The Liverpool Standard, and General Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1854-10-17 00:00:00

TUESDAY, OCTOBER, 17, 1854.

Ordinary
Middling

Middling fair

NEW TORE CLA'SSI'FICATION,
Uplands. Florida.

muting their life claims, on the
Assurance Companies. Sir Allan AI Nab, the new . if;
mier, is most explicit, in his election address, in d cisr.l7
risztio
his deterni t* tma ion o carry out the policy of seen's_ ,_,A
for which so large a majority of the constituencies dec
at the late general election. principles adopted by Lill

COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE.
Inactivity of trade generallyiCißslillY°cßoilfs'
ness circles, and the expressions of dissatisfaction
e
coming more and more numerous. In consideration Ill.::
fact that a material curtailment of business has bee
he alei
progress for several months past, added to t f raga
entire absence of speculation, and a suspension °
new railroad enterprizes and other public works!
3s
had absorbed immense sums of money, an improved Ptt,;l-,
of trade and finance this fall was reasonably 0,66%140
but thus far it has not been realised. Foreign
noted at
p4ictillio2ftiaoriber_busa.
is firm at 110, bankers' bills at sixty days being clu'
1091 to 110; but, as long as the quotations are over
_,OO,
specie shipments will be continued. Exchanges: L4ll, to
1091 to 110; Paris, 5.111 to 5.121; AragterdaM,,Z gag'
411; Frankfort, 411 to 411; Bremen, 79 to iiva;
burg, 361 to 301; Antwerp, 5.111 to 5.121. annfinea
Canox.—The business has been small and Ili htiios;
the home demand. The stock on sale is very
prices consequently are sustained at our last clu°tae the
which are above the views of exporters, and abev;,bile,
parity of foreign markets. At New Orleans and Hur _of
prices have advanced. Middling being Sic. at the let the
port, and 916. to 81c. at the latter; freight, id• Aby the
Atlantic ports business is curtailed, or suspended'
prevalence of the yellow fever, and serious inceasqu the
is anticipated from the delay which must occur In At
receipts of the crop at Charleston and Savannah' fj
New Orleans and Mobile, however, the receipts Ivo
probably be heavy during' the next four months, atlas`
bulk of the crop in the southwest, as well as in the `,.„t
tic States, was prematurely opened by the excessive hey
and drought to which We have before all aneptard
sickness is not severe enough at those ports to
business

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Fair - . .....
Import from Ist to 30th u1t.,..
Export from Ist to 29th Sept., 1854..18,3r0
Same time, 1353- 25,683 ~_„eutP
PuoVisioNs.—There has been no little extfl',l
prices
the market for western pork since our last all' oo r.
have receded 75c. to 87-1-c. on mess, and 121-te..,1";(101),
prime. Beef has continued in moderate demand';
market rules in favour of the. purchaser. Lar' d doll'
arid prices are a shade easier. Butter is plenty AIL-, for
Cheese is selling, to a moderate extent, at 9c. to w"
ordinary to good. Diode'
BRDADSTUFFS.—The demand for wheat continues
rate for miffing, but, with a light- supply on the;
rev
prices have not varied materially. Barley is in The
quest, but at prices below the views of holtiqs'a ,ale
receipts of corn have increased, and with prospeetiv";so"
arrivals, holders have been obliged. to yield a sligPi
cession; in order to realise. A further decline Pur
31 cents in the prices of State and western n°. the
been established, with rather more uniforatitY fo the.
market. The receipts continue exceedingly light
season; and, notwithstanding there has'been but 3 wolis•
rate demand for the local and eastern trade, the accciaee'
lation of stock is quite small, and holders generally epee,
.
less disposition to press sales. Corn me ,1 'S also lovlesc of
DRY GOODS. -- Owing to the large auction woo'
French g6ods which occupied four days, of last soya
there was 'not the usual activity in British goods.. por
few of the western jobbers have returned, but thelAllicl
chases econfined almostentirely to a few styles Was 44
and plain goods. The near-by trade is more active•
to
are the only articles that have been sold'in large c 1 job'
ties, and some of the finer grades have advaneen•joble
bers are picking up the best styles with eonfsl,. fro,
avidity. The domestic dry goods market is ttate'
active, yet with light receipts from the inanunl'
prices are sustained. flue
NAVAL SvOrcEs. —The supply of soft turPe.ii, el,
small, and the market is firm. Spirits of turpenti%l.,-
rather dull,- but prices have not varied., For c"
rosin the demand is less active.
Inox.—Snee our last, several hundred 'tins Scotch ac,,
have been sold in lots at $36 to $37 : :dthe-:market:.s3',
firmer, the foreign advices being more favourable,"", (10'
is generally demanded. Bars and scrap are
50 tons English, refined bars brought $B4, Sill33°llpstiC
CoAL.—The- market for both foreign and &Ili 5044
,very dull, 75 bons Liverpool Orrel sold in lots at
Tour months. utintly
FnEronrs..---The market to Great Britain Boutin large
depressed, and; with but little freight °Tering,. anu,e(liat°
supply of towage; there is no indicationt.of any oew,
improvement. In other directions them i aoti'.,7plor
to notice. Good: small-sized vessels find ready' ai-ot to
ment, but at comparatively low rates.- We
heavy goocit
Liverpool : Cotton,. td. to 5-32 d. ; rosin, 9d..•
per ton, 7s. to, 10s. ; grain, per bushel; 31-4-U be
to 25'
tierce; 2s. Tod‘ondon : Tobacco, per box, is- eases
rosin and turpentine, per 2801bs.
ment goods, perton,. 17s. 6d. to 30s. - heavy gooastoe, 154.
to' 'lss: ; beef, per tierce, 2s. 6d.;
rre Havre : Cotton,. ie. ; whalebone, lc.
:41'ke' per

INDIA OVERLAND% Nail" Ail
Intelligence by overland mail has-been recror. aci'9"l°'
dates--Calcutta,.Sept. 6; Madras, Sept. 10 ; 8021133Y1
11:; Singapore; August 29 ; China, August 1-1- „i
No news has-been received from 'Wild or Centr'", V
since -the last. Letters from the Punjab me/160,11,6A1'
dangerous illness, of our ally, Mal l:rajah GIL:10
He is not expected to live. NagP°Are
The administration of the lately 7..upsedhe puny
has been modelled on the system adopted in alarf
One commissioner has been appointed, en
£B,OOO a-year,.with a personal assistant at
deputy commissioners, at £l,BOO 'each ; two, at froro
two= t, .'£1,2004. and seventeen at-salaries varjAil:Potte4
£B4O to £6041 The annexation, during Lord J-m-Lnii"
administration; of the Punjab, P.egue, .NagPore', wfil-
large portion; of the Nizam's territory, has givab4.hae 3,cd
disposal of a far greater amount of patrenae'e ay'"
other British subject has ever enjoi;ed;
exceptions, his appointments have been unel.CePti°,.coto,,,w
The Incrian papers continue to be filled. with tcrita,"'
of petty disturbances in Oude. The most &grail' veiP,;
are -committed; with impunity, ,in the inireecliste,hseoZ
bourhood orthe palace and residency, by the 0.111„11,; tofa
other favouritics of the King. The country 04,Pe`- to ,
in a state of anarchy and intestine warfare; 0vi9,4
weakness of the Government.- The President, I„"„e.ss, t-
man, has been obliged, by a ,severe attack of or„VA.
leave his post, and it is generally thought that t'L' ions'
dem of Omit will be shortly placed under a town h
the State of Mysore has been for many-years• TheetigitY
The accounts from Burnish Are satisfactory let At
out the monsoon of 1853 the country was or" flje fl
the hands of the dacoits, ,and even our posts 'that r"
were frequently attacked, but during-the monsoon try -
just closed there has not been A Silket act of Illc°l
ported.
The Peninsular and Oriental Steam Nave'aten-rice
pany will no longer be -able to make the hig"„ri:coo,e'ij.
coals an excuse for theinexorbitant rates of passaVetePo
The withholding of a dividend' by that comPai b 9 '.)00
much astonishment in:lndia,- It is thus explain e 004
of the Calcutta papers :—" The Erin; and Pas
ease has just been settled by arbitration ; the
have had to pay, independent cf law and incluAeOrie
penses, which must have been heavy, the sum of coop
Ten laes of rupees damages must make a heav9llo'eael etc
such profits as the- Peninsular-and Oriental CeroP 030
draw from the present heavy- demand for yes--
especially for steamers."

aitOts
Political affairs,at Canton remain in the oe,117:
uric ee.
state, and the disaffection, 1 extending. The ink
are in great feree.in the surrounding country, •hosfeiDe
attempts were. made to bake the city, which,-
and t4'
failed. Honam, opposite- Canton, is threaten ,Aiv
09,4
latest accounts mention that the people are (.11-Miller3e.
ring for an open revolt against the
mandarins
14",-,4
At Whavapoa contributions being
threats. The river between that place ana•4.l e
tinues to,be infested by pirates, interfe • with te,""
ring of s 10#1
which csnonly be carried on by the presence bid ti)e
or armed, convoy. The approaches to the c o
and-water, are possession of the insurgentt, tltg
government seem: to confine their operations 1
fence. of city, bee eggO4
The .transit of teas has been stopped; by the cis tv
tints demanded in passing, and inquiry for go9to to
ceased, the. business at Canton has; been 103:1'tet
shipping off the teas that are on the- market. gri'ler
Righting was going on between. the two rittieftpe
Shanghai, but the Imperialists appear. o.ilek°,o
gress towards the recapture of the city. The t•
rebels in the north is very meagre, and the iiiiretresoitri
that they are meeting with reverses =don tbe,de‘,,
At Foochow much activity was going on 1-,icst:erilo,,
went a teas. An extensive fire broke out o'
about 1,000 houses. The ship Lancastrian, an
ew
'the river, got on the bank and broke her bacY,
efl
break up. h no
In the absence of trade at Canton, excharig,e,,ball
to 4s. Bd. per dollar. Freights, £5 10s. !AI:
Shanghai 6s. per dollar, freights £8 and £0

By the White Star"p
SalßetA:shiiipl,Red• Jacket, ,i;O4
Reed, which which arrived on Sunday, we have packet-009::;t111
Melbourne and Geelong to the 31st, and ' DO
Town to the 26th of July.
arrived_aaj. uiThyy,beeaßinnaldgatctopkwoßiredpapet-ship, Lightning, C3l3thlie it';),):3°1.161/rj °f'd
tamed by annoying Philip Heads on the night °I, e row- cle•
HuTTl,;ekaaLigelaitinldincigairn,
veiled the entire run. It was intended to w" tile
Cl de ; !ll' at loott
on her return voyage as quickly as possible. beoce; le
pentaria, _,,i tbo(01.
dine and °Willa, from London, had arr_ie% for Ifileeti
bourne. The John Banks was intended theeaj.,,,nois ,
the same day as the Red Jacket; and EA— cos"
and Ballarat early. .
~,i been,,,Ke
The first sheet of lead made in Victoria n'of 1 r'f,i;lo
amid public demonstrations. The dal:fa consrejoa,°
restaurant with a gas apparatus had eo"lrougl"ifortv.
interest. The escorts for the week had _ imech 1110,
33,327 ounces of gold, exclusive of that froM 0119. „caao
The arrivals of shipping amounted to 8;700 prcw
•
miltedgbglahrttHrumbowyossinb:shfdoraeosnnmpdas,;(arileycJa.alcnikssehtsacitb:iiiac:a:ls:tacicartlire;
accessions to the population consisted of l' , sal)
, ta Jell
and 357 Chinese immigrants. mere-, noes- to
At the meeting of the Chamber of Core ~ in e 0,13,0
ject of Ocean Postage was brought forwt,',l-, nrao.esteal
with the inconvenience sustained from r,!-I',ooal-1,,, grL
at present obtaining for the regulation 01_:mgiceli "" it.
ers. A part of the law of shipping, ',.`a ooton_recyri
M'Culloch, was also made the subject 01
the cancellation of the registers ofbi::::lboeafait"tr-ari7.4:
werefr°' cci " Nov
&c., so that they may be prevent resery cos to
sent to saeta.thße onthextthmeseeetqiues.tions
ap expensenunou n: e di
of
fn,
compilation, tohf a t
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whe Chamberhkal
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cici°
111c.f3ncti si°loi t,
jlisllf!'f,ic°'fi
Entrs,o,r ciesrl .1
°the convenience of shippers, the h°urs l'ig
frarri4"lll
ships, would be ex tended. . the
Of the Mount William diggiug' t