The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1855-08-21 00:00:00

DESPATCH FROM GENERAL PELISSIER.

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The Moniteur says that the Minister of P
art h 'asMonda received
the following despatch from General Pelissier, dated Crimea,
August 18th, 10 p.m,—" Prince Gortschakoff has asked for an
armistice to remove the Russian killed and wounded in front
of the Tchernaya. I have granted it. The loss of the enemy
is greater than I had at first supposed. Lieut.-General Read
is killed.

Protected by the well-sustained fire of our artillery, the en-
gineering works have not been disturbed by the garrison of
the town, and have made considerable progress.

THE BALTIC.

(From the Third Edition of the Morning Post)

PARIS, Monday.
A despatch from Hamburg, dated Sunday, says that on the
10th the English steamers bombarded the batteries of Riga
for five hours, and caused them much damage.

ELSINORE, Aug. 14.—The Hildegard V. Schwarzer, with a
cargo of coals for the English fleet, struck upon an infernal
machine, on the 6th inst., off Tolbaken, whilst in tow of an
English steamer, and was blown up.

THE FUNDS, STOCK, AND SHARE MARKET.
English Funds opened rather heavily, and owing to a con-
tinued pressure for money, in connection with the new
Turkish loan, experienced 4 per cent. decline. Railways
scarcely so firm, and in some cases close lower. Land and
Bank Shares quiet and little altered. In Foreign, Turkish
old and new were buoyant in the morning, but on the accep-
tance of Messrs. Rothschild's tender, business was transacted
in the latter at 11 pm.

CLOSING PRICES.
Consols, Account 9li Z Bank Stock
Do. Money 9lj Exqr. Bills, L. & 5... 13 17 pm
Three per Cents 921. i Ommum .
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FOREIGN STOCKS.
Mexicans 214 2 Russian
Peruvian
Do.
RAILWAY SHARES.
Ambergate,Nottingharn,
and London, Brighton, and
Caledonia E. Junction 44 3 South Coast 9B 100
n
Do. Preference
Eastern Counties
East Lancashire 73 5 Lincolnshire 254 64
Edinburgh & Glasgow.. 54 6 Midland Stock
Great Northern 894 904 North British 29 714
31
Do. A. 69 71 Do. Preference —
Do. B. 127 9 North Staffordshire .. .•7 64
Great Western
Lanc.and Yorkshire 834 4 York, Newcastle, and
Do. Fifths, — Berwick ... 734 44
Leeds Northern 124 134 York and N. Midland.. 484 94
LAND SHARES.
Australian Agricultural Peel River
S. Australian Invest.... South Australian
Crystal Palace
On 'Change, Linseed Oil firm at 435. 3d. on the spot;
Tallow, slow sale, new P. Y. C., 555., present delivery ; Scotch
Pig Iron, 82s, cash, mixed numbers ; 4300 bales of Cotton sold
at full rates.

LONDON CORN MARKET.—(From Kingsford and Lay's
Circular.)—The supply of English Wheat short. A small
proportion was of the new crop, the quality and condition of
which varied much. Finest Essex made 785.; old sold at a
decline of almost 2s. per qr. since last Monday. The attend•,
ance at market not large, and holders of Foreign are not in-
clined to submit to the above reduction, so that scarcely any
business resulted. A fair demand for grinding Barley at last
week's rates, but sweet qualities are Is. lower. A large sup-
ply of foreign Oats, but trade ruled dull at a decline of 6d. to
Is., except for fine sweet Corn, which is very scarce. Flour
unaltered.

LONDON CATTLE MARKET.—Trade dull at reduced prices.
Beef, 4s to 5s 2d ; Mutton, 38 10d to 5s 2d ; Veal, 35 8d to
5s ; Pork, 4s 2d to 5s ; Lamb, 4s 10d to 6s. Beasts, 4,405;
Sheep and Lambs, 25,700; Calves, 287; Pigs, 437. Arrivals ;
—Holland Beasts, 1,608; Ditto Sheep, 4,450; Ditto Calves,
229; Ditto Pigs, 213; Scotch Beasts, 100; Norfolk and Suf-
folk Beasts, 300 ; Cambridge, Leiceiter, Lincoln and North-
ampton Beasts, 2,000.
LONDON PRODUCE MARKET.—LittIe done, but full rates
are asked for Sugar, Coffee, and Tea. Rice was to be obtained
at a small decline. Linseed Oil much wanted at 435. on the
spot. Tallow dull at 558. on the spot :—Stock, 44,024 casks,
against 35,208 casks last year; deliveries, 2,647 casks, against
1,682 casks last year.
MANCHESTER STOCK EXCHANGE.—Great Western, 55
and
55 ;
Lincoln, 26 25k; Midland, 7 Lancashire and Yorkshire, 2
81471 ; Manchester, Sheffield ,
i 1.
LEEDS STOCK EXCHANGE.—Manchester, Sheffield, and
Lincoln, 25/ ; Midland, 71/; Barnsley Canal, 76i.
WIND AND WEATHER REFORT.—LORdOII, Leeds, Shef-
field, Lancaster, Derby, Exeter, Gloucester, Haverfordwest,
Cowes, Brighton, Ipswich, York, wind S.W., Sunderland,
Carlisle, Yarmouth, Lowestoft, W., cloudy ; Manchester,
Whitehaven, Leicester, Great Grimsby, Cambridge, Poole,
Berwick, S.W., Hull, Edinburgh, Glasgow, Nottingham,
Dublin, Gainsborough, W., Whitby, Boston, fine ;
Southampton, S.W., Portsmouth, W., unsettled; N.W.'Bristol,
Plymouth, Hague, W., rain.

LATEST SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE.
ANTWERr, Ave. 18.—The William Metcalf, transport, with
fodder for the army, took fire on the night of the 22nd of
July, and was sunk: She was raised next morning without
much damage, but her cargo is totally lost.

YARMOUTH RACES. •
Norfolk and Suffolk Handicap—Noisette, Ist. Two-year-
old Stakes—Persia, Ist. Handicap Plate—Black Swan, Ist.

BETTING AT TATTERSALL'S—Tats DAY.
EBOR HANDICAP.-5 to 2 agst Vandal, tk and off; 10 to 2
agst Little Harry-6 to Itk freely ;6to 1 agst Sancebox,
and off; Bto 1 agst Homily-9 to 1 tk; 10 t 9 1 agst Dame'
Judith, tk ; 12 to 1 agst Escape, tk.
EBOB ST. LBGER.—Even on Oulston; 5 to 4 agst Wild
Dayrell.

GREAT YORKSHIRE.-6 to 4on Fandango, tk.
DONCASTER ST. LEGER.-6 to 4 agst Oulston ; 9 to 2 agst
Lord of the Isles ; 8 to 1 agst Blooming Heather, tk ; 12 to
1 agst Mosquito, tk.
DERE7.-40 to 1 agst Brother to Orinoco, tk freely ; 40 to
1 agst Aleppo, tk.