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

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The Post says the news of the entry of the fleets pro-
duced a great effect on the Emperor, and he was about to
send off couriers with instructions to his Envoys in Paris
and London. The Post ventures to predicate that if they
do not amount to a positive declaration of war, they will
at least be on the direct road to it.

CONSTANTINOPLE.—The fleets had been met by the
steamer from Trebizonde, steering with a fair wind and
splendid weather for Betoum, where they would arrive
the day after. The utmost harmony reigned in the Otto-
man Cabinet. A Russian fleet is said to be near Batoum.
The Constantinople correspondent of the Trieste Gazette
says the Government of Odessa obstinately refused to
give up the two captive English engineers.
(From the Second Edition of the Times)
BERLIN, MONDAY EVENING.
The Czar has instructed his ambassadors to demand
whether, by the entrance of the combined fleets into the
Black Sea, it is intended to take part with Turkey. or
simply to observe a strict neutrility. In the former case
they are to demand their passports.
Some expectations are indulged in here of the probabi-
lity of an amicable settlement between Russia and the
Porte.

VIENNA, MONDAY EVENING.
The Pasha of Belgrade insists on the immediate dis-
missal of all the Russians from Servia, and vows that, if
M. Monklieve, the Russian Consul-General, crosses the
river from Semlin again, he will arrest him.

COMMERCIAL NEWS.
ST. PETERSBURG, JAN. 16.—A steady rise in prices of
imported articles, especially sugar, denotes anticipation
of war. Exchange lower.
ODESSA, JAN. 11.—Arrivals of shipping are increasing
daily, and actively getting cargoes. Owing to the demand
for labour, 16s. 3d. per day is freely paid.

INDIA AND CHINA.
TRIESTE, MONDAY.--The steamer Bombay has arrived;
left Alexandria on the 17th. The Indian mail has been
at Alexandria since the 14th, and cannot proceed before
the 19th instant, at the earliest, the steamer from England
not having arrived. The latest dates are, Shanghai, Dec.
Ist ; Amoy, sth ; Hong Kong, 11th; Singapore, 18th ;
Penang, 21st; Galle, 27th ; Burmah, 3rd ; Calcutta, 20th ;
Madras, 24th ; Bombay, 29th. No Inas had arrived from
Australia, though one was due.
The Governor-General left Calcutta 9th Dec., for Bur-
mah. A conspiracy at Rangoon was frustrated 23rd of
Nov., by the preparations of the British authorities.
Trade in India dull. The Indigo market at Calcutta
had opened. Exchange, 2s. ld.
The President of Bushire has reported that 60,000
Persians had reached that neighbourhood, with the object
of invading Bagdad.
A combined naval and military expedition is being
rapidly organized by the Bombay Government, to carry
out any orders it may receive from England or from the
Governor-General.
The important territory of Berar, the garden of India,
had lapsed to the British Government by the death of ita
ruler without issue.
The Cadiz steamer reached Bombay 27th December.
Tranquility prevails at Canton and at Amoy. The ion-
stituted authorities have been restored. The insurgents'
army had, at the end of October, reached Ginken, about
60 miles from Pekin Shanghai is still in the hands of
the rebels. At Canton trade dull; Exchange, 6s. Id. At
Shanghai trade brisk, and supplies of tea large. Ex-
change, Cs.