The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1855-10-09 00:00:00

THE BALTIC.

DINTSIC, October sth.—The Vulture, from Nargen, brings
no news.

THE FUNDS, STOCK, AND SHARE MARKET.

Consols opened at about the closing prices of Saturday last,
but, upon sales and approaching settlements, declined to 87i
7, at which they closed. Foreign Stocks steady, with the
exception of Turkish, in which there were again some fluctua-
tions. Railways rather flat, with little business.

CLOSING PRICES.
Consols, Account.... 1 ~, 'Bank Stock
Do. Money
.1 °II. I Exqr. Bills, L. S., 5 1 dis.
Three per Cents — Omnium —
FOREIGN STOCKS.
Mexicans 2li i Turkish
Russian
Do.
Canada Land
135 40 Dc. (new) li f
RAILWAY SHARES.
A rnbergate, Notti ugh:: m, I London, Brighton, and
and E. Junction 3l 4ii South Coast 94 6
Caledonian
Do. Preference
Eastern Counties
East Lancashire 6B 70 Lincolnshire 221 3i
Edinburgh & Glasgow.. 49 31 Midland Stock
Great Northern B5 6 North British 254 61
Do. A. — Do. Preference 94' 6
Do. B. 122 4 North Staffordshire 74 7
Great Western
Lane. and Yorkshire Mt I York, Newcastle, and
Do. Fifths — Berwick
Leeds Northern lla 124 York and N. Midland.. 45 6
Australian Agricultural LAND SHARES.
IPeel River
S. Australian Invest.... ;South Australian
Crystal Palace
On 'Change, nothing done in Colonial; Tallow, 665. 6d. on
the spot; Linseed Oil flat at 425. 6d. to 425. 9d.; Scotch Pig
Iron, 78s. ; Spelter steady ; Valencia Raisins, 48s. nominal.

LONDON CORN MARKET.—(From Kingsford and Lay's
Circular.) The •supply moderate ; a portion sold at the prices
of this day week, but some quantity remained unsold towards
the close. Foreign red met with an improved retail inquiry,
and lower was 2s. dearer; white and superior neglected. A
fair supply of new Barley, but the condition not being good, a
reduction of Is. was submitted to. Old Oats commanded an
advance of Gd., but new was 6d. cheaper. Flour without any
material alteration.

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ARRIVALS.
English. . Irish. Scotch. Foreign.
Wheat
Barley 24;5 27 - 480
Malt — 102 50
Oats
Beans
Peas —
Flour

2142 sks. &

4164 METROPOLITAN CATTLE CATTLE MARKET.—First quality Beasts
and Sheep sold better than on Friday ; inferior in demand.
Calves did not sell so well. Mutton, 3s Sd to 4s lOd; Lamb,
3s 6d to os ; Veal, 4s 5d ; Pork, 4s 2d to ss. Beasts, 5,547;
Sheep and Lambs, 23,960; Calves, 204; Pigs, 469. Arrivals
—Holland Beasts, 2,129; Ditto Sheep, 4,010; Ditto Calves,
153; Ditto Pigs, 70; Cambridge, Lincoln, Norfolk, and
Leicester Beasts, 2,400.
LONDON TALLOW RETURNS.—Stock, 24,476 casks, against
31,368 casks last year; deliveries, 27,406 casks, against 1,450
last year.

MANCHESTER STOCK EXCHANGE. Caledonians, 304 ;
Lancashire and Yorkshire, 751 • Ditto, W. R. 2 dis. ; Man-
chester, Sheffield, and Lincoln, 221_ i Midland, 644 ; Dover, 17f,
LEEDS STOCK EXCHANGE.—North Westerns, 5 7-16;
Craven Moor, 20s. 6d. ; Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincoln, 23.

NEWMARKET RACES.
£5O Plate—Orinoco, Ist. Sweepstakes Habena walked
over. £5O Plate—Ostra,gotbs, Ist. Sweepstakes —Assayer,
Ist. Handicap Sweepstakes—Para, Ist.

BETTING AT TATTERSALL'S—TaIe DAY.
CESAREWITCII.-100 to 15 agst Mr. Sykes, tk ; 7 to 1 agst
King Tom, tk ; 7 to 1 agst Robgill, off; 12 to 1 agst Brother
to Grey Tommy, tk ; 12 to 1 agst Monarque, off; 12 to 1
agst Sultan, off; 12 to 1 agst Neville, off; 20 to 1 agst Crown
Pigeon, tk ; 30 to 1 agst Veteran, tk ; 40 to 1 agst Jolly,
Marine, tk ; 40 to 1 agst Eulogist, tk ; 50 to 1 agst Paletot, off

THE ATLANTIC, Captain West, sailed for New York on
Saturday, with a full cargo and 210 passengers, amongst them
Miss Lane, niece of the Hon. Mr. Buchanan, U.S. Minister at
London.

THE WAR between the Great Western and Oxford, Wor-
cester, and Wolverhampton Railway Companies is likely to
cease. The line of the latter is to be made on the double
gauge. An agreement has been signed for the London and
Northwestern to work it.—Herapath.
MUNICIPAL REVISION.—The Mayor held a court for the
purpose of revising the list of burgesses entitled to vote at
the municipal election, at the Session-house, on Thursday;
Friday, and Saturday. The only case of importance, on the
first day, was one in which an objection was made to a person
having his name upon the burgess list for more wards than
one. His worship considered it an important point, and he
reserved his decision until Friday, when he decided against
the objection.

REJOICINGS AT EGREMONT AND NEW BRIGHTON.—The
principal inhabitants of Egremont and New Brighton having
met, and considered the propriety of giving public expression
to their feelings of thankfulness and joy in connection with
the victories gained by the allies in the Crimea, resolved that
in consideration of the scattered population of the district it
was not expedient to illuminate. Instead of doing which,
they determined to apply the money which would have been
spent in illuminating in providing a substantial dinner .to
the poor, which will accordingly be done on Thursday.
WALLASEY COMMISSIONERS.—Last night, an adjourned
meeting of the Wallasey Board of Health was held in the
Board-room of the Commissioners, at Egremont. The meeting
was presided over by Mr. Pooley, chairman of the Board ; in
addition to whom there were also present Messrs. Hill, W. B.
Coulborn, E. W. Coulborn, Wilson, Nevill, Caine, and Odell.
The first business transacted /was the consideration of lenders
for the formation of new roads, that of Mr. John Lee,
of Egremont, for making a road between King-street and
Trafalgar-road, for the sum of £1,374 10s., was accepted. The
other contract, for:Brighton-road, was left open, and ordered
to be divided.—Mr. W. R. Coulborn, after a few observations
condemnatory of the present postal arrangements, which fix
the conveyance of letters lasing through the Liverpool Post-
office by Birkenhead, gave notice that at next meeting he
should bring the matter lefore the Board with a view to an
improvement in this respect. Mr. Odell said, although not
averse to any improvement in the postal arrangements, he really
thought there was not much, if there was anything at all to
complain of.—There being no other business beforethe board,
the meeting broke up.
LIVERPOOL POLYTECHNIC SOCIETY.---A meeting of this
society was held last night at the Royal Institution, Colquitt-
street ; Mr. Newlands, the borough engineer, in the chair,
and was very fully attended. The programme of the business
included the exhibition of a new pyrometer, by Mr. Alexander
Meller, and a new stone boring machine to be explained by
the president, but these were postponed in order that full
attention might be given to the lecture of Mr. 'Warner on
gas meters. Mr. Warner commenced by remarking on the
errors which had been committed by recent writers in dee-
cribing both wet and dry meters, and said that the correct
understanding of the principles of a meter seemed to be a
difficult problem, which, however, he would endeavour to
solve. It was interesting to enquire whether there were no
others means of retailing than by meter. There were only
three modes of retailing gas—by weight, by contract, and by
measure. The first was impossible, the second inconvenient,
and the third the only practicable mode. He would show
that the measurement of gas was easy, for it was simply the
displacement of one fluid by another. It was only necessary
to ascertain the weight of water displaced in a certain vessel
in order to ascertain the quantity of gas which had displaced
it, and upon this principle the wet meters were formed, the
quantity of gas passing through being ascertained by the
succession of chambers filled with it. He denied that the
ordinary changes of temperature made any important dif-
ference in the quantity of gas as shown by the meter. He
then showed, by models, the various plans which had 1.):0,
used for measuring gas both with and without the aid of
water, and proceeded to explain the operation
of the gas
meter ordinarily in use. Some discussiontook place as to
whether the water displaced the gas
in
i tile
conclusion thankschamber
or the
were
gas displaced the 'water ; and at the conc
voted to the lecturer.
f 110 .—P
k 1850, was as o ws assengers,
week ended September 30t
gd steam-boats, £641 Bs. Od; goods,
CHESTER AND HOLYHEAD RAILWAY.—The traffic for the
parcels, &c., £3,730 1t4:1.,
including Carnarvon traffic, £6,493
£9,121 13s. lel-; to.
week last year :—Passengers, parcels,
gsteam-boats, £652 2s. Id. ; goo&
-11 d. • total, including Carnarvon traffic, £6,028
£1,701 ~d
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