The Liverpool Standard, and General Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1854-12-19 00:00:00

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NEW YORK, Dec. 6.—Ashes, better.. Cotton is heavy ;
sales, 800 bales. Flour, better ; State, $7,87 to $8,37;
Ohio, $8,50 to. $9 ; Southern, better: Wheat, better ;
sales, 2,000 bushels. Corn, better ; sales, 70,000 bushels ;
mixed, 90c. to- 90ic. ; yellow, 92c. to 93c. Pork, better ;
mess, $13,50 to $13,75. Beef, firm. Lard, firmer.
NEW ORLEANS, Dec. 2.—The cotton market is un-
changed. The sales to-day were 3,600 bales. For mess
pork prices are considerably lower, 900 barrels, received
from New York per steamer, sold for $lB. Freights are
firm. Sterling exchange is quoted at 8 to 8 per cent.
premium..

FRANCE.—On Wednesday, for the first time since the
opening of the campaign in the Crimea, the Empe-
ror visited the Opera in Paris. Admiral Hamelin, in
consequence of the recent dignity conferred on him,
is to return to France, with Rear Admiral Count
Bouet Willaumez and the other officers of his staff, and
Vice-Admiral Bruat is to take thecommand of the French
naval forces in the Black Sea. The Baltic and Mediter-
ranean squadrons are to be formed
.into one, under the
name of the Mediterranean squadron. At Lyons and
Marseilles, without waiting for the decision of the
Roman See, the fête of the Immaculate Conception
was celebrated on the Bth with great pomp. Lyons was
illuminated at night ; Bengal lights from time to time
rose in the sky, and balloons filled with fireworks were
let off. At Marseilles the fete commenced in the morning
with a procession, which lasted for two hours, of the statue
of the Virgin, which was escorted by detachments from
the garrison. At night- the streets were illuminated, and
a great crowd thronged the streets. The fete was to con.
tinue the next day.

SPAIN.—The Madrid journals of the Bth have arrived..
General Ros de Olano was generally spoken of as likely
to be the new Minister of Marine in the room of M.
Salazar ; General Prim and M. Corradi were also men-
tioned. A conspiracy at Cuba has been suppressed. Two
United States packets have been seized at Havana, for
having conveyed arnis and seditious proclamations.
ITALY.—A telegraphic despatch from Rome announces
that on Sunday last, the Pope, officiating at St, Peter's,
promulgated the decree which delares that the Immacu-
late Conception is an article of faith of the Church, and
that whoever denies it is a heretic. Two hundred bishops
were present on the occasion, and, in the words of the an-
nouncement, " Rome was intoxicated with joy."

RIISSIA.—The Empress of Russia is reported to be
dying. It was not even certain that she was alive when
the last Vienna account was transmitted from St. Peters-
burg. The barrage of the approaches to Riga Harbour,
by sinking masses of stone, has been so effectual that even
merchant vessels drawing an ordinary depth of water
cannot enter or depart with cargoes, and all such vessels
must be loaded and' unloaded outside this artificial bar
destined to prevent the approach of hostile cruisers.

GIBRALTAR.—The steamer Iberia arrived at South-
ampton, on Saturday night, with dates from Gibraltar to
the Bth, and Lisbon the 11th instant, £28,000 in specie,
and the usual cargo. Among the passengers were several
wounded officers froth Balaklava. A number of trans-
ports had passed Gibraltar to the eastward.
BRAZIL—The Great Western arrived at Southampton
on Saturday afternoon, with advices from Buenos Ayres ---
to the 2nd, Monte Video the 6th, Rio to the 14th, and men for every-one.--Punch
Pernambuco to the 24th November, and from Lisbon to One of the 24-pounder brass guns, captured at Alm_,
ay the 11th December, and £3,475 in gold on freight. At has been awarded, in division orders, to the 95th Regi-
to Buenos Ayres all was quiet. Business was very languid. ment, having been claimed and taken possession of by
Pit Paraguay a dispute had taken place between the that corps, being the first to enter the batteries out of

Americans and the President, in consequence of which the
former had left, and the President had declared the river
closed against ships of war of all nations. Exchange was
quoted at 65. At Rio the Brazilians weft fitting out a
fleet of steam-ships, which were reported to be going to

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TUESDAY, DECEMBER, 19, 1854.

trom the target than the old one, the hole made DS
shot of the former was well-defined and clean, while

orifice made by the latter was jagged and
Several officers of the English army on their way to the
Crimea arrived in Paris on Thursday.; Some of then,
who were walking on the Boulevards in their undress
uniform, excited the most lively interest, and many Per"
sons saluted them as they passed, in a way to show her
warmly they approve the alliance between the two nations-
' After dining in Paris, the officers left in the evening for
Marseilles.
A letter from Sebastopol, dated the 25th ult., speaks of
the preparations for the recommencement of the attack.
"On their . side," it says, " the besieged continue their_
enormous works of defence. They are bristling over wit',
cannon. We are, however, all in-high spirits and full of
confidence—generals, officers, and men. Two Russian
deserters, Russians pur sang, were brought into earl
yesterday. One had escaped from the town; and he told
us that the inhabitants were suffering from hunger and
thirst ; that many were dying, and,tfrom the description
which he gave of the sickness, it would appear that both
cholera and pestilence are at work. The other deserter
came from the camp of Prince Menschikoff. There, also'
they suffered froni hunger, and the misery was terrible.
Reinforcements were coming up, but without clothes or
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provisions. The distress is so great that many would, 11
they found the opportunity, desert, and come over to the,
French, who are described to them as very generous, and
abundantly supplied with everything ; but Menschikofff
like a prudent man guards the whole of the approaches
with mounted Cossacks, and the deserters who have the
misfortune to be captured expire under the knout. Set'
withstanding all this, seldom a day passes that deserter/
do not come over."
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A QIIERY FOR THE WAR-OFFICE.—Once upon a ( ..del-
It
is said that there was a Brigadier-General in India.
General Nott was his commander-in-chief. General Nott
sent to the Brigadier an order to advance with the troop;
under his command. The Brigadier sent.answer that it
was impossible—no doubt for some excellent military
reason. General Nott sent back to the Brigadier a repeti•
tion of his order. With it was a letter, informing the
Brigadier that a duplicate of the order had been sent to his
second in command, with directions, if the Brigadier still
declined, to advance the brigade and bring the Brigadier
along with it under fixed bayonets. So runs the story'.
Mr. Punch would respectfully ask the Duke of Newcastle
if he has ever beard it. And if he have, does he know the
name of the Brigadier ? And if he know, would he oblige
Mr. Punch by informing him whether that Brigadier now
commands a division of the aimy in the Crimea ; and,
further, whether, if anything happen to deprive that aria
of the service of Lord Raglan, the routine of service, which
would entitle this Brigadier to the command in place of
Lord Raglan, would be followed ?—Punch.

ArotyAnnmoNs.—Additional recruiting parties have
arrived in the metropolis for the purpose of raising the
required number of men to complete the undermentioned
regiments to the proposed war establishment—viz., ea:
valr-y regiments, the strength of which is to be increase('
to eight troops of 80 men each, exclusive of farriers and
trumpeters, making a total of 640 effective. sabres-Ist
Dragoon Guards, 2nd ditto, 3rd ditto, 4th ditto, sth or
Princess Charlotte of Wales's, Dragoon Guards, 6th Care'
bineers, 7th Dragoon Guards, Ist Royal Dragoons (heavy),
2nd Scots Grays, 4th Light Dragoons, 6th Enniskillen,
7th Hussars, Bth ditto, 9th Lancers, 11th Hussars, 13th
Light Dragoons, 13th Hussars,. 18th Lancers, and 17th
ditto. Infantry regiments to• be increased to an effective
strength of 1,400 bayonets, exclusive of their respective
depot companies-2nd Queen's Own,_ 3rd Buffs, 4th Regi-
meat of Foot, 7th Fusileers, 9th Foot, 13th Light Infantry'
14th Foot, 17th ditto, 18th Royal. Irish, 19th Foot, 20th
ditto, 21st Fusileers, 23rd ditto; 28th Foot, 30th ditto,
31st ditto, 33rd (Duke of Wellington's) Regiment, 34th
Foot, 38th ditto, 40th ditto, 42nd Highlanders, 43rd Mon-
mouth Light Infantry, 44th Foot, 46th ditto, 47th ditto,
48th ditto, 50th ditto, 55th ditto, 62nd ditto, 63rd ditto,
68th Durham Light Infantry, 71st Highland Light In:
fantry, 72nd Highlanders, 77th Foot, 79th ditto, 88,01
Connaught Rangers, 89th Foot, 90th ditto 92nd ditto,
93rd Highlanders, 95th Foot; and. 97th ditto. The Ist
Royal Scots, 60th Rifles, and the Rifle Brigade will each,
have an additional battalion of 1,000 men. The Roy"
Artillery is to be increased as followers I—Foot ArtillerY
and field batteries, a battalion of 1,000 gunners ; Royal
Horse Artillery, four troops, of 100 men each. The Rocket
Brigade will also be augmented, and-it is in contemplation
to raise a corps of artillery drivers, by which means the
strength of the gunners will be greatly augmented. The
Royal Sappers and Miners are to be increased, and it i 9
stated-that the Royal Staff Corps is to be reorganized.