The Liverpool Standard, and General Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1854-09-05 00:00:00

surrender. Never "pance
undertaken by Great Britain with fairerL,,died,
of success. Our commerce in no way 'l7. rest
our enemy of no value as a customer, all ill; yet,
of Europe in union with us or neutral' 11,10.
though we are convinced that Russia will i$ Of
der nothing but to the intelligible argonleno
hot shot and shells, the whole advantage iS
is, of,
frittered away, for no reason that we IcaLoili
except it be that the Earl of ABERDEEN is
to spare his old friend the CZAR from the h
tion which his own obstinacy and treacherY tajt,
so richly merited. Neither Helsingfors, cod
nor Sevastopol have yet been assaulted, °no,'
JAMES GRAHAM has not told us "the reasen.oB:(l
It is a question, however, which is beallid
deep interest, and the people are begirtn7tiii
understand a solution of it. A crowded Inp;
was held last week in Newcastle-on-TYlle' aliare)
address to HER MAJESTY was
to, expressing want of confidence in the Auw-stii
tration for the conduct of the war, and enitelyat
HER MAJESTY to call to her councils, 144'
regard to party, men who will act honestly
ecto
rously, and unanimously in the present elnery
and carry on the war with Russia in 114°1'04
with the wishes of the nation." It 105 t,701'
that, after the close of Parliament, whir,,,c'i,teo
place with such indecent haste, the Nr,rhea
would avail themselves of the absence of el
to carry out their own views, and it wenia:del
that such apprehensions were not 1111'%ecei
The meeting we have alluded to rnal,11:1
be the prelude to many others of a kinlfrojitioil
racter, and it remains to be seen how the
C arc
will stand the shock of popular indignati°
their conduct has so justly excited.

COMMERCIAL it MONETA_Rr ivy
•
1116
MONDAY f;

THE great feature which has infiueld'
money market is the getting in of the 1
and the weather has been so peculiarly f.3l'
that the good effect has been experienee'oc,
rapid rise of the public Funds, which have rear
a higher point than for a very long 0,
ously. It is true that they experieneeu;ujoi`;
reaction, owing to the anxiety of some sP„,e'vedi,
to realise the advance, but it was quickly r`vae9",
and the progress may be said to be ;14
upward. In tile meantime the foreign e 5-41
have experienced no great change, and
commercial purposes has been comparatiO,i,er,'
there being no scarcity nor anything to sh:ofv:,.:
fidence in mercantile security. The retilreiln;e.
Bank of England, on Friday, present few
worthy of notice ; there is a slight falling'
stock of bullion, and a decrease in other sec,tepthe
as well as in private deposits, to the eA-o,frf
about £400,000 in each, which may lea'a l'),;
inference that discounts have been obtailleo (he
other sources. It was expected by some l'oott.11;/
Bank directors would, on Thursday, make JAI' 1
reduction in the minimum rate of discount, /1" ov
not doing so may account for the decrease
securities

In the Cotton manufacturing distrietsi of
beginning to experience the good effee" e,
rapid fall in breadstuffs, and the demand 0,1.10:
is more active, not only for home COristw" 1
but for the Turkey and the India markets• jeece„
are also on the advance, and great coati/oil;
felt in the prospect for the future. The.ortets'
and Lace trades are also better, though the ' lit j;
meat, as yet, is not to any great extent. asst ,t
Woollen trade prices are slightly on the do !lali
but the manufacturers complain that the,
keep pace with the high price of the raw in ,
for which there is a more active demand' .ficloil';
In the Corn markets throughout the I'l, ~-• Oi'l
Wheat has experienced a decline of f"" is 6j
quarter during the week, and the tendeneire tr,
downwards, as it is impossible to effect untetio„
retail sales, except at still greater rebeg
Many of our contemporaries have Puh,n3e,l4
cl
ports of the state of the harvest in iDeljils kit
tricts, but this is almost unnecessary.° e n liri
vieliiko
telegraphic reports of the state of lfi
within the last few days, which were 091'
the simple but expressive annomieeulet S'''
everywhere," nearly all the accounts tell '
~,
story : they do but vary in phraseologysos
"No harvest in the memory of livirg /Dove.,
held out such prospects as the present
clots!
larger amount of labour in reaping and, Oell,of
the land was never accomplished in 5-oi, ,
period. With regard to the yield, 11 coed
will give fully six quarters per acre----N"e 1.:
heard of more. The weight of the lea d
almost unprecedented." t 9"i
ea
Such is the tenor of almost every reP°l. ',91
doubt need now be entertained as to the re
amount of the supply of food, of honcteflie!e
which this harvest will yield. The nrilre'eod'
acres of Wheat is more than was ever be'aereotil
vated—the yield, per acre, is beyond all P 0400.
and the quality is very superior, while thcef,ei
t part has been housed in the highest eglelpy
Under these circumstances we may aaris eilt it
still greater fall in price, though old II; ty
probably maintain a higher value, owii,,,ll' i
being required for grinding with the new' 0: it
are, of course, desirous of keeping up the 09
in order to save themselves, but it is net bole
they will be very great losers, as they
some time to prepare for the change. efeAfiv.'x
The new Stamp Act, by which stanl4o, 01
posed on all foreign Bills, has led !0,011„e'il
pon
dence. between the Bank and the 'lft il:
on the unfairness of its provisions. "JO
that in each instance of a foreign bill, be ee,
payable abroad, the entire set Must be,1114
stamped before any one of the set eallpecb do'
tinted here, and not only must all be st"- /e, I;c#
all must be received before they e',, ,it 151f0,4'
Such a provision is not only unjust, ' (:)115",0' f
tively absurd, and, if enforced, must serTibe,',o
terfere with our foreign commerce. • , to riot'
object of drawing foreign bills in sets 1 0 pi,i7,
against the contingencies of transraista .0411'
the accepted bill bing kept in securit: f efic!'
endorsements may be making the tour ado '',,/
but to insist upon the production of au , i0„,,,r f
the set is, in many cases, to require .I.lle co,''
bility, besides endangering the safety 0' 00°,1
ante, so as virtually to render the Prewtotope'
drawing such bills, in sets, of no "alr:ee is f
A
The act must be altered, and its pass'l'
the consequences of hasty legislation. eiitioi
The Board of Trade returns for the ,Illiell,/,,i
seven months ending the sth August, `,:iltt',. f t'
just been issued, show the following resis 1%0,
The total declared value of exo tile 74.
month is £9,439,643, but this includes ',if
£1,067,452, for unenumerated articles 1 pr€ 4
turns, which are not included in n 1 Ig,
years ; whilst for the corresponding' 0,6 ,t
1852 and 1853 they were respectivelY
to lkip
and £7,995,086. r r :31t t,'
The total importation of Coffee 10091),
month was 8,636,0591 b. against 7,,4'5,911'4
the corresponding month of 1852, attai.„.l444!'•
in 1853 ; whilst there were entered '",;ssv'so;:lift,
sumption respectively, 2,965,2181 b., tow. ue
and 3,127,5031 b. Unrefined Sugar 4.51, dive/
sent
of 980,224 cwt. for the 1ne,11.2-the c0'1,,,,,',
sent year ; whilst for 1852 and -18g,'094 bet;
stood respectively 833,039 cwt. and ',„;vtie,lll/ ef',
the quantity taken for home eensn'al,u,',oo
for 1854, 728,128 cwt. - for 1852, "the P-10 ele
and 1853, 759,615 cwt.' In Wines, to their 4„11,4
tion for the past month amounte63 t,,,Pi 0,
galls. ; for the month in 1852 and,1419,41`:01)°,
respectively 528,502 galls. and ',,:anaPAls.;,, 'l
The quantities entered for home CO, i'i, 6 r",O ' IP
—1854, 556,437 galls. ; 1852, 51-Vts o'4 ",
in 1853, .605,051 galls. Of Spilt, pre'op 09
imported during the month of 'efirl,,,e '11115',1
943,081 galls. ; for the correspen 0,59 el. 11'
1852 and 1853 the figures were 8930'kea I°4 r
748,902 galls. The quantities t 33 91 P
„-11 3 ' oti,
consumption were 348,965 gam'' cl v(1
and 380,467 galls. respectivelY. ,e fill loi,ei err
As regards the shipping trade, Is enigfibi
the month there were 3,491 cessaorilicoll ,P,
the foreign trade, with a tonnage,,,o(lolsos/
tered inwards ; whilst in the Corr,fii a t°olc,,-,;)
of 1853 the number was 3,827, joriogy/Vo,
892,983. There cleared outwarasoge; ere i
period, 3,663 ships, 765,354 tanilherell fit
the corresponding month of 185° iiipr
0
ships, 745,567 tonnage. the 1 t°4 6
In the coastino. trade during 5,056,,i,,1,4
present year, 12,167 vessels, . 1.,,' 1.,:2,,i .ord
entered inwards, and 13,719 spire' 01::3. IP
nage, deared outwards; in the er ilfis/O,
of 18530 the numbers were---shrge J,
i 1)0294663, ,tom .ships 13,075, tO