The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1853-12-20 00:00:00

TUESDAY, DECEMBER 20, 1853.

No. 1624.1

Standard Office, Two o'clock, p.m

(BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.]

THE MINISTRY

The Herald says: "It is as yet unknown whether Sir
George Grey has accepted the vacant Secretaryship, but
little doubt is expressed in political circles on that head."

It is supposed Sir George Grey

The Chronicle says
will accept the vacant Secretaryship
The Advertiser reports a difficulty in the way, because

Sir G. Grey represents t

only contains a constituency of 400, and consequently
would be placed in the category of Lord John Russell's
small boroughs, which it is proposed to extinguish. His
re-election could, therefore, scarcely be expected. Amongst
others now named for the office is Lord Grey.

THE WAII. IN THE EAST,

(From the Times.)

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the steamers sent to in

Stratford immeMately sett

vernment. It was expected that the condlint
would immediately enter the 31ack Sea. The
were greatly excited, and it was rep,rted that the
under Admiral 'lad,; would. attack 'ebastopt 1, su]
by the llritish and French Sleets.
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LiVERPOOL CORN MARKET.—Tms DAY.
The weather in some parts of the country, in the course
of last week, has been variable, but more generally frosty
and severely cold, the latter having been uncommonly
the case here since Tuesday last.
The prevalence of contrary winds continuing to keep
back the bulk of the expected large arrivals from the west-
ward, the supplies of foreign grain into this port, during
the week ending yesterday, are consequently very mode-
rate in amount, those of flour having been principally
reported on Friday ; the receipts within the same period,
coastwise and from Ireland, consist chiefly of a tolerable
quantity of Oats and Oatmeal.
The market to-day was well attended, and an active
business was doing in Wheat

at an advance of from 2d. to
3d. per 701 b. Flour was also in demand at about 6d. per
barrel dearer. Indian Corn was the turn higher. Oat-
meal was in request at a slight advance. In other articles
but little doing, and quotations almost nominal.

LONDON STOCK & SHARE MARKET.—Tius DAT
NOON QUOTATIONS
Firms.—Consols for Account, 944

Exchequer Bills,
L and S, 75 ; Three-and-a-Quarter per Cent., 9(i 6.

131 1; East Lancashire, 67; Great NOrthern, 861 ; Great
Western, 84 ; Lancashire and Yorkshire, 684; London and
I, North-Western, 104 k 4 4; Midland Stock, 641 4 ; North
British, 33f 41; North Staffordshire, 12; South-Eastern
cl and Dover, 644 4.

I STOCK EXCHANGE.--T is DAY.
NOON QUOTATIONS.
Eastern Counties, 131 11-16 ; East Lancashire Pref.
qrs., 8 13-16; London and North Western, C. qrs., 5-16
pm. ; Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincoln, 25i ; Midland,
64 : South Eastern and Dover. 191-.

LEEDS STOCK EXCHANGE.—Tins DA.Y.
NOON QUOTATIONS.
Lancashire and Yorkshire, 68i ; Midland, 64 4 ; North
Western, 8 16-16.

The Bernard, hence at Antwerp 17th inst. ; the Water-

Barcelona 30th Nov., and was warned off by the board of
health ; the Cynosure, hence at Venice 11th Nov. ; the
Georgian, hence at Seville 29th Nov.
The Lucille, from Bilboa for Liverpool 11th inst.; the
Sine Nombre, from Seville for Liverpool 6th inst.

Atkinson, from Belize ; Pandora, for Saguenay ; Nereid,
from Alexandria; Balmoral, from Quebec; Fortune, from
Callao ; Moro Castle, from New York ; Grainepion, from
Callao, Dec. 19—all at Gravesend.
RAMSGATE, Dec. 19.—The Africa, from Melbourne,

PLvmouni, Dec. 19.—The Lady Sale, from Havana,
grounded, but came off without a'
King of the Forest, from Liv
mouth, Dec. 19

)001, leaky,- at Ports-

CONGREGATIONAL DISCIPLINE IN RIISSIA.—A letter
am Russia gives a curious account of the discipline oc-
sionallv exercised over the Pastors by their flocks :

I "In one parish in the interior the inhabitants, for a long
time past, have invariably kept their spiritual Pastor
under lock and key from Saturday evening until twelve
his becoming to much in-
the M a - yet

to be able to penis.— ,ne _ _ass ; , _ solve
occasions they have been deceived, and he has staggered
into the Church, thanks to the bottle of brandy he had
concealed beneath his frock."

.y Tuesday, by the Proprietor, ROBERT PEARSON THACKER, of No. 7, Percy-street, at the
&NDAiLD Gassam, eitINTINO thrs.tca No. 4, St. George's Crescent, Liverpool.—Tuesday, December 20, 1633.