The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1851-11-11 00:00:00

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COMMERCIAL AND MONETARY NEWS.

MONDAY NIGHT

Our Railway market has been generally firmer this
week, and most of the shares have advanced. The traffics,
though, from the effect of the Exhibition having ceased
to be felt, not so good as for the few weeks past, show an
increase over last year. A steady continuance of real in-
vestment in shares, also tends to promote a gradual
advance in prices. Several negociations are pending
amongst the leading lines, and the smaller ones connected
with them, with the object of doing away with competition,
the settlement of which will prove highly beneficial to this
property. Shares in mines are attracting much attention,
and there seems a prospect of some wild dealings in these.
We annex this day's quotations :—Late Ches. & B'head,
16+; Caledonian, 12+ 7-16 ; Eastern Counties, 6 3.16 ;
East Lancashire. 14,1 I; Great Western, 82; Old Leeds,
55 2-; Do. Fifths, 81e1; London stock, 1141; Do. new
Quarters, 21p ; Do. Fifths, np ; M'chester Shef and
L'coln, 28 ; Do. Quarters, 10-4 ; Midland, 49+ ; Do.
new pref.. 11.16 ; North Staffordshire, 81 d ; Old
Dovers, 19k 19; Belfast and Ballymena, 30+; Great
Southern and Western, 341; Bank of Liverpool, 19+ 1.
There has been very little animation in the Wool mar-
ket this week. The manufacturers are purchasing merely
to supply their immediate wants, and prices are a little
easier in consequence. Scotch is very dull of sale.
We are indebted for the following extracts to Messrs.
T. and H. Littledale's monthly circular :—"The glimpse of
improvement lately in our Colonial Markets, in some mea-
sure accounted for by the satisfactory result of the Indigo
sales, proved but momentary, and the transient brightness
has been again succeeded by the same settled gloom
which has for so many months been complained of. When
this state of things is to end it is impossible to say ; but
where it must inevitably lead to, if much longer continued,
is not so difficult to divine, as regards at least a great
number of those engaged in business. And yet the cause
is self-evident, and the remedy appears a very simple one.
Stimulated by the success of operations, export and im-
port, for the two previous years, (owing simply to the
severe check of '47, and consequent moderate supplies out
and home,) and the exaggerated opinions formed of the
probable consumption of 1851—imports have poured in
upon us from all quarters, and although, from the Ist
January to the present time, we have had uninterrupted
depression, yet the stream of supply seems only the
greater, and we are now suffering simply from excessive
stocks. Consumption is large, and money abundant ; but
until supplies diminish, how can we expect any perma-
nent advance in prices ? In Sugar there is at present an
excess of 50,000 tons in our stock, or fifty per cent. in-
crease compared with the same period last year. The
whole matter, therefore, rests with the importing mer-
chants, whether they will be guided by the extent of
exports from the different foreign markets, and the
amount of stocks in our own, in giving limits for produce,
or submit to a still longer period of ruinous trade. There
is a point, however, below which prices cannot recede, or
long remain at ; and with the present abundance of mo-
ney, we think that point has been reached, or nearly so,
by some articles. Khaur Sugar, for instance, has been
sold at 235. 6:l.—with duty 10s., freight, charges, and loss
in weight Bs. 61.—leaving ss. for first, cost at Calcutta !
" CoTroer.—Every succeeding packet from America,
during the last four weeks, has brought advices confirm-
ing the expectation of a large crop of Cotton, and gra.
dually falling prices, with increasing stocks. Holders
here have shown a great anxiety to sell, and though the
demand has been steady, and equal to 40,000 bales per
week, prices have constantly given way—in American to
the extent of Pel. to -Id., and in Surat Id. to +d. per lb.
The stocks of long staple Cotton being very light, and the
better qualities scarce, prices are higher, both in Sea
Island and in Egyptian. The sales during the month
amount to 146,600, of which 6300 are on speculation, and
21,200 for export, leaving 119,000 for the trade. The
import in the last month has only been 29,691 from Ame-
rica ; but from Bombay 30,370 have b en received. The
excess of import over last year now amounts to 180,420.
Our stock is 27,100 less, and prices are about 3d. per lb.
lower in current qualities. For the remainder of the year
the import is very likely to be very light, as there are now
at sea only 21,000 from America against 44,000, and
40,000 from Bombay against 57,000.
" SILK.-At the public sales of 23rd ultimo, consisting
of 4800 bales of China and 1900 bales of Bengal Silk, it
was fully expected, from the disposition shown by the
importers and dealers in lowering their previous limits,
that the trade would have become free purchasers ; but the
very reverse was the case, though China Silks were fully
is. per lb. lower. There was a want of confidence shown,
and the transactions were more limited than at any pre-
vious sale for some years past, and ail Italian, China, and
B eigal Silks are still much depressed. Russia and Persia
Silks being principally exported, stocks are low, and
prices stationary."
In London the colonial markets during the week have
been extremly heavy, and again some descriptions of
produce have suffered a material fall. Sugar has been in
the most limited demand, and in the beginning of the
week at public sale a decline was submitted to without
any other effect than that of creating additional dulness.
At. Friday's sale, a still further depression having taken
place, a slightly improved inquiry arose and a fair propor-
tion was sold, but at rates fully ls. to Is. 6d. per cwt. lower
than those of the previous week. Coffee still continues flat,
and quotations have receded fully ls. to Is. 6d. per cwt.
Native Ceylon, which had been previously operated in at
405., has been sold at 38,. 6d. per cwt., and plantation
qualities are al,n ls. to ls. 6d. per cwt. lower. A large
parcel of Costa Rica offered was nearly all taken in, and
other descriptions of foreign have been likewise neglected.
Saltpetre has been disposed of at lower rates, and is now
dull. The tea market is very flat, and sales have been
made with difficulty at last week's rates. By private con-
tract various parcels have been freeiy offered, but without
finding bidders at market rates, the greater number of

- dealer; being disinclined to add to their stocks at present.
The return from the Bank of England for the week
ending the Ist of November gives the following results,
when compared with the previous -reek :
's Public deposits 5,437,553/. ; Increase .. 262,2001.

crease

Rest .. 3,153,0461.; Increase
On the other side of the account,—
Gov. securities 13,241,768/. ; The same as before

1,9341,

Other securities 12,688,0221. ; Decrease

155,816/

Notes unemployed 8,175,1701.; Increase .. 258,890/.
The amount of notes in circulation is 20,468,7251.,
being a decrease of 229.5101. ; and the stock of bullion in
both departments is 15,289,6411., showing an increase of
57,476/. when comps

ied with the preceding return. "There
can be little to enlarge upon with respect to this return.
The decrease in the amount of the deposits other than
public, is, however, a favourable symptom, if we can sup-
pose it to have arisen from an increased activity of trade.
Such, however, has, we think, not been the case, for in
all probability, balances have been withdrawn from the
ends. i hands of the bank for tf. - -f the stock and share

e purposes o
markets, particularly as there has been so decided a move-
ment in the mining operations of the country, which must
necessarily have called for a larger supply of money. The
decrease in securities other than government may be
variously interpreted. It has been caused perhaps by the
falling due of a number of acceptances which have been
held of the mercantile houses, or, with equal reason, may
it be believed that it was produced by the sale of the float-
ing securities—whether India Bonds or Exchequer Bills.
Such sales may be presumed to have been made for ac-
count of the corporation, because, as we have seen, the
market for the unfunded debt has been less firm for some
days past. The stock of specie, it will be observed, is
still upon the increase. Importers will, doubtless, be
eager to place their receipts in the hands of the bank, so
long as the prospect of an increased supply is made to
net tinnn thn nnhlie mind and feelinz to the extent that

The imports of specie during the week include 400,000
dollars by the Atlantic, from New York ; 300,000 dollars
by the Asia, from New York ; 2,7451. by the Montrose,
Peninsnlar And Oriental steamer (310/. from Gibraltar,

5501. by the Euxine, Peninsular
from Gibraltar; 70,0001.
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and 5,8691. by the Bosphorus, General Screw
(5,292/. from the Cape of Good Hope, and 5771.
Irra Leone.) The total imports is about 226,000!

Indus, Peninsular and
nereigns for Alexandria,
and 9,800/. in silver for

Daily Nett

POLICE COURT-YESTERDAI

—William Quinn, a fireman on board the
y, was fined £l, or four-
nalng one gallon of

of information, the excise-
Rose, just arrived from Sligo,
fternoon, and discovered no less than three-
gallons of whiskey secreted in different parts of
Archibald M'Gongon, a fireman, had five
Nuts, for which he was fined 10s., or seven days' impri-
nraent ; and John Eden, a seamen, had one bottle with
ven pints, and two jars with one gallon each concealed
ft, for which he was fined £lO, or one month's
.—lsaac Henderson, seaman on board the
;) Equator, from Miramichi, was fined 10s. for having
Lfactured tobacco concealed on board.
' WITHOUT WISDOM.—Ann Dodd was
ealing two half-crowns, two shillings, and
m the person of Solomon Han-

Solomon, it appearec