The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1853-12-20 00:00:00

SUPPLEMENT TO THE fitierpal (general Commercial Abbertiar. TUESDAY, DECEMBER 20, 1853. No. 1624.1 Standard Office, Two o'clock, p.m (BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.] THE MINISTRY The Herald says: "It is as yet unknown whether Sir George Grey has accepted the vacant Secretaryship, but little doubt is expressed in political circles on that head." It is supposed Sir George Grey The Chronicle says will accept the vacant Secretaryship The Advertiser reports a difficulty in the way, because Sir G. Grey represents t only contains a constituency of 400, and consequently would be placed in the category of Lord John Russell's small boroughs, which it is proposed to extinguish. His re-election could, therefore, scarcely be expected. Amongst others now named for the office is Lord Grey. THE WAII. IN THE EAST, (From the Times.) Accor4ling to letters from Constantinople of t the steamers sent to in Stratford immeMately sett vernment. It was expected that the condlint would immediately enter the 31ack Sea. The were greatly excited, and it was rep,rted that the under Admi ra l 'lad , ; would. attack 'ebastopt 1, su] by the llritish and French Sleets. At Vienna it was hi oed that the recent reverses his Gr( (1 fleet e Turl eir iiec pporte KINCIIESTEI ajova a .red up - • ulviecs of the 12th state that nu bat to that date. ace, Ruts of the 15t h report no new op its were invi LATEST SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE ni guilty of an unprovok Let of azi he news of the disaster intously urged that the an set , sail, in order, if possii This and t of tls to th sible n was overruled by the French Ambai lot the first 4 wcasion on which the in,,ve aL squadron !lave b th officers. At pre Ltrolled by def owever, it is 6ign the judgment have hope migh defensive wi CONSTANTINO dous wind from Sea must have F. arouosal lussia agains )PLE, DEC. t Turkey shipping in 5110U1 th ;sador, 3 dents Ices which the Porte )es nehats ic relations limed, and n tremen the Black FRANCI PARIS, MONDAY. — The Bourse was dull. Ti at 74 60 ; Four-and-halves, 101 10. LIVERPOOL: Pr nted and Publia•.we i ev arees closed tozicat preveu [GRATIS. LiVERPOOL CORN MARKET.—Tms DAY. The weather in some parts of the country, in the course of last week, has been variable, but more generally frosty and severely cold, the latter having been uncommonly the case here since Tuesday last. The prevalence of contrary winds continuing to keep back the bulk of the expected large arrivals from the west ward, the supplies of foreign grain into this port, during the week ending yesterday, are consequently very mode rate in amount, those of flour having been principally reported on Friday ; the receipts within the same period, coastwise and from Ireland, consist chiefly of a tolerable quantity of Oats and Oatmeal. The market to-day was well attended, and an active business was doing in Wheat at an advance of from 2d. to 3d. per 701 b. Flour was also in demand at about 6d. per barrel dearer. Indian Corn was the turn higher. Oat meal was in request at a slight advance. In other articles but little doing, and quotations almost nominal. LONDON STOCK & SHARE MARKET.—Tius DAT NOON QUOTATIONS Firms.—Consols for Account, 944 Exchequer Bills, L and S, 75 ; Three-and-a-Quarter per Cent., 9(i 6. 131 1; East Lancashire, 67; Great NOrthern, 861 ; Great Western, 84 ; Lancashire and Yorkshire, 684; London and I, North-Western, 104 k 4 4; Midland Stock, 641 4 ; North British, 33f 41; North Staffordshire, 12; South-Eastern cl and Dover, 644 4. I STOCK EXCHANGE.--T is DAY. NOON QUOTATIONS. Eastern Counties, 131 11-16 ; East Lancashire Pref. qrs., 8 13-16; London and North Western, C. qrs., 5-16 pm. ; Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincoln, 25i ; Midland, 64 : South Eastern and Dover. 191-. LEEDS STOCK EXCHANGE.—Tins DA.Y. NOON QUOTATIONS. Lancashire and Yorkshire, 68i ; Midland, 64 4 ; North Western, 8 16-16. The Bernard, hence at Antwerp 17th inst. ; the Water- Barcelona 30th Nov., and was warned off by the board of health ; the Cynosure, hence at Venice 11th Nov. ; the Georgian, hence at Seville 29th Nov. The Lucille, from Bilboa for Liverpool 11th inst.; the Sine Nombre, from Seville for Liverpool 6th inst. Atkinson, from Belize ; Pandora, for Saguenay ; Nereid, from Alexandria; Balmoral, from Quebec; Fortune, from Callao ; Moro Castle, from New York ; Grainepion, from Callao, Dec. 19—all at Gravesend. RAMSGATE, Dec. 19.—The Africa, from Melbourne, PLvmouni, Dec. 19.—The Lady Sale, from Havana, grounded, but came off without a' King of the Forest, from Liv mouth, Dec. 19 )001, leaky, - at Ports- CONGREGATIONAL DISCIPLINE IN RIISSIA.—A letter am Russia gives a curious account of the discipline oc sionallv exercised over the Pastors by their flocks : I "In one parish in the interior the inhabitants, for a long time past, have invariably kept their spiritual Pastor under lock and key from Saturday evening until twelve his becoming to much in the M a - yet to be able to penis.— ,ne _ _ass ; , _ solve occasions they have been deceived, and he has staggered into the Church, thanks to the bottle of brandy he had concealed beneath his frock." .y Tuesday, by the Proprietor, ROBERT PEARSON THACKER, of No. 7, Percy-street, at the & N D AiLD Gassam, eitINTINO thrs.tca No. 4, St. George's Crescent, Liverpool.—Tuesday, December 20, 1633.