The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1854-01-17 00:00:00

No. 1628.] SECOND EDITION. Standard Qffice, Two o'clock, p.m. (BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.] THE WAR IN THE EAST. CONSTANTIWOPLE, JAN. 2.—The English steam-frigate Retribution, despatched to Sebastopol, conveys an intima tion from the English and French Envoys that the fleets are about to enter the Black Sea to protect the Turkish territory from all aggression or hostile act, and gives that notice to the Governor with the view of preventing any collision with the Russian fleet. The English Ambas sador also formally demands the release of the two English engineers of the Egyptian steam-ship captured by the Russians The Times' Vienna correspondent states that - the Turkish note was presented to the conference at Vienna on the 13th inst. It was approved and forwarded imme diately to St. Petersburg. The Porte requires that the note shall be accepted or rejected within forty days from • the 2d instant. If accepted, the Principalities are to be evacuated within twenty days afterwards. The Chronicle's Vienna correspondent, under date !St. Petersburg, Bth inst., states that there were preliminary indications of a rupture with France and England, and of a recal of the Ambassadors from Paris and London. The despatch adds that the above is authentic. The. Post states that Austria and Prussia disavowed the remonstrance of their envoys at Constantinople against the entrance of the combined fleets into the Black Sea, and blamed the envoys for their indiscretion. The Post also says that the article in the semi-official Vienna paper. Lloyd's, the gist of which was hostile to Russia, was received by the public with great favour, and pro duced great sensation. The Times, in a leading article, sums up the latest telegraphic accounts from the seat of war, andlsays there can be no doubt that events have occurred which approach much more nearly to actual war between some of the great powers of Europe than anything yet recorded. No precise details of the battle of Citale have yet been received; but the reports of the sanguinary character of the struggle, and of the Turkish victory, have confirmed the loss to the Russians of 5,000 killed and wounded. ODESSA, DEC. 30.—Good descriptions of wheat are worth 29 roubles the chetwert. Telegraphic news from Odessa confirms the anticipated fall in freights. Rates for grain receded from 255. per quarter to 12s. 6d. This will operate favourably upon the supplies of food to France, Italy, and elsewhere. The Times' Paris correspondent, under date Monday evening, writes : "It is asserted ou the authority of a telegraphic despatch from Vienna that advices have been received from St. Petersburg, of the Bth instant, stating that the Emperor of Russia had behaved in such a way on hearing of the resolution taken by the French and English Governments to send their fleets into the Black Sea, as to leave little doubt that he had made up his mind to a rupture with those powers, whose Ambassadors would therefore shortly leave St. Petersburg. SUPPLEMENT TO THE ri,intßoll -:ttitVittV & 6.citerat (I')ffnuitertial Alitertis4-. TUESDAY, JANUARY 17, 1854. FRANCE. The market to-day was moderately well attended, but owing to the abundant supplies of wheat and flour, trade was dull, and, in order to effect sales, lower prices had to be submitted to. Wheat may be quoted 3d per 701 b., and flour is to is 6d per barrel below the rates of this day week. Indian corn in fair request, at prices the turn lower. In oatmeal and other articles not much doing, and prices the turn in favour of the buyer. LONDON STOCK & SHARE MARKET.—Tars DAY. NOON QUOTATIONS. Tn E FUN DS.—Consols tor Account, 92„ 3i ; ditto for Money, 931 2;; ; Three-and-a-Quarter per Cent., ; Bank Stock, 2181: RAILWAY SHARES.—London and North-Western, 102*1 2 ; Midland, 6j ; Caledonian, 53 21; Eastern Counties, 13i 13 ; Great Western, 82; Lancashire and Yorkshire, 634 4; London and South-Western, 76; Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincoln shire, 2i2; North British, 314; York and North Midland, 454 si. FOREIGN STOCK.—Mexican, 23k. LAND SHARES.—PeeI River, 54. MANCHESTER STOCK EXCHANGE.—This DAY. NOON QUOTATIONS. Blackburns, si; East Lancashire, 132; Lancashire and Yorkshire, 63J ¢ ; Midland, 61. FEMALE COURAGE.—A house on the Lincoln-road where an invalid lady and her female servant resided, was attacked by a burglar, on Friday morning, but the servant attacked the intruder with such vigour that he was glad to flee. DESTRUCTION OP OLD ST. PAUL'S—Early in the year 1674, the workmen began to clear away the ruins of the ancient cathedral, preparatory to laying the new founda tions. The pulling down of the old walls, which were in many places 80 feet high and 6 feet in thickness, was an arduous undertaking. At first the men stood above, working them down with pickaxes ; while labourers below cleared away the rubbish, part of which was applied to the path.. of the streets, and part to the building of the parish churches. The work proceeded in this fashion until the workmen c.ime to the middle tower, which carried the lofty spire : but they quailed before the danger ous task of mounting 200 feet to east down this ruin. The inventive genius of Wren immediately conceived the idea of attaining the end by means of gunpowder, which was done accordingly with the desired effect. From au accident which happened at a subsequent blast, the architect was prevented from employing gunpowder; and his ne:t great device consisted of the ancient. battering.: ram. This machine he suspended from a triangle, and kept thirty men constantly beating with it on one part of a wall for a whole day,—an operation which seemed to the workmen marvellously like an utter waste of time. But the great architect knew better. He knew the effect of concussion ; he encouraged them to persevere ; and at length, on the second day, the wall began to tremble at the top, and fell in a few hours. The first stone of the new cathedral was laid on the 21st June, 1675.—The Builder. rietcw, ROBERT PEARSON THACKER, of No. 7, Percy-street, Ireorge's Crescent, Liverpool.—Tuesday, January 17,1854. PARIS, MONDAY.—Bourse again feeble, although no news arrived to affect it, Threes closed 71.60; Four-and- Halves, 99.50. LIVERPOOL CORN MARKET.—Trus DA.Y. The arrivals during the week of wheat and flour have been small, both coastwise and from Ireland, but of foreign very large, amounting to 65,638 quarters of wheat, and 2,595 sacks, and 140,735 barrels of flour. Of Indian corn the arrivals were 36,062 quarters, and 2,850 barrels of meal. ITALY. NAPLES.—The Times.' City article says letters report the suspension of G. and G. Buono, jun. ; supposed liabi lities £40,000. This event has caused one or two small failures in London. The failure of au exchange-dealer was also announced, but only for a small sum, principally in connexion with transactions in French stocks and shares. LIVERPOOL: Printed and Published every Tuesday, by the Propi STANDARD GENERAL PRINTING OFFICE No. 4, St. [GRATIS