The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1853-02-15 00:00:00

THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD, TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 15, 1853.

since the Ist of September last, as compared with the pre•
vious three years :

1853 1853 1851 1850
Receipts into the ports 1,820,000 1,349,000 1,254,000 1,216,000
Exports to Great Britain 746,000 452,000 379,000 349,000
fl France
„ other for. ports 114,000 73,000 88,000 70,000
Total exports
Stock on hand 616,000 509,000 580,000 533,0C3
Of which during the past week, included in the above :

1853 1852 1851 1850
Receipts at the ports 125,000 85,000 105,000 91,000
Exports to Great Britain 56,000 25,000 34,000 27,000
France 15,000 17,000 20,000 9,000
otherfor. ports 10,000 8,000 4,000 2,000
Total exports ..
From which it will be seen that the excess in receipts now
amounts to 471,000 bales ; the increase in exports to Gt.
Britain, 294,000 ; other foreign ports, 41,000. Decrease
to France, 38,000. Total increase in exports, 297,000 bls.
BRRADSTUFFS.—FIour has been in fair demand, and,
since Saturday. at rather stiffening rates ; namely, Wes-
tern Canal, 55,431 to 85,50 per barrel; Ohio and pure
Genessee, 43`5,564- to $5,814- ; common New York, &c..
$5,373; Southern kinds, 55,88 to £6+ ; Canada in bond,
8'5,50 to 4'5,75. Wheat continues in fair demand, with
a firm market, at the following prices :—Genessee white,
130 c. to 135 c. per 60lbs. ; Southern white, 126 c. to 130 c.;
Michigan and Ohio white, 130 c. to 133 c. ; Western red
and mixed, 115 c. to 125 c. ; Canada, in bond, 120 c. to 130 c.
Indian corn easier ; to-day 31,000 bushels sold at, for
southern yellow, 69c. to 7k. ; white, 68c. to 72c. ; mixed,
72c. to 73c. per 561bs.
PROVISIONS.—A moderate local demand for pork, and
prices of mess are easier, and the supply increasing. Beef
is very firm, and in good request. Prime mess is firm, and
in fair demand. Lard is without change. Cheese is
steady, at Sc. to 9c.

NAVAL STORES.—Rosin and crude turpentine were
unaltered. 200 barrels spirits turpentine brought 74c.
to 75c. per gallon.
InoN.—Scotch pig iron meets a moderate demand, but
no change can be noted in prices.
FREIGHTS.—The market is steady. To Liverpool,
cotton, id. per pound ; flour, 3s. to 3s. 3d. per barrel ;
grain, in bulk, 10d. per bushel. To London, flour, 3s.
to 3s. 6d. per barrel ; grain, in bulk, 10d. !per bushel.
To Havre, cotton, Ic. per pound.
MOBILE, Jan. 29.—Receipts for the week, 22,000 bales.
Total excess at this place, 473,000 hales. Middling, 81c.
Freight to Liverpool, sd. Exchange on London, 8 per
cent.

HAVANA, Jan. 29.—The cotton market is heavy to-
day, and lower pric.s would be accepted by holders.
CHARLESTON, Jan. 31.—Africa's accounts received. A.
large business doing to-day at low prices, which are com-
pletely unsettled, but generally Bc. to ic. below Friday's
rates. Sales to-day, 2,750 bales.

NEW ORLEANS, Jan. 28.—Sales 10,000 bales, at ic.
decline ; strict middling quoted 9c. to 94-c. The week's bus
ness foots up 49,000 bales. Jan. 29 : Receipts for the week,
58,000 bales. Total excess here, 485,000 bales. Sales for
the week, 49,000 bales. Middlings 9ic. per lb. Stock,
311,000 bales. Freight to Liverpool, id. Exchange on
London, 81d. per cent. Jan. 30: The receipts of cotton
at this port to-day have reached 17,000 bales. Jan. 31 :
Africa's news received. Sales this morning have been
6,000 bales, at full prices.

BOSTON, Feb. 2.—Cotton is steady and sales to a fair
extent, at full prices. Flour is in moderate demand at
8'5,75 for fancy Michigan, and £6 to 86,75 for extra ditto,
cash. Southern £'6 per barrel, four months. Corn is
not so plentiful, and is more firm. Pork is selling in lots
at *lB for prime, £'2o for mess, and 22 for clear. Beef
is steady at 5'12,50 to £l4 per barrel for Western mess.
Lard is more plenty, and has declined; sales 111 c. to 12c.
SAN FRANCISCO, Jan. I.—The amount of business
transacted has not been large, yet we cannot report the
market as quiet ; indeed, all the movements are watched
with great anxiety, as the confidence is universal that a
short respite of the bad weather will occasion such a de-
mand for all descriptions of goods as will fully sustian
prices and open the door to speculation. Money is abun-
dant at 21 to 8 per cent. per month on first class securi-
ties, but little, comparatively, seeking investment.

FRANCE.—At the request of the Cardinal Archbishop
of Bordeaux, the Emperor has consented to stand god=
father to the new great bell of the cathedral of that city.
The Empress has also signified her intention to be god-
mother. M. Gautier, mayor of Bordeaux, and Mme. de
la Siegliere, wife of the first President of the Civil Tri-
bunal. have been directed to represent their Majesties
at the baptism of the bell.

An upholsterer, named Paul Ledra, as on Saturday
sentenced to a fine of 100 f.-and six months' imprisonment,
for wearing a fleur-de-lis in his button-hole and on his
shirt-bosom !

The editors of La Modeof Paris have been condemned
to a fine of 500 f. and one month's imprisonment, for pub-
lishing a piece of "false news,". (copied from the Inde-
pendence Belge, to the effect that " Lucitn Murat was
about to inhabit the Chateau de Neuilly, which he had
purchased last year for 1,400,000 E".

The St. Petersburgh Gazette, of the 2Pth of January,
announces the official appointment of M. de Kisselef to
the functions of Ambassador and Minister Plenipoten-
tiary of Russia in Paris. A St. Petersburgh journal of
the 25th contains a long article on the possibility and the
consequences of a hostile landing in England.
Since the more serious part of the community have
begun to fear that all is not folly in the idea of a possible
war, many are the anecdotes which have got loose—that
concerning M. Chapuy-Monlaville, at Marseilles, is the
best. The Emperor having been sufficiently jiagorne by
the man in office when taking his leave,. proposed a re-
ward, a prgecture, an office of any kind. " Let me be
prefect of London," said the flagornem.. " Accordi,"
exclaimed Louis Napoleon, with a hearty shake of the
hand, and the bargain was concluded. On the truth of
this story you may rely.—Allas.
An elaborate report to the Emperor from M. Bineau,
on the state of the national finances, appears in the
iWoniteur. The Minister assures the Emperor that the
national receipts for the month of January, 1853, have
exceeded those of January, 1852, by more than eight and
a half millions of francs.

THE BALL AT THE LUXEMBOURG.—The grand ball
given by the senate to the emperor and empress took place
on Monday, last week, and was remarkable for its magnifi-
cence, The palace of the Luxembourg was transformed
from its habitual austerity of appearance into a vast series
of salons de fete, brilliant with lights, fibwers, hangings,
gilding, and decorations. A gallery, formed by the old
Salle du Trone, the former chamber of peers, and another
large room, was made into a vast ball-room. Huge mir-
rors were placed in the recesses of each window, whilst
other glasses, encompassed with garlands of flowers, were
placed along the walls at both sides. In the centre
was erected a fountain decorated with flowers. During
the whole night, the waters, springing up from innu-
merable jets, sparkled in the blaze of light, and added a
most pleasing variety to the scene. Magnificent lustros
were suspended from the ceiling. At the end of the gal-
lerywas raised an estrade, on which were placed two chairs
of state for their majesties. In the picture gallery was laid
out the supper-room for the emperor and the empress,
and which could accommodate upwards of two hundred
persons. For the first time, all the•mele portion of the
guests were attired only in court dresses, uniforms, or
official costumes. At ten o'clock, the emperor and empress,
after having had a reception of the diplomatic corps, left
the Tuileries, escorted by a detachment of cavalry. On
the arrival of the cortege at the Luxembourg, their ma-
jesties were received at the grand entrance by the president
of the senate, the vice- presidents, the members of the bureau
andthegrandreferendary, whilst behind, along the hall and
up the stairs, were ranged the senators. The empress was
dressed in white satin, trimmed with fringed ribbons. She
wore a magnificent pearl necklace, and had violets in her
hair. The eagerness of the ladies• to behold her was ex-
traordinary, and amidst so many women remarkable for
beauty she undoubtedly shone forth pre-eminently. She
seemed in excellent spirits, and her cheek, in place of
being pale, as was observed at the ceremony of her mar-
riage at Notre Dame, had the clear bright colour of per-
fect health. In a few minutes after the entrance of the
imperial pair, the emperor descended from the estrade to
open the ball. It was not without difficulty that suf-
ficient space could be procured to allow the qua-
drille to be formed. The• emperor danced with
Madame Troplong, the empress dancing with Count
Regnaud de St. Jean d'Angely, vice-president of the
senate. Their majesties then went arm in arm
through the rooms, and at half-past eleven proceeded to
the imperial supper-room, where they presided at a table
set out for 200 ladies,, alt admitted by special tickets..
During the night other ladies were likewise admitted to
sup in this room, other supper-rooms being disposed on
the ground-floor for the guests not so specially favoured,
At nearly half-past-twelve the emperor and empress with-
drew, and soon after a considerable portion of the guests
followed their example. The great majority, however,
remained later, and dancing was kept up with great spirit,
until five in the morning. Amongst the uniforms present,
that of a colonel of Nizam's irregular cavalry was much
remarked for its richness. A tolerable sprinkling of
English uniforms were present, but they chiefly belonged
to the militia.

The Moniteur records the following pedictiom, which
occurs in the address sent to the Emperor from a town
called Neuilly-Sur "Blessed alike by heaven and
earth, your union, Sire, will be patriotically fruitful.
France will applaud the christening as unanimDusly as she
applauded the marriage. Your happiness as a father will
lay the foundation of the future destiny of the nation."

TURKEY AND MONTENEGRO.—With respect
to the struggle in Montenegro the accounts are meagre
and incomplete. Thus far the fortune of war has been
variable; but the latest advices indicate that the Turkish
forces were successfully fighting their way towards the
capital of Montenegro, and their commander seemed to
entertain no doubt that he should be able in a few days
to obtain entire possession of the country. Russia is
gathering a strong force on the confines of Sweden, ap-
parently with a view of making a descent upon Wallachia,
and Austria has concentrated some 70,000 troops in Dal-
matia, as though she were inclined to interfere in the
struggle in Montenegro. In fact, says a Vienna corre-
spondent, Austria could not make more threatening pre-
parations if she had resolved on annihilating every Mus-
sulnnan in Europe, but he adds, that there are so many
cogent reasons for her not going to war that she will
certainly look again before she leaps. The correctness
of this opinion is corroborated by the Vienna Gazette,
which declares that the object of Austria is the protection
of her own frontier, the maintenance of the territorial
status quo, and the rights guaranteed by treaties, whilst
" every aggressive measure is foreign to her tendencies."
Hopes are entertained that the representations made to
the Porte by the Austrian government will be successful,
and that the Turko-Montenegrin differences will be
settled without further fighting. Telegraphic despatches
from Trieste state that the Montenegrins, under Prince
Daniel, had succeeded in cutting off the communications
between the forces of Omer Pacha, who was operating
from Spuss, and those of Reis Pacha, which had advanced
from Nikitsch. Another telegraphic despatch, apparently
of subsequent date, states that Omer Pacha had sent in
an ultimatum to Prince Daniel, requiring an answer by
January 31. In case of failure, the whole country would
then be militarily occupied. The line of the Pacha ex-
tended as far as to Kuschevi Moss, whence his troops
menaced the capital of Montenegro.
A private letter from Trieste, dated the Gth, says :
' The latest news from Montenegro, which reached this
place on the 4th instant by the steamer Dalmatia, is very
favourable for the Turks, Omer Pacha, after having 1.11.).