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

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, 231 I, new,

CLOSING PRICES.
Consols, Account lEBxagnrk.Sßtoilci,k
L.
8,
5...
132111 i
plms
Do. Money ,
Three per Cents 92i Omnium

FOREIGN STOCKS.
Mexicans 2li 2 Russian
Peruvian
Turkish (new) 2 Turkish
RAILWAY SHARES.

Ambergate,Nottingham, London, Brighton, and
and E. Junction 0 South Coast. 97 9
Caledonian • 63a London &N. Western.. 94i 5a-
Do. Preference
Eastern Counties
East Lancashire 73 5 Lincolnshire 2sa 6
Edinburgh & Glasgow.. 54 6 Midland Stock
Great Northern S9 90 North British 29.31
Do. A. 7l 3 Do. Preference lO3 5
Do. B. 127 9 North Staffordshire 6i i
Great Western
La nc.and Yorkshire B3a York, Newcastle, and
Do. Fifths — Berwick ... 73a 4a
Leeds Northern l2a 13} York and N. Midland.. 48a 9a
I.AND SHARES.
Australian Agricultural 29a 30i Peel River
S. Australian Invest.... South Australian
Crystal Palace

On 'Change, sales of Cotton small; Linseed Oil dull at
425. 9d. to 435, on the spot ; Tallow firm at 665. to 565. 6d.
In Scotch Pig Iron more done, at 795. to 80s. cash ; Spelter,
wanted at £23 10s.; 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, Beans, and Peas, ls. to 2s. dearer. Oats are 6d. higher.
Norfolk and Spanish Flour, 3s. to 4s. per sack dearer.

ABItivALB.
English. Irish. Scotch. Foreign.
Wheat 5959 20 4665
Uarley
Malt 8415 33 30
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lien ws
Peas —
Flour

9003 sks.

METROPOLITAN CATTLE MARKET.—Trade brisk at Fri-
day's prices. Beef, 4s to 5s 2d ; Mutton, 3s 10d to 5s 2a ;
Veal, 3s 10d to 5s 2d ; Pork, 4s 2d to 58 ; 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 641 to 52s 6d ; Plantation, 60s to 765. Tea firm :
common Congou, 81d. Rice : demand brisk—white Bengal,
15s to 16s 6d. Tallow stiff: new P. Y. C., 665. on the spot.
Stock, 38,292 casks, against 32,862 casks same time last year;
deliveries, 2,771 casks, against 1,369 casks same time last year.
MANCHESTER STOCK Excasicon.—Blackburn, 4 15.16;
Lancashire and Yorkshire, 83 ; Midland, 71.
AND WEATHER REPORT. -- London, wind S.E.,
LEEDS STOCK ExcnANGE.—East Lancashire, 18i ; Mid-
unsettled ; Lancaster, Sunderland, S.E., Stoke,
SWhouthitab4ton, Cowes, Hague,
Brighton, S., Whitehaven, Gloucester, Haverford-
Manchester, S.W., Leeds, W.S.W., Mary-
port,
S., Carlisle, Bristol Shrews-
,ran ; Aberdeen, S.S.E., Boston, S., very fine;
rw:Daoellerlaisravtstb,g,:yo7Ns,
Glasgow,
Edinburgh,. .
w, .
S., Gainsborough Ipswich,
fi
Shrews-
bury, S.W., Hull, Leamington, S.S.W.,
2 Greate;
Poole,
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Nottingham,lme co,
Cambridge,
da Lowestoft,ry
W., cloudy ; Exeter, S.W., foggy. Plymouth, Cardiff,

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

RADCLIFFE RACES.
t. 81l
taAd'ilPtolan Cup—Yorkshire
te—otneolst.
Grey, Two-year-old Stakes—Alfred,

BETTING AT TATTERSALL'S—Taxa Der.

saffix, tk
; 40 to 1
DONCASTER ST. tk ; 7 to 2
agst Lord of the Isles, tk ; 7 to 2 agst Oulston, off; 10 to 1
agst Graculus Esuriens, tk freely; 12 to 1 agst Marchioness,
tk ; 40 to 1 agst The Herald, tk.
DEEET.-10 to 1 agst Flyby-Night, tk.
1 agst Balrownie,
tk?
agst Goorkah, tk; 40 to 1 agat Sultan, tk ; 60 to 1 agat
Monarque,
R4oBItTo iYag"stKS"lhoirieshaHmA, HANDICAP.-
14agOt°st

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 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-four batteries 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 descriptioni 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 born-
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 reserves 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 a s fifteen miles beyond the village of Bai-
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.