The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1852-06-01 00:00:00

COMMERCIAL

THE STOCK MARKET.—A steady demand is reported
for favourite securities for investment. Railroad bonds
are also in request.
MONEY.—The supply continues abundant. The amount
seeking temporary investment rather increases, and rates
now rule at 4 and 5 per cent. "on call," and 41 to 6 per
cent. for discount of favourite signatures. The receipts of
gold dust from California for the fortnight are about
1,750,000 dollars.
EXCHANGE.—Business for the Europa has not been
active, and prices are not changed. The quotation on
London was 109 k to 1104.
CorroN.—(From the Shipping List, May 19.)—The
market continues active, and, as the tendency of prices
still continues upward, we have again advanced our quo-
tations 1-c. to lc. per lb. Receipts at all the shipping
ports this year show an increase over last season of 646,531
bales •, the total foreign export this year an increase of
439,772 bales ; the shipments from southern to northern
ports an increase of 270,952 bales • and there is a decrease
in the stock of 45,265 bales. The sales since our last
are 11,000 bales. We quote:—
Strict Liverpool Classification.

Other
Atlantic. Florida. Gulf Ports.
Inferior
Low to good ord Bl to 81 .. 81 to 81 .. 81 to 81
Low to good mid
Mid fair tofair
leq to 11
Fully fairto good do 101 to —.. none. none.
Export from the United States.
Since Ist September, 1851..
Same time, 1850
The following are extracts from Mr. W. P. Wright's
circular of May 18 :—" The Southern markets have fur-
ther advanced. A decline in the rate of freight to Liver-
pool has also taken placetin each of the Southern markets."
* * * "The accounts from the South speak of
the growing crop as favourable, though by no means as
forward as some previous ones, particularly 1842 and 1814."
Another account says :—" Considerable sales have been
made of cotton at advanced prices, although it is now
considered as almost certain the crop will be fully 3,000,000
bales.
BREADSTUFFS.—There has been a steady demand
for flour for home use and export, but the adviccs from
abroad are discouraging, and with free receipts, prices,
especially of western, which is plenty, are again rather
lower. Corn meal is steady at previous rates. The sup-
ply of wheat is moderate and the market quiet, but prime
is wanted, and holders generally are firm. There is not
much inquiry for export, except for C

jand for asport

was taken at 98c. in bond. With a good
and home use full prices have been realised for corn, espe-
cially for southern yellow, which, being very scarce, has
advanced.

FllcivisioNs,---There is more western

and, as the demand is moderate, being confined to the
wants for immediate use, the stock rather increases, and
prices are a little lower. Beef is in good supply, and but
moderate request, but holders are firm, at previous rates.
Lard has arrived more freely, and, with a decreased
demand, prices have receded c. Bacon is in fair request.
Butter is in good demand, but, arriving freely, prices are
again rather lower. Cheese la fair request, at 6c. to Bc.
for new,

NEW ORLEANS MARKET, MAY 17, P.M.—Cotton has
sold at outside prices since the publication of the advices
per steamer Atlantic. Strict middling is at to 9c. ;
qualities below are unchanged. Corn has advanced 2c ;
sales 40.000 bushels, at 45c. to 50c.

Freights to

MOBILE, MAY 15.—Receipts for the we(
Middling, 81c. Market active and firm
Liverpool dull in American vessels, at ,ad.
CHARLESTON, MAY 14.—Receipts for the week ending
yesterday, 11.747 bales Up., and 147 S. 1. Total sales
sum up 6.020 bales. Freights to Liverpool, 5-16 a.
KINGSTON, (JAMAICA,) MAY 11.—Sugar: Tne stock
has rather diminished, and prices range from lls. to 15s
for dark to fair. Freights : There is enough tonna
meet all on requirements. Vessels for Great Brita

offering at 50s. and 60s. per ton for sugar and ccffee,
respectively.
HAVANA, MAY 13.—The market since the departure of
the last steamer has been in a very active state, and prices

have risen one rial per arroba on the lower
During the last ten days 5,000 boxes sugar 1

have been

shipped from this port alone, and the total amount ex-
ported from Havana and Mantanzas to the 12th instant
is 426,613 boxes. Exchange on London has fallen to 9
per cent. premium. Freights, notwithstanding the large
shipments, have not gone up. There is an abundance of
vessels in our harbour. The quotations to-day are
£2 7s. sd. for the Baltic ; £2 to £2 10s. for Great Bri-
tain ; £2 10s. to £2 12s 6d. for Cowes, and a maket in the
Baltic.

ipments
as been

SAN FRANCISCO, APRIL 15.—There has been a steady
improvement in all kinds of desirable goods, the
for the interior have been large, and the advance

well founded.
FREIGHTS.—To Liverpool there is a moderate air onnt
of freight offering, and the rates tend downward. (.:Aton
is taken at 11d. ; flour, 101 d. to 11d.; grain,
rosin, 12d. ; oil, 17s. 61. To London, flour, L.
Is. 6d. ; spirits, 255. ; naval stores, 2s. 31. To Glasg,
flour 18d ; wheat, sd. To Havre, cotton is dull, at ie.
To Rotterdam, corn, 12c. From Nova Scotia to England
a deal freight was made at 80c.

CAPE OF GOOD HOPE.

THE CAFFRE WAR

Her Majesty's steam-frigate Gladiator, Captain Adams,
arrived at Spithead on Sunday afternoon, at four o'clock,
from the Cape of Good Hope, bringing the ex-Governor,
Lieutenant-General Sir Harry Smith, and staff, Lady
Smith, and mails, and government despatches. The
Gladiator left Simon's Bay on the 18th of April.
We are informed that Sir Harry Smith considers the
coup de grace has been given to the Caffre war by the late
operations ; but it would seem by the latest advices from
the seat of war that the enemy was as active as ever, for
we learn that Colonel Eyre had a desperate action with a
strong body of the enemy, in which, we regret to add,
Captain Gore, of the 43d, and Dr. Davidson were killed,
and several men wounded.

Major Tottenham, of the 12th Lancers, has also had a
smart brush with the enemy. in which he also lost some
of his men, and was very hard pressed by the Caffres.
The Cape Town papers are filled with addresses lament-
ing the departure of the ex-governor, extolling his deeds,
his administration of the affairs of the colony, and express-
ing respect for his person and character.
Major-General Cathcart, the new governor, had arrived
at British Caffraria and commenced operations where his
predecessor had left off. His excellency had arrived at
King William's Town on Good Friday, where he had a
long interview with Sir Harry Smith, who left on the fol-
lowing morning at three o'clock. for the place of embar-
kation. On his starting, although dark, the whole of the
troops in garrison voluntarily turned out to:greet him,
together with a large number of inhabitants.

THE OVERLAND MAIL.

CAPTURE OF MARTABAN AND RANGOON,

Letters and files of newspapers have been received, in
anticipation of the Overland Bon.bay mail. The dates
are, Bombay May 3 ; Calcutta, April 24. There is, of
course, no further news from ina.

CALCUTTA, APRIL 24.—Her Majesty's steamer Rattler
arrived here yesterday with Admiral Austin on hoard, and
brings accounts of the capture of Matarban and Rangoon.
(From the Calcutta Morning Chronicle of the 24th April.)
" Yesterday morning the electric telegraph announc,cl
the arrival of her Majesty's steamer of war Rattler, from
Rangoon, with the flag of Vice-Admiral Austin flying,
that officer being himself on board. When passing the
sea terminus of the Electric Se marhore, the steamer sig-
nalled the taking of Rangoon and Martaban. Martaban
was taken on the sth by the Moulmein brigade, com-
manded by Lieutenant-Colonel Reignolds, C. 8., of the
18th Foot. The capture was a work of caparative
the troops having been landed under a protecting fire
from the ships, led by her Majesty's ship Rattler, and
advancing rapidly, in conjunction with the artillery, upon
the works of the enemy. The whole operations lasted,
we believe, only some four or five hours. Captain Gil-
lespie, of the 18th, was first on the walls. The British
force in all amounted to about 1,400 men. After its cap-
ture tile troops re-embarked, and proceeded to the Ran-
goon river, where they and the Madras troops joined the
Bengal force, and the operations against Rangoon com-
menced. On Easter Sunday, the 11th, the Burmese
provoked the attack by firing on the transports. A ter-
rific cannonade was then commenced on both sides, the
steamers opening their broadsides on the river face of the
Burmese works on both banks of the river, and entirely
demolishing them, both at Rangoon and Dalla. Her
Majesty's ship Serpent then proceeded up to Kemmen-
dine, upon the works at which place she opened fire, was
obliged to haul off, and send down the river for aid, when
two war steamers were sent up to her assistance. With
these the Kemmendine batteries were silenced, and a
landing having been effected, the enemy deserted the
works, which were occupied by sailors and marines from
the ships, and European troops. During the cannonade
and shelling on Sunday, besides the destruction of the
Burmese works on the river face, the enemy suffered
great loss by the explosion of their powder magazine, a
shell from one of our guns falling on it and causing it to
blow up with a terrific sound. On Monday, the 12th, the
land operations commenced, the troops effecting their
debarkation under the protection of the ships' guns, and
all the boats of the squadron being employed in effecting
the landing. Here the brunt of the work commenced, as it
was necessary, soon after landing, to attack and capture a
strong stockade a short distance in shore, where the enemy
fought most gallantly, and caused considerable loss to our
force. On the 14th, in the morning, the entire force broke
ground, and advanced towards the great Pagoda stockade,
throwing out skirmishers, the Burmese also fighting well
in their fashion, and knocking over many of our men.
Nothing, however, could check the advance of our sol-
diers, seconded by a tremendous fire of artillery, and they
advanced rapidly but steadily towards the Pagoda stockade;
taking some minor ones in their forward movement. At
length, towards noon, the general assault was made with
the greatest spirit and intrepidity, when the enemy gave
way and retreated at all points. They never expected
that the assault would have been made at that point, and
a gate was actually found open there, through which our
troops rushed in and instantly occupied the place. All the
fighting was concluded by two o'clock in the afternoon.
The whole district round fell with the Pagoda.
Officers killad : Lieut. Doran and Ensign Armstrong.
Wounded : Lieut. Donaldson, mortally ; Capt. Blundell,
51st, and Lieut. Harris, Madras, dangerously ; Captain
Allan, Lieut. Trevor, Colonel Coote, 18th, and Lieut.-
Colonel Doyle (Madras), severely •, Lieut. Chads, Lieut.
Williams, Captain Randall and Lieut. Ford (Madras),
Captain Bruce and Lieut. Elliott, 18th, Lieut. Turner,
80th, and Ensign Hawker (Madras), slightly ; Major
Oakes and Griffiths (Madras) were killed by the sun ;
Colonels Foord, Warren, and St. Mana suffered greatly
from the heat.

It is stated that the Governor-General has sent the
King of Ava a bill, amounting to £250,000, for the
expenses incurred up to the 31st of March, with a notice
that he will be charged at the rate of £lO,OOO a-day for the
expenses of the expedition till lie comes to terms. The
present strength of the expedition is about 6,000 troops,
sixteen or seventeen steamers (all but two armed), four or
five transports, a line of battle ship, a 44-gun frigate, and
a brig of war.
The intelligence from India announces that Sir Colin
Campbell is still opposed to the northwestern tribes near
Peshawur, hut they keep up skirmishing and retreating. and
will not come to an action with him. Her Majesty's 53rd
had been ordered to Shub Kudder, from Peshawur, and
started mounted on a splendid cavalcade of one hundred
elephants.

Reports from Cabul state that the people of Kohistan
have rebelled against Dhost Mohamed ; and his youngest
son had marched against the rebels. The Government
of the Nizam territories is in a bad condition,—funds
exhausted, and predatory bands covering the country.
The military spirit has been greatly roused throughout
India, by the note of preparation for war; and a desire is
felt to wipe off the disgraceful failure shown by the Bengal
38th Native Infantry and sth Troop of the 7th Cavalry, at
Peshawur. The former volunteered to go to Egypt, on
the occasion of Sir D. Baird's expedition ; it now urges as
an excuse for battle a three days' steam trip across the
Bav of Bengal.
The Commander-in-Chief of Bengal is at Simla ; and
the Commander-in-Chief of Madras at the Neiigherry
Hills. The Governor-General, however, is at his post.
BOMBAY.—Exchange : Rates have again advanced to
2s. Oid. to 2s. Old. credit, and 2s. Old. for document hills.
On China, 211 r. to 212 r.; on Calcutta, 99r., at 60 days'
sight. Freights : In consequence of the numerous
araivals last week these became dull and slightly declined,
but since the revival of the demand for produce they have
risen to £3. 2s. 6d. to £3. 10s. for London, and £3. 103.
for Liverpool. For China they declined to 17r., but have
since risen to 19r.

CALCUTTA.—Exchange operations are limited at for
credits 2s. to 2:1-d.,and document bills at 2s. per company's
rupee. Freights : The following are the quotations of the
day—For London, Sugar, £3. ss. ; rice, ;C3. ss. to £3.
7s. 6d. ; saltpetre, £3.t0.C3.25.61.: oilseeds, £3. 12s. 6c1.;
hides, £3. to £3. ss. ; jute, .£2. 10s. Rice, to the Mau-
ritius, continues at company's rs. 1 6 to 1 8 per bag—pay-
able there at 50c,

Hor.r.AND.—Accounts from the Hague an
dissolution of the Ministry, and the formation

ce the

GRAND DUCIIY OF BADT

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