The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1854-03-14 00:00:00

RUSSIA.

An extraordinary supplement of the Journal de
St. Petersbourg,of the 3d, contains an exposition
of the progress of the Oriental dispute, and the
conduct of the Western Powers. This document
extends to the length of three folio pages, and is a
clever piece of special pleading. It contains also
the Russian answers to the circulars of the French
cabinet. The. Preussiche Correspondenz contains
an exposition of the Prussian policy. It is defined
to be for the present neutrality, and for the future
mediation.

A Berlin despatch, of March 7, says Russia
will place all her forces in the harbours of the
Baltic, under the chief command of General Von
Berg% Prince Paskievitsch will assume the corn-,
mand of the Danubian army, and General Rudiger
will be at the head of the administration in Poland.
In Riga large stores of corn are said to be collected,
but they cannot be shipped on account of the cri-
tical state of affairs. Travellers from the Danubian
principalities have brought with them some pro-
clamations of the Russians, in the Servian and
Bulgarian languages, which are still being printed
in Bucharest, and doubtless are intended for dis-
tribution, so soon as the Russians shall have crossed
the Danube. As the languages are not understood
here, their contents remain a secret for the present."
The Paris correspondent of the Morning Post
gives a statement, to the effect that the ice in the
Baltic had broken up as far as Revel, and that the
Russian fleet in that harbour are making great
exertions to join the division at Cronstadt.
A very striking feature in the present state of
Russian affairs has begun to manifest itself, namely,
the anxiety of shipowners to sell their ships. Thus
it seems that, while the warlike ardour animates
England and France, the fear of war is felt among
the mercantile classes of Russia. A complete
panic, indeed, might fairly be inferred from the
advertisements, filling all the commercial journals,
for the sale of Russian vessels. The firm of Solo-
mon Heine, of Hamburg, has purchased several.
A despatch from Trieste, of Tuesday last, says that
three Russian ships of war, anchored at' that har-
bour, have been sold, the crews returning to Russia
overland.

The Emperor Nicholas and his family have left
St. Petersburg, to take up their temporary resi-
dence in the city of Warsaw, where, it is said, the
Czar hopes he will be able to exercise his influence
more effectually upon Prussia and Austria.
An imperial letter, report states, has been ad-
dressed to the Princess Mathilde, daughter of
Prince Jerome Bonaparte, and wife of the Russian
Prince Demidoff, from whom she is separated.
The *enour of this letter is said to be a recommen-
dation that the Princess should make use of her
influence over the opinions of the French Emperor
bring almt Al 4 Pgrctllelita

TURKEY.

A letter from Constantinople has been received
at Vienna, declaring that hostilities had been every-
where suspended in consequence of the severe
frost ; that sixty pieces of cannon had been disem-
barked at Trebizond and Baroum ; and that Persia,
determined to remain neutral, had been fortifying
its Turkish frontiers. This letter also states that,
should the Affghans attempt to attack Kandahar,
Persia will offer her mediation. Khan Khiva, who
had fled into Bokhara, had called upon the neigh-
bouring Khans to assist in the war against Russia.
CONSTANTINOPLE, Feb. 25.—The convoying
steam squadron, which left the Bosphorus on the
7th, and returned on the 20th, pushed on as fast
as possible to Trebizond, at which place it arrived
on the 10th, in order to release the poor soldiers
from the crowded decks without delay. 5,000 men,
and a considerable quantity of stores, &c., were
safely disembarked there. Prince Gortschakoff
returned to Bucharest on the 4th, and has pub-
lished a kind of apologetic explanatory bulletin. In
it he describes the retirement of the Turks from
the villages near Kalafat, and their occupation by
has own troops, as a completed movement. If
such a document may be trusted, it would appear
that he has had enough of Kalafat for the present,
and has no immediate intention of attacking it.
Yesterday the legal confirmation of the betrothal
of the Sultan's eldest daughter, (Sultana Fathma,)
aged 14, to, Redschid Pasha's son, (Ali Galib,)
aged 21, was celebrated at the Sultan's palace with
much pomp.. A long train of men, bearing on their
heads trays of fruits, flowers, brocades, jewels, &c!,
as wedding presents, marched in procession from
Redschid Pasha's house to the palace of. the Sultan.
The sight was rather barbarous and queer than
pretty or imposing ;. but the sight of pretty Tur-
kish damsels, in gaudy Orientalized broughams,
in some sort repaid. one for a flounder through the
filthy streets. By a happy arrangement, the pret-
tier the face, the more transparent is the veil ;. the
plainer it is, the more opaque is the covering. This
is an innovation and au improvement on Turkish
customs, and some are of opinion that it might be
Imitated with advantage. in other countries. Ott
the same day were cerebrated the first betrothals
of his Majesty's three remaining daughters with;
the sons of high dignitaries,• as, follow :—The Sul-
tana Refilha to Ethem Pasha, son of the ex-Seras-
kier Mehemet Ali Pasha the SUltana Gemile to
Mahmend. Gelad-ed-din Pasha; son of the Grand
Master of the Artillery, Ahmet Fethi Pasha ; and
the Sidtana Munire to Ilhami Pasha, son of Abbas
Pasha,. Governor-general of Egypt. It must be
remembered that these princesses are quite chil-
dren. There is evidently an; attempt to satisfy
both the great rival politicians- in this scheme. It
is said that the presents for these different mar-
riages amount to 40,000,000 of piastres, and
that Redschid Pasha alone has spent 6,000,000 in
jewellery, &a;

The General-in-Chief of the Russian army in
Wallachia and Moldavia has issued'a-decree, com-
pelling merchants and others to take Russian pa-
per money, upon pain of being considered rebels,
and who will be-treated with accordingly.

AMERICA.
ARRIVAL OF THE CANADA.

By the British and North American:Royal Mail
Steam-ship Cana4 Captain Stone, which arrived
on Sunday afternoon, we have intelligence from
New York to the 28th ult., and from Boston to the
Ist instant.
The Canada brought thirty-nine passengers and
$159,145 in specie on freight.
The screw steam-ship Andes arrived at Boston
on the Ist instant, from this port.
The Empire City Had sailed from Aspinwall for
New York with $600;000 in gold dust.
A letter from Washington says that the Peru-
vian Government have declined conforming to
their agreement to settle with Captain 3lECerren
for the injuries sustained by him at theChincha
Islands.

The New York Herald scouts the, idea of
Russian agents being engaged in inducing:persons
in the States to send out - privateers, in.the event
of a war with Russia.

A dispatch from Wiskington states. that the
British - and French Ministers had mad upon
Secretary Marcy for the purpose of protesting
against the fitting out, of 'Russian priiirateers in
the United States. It- was also understood that
they informed the secretary that sr_eh vessels
would be treated as pirates by their respective
governments. The reply. of Secretary Maxey had
not been made public..
General Cass had', moved a resole ion in the
Senate, " That while the. United States. of America
are disposed to observe in a spirit- of good faith
international obligations, they desire a similar
observance of such obligations by ante* nations
of the earth, and that they can never behold with
indifference the obliteration of independent states
by a third power, because of the pohlical freedom
of such states."

On the 27th of February, the immediate passage
of the bill, authoriSing the building of six first-
class steam frigates was urged as highly necessary,
and ultimately it was adopted ; but in the House
an unsuccessful effort was, made to promote the
measure, and it therefore goes to the bottom of
the long calendar of bills to be acted on in com-
mittee, and may not be reached for months.
The ship Cornelius Grinnell, which had arrived
at New York from this port,. reported, " That on
the 26th January, at noon, in tat. 48, lon. 32, saw
a vessel with the Ameriean flag, union down;;
went to her- assistance,. and; found her to be the
ship Columbiana of New York, Captain Stahl,
from New Orleans, bound to Liverpool.. On
rounding to under her lee,. saw that her decks had:
been swept,.that all her masts were gone, the bul-
warks much broken, and the men lashed to the
pumps. The sea at the, time was running very
high, so much so that it was impossible to lower
the boat with any degree of safety ; consequently
hove the ship to under bare poles until four p.m.
next day,. when the weather moderating, we suc-
ceeded in getting a boat near the ship, and
hauled the captain, officers, and crew, sixteen in
number, into the boat through the sea,, by lines
made fast around them, and from the boats to the
in the same- manner, which was accomplished
in two trips. The crew were in a very exhausted
state from fatigue and exposure. On the following
Tuesday,_ 31st,. sunset, saw another dismasted
vessel with the British flag, union down. Went
to her- assistance, and succeeded in taking off the
captain. and crew, nine in number). of the brig
Frederick, Captain Parker, of Parsboro', N. S.,
from, Halifax, bound to Liverpool.. It was dark at
the time, and being comparatively moderate, very
little trouble or danger attended the circumstance.
On Thursday, the deputy-inspector Wooldridge,
of the customs, arrested the steward of the British
steam-ship 4frica, on a charge. of being concerned
in the smuggling of a large quantity of lace goods
for an importing house in, this city. The mer-
chant's store had been searehed, and the whole of
the goods are now under the supervision of Capt.
Rynders, deputy-surveyor,, who had been assigned
by the collector for that special purpose. It is said
that a large amount of property has already been
seized.—New York 11,iiralel.

A letter from Easton, Pennsylvania, mentions
that a pilot-engine bad been precipitated from the
rails of the Belvidere line down an embankment
into a river, severe's), injuring three persons. At
the French Opera-house, New Orleans, three per-
sons had been killed and upwards of fifty wounded
by the falling of the gallery. General Robert
Armstrong, formerly United States Consul at
Liverpool, ka4 died at Washington, Two steamers,
one running on the Alabama river, and the other
on the Bybee river, had been destroyed by fire. In
the Illinois Legislature a resolution had been
offered against the aggressive policy of the
Emperor of Russia; the resolution concludes,
" Resolved that the governor be required to for-
ward to the aforesaid Czar a copy of the above
resolution."
CALIFORNIA.
The Northern Light had arrived at New York
with $BOO,OOO in gold-dust on freight, and later
advices from San Francisco, California. The
stringency in monetary affairs consequent on the
long drought, the small produce of the mines, and
the overburdened condition of the San Francisco
market had occasioned several heavy failures. The
sum of the liabilities was about $600,000, and the
assets $300,000. The late rains were causing more
confidence, though there was little prospect for
improvement in the price of goods. The same
influences had caused a slight fall in the prices of
real estate. The agent for the invaders of Lower
California had been busy in seeking for recruits in
San Joaquin and Toulumne counties. Rain, which
began on the 11th, continued till the 17th, when
began some weather colder than the oldest resi-
dents remember to have experienced. The rivers,
canals, and glutches had plenty of water for the
present, and the prospect was that the produce of
the mines for the next month would be very large.
Some of the rivers had become very high, and
many valuable dams, flumes, and mills had been
%%and away, the amo eluatud patim

the mountains snow had fallen plentifully, and,
looking off to the east from San Francisco, the
white gowns of Monte Diablo and of the Santa
Clara Mountains could be seen. A destructive fire
had, occurred at Placeville. The silver mine an-
nounced to have been discovered ninety miles east
of Monterey, in the mountains, is said to be very
promising. Some of the ore which had been tried
produced $4O from 100 pounds of ore. Hostilities
had occurred on the Klamath River between the
Indians and whites. Advices from Lower Cali-
fornia report that Walker, " president" of the
American invaders, continued to issue proclama-
tions. From the Sandwich Islands we learn that
the small-pox had ceased its ravages. Owing to
false rumours, a run had taken place in the
banking-house of Adams and Co., but, as all claims
were promptly met, the excitement soon ceased.
Letters from Havana, of the 25th, report a
rumour to the effect that a negro insurrection had
occurred east of Cardenas. A change of troops
'had been unexpectedly made at Puerto Principe.
In Havana all was quiet. Sugar was dull, through
the want of shipping. Freights to England were
quoted at five guineas. Flour was scarce. Rice
and lard were improving.

COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE.
Nnw YORK, FRI. 28.
COTTON. (Prom W., P. Wright's Circular.)—
The more extensive operations in cotton last week in this
market prove that the accounts from Europe by the Pacific
and Europa are looked upon here as decidedly favourable.
We have had a good demand for cotton from exporters
and, home consumers. Prices have had an upward
tendency all week, and the quotations show an advance of
about sc, per lb. since Tuesday last Middling Uplands
cannot now be bought under 10c. per lb.; nor middling
New Orleans under lolc. per lb. Our stock of unsold
cotton is again very much reduced ; there is little offered
in transit& from the South to Europe,. for which a good
demand now prevails, at very full prices-- The sales since
the 20th instant to last evening have been :—For export,
8,464 bales; home use, 4,334; speculations 1,894; and in
transitu, 1,383;: total, 15,885 bales. The export has been
as follows :—Liverpool, 3,982 bales ; Havre,.7o; Antwerp,
338; Hamburg, 119; Rotterdam, 402 ; Bremenr27: total,
4,939 bales. The deficit in receipts at the ports is again
augmented, and now amounts to 622,000 bales) the largest
figure attained this-season, and caused by light receipts
in Charleston and Savannah during the past week. This
continued deficiency in receipts, as compared with last
year, is causing a general lack of confidence in estimates
for the total yield of over 2,800,000 bales.
The following is a statement of the movement ineotton
since the Ist September last, as compared with the-pre-
view three years:

1854. 1853. 1852. 1-851.
Receipt,: at the Ports, 1,793:000 2,327,000 1,791,000 1,622,000
Exports to Gt. Britain, 516,000 912,000 623,000 509P00
„ France 183,000 174,000 244,000 211;000'
, ether For. Ports, 119,000 159,000 122,000 119,000
Total exports BlB,OOO. 1,245,000 989,000 839,000,
Stock on hand 700;000. 750,000 559,000 700,000'
From:which it will be seen•that the decrease in receipts'
now amounts to 622,000 bales;. the decrease in exports to
Great Britain, 396,000 ; other foreign ports, 40,000. In-
crease to. France, 9,000. Total/decrease in export, 427,000
bales.

NEW Yong, FEB. 28, 6 p.m—Cotton dull; sales, 7,200
brls.; common to state $8,06 t0i8,12 ; common to good
Ohio $8,25.5 southern lower ; sales, 1,000 brls. ; mixed to
good brands; $8,37 to $8,50. Wheat lower ; sales 21,800
bushels ; Gennessee, $2 ; red. Long Island, $1,85 ;
southern red; $1,70; white ditto,' $1,87 to $1,90. Corn
lower ; sales 2,400 bushels ; mixed, -89 cents ; white, 90 to
93 cents ; yellow, 88 cents. Pork:better ; sales 280 brls. ;
mess, $15,5040 $15,62 ; prime,. $13,25 to $13,37. Beef
firm ; sales 240 brls. ; country mess; $9 to $11,50; prime,
$6; repacked Chicogo, $l4; prime: mess firm, at $2l to
$25. Lard steady; sales 300 brie-, at 10 to 104 cents.
Cut meats fizm ; sales 140 tiercess:hams, 81 to 9 cents ;
shoulders, 64 to .61 cents. Beef hams steady ; sales
60 hhds., at $16.: Coffee • firm ; sales -425 bags ; Rio, 111
to 111 cents r Java, 134 cents. Iron firm ; Scotch pig,
$39 to $4O. There was no change /lithe Money Market.
EXCHANGE'. on London, Bo days, remains at 1084 to 109,
Bankers' Signatures, Paris, 5.161 to 6,131. Amsterdam,
411 to 411. Frankfort, 414 to 411. Bremen, 791 to 80.
Hamburg, 361 to 37. Antwerp, 5.164 to 5.15.
FREIGHTS.—No material alteration to notice. The
following are the ruling rates :—To- -Liverpool : Cotton,
square bales, per lb. id. ; flour, per bbl. 4s. 6d. ; rosin,
4s. to 4s. 6d.4 heavy goods, per ton, 455. ; grain, in
bulk, per bushel; 17d.