The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1853-08-09 00:00:00

HOUSE OF COMMONS.

The house met t o'clock. '
The house went a
intotwelve a committee of supply on the vote
civil contingencies.
Mr. HUME. objected to various items on which exPl..llea;
tions were given. On the item of £200,000 for the eXPeu
of the Caffre war,
Mr. ADDERLEY expressed a hope that an assurance Woje
be given now that this contest has been brought to a L"'
elusion.
Mr. F. PEEL said the constitution had been received at tile.
Cape as a boon, carrying,out the pledges given by the Croitij
and he had every confidence, from the measures taken
General Cathcart, that war was almost impossible. it.!9,
events, the colonists, having now the opportunity of an;
ing their opinions constitutionally, would be required to
the responsibility of their own defence. Were
After some debate both voter, as were all the others►. for
agreed to. Progress was then reported; and the houSe,B`
o'clock, adjourned till six. The house resumed at six o'r4o
TURKEY ANTI RUSSIA. sell
Frr JOSHUA WALMSLEY wished; to' R ask Lord J. —Wire.
whether, before the prorogation, the noble lord would be the
pared to submit to the house any statement relative to .„-(1
communications which had passed between this country of
Turkey and Russia, touching the aggressive proceedial„rd
the latter towards the Porte; and, secondly, tithe noble 'lO,
was prepared to name a day when the house would bale,,,
opportunity of discussing this important' question, and 1,4"
nouncing-an opinion unon it? „ it
Lord RUSSELL said, with regard to thelirst quesna
would be his duty before the prorogation, of parliament to bfr
suchinfortnation before the house respectin the dispute lie
tween RuSsia and Turkey as was consistent With :Lis Pllor
duty. With respect to the second question, lie did not thlel
it would be advisable for the public interest' that sal
should be appointed for discussing the question.- mesas
Lord DUDLEY STUART wished to know if there mesastruth in the' rumour that Russia had accepted the
agreed to at the conference of the four Powers held,iirViele
Lord J. Bulssta. said there was a foundation. for ,
rumour, as a despatch had been received from" the' J3_ll
minister at Vienna, which was so far satisfactory that it stems
there was reasonto beiieve that the terms would, braccel....`"
by Russia. The messenger who carried the terina-
Vienna to St. Petersburgh only left Vienna on the 9nd irial"be
and the formal reply, therefore, of the autocrat courdnOl
received so early as-was originally anticipated. to
Mr. LAYARD pressed the noble lord to allow a diseUgso
take place on the subject.
Lord J. RUSSELL- replied that it would not be for the'PO9l.l
interest that such a discussion should take place.

The subject then dropped.
NUNNERIES DERATE:,--LOrd J. RUSSELL moved t
bar ti%
government orders take precedence on Wednesday. 00
Mr. NEWDEOATR, Mr.. SPOONER, and Mr. CitAn.";,:ii,
objected to the motions as it would shelve the Nunnerie”7.
Lord J. RUSSELL and Mr. LUCAS said there was no wls'
their part to shirk the question; but at this late period ofs,e
session it would be impossible to proceed with it.
The house divided :—For the motion, 105 ; against it,
majority, 53

TURIMY AND RUSSIA. ?Act
Mr. DISRAELI wished .to know whether government ,
any objection to state now.the nature of the propositiv
offered to Russia. of
Lord J. RUSSELL was not prepared to declare the natateo
them now; but, before the-prorogation, he would do so *5 '
as his public duty would permit.
Lord J. RUSSELL statediin reply to a question, that t:,,La
not intended to press the Itegistration of Assurances Bill ,

session. v %Po tw
The house then went into ,a committee of 'supply,
remaining miscellaneous estimates were voted.

The Cu-itoms Bill passed through committee.
The Customs Act Consolidation Bill passed through CC4:II.
mittee.
The Charitable Trusts Bill,after a number of new clam
had been proposed and negatived, was read a third time
passed.
Mr. THORNLEY having moved that all the colleges et%
nected with the universities of London be exempted 11,9°
operation of thebill,
The house divided—For the motion, 64; against it, 79'
josity, 15. The bill then passed. aged.
The Lunatic Asylum Bill was read aA third time and Pad to
The other orders of the day were then disposed of, an
house adjourned at twenty-five minutes to four o'clock.

TATTERSALL'S BETTING—Tins DA-T. 0;
EBOR HANDICAP.-7 to 1 agst Adine ;7to 1 agstCattesiffitit
8. to 1 agst King of Tramps; .8 to 1 agst Lord Lieu'
8 to 1 agst Pantomime. Sittins'
ST. LEI:MR.-5 to 4 on West Austra ian ; 4 to 1 SO
bourne, 9 to 2 taken ; 7 to 1 agst Cineas. t Siria'aes
DERBY.-1,000 to 30 agst Dervish; 1,000 to 10 agst
ENO ;25t0 1 agst Ruby. fiat OttriCot,
RTH STAFFORDSHIRE HANDICAP.-2 to
taken.
WOLVERHAMPTON PRODUCE STAEMS.
filly by Faugh-a-Ballagh, 2.
rn 3. 8 rat:
TRIAL STAKEs.—Calot, ; May-day, 2; p
WOLVERHAMPTON STAKES:—Doubtr ; Montagu.,
Black Doctor, 3 ; Mexican, 4. 9 ran. WllitlebOne• 1;

FITNDS, STOCK, AND SIIARE MARKET.
The Eastern news being so much more favourable tit:
morning, Consols opened at ; Ter cent. improvement on tt;
closing price of Saturday, and remained pretty steady
dose. Railway Shares considerably easier in the worailli
but prices were not fully maintained. In Mines and 012. d
Shares more doing, at advanced prices, Foreign steady
rates improved.

CLOSING•PRICES.
2271_,„,6i
Consols, Account .. 971 Eli, Bank Stock
Do. Money.... I 97-1 8 • Excheq. Bills, L. & S Idis
Three&QrperCents.. 101 *

FORE.TON. STOOKS.
. 26i I Spanish Passives... 51
▪ Turkish ......
23} Swedish. ..... ... •
g
R▪
AZLWAY SHARES.
Amberg.,Nottingham,
and E. Junction --
Bristol and Exeter — Manohes., Sheff., and
Caledonian
LLoonnddoonn, & & Ns.. Westernwester l
Western
13i 01
Do. Preference
East Anglian — North 8riti5h........
Eastern Counties
East Lancashire 73 5. Norfolks
Eastern Union A .... North Staffordshire
Ditto B and C — Shrewsbury and Bir-
Edinburgh & Glasgow 72 4 mingham .........
Great Northern B4i• 5i Do. L. & N. W. guar.
Do. A — S. Eastern and Dover
Do. B — York, Newcastle, and 64 IP
Great Western ... 1381 91 Berwick .
Lanc.and Yorkshire. 774 Do. Extension
Do. Fifths. .... Do. Preference
Leeds Northern — York and N. Midland y",
London,Brighton,and., Do. Preference
South Coast

Mexicans
Do. Threes
Spanish Deferred
Do. Threes

MINING
Novean Monde i
Registered ..
Cordel iera ,„
Ave Maria •• • •-• A. V( •• •
Carson's Creek
Port Philip .. .

SicAllES.
Nugget ..••
B. Australian ........
Freehold ......
Australasian ........
Colonial ........
Mariposa ...........•
SHARES.
Peel River ..........
South Australian .•••
Van Diemen's

LAND,
AustralianAgnicultural 32 4
S. Australian 'sliest. It 21},
Crystals .....

711 4,}
321'

COSS MARKET. $l5 c'f,l
The show, of,English Grain is small, but the •ar—',;,;l,
Foreign Wheat,and Oats.are heavy ; trade openecLretY..,e. te,i;
Wheat ; nple the present time no sales have been P7iirtl4
market nominally quoted 2s per quarter lower ;:a 91%4
reduction ,is. expected. Flour very dull. Oate-fid't° r.,01;;
quarter lower. Barley 6d per quarter cheaper.. NO clan
Beans. and Bees. The close of the market establiter4clo°,„
of from Ps to •48per quarter from the highest-price 0' rhit.,
Wheal, but holders of Foreign would not accede t° tr
duetion. Flour dull, hut unaltered. Oats. fid to-1819°40
lower, Barley dull. In Beans and PeattEttle alternciv, ;
English. 'd• ab
4285 „It
10°. f,
Sg9o

Wheat ..
Barley „.

Oats
Malt ..
Beans
Peas ..
Roar.

123"111'0
eso=

PRODUCE MARK-ET. m
Sugar: Yellow Havanna in demand, at 20 s 46',00
Refined in active request; low to fine Grocery Wrooltijo
to 48a
wanted,s.2B-C°toff7"o; d Native
Tea common Congou goer
loOcr'
to Ilid. Cotton in demand., Rice WI, awl
6Nve:, Ceylon 45. to -Ms;
Indigo and Cochineal in demand

•
T TAPS. The 40°60
mAR
Tallow: Less demand, but the rates, unaltered' ear.
is 18,258 casks, against 41,383 same time last l
time
deliveries are 1,661 casks, against 1,308 casks same

CATTLE MARKET.
There is a (lewd for Beasts, Sheep, and JA5—
at r
day's prices. Calves sold at reduced prices
Beef 2a 6d to 4s Od Veal
Mutton , 4s 2d to_s3 2d I Pork