The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1853-12-13 00:00:00

SUPPLEMENT TO THE NiVega,al . -')taitVarb# 6tacrat 6,ammercial AViltrtiser. No. 1623.1 TUESDAY, DECEMBER 13, 1853. IGRATIS. SECOND EDITION. envoys on the spot will probably have acted on the powers given them in the event of a direct aggression by Russia on the Turkish coast. It will remain with Her Majesty's Ministers to aftbrd an effectual support to that decision by the usual communication to Parliament, and by placing our present relations with the Ottoman Empire in their true shape. Every means of restoring peace being exhausted, and the honour and naval force of England being pledged to bring this dispute to a• successful ter mination by other means if all negotiations for peace should fail, it would be unworthy of us to hesitate when the course is clear before us. The English people are resolved that Russia shall not dictate conditions to Europe, or convert the Black Sea, with all the various interests encompassing its shores, into a Russian lake. They desire that a course of consummate hypocrisy should be punished by a signal defeat, and that a stop should be put to these aggressions. The Emperor, who began this war without a disguise and without a pretext, is carrying it on without disguise, and it therefore becomes the imperative duty of the four powers who have so recently recorded their determination to put an end to it, to take all the measures which that object may demand. No later news of importance from the Danube. (From the Times.) - - Standard Office, Two o'clock, p.m [BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.] THE WAR IN THE EAST The news of the Russian victory was brought to Odessa by an aide-de-camp of Prince Menschikoff, and then for warded to Vienna by telegraph. It has been confirmed by advices from Bucharest. VIENNA., MONDAY. — The last Turkish vessels which were destroyed had each 800 soldiers, besides artillerymen, on board, and a large sum of money, being bound for the East coast of the Black Sea. A fourteenth vessel escaped undamaged. . . The battle began at an hour's distance from Sinope. On the 2nd nothing was known of the defeat at Constan tinople. The Turks were successful in Asia. The Times contains a most important leading article, stating that the news of the naval victory has now been corroborated by several channels, and by a positive an nouncement in the official journal of France. War has begun in earnest. Hostilities hitherto confined to the occupation of the principalities and to a few partial en counters of the hostile armies appear to have assumed on the Black Sea the character of direct aggression, and the Emperor of Russia has thrown down the gauntlet to the maritime powers precisely on that element on which they are best prepared to meet him. The Times has thought it its duty to uphold and defend the cause of peace, as long as peace was compatible with the honour and dignity of the country, and feels no regret that to the very last it has adhered to a course of policy which a just concern for the best interests of England and of the civilised world required. But the Times has never concealed its opinion that the events in the East might era ling compel us to meet by a more resolute measure a sterner alternative, and has repeatedly urged upon the combined Governments of England and France the necessity of being prepared with a plan of operations adapted to such an emergency. If the news last received be confirmed in the manner reported, the time for these BUCHAREST, Nov. 30.—The Russians are pushing their troops forward on the road to Kalafat. The Turks are still engaged in fortifying that place. The Turks are still'hofding the island of Mokan. A hussian major was killed on the 26th in a skirmish near Giurgevo. VIENNA, DEC. 7.—lt is asserted that Austria and Prussia declined signing the new draught of a note until France and England promised to insist on the Divan ac cepting that note, independently of a collective declaration. It is now thought that the Porte will accept the note, and Austria hopes to obtain for that document the sanction of the Czar. FRANC' PARIS, MONDAY. — On Saturday the price of Grain rose one franc and twenty centimes per hectolitre in almost all the markets in the district of Paris. At the Bourse the rise in Funds was checked by the fall in Eng lish Consols. Threes closed at 75.95 ; Four-and-Halves, 1021. has already cam 3rnlexitv and uncertainty resolutions to tak then remarks the hanging over the details 'orthis important event. The accounts received are altogether Russian statements. The squadron was probably a convoy bound with troops and arms for some point on the coast of Asia, and the most probable version of the story appears to be that the Rus sian cruizers pursued this convoy into the roads of Sinope. It has also been suggested that, as Sinope is a naval ar senal, it is possible some of the vessels destroyed were hulks in that port. After some further comments upon the reported details, the Times proceeds to say there can be very little doubt as to the naval and political conse quences of the action. It tends to give the Russian navy an ascendancy on the Black Sea which the Turks have hitherto disputed, and it therefore behoves the maritime allies of the Porte to supply that naval protection of which he more than ever stands in need. If it should turn out that the Russian squadron fell in with a convoy bound for the army of Asia, and pursued those ships into Sinope, this act may in some measure, in the present state of warfare, be considered justifiable ; but if, as is equally probable, these Russian ships were sent out from Sebas topol to burn, sink, and destroy the Turkish squadron, not on the high seas, nor on the coast of Circassia, but at anchor in their own fortified harbour, the proce,ading of the article till co the last extremity of ag at once of the assurance, till now so pertinaciously repeated, of his desire to stand on the defensive only ever since the Turkish declaration of war. A more violent and offensive measure could not have been resorted to, and the importance attached to it by Russia may be inferred from the fact that Prince Menschikoff hurried to St. Petersburg to lay the news of this victory at the feet of the Czar. The effect this news will have on Europe is not less serious. It dispels the hope of the success of pacification, for the Times cannot share the opinion that their success will lower in any degree, the temper or pretensions of Russia, and it Imposes upon the allied fleets more peremptory duties. Indeed, as this blow on the naval resources of Turkey interrupts its communication with Trebizond and Batoam, it is highly injurious to her Asiatic army, and all will be lost if the command of the Black Sea were suffered to pass into the hand of the enemy. The British Government the Emperor of Russia g gressive war. It dispose . and its allies will have, from moment this news is con firmed, to deal with a state of affairs far more decided and momentous than any which this question has yet assumed, and the Times earnestly trusts the Cabinet will prove itself equal to the emergency. It, indeed, scarcely devolves on the Ministers of the Crown to deter " steps are to ben, taken, because the mine what positive SPAIN The . ministerial railway project was rejected in the senate by a majority of 36. - (From the 2nd Edition of the Morning Chronicled SUSPENSION OF THE CORTES. _ • Our Paris correspondent telegraphs on Tuesday- 1 —" A royal decree has suspended the Spanish Cortes, without fixing the time for their remeeting." LIVERPOOL CORN MARKET, —Tars DAY The imports during the week have been on a moderate scale, consisting of 4,788 quarters Wheat from the United States, 4,713 quarters from other places, and only 483 coastwise. Of Flour the imports have been 3,076 barrels from America, and 440 sacks from Ireland. Of other articles the 'supplies have been but small, with the exception of 6,310 quarters Oats, and 17,494 loads Oat meal from Ireland. The market this day was very well attended by country buyers, and there was a good demand for Wheat and Flour, but the high prices demanded by holders tended to check business, but little in consequence was done. Wheat is held for an advance of 41 to 61 per 701bs, and Flour about Is 61 per barrel over the rates of this day week. Indian Corn was in fair demand at rather higher prices. Oats and Oatmeal were rather dearer. In other articles but little doing and prices steady. LONDON PRODUCE MA.RKEP, —This DIY Sugar: West India is in moderate demand, but prices are supported. Itt.fint!,l is .nuch wanted for home consumption. Foreitm : Several buyers at full terms.—Coffee is firm—the dem ind brisk ; N. C••y on, 475. t m 475. 6d.; Rio, 445. to 48s. — Tea is inactive. Rice firm ; tile demand is good. Cotton is in better d .wand, at form .m* rates. Tallow is firm, and in good demand; P.Y.C., 555. 91. to 565. on the spot. LONDDN STOCK & SHARE MARKET.—Tats DAY, NOON QUOTA.TIONS. FUNDS.—Consols for Account, 911 5k ; Bank Stock, 22') ; Three-and-a-Quarter per Cent., 97 6k 71. RAILWAY SA A.RES.—Ambergate Junction, 51 ; Cale donia 5517 ; ditto Pref., 104 ; Eastern Counties, 131 ; Great Northern, 87; Lancashire and Yorkshire, 681 s ; London and Brighton, 101 ; London and North-Western, 101; London and South-Western, 781-; Midland Stock, 611 1; South-Eastern and Dover, 611; York, Newcastle, and Berwick, 63 51; York and North Midland, 491. LAND SHARES. —British American, 701 ; Crystal Palace, Li v Kamm.: Printed and Publishe I every Tuesday, by the Proprietor, ROBERT PEARSON THACKER, of No. 7, Percy-street, at the 6TANDARD GRNISRAI, PRI VTINEI Ovvicis No. 4, St. George's Crescent, Liverpool.—Tuesday, December 13, 1853.