The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1841-07-30 00:00:00

BANK OF ENGLAND.

The usual average return of the liabilities and assets of the
Bank of England, embracing the period from the 27th of
April to the 20th of July, both inclusive, which appeared in
Friday's Gazette, gives the following result, viz : •
That the average of the 13 weeks ending July 20, as com-
pared with the average of the 13 weeks ending April 27,
shows an increase in the circulation of.. £231,000
An increase in the deposits of
And an increase in the stock of bullion of 532,000
Wherefore it appears, that the increase in the liabilities is
£755,000 ; and this represents the increase in the total
quantity of money, in the 13 weeks ending July 20, as com-
pared with the 13 weeks ending April 27, in so far as regards
the administration of the currency by the Bank of England.
The yearly comparison is as follows:
The average of the 13 weeks ending July 20, 1841, as com-
pared with the average of the 13 weeks ending July 21,
1840, shows a decrease in the circulation of
An increase in the deposits of
An increase of the stock of bullion of
Wherefore it appears that the increase in the liabilities is
£38,000 ; and this represents the increase in the total quan-
tity of money in the 13 weeks ending July 20, 1841, as com-
pared with the 13 weeks ending July 21, 1840, in so far as
regards the administration of the currency by the Bank of
England.

The variations in the stock of bullion have taken place in
the following manner and proportion :
In the four weeks ending November 10, 1840, as
compared with the four weeks ending August
11, 1840, there is a decrease of . £1,352,000
In the four weeks ending February 2, 1841, as
compared with the four weeks ending November
3, 1840, there is an increase of
In the four weeks ending April 27, 1841, as com-
pared with the four weeks ending January 26,
1841, there is an increase of
In the four weeks ending July 20, as compared
with the four weeks ending April 20, there is an

842,000

972,000

. .
increase of
The changes and fluctuation in the circulation will appear
from the following statement :-
In the four weeks ending November 10, 1840, as
compared with the four weeks ending August
11, 1840, there is a decrease of £1,407,000
In the four weeks ending February 2, 1841, as
compared with the four weeks ending Novem-
ber 3, 1810, there is an increase of
In the four weeks ending April 27, 1841, as com-
pared with the four weeks ending January 26,
there is an increase of
In the four weeks ending July 20, as compared
with the four weeks ending April 20, there is an
increase of
The following are the changes and fluctuations that have
taken place in the deposits :-
In the four weeks ending November 10, 1840, as
compared with the four weeks ending August 11,
1840, there is a decrease of C1,190,000
In the four weeks ending February 2, 1841, as
compared with the four weeks ending Novem-
ber 3, 1840, there is an increase of
In the four weeks ending April 27, 1841, as coin-
pared with the four weeks ending January 26,
there is an increase of
In the four weeks ending July 20, 1841, as com-
pared with the four weeks ending April 20,
there is an increase of
The changes and fluctuations in the securities
will appear from the following statement :-
In the four weeks ending November 10, 1840, as
compared with the four weeks ending August
11, 1840, there is a decrease of
In the four weeks ending February 2, 1841, as
compared with the four weeks ending Novem-
ber 3, 1840, there is an increase of
In the four weeks ending April 27, 1841, as com-
pared with the four weeks ending January 26,
there is a decrease of
In the four weeks ending July 20, 1841, as com-
pared with the four weeks ending April 20,
there is an increase of

383,C00

1,027,000

42,000

1,716,000

757,000

800,000

2,191,000

CHRONOLOGY OF THE LAST TWENTY.FOUR

BRITISH PREMTirnc.

Y. D.

Appointed.
1751 April 6.—Duke of Newcastle—until successor
appointed
1762 May 29.—Earl of Bute
1763 April 16.—G. Grenville, father of Lord Gren-
ville
1765 July 12.—Marquis of Buckingham
1766 August 2.—Duke of Grafton
1770 Jan. 28.—Lord North (Earl of Guildford)
1782 Mardi 3.—Marquis of Rockingham
July 13.—Earl of Shelburn 266
1783 April s.—Duke of Portland 260

8 63
322

Dec. 27.—William Pitt
1801 Mar. 17.—Henry Addington (Lord Sidmouth) 3 56
1804 May 12.—William Pitt 1 241
1806 Jan. B.—Lord Grenville
1807 March 13.—Duke of Portland.... .
1810 June 23.—Spencer Perceval 1 350
1812 June S.—Earl of Liverpool
1827 April 11.—George Canning 121
Aug. 10.—Lord Goderich l6B
1828 Jan. 25.—Duke of Wellington
1830 Nov. 22.—Earl Grey
3 231
1834 July 11.—Lord Melbourne
Nov. 16.—Duke of Wellington (temporarily) 128
22
Dec. B.—Sir Robert Peel 131
1835 April 18,—Lord Melbourne

VOTERS AT ELECTIONS INTIIE UNITED KINGDOM

Total number of registered electors in places which
have returned Conservatives
Total number of registered electors who have re- 1273,17 g
turned W higs

Conservative majority in the United Kingdom .. 257,721
This list does not include those places which have returned
one Whig-Radical and one Conservative, as they may be
considered neutralised.

Xa7AORDINARY ESCAPE FROM PRISON.--PLYMOUrIi,
Suinl-:d , July 25.—This morning, when Cook, one of the
town-sergeants, took their breakfasts into a cell where three
men were confined, one of them, named Randell, who is
under sentence of transportation for fourteen years, snatched
the prison keys from Cook's hand, and with them inflicted
a violent blow on bis forehead, which knocked him down and
stunned him. lie then produced a knife, and, using threats,
be stripped off the town-sergeants trousers, and put them on
he took a frock-coat from a:tell:as
himself ; he pocketed two sovereigns and twenty shillings in
co rdsl
downward,ashed the
lleot ott
another
kr -
psaearb:tu, enaodnfltetohoi
the
sprisoner,ilver, anda
nCdo ok'
havingsw- ahwticsi ht
face
l;
reesaccahp7in.g the cell
the prison bed, with
the cords from
someSparc
time clothes
before under t h
the
his
police, arm,sone
wrashn
odu
unfastening
aeansditenethnelaiiiiinirsg
obliged to be put to bad in his own
building, heard the disturbance.
Cook,t hey found
,ch who was
a s otherob 1:
apartment. .

brand

cense❑
debate

t of coe

A Communicatio

The cor

press, on the 30th ult., had g
presenth
a bankrt

sage, in which

branches when they

:0 a de

thout the

uniform bankrui
" This, it

,fter the two days

President Tyler to t

:liver sal satisfaction

York, fo'r the enactment of

_ •
ccompanied it by a brief nies:

iw s himself in favour of " an equal and
ystem, applicable to all classes of per-
understood, includes corporations, in
rill have a most beneficial operation.
on.the 6th was reported dull, but prices

sons
which case
The stoc

had undergo
/ was noted in I
tions remained the same
A decline of

m material alteration. An improvement of
fed States Bank shares, but the quota-
. as at the last advices, namely 824.
iously taken place. North American

Trust and Bank Shares had declined i; sales of bills on
Philadelphia, 3t03; ; Indiana dollar bonds, decline ; sterl-
ing improved 1. The exchange for the packet stood as be-
fore. The Britannia steamer arrived out early on the 4th,
but the accounts by her produced no effect upon the markets.
Cotton continued steady in price. The stock was 65,000
bales; and money being plentiful, it was considered that
the greater portion would probably be held for some weeks,
under any int --