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S UP PLEME NT TO THE Vititrponi 'Stara( 6,ammertial xlbertiser. b ------_---,- 0.1629.] L-- TUESDAY, JANUARY 24, 1854. SECOND EDITION. Standard Office, Two o'clock, p.m. LOSS OF THE TAYLEITR. In formation as to the details of this melancholy and event continues to be as difficult' of acquisition as it Wes at fi rs t ; i n d ee d little is known beyond the fact that, b l e unfortunate vessel struck upon the rocks with such o lence as to make her heel suddenly round and lurch "cc nearly on her beam ends, the masts luckily swaying Qn , to the land, by which means those who could avail the mselves of the opportunity were enabled to crawl 4110 te from the yard-arms. In such a scramble, which 3 ' lasted for a brief period, it is easy to perceive that i t „ e active an d the vigorous must have the best chance. ,4 te fact may account for the small number of women -41 children reported to have been saved. %tletter has been received this morning by Messrs. 1) 4 %1 on and Wilson, agents for the ship. It is dated 23rd January, and conveys in general terms the 14 t hat about 296 of the passengers and crew have been Z ed, and that they have been forwarded to Dublin, but tti l 'es that there had not been time to prepare a list of e saved before the post despatch. It then proceeds : Bat. After experiencing severe weather on Friday and o'd,Z,uaY morning, she made the Irish land, about twelve ands''. 4 , when there was a fog, and in a few minutes struck, ea ht ll . l about half an hour after that time went . down. ti 1;.. 5 , 1 . 11 Noble has been saved; but as lie has remained on hi bs 'land, by the ship I have gotten no particulars from -L o n . * * * * As regards the ship, there knowing what damage she has sustained ; but she is ectl.. upright, masts still standing, and at low water ae "‘ 3 aluch higher than her bulwarks ; and, although the p te rf n lB difficult of access, I think that hopes may be en ed of her being got up." t oi he circumstance, which may be noted as favourable , tw t he recovery of the ship, is the fact that her lower 4 ee h decks is timber laden,—that portion being filled 0 1; A: vit h framing, planking, and deals, for the construction li f 7 s es, stores, &c., in the colony. e understand the names of the female passengers cd —e respectively Kirby, Cartsey, and Casey. W U ° following scraps of intelligence are from the Dublin ViL lers • They do not add much to the particalars pre -4'Y kno wn P kt (Prom the Freeman's Journal) :he kLitY was startled yesterday by intelligen ce of one of ` l5 rem 7,, lamentable shipwrecks which we have ever had . , C ILITeek The vessel to which this awful calamity Noble, uok nd ,_Was the Tayleur, or John Tayleur, c2aptain t lsi le o Pe re to Melbourne with emigrants. Owing . to se tie ,:,Catber which has prevailed for some days, intim ad a- N w il this sad event , did not reach the city until an . ;7k hour particulars so that we have been able to obtain of it. Having been driven by stress 1 1 / 4 ; e , ; ther out of her course, she went on shore on Satur lafarght, on a long tack for the purpose of avoiding the whe n it was discovered that she was close upon it. str ue eroyed to be too true, for in a few moments she . with . fr:ightful force upon the shore of Lambay terror, r..eltfilaginnenpossdible to describe the dreadful scene of gem rushed on deck, await that ensued. The passen must 1300 n go t o a was evident that the vessel reach the land. purees, desperate efforts u ere made to boats it R is 'ere are unable to say whether the but used for the purpose, or with what effect ; to the shore stated that a rope was run from the vessel her of the a . nd made fast there. To this a large num reaehin 1 unfortunate passengers clung, with the hope of to, theg and ; but while they were endeavouring to do almost vessel gave a sudden lurch, by which they were every one precipitated into the sea, then fearfully ,T , :t . ing upon the rock s , Z h t e Tie of escape. and deprived of the means and The greater part of them thus pe- (Prom the Dublin Daily Express of Yesterday) k l3 ri a Saturday morni ng she approached the Irish coast, Qa'as off Lambay, a few miles to the Malaliide side, at 11Z 'Past eleven o'clock. At twelve o'clock, just forty-eight meß after leaving the M erse y, s h e s t ru ck, and corn- Peeed rapidly to fill, so rapidly that, melancholy to fat a l, i, in half an hour she wen t com pletely down, in seven gouts water, only a few feet of her upper spars app r e r a c x: 7 b a bove the surface. Fortunately the disaster occu d °III Y a short distance from the shore, and lines were p., , ft "" l ied a n d fastened to the rocks, and by these many bE t Ded. At least 100 more would', in all human proba -IY I ave escaped, as they were on the lines in the act or 6 ' 41,11 on shore, when the vessel gave a sudden lurch, itll, l,Ple g y were every , soul shaken into the surge. 'ue vessel went down stem foremost.; it is said, by :10ther account, only two ladies have been saved. The 4e tetched plight of the passengers on Lambay is described ko tr ullY distressing. A pig was killed for their sustenance, bad little oepotatoes cooked, but beyond this they •3.41 little food. The coast-guard men were unceasing to ! i 9eYla o te as much as possible the misery of the situation °l e th se who most needed their good offices. One man, understand, when the vessel struck, mounted to the to understand, for security, and lashed himself there in a sail, Where h e was hours afterwards picked off, being at the va ement, strange to say, asleep. 'BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.; THE WAR IN THE EAST. T. p th e ETERSBURG, JAN. 13.—Since the notification of fird o ' lltl 7 of the fleets into the Black Sea, the warlike re,Z. has the upper class, which was never very e11a 4 6 3 Ras considerably diminished, and among the other 1 1 „„ es the enthusiasm has very much cooled. The poets It s'aisilence, and the public writers no longer pour forth Th e t , B against England. The Court appears gloomy. ear a „" r eParations for war have already cost enormous the and the Minister of Finance has laid his hands on '7l -I) t l tals of loan societies conducted by private persons. nte 'OY 'ool, : Printed and Published every Tuesday, by the Proprietor, ROBERT PEARSON THACKER, of No. 7, Percy-stret STANDARD GENERAL PRINTING 08Flog No. 4 , St. George's Crescen t , Liverpool.—Tuesday, January 24, 1854. [GRATIS The Post says the news of the entry of the fleets pro duced a great effect on the Emperor, and he was about to send off couriers with instructions to his Envoys in Paris and London. The Post ventures to predicate that if they do not amount to a positive declaration of war, they will at least be on the direct road to it. CONSTANTINOPLE.—The fleets had been met by the steamer from Trebizonde, steering with a fair wind and splendid weather for Betoum, where they would arrive the day after. The utmost harmony reigned in the Otto man Cabinet. A Russian fleet is said to be near Batoum. The Constantinople correspondent of the Trieste Gazette says the Government of Odessa obstinately refused to give up the two captive English engineers. (From the Second Edition of the Times) BERLIN, MONDAY EVENING. The Czar has instructed his ambassadors to demand whether, by the entrance of the combined fleets into the Black Sea, it is intended to take part with Turkey. or simply to observe a strict neutrility. In the former case they are to demand their passports. Some expectations are indulged in here of the probabi lity of an amicable settlement between Russia and the Porte. VIENNA, MONDAY EVENING. The Pasha of Belgrade insists on the immediate dis missal of all the Russians from Servia, and vows that, if M. Monklieve, the Russian Consul-General, crosses the river from Semlin again, he will arrest him. COMMERCIAL NEWS. ST. PETERSBURG, JAN. 16.—A steady rise in prices of imported articles, especially sugar, denotes anticipation of war. Exchange lower. ODESSA, JAN. 11.—Arrivals of shipping are increasing daily, and actively getting cargoes. Owing to the demand for labour, 16s. 3d. per day is freely paid. INDIA AND CHINA. TRIESTE, MONDAY.- - The steamer Bombay has arrived; left Alexandria on the 17th. The Indian mail has been at Alexandria since the 14th, and cannot proceed before the 19th instant, at the earliest, the steamer from England not having arrived. The latest dates are, Shanghai, Dec. Ist ; Amoy, sth ; Hong Kong, 11th; Singapore, 18th ; Penang, 21st; Galle, 27th ; Burmah, 3rd ; Calcutta, 20th ; M a dras, 24th ; Bombay, 29th. No Inas had arrived from Australia, though one was due. The Governor-General left Calcutta 9th Dec., for Bur mah. A conspiracy at Rangoon was frustrated 23rd of Nov., by the preparations of the British authorities. Trade in India dull. The Indigo market at Calcutta had opened. Exchange, 2s. ld. The President of Bushire has reported that 60,000 Persians had reached that neighbourhood, with the object of invading Bagdad. A combined naval and military expedition is being rapidly organized by the Bombay Government, to carry out any orders it may receive from England or from the Governor-General. The important territory of Berar, the garden of India, had lapsed to the British Government by the death of ita ruler without issue. The Cadiz steamer reached Bombay 27th December. Tranquility prevails at Canton and at Amoy. The ion stituted authorities have been restored. The insurgents' army had, at the end of October, reached Ginken, about 60 miles from Pekin Shanghai is still in the hands of the rebels. At Canton trade dull; Exchange, 6s. Id. At Shanghai trade brisk, and supplies of tea large. Ex change, Cs. FRANCE. MONDAY.—The funds experienced numerous fluctuations, and had a downward tendency. Threes closed 684 ; Four-and-a-Half per Cents., 98.90. SPAIN MADRID, JAN. 18.—The Minister of Justice has re signed. The Governor of Madrid has been replaced. Threes, 40k. LONDON STOCK & SHARE MARKET.—THIS DAY. NOON QUOTATIONS. THE FUNDS.—Consols for Account, 901 ditto for Money, 901 4 904 89/ ; Three-and-a-Quarter per Cent., 91* 1 4 e ; Bank Stock, 216 ; Exchequer Bills, L., 6.9. RAILWAY SHARES.—London and North Western, 100 ; Midland, 594 4 1 8/ ; Caledonians, 50 4 60 ; Eastern Counties, 124; East 2 Lancashire, 691 ; Great Northern, 811 ; Great Western, 791 ; Lancashire and Yorkshire, 61 601 ; London B. and S. Coast, 974- 2 ; London and South Western, 76; Manchester, S. , and Lincolnshire, 20 ; North British, 281 ; Pref., 1021 ; York, Newcastle, and Berwick, 61 1. FOREIGN STOOL—Russian Fives, 104 54 5. LAND SllARES.—Agricultural, 381 8; South Australian Investment, 24. MANCHESTER STOCK EXCHANGE.—This DAY. NOON QUOTATIONS. Lancashire and Yorkshire, 61; London and North. western, 1001; Midland, 591; South-eastern and Dover, 17i. LEEDS STOCK EXCHANGE.—Tura DAY. NOON QUOTATIONS. Lancashire and Yorkshire, 61/ ; North-western, 8, LATEST SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE. The Roxburgh Castle, from Melbourne, at Deal, 24th ir, stant. DEAL, JAN. 24.—The Protection, of Plymouth, was wrecked near Figueira. DANZIC, JAN. 19.—The Harbour is open, and free from ice. LIVERPOOL CORN MARKET.—Trus DIY. The arrivals during the week have been moderate of English and Irish, but to a fair extent of foreign, amount ing to 11,366 qrs. wheat ; 5789 sacks, and 54,379 barrels flour; and 20,453 qrs. indian corn. The market to-day was well attended by town and country dealers, and an active business was doing in wheat and flour at higher prices, wheat being from ld. to 2d. per 701 b., and flour 6d. to Is. per barrel, above the rates of Freal ida no y. Indian corn was also dearer. In oats and oatm alteration. In other articles little doing, and prices almost nominal.