The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1848-08-01 00:00:00

on fine wool, which is sustained. Public sales will beheld
here on the 10th proximo.
A better demand has arisen for OLIVE OIL, the saleso
the month have been large ; both speculators and manu-
facturers have operated freely, and the market has an up-
ward tendency.

The Scotch Pig IRON Market has been very quiet
throughout the week, but prices have remained steady at .
455. to 455. 6d. for mixed numbers, free on board, at
Glasgow. From the likelihood of the disturbances in
Ireland being now speedily quelled, a more active demand
is looked for. Bar Iron, ordinary sizes, in Wales, £5
15s. per ton.
The present prices of TOBACCO are as follow :-James'
River Leaf, faded, ad. to 3d. ; ordinary sound, 3d. to 34-d. ;
middling, 3411. to 4d. ; good and fine, 44-d. to 54d. ; ditto
stemmed, faded, 2d. to Vid. ; ordinary sound, 3d. to nd. ;_
middling, 4d. to 44-d. ; good and fine, 4/{l. to 52d. and 6d.
Kentucky leaf, 2d. to 44. ; stemmed 3,12 d. to sd.
The last return from the Bank of England states that
the amount of notes in circulation is £19,040.720,
being a decrease of £104,340; and the stock of bullion in
both departments is £14,108,707, showing a decrease of
£154,469, when compared with the preceding return.
The accounts from the Amsterdam Bourse state, that
although little business had been transacted, the prices
for Mitch and Russian were slightly better. Spanish
was dull, sales having latterly increased.
The Three per Cents. closed on the Paris Bourse on
Saturday, at 45f. ; the Five per Cents., 72f.
The overland mail which reached London yesterday
brings intelligence from Bombay to the effect that the
setting in of the south-west monsoon had put a stop to
business. Abundant rain had fallen. The money market
was in a healthy condition, supplies of specie coming
freely from China. The market for cotton piece goods
and cotton yarn was quiet. Freights, owing to a large
accumulation of tonnage, gave way. The last engagement
to Liverpool was at £3 per ton, but, as several additional
arrivals were reported, it was not expected this
rate would be maintained. Rates to London we quote at
£2 10s. to £2 12s. 6d. ; and for China we hear of two
vessels taken up-one at 8.-Ir. per candy, and the other at
Sr. Exchanges had experienced a slight decline, a con-
siderable amount in Russell's draughts upon Baring's
having changed hands at ls. 10d. The banks asked ls.
9d. for bills at six months' sight, but only one transac-
tion at this rate had taken place.
At Calcutta business was still extremely depressed. A-
better disposition to ship sugar was shown,- but at a trifling
improvement in prices which holders were less inclined to
accept. Saltpetre had given way 4a. to Ga. per maund.
Little was doing in rice. The import market was'still in
an unsatisfactory state. The demand for cotton piece
goods was limited, and prices were depressed. No change
had occurred in the money market. Exchange was no-
minally at 1-10 for six months' sight, paper, with docu-
ments, but there was none offering. The most experienced
brokers have no recollection of bills of exchange being so
very scarce. Freights remained pretty steady at our last
quotations, with a slight advance in the rates for some
articles to London. For sugar and saltpetre our quota-
tions ara £4 ss. to £4 10s.