The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1853-08-16 00:00:00

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point, and, on account of the climate, contains already
provisions for 100,000 men and 40,000 horses for the term
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and 50 other light vessels, well armed.
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Yfater telegraphic despatch from Trieste, confirmatory
of the preceding one, is to the effect that the Sublime
Porte accepts, in all its parts, and " without any modifica-
tion;' the note which had been drawn up at Vienna by the
representatives of the four Powers who signed the treaty
of 1841; that that acceptance, couched in the most cour-
teous terms, is accompanied with assurance of a sincere
friendship on the part of the Ottoman government; that,

" owing to a delicacy of sentiment, easy to be understood,"
the Extraordinary Ambassador charged with conveying to
the Czar the adhesion of the Sultan, will leave Constanti-
nople for St. Petersburg so soon as the Russian troops
shall have received the order to evacuate the territory that
has been invaded.

THE RIVER PLATE.—A letter dated Buenos Ayres,
July 2nd, says :—" On the 20th June the commander of the
blockading squadron belonging to General Urquiza's party
raised the blockade, and placed the whole force at the dis-
posal of the town's party. This unexpected event has re-
lieved the inhabitants of this place from great scarcity of
provisions, and caused great rejoicings ; and they now hope

that the besi

'reat boon, still our po-

sition is most melancholy, and exports will not be allowed.
On the 23rd ult. the Government gave notice to all the
foreign agents that only four days would be given for ves-
sels to leave the Salado, Ensenada, Las Conchas, and other
ports in possession of the besieging army. This will pre-
vent us shipping off our produce, even that purchased and
in store. Produce in Monte Video is very scarce and very
high ; prices with you must-improve ; the demand in the
river for produce is great, particularly for American ac-
count. I fear these countries will not be in a settled state
for many years."

PERSIA.-There is a story current, that Mr. Thompson,
the British chargé d'affaires, had succeeded in thwarting
the Russian minister, Prince Dolgarouki, and had con-
vinced the Shah of the necessity of keeping up the Persian
army. It would appear that the prince wished to engage
the Shah in making a hostile demonstration against
Turkey. On the other hand, the British minister and the
Turkish ambassador urged the claims of the Porte. They
succeeded so well that Prince Dolgarouki resolved to quit
the court of Persia. It will be observed that Mirza Ahmed
Khan has been at Constantinople for some time as minister
extraordinary from Persia.
INDlA.—lntelligence has been received by overland
mail from Bombay to the 2nd July. The Arab ship Faze
Kareem, on her passage from Aden to Bombay, with the
Bombay portion of the India mail which left London on
the 24th of June, foundered at sea, twenty miles from
Aden. The mails, consisting of sixty-eight boxes, were
lost, and 179 out of 190 Arabs and Lascars who were on
board perished, with the officer in charge of the mails.
A report is current that the Burmese field force is to be
immediately broken up, and it is surmised that the Pegu
division will be then divided into two commands, of which
one will be alloted to the Bengal, and the other to the
Madras army. Nothing is known regarding the intentions
of the King of Ava. The Burmese still expect us to
advance on their capital, and as yet confine themselves to
defensive measures. From the decks of the steamers new
stockades are seen rising between Prome and Meeaday. A
famine appears to be impending in Burmah. Owing to
the disturbed state of the—lower provinces scarcely any
seed was sown- last season, and at present rice bears a
famine price even at Rangoon and Pegu, and Government
is urged to lose no time in importing it in large quantities
from Calcutta.
AIISTBALIA.---Wre have intelligence from Sydney to
the 30th of May. The Adelaide steamer arrived there on
the 21st ; the incidents of her voyage have almost brought
steam itself into discredit, and the condemnation of the
Royal Mail Company, on all sides, Is deep and hearty.
It is doubtful whether the Adelaide can attempt to
make the voyage back to England in her present state ;
the general impression is, she will be sent to India
for very extensive repairs, as there is no dock or slip at
Sydney large enough for a vessel of her tonnage.
The accounts from the goldfields are almost limited to
the returns of the quantities of bullion brought down by
the escorts, and the preparations made by the diggers for
the winter ; many will quit the grounds to return in the
spring ; the more steady and determined will
cam out
p
and work on ; bark huts and log houses are being built,
and in many places the diggings present a more settled
appearance.
The following return gives the quantity of gold de-
livered from the Victoria fields at Melbourne, by the
Government and private escorts, in the first four months
of the present year : Ounces.
January
February 172,329
March 169,654
April

Total
In the corresponding months of 1852 the produce of
the same fields was as follows : Ounces.
January ...... . ....................... ,108
...... 64834
February ........... . ••• ........ 66
March ..... . ................... . ..... 51,865
April . ........ 67,550

The increase is 449,066 ounces above the pro-
Total ............. ...... 240,363
duce of the same period last year, or 187 per cent. _
The ship Washington Irving, Jones, arrived off Ply-
mouth on Saturday. She has a cargo of wool, tallow,
and hides from Moreton Bay, and 15,000 ounces of gold
from Sydney, which she left on the 27th April. The
Tamar, with some gold, left Sydney on the 22d of April ;
the Cambodia, without gold, on the 24th. The Regina
was to sail in three days ; the Alberton in a fortnight,
and the Oriental in three weeks. The steam-ship Cleo-
patra was at Sydney. Her proprietors then proposed to
send her one trip more to Port Philip, preparatory to her
final departure from Sydney on the 28th July for Eng-
land, by Cape Horn, touching at New Zealand and the
South Sea Islands. The Agricola was loading at Moreton
Bay on the 12th of April. The Washington Irving ran
from Sydney to Cape Horn in 334- days, having rounded
the Cape on the 30th May ; spoke, on the sth August,
the ship Kent, 130 days from Bombay, for Liverpool ;
6th August, the Yankee Blade, 14 days from Liverpool,
and the barque Essex, nine days from Plymouth ; and,
on the 9th, the barque Abigail, outward bound.
CIIINA.—The Hong Kong papers contain some further
particulars regarding Sir G. Bonham's trip up the Yang-
tse-Kiang. It appears that the unsuccessful attempt of
the Susquehanna to get up the river to the assistance of
the imperialists at Nankin, was thought at Shanghai to
have irritated the insurgents greatly against the foreign
community in general, and it was, therefore, deemed ad-
visable to despatch the interpreter to the British consulate
to the rebel head-quarters, to explain that the English
were neutral. On arriving at Nankin, Sir G. Bonham at
first Intended to meet the rebel leaders in person; but,
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