The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1856-01-29 00:00:00

LA Ell INT 1,,1 .1 I GENCE,

NEW YORK, JAN. I:), chs are better, but quiet.
Money and exchange 44444,11
.1:17y, 51-k ; :Michigan South-
ern, 86k ; Reading, I 328; Indiana State s's,
80; Galena and Chic:;.;‘,. i .\ ..;,an Central, 89k. Cot-
ton heavy and unchains 1. 4'4 d medium grades flour
a shade higher, with a ; -:id for export and home
consumption; sales. 18.4.. • to sBl' for mixed to
~ fancy and low grades x 14.,, •i 7,94 to $.B, for common
State; $8 to 81, extp.441441,4: ;4,4d :4 •,,) 111, for extra Genesee,
closing firm : 400 bar4.4.is sB.± to 91. Rye flour
dull at $5l to $5,67.-- 4'.)rn better; sales, 31,000
bushels; new yellow and • . ,ern, $B6 to $9O; mixed
Western, $9l to $9l, 114 -4,,,,• ~ivered. Pork in better
demand, at higher prio..,• : I.•. 7. barrels, at ...11.61- to $l6,
for mess; $l4 for prime -I i. ,Iliefly for former. Beef
unchanged ; sales, 200 ;,; ..4111,) $lO for country ; prime
mess, $lOl to $l2: and I '4, t.. i 4. for repacked Western.
400 barrels beef hams, 444 I a t,• Dressed hogs, $7l-
- Bacon sides 1;,.1,1 500 barrels, $l4- to
$lll. Butter, $l7 t44*.2,•2,,iii(.1..'t Cheese, $0 to $ll4.

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NEW YORK, JAN. 17. l':v European news via Hali-
fax was published 11,,r,, and caused cotton to
decline. Flour, also. .-144-lifir Money to-day steady,
with an improving tone in the 11.i(..11e,-- market.

NEW OIiLEA.NW, J., N. -of cotton to-day, 2,500
bales.

NEW YORK, (SEC N.I i'A i it .) —The 'ship St. Denis,
hence for Havre, has futuidc•rol at sea. Thirty lives lost,
including all the passengers.

AUSTRALIA.

ARRIVAL OF TI f,0111) lON OF THE SEAS.
BY the "Black Ball" royal mail Flip Champion of the Seas,
Captain Al`Kirdy, wlii4.ll arrived 611 Friday, we have intelli-
gence from Melbourne 1,, t;,,: i h October; Sydney to the
24th ; Adelaide, 21st ; Tt 'Ali, 20th ; Launceston,
23rd; and New Zealand, I.'2th. She had 25 first cabin, 38 in
second cabin, and .1 I third. ealliri. passengers. There was
one birth on board cat ii :;th of December, and on the 24th
of the same month, UIW the passengers, John Colquhoun,
committed suicide by eitt Ting. hi, tlaoat.

The Champion o: t 1 sea:, board 124,000 oz. of
gold, value about :as of wool, 13 bales of
sheepskins, 40 cask, T.l I ,•". • 'fins tin ore, 3120 bags
copper ore, 3 barrcl ..?' Yew Zealand, and 202
packages of sundries.
The James Baine:.>, Le, arrived at Melbourne
on the 23rd October. 7, Liverpool. In one day she
logged the extraordbiary t :',13 miles.

On her passage home, ti. '1,:;-iipion of the Seas spoke the
following vessels :—Nov. ;tit 11, nercedes, from Sydney to
Valparaiso; 29th, Anglo o.;;), from Liverpool; Dec. 15th,
Woodbrilge, from London 1,, Akyab; 17th, Electra, from
Liverpool to Melbourne ; 19t11, :1::!len Radford, Liverpool to
Valparaiso; 20th, Anglo on, from New York to San Fran-
cisco; 22nd, Arequipa, tocring Lorth; and 25th, Medora,
steering north.
The following vessels 1.:al :dso arrived out :—Oct. 17th, the
James Paton, from Clo,go,v : 1 It 1!. Statesman, from London;
23rd, Cromwell, from l'lyin,•,ml: : the Vriendtrow and the
Bucephalus, from Li veil. .1. :i:
The Shalimar was to s:411 f,,:: I.ivi:rpool, Nov. 10, and the
James Baines, Nov. .2.1.
The reports from the s-,-re most promising, and
the produce of the Mill., !s the increase. Another
finding had taken place. i u t of a nugget weighing
730 ounces, at a workiii• ;;;•: •.; sen Old Daisy Hill and
Back Creek.

The quantity of gold exoortc-.1 Melbourne in 1855
(exclusive of the amount shipped per Champion of the Seas)
amounted to 83 tons 9 ewt,. "t lb. 8 oz., in all above
2,000,000 ounces, of tl .of I

The gold escort fm• ihe we,l, a :L3 considerably under an
average one, which may 01 for from the number of
rushes that have oceuri.,4l Inst two or three weeks.
When the diggers get t, to work again we may
look for better returns. The most important of the new fields
is that of Fiery Creek, at ,tail, • rfpulatiOn of 30,000 to
40,000 is congregated.
The sale of Crown laud: i,, at, ueighbourhood of Melbourne
continues (says the ;I. 4141 ;1 1; At marked change in the

rJANUARY 29, 1856•

pirit of the people. The competition during the Octisobc,l
ssales has been by no means active, and large quantities
withdrawn for want of purchasers.
The Melbourne Argus, of the 25th October, saYs:
spring trade for the supply of inland demands has fairly
in, but many circumstances have prevented that improver:ea!,
in trade which has been generally looked for.. The pric;
breadstuffs have ruled high, and the uncertainty of adelol ,
supplies of this staple article of consumption has exeL- it
an unfavourable influence on the markets. The unfortq.3i,s,
state of commercial affairs in Sydney, where a sort of ei7ei.
little inferior, apparently, in intensity, to that which
bourne has just passed through, checks speculation. 6-ir,
crisis, like that of Melbourne, having arisen from over-tta,u,bo
and over-importation, it is certain that a great portion
surplus, in the shape of bankrupt stock, will be forced o
this market; and, in this way, the material revival ieffbe
and confidence, which was anticipated, it is fear'''the
retarded. The general prosperity of the population ea
gold-fields, which is evidenced by increasing consumPtianior
by the presence of buyers in the town markets to meet
03),
present wants, has added to the firmness in prices. We eel:f A;
remark that sales of merchandise have, within the last ic.,131
been at an advance of 10 per cent. on the prices that 17, ,
have been gladly taken at the commencement of the 11100..
The conduct of Sir Henry Young, the Lieut.-Governe,'d,
Tasmania, has caused the utmost indignation in that Woo tl
The consequence was, that on the 15th of October ti
numerously-attended and influental meeting was held a:iool
Criterion Hotel, Melbourne. and the following resol*
were adopted :—" That the arbitrary conduct of Sir P`,ror
Fox Young, the Governor of Tasmania, in suddenly g•
rouging the Council for the purpose of forcibly suPP,-,res.lict
inquiry into the conduct of certain officers of the ti?" 101,
Department of the colony, charged with the grosseallitd
version of their respective offices, and the unPrecer„-
the
mode of prorogation adopted by him,, in going inriste,
Council at a late hour of the night, in the midst of a L'e
without the usual formal notice, is an abuse of the Pap it
confided to him by Her Most Gracious Majesty, wbie
calculated to bring her name and authority into Conte
the
and which would, if successful, be utterly destructive avia-
independence of the Legislature. That this meetiair jUeir
pathises -with the Legislative Council of Tasmania, ,1
,
conflict with an arbitrary and irresponsible Exeoutiv"
tenders to the said Council the assurance of its cord" 10
port in maintaining inviolate their right to inquire./11t°4;54
affecting the welfare of the colony, and thereby reeln"-t,'
the rights and liberties of the people whom they reproea

COECIAL. 05
There was no change in the
value of gold, but shiPll3oe
were active, brokers buying at £3 15s. 3d. per ounce*
general rates were £3 15s. 3d. to £3 15s. Gd. per ounce,,• ailed
There was a considerable demand for money at Mel
in small amounts, at short dates. The rate of interest
10 to 101 per cent. for lengthened periods. . 0.1
Breadstuffs were improving in value. Fine flour, g3B' I
conds, £36 ; and Chilian, £37 per ton. toberl
WooL.—The shipments of wool from Melbourne to (ev26,
10th were 15,360,784 lbs., of the declared value of gB'.ol.
being an increase of 26 per cent. over the previous se%).
Very little of the new clip had come forward. The latest:;),(l
tations were—superior flocks, 151 d. to 17d. • fair to , gc.•
goad
to ls. 3d., inferior to average, Is. to ls. ; broken, goof'
A9(l
10d. to 11d.; locks, grease, &c., sd. to Bd. ; handwasheutio
slipe, 10d. to ls. ld. ; scoured, ls. 2d. to ls. 5d.; sheeP.l3
full wool, 3s. 3d. to 3s. Gd. each. cesri
TALLOW.-A few parcels changed hands at previous I)
viz Exchange
£37 to £lO per ton. 11
on London, drafts against gold purchase": t)flv
per cent. Freight of gold, 4.1 d. per ounce, delivered a"
Bank of England. Insurance, two per cent. ;ng ifl
LABOUR.—Labour of every description is rapidly r's"o.
value, and any man or woman willing to accept work ll° „0041
perience little difficulty in obtaining it, as a scarcity .?,',„iriea
male and female servants is beginning to be felt. .t.',400'
couples without encumbrance have been engaged as eta, fo
Ids •
£l3O per annum. The orders from the various gold fie it, 0
female servants are daily increasing, and much less difficu,,er,
now experienced in getting suitable parties to proceed thILP

IRELAND.

LORD VISCOUNT LIFFORD has been elected a teir,
peer of Ireland in the room of the late Lord De Vesci•

was no opposition.
AT the recent burial of an English militiaman, a probetlo
at Ballinasloe, a crowd of Irish assembled, and from tnia
went the service began kept up a continual yelling, 01°0
hissing, and whistling.
c. 311!
TRANSATLANTIC COMMUNICATION.—It is all but
announced that Mr. Makolmson, of Portlaw, Waterford, "0
et
eminent steamship proprietor, is about to place a line of s
steamers between Liverpool and New York, touelli°s
Queenstown on the outward and home voyages. • ell it
" Tun cheapest newspaper in the world" is advertie
appear at Cork on the 4th of February. It is to be a,p),
paper, and the subscription is to be a shilling per an„'N. te4
It is to be called The Bizarre Gazette, and is to be con'
,7
the great interest of "charity" and "literature,

the more volatile associations of " fo-rtune" and " fun; 00/
THE 'nisi CORN TRADE.—Accounts from Cork Ineritcpi.
that the corn market held on Wednesday exhibited sYmPlt
of greater firmness, but quotations remain unaltered•
stated that large stocks of Indian corn, between 35,tridel
40,000 tons are at present held on account in the city,."" for
considerable quantities of other grain, but the amount in 'OOl
of sweet foreign wheat is believed to be small. Large thi
tities of grain are also understood to be held in most 0
western ports. no
SINCE the visit of Her Majesty to Ireland, there 113'0
been such a levee and drawing-room at Dublin Castle as ,e
held during the present week by the Earl of Carlisle.
not speak of the numerical attendance alone, but of the
dot
that, from all parts of the country, even districts the 033.?1,4
remote, the gentry and professional classes eagerly 3C fd
themselves of the opportunity of manifesting their esteeet
the present Viceroy, and their admiration for those high
amiable qualities which have rendered him universally PO
in Ireland.—Dublin Mail
A FORTUNATE SON OF MARs.—A private soldier, nAd
Benjamin Shaw, belonging to the 2nd (Queen's edi
Regiment, at present stationed in Mallow barracks, reeelor
letter on Friday, announcing that he had been left five to
dred a-year by an uncle, who died in England last Septeni4
Shaw is represented to be a very steady, correct fellow, '1..0
is quite a young man. He declares that his good fortune:d
not induce him to relinquish the " trade of arms," as he :Is fo
immediately get his name on the list at the Horse-Pa
purchase a commission. tbt
THE FLAX Cnor OF 1855.—The annual meeting ty.
Royal Flax Improvement Society was held in Belfast olio!
18th, Sir Robert Bateson, in the absence of Lord Down re
presiding. In presenting their report, the committee eldf
their regret that, from a combination of adverse circunost3oo
the Irish flax crop of 1855 has been considerably lessd
that of the preceding year; but this temporary check wfrd,
dishearten them, and,they had no doubt that ere lenete,
impulse would be communicated to a branch of agric-iar,
which nature had pointed out as so peculiarly suited to Jre ,0
lt*
A DESTRUCTIVE FIRE broke out early on Friday, "O.;
instant, in the extensive out-offices of Mr. Thompson'
rally-house, near Trim, county Meath. After burnin, d
r pii
noon, the fire was got under. There were destroyed
stall-fed bullocks, two horses, eight pigs, 150 barrels of
toes, 30 barrels of oats, a rick of corn of about 100 had,'
and a rick of hay of 100 tons. There were 14 or 15''"01
in the range, all of which were destroyed. The loss iveo
mated at £2OOO. The dwelling-house escaped. The
supposed to have been wilfully and maliciously caused. to
CONSERVATIVE SOCIETY OF IRELAND.—An assoei°l44
under the above style and title, established about two tjti
ago, but not since heard of, suddenly reappeared beferbil
public last week, a meeting of its members having been 04,
at a house in Upper Sackville-street, the Marquis of ,°_,ry
shire in the chair. . There was a fair muster of 111.13.5
sent, together with a sprinkling of the accredited nii.: '4O
note attached to the Irish Conservative party. The 1
read was regarded as highly favourable, and the corn°o4
state that "several eloquent and business-like addresseS
made by the proposers and seconders of the various re',-
tions." 041
WRECK OF AN AMERICAN BARB= Tuesday tOrd
a splendid American bark, the Independence, of Bath, 'Ile;
of Maine, Captain Marshall, was wrecked on the strand,„sf
Bettystown, north of the Nanny river. The vessel cw,'
turning on her first trip to New Orleans from Liverpool' t Of,
was 1300 tons register and 2000 tons burden, having awr
time a crew of 30 hands, and carrying 700 tons of salt 01,.,?
She struck on the above strand about four o'clock, a• °9
brisk breeze blowing inwards at the time, and which c
nued during the day. About an hour afterwards one ofoo
Drogheda steamers, the Foig-a-Ballah, Capt. Heeny, cO,
from Liverpool, opportunely arrived, saved all the hanu'Vir
had them safely landed at the Drogheda quay. The Sit:is
Ham Stamer, of Mary port, Captain Bruff, coming townrud
Drogheda port immediately afterwards, is described as I,' 0'
sailed literally through spars and rigging belonging to the ,10
fated vessel, but owing to the heavy sea running at the to`,oY,
and the darkness of the morning, no attempt could be
4,
to secure them. The wreck at present lies on the ban%if
the wind continuing as described, there is every prohnh'
her being broken up. .
eti,cit'
AUCTIONS IN THE CORN TRADE.—Owing to t--e -I)6f tip-j
and fluctuating state of the corn trade at the Prsen",ri
and with a view of obtaining the opinions of those eov
in the trade with regard to the probable future rantivi:
prices, no less than three auctions of corn were held on
day, in Cork. The first took place in the Messrs. P4ver
stores, Charlotte-quay. The quantities offered for sale,ti4
1000 barrels of Ibraila wheat, and 400 barrels of iep
The highest price offered was 345. 6d. for the Ibrail, at;00:
the owners refused to sell, and it was accordingly witlno.dt
ITyteierhe werewere asobloduatt2promtols9 of Indian
£ltild7ias.nodco..rani,daibioouhtigetrliefej,l
being offered, the remainder was withdrawn. There:"
3000 barrels of Ibraila wheat and 1000 barrels of Eg3P1,04
wheat offered for sale, at the second auction, which took Pio)
at
barrels were
Pei,
eLs.olYdooutnfgr'osiost3o6res,. Clark's
-bridge,
iliet;l
was withdrawn, in consequence of no higher price
offered. At the third, which took place at Mr. C. J• bey
tillon's store in Fish-street, 1200 barrels of Braila 001,
were offered for sale. The attendance was pretty mull
The first lot sold consisted of 200 barrels at 385., the seee'o9.t
100 barrels, at 38s. 6d., the third of 100 barrels tor
and the fourth of 200 barrels, at 395. 3d. No hid
hea r
offering, the sale was then -stopped.