The Liverpool Standard, and General Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1854-12-26 00:00:00

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at $ 1,75 and $ 1,15,

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Ashton's

NAVAL STORES.—Turpentifie continued in small suf
y, but money being very scarce, prices continued t
cline; stock very light. Tar was plentiful, wit'

is of the trails.
lg doing in S

no demand beyond the retail war
IRos, &c.—There was nothin
and considerable parcels in yard were offered at Z 3(

months, wit

mt findinr buyers
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iding the offerings

IBritain continued large, the market was a shade easier,,„,
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in advance, had bee
sir inability to obtaii

Ibliged to under-let

;rain at prices within the limits

roreign oruers. ine rates were—to Liverpool, tor
n, 3-16 d. per lb.; flour, ls. 6d. to ls. 9d. per barrel,
Tun, 4d. to 40. per bushel. To London, flour. 2s. Per
Lrrel ; grain, 7d. per bushel. To Glasgow, beef, 35. fun, ;
tton, d. To Havre, cotton, c. per lb.
NEW ORLEANS, DEc.l2. —The cotton market is without

Sales to-day 7,500 bales. New lard is selling
Sterling exchange is quoted at 034 to 7-1- per cer

cnange
I MI

i premium

CHARLESTO, DEC. 12.—The sales of cotton to-da:
2,100 bales, at prices ranging from eic. to 81e. Th
ket is easier, but not quotably lower.

SAN FRA isc Isco, Nov. 15.'--The jobbing trade has been
quite moderate, and, as is usual on the day preceding the
sailing of the steamer, very little has been done from the
hands of importers. Money matters appear to be less-
stringent than at the date of the sailing of the last
steamer.

FRANCE.—The Moniteur notifies that on Tuesday, thb
26th, the Emperor will open, in person, at the Palace of
the Tuileries, the legislative session of 1855, and will re-
ceive the oaths of those Members of the Senate and.
Legislative Corps who have not yet fulfilled that formality'
There is a very general belief in Paris that four regiments'
of the Imperial Guard arc to be sent to the Crimea, under
the command of two Colonels of this corps d'aite. 1136
Colonels of the First Regiment of Grenadiers and of the
Second Regiment of Voltigeurs, will, it is said, be selected
for this honourable service. In order to generalise a!
much as possible the participation of the Imperial Guar'
in the war, the battalions to be sent out will be formed of
companies selected from every regiment, and it is intended
that these battalions shall be augmented or filled aPa!,
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...odes may occur, by rrom Genera. irok,
army, it being understood that enrolment in the Impern
Guard will be one of the most precious rewards for Pt':
and gallant conduct. It has further been determined that
as soon as the Imperial Guard arrives in the Crimea a bat'
talion of Zouaves, consisting entirely of men who have
distinguished themselves in the Crimean campaign, sha`
be incorporated in the force.
SPAIN.—On the 13th, a committee of the Cortes re-
commended to that body that a Parliamentary investil..?"
tion of the conduct of Queen Christina should be mace'
In the Cortes, on the 12th, M. Heros, Intendant of the
Queen's Household, announced that from the Ist of N°-
vember all the Royal domains, with the exception of the
palaces and gardens will ay the tax on real proper*
The question of suppressing the octroi was still before the
Cortes. The impost yields 89,000,000 per annum. Sale
disturbance by armed men had taken place at Aranklez'
and troopshad been sent to repress them. TheD iario of the
16th, says that the Government is preparing to reform the
concordat, and to sell the property of the clergy t
make up the deficit which will be occasioned by the OP-
pression of the octroi. It says, also, that in presentiq
the budget to the Cortes, it means to demand an anthorl;
sation to levy the taxes from the Ist January next.
company of the 3rd battalion of the National Guard, AV
part of another company of the same battalion, had been
disarmed. The Espana announces that the democrats in
the Cortes have withdrawn their demand for the Lilt
peachment of the members of the Cabinet of the l,w
July.
HANOVER. —Despatches from Hanover announce that
the Government is occupied in reinforcing the army, an
principally the artillery. The greatest activity prevails
the arsenals, and important orders have been given ier
arms for the infantry. The
PRUSSIA.—A Berlin despatch of the 17th says
Austrian, English, and French
theyenvos separately presenteo.
yesterday to Baron Manteuffel ratified treaty of the
2d December, with separate notes, inviting the adhesion
of Prussia thereto." The Prussian Minister of War s
ordered telegraphic wires to be laid down to connect all
the principal fortresses with Berlin ; also the military
stations situated along the coast.
THE PENINSULA.—The Madrid, with the Peninsular
mail, arrived at Southampton, on Friday afternoon, with
£19,000 in specie, cargo of fruit, and 123 passengers,
DatPst from Gibraltar, lAM nw-ernhc•r: Lishon, 10th •
Vigo

21st. Vessels from England are admitted at Lisbon
free from pratique, excepting from the ports of London,
and Gloucester, which must perform quarantine. Bred
was rising fast in price in Lisbon.
AIISTRIA.—The Emperor of Austria has nominated tle.
Emperor Napolern Grand Cross of the Order of "e
Step
.hen. The journals publish the following as a copy of til„
original short note addressed by Prince Gortschakoff be
Count Buol, on the 28th of November, announcing
Emperor's (so called) unreserved acceptance of the fOl,,
points :—" The undersigned is authorised to declare
his Excellency the Count de Buol, that His Majesty the Em
peror Nicholas accepts the four propositions of the Cabin 7.
of Vienna as a starting point of negotiations for Peat
GORTSCIIAKOFF."—The following is the reply of Con
Buol, dated the 30th ultimo :—" The undersi
gn' ote'
of Foreign Affairs has placed before the Erni er ,r the -the'
which his Excellency Prince Gortschakoff did hir
-
honour to address to him on the 28th instant. 11's via
perial Majesty sees with lively satisfaction that the 0:
peror of all the Russias accepts the four preliminarY Prto,
positions, which Count Ester hazy had been charged
present in August last to the Imperial Cabinet of 11"551
as the basis of a general understanding. Appreciatinf4s
their full value the intentions which have inspired .110
important resolution, the Emperor Francis Joseph tini-je
he cannot better reply to it on his part than by 1113ki .11's
f Pa'
it the object of a communication to the Courts 0, to
and London, with which he finds himself engage" nts,
tempt a frank and equitable solution of these four Pc'. 4.
which are considered as being the indispensable Prelt":..-
naries to the re-establishment of the general peace, &e'
BuoL."