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

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Low to good 0rd..... 9to 91 9 to 91 9/ to 10
Low to good mid.... 14 to 118 Ea to 11k 10,3, to 111
Mid. fair to fair .. 11Z to 111 —to —to
Fully fair to good fair.l2 to to to

FOREIGN Dar GOODS.—As the season advances, trade,
as a matter course. declines. The best goods have long
ago been selected, and, with few exceptions, prices have
slightly given way ; but these remarks will apply only to
old goods. It is usual at this date for importers to have
their stocks greatly reduced, and, if any quantity of goods
were thrown upon the market at this stage of the season,
prices would drop instantly. The demand may be said to
be good for the time, and quite equal to the supply.—
Stocks of all kinds of desirable imported goods are low,
and smaller amounts will be carried over than for several
seasons past.

Witherspoon and Co.'s Circular contains the following

FLOUR.—Under the influence of the continued unfa-
vourable advices from England, the market has at length
begun to give way, and the business since this day week
has been to a very moderate extent only, the closing
prices being 61c. to 122 e. per barrel under our last quota-
tions. Western Canal, S 4 Inc. to $4 31 c. ; Ohio and
pure Genesee, 84 311 c. to $4 621 c. ; Common New-
York, &c., 121 c. to S 4, 181 c. ; Southern Kinds, S 4
431 e. to B'4 624 c. ; Canada, in bond, =t 4 37,1 c. to *4 50.
WHEAT.—Considerable purchases continue to be made
both for home use and for shipment to England, but prices
have declined 2 to 4 cents per bushel, in all qualities ex-
cepting White Genesee, Genesee White, 108 to 112
cents per 601bs. Southern White, 100 to 105 c. Michigan
and Ohio White, 104 to 107 cents. Western Red and
Mixed, 95 to 102 cents. Canada in bond 94 to 100 cents.

INDIAN CORN—Is generally unfit for shipment, and
prices are above the views of shippers.—Northern Round
Yellow, none. Southern Yellow. 70 to 71c. White, 61
to 62c. Mixed, 61 to 72c.
BARLEY-82 to 86c per 48 lbs.
RYE-13 to 85c per 56 lbs.
CORN MEAL-3d 50c to 3d 871 c.
RYE FLOUR-3d 75c to 4dollars per bbl.

FREIGHTS.—To Liverpool, for Cotton, ,111. per lb. ;
Flour, Is. 3d. per barrel ; Grain, in bulk, 54d. to VA.
per bushel. To London : Flour, Is. 100. to 2s. per
barrel ; Grain, in bulk, 6d. per bushel. To Havre : no-
minal.

FATAL ACCIDENT ON SHIPBOARD.—MicheI Scotto, a
seaman on board the brig Colombo, fell from the mast
and received injnries of which he died in the Northern
Hospital yesterday (Monday) morning.

FRSEINIASONRY.—The P. G. Lodge of Freemasons over
which the Right Hon. Lord Viscount Combermere pre-
sides, and which was postponed from the 22nd ultimo, in
consequence of the death of the Duke of Wellington,
is to be held on the 20th instant, at :Macclesfield. The
marble bust of the noble lord by our townsman, Mr.
M'Bride, will he exhibited at the Grand Lodge, after
which it will be presented to Lady Combermere.

WALKING GROUNDS AND OPEN PLACES IN TOWNS.
—ln the majority of our large towns, there is a great want
of places for walking and for recreation. Abroad, the de-
molished walls or fortifications formerly around the city
offer in many cases an admirable walking ground, such as
we have at Chester, and they have moreover many open
places, with seats and trees common to all, and which
serve to lessen the causes for repining and discontent on
the part of the less affluent portion of the community.
We have urged this again and again ; nevertheless, the
agitation of the subject is more needed now than it ever
was, the tendency being to cover with bricks and mortar
every foot of available ground, and to enclose instead of
open " common land."— The Builder.

THE REMAINS OF SPARTA .—A theatre of large size,-a
diminutive amphitheatre by the banks of the Eurotas, and
numerous ruined walls of other edifices comprise the en-
tire amount of the remains of Sparta, and as these, by
their architecture, give evidence of having been constructed
in those ages when Lacedremon had sunk to be a small
provincial town, it may be confidently said that little or
nothing exist to remind us of the city of Pansanias and
Leonidas. Of walls there are none, for the laws of I
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gus prohibited them ; of decorated buildings there are
none, for the Dorians were early instructed to discard all
love of the beautiful, with all that polishes and refines the
human mind, and to reckon everything useless that did not
pertain to the science of warfare, the only proper pursuit
of a freeman. But the natural features of the plan of
Lacethemon have changed but little with the lapse of time,
and yet it presents a lovely aspect, backed by the rough,
snow-capped summits of Taygetus. In the sight of
ancient Sparta a modern village has risen up, which has
appropriated to itself that name, so long extinct.—Letters
From Athens,