The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1855-08-14 00:00:00

FOREIOI
21i 2

Russian
Do.
Turkish
' SHARES.
Ambergate,Nottingham, 'London, Brighton, and
and E. Junction 4i t South Coast 99 100
Caledonian
Do. Preference
Eastern Counties
East Lancashire 23 5 Lincolnshire 234 i
Edinburgh do Glasgow.. 56 8 Midland Stock .....
Great Northern BBl 9+ North British • 29 31
Do. A. 65 7 Do. Preference.. 103 5
Do. B. 127 9 North Staffordshire ...• 62 i
Great Western
Lanc.and Yorkshire BO2 14 York, Newcastle, and
Do. Fifths — Berwick
Leeds Northern 123 13} York and N. Midland... 48 9

• LAND SHARES.
Australian Agricultural 29 30
(Peel River
S. Australian Invest.... South Australian
Crystal Palace
On 'Change, Tallow firm ; Linseed Oil dull ; Cotton firm
Scotch Pig Iron brisk, active, and rising.

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LONDON CORN MARKET.—(From Kingsford and Lay's
Circular.)—The market was moderately supplied with Eng-
lish Wheat, which, however, could only be disposed of at a
decline of is. per qr. in white, and Is. to 2s. upon the Kentish
red. The attendance was very bad. A little business in
Foreign; no alteration in quotations. A fair demand for
Barley—grinding qualities being an advance of ls. since
Monday last. Oats, Beans, and Peas remain as last quoted.
The little business in Flour is at late rates.

ARRIVALS.
English. Irish. Scotch. Foreign
Wheat
Barley 295 405 6804
Malt 11963 33 .
' )ats
Beans
Peas —
Flour

3568 ski

LONDON CATTLE MARICET.—Trade dull : inferior cheaper
Beef, 4s to 5s 441 ; Mutton, 4s to 5s 4d ; Veal, 3s 8d to ss;
Pork, 4s 2d to bs ; Lamb, bs to Os 2d. Beasts, 4,237; Sheep
and Lambs, 23,290; Calves, 301; Pigs, 689. Arrivals :
Holland Beasts, 13,000 ; Ditto Sheep, 3,000; Ditto Calves,
227 ; Ditto Pigs, 285 ; Spanish Beasts, 180; Norfolk and
Suffolk Beasts, 250; Scotch Beasts, 200; Cambridge, Leices-
ter, Lincoln, and Northampton Beasts, 1,200.

-LONDON PRODUCE MARKET.—Sugar is in good demand
at stiffer rates for foreign ; refined quiet. Coffee quiet but
firm : native Ceylon, 48s. to 495. 6d. Tea dull : ordinary.
Congou, 81d. Cotton firmer : better sale. Tallow dull : New
P. Y. C., 545. 9d., on the spot :—Stock, 42,203 casks,
against 33,511 casks last year ; deliveries, 2,599 casks, against
1,760 casks same time last year. Rice is in good demand.,
MANCHESTER STOCK EXCHANGE.—Lancashire and York.
shire, 814 ; London and North Western, 071; Manchester
Sheffield, and Lincoln, 251; Midland, 692; South Eastern,
18 748

LEEDS Srocx EXCHANGE.—South Eastern, 18k.

GLASGOW PIG IRON MARKET.-At our market we still
continue to have a good demand for Pig Iron; mixed num-
bers were quoted at 775., at which we have still buyers; No.
1, G. M. 8., 78s. 6d.

WIND AND WEATHER REPORT.—London, wind N.W.,
Gainsborough, Leamington, W., Hague, N.E., very fine;
Carlisle, Leeds, Perth, Edinburgh, Scarborough, N.W.
Stoke, York, W., Manchester, Maryport, S.W., Cambridge
N., cloudy ; Lancaster, Whitehaven, Ipswich, Harwich
Derby, Yarmouth, Chelmsford, Poole, Boston, Dublin, Ply.
mouth, Hull, N.W., Nottingham, Glasgow, W., Sunderland,
Berwick, Southampton, Portsmouth, Cowes, S.W., Exeter,
Brighton, N., Aberdeen, Gloucester, Cardiff, N.E., fine.

LATEST SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE.
The screw steamer Loire, for Bordeaux, struck on Lundy
[Bland in a dense fog—broke in two and sunk in deep water.

HOUSE OF LORDS.

THE WAR.

THE SIEGE OF SEBASTOPOL.

THE intelligence from the seat of war continues, as it
has now done for several weeks past, rather a narrative of
preparation and a record of expectancy than the de-
scription of gallant adventures, or the -stirring recital
of brave achievements. Still the -spirit of -the men
flags not, the troops are as much animated as ever by
the desire and expectation of final success against the
brave and obstinately defended fortress of -Sebastopol.
If a murmur of disappointment or a •whisper of dissa-
tisfaction is heard in any quarter, it is-not born of fear,
but the legitimate offspring of eager heroism.anxions
for the final conflict. The accounts .as to -the health
and general efficiency of the allied armies continue of
the most gratifying nature, and -the works of all
kinds considered necessary to ensure 'success "in ;the
ultimate issue of the struggle are pressed forward with
ceaseless avidity.
Additional batteries have been constructed to com-
mand the Russian ships in the harbour; and-throug;h-
out both camps the expectation has become general
that another assault is imminent. -So prevalent, in-
deed, is this opinion, that rumour new points confi-
dently to the regiments selected to support the different
movements in the anticipated assault. Criticism
among the military authorities on the-spot seems con-
siderably divided as to the actual propriety and then
probable result of the unsuccessful attacks of the 18th
of June. Many in both armies, whose opinions are
entitled to great weight, declare that if those attacks
had been properly followed up they would have been
unquestionably crowned by victory. This opinion is
founded on the great loss occasioned to the enemy by
our fire previous to the attack, which is now known to
have been most destructive to the besieged and their
defences. Had it been continued for some time lonFer,
say these parties, the greater part of the garrison
might have been placed hors de combat, even before
coming "to push of pike." On the other hand, how-
ever, doubts are entertained, by parties not less entitled
to credibility, how far, even in the event of success
against the Redan and the Malakhoff, it would have
been possible for the allies to have retained possession
of them, while the ships of war in the harbour were
left in a position to ply them with shot and shell, apart
from the somewhat problematical ability of the north
forts to effect the same object. To obviate any
threatened danger from the ships, the French have
constructed a battery to bear directly on the present
position of these ships, and also so placed as to seriously
impede them in any attempted movement from it.
Other preparations and covering works of different
kinds have been pushed 'forward, and are now almost
completed.
Writing on the 23rd of July, the correspondent of
the Daily News says :---
The French works have been steadily advancing against
the Malakhoff position, in spite of continued and very severe
opposition both by day and night. Frequent discharges of
grape have been directed against the head of the sap, and gre-
nades and cohorn shells were thrown abundantly. At inter-
vals the Russians fire a volley of musketry not only from the
bastion in front, but also from the flanks and various conceal.
ed places. It would seem, as if these volleys were discharged
at random in the direction of the French trenches, on the
mere chance of hitting some of the men engaged among the
working parties. Although the French have necessarily suf-
fered from the fire directed against them, their daily number
of casualties is by no means so great as might be anticipated.
Our new batteries are completed and armed. The principal
battery, occupying a very advanced position on the right, and
in front of Frenchman's-hill, is fitted with a most powerful
armament, a considerable proportion of which consists of land
and sea-service 13-inch mortars. This is more especially to
act, it is said, and its position renders the statement probable,
against the line-of-battle ships which still retain their
threatening attitude, broadside towards the Karabelnaia
suburb. It is remarkable that neither the three-deckers nor
the two-deckers have yet been observed to discharge a shot
or shell against our works ; this duty hitherto has been con-
fined to the men-of-war steamers. The largest of the ships,
which is seen lying out to our left of Fort Paul, appears to be
partly careened over, and it would appear as if she might
easily uire elevation enough to try her range over the low
ground about the south harbour and Dockyard Creek. The
distance at which she is now anchored appears to be about
three thousand yards from the sloping line of the Malakhoff
hill as its side dips towards the barrack buildings, but it is diffi-
cult to estimate this with accuracy while she is lying out in
the roadstead.