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

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One cannot think of the session closing, and of the pro-
bable changes which may occur in the Ministerial arrange-
ments before another session is summoned, without calling

to memory, for the hundredth time, the long and tiresome
array of Ministerial dead and missing legislative n

The melancholy catalo;

Le of Cabinet abortions, manglir

and mutilations, present as prominent features bills on
Parliamentary Reform, Parliamentary Oaths, Punishment
of Election Bribery, Pauper Removal and Settl
besides a host of others, which, in the language of puff—,
Ind auctioneers, " are too tedious to mention." That the

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Wheat, quarters
Grain of other description, qrs
Indian Corn, quarters

Flour and Meal, cwt
Provisions—Bacon, Pork, Lard

&c., cwt

Butter and Cheese, cwt

knimals, No,
Flggs, N 0.....

Cocoa, lb.
Coffee, ib,

331,193

Sugar, cw
Tea, 1b....
Rice, cwt.

118,173

73,708

16,360,774

Spirits, gallons

7,462,079
73,839
330,430

Wines, gallon
Opium, lb. ..
Tobacco, 1b...

CurrantS, Figs, and Raisins, cwt

Ditto,-cwt.

2,310,482

accounts.

Flax, cwt

260,324
64,704

HeMp, cwt.
Raw Silk, 11

Cotton, cwt
Wool, 1b....
Tallow, cwt.

ISSUE DEPARTMENT,

Notes issued

more " awkward questions --
their satellites rejoice greatly.. Within the last f
Lord Jon.; betaking himself to gentlemanly habiliments
and cleanly attire, has assumed an air of jauntiness which
sits most gracelessly upon his shoulders, peering high
above which his flinty shirt-collars threaten to scarify his
meagre and " weasened" ears. It has been noticed by all,
even the most listless observer,, that ever since his

Ministers and
weeks

£26,771,780

BANKING DEPART3IENT,

X 32,366,0801

NEWS

the week shown signs of gradual improvement,
induced in a great measure by the continued
favourable prospects of an abundant harvest, and

funds, but in the reduction of he rate of discount,
which was declared by the Bank Directors on
Thursday to be reduced from 51 to 5 per cent.
The weekly returns of the Bank of England exhi-
bited a small decrease in the stock of bullion, but

same extent as the reduction in the

dirninu-

-e been rather

mints following the re-

but nothing of moment ha

LuOULLI PJ I.IIG S eliCl at urauqUillltl Illt:11
prevails, and there is an 'absence of any exciting

In the Cotton manufacturing districts the acti-
vity still continues, particularly for Yarns and the
lower qualities of goods. The Hosiery trade also
shows signs of improvement, but the Lace trade
has not yet recovered from its depression. The
Yorkshire markets are still dull, though prices are
maintained owing to the high rates of the raw
material at the recent sales.

There has been a change in the weather during
the week, the temperature being colder, and thun-
derstorms have taken place in some parts of the
country. The quantity of rain, however, which
has fallen has not been great, and nothing has
occurred to excite any serious apprehension as to
the productiveness of the approaching harvest.
The circumstance has, however, been seized upon
by holders of Wheat and Flour to make an advance
of prices, but though quotations are in consequence
higher, the amount of business done has
1"

_ aeyond the demands for immediate con-
sumption. Reports are also rife of the re-appear-
, of the potato disease in some parts of the
Kingdom, but such accounts should be received
with caution, as they are usually current at this
time of the year, and originate from those who are
interested in raising the price of breadstuffs. It
should not be forgotten that the breadth of land in
Wheat is greater than ever before remembered,
and that the extent of Potatoes in cultivation is so
great that, if more than half the crop were de-
stroyed, there might still be an ample supply for
consumption. Both crops in our own neighbour-
hood are looking most promising, and from the
majority of agricultural districts the reports are
that the Wheat crops present the most favourable
appearance both in quantity and quality.
We quote the following from the monthly cir-
cular, dated 7th August, of Messrs. T. and H.
LITTLEDALE & Co. :

" The weather and its effects on the approaching har-
vest have been the all-engrossing subjects of attention

Our SHARE MARKET has been very steady all
week, and there has been a progressive advance in
prices almost daily. To-day, owing to the extreme

uecluea and m
at the highest point of the week with an improving
appearance. Business has been done during the
day as follows :—Chester and Birkenhead, 17 ;
Blackburn, 51 ; Caledonians, 32 -18-- ; East Lanca-

this evening

shire, 16 15-16 7 6i ; Lancashire and Yorkshire,
69* lc 491 1 4 ; London Stock, 106 ; Sheffield
Stock, ?AM : Midland Stock, 6818 2 282 k.
North Britisb,B 13-16 ; South Eastern, 19i- -1 13-16;
York, Newcastle, and Berwick, 19 ; Manchester,
Sheffield, and Lincolnshire £lO pref. shares, 111 ;
Ditto £6 pref. shares, 7-16 p. ; Liverpool United
Gas, 195.

miring the greater part of the past month, and
exception of a few days nothing could have been more
favourable :—instead of a late harvest, as was expected a
month since, such has been the effect of the hot summer
weather of the last three weeks, that cutting has already
commenced in many districts, and we are likely to have
both an early and abundant gathering. It is still, how-
ever, premature to look upon such a wished-for result as
certain, and so vast is the issue depending upon it, that
little or no movement has yet been apparent in business,
nor will be until the realisation is more sere—indeed it is
perhaps more a question of the evil to be apprehended in
the event of a bad harvest than any great excitement or
advance in prices should it prove a good one. The busi-
ness of the year has been far from profitable as a whole
both to merchants and manufacturers, and should we
have any serious drawback, the effects must be disastrous
—before the end of the present month, however, we trust
that any such apprehensions may be dissipated, and our
harvest secure. The reports of the Continental harvest
are equally promising as our own.

-Notwithstanding the absence of any

immediate stimulus, there has been a good amount
of business doing, but without any alteration in
prices. The amount of sales for the week up to
Friday amounted to 53,240 bales, of which 3,420
were taken on speculation, and 6,870 for export,
leaving 42,950 for the trade. To-DAY the sales
reached 10,000 bales, of which about 2,000 were
on speculation and for export, and the market was
steady, without change in value. The following is
a comparison of present rates with those of the
corresponding period of last year :

New Orleans Middling

There continues "a
steady consumptive demand for all
le leading articles of import, but prices in most instances
are rather lower than higher. Corn, coffee, sugar, tea,
e I jute, hemp, saltpetre, and rice are all more or less in favour

The returns of the Board of Trade for the month
ended sth July show a considerable increase in the
declared value of exports of British Produce and
Manufactures, being no less than £934,908, or
from £6,772,733 to £7,707,641. The increase
arises chiefly from Metals, amounting to £352,622,
and the other principal items are as follow :
Cotton Manufactures, £163,916 ; Cotton Yarn,
£130,055 ; Hardwares, £77,365; Wool, £60,906 ;
Woollen Manufactures, £42,202 ; Machinery,
£42,115 ; Coals, £38,072 ; Earthenware, £26,597 ;
and Leather, £22,765. The principal items of
decrease are—Linen Manufactures, £59,439; Linen
Yarn, £24,424 ; Haberdashery, £15,943 ; Woollen
Yarn, £12,690; and Oil and Seeds, £10,627. The
total value of exports for the six months is
£43,433,003, against £41,866,557 the correspond-
ing period of last year, being an increase of
£1,566,446.

Fair
Upland Middling

The return of importations of articles for general
consumption show a slight increase in Sugar,
Wheat, Rice, and Tobacco, but a falling-off in
nearly everything else. The following is a state-
ment of the several quantities taken for home con-
sumption during the month ended sth July in the
several years

nitscuiPrloN. PRICES. Week Prey!.
ending ously
Aug. 4. this yr

357,104

197,961
147,071

Week This
ending Year. 'Aug. 4
Aug. 4.,1

25,461

72,112
19,476
14,625,991

1,840,716
82,801

554,338

2,431,005
29,435

In the imports of raw materials there is again
an increase in Tallow, Hemp, and Silk. The
less re-exported, being as follow :

158,188
108,867

670 17480
- 10 830 5499 4282521
6il 12010 287230

11,259,134
54,323

Sea Island .. 10 (4 36
Stained ....i 64
Boweds t 4

Of other articles the importation has been on an
average scale, Glass showing an increase, and
Leather a decrease. No material alteration in
Timber, but a decrease in Palm Oil.

As regards the Shipping Trade, we find that in
the month last past there were 2,982 vessels em-
ployed in the Foreign Trade, with a tonnage of
719,482 entered inwards ; of which 2,545 were
sailing vessels, with 588,143 tonnage, and 437
steam-vessels, with 131,339 tonnage ; whilst in

the corresponding month of 1853 the number was
2,955, with a tonnage of 697,311. There cleared
outwards during the same periods respectively,
3,675 ships, 725,069 tonnage, of which 3,281 were
sailing vessels, with 611,853 tonnage, and 394
steam-vessels, with 113,216 tonnage ; whilst in
the corresponding month of 1853 there were 3,689
ships, 705,764 tonnage. In the Coasting Trade,
durinc, the month of the present year, 11,267
vessels,' 1,069,384 tonnage, entered inwards, 9,641
being sailing vessels, with 697,433 tonnage, and
e- 1 1,626 steam-v- 1 12.953

, essels, 371,951 tonnage ; an(
ships, 1,189,513 tonnage, cleared outwards, of
which 11,357 were sailing vessels, with 834,136
tonnage, and. 1,596 steam-vessels, 355,377 tonnage;
in the corresponding month of 1853, the numbers
were—ships, 11,792 ; tonnage, 1,097,472 ; and
ships, 13,393 ; tonnage, 1,196,888.
The return from the Bank of England for the
week ending the 29th of July gives the following
results, when compared with the
_previous week :
Public deposits ... £2,302,361; Increase . £243,576
Other deposits ... 11,124,260; Decrease 485,139
Rest ... ... 3,335,739; Increase 7,207
On the other side of the account--

Mobile -
ait 6 4330 152050 1 8735 829400 613740
New. Orleans. 3 81 24680 578340 1
Pernams, &c., 61 81 1130 28850 .... 22121, 15540
Bahia, &e tit 6i 670, 18820 .... 16284, 8730
Maran ham
Demerara, &c .... 1 520 .... 409, 170
Egyptian 5l 91 3020, 65400 1801 410651 59430
Coin. W.l.Bcc — 820' 3770 .... I 20811 1690
Surat
'Madras
Bengal — ....j 1831 ....
--,-- ,--1
53240 1373580 13554 1513533 903130

9741 3670

WooL.—We had considerably more business
doing in long wools this week, and prices of this
class may be considered fully ld per lb. higher
than at our last public sales : the fine weather and
the favourable progress of the London sales—which
are just drawing to a conclusion—have tended
very materially to establish a firmer tone through-
out the trade, and combing classes may now be
considered fully id per lb. higher than they were
at the lowest point. There have been considerable
inquiries for English clothing wools, and anything
on the market would command good prices. In
Irish nothing can now be had in the country under
16s. 3d. to 16s. 6d., which, before it could be
brought to this market, would cost 13d. Lincoln
and Kent fleeces are also of ready sale, at 12d to
122 d. Douskoy Wool has been operated in to
some extent, at 9d per lb. Goats Wool has rea-
lized 182 d to 191 d per lb. Imports for the week-
-1,901 bales, viz., 1,267 Buenos Ayres, 31 Mediter-
ranean, 184 Iceand, 82 Irish, 306 Scotch, and 31.
coastwise.

METALs.—There is a good demand for every
description of Metals, and prices generally continue
without change. For Manufactured Iron the
demand is quite equal to the supply, and some of
the Welsh Ironmasters have advanced ss. per ton
on Bars. The shipments and consumption of Pig
Iron are large, and prices were advanced in conse-
quence, with every prospect of a stillfurtheradvance.
For Copper a very steady demand. For Tin Plates
a good inquiry. For Lead a better inquiry, at im-
proved prices.
PRODUCE.—The markets generally during the
week have been comparatively inactive. Sugar,
however, has slightly improved. Palm Oil is
rather higher, and prices of most articles have
been fairly maintained. To-day there has been a
good inquiry for sugar, from refiners and grocers,
the business, including Saturday's sales, comprising
200 hhds. St. Vincent and Trinidad at 30s. 6d. to
335. ; 50 hhds. 100 brls. Antigua, at 30s. to
335. 6d. ; 400 hhds. Cuba, chiefly at 31s. 6d. to
335. 9d. ; 30 hhds. Porto Rico, at 335. to 345. 6d. ;
260 bags Benares, at 38s. ; and 900 bags Pernams
and Paraiba, at 295. per cwt. There is nothing to
notice in Molasses. Of Rum, 250 puns. Demerara
have found purchasers, at previous prices. Nothing
has taken place in Coffee, but a large parcel of
Laguayra will be offered to-morrow. Transactions
in Tea have been to a moderate extent, at about
former prices. There are no transactions to report
in East India Rice ; 75 casks Carolina have been
sold at 19s. to 20s. 6d. per cwt. At auction, 60
tons Ceara Fustic, all faults, realised £7 2s. 9d.
to £7 10s. per ton.

Government securities £11,775,383, Decrease £35,000
Other securities ... 13,610,093; Decrease 209,322
Notes unemployed ... 6,257,060; Increase 12,575
The amount of notes in circulation is £20,514,720,
being a decrease of £141,805 ; and the stock of
bullion in both departments is £13,484,324, show-
ing a decrease of £149,353, when compared with the
preceding return.

STABBING BY A BOY.—About half-past four o'clock on
Wednesday morning, Mary Hoyle, a woman residing
in Old Pottery-row, Toxteth-park, was stabbed se-
riously in the arms and neck by Joseph Bethel, a boy,
fourteen, years of age, with whom she had an alterca-
tion.

£26,771,780 Governmt. Debt £11,015,100
Other Securities 2,984,900
Gold coin & bu11'n.12,771,780
'Silver bullion ...

Tui OLIVER TESTIMONIAL—The testimonial service
of plate to be presented to Edward Oliver, Esq., of this
town, will, we understand, be on private view in Mr.
Dismore's show-rooms, Bold-street, on Thursday and
Friday next.

£26,771,780

PuiLHA.umoNrc Socrum—The fifth subscription con-
cert for the season, it will be seen by an advertisement, is
to take place on the evening of the 25th inst. ; on which
occasion the most celebrated artistes from the Royal
Italian Opera will appear. These include Mad'lle.
Cravelli, Mad'lle. Marai, and Madame Cotti ; together
with Signors Luchesi, Tagliafico, Susini, Polonini, and
Tamberlik ; M. Jules Benedict will preside at the
piano-forte; Mr. J. Z. Herrmann conducting.
SHILLING ORATORIOS.—Another of these interesting
performances is to be given in the Philharmonic Hall next
Tuesday. Handel's great oratorio " Judas Maccabmus" will
be performed. The principal parts will be sustained on
the occasion by Miss Stott, Miss Santley, Mr. Haigh*, of
Dublin, and Mr. Armstrong.
IrrquEsr.—Yesterday an inquest was held on the body
of William Shaw, a prisoner in the Borough Gaol, who
had been committed, at the May sessions, for three
months. It was ascertained that he died of fever, and a
verdict was returned accordingly.

DEATH FROM BATHING.—:6II Sunday last, Thomas
Kelly, aged 25, who resided at 6, Llanrwst-street, Park,
went with two companions to bathe at the Potteries, near
Mr. Laird's timber yard, when he got out of his depth,
and the body has not yet been discovered.

DRATTI FROM DBLIRU3I TREMENS.—About one o'clock
on Thursday morning last, William Mooney, proprietor
of Vauxhall knacker's-yard, was taken from the main
Bridewell to the Northern Hospital, where he died
on Sunday morning, about nine o'clock, from the effects
of delirium tremens. An inquest will be held on the
body this day.

LARGE EdG.—On Saturday last, a common hen, belong-
ing to Mr. Joseph Toal, Luke-street, Toxteth-park, laid an
egg, the dimensions of which were 7 inches by 61 inches,
and it weighs above 31 ounces. This hen usually lays very
large-sized eggs.
ASSAULT UPON ALDERMAN S. HOLME.—On Saturday,
Charles Kirk, a carter, was charged with assaulting Mr.
Alderman S. Holme on the preceding day. Mr. Holme
stated that, on Friday, after leaving the Police-court, as
he was crossing from the Town-hall to the Royal Rank-

LIE AAIE
ship, took li

buildings, he observed the prisoner beating a _horse about
the head most severely, the poor animal being unable to
draw a cart heavily laden with what appeared to be wet
skins. He remonstrated with the man upon his cruelty,
who, after looking at him (Mr. Holme) in a menacing
manner, commenced beating his horse more savagely than
before. On this Mr. Holme raised his hand to arrest the
blows of the prisoner's whip from falling on the horse,
when the prisoner struck him severely on the shoulder
with the butt end. His shoulder had been black ever
since. Mr. Hensman, who had also remonstrated with
the Prisoner • ineffectually, corroborated Mr. Holme's
evidence, and the 'prisoner, who urged nothing in his
defence, was fined £5, or in default was ordered to be im-

CA, British and North A

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prisonea for two months,

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Prop. Capital ~, £14,553,000 Gov. Securities £11,775,383
Rest .
... 3,335,739 Other Securities 13,610,093
Public Deposits 2,302,361 Notes ... 6457,060
Other Deposits . 11,124,260 Gold & Silver Cola 712,644
7-clay & other bills 1,039,72

ST. HELEN'S RAILWAY.--. he half-yearly meeting of
this company was held on Saturday, at St. Helen's, Mr.
G. Greenall, M.P., in the chair. The report stated that
the increase in the gross traffic receipts for the six months
just ended, when compared with the same period of 1853,
was £6,590, against which must be placed an increase of
working and renewal charges of £2,853, and of interest
on loans and, preference dividends of £5,898. The gross
revenue for the half-year is £30,235 ; and the working
charges, rates, taxes, and rents amount to £11,331, or 37f
per cent. on the receipts, leaving a surplus of £18,903 ;
deducting from which for interest on loans, £6,493 ; for
renewal of permanent way £350; and for additional works
£236—£7,080; leaves £11,823. To which must be added
the balance left from the last account £138—£11,961;
out of which the directors propose that a dividend should
be declared for the past half-year, payable on the 19th of
August, of per cent. on stock A, £792 ; of 24 per cent.
on stock B, £3,600; of 3 per cent. on stock C, £3,757; of
24 per cent. on stock D, £2,475 ; of 24 per cent. on the
£25. shares, 1852, £159; and 24 per cent. on the £2O
shares, 1853, £1,031—£11,816 ; leaving a balance to be
earned to the next account of £145. The directors regret
that the development of the traffic at Garston Dock has
not hitherto fully realind their anticipations. The junc-
tion with the Warrington and Stockport Railway, at the
joint station in Warrington, was opened on the Ist of
May. The Chairman, in moving the adoption of the re-
port, said he was quite confident that although at the
present moment they were only able to pay 4 per cent.
upon stock A, he was confident they might still entertain
a very favourable opinion of their property. As a strong
guarantee of future amendment and prosperity, he men-
tioned that in 1849, only five years ago, the gross income
of the company was £31,000, while the income during the
year ending June 1854 was £62,000. He hoped, th erefore, they
would feel assured that ultimately their investment would
be a valuable one. Resolutions were passed adopthig the
report, declaring the dividends therein reaumneßded, and
re-electing Messrs. Smith, Steers, Barlow, Rushton, and
Dagleish, the retiring direct" TM meeting then sepa,
rated+

£32,355,080

THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD, AND GENERAL COMMERCIAL ADVERTISER.

I LATEST

The Oest. Corr

Russian forces

INTELLIGENCE

ler-in-(

Moldavia. It is

he is also appointed Civil and Military Governo.

1 Moldavia

reply of the I

'ench grovernment to th

note arrived at Vienna on Thursday, when the English
and French ministers officially communicated to Count

Buol the unconditional rejection of the Russ

by Frar

propos],

The Vienna Conference met on Friday and Saturd

ter Moldavia

with despatches for the Turkish head-quar

The Russ:

despatches for Prince Gortschakoff the pr

it is said that the Russian embassy is packing up prior t,
departure.

After j conference, the Italian army is ordered
to be made mobile, and its cavalry reserves called out.
On the' 29th of July, Said Pasha, advancing from

militar

Oltenitza to Buchar

,st, overtook the Rusgian rear guard

which he attacked and routed,

If the latest news from Constantinople is to be depended
upon, Friday was the day on which a combined attack by
sea and by land was to be made by the allied armies and
fleets on the Russian stronghold in the Black Sea—
Sebastopol. Under date of 21st

it is stated that the

troops, in number about 50,000, were to embark for the
Crimea from Baltschik, on board a large number of trans-
ports ; considerable quantities of ammunition and materiel
were being taken from the stores at Constantinople by
the Furious, the Cyclops, and the Firebrand.

RETREAT OF THE RUSSIANS

The following is from The Times' correspondent at

Vienna :

"On the Ist of August the Russians retired from
Bucharest, after having broken up the road between that
city and Kalugereny.

"Omar Pasha has sent a message to Bucharest, re-
quiring lodging and provisions for 12,000 men inside the
city, and rations for 20,000 outside the walls.

"Before leaving Bucharest Prince Gortschakoff assem-
bled the Boyards and thanked them for the manner in
which they had treated the Russian troops during their
stay in Bucharest. The general added, that strategic
reasons induced him to quit the city, but that it was not
improbable he might return at an early period."