The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1848-05-02 00:00:00

sent quotations are 4,.

R this mon th.froca British America

have been very moderate, consisting only of four vessels,
2,705 tons; the demand throughout, both from merchants

We areglad to find, from the intelligence by the Over-
land mail; which reached London yesterday; that the im-
port trade at Rombay had been extremely active, and' large
transactions have been entered into, and 'the.revival was
not looked upon as merely temporary, but a continuance of
business, to'a fair extent, was looked forward to till the
season was closed' by the setting in of the south-west
monsoons. The dealers had been supplying themselves
pretty freely"with cotton piece goods, and large quantities
of cotton fabrics had been moved off.' There 'was still a
scarcity of the circulating medium, but an, easier feeling
prevailed, and-Confidence was again somewhat restored.
Freights had' declined after the previous mail; but.had
again rallied,'and the day before the advices left; a further
advance had taken place, in consequence of the favour-
able accounts feir.cotton received from England, and two
vessels bad been taken for Liverpool at £5 Ts. 6d. The
rate for China had also advanced again ; and a vessel had
secured cargo at' 184- rupees per candy. These rates of
freight, or higher; are expected for some time, as large ar-
rivals of cotton were coming forward for shipment.
At Calcutta, the news from home by the mail-of the
24th of January, had a rather depressing effeekon com-
mercial affairs, and completely checked the course of im-
provement. The mail'of the 7th of February came in the
day before the advices left, but what its effect might be it
was too soon to prognosticate. The money market re-
mained much as before—the article not scarce, butrather
tightly held. Exchange had gone down, and was quoted at
ls. 101 d. td ls. 1011 d. for first-class document bills at six:
months' sight. Numerous arrivals of shipping wurerlew-
ering the rates of freight.

LATEST INTELLIGENCE.

Lord and Lady D

Paris on Saturday

(RY EXPRESS.)

'Ormanby dined with

M. Lamarti.

It is said that many agents of commercial houses in
England have received large remittances in gold, to -lay
out in Parisian produce at the present low prices. Many
purchases have been made at 20 and 25 per cent. discount..

MONEY MARKET—YESTERDAY.
To-day is kept as a strict holiday at the Bank, the Stock Ex-
change, and all other public establishments. The Hambur
mail is in, but no letters have been delivered. It is reported,
however, that matters remain nearly in statu quo between the
Danish and Prussian forces. Some tumultuous movements •at

LONDON CORN MARKET.—YESTERDAY.
The supply of Wheat in Mark-lane, by land-carriage samples
from the near counties, was only a moderate one ; the condition
of many of the samples- was very defective. Really dry runs-
of Essex Wheat were an easy sale, at fully last week's rates ;
other sorts were difficult to quit, at previous prices. The
Kentish Wheat was sold on barely as good terms, and foreign,
in many instances, was parted with at a reduction of Is..
per quarter. Choice qualities of Barley, brought rather more
money, and all other descriptions were in good request, at last
week's quotations. There was also a good demand for Oat-,Ay at
prices fully equal to those of this day se'nnight. Beans and
Peas were a current sale, with the turn in price in favour of
the seller. Egyptian beans were not a ready sale at the recent
advance.

SMITHFIELD CATTLE

MARKET

YESTERDAY

We have a large supply- of beasts and of excellent quality
There is a considerable demand, and some of the choicest des.

prices rather lower. There are a few - more _ _
offer, but the number is still very small, a large proportion
of which consists of yoang and half-meated sheep; consequently.
there is a great deficiency- in. weight. The demand has in-
creased, and prices have •'advanced fully 2d. per sibs. Good
lamb is in request, at rather more money. Trade is brisk for
calves; a choice one makes nearly ss. 4d. Pigs are by. nn

1 porke

PRODUCE

.MINCINO.LANE, YESTERDAY

The public sales advertised for to-morrow are various and
abundant, and have suspended the private contract market to.

public sales will consist of 150 hogsheads Barbadoes, 5709 bags
Mauritius, 5,000 bags Bengal, and 4,000 bags Penang and China

,000 bags;

250 I.igs Pimento; and 300• b

week have been extensive, which, with usual supply coast-
wise, is quite equal to the demand, and prevents ..anything.
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aan.c as a aoc 111 p I VA,VI/4 111 41.1 C Vca y ✓c v
some few cases have made more money. The following are
our present quotations : Yorkshire Regents, 140 s. to 180 s. ;
Shams 90s. to 100 s. ; Wisbech Regents, 90s. to 1305.; Blues,
80s. to 85s. ; Essex Regents, 120 s. to 130 s. ; Blues, 120 s. to
130 s. ; Kidneys, 120 s. to 1305.; Belgian and Hamburg. Whites,
85s. to 955.; Dutch Whites, 80s.

WARD MEETING ON THE RATING OF THE
DOCK AND CORPORATE ESTATES.

A public meeting of the rate-payers of. St. Anne's
Ward, convened by Mr. James Parker, one of the coun-
cillors of the ward, by placard, was held last night, at the
Pontack's Inn, Christian-street, to adopt a memorial to
the Town Council, to apply to Parliament for powers to
make the Corporate and Dock Estates contribute their
fair proportions to the corporate and other local rates."
The room was well filled.

Mr. Councillor PARKER

aid that

should per

DREADFUL OCCURRENCE.—THIRTY LIVES LOSIV".
Letters from Peterhead, dated April. 28, announce the
recovery of the wreck of the Hannibal, a ship of 500 tong
burden, from Quebec, found ashore near Dronshfiord, on
the coast of Norway. The vessel encountered the dread-
ful storm on the 24th of February last, while on her pat
sage to Hull, in the course of which a-frightful sea straw'
the ship, sweeping everything off her decks—masts, bul-
warks, and boats ; and'every soul (except one man) be-
longing to her overboard, all of whom met with a watell
The solitary seaman left,on board endured the
b.--. privations. After 14 days' suffering, the vessel
was carried by the current of the ocean on to the *at
above-suentioned, where he remained' six or seven days
before the wreck was discovered, that portion of NorwaY,
being uninhabited, and some miles oust of the track of
trading vessels. The poor fellow was insensible, and !if"
pa:rently in a dying state, and it was with the utmost &fa-
culty that he was restored to life. Subsequently the
wreck was got off, and being found watertight, was taken
in tow and conveyed to Peterhead, where she arrived on
the 28th. The thirty sufferers drowned,. we understand,
belong to Hull.
THE FRENCH ELECTIONS.—POPULARITY OF LAM AR'
Tlii.E.—As to the ultra party in France, except in the per-
sons of its supposed leaders, the four members of the
government of the factious minority, it has been excluded
altogether by the recent elections • and it is probable that
the report, prevalent during the time' of the elections, that
Albert. had gone over to the majority, may have had 1.0
pmlauccibnginhfliumenactetahse the sympathy
ourufntahteh yfooufr tahte workingthe pla classeseeN o .2liac;
The number of votes bestowed upon Lamartine is justatro
double of those given to Ledru Rollin ; and, as,recit-
this fact, we may mention a scene, which' those '''74 the
nessed it will long remember with emotion. It elections-
Paris opera, on Wednesday. The result of thehett
was already partially known. The opera was over
Lamartine was discovered in a box. "Lamartine
P`e
marline is here ! Five Lamartine 1"""
however, could not he. persuaded to comeM
accept the homage of tne crowd. A partial silence was at
length obtained, when the curtain rose. The ballet wag
about to commence. But no. The actors came forward
many half dressed, en masse. The "Marseillasse was
sung, and then the whole chorus shouted " Wive Lamar-
tinef 7" Everybody stood, hats and pocket-handkerchief,
were raised amidst. the universal cry. The poet-stateson
alone did not rise from his scat. He hid his face in
His feelings seemed to have- completely Ore.-
him. Lafornigrlinti

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