The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1853-11-15 00:00:00

THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD, AND GENERAL COMMERCIAL ADVERTISER

FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE.

FRANCE.—The trial of the persons accused of conspir-
ing against the life of the Emperor commenced in the
Court of Assizes, at Paris, on Monday. The Court was
crowded to excess, and the case excited great interest.
The table was covered with swords, pistols, boxes, books,
and pamphlets, which had been seized on the accused or
at their lodgings. Twenty-seven persons were brought
to trial. The number of persons involved in the charges
was, at first, seventy-seven. Of these, thirty-three were,
after an investigation, ordered for trial. Six, however,
have taken flight, and the number of those who appeared
is therefore' as above. 'The case is not yet concluded. It
has been decided in council that 25,000 men shall be sent
to Turkey if the Emperor of Russia should persist in a
course of aggression, or demand pecuniary indemnity as
the condition of his continuing it. Very little French
news of any importance is to be added to the proceedings
against the accused, in the matter of the plot against Na-
poleon. The Russian ambassador is among the number
of personages invited to meet the Emperor at Fontaine-
bleau. Court civilities will not be misunderstood by M.
de Kisseleff as lessening the real difficulty between the
Government he represents and that of Napoleon.
BELGIUM.—The Legislative Chambers were opened by
the King in person on Tuesday last. His Majesty referred
to the union between his son the Duke of Brabant and
the Archduchess Marie Henriette of Austria, a union
which the Chambers had applauded, and which had
been realised since the close of the last session. The re-
mainder of the speech included, among other topics, the
re-organisation of the military establishment, the produc-
tiveness of national imposts, the necessity of considering how
to lower the import duties on raw materials, the patent
laws, the forest code, arid the law of forced expropriation;
public inststruction, hygiene, and industrial science.
SPAIN.—M. Mendizabel, who held a prominent position
in the Spanish government during the regency of Espar-
tero, died at his residence in Madrid, on the morning ef
the 3rd instant, of pulmonary catarrh.
DENMARK.—The new constitution proposed by the
Danish government will give Holstein, like Schleswig, her
special administration and legislature. In matters of state
it will, however, be placed equally with Schleswig under
the regime of a legislation common to all parts of the mo-
narchy, that is to say, on all questions affecting the crown,
the general finances, the army, and the navy.

BELGRADE, OCT. 2l.—Detachments of Austrian troops
keep a close watch on the Servian frontier. The concentra-
tion of a large corps on that frontier is mentioned as
probable.
Advices from St. Petersburg of the 25th ult., in the
Dresden Journal, contain some details of the military
preparations in Russia. Besides the three corps in the
Danubian Principalities and Bessarabia, there is a fourth
(moveable) corps in Volhynia and Podolia, and large masses
of troops are concentrated in other places. At Krement-
shuck are eight regiments of Cuirassiers and four regiments
of Lancers, and eight regiments of Dragoons are stationed
at Charkow. Besides these there are numerous pulks of
Cossacks ready to take the field. Large bodies of troops,
too, are marching to reinforce the army under Prince
Woronzoff. _

It appears that it was not the fort of Isatchka, but a
small town situate near that place, and bearing the same
name, that was burned by the fire of the Russian gun-boats.
A communication from Constantinople states that the
most perfect tranquillity prevailed, and that the pay of the
functionaries and the army were regularly kept up.
A despatch from Vienna states that the following are
the conditions insisted on in an ultimatum presented by
Omer Pasha to Prince Gortschakoff :—" All the strong
places in the Principalities to be given into the hands of
the Turks immediately ; the complete evacuation of the
Principalities as speedily as possible, and a guarantee of
all the powers against similar invasion."
On the Asiatic borders the Turks are stated to have
obtained several decided advantages over the Russian army.
On the 2nd instant the English and French fleets,
under the command of Admirals Dundas and Hamelin,
anchored in the Bosphorus, and the commanders proceeded
to Constantinople.

Five Russian officers, prisoners of war, arrived at Con-
stantinople on the 4th.
A telegraphic despatch states that the Turks have taken
Cherkedy, a town in Asia.

25,000 Turks have crossed the Danube, at Widdin, into
Wallachia.

Fresh military levies are being raised in Egypt. The
son of Abbas Pacha has been named minister of war.
BERLIN, SUNDAY.—The Journal de St. Petersburg
contains an announcement from the minister of finance,
from which it appears that an embargo will be laid on
Turkish vessels in Russian harbours on November 22nd.
Atter that date Turkish merchant vessels will be declared
lawful prizes, even though they may have other than
Turkish property on board. Neutrals will enjoy complete
freedom even after the commencement of hostilities.

The Paris journal Patrie has a Constantinople letter of
29th, stating that the Turkish fleet had chased some Rus-
sian vessels and driven them into Sebastopol. They were
a flotilla of gun-boats.
It is stated that in the Caucasus the Russians were
driven three leagues from their position, and the Turks
now occupy the Russian frontier.

The Tri;nes' Paris correspondent writes, on Saturday.
that a report was current in political circles that the Turks
had been compelled to recross the Danube, with immense
loss, having been defeated under the walls of Bucharest,
by Gortschakoff, with whom Dannenberg had formed a
junction. On inquiring in a quarter generally well-informed,
the writer was told that a private telegraphic despatch
was said to have been received, and that no such news had
been received in official quarters. The report had obtained
a certain degree of credit.
The Paris correspondent of the Chronicle states that
the French Government received on Friday night a tele-
graphic despatch from its Consul at Bucharest, announcing
a serious engagement in the neighbourhood of that place,
in which, says the despatch, " the Russians attribute to
themselves the victory."

The screw steam-ship City of Manchester, Capt. Leitch,
arrived at Philadelphia from this port on the 31st ult.
The screw steam-ship Sarah Sands, Capt. Illsley, sailed
from Montreal for this port on the 27th ult.
A large meeting of merchants had been held at New
York to express their sentiments relative to the removal
from the collectorship of New York of Judge Bronson by
the administration. The feeling was one of universal con-
demnation. A number of resolutions expressive of the
opinion of the meeting were unanimously adopted.
The advices from Washington state that the govern-
ment had received voluminous despatches from Com-
modore Perry, giving a detailed account of his visit to
Japan. The contents have not yet been made public.
Advices have also been received of the favourable recep-
tion of Messrs. Belmont and Daniels, by the governments
to which they were respectively accredited.
Owing to the neglect of a watchman on the Hudson
River Railway, a great many lives had been jeopardised.
The train, a very heavy one, with two locomotives at-
tached, was run upon a short side truck, and nearly every
car was completely demolished. The forward locomotive
was run into the ground to such an extent that the hinder-
most end was elevated to an angle of 45 deg. The direc-
tors of the Crystal Palace have resolved to keep the Ex-
hibition open through the winter, instead of closing it in
December, as they had previously contemplated.
The steamer Ajax, which left New York, for Boston, on
the 23d ult., is supposed to have foundered, with all on
board. The Board of Health at New Orleans had de-
clared the yellow fever to be at an end. Judge Edmonds
had written to the Herald, succinctly and pointedly
stating his reasons for declining to become a candidate for
re-election. The judge, finding that his peculiar religious
opinions (a belief in spiritual rappings) are obnoxious to a
great majority of those composing the political party to
which he has hitherto belonged, was determined to retire
from public office. A very destructive conflagration had
occurred in New York, on the 31st ult. A portion of
Mr. Fowler's extensive buildings, in Nassau and Fulton-
streets, were destroyed by fire, and property to the amount
of $400,000 consumed. What is still more deplorable,
two or more lives were lost. A large fire had also oc-
curred at Brooklyn, destroying about $90,000 worth of
property.

- The :Boston Transcript says :—The marine losses have
been very heavy during the past week, as will be seen
from the details given
,Wow. Upon the barque Francis,
of Marblehead, burn t Cronstadt, we hear of $82,000
insurance at the following offices, viz.:—'-Neptune. $13,000;
Hope, $lB,OOO ; Alliance, $28,000; City Mutual, $26,000.
It is rumoured that other offices have also lost upon this ves-
sel. The ship President was valued at $60,000. She is
insured for $50,000, as follows, viz. :—United States,
$lO,OOO ; New England Mutual, $4,000 ; Equitable,
$21,000 ; Alliance, $15,000. The owners had a policy of
$lO,OOO upon the freight list at the Alliance office. The
ship William Sturges was insured for $35,000 divided
among the following offices : —Hope, $90,000 ; Washing-
ton, $9,000 ; Boston, $9,000 ; Neptune, $8,600. The ship
Lapland was insured for $48,500 at the following offices :—•
Neptune, $9,000 ; Hope, $9,000 ; Washington, $9,000 ;
Suffolk, $9,000; Equitable, $9,000; Triton, $3,500. The
losses amount to a sum which exceeds a quarter of a mil-
lion of dollars.
Advices from Honduras announce that the Inter-
Oceanic Railroad surveying patty have discovered a new
route, which will enable persons going from New York to
reach California seven days earlier than by way of Pa-
nama. The route is represented as straight, dry, and
nearly level, and passes through rich silver and other mines.
Advices from Mexico to the date of the 21st ult. from
Vera Cruz, announce that the battle between the Yucatan
revolutionists and the Mexican troops continued eight
days. A remnant of the revolutionists had fled to the
mountains. The Diario Official announces that money
had been sent to London to meet the dividend under the
convention of 1850. Two hundred and sixty-three rob-
bers, murderers, pickpockets, &c., were sent from Mexico
to Vera Cruz under a strong escort. The Spanish Ambas-
sador was still at Vera Cruz. The particulars of his dif-
ficulty with the Mexican government had not transpired.
Horrible accounts of the depredations of Indians in the
frontier States continued to reach the capital.

COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE.
NEW YORK, Nov 2.
MowEr.—The downward tendency which existed in the
stock market on the sailing of the Canada reached the
lowest point of depression a few days thereafter. A re-
action to some extent has since taken place, attended by
considerable transactions, the low rates having brought
out purchasers. At the close there was a general steadi-
ness but the business was limited. Loans on call on
the better class of securities can still be obtained rea-
j dily at seven per cent., but long negociations are dif-
kcult. Discount on rst-class paper rules at 12 to
15 per cent., and on railroad notes, at four to six
Months, at from 15 to 24 per cent., according to quality.
The receipts of gold from California since our last have
been 2,700,000 dols. The demand for gold for remittance
to Europe, it is expected, will absorb the greater part of
this amount. There is a considerable number of produce
I bills on England in the market, which, on account of the
want of confidence, are difficult of negociation. .Other
bills are also freely offered, and the rates are rather tend-
ing downward. Foreign exchange has moved slowly ;
there are plenty of produce bills on Europe offering,
which, on account of the want of confidence, are difficult
of negociation. We quote first-class bills : London, 1094
to 1091 ; Paris, 5121 to 5114 ; Amsterdam, 481 to 414 ;
Hamburg, 364 to 364 ; Bremen, 804 to 801 ; Frankfort, 414.
COTTON.—(From W. P. Wright's Circular, Nov. 2.)
—ln this market there have been large sales, with an ad-
vance of lc. to it. per lb. on the quotations of 24th ult.
On Tuesday of last week we received, simultaneously from
Charleston, Savannah, Augusta, Macon and other points
in Georgia, and also from Alabama, telegraphic despatches
containing the information that, on the night of the 24th
October, a frost had passed over those various localities,
and, as it was generally reported, severe enough to kill
the cotton plant, a speculative feeling at once sprung up,
which continued throughout the week, the market on
Saturday closing at the advance above stated ; the busi-
ness would have been larger, but for the failure of the
mail, and the inlarruption of telegaphic communication
during the week, after Tuesday. On Monday we re-
ceived from Charleston, Savannah, and Augusta, let-
ters subsequent to the frost of the 25th October, and
though none deny the fact of the frost, there is great
doubt as to the extent of the injury sustained thereby,
some asserting positively that the plant was killed by
it, which others as strongly deny, and state their belief that
the frost would, on the contrary, prove favourable for
forcing open the bolls, and the gathering of much
cotton that might otherwise have been lost. The
strongest argument in favour of the opinion that no in-
jury has been done to the cotton still in the fields exists
in the fact, that both in Charleston and Savannah the
report of frost caused holders to demand higher rates ;
but accounts from the interior not confirming the frost as
a killing one, the markets became dull again, and closed
at a decline of Ic. to per lb. in the former, and ie.
per lb. in the latter. Prices are firmly maintained by
holders, influenced somewhat by our reduced stock of un-
sold cotton. The southern markets have been dull' and
drooping ; prices are lower, sales light, stocks increasing,
foreign freights high and scarce. The following is a state-
ment of the movement in cotton since the Ist of Sep-
tember last, as compared with the previous three years :

1853 1852 1851 1850.
Receipts at the ports 177,000 337,000 251,000 210,000
Exports to Great Britain 55,000 98,000 70,000 111,000
If France 6,000 12,000 28,000 26,000
„ other for. ports 16,000 16,000 6,000 24,000
Total exports 77,000 126,000 104,000 161.000
Stock on hand

BREADSTUFFS.—For flour there was an improved feeling
on the receipt of the accounts per steamer Niagara, to the
15th instant, from Liverpool ; and an advance of 64-c. per
barrel was realised. The advices per Arctic, received on
Monday, gave a fresh impulse to prices, and a further
advance of 25c. per barrel has been realised. Wheat has
regained the decline of 2c. per bushel, and the market
closes with a further considerable advance, and a large
demand. Indian corn has declined 2c. to 4c. per bushel.
Exports of breadstuffs from the United States to Great
Britain and Ireland, since Ist September last :—Flour,
303,546; last year, 208,732 barrels. Wheat, 1,887,504;
last year, 1,436,496 bushels. Indian corn, 63,224 ; last
year, 31,950 bushels.
PROVISIONS.—Pork in moderate demand, and the stock
is rather light. There is but little good old beef in bbls.
in the market, but quite a stock of ordinary. There has
been no new tierce beef come to market yet, •old brought
$l7 to $2O, and new will probably bring some three dollars
a tierce more. Butter and cheese dull.

NAVAL STORES.—SaIes of spirits of turpentine have
been made to a moderate extent, at 68c. to 70e. ; crude
turpentine, $4.75; common rosin, $1.70 to $1.85; white
rosin, $2.75 to $4.75 ; tar, $3.25 to $3.621.
Inox.—The demand is fair, with sales of 700 to 800
tons Scotch pig, at $32.50 to $33, cash. Swedish steel
iron, $87.60, 6 mos. We hear of no sales of English bars.
FREIGHTS are firm. We quote :—To Liverpool: Cotton,
square bales, per lb., 4d. to 9-32 d. ; flour, per barrel, 4s. to
4s. 6d. ; rosin, 3s. 6d. to ; heavy goods, per ton, 40s. ;
grain in bulk per bushel, 13d. to 13.1-d.
NEW ORLEANS, NOV. I.—The cotton market was un-
settled yesterday by the Arctic's news, and the sales barely
reached 1,000 bales. Shis morning the market is active,
and already 4,000 bales have been sold. Middling, 9c. to
9-te. ; superfine flour $6.90 to $7 ; corn dull, at 65c. to
70c. ; mess pork, $l6 ; rice dull, at 61c. for new crop.
Sight exchange on New York is at -1-4 per cent. premium.
CHARLESTON' Nov. I.—Sales to-day, 850 bales, at
prices ranging from Bc. to late.
SAVANNAH, Ocr. 31.—A slight advance has taken
place in our cotton market, both to-day and on Saturday.