The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1854-02-07 00:00:00

GEYERAL INTELLIGENCE.

Fnixcu.—The departure of the Russian ambassador
M. Kisselef, has been hourly expected for some days past.
It was even said, on Wednesday evening, that a portion of
his embassy had left Paris.—Prinee Jerome Napoleon
gave a grand ball, on Sunday week, to the Emperor and
Empress on the anniversary of their Majesties' marriage.
—The Ocean, a Brest paper, announces that the greatest
activity prevailed in that port. Four sailing vessels will
be ready for sea in a short time, ,and two steamers only
await their engines. Levies of seamen arrive from all parts.
The ocean squadron will -soon 'be ready to sail, and the
squadron of reserve be in a condition to reinforce it, if
necessary.—Sir John Burgoyne is. about to proceed, it is
said, with Colonel Ardent (a French officer) to Constanti-
nople, on duty connected with military engineering. Se-
veral military councils have been held at the Tuileries
with respect to this subject, at ,which the most eminent
French engineers have assisted. :The Emperor has been
present at all, and has taken great interest in the delibe-
rations.—lt is reported that M 4 -de Kisselef, on leaving
Paris, will go to Brussels. ille<xeceived his answer on
Wednesday, in "precisely the same•terms as that given by
the British Cabinet to Baron Brunow.

SPAIN is on the eve, apparently, of a convulsion. The
significant silence with which the greater part of the
Madrid journals passed over the birth of the short-lived.
Infanta, has given place to lond-and unequivocal denuncia-
tion. Imputations of the most injurious kind are cast
upon the highest personage in;the realm ; the throne is
all but engulphed in the mire of personal profligacy. An
appeal to the nation, which is freely circulated, points at a
"favourite," an "imbecile, absurd, ridiculous favourite, a
man without reputation, without honour, without talent,
without courage, without any title to Sovereign favour,
except such as a libidinous caprice may discover in him."
Under the influence of this "favourite," who, it is said, "as
a new Godoy, presumes to place his foot on the neck of a
heroic nation," the appeal complains that " the abasement
of the Sovereign power has reached its utmost limits," and
a recourse to arms is openly recommended. WhaWver
foundation there may be for these:insinuations, they indi-
cate the approach of a crisis in Spanish affairs, to which
the recent death of the Queen of Portugal gives a penin-
sular character.

ITALY.—The Parlament° of the .29th ult. states that a
great concentration of Austrian trcops is going on in the
Romagna, particularly at Bologna, Ancona, and Ferrara.
Important rumours are afloat, in Rome, of Austrian In-
tentions with respect to the Eastern question. In conse-
quence of the probability that Austria will adhere to the
Russian policy, a great augmentation,of the French forces
is about to take place.
AIISTRIA..—The day after Count Orloff's arrival at
Vienna, he received no one but Count Mayendorff. The
next day he saw M. de Buol and the Emperor. With M.
de Buol Count Orloff had a conference that almost assumed
the character of an altercation. Austria, Bavaria, and
Saxony have hitherto made no communication whatever
to the Germanic Diet concerning the poSition they intend
to assume in the Turco-Russian quarrel. Telegraphic de-
spatches on Thursday, give the intelligence that Count
Orloff had communicated to the Cabinet of Vienna the
" dernier mot" of his Imperial master, in the shape of
counter propositions of which he was the hearer. They
were considered irreconcileable with the propositions of
the Porte and the Western Powers,
PnusslA.—The Correspondance of Berlin 'states that
the Prince of Prussia, who is inclined towards an alliance
between-Arussia and the Western Powers, made use of the
following language at an audience which he recently gave
to the Deputies of the Extreme Right :—" In •ease the
complications of the East should affect Prussia, you will,
gentlemen, find an opportunity of giving proofs of that
patriotism of which you have so often spoken, and of
showing that you know how to sacrifice your party feelings
for the welfare of the country." The party alluded to is
well known to be desirous that Prussia should make com-
mon cause with Russia.

RussrA.—A letter from Warsaw of the 26th ult. states
that the Emperor of Russia was expected to arrive there
in a few days. The imperial guard has received orders to
set out from St. Petersburg, on the Ist of March, to oc-
cupy the coast of the Baltic, its head-quarters being at
Riga. The entire Russian fleet was in the harbour of
Sebastopol on the 11th ; but two divisions of the fleet had
received orders to put to sea on the 12th. Their destina-
tion was only known to the commandant of the division.
It has transpired from a credible source, that the Emperor
Nicholas will not permit himself to be restrained by
threats, and that he will send orders to his fleet to repel
force by force. Letters from St. Petersburg of the 23rd
ult. state the Grand Duke Constantine, who has placed
himself at the head of the old Russian party, has shown
considerable dissatisfaction at the expectant attitude taken
by the Government after the receipt of the communication
of the maritime Powers, and, it is said, urges the Czar to
reject the last propositions of the Divan. He does not
conceal his irritation against M. de Nesselrode.
WEST INDIES.—By the Orinoco we have intelligence
to the 16th ult. The panic created by the cholera had
driven nearly the whole of the coloured working popula-
tion from St. Thomas. The Royal Mail Packets were
obliged to coal with their own crews. Up to noon January
14, the official number of deaths was 1,152, since which,
up to the 16th, about 50 more had occurred. It was,
however, on the decline, and had not spread to the other
islands, except Tortola. Scarcely any white or European
had been attacked. At Jamaica the weather is fine, and
prospects generally very cheerful, the dread of cholera
being the only drawback. In the memory of the oldest
residents on the island there never was so promising a
cane-crop as the present.
THE WAR IN THE EAST.

A private despatch from Constantinople, dated Jan. 23,
says that a portion of the combined fleets had returned to
Beicos Bay. Constantinople was tranquil. No further
news had been received from the seats of war.

Letters of the 17th from the Turkish capital state that
a fresh reinforcement of 6,000 men was then embarking
for the army of Asia, together with a quantity of artillery
and ammunition. They were to be landed with the troops
at Batoum.: General Baraguay d'Hilliers, who has just re-
turned from an inspection in the environs of Constantino-
ple, had set out again for Tachi-de-Rechi. On the evening
before he left, he inspected the batteries :of the Bosphorous,
in company with the Turkish Grand Master of Artillery.
Lieutenant-Colonel Dien had arrived at Schulma, and Chef-
d'Escadron Bourmann at Varna.

A private letter of the same date announces that a
squadron of frigates and transports, belonging to the
Turkish and Egyptian fleet, has just sailed for Alexandria
to ship the new reinforcements placed at the disposal of
the Porte by Abbas Pacha. These reinforcements consist
of two divisions, each numbering 6,000 men, all of whom
have been drilled for several months. Among these
troops there is one regiment of heavy artillery, the want
of which had been much felt, and one regiment of sharp-
shooters. The Viceroy has supplied the rifles himself.
News from Bucharest of the 19th and 20th ult. states
that the Turks, although abstaining from great opera-
tions, give the Russians no rest. On the 15th and 16th
a heavy firing was kept up from Rustschuk against
Giurgevo, and an attack was made on the island there.
The result is not yet known. On the same day the Turks
made attacks near Oltenitza and Kalarasch. News of the
same kind reaches us from Silistria and Turtukai, and
fighting is again goine, on near Matschin. The Russian
troops on their march are allowed no repose; even on the
18th, although a great festival in the Greek Church, they
were compelled to advance. The Russian soldiers, can-
toned at distances of about three miles from the Danube,
have, since the departure for Lesser Wallachia of Prince
Gortschakoff, received orders to take up positions on the
very banks of the river.
Before the siege of Kalafat can be attempted by the
Russians, it will be necessary to dislodge several strong
outposts of Turkish troops, who are possessed of all the
neighbouring villages. The Turkish garrison of Kalafat,
including the reserve at Widdin and the troops detached
to Sofia, amounts to 20,000 men. The ground under the
walls is mined in every direction.
VIENNA, FRIDAY EVENING.—It is confidently asserted
that Count Orloff seeks to form a close alliance between
Russia on the one hand, and Austria, Prussia, and the
Germanic confederation on the other.
Austria will probably plead that she must consult Prus-
sia before she gives a positive reply.
Count Orloff also demanded whether Austria would
object to a Russian corps marching through Servia.
The answer was that any violation of neutrality in
Servia would lead to counter measures on the part of
Austria. In consequence of this reply Baron Meyendorff's
son was to day sent with despatches to Bucharest.
The right wing and centre of the Russian corps in
Little Wallachia is advancing towards Kalafat.
It is rumoured that the army corps in Galicia has re-
ceived positive orders to march.
VIENNA, FRIDAY NIGHT.—Count Orlofrs mission is a
complete failure.
The Emperor of Austria firmly adheres to the under-
standing with the Western powers, touching the last
project.
Russia now rejects the same, and is resolved to exclude
all mediation.

BERLIN, FRIDAY EVENING.—Count Orloff proposes
that the German powers should draw up a joint declara-
tion of neutrality under all circumstances. If one mem-
ber of the Bund be attacked, Russia makes common cause
in her defenee with all the rest.

Should any territorial changes arise through war, Russia
undertakes to conclude no peace without duly considering
the interest of the German powers. _ _

The feeling of the government here is strongly against
the conduct of Russia. Count Orloff's proposals have been
totally rejected ; and it has been intimated that, if the
Czar persists in refusing peace on the terms agreed to by
the Vienna Conference, Prussia will be compelled to take
an active part in conjunction with the Western powers.
The King has, it it is said, destiatched an autograph letter
to the Emperor Nicholas, stating this determination.

VIENNA, FEB. 4.—The news that the Turkish note is
rejected by Russia has reached Vienna. The Russian
Cabinet has made new propositions, which, in their turn,
have been rejected by, the Vienna Conference. Our Vienna
correspondent also forwards the following telegraphic de-
spatch, dated
CONSTANTINOPLE, JAN. 23.—The combined fleets re-
turned on the 22d without having seen a single Russian
vessel during the three weeks' cruise. The Niger, sent
with despatches countermanding the return of the fleets,
only met them close to the Bosphorus. The Vesuvius,
Highflyer, and Sidon have just arrived.
BERLIN, FEB. s.—The Emperor Nicholas has returned
his answer to the Turkish proposals adopted by the Vienna
Conference. He declares them to be quite unsatisfactory,
that he will allow of no mediation between himself an d
.Turkey, and that Turkey, if she wishes to treat, may send
an ambassador to St. Petersburg. For any further infor-
mation the members of the Conference are referred to
their respective Courts. Baron Budberg, Russian Minis-
ter at Berlin, leaves to-night for Vienna. A contract, on
behalf of the English Government, for coal sufficient for
steamers of the aggregate amount of 11,000 horse-power
has been concluded at Copenhagen.

GEOWTLr OP STONE.—A journeyman printer in Auburn-
street, New York, states that he has in his possession a
stone about half an inch in thickness, out of which another
stone of the same shape, atoll the size of a pea, has grown
during the last nine years.

AMERICA.

ARRIVAL OF THE EUROPA.

By the British and North American royal mail steam-
ship Europa, Captain Shannon, which arrived yesterday
morning, we have intelligence from New York to the 25th
ultimo.

The Europa brought $202,300 in specie, and the follow-
ing twenty-nine
PASSENGERS :-Mr. Richard Gilbert, Mr. Herbert and
lady, Lieut. Heygate, R.E., Mr. Whitehead, Mr.D.Brooks,
Mr. S. L. Fuller, Mr. W. J. Ward, Capt. C. Loones, Col.
Napier, Mr. M`Gill, Mr. A. Douglass, Mr. W. E. Cole,Mr.
Levey and Brother, Mr. Gomez, Mr. G. Wilson, Mr. A. K.
Boomer, Mr. A. Sattler, Mr. Pickup, Mr. Leroy, Mr. J. J.
Boyd, Mr. Cameron, Mr. Jas. Stuart, Mr..M`Donald, Mr.
L. Williams, Mrs. Sherridan, Mr. Howard, and Miss
Sherridau.

The steamer Cambria, from Havre, arrived at New York
on the 22nd ultimo.

The steamer Europa passed the packet-ship Southamp-
ton, from Liverpool, going into New York.
The Royal Mail steam-ship Niagara, hence for Boston,
arrived at Halifax on the 23rd ult., after a long and bois-
terous passage, and left same day for Boston.
The steamer Northern Light had arrived at New York
with advices from San Francisco to the 31st December,
and $847,381 in gold dust.
The steamer Oregon sailed from San Francisco on the
31st ultimo, with $400,000 in gold dust, en route for
New York.

- The British ship Sir Charles Napier, from Liverpool for
Savannah, was ashore 20 miles south of Tybee. The wea-
ther was favourable, and she was likely to be got off. Her
cargo consisted of salt, and 200 tons of railroad iron.
Signor Bedini, the Pope's nuncio, was at Washington,
the guest of the French minister. He was making prepa-
rations to leave for England by the next Cunard steamer
from Boston.

Mr. Forbes Allison, a merchant -of New Orleans, bad
absconded. His defalcations were ,said to be upwards of
$40,000.
From a return just published, it appears that nearly
two million of dollars worth of property had been destroyed
by fire in the United States in less than three weeks.
A terrible tornado swept over the State of Ohio on the
21st ultimo. Its track was about half a mile in width,
and it demolished almost everything it encountered. The
town of Brandon was almost entirely destroyed. The gale
was accompanied by terrific lightning and heavy rain, and
followed by such a rapid rising of the streams of water
that the town of Mount Vernon was partly inundated.
The amount of property destroyed was great.
From Washington we learn that Senator Douglas's new
Nebraska bill had thrown a large.number of Congressmen
into the greatest of confusion and excitement. -Several
caucuses had been held, but no definite line of action had
been or probably would be determined upon till the
generality of the Northern and Western members had as-
certained the views of their constituents. In the Senate,
on a motion to take up the new bill, it was agreed that the
measure should be the special order from day to day after
the 30th ult.

The steamer Union, which went in search of the San
Francisco, had returned to New York, but had seen no
trace of the wreck. However, she fell in with some ship-
wrecked people at Bermuda. On the 30th of December,
in lat. 41 22, lon. 68, near George's Shoals, the Fides fell
in with two boats containing 28 persons from the ship
Tam o'Shanter, from Calcutta, abandoned and in a sinking
condition about nine hours previous. The Union brought
some of these people to New York, and reports a vessel
unknown, lying to anchor on the north side of the reef,
bottom up and painted green, rudder gone, iron fastenings,
length of keel 80 to 120 feet, was discovered in that situ-
ation on the 7th ult.

The Caloric ship Ericsson had hauled out from her
berth. The promised trial trip, it was said, would be had
in the course of the week; great interest was experienced,
on all hands, to know the result.
The following of the crew and passengers saved from
the Staffordshire had arrived at Boston :—A. F. Leet,
second mate ; John Morgan, third mate : C. E. Hickie, H.
Chureffill, George Lord, S. G. Wellington, Wm. Jones, W.
Whitefield, G. Riley, Wm. Wilcox, G. W. Barry, H. Sher-
wood, J. Duffy, James Anderson, J. Cobbs, Wm. Wood.
Jas. Barrow (coloured), A. Woodland (coloured), C. J.
Varbon, S. C. Pearson, Charles Smith, John Wilson, G.
Whits, W. Perkins, W. Thompson, H. Foster, Daniel
O'Niel, S. Sparks, J. L. Davenport, T. Craig, Aldon Rice,
W. Garris (coloured), James Kelley (coloured), John
Heath (coloured), was too much frozen to be taken on
board the Belle, and remains at Halifax. The passengers
brought by the Belle, were Patrick O'Brien, John Tier-
ney, Thomas Barrett, Michael Tally, Donald Delaney,
Mary Jane Minaghan. All the above-named persons are
in good health, having had a pleasant passage from
Halifax.

Railroad progress is a prominent subject of interest
with Canadians at present. The Grand Trunk Railroad
Company have already expended over a million sterling
on their works in Canada. A contract for a road to run
front Brockville to the Ottawa, to be finished in the sum-
mer of 1855, has just been entered into. The Buffalo,
Brantford, and Goodritch Railway completion had been
celebrated at Brantford, many Americans being present.
The news from California is interesting. The exports
of gold for the year, as manifested in the Custom-house,
was $67,873,505. The total product of the mines, during
the five years ten months and a-half, since the discovery,
was estimated at $260,000,000. The arrival of passengers
by sea during the year, as shown by the Custom-house
records, were 35,185, and the departures 30,316 ; the popu-
lation having thus increased 4,869. Dnring the year,
1,028 vessels of 555,794 tons entered the harbour of San
Francisco, and 1,091 vessels of 635,480 tons cleared, being
an increase of 22 per cent on last year. The works for the
fortification of the harbour of San Francisco had been
commenced on Alcatraz Island and Fort Point. The
former position was to have forty heavy guns, the latter
110. A couple of very large sales of auction property be-
longing to the City of San Francisco and State were made
on the 26th and 28th Dec. The property brought about
$1,550,000. A German society to encourage emigration
had been formed in San Francisco. In Klamath Valley
there was a pretty strong feeling for the formation of a
new state, to reach from the Umpqua to Cape Mendocine.
A slight shock of earthquake had been felt in Shasta on
the 23rd Dec. The intelligence from the mining dissricts
was not generally so satisfactory, operations in many dis-
tricts having to be suspended for want of water. Tunnel-
ling was coming more and more into practice. In several
cases, by this system, the ancient beds of rivers and
gulches had been discovered under the hills, and found to
be very rich. The news from the Klamath was very
favourable. New diggings had been found on one of the
eastern he 4 branches of the Sacramento. The Pilot
Creek Canal; a work some twenty miles in length, which
was intended to furnish water to some of the richest and
most extensive dry diggings in the State, was progressing
rapidly and would soon be completed. Great numbers of
Chinamen had gone to Shasta, and the miners there were
talking of rising to expel them. There was a growing
feeling that some legislation would be necessary to
define more clearly the rights of miners and mining
companies. _ _ _

Late advices from Lower California state that Captain
Walker was still president of that republic, so that the
Mexican accounts of the overthrow and complete annihi-
lation of the forty-five filibusters under Captain Walker
are incorrect.
From Honduras our advices are to the 4th ultimo. The
recent suspension of hostilities against Honduras by Gua-
temala had caused the reduction of the army of the latter
country to the peace scale. The refusal of Guatemala to
accept the proposed mediation of San Salvador and Nica-
ragua seemed to have offended the pride of the latter
government ; however, it was hoped that all difficulties
would be arranged. The government of Nicaragua had
banished a number of the principal men of Leon, on the
allegation that they had been concerned in revolutionary
movements. Amongst them we notice the names of
General Jose Guerrero, late President of the State ; Senor
Francisco Castillon, late Secretary of Foreign Affairs, and
Minister to England ; and Colonel Zapata Dias, late Se-
cretary of War.
COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE.
NEW' YORK, JAN. 25.

MoNEy.—The Niagara's advices have had an unfavour-
able effect on prices of stocks, which close with a down-
ward tendency. The amount of stocks in the market is
very limited. Money is more abundant, but there is little
disposition to make investments. In foreign exchange
only a moderate business was done. Bills on London are
quoted 81 to 9k per cent. prem. ; on Paris, &c., f 5,161 to
f 5,18/.
COTTON.—The market has ruled with steadiness during
the last three days, and the demand continues moderate.
The sales amounted to 5,222 bales. The annexed quota-
tions show no change from the previous report except
grades of middling fair to fair Upland, which, being
relatively scarce, are advanced c, The market closed
irregular.

NEW YORK CLASSIFICATION. N. Orleans
Upland. Florida. Mobile. & Texas.
Ordinsry 7f .... 71 .... 8 .... 8*
Middling 9l .... 10 .... 101 .... 101
Middling fair 101 .... 101 .... 111 .... 11/
Fair
RECEIPTS, EXPORTS, AND STOCKS OF COTTON.

Exports to Total Exports Stock, an
Receipts. Gt. Britain. to For. ports, on ship b'
1853 1 111,726 332,411 519,952 587,227
18.52 1,696,526 690,018 904,387 611,067
Increase
Decrease 584,800 357,607 384,435 103,540

W. P. Wright, in his circular of the 25th, states that
the southern markets have been moderately active, chiefly
on French and continental account. Prices were slightly
lower, more particularly at New Orleans. The receipts
at the ports continue higher than at the corresponding
period last year. Opinions on the crop remain without
change : the current estimate in New York and in the
south is 3,000,000 bales.
BREADSTUFES.-011 the receipt of the telegraphic
advices by the Niagara, via" Halifax, large sales of Western
Canal flour were made on Monday, at $9 per barrel, being
an advance of $1 per barrel on Saturday's prices. On
Tuesday there were further sales at the rate, and extra
brands were taken to some extent at a further advance of
$1 per barrel. The wheat market is unsettled and irre-
gular, and sales have been restricte_d by the high prices
asked.
FREIGIITS.—To Great Britain freights are firmer, and
a considerable advance has been established, closing at the
outside rates. To Liverpool, cotton, id. ; corn, 10d. to
13d. • flour, 3s. 6d. to 4s. 6d. To London,: flour, 68. per
barrel ; grain, in bags, 25c. per bushel.

Sum:mos.—Scotch pig iron has been :ess active during
the last few days, the full currency of last week not being
now attainable. The last sale of Liverpool Orrel coal
brought $l3, four months.--Liverpool salt is dull, and
some parcels, ground and fine, are going in store.—The
market for western pork closed at an advance of 25c. on
new mess ; other descriptions remain unchanged.—Beef
in moderate request ; prices show no material alteration.
Nxiv (?RLE.A.rrs, JAN. 23.—Freights to Liverpool 11.16 d.
Cotton is quiet at full prices. Stock on hand 209,000
bales. The week's receipts have been 28,000. Middling is
quoted at 91e. Flour 17,000 barrels. Ohio sold at $7,12k.
Corn is active at 73c,

CHARLESTON,
JAN. U.—The sales of cotton to-day
amounted to 1,000 bales, at Bic. to 10;c, The market is
dull, and tending downward.

IMPERIAL PARLIA_MENT.