The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1844-07-09 00:00:00

CUSTOMS RECEIPTS.

We are happy in being able to state, that the Customs
receipts at this port, for the month ending the sth inst.,
have been the greatest ever known, the amount having
reached half a million sterling; and that, notwithstanding
the great reduction which has taken place in the duties
upon timber, turpentine, and other important articles, and
the entire abolition of the duties on exports. We may also
state, that the receipts at this port for the first half of the
present year have exceeded .£2,159,000 sterling, or nearly
one-fourth of the entire Customs of the whole empire
for the same period.

THE FUNDS : SATURDAY NIGHT.—The English se-
curities have presented a very steady appearance. Al-
though not much business has been transacted, there was
quite suffijent to support quotations, which, notwith-
standing it was the first day of private transfer, remained
much the same as they opened. Co Bois for money and
the account left off 984 buyers ; Bank Stock, 1984 to 1994;
Exchequer-hills, 748. to 765. premium ; Three per Cents.
Reduced. 991 to 4; Three-and-a-Half per Cents. Re-
duced, 1021 to 4; New Three..and-a-Half per Cents.,
1011 toe; Long Annuities, 124; and India Stock, 281
to 285. The remittances brought by the packet from
Mexico on account of the dividends, amount to 161,850
dnli,rs. Of these 110,500 dollars are from Vera Cruz,
and 51,350 dollars from Tampico. 'lbis announcement,
of course, had a favourable effect upon the value of
Mexican Stock, which advanced nearly 1 per cent., the
Actives closing 364 to 4, and the Deferred 154 to 164.
The market was very buoyant at this improvement. The
other foreign securities show little or no alteration, and
the closing quotations were—Spanish Three per Cents.,
334 to it ; and the Five per Cents., 234 to I; Portuguese,
454 to 464; Peruvian, 26 to 27 ; Dutch Two-and-a-Half
per Cents., 604 to 61 • Dutch Five per Cents., 1004 to ;
Danish, 88 to 89 ;
Colombian, 134 to ; Chilian, 103 to
105 ; Buenos Ayres 35 to 37 ; Brazilian, 82 to 83 ; and
Belgian, 1024 to 1034.

TuE WEST I NDIAINTERESTS.—An important arrange-
ment is nearly concluded between the Executive Govern-
ment and the West India Interests for the relief of the
latter under the increased competition to which they will
be exposed by the passing of the ❑ew Sugar Bill. In
order to enable the West India colonies to avail them-
selves of an increased quantity of labour, embracing im-
migration from India and China. with as little delay as
possible. it is proposed that a parliamentary guarantee
be given for a loan to be raised of a million and a half
sterling. We believe the principle of the measure is
already arranged, and all that remains to be settled ap-
plies to mere matters of detail. The home Government
will retain a superintending control over the emigration,
so as completely to check abuses and prevent it from de-
generating into a quasi slave trade. The principle which
will be followed will be to pay for the passagetoof the emi-
grants, and land them in the colonies free and unshackled
to contract their own engagements on the best terms they
can make with the employers of labour. A free return
passage after the lapse of a certain period of service will,
we believe, also form an essential part of the agreement.
—Herald.

BANK OF ENGLAND.—In Friday's Gazelle we bad the
return of the average aggregate amount of the promissory
notes payable to bearer on demand which were in circu-
lation in the United Kingdom during the four weeks end-
ing on the 22d ult. The following are the results com-
pared with the four preceding weeks, ending with the
25th of May :—The circulation of the Bank of England
has decreased from £21,504,000 to £20,634,000, being a
difference of £870,000; the private banks in England
and Wales have decreased from £5,142,000 to £4,743,000,
being a difference of £399,000; the joint-stock-banks in
England and Wales have decreased from £3,680,000 to
£3,665,000, being a difference of £15,000 ; the whole
banks in Scotland have increased from £3,041,000 to
£3,117,000, being a difference of £76,000 ; the Bank of
Ireland has decreased from £3,663,000 to £3,488,000,
being a difference of £175,000; all the other banks in
Ireland have decreased from £2,241,000 to £2,080,000,
being a difference of £161,000; the aggregate circulation
has decreased from £39,273,000 to £37,728,000, being a
difference of £1,545,000 during the four weeks. The
bullion in possession of the Bank of England has increased
from £15,572,000 to £15,898,000, being a difference of
£326,000, and shows an increase of £4,025,000 as com-
pared with the same period last year.
THE LATE ROBBERY OF £looNorEs.--Yesterday, the
young man, Francis Trappes, who was recently committed
for trial (as stated at the time) on a charge of being con-
cerned in having had felonious possession of one or more
£lOO bank notes, was brought up to the Police-court from
the borough gaol, in order to hear some further evidence
taken and read affecting the case. Several witnesses,
merchants and clerks, were examined, but their evidence
merely went to fill up the chain of that previously deduced,
without disclosing any new fact. It related merely to the
passing of two £lOO notes from band to hand. One of
the witnesses had marked one of the notes, but bad not
taken the number, before paying it away. The others
had neither marked nor taken the numbers of the notes
spoken to, so that the evidence appears, so far, to be in
statu quo, as to identity. Another witness is still required,
who could not yesterday attend, so that the prisoner will
probably be again brought up this day. He declined to
put any questions, or to offer any remarks in the present
stage of the proceedings.