The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1852-10-05 00:00:00

Low white c

brics are rather'moie sale

ble at

better prices. gray madapollams are also a shade
better. The fine .orts of jacconots are neglected, but the
coarser descriptions aro in good inquiry. Mule twist
maintains its value, and the deliveries continue satisfac-
tory, while stocks are decreasing. A large sale of British
Turkey red dye is reported at the low value of 142 minas
per lb. Copper is in active request, and sheathing has
advanced to 38r per md. Iron and speltcr are in good
demand. Lead and tin plates are inactive.

Exchange has been fluctuating betweecn 2-01 to 2.01
for credits; sometimes tending up, and sometimes down.
It is understood that the business done for this mail has
not been large. Bank of England post bills, payable at
sight, were offering at 2-01 to 2.01. Exchange with
China is 222 r. to 224 r. per 5100, with documents of
opium, and with cotton and saltpetre documents 218 r. to
220 r.

The money market continues well supplied, and loans
are still procurable on easy terms. The share market
remains firm. The directors of the Tndia General River
Steam Company have published their report for the first
six months of 1852, in which they state their intention of
proposing, at the coming meeting, a dividend of 30r. per
share. The shares of this company have advanced to
350 r. each, and arc not easily procurable. Company's
paper has slightly fallen in value, and New Fives now
stand at six per cent premium.
Freights have kept pretty well up to our former quota-
tions. They now are £4 10s. to £4 153. suguar, and
£4 53. saltpetre, to London.
The general prospects of the indigo crop have not im-
proved since the date of our last report-, and the accounts
from the various districts arc discouraging. The whole of
this district, it is supposed, will not yield more than
15,000 or 16,000 mds. against 30,000 last year; indeed,
we have seen some estimates somewhat lower. The
advices from Kishnagur and the upper provinces are of a
brighter aspect. The general estimate as to the total
crop is that a large slice must be taken from last year's
figure of 1,31,000 mds. The best informed parties are of
opinion that the total out.turdwill be about 1,05,000 mds.,
and we are ourselves inclined to the same opinion, of
course allowing a margin of a few thousand maunds either
way for the chances of the weather.

FOREIGN MISCELLANY

BELGIUM.—The session of the legislative chambers of
Belgium was opened on the 27th by commission, without
a speech from the throne. On the subsequent day, the
chamber of d.muties elected M. Delehaye president by 54
votes, while M. Verhagen obtained but 46. This vote
led to the resignation of the cabinet, which was officially
announced to the chambers on Wednesday. The cham-
bers have consequently adjourned to the 26th of October.

GREECE.-.otllo, King of Greece, has quitted the Carls-
bad Baths for Munich ; though better in health he is by
no means recovered, and the question of the succession is
being seriously agitated both in Bavaria and at Athens.
The national party interpret the constitution as giving
the people power to choose a King by election, in case
the present monarch should die without an heir.
THE SULTAN is so seriously indisposed, and gradually
getting worse, that the eventualities of his death are pub-
licly canvassed at Constantinople.

DRUNKENNESS is the greatest vice of the lower classes
of Germany. There are annually 40,000 de?ths from
delirium tremens ; in the Zollverein alone 360,C00,0(
quarts of brandy are sold and consumed, and in

One-half the grain produced is used for distillation

THE LATEST ACCOUNTS FRO2II SICILY state that Etna
is still in full eruption. The stream of lava which threat-
ened the village of Zaffarana had ceased to flow ; but a
second stream was threatening a district ca'led Milo. The
city of Catania had contributed 3000 ducats towards the
relief of the sufferers who were houseless.

ICELAND has suffered a heavy loss. Its most distin-
guished linguist, Dr. Egilsson, has been called away from
his labours. Fortunately be lived to finish his great work,
a dictionary of the old Norse poetical language, as exhi-
bited in the eddas, sagas, poems, &e., of Norway and
Iceland. This invaluable storehouse of philological
research, in which the explanations are given in Latin,
will shortly be published by the Royal Society of North:
ern Antiquaries.

THE SWEDISH PAPERS state that Madame Gold-
scbmidt (Jenny Lind) has deposited a sum of 400,000 rix
dollars in the hands of Provost Thomander and Dr. Wie-
selgren, for the foundation of girls' schools in her native
country. It is reported by those who know her that she
has, for many years past, cherished the intention of devo-
ting her large earnings to this object. Her withdrawal
from the stage is said to have been accompanied by the
manifestation of much real seriousness.
DEATH OF PRINCE GUSTAVUS OF SWEDEN.—Prince
Gustavus, Duke of Upland, and second son of the King
of Sweden, died at Christiana on the 24th ult. He landed
there on the 16th ult. with their majesties, and com-
plained of indisposition. On the following day he was
seized with violent fever, which ended fatally. The
Swedish ambassador at Paris had issued invitations for a
grand diplomatic dinner for this day, but it has been ne-
cessarily put off in consequence of the death of the
Prince.

THE GOLD MINES IN AIISTRALIA.—The following ex-
tract from a letter of the latest date, from a merchant at
Sydney, indicates the expectation entertained by the peo-
ple at that place that their own mines will not be totally
eclipsed even by the extraordinary yield at Mount Alex-
ander. The writer also refers to the invention of Sir
Thomas Mitchell :—" Sydney, June 22, 1852.—1 think
we shall have some great diggings here soon. You will
see that we shall have our Mount Alexander yet as well as
the Victorians. There are deposits to the northward, on
the Peel river, called the Hangi❑g-rock Diggings, which
are being, developed very quietly. The parties there are
doing remarkably well. We hear of, and see weekly,
large nuggets of 10 oz. to 20 oz. and upwards from that
quarter. They are doing es well—the few that are there—
as those at Victoria. Sir Thomas Mitchell has been test-

ing his new invention, the Bomerang propeller, for
steamers, in lieu of die screw. He has tried it on a
steamer here, and it has answered very well. Sir Thomas
says he will be able to get 20 knots an hour out of it.
It will be the very thing for ocean steam-ships. He has
taken out a patent, and wishes to go home to bring it out."