The Liverpool Standard, and General Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1854-08-15 00:00:00

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the reptibliC, except hi the states of Guerrero and 311-choa.-
can, to which states trot:os had been despatched. The
the Custom-house of

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set down as $2,400,673. ' lir the South, the government
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troops, under General Thorresga, had defe. te ,iltiip rebels
Locusts continued prevalent in corn distri
The following paragraph respecting an al el
being off St. Domingo, appears in the Herald:-
Backman, of the schooner Jenny Lind, from Guayama
Porto Rico, info,— "-^4- a fey d•ws before he saile'

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us that,— uay e
ne saw a letter, received by A. Reed, Esq., the English
Consul at Guayana, from the British Consul General at
St. Johns, Porto Rico, giving the particulars of an at-
tempt to carry off a British vessel by a pirate or priva-
teer. The vessel captured was a sloop, tobacco laden,
bound from Port-au-Platt, St. Domingo, to St. Johns.
She fell in with an armed schooner on the 28th uls in the
Mona passage, and was taken in tow, and remained cap-
tive for thirty-six hours, when she was released on the ap-
pearance of a ship and a brig. She immediately pro-
ceeded on her voyage, and arrived safely at St. Johns. The
schooner is described as of about 130 tons burthen, with
very raking masts, and painted black. She was armed
with a long brass eighteen pounder amidships, besides two
carronades, and was well provided with small arms. Her
crew was composed of seventy men, who spoke Foglish.
The only colour shown was a blue flag with a relf cross.
The Consul-General cautions all British vessels to be on
the look-out for this privateer or pirate, but which he
thinks is most probably of the latter class.

EY TELEGRAPH, vier HALIFAX.
NEW YORK, EVENING, AUGIFST 3.

Flour has declined two shillings ; wheat irregular ; corn
declined three shillings to five; cotton unchanged, remain-
ing. in moderate demand at previous rates. All stocks,
tandardimd fancy, are firmer. Money to-day is easy, and
-ate of interest on call is five to six per cent.
'-na, Iferma.nn, and Wendel arrived at New York.
NEC ORLEANS, EVENING IST.
by last steamer has not affected the market,
'd to-day as dull.
WASHINGTON, MORNING 2D.
In executive session yesterday the reciprocity treaty was
debated three hours. Many amendments were proposed
and rejected. ^ +ITO— --ted to t'

which is reporter

Lt„ ..AEY was report __ sessi,
and engrossed. It will be confirmed to-day without further
debate. There is little doubt but that the House will
finally agree to the Senate's amendments to the River and
Harbour Bill : it will probably be disposed of to-day. The
House has reduced the civil and diplomatic appropriation
bill to $13,000,000, and resolute efforts will be made to
defeat it altogether. AFITUNOON : The reciprocity bill
was to-day ratified by the Senate.

COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE.
• NEW YORK, AUGUST 2.
I IMoicEy.—The Stock Market has still a downward ten-
dency. Sales to-day were to a limited extent only. Con-
tinental exchange closed with some show of firmness, but
sterling was tame, and the range for first-class bills 1091
to 1091, with a small business done.

COTTON.—The market during the past week was dull
and drooping, and, to effect sales, tc. to lc. decline was
submitted to for all grades under middling. The stock
unsold is reduced to a very low figure, probably not ex-
ceeding 18,000 to 20,000 bales. The transactions of the
first week, ending 29th instant, amounted to 8,500 bales,
of which 5,892 bales were for export, including parcels in
transit from New Orleans to Liverpool, and the remainder
home use and speculation.

(From Mr. W. P. Wright's Circular, of Angust 1.)
Two bales new cotton were received in New Orleans,
from Texas, on the 25th tdt. Last year the first new cot-
ton received in New Orleans was also from Texas, on the
9th August. The earliest bale of new cotton last

.ar was

received at Mobile on 7th August. The-year before on
2d August, at New Orleans. This shows receipts of new
cotton this year two weeks earlier than Last year, and
about one week earlier than in 1852.

The following is a statement of the movement in cotton
since the Ist of September last, as compared with the pre-
vious three years :

1854. 1853. 1852. 1851.
Receipts at the norlis 2,840,000 3,191,e03 2,933,000 2,312,000
Exports to Gt. Britain, 1,517,000 1,697,000 1,635,000 1,373,000
~ France .. . 379,000 422,000 421.000 294,001
„ other for. ports, 326,000 347,000 344,000 259,000
Total exports
Stock on hand 222,000 150,000 98,000 146.00 J

From which it will be seen that the decrease in receipts
now amounts to 358,000 bales ; the decrease in exports to
Great Britain, 180,000 ; to France, 103,000 ; other foreign
ports, 21,000. Total decrease in exports, 304,000 bales.
BREADSTUFF'S.— Flour continues to advance ; good
brands suitable for city use are scarce and wanted, and
there is less offering of the inferior grades. We quote in-
ferior to straight and [choice State at Se 75c. to $7 50c.;
common to good Western $7 50c. to .$7 75c. ; good and
choice Ohio $8 25c. to $9. Southern kinds are firm and
rather higher. For wheat there is a good demand, with-
out much change in price. Corn was more plenty, and
the market hardly as firm. Oats are selling at 45c. to 49c.
for State and Western.

PROVISIONS.—Mess pork is rather quiet. Lard is firm
in price, but not very active. Beef is selling more freely,
without change in price. Beef hams scarce, no sales to
report ; prime mess beef, $23 to $25 ; stock small.
NAVAL STORES.—The sales include 1,000 barrels com-
mon rosin, at $1 80c. per 310 lbs. delivered; 100 barrels
spirits of turpentine, for shipment, at 48c.
AsuEs.—Sales of Pots have been made at $5,50 to
$5,811 for Pearls.

• PREIGJITS.—Freights continue extremely dull. To
Liverpool engagements were made at Is. for rosin, ls. 6d.
for provisions, 12s. 6d. to 15s. for measurement goods,
with some grain reported at 2id. To Havre, small lots
of cotton were taken at

THE WAR.

RUSSIAN CRUISER IN THE BLACK SEA,

"-* The Courier Marseilles, of the 6th, contains an article
Of startling intelligence, which is repeated in the Journal
des Debats. It is as follows :—" It was reported that a
strong division of the Russian fleet had left Sebastopol.
•
There was no truth in the statement. But it is that a
Russian steam frigate not only eluded the surveillance of
n cruisers, but actually showed herself at the mouth of
tine r
Bosphorus. On quitting Sebastopol, the Vladimir ore-
paired to the Asiatic coast, where she sunk several Turkish
vessels laden with corn. She then proceeded to Heraclia,
landedsu her
rising the English steamer Cyclops,
guns, would have fallen an easy
which,int he hope
having of
prey had she been in the roads. The Cyclops, fortunately,
was detained at Constantinople, for the purpose of under-
going some repairs, after being ordered to Heraclia to in-
quire into the state of the coal mines which are being
worked on that coast for the use of the combined fleets.
The Vladimir, however, did not return empty-handed, for
she took in tow at Heraclia, and brought off two vessels
laden with coal. This event is in itself of no great im-
portance; but we cannot help regretting that it should
have taken place in the face of the combined fleets and of
the division cruising before Sebastopol. It proves besides
to what extent the system of espionage in favour of Russia
is organized, and with what facility she finds ready and
devoted agents among the Greeks residing in the Otto-
man empire and along the banks of the Black Sea. The
Vladimir did not undertake that expedition without being
certain beforehand that no danger awaited her. It is,
moreover, well known that several Greek pilots were on
board."

SIR GEO. BROWN'S BOLD ADVENTURE IN

SEBASTOPOL

Sir Geo. Brown and staff returned on Thursday, the
3rd instant, after a reconnaissance in the Fury, in which
they were enabled to count the very guns of Sebastopol.
The Fury stood off the port quietly at night, and about
two o'clock she ran in softly, and stopped within two
thousand yards of the batteries. There she remained till
sis o'clock in the morning. As the general was counting