The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1848-11-21 00:00:00

I
GENERAL TRADE REPORT.

MONDAY EVENING.
It will be gathered from our various trade returns, as
well as from the information subjoined, in which we com-
municate the latest particulars, many of them supplied
orally to our reporter yesterday on 'Change, that an im-
proved feeling prevails generally; although much of it is
rather in anticipation than in anything absolutely realized,
except as regards the Cotton trade, which the last two
days' sale of sixteen thousand bales, nearly all to the
trade, places in a most flourishing condition ; and we are
warranted in believing that these large purchases are

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going into immediate consumption, so that there is no
danger of the market presently flagging owing to any in-
crease of stock in the manufacturers' hands. The Eng-
lish funds had risen four points on Saturday, in London,
above the closing prices of this day week, the only quo-
tation of Consols, for money and account, having been
861 to 87. _ _ _

The SHARE market has been quiet during the past week,
but a large amount of stock has been taken off the mar-
ket by the public. TO-DAY there has been more anima-
tion, and prices have advanced. There have been good

buyers of Midlands all day, and of the guaranteed stocks.
The former close 814 31, Half-shares 91 & dis. ; London
116 18, Quarter-shares 'al pm. Tae Midland statement
is to be issued this evening, and it is said will show
t a minimum dividend of 6 ner cent.

An epoch in the P.

MOVISION trade, particula

considered, is of no little importanCe when the larg
amount of the AMERICAN article at p
Liverpool is taken into consideration

sent consumed M

old season, and enteri

z upon

it becomes interesting at this period to know how far the
trade has progressed or otherwise during the past year.
We find that the consumption of Lard (s:lewn by the im-
portsfJ ito Liverpool, deducting present stock) from the
1

st of ~anuary to the Ist November this year, has nearly
doubled that of the corresponding period of last year;
the relative amount in tons being 8,500 to 4,420. Prices
have ranged from 60s. in January to 365. to 395. in June,
the lowest prices of the year, " which rates," says Messrs.
Black and Baxter, in their valuable summary, published
on Thursday last,
" Being cons:
and Candle Manes
sumers as well a

!melt' In

and such as enabled Soap

it to advantage; induced cori-
o stock themselves heavily,

4s. to ss. per cwt

low nrice of But ,
interfering cons:thrab!y witli the consumption of Lard, and
the result was a second decline to nearly the extent of the rise,
so that at the beginning of the present month, prices had again
receded to 375. to 40s. per cwt. This reduction caused a re-
newed demand for consumption as well as Chandlery purposes,
and about Is. 6d. of the decline has already been recovered—
the price of fair barrel Lard being at this (late 395. to 41s. per
cwt. We have no reason to doubt that we shall be able to get
through any additional quantity of Lard that may probably be
received from America during the corning season—the onestion

had the effect,

Lson, of

of consumption or non-consumption_mption b(
Nor do we anticipate that ex(
much, if at all, below the
Palm Oil at average rates, an
would ensure its extensive consumption by Soap and Cand
Manufacturers."
We take the articles seriatim, and quote from the

is in imports will

I value

before-mentioned circular

upon the pres,

-it prices and immediate prospects of Ulf

branch of commerce

"Throughout the whole of 1848, tt
mained at more mod
choicest Eastern ha

petre our stock is small ; and as the quantity coming for-
ward is trilling, this article is attracting more attention.
The accounts from India and China are much in favour
of SILK.

Messrs. Chaloner and Fleming state that, since their
report on the 10th instant, there have been no arrivals of
TIMBER cargoes from British America. Ihe sales of the
week consist of one cargo of Quebec Pine, at ls. 2d. per
foot ; the pieces of the other articles are not known. Of
St. John's, ke., Spruce Deals, one cargo of good qua
was sold at £6 7s. 6d. per standard, and a cargo fr
Wallace at £6 2s. 6d. per standard. Of Yellow
Deals, a cargo of Bathurst was sold at £8 10s. per star
ard, and a large parcel of Quebec, chiefly second quali
at £8 per standard. Of Baltic Timber, a large cargo
third middling Dsnzig was sold at Is. 3d. per foot, an
cargo of while Fir from same place at ls. 3d. per fc
There has been no sale of St. John Yellow Pine Timbi
and of a cargo of Dalhousie sold the price has not tr,
spired.
Scotch Pig IRON is offer(
numbers, f.o.b. at Glasgow.
lee have been sold at 49/, f.
in the mining share market cont
notwithstanding the depression of copper or

ii here at 4

@ 42/, is

The improv

vance on tin has given an impulse to mines connected n
that metal, and several new ones are in course of
velopement.

The return from the Bank of Engtand fo
ending the 11th of November gives some striki
in the items of public deposits on the one sid
vernment securities on the other, which would
quivocally to indicate a purchase on the
of about £700,000 out of the loa
during the last session of Parliam
the Exchequer received authority to issi

in the public deposits amount
beyond the usual ratio of prof
the addition to the Govei nt
Bank is £560,000, which wou
of Three per Cent. stock.

compared With the pre
Public deposits,
Other deposits,
Rest, ..

On the other
Government securiti(

Other securities

The amount

being a decrease of £4

both departments is J
£271,211, when comp

t, the Chance

The incrc

at this period ;
2curities held by

represent nearly £7O(

.
ills week, are as follows :
,038,270 ; Ir

,e account

1,422,64
147,34

Increase,
Decrease,

594,875 Increase,
£18,(

n circul

Lud the stoc

:k of burn&

showing an increase
.d with the preceding return.

At Bombay business in imports had materially fall
off. Money continued easy. Freights to
£2 10

At Calcutta the demand for manufactured goods c
sales had taken place at

mount

tinned, and a fai
prices. Money co
been but little variation i
which continue at 1-91 to
months' sight. America

Goyernineiit has a
next bills taken by

)od suppl

goods under hypoiliecatior
instead of ten months' dat
At Canton an advance
caused by an increased d
consequence of the partial

of the steame

for document bil

coverec

was doing in exc
six months' sig

By the Colt

have advic

lace in Cot
reign staple,

of the natii'e crop. T
ly dull. until the arri
ion took place. Lit

)n Lon(

good bill