The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1854-01-24 00:00:00

THE EASTERN WAR.

No later telegraphic despatches from the seat of war•

The Chronicle's Paris correspondent writes on Suxu:3s
evening that the Russian Envoy was still at that capital'
but had made preparations to start at a moment's notice'
Private letters from Stockholm, of the 10th, say that it
will be very difficult, if not absolutely impossible, f°
Sweden to maintain her neutrality in case of war, by ter
son of the extremely hostile feeling pervading the entire
nation against Russia.

FUNDS, STOCK, AND SHARE MARKET.
nf
Unfavourable foreign news produced a strong feeling -
depression on the Stock Exchange, and caused a further
serious decline in almost every description of security. C4,r16
so!ss were first quoted 901 to 91, thence receded in a continuotis
movement fully 1 per cent., business being done at 90, !tr,
recovering closed, after some fluctuations, at a slight react
The Railway market closely followed the vibrations jo .13e
Funds, and closes for most descriptions at an average decii.r.
of 1 per cent. Land and Bank Shares considerably 101%.
Mines heavy. In Foreign, Russians have declined 3, POL'd,
guess u_ --a notch 1 per cent. ; other descriptions denresse
L0a.... en ~-..-•
Consols, Account .. 1 sue s, Bank Stock 2lselt
Do. MoneY •.. . / 903 I:Excheq. Bills, L. & S 6lO P'-
Three3,-.ClrperCents.. 913 it
FOREIGN STOCKS.
Mexicans 224 t Spanish Passive 31 4
Do. Threes . ,
Spanish Deferred .... 39i 403 Swedish
... --
Do. Threes 151193
RAILWAY SHARES.
IF
Amberg.,Nottingham, London & N. Western 100
and E. Junction 4l I London &S. Western 75 6
Bristol and Exeter
Caledonian
Do. Preference .. ;Midland Stock
East Anglian
Eastern Counties .... 12/ I North British 2B 9
East Lancashire 6l 3 . Do. Preference --
Eastern Union A
dil.
Ditto B and C --North Staffordshire .. 6 5
Edinburgh & Glasgow Shrewsbury and Bit- "
Great Northern Bl 2 mingham --
Do. A..... Do. L. &N. W. guar
Do. 8..... S. Eastern and Dover 573
Great Western
Lanc.and Yorkshire. 603 13 Berwick . 6O
Do. Fifths 7.2 i Do. Extension ---.
Leeds Northern — Do. Preference -"" A
London, Brighton, and York and N. Midland 43 ,
South Coast 97 8 Do. Preference.. •-• .
MINING SHAKES.
Noveau Monde par 3 Nugget -
oOf .
Registered - ,
Cordeliera -
Ave Maria
Carson's Creek — Colonial
Port Philip - I

LAND SHARES. dig,
Australian Agricultural 38 40 IPeel River
3114 i
S. Australian Invest. alVan Dieman's 1
B. American — B. Australian ....I-4°4Pu'

CORN MARKET.
The show of English Wheat is scanty, and of Foreign In oar
rate. The trade opened firm, full prices were demanded, b
at present there is not much doing; Foreign is held at hi
terms. Town-made Flour is unchanged.. Barley, Beans, B°3
Peas have maintained late rates. The Oat trade is firm, a",l
rather higher. Cloverseed dull. The Wheat trade
dull, but high terms were insisted upon ; Foreign held ibisl,:
but little business. Town-made Flour unchanged. In BaeVe
Beans, and Peas, the sales were merely retail. Oats
rather dearer. Seeds are unaltered.

ARRIVALS.
English. Irish. Foreign.
12G5 22716
2530 1340
97 11230 ]O7O

Wheat .
Barley .
Oats ...
Malt
Beans
Peas 219
Flour

V
730 s"
52906 blll°
FROM KINOSFORD AND LAY'S CIRCULAR.
The supply of English Wheat was small, aad the condit A °
d
generally bad ; the best qualities sold at the rates of this LL..a•
se'nnight, but inferior difficult of sale; the business in Foreis
was retail, at an advance of Is. to 2s. upon Monday
Malting Barley, with the exception of the finest, is. cheaftp,
grinding and distilling unaltered. Beans and Peas (1,,„6.
There was a fair sale of Oats at late rates. There was A Pc-
demand for barrel Flour, at the extreme prices of last wee'.

PRODUCE MARKET.
Sugar: Foreign quiet; yellow Havana, 235. to 265. in bont
Refined in good home demand ; brown lumps 445. 6d. to 44,
Coffee : Sales larger ; Native Ceylon, 48s. 6d. to 495„ ;Flan tion, 565. to 765. 'lea firm ; fair demand ; ordinary COY,:
Is. lid. to Is. 2d. There was a large business done in al—
white Bengal 16s. to 17s. The prices of Hemp were well 10
ported ; many buyers. Cotton quiet; rates unaltered.

TALLOW MARKET.
Tallow firm ; P.Y.C. 625. 9d. to 635. on the spot, but thC
demand limited. Stock, 41,048 casks, against 43.748 same um,
last year. Deliveries, ^
last year.
36; casks, against 2,045 same Woe

CATTLE MARKET.
,
The Beast trade is dull. Sheep and Lambs sold at Frida,7o
prices. Calves at an advance.
Oil
Beef 2s 6,1 to 4s 43 I Veal
Mutton..... 3s 2d to 5s 2d 1 Pork .. 3s 8d to 55 "-
ARRIVALS.
Beasts 4313 1 Calves
Sheer, and Lambs .... 17240 I Pigs 2O
Norfolk and Suffolk Beasts 2l
Cambridge, Leicester, Lincoln, and North-
ampton Beasts
Scotch Beasts
650
Irish Beasts
Holland Beasts
859
Do. Sheep 770
Do. Calves 37-
Do. Pigs
Spanish Beasts —
Do. Sheep —
French Beasts

MANCHESTER STOCK EXCHANGE. e
Blackhnrns, 41 ; Caledonians. 25 5-16 3-16; Sheffield N 6;
Pref., 1-16 pm. ; Midland, 59/; North Staffordshire, 5 13"
Dovers, 17g 7-16. -
LEEDS STOCK EXCHANGE.
,1
Lancashire and Yorkshire. 61g; Midlands, 59g. 4

LATEST SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE. or
ELst NORE, 17TH .—The Martin, for Liverpool, arrived lea
deck load overboard.o,
DRAG°, 16T .—The Pioneer, of Grangemount, got agroll"
is leaky.
CONSTANTINOPLE, 9TH.—The Dawthorp was wrec-
kr'. IS
the 6th. The Ellen put back, and must repair. The Gert'..e is
Hendrika, for England, put back ; the vessel and cargo ai.a
se
ctr
a most disastrous state. The President Van Buren put, "
considerably damaged. The Rebecca will be hove d0v02,40
repaired. The Straits are full of vessels put back tb`v
bad weather.
o GRAVESEND, 22ND.—Arrived: Dromo, from Cage„ C
~jci
Castle; P. C. E., from Penang. 23rd.—Calypso from Ja','

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DIED.—On the 26th August last, on his passage —IP
Bombay to this port, Samuel, second son of the late
Thomas Ashcroft, of this town.

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Wilefidith January 24,1554.