The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1855-08-28 00:00:00

WEST COAST OF AFRICA.

REBELLION AT GAMBIA.-THREE VILLAGES
BURNT.

PLYMOUTH, Monday Morning.
The Canada steamer has arrived. Dates—Old Calabar, July
14th ; Cameroons, 16th; Fernando Po, 18th ; Lagos, 22nd ;
Accra, 24th ; Cape Coast, 25th; Liberia, 30th; Sierra-Leone,
August 3rd ; Bathurst, Bth ; Goree, 9th ; Teneriffe, 18th ;
Madeira, 19th. Retriever steamer left Goree on the Bth for
Bathurst. Rains unusually heavy at Fernando Po. Govern-
ment approved the burning of Old Town Calabar for infraction
of treaty. A very sanguinary affair occurred on the 17th July
at Gambia, the natives having broken out in open rebellion,
in consequence of an attempt to arrest a man who had carried
away a man and his wife from a village for slaves. The police
and a small military force were repulsed. Lieut. Armstrong
was wounded, and two soldiers were made prisoners. The
marauders then burned three English villages; on which
Governor O'Connor proceeded with 260 men to take St. Mary's,
but was waylaid by the natives, and driven back with a loss
of 30 killed and 43 wounded. Among the latter was Governor
O'Connor. He then obtained the assistance of a French man-
of-war, and 150 white troops, who carried the town at the
point of the bayonet, and on the 3rd totally destroyed it. The
French had two killed and five wounded. The British had
none killed, but 30, with volunteers, wounded. The natives
lost above 200.
Bathurst is in a very insecure state. •

THE FUNDS, STOCK, AND SHARE MARKET.
English Funds are very inanimate, and have not experienced
the slightest change. Railways quietly supported at last
prices of Saturday. Land, Bank, and Foreign Stocks gene-
rally are without feature. Great Western of Canada a de-
gree lower ; old, 23i I, new, pm.

PRICES.CLO:INzoIExci r.
Bills,
13
17
pm
9ji ißank Stock L
az
Consols, Account ....
Do. Money2l4 15
Three per Cents 921 Omnium •

FOREIGN STOCKS.

Russian • lOO 2 3
Do.
Turkish
SHARES.
London, Brighton, and
South Coast . 97 9
London &N. Western 941 51
London &S. Western S42 52
Manchester, Sheff., and
Lincolnshire 232 6
Midland Stock
North British 29 31
Do. Preference lO3 5
North Staffordshire 62 1
S. Eastern and Dover 62 3
York, Newcastle, and
I Berwick ... 732 42
.. 121 132 York and N. Midland 4Bl 91
LAND SHARKS.
Australian Agricultural 291 302 Peel River
S. Australian Invest.... South Australian
Crystal Palace

Mexicans 2li 2
Peruvian
Turkish (new) 2i i
RAILWAY
Ambergate,Nottingham,
and E. Junction 4i
Caledonian
Do. Preference
Eastern Counties
East Lancashire 73 5
Edinburgh & Glasgow 54 6
Great Northern B9 90
Do. A
Do. B 127 9
Great Western
Lanc.and Yorkshire B3i
Do. Fifths....
Leeds Northern..

On 'Change, sales of Cotton small; Linseed Oil dull at
425. 9d. to 435, on the spot ; Tallow firm at 565. to 565. 6d.
In Scotch Pig Iron more done, at 795. to 80s. cash ; Spelter,
wanted at £23105.; Sugar and Coffee firm.

LONDON CORN MARKET.—(From Kingsford and Lay's
Circular.)—The supply of Wheat from Essex and Kent small
and principally new; the quality very variable, and the whole
was cleared out at an advance of 3s. to 4s. upon the rates of
this day week. Foreign generally held for exorbitant prices,
but the sales made were not extensive at the above advance.
Barley, Beaus, and Peas, ls. to 2s. dearer. Oats are 6d. higher.
Norfolk and Spanish Flour, 3s. to 4s. per sack dearer.

ARRIVALS.
English. Irish. Scotch. Foreign.
Wheat 5959 20 4665
.Barley 286 20
Malt 8415 33 30
Oats 578 4333 900 5397
Been
Peas
Hour ....

... 12212

9003 sks.

METROPOLITAN CATTLE MARKET.—Trade brisk at Fri-
day's prices. Beef, 4s to 5s 2d ; Mutton, 3s 10d to 5s 2d ;
Veal, 3s 10(1 to 5s 2(1; Pork, 4s 2d to 5s ; Lamb, 4s 10d to 6s.
—Beasts, 4,349 ; Sheep and Lambs, 24,370 ; Calves, 160 ; Pigs,
576.—Arrivals : Holland Beasts, 1,980; Ditto Sheep, 4,060;
Ditto Calves, 145 ; Ditto Pigs, 105 ; Scotch Beasts, 60; Cam-
bridge, Leicester, Lincoln, and Northampton Beasts, 1,700.
LONDON PRODUCE MARKET.--Sugar : Colonial rather
brisker, and several buyers. Foreign much wanted and on
the advance ; refined dearer. In Coffee more doing—native
Ceylon, 48s 6(1 to 52s 6d; Plantation, 60s to 765. Tea firm:
common Congou, 82d. Rice : demand brisk—white Bengal,
15s to 16s 641. Tallow stiff: new P. Y. C., 565. on the spot.
Stock, 38,2292771 casks, against 32,862 casks same time last year;
deliveries, , casks, against 1,369 casks same time last year.
"MANCHESTER STOCK ExcHAßGß.—Blackburn, 4 15-16;'
Lancashire and Yorkshire, 831 ; Midland, 71.
LEEDS STOCK EICHANGE.—East Lancashire, 18i ; Mid-
land, 702.
WIND AND WEATHER REPORT. -- LOIIdOII2 wind S.E.,
Derby, S., unsettled ; Lancaster, Sunderland,
S.E., Stoke,
Glasgow, Brighton, S., Whitehaven,
,gloucester, Haverford-
tby, S.,
onpssibloynnmr,:sug.,:::eirr:sawrfidurinceh
west, Edinburgh,. Manchester, S.W., Mews w.s.w Mary_
,y,rtionw;esAtobfetr2dwheeni,
Nottingham, Cambridge, Southampton, Cowes, Hague, S.W.,
fine; Poole, York, Scarborough, S., Carlisle, Bristol, Shrews-
bury, SdriS.mWsb.
W., cloudy
.;,
EHxuellte,r,Lse!Wmi„nfgotgogny,

LATEST SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE.
Syrian, from Moulmein; Nile, from Mayaguez; Niagara,
from Demerara ; and Carlisle, from Quebec— all at Deal
27th instant.

RADCLIFFE RACES.
Stand Plate—Romeo Ist. Two-year-old Stakes—Airred,
Ist. Wilton Cup—Yorkshire Grey, Ist.

BETTING AT TATTERSALL'S—This Der.

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DONCASTER ST. LEGER.-2 to 1 agst Rifleman, tk ; 7 to 2
agst Lord of the Isles, tk ; 7 to 2 agst Oalston, off; 10 to 1
agst Glieecdus Esuriens, tk freely; 12 to 1 agst Marchioness,
tk ; 40 to 1 agst The Herald, tk.
DERBY.--10 to 1 agst Flyby-Night, tk.
GREAT YORKSHIRE HANDICAP.-40 to 1 agst Balrownie,
tk ; 40 to 1 agst Shoreham, tk ; 40 to 1 agst Kaffir tk ; 40 to i
agst Goorkah, tk ; 40 to 1 agst Sultan, tk ; 60 to 1
Monarque, tk, agit

THE WAR.

THE SIEGE OF SEBASTOPOL.

SINCE our last, and even before that period, the
journal of events occurring in the camp before Sebas-
topol has been meagre in the extreme. Whatever the
operations are which are going forward---and that ope-
rations of pregnant intention are being carried on with
spirit and celerity, appears to be beyond dispute---they
are kept carefully secluded from the general knowledge;
and being conducted in such close proximity to the
enemy's works, the curiosity of mere spectators is not
sufficiently strong to tempt them within the charmed
circle. Be the cause what it may, the communica-
tions transmitted by the correspondents of the daily
journals have of late become much more speculative,
and greatly less circumstantial. We learn from day
to day that the fire of the allied batteries has been
continued with varying degrees of activity and in-
tenseness. From time to time a. careful inspection of
those batteries is made by the proper authorities
whose duty it is to make the inspection, and, as
might have been expected, the reports have been uni-
formly favourable to the present condition and future
prospects of affairs. In the meantime, various cir-
cumstances conduce to the belief that very decisive
results are not confidently calculated on at head quar-
ters, for some time, at all events. It is in contempla-
tion—so say the correspondents of the London journals
—to make a good road from Balaklava to the camp.
Considering that there is an available railway between
the points referred to, .the making of a road in ad-
dition seems an extraordinary proceeding, unless
another winter is to be spent in the trenches. The
rumour of another attack on the Malakhoff at an early
day. continues to animate the besieging army, and to
maintain that buoyancy of spirit among the troops,
for the absence of which nothing can compensate.
The general impression in the camp is, that the attack,
when made, will be directed mainly against the Malak-
hoff-hill, and will be chiefly, if not entirely, entrusted
to our allies, while a general fire will be opened on the
left and centre against the enemy's works, assisted
by other co-operative measures, varying in detail ac-
cording to circumstances, extending even, it is be-
lieved, to a diversion, if not to a positive attack, by
the armies occupying the neighbourhood of Tchor-
goum. No attack, or, at all events, no serious attack,
will be made on the Redan while the Malakhoff re-
mains in possession of the enemy. The correspondent
of the Daily _News, writing on the 11th of August,
says :

Captain Horace Montagu, of the Royal Engineers, who was
taken prisoner on the 22nd of March last, during the repulse
of a Russian sortie against the works of the left attack, has
lately been exchanged, and is now in camp. He was taken
over the works of the Redan, and they were fully, in a spirit
of bravado, exhibited to him. No doubt they have been con-
siderably changed and strengthened since he saw them, but
their general character must remain the same. His descrip-
tion of the Redan itself and the works beyond would lead to
the conclusion that a direct attack against them would be very
injudicious if made while the enemy still held the Malakhoff-
hill; while, if that position were silenced, the subsequent cap-
ture of the Redan, and the redoubts in rear, would be compa-
ratively an easy task. The loss of our allies in attacking the
Malakhoff is also likely to be lessened if all the efforts at one
time were directed to the accomplishment of this object. The
French say that they are ready to open at any time, although
they are still adding to the number and strength of their bat-
teries. - Already they possess thirty-fonrbatteries on the right,
many of very powerful armament. There are various reports
respecting the state of our stores of shell and ammunition.
On the one hand it is asserted that certain descriptions of
shell are exhausted, and that we must wait for fresh supplies ;
on the other hand, we hear that our magazines are stocked
with every kind of projectile that can be required for the bom-
bardment. The daily loss from wounds, although many are
of a slight nature, is, both on the part of our allies and our-
selves, so great that there is every inducement to commence
operations as speedily as possible. The enemy, by keeping in
the town and works only the strength actually required to man
the works, and providing extraordinary protection for these
troops, do not suffer but in a very slight degree compared with
what would be their loss were the siege conducted under ordi-
nary circumstances. Their daily loss in the batteries must
yet be very great, owing to the great superiority in the weight
of our metal; and, at night, it is not probable that sufficient
cover can be found for the re4erves which probably occupy the
works for their protection, so as to shelter them against the
effects of our fire. The enemy is said to have 120,000 men in
the camps on the north side within the distance of Mackenzie's
farm, but this number is probably much exaggerated. A re-
connaissance was made a few days since by a strong body of
our cavalry, as far as fifteen miles beyond the village of Bei-
dar, in a direction towards Yalta, and no troops were met with
on that route, excepting a few Cossacks, evidently scattered for
Purposes of observation.