvement until affairs have
been placed on a more satisfactory basis. The re-
turns of the Bank of England again show a small
increase, and money for commercial purposes has
been easy, so that business on the whole may be
considered satisfactory.
In the manufacturing districts, notwithstand-
ing the continuance of the strike at Stockport
and Blackburn, and the discontent which pre-
vails among the operatives on the question of
short time, prices have been firmly maintained,
and the unsettled state of political affairs has not
prevented even a rise in Yarns and wholly manu-
factured goods. The Manchester spinners have now
discovered the folly of trusting to the advice of their
Guardian, and are compelled to come to a rising
market in Liverpool, owing to their short stocks.
This accounts for the large sales in Cotton and the
firm prices, which would have been still higher but
for the causes already alluded to. In the Woollen
districts the complaint is still of the high prices of
the raw material, and business is confined to actual
orders, which, however, are to a fair extent. Reports
from other seats of industry are as favourable as
might have been anticipated.
The Quarterly Returns of the Revenue will be
made up to Tuesday evening, and published on
Wednesday morning. It is anticipated that they
will show a considerable increase on the Quarter as
compared with the corresponding period of last
year, and arising from Customs, Excise, Stamps,
and Post-office, tempered by a slight falling off in
Taxes and Property Tax. Upon the year's account
there is expected to be an increase in all the items,
and the general results are counted on as moat
satisfactory. Some increase in Customs has, no
doubt, been occasioned by the large amounts re-
cently paid on Tea, while the general commercial
activity has added to the receipts fur Stamps and
Post-office.

Our SHARE MARKET has again been extremely
dull all week, with prices ranging in a very narrow
limit; in fact, the real business has been all but
nominal, the few quotations made having been
those of dealers almost without exception. To-day
the more alarming intelligence from the East has
given boldness to the bear party, who have made
some rather extensive sales. We annex the quota-
tions :—Caledonians, 331 ; Lancashire and York-
shire, 761- 761 1 ; London Stock,
1141 141 14; Midland Stock, 70% o ; Dover
Stock, 20i.
The return from the Bank of England, for the
week ending the 25th of June, gives the following
results, when compared with the previous week :
Public deposits £5.532,113; Increase £916,282
Other deposits .. 12.3.32,410 ; Decrease 642,109
Rest .. .. 3,116,211; Increase 1,679

On the other side of the account—
Government securities £13,118,010; Decrease 5,900
Other securities 13,705,389 ; Decrease 4,418
Notes unemployed .. 9,563,325; Increase 143,110
The amount of notes in circulation is £22,631,560,
being a decrease of f 64,220 ; and the stock of
bullion in both departments is £18,665,289, show-
ing an increase of £29,463, when compared with
the preceding return.

ISSUE DEPARTMENT.
INotes issued .. £32,194,885 Govrnt. Debt.. £11,015,100
Other securities 2,984,900
Gold c0in&bu1n.18,175,731
1 Silver bullion .. 19,154

X 32,191,835

£32,1g4,885

BANKING D
Prop.'s capita1.£14,553,000
Rest 3,116,211
Public deposits. 5,532,113
Other deposits . 12,332,410
7-day, &c. bills. 1,323,394

X 36,857,128