The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1856-03-04 00:00:00

AMERICA.

ARRIVAL OF THE. PERSIA, AND OP' THE
QUAKER CITY.

BY the arrival of the British and North American' royal
mail
'steam-ship Persia, Captain Judkins, which arrived' in
Liverpool on Sunday morning, at) half-past ten, we have intel-
>ligenc3 from New York to the 20th tilt. The United States-
man steam-ship Quaker City, Captain Shnfredt, arrived about
half an hour after the Persia, bringing intelligence from New
York to the 16th 'of February. The. Quaker City has cons* to
take the place of the Pacific, on the-Liverpool and New rt,rk
line, and brought the • mails which should have come by that
ship, and six passengers:
The Persia brings her own' milk. 146 passengers, and
$700,000 in specie:.
Up to the time when the Persia sailed, no tidings had been
received respecting the 'NcifiC, nor' had the steamers which,
:had been sent in search of her returned:,

The Governor of Kansas (Shannon) had left for his post,
with full instructions to execute and carry out all the laws of
that territory He carried with him instructions to Colonel
Sumner, who had charge of eight hundred troops stationed at
Fort Leavenworth, to hold himself in readiness for any
emergency that might arise.
The members of the Western Anti-Slavery Society had
memorialized the Legislature of Ohio to withdraw from the
Union.

The U.S. sloop-of-war John Adams had arrived at Panama
from the Fejee Islands, where she had been to chastise the
natives for cruelties to American seamen.. During the cruis-
ings of the John Adams five sharp engagements took place
between her crew and the cannibals of Polynesia. Five of
their largest towns were burnt, and all the houses therein
reduced to ashes. A treaty was ratified between Commander
Boutwell and Tui Vite or Thokambau, the King of Fejee, on
behalf of the American government.
The isthmus of Panama was very free from epidemic or con-
tagion. There had been some slight insurrection in Lavilla.
In Nicaragua affairs were quiet. General Walker had
about 1,000 men with him. President Rivas had issued a
decree suspending all official communication with the Minister
of the United States, and recalling Parker H. French. Mr.
Manning, acting Vice-Consul of the British Government at
Realejo, had addressed an official letter to the Minister of
Foreign Relations of Nicaragua, in which he sympathizes with
the Provisional Government of Nicaragua in its endeavour to
maintain quiet amongst a disorganized population, and bring
prosperity to a people reduced to want by aimless revolutions.
He assures the executive of the goodwill of the British cabinet
whilst the affairs of the republic are conducted in accordance
with the " usages of the laws of nations." He also recognizes
Walker's commission as a general, and promises to transmit to
Sir Charles Wyke, English Consul in Guatemala, a copy of
the Walker-Rivas treaty.
Amongst the items of miscellaneous news, we learn that
Barbour, the witness against the acquitted Irish fillibusters
at Cincinatti, had been put on his trial for perjury. Mr.
Rowecroft, the English Consul, had giverr evidence in favour
of the veracity of the accused.
An Irish Emigrant Aid Society Convention had been held
at Buffalo, at which it was determined to organize a prac-
ticable system for the benefit of emigrants, by assisting them
to remove from the seaboard cities to a field where there ser-
vices would yield ample subsistence. The president of the
convention denied that there was any sectionality in the
movement. The emigrants were to be free to go to- Canada
or Minnesota ; the only object of the society was to provide a
way, and furnish the means.
A railway train, weighing eighty tons, had crossed the-Po-
tomac river on the ice.

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The Northern Light had arrived at New York from San
.Than, with advices from California to the 21st January, and
$2,12,678; and the St. Louis, from Aspinwall, with $1,023,028'
on freight.
011, the sth February, Her Majesty's ship Eurydice and the
mail' steamer Clyde were in the harbour of San Juan. Her
Majesty's ship Espiegle had sailed" the previous day.
J: L. Stephens had left San Francisca with 1,275,548,19
dollara,on freight, including 259,071 dollars for England. The
mines continued to yield a regular supply, and great prepara-
tions were'being made by the farmers for sowing an unusual
quantity of grain daring the coming season. Business at San
Francisco was

The latest advices _from the Amor' River repert the Rus-
sians as well fortified. A cannon foundrrhad been established.

From the- Sundwich Islands we learn that the inhabitants
of Hilo were in•great apprehension lest the stream of lava from
the volcano should overwhelm the town.

Accounts frorn,Havana, of the 13th ult,report the state of
the sugar crop as-unfavourable. The weather was -bad, and
the crops would probably not be larger than last year. An
increase in rates- was expected. Molasses were scarce; The
ship Anna Tift, Captain Golding, from New Orleans for Liver-
pool, had been struck-by lightning. She also' sprung a leak,
and put into Havana to repair damage. She would probably
have to discharge.
Advices from Veva,Crur report that Puebla had capitulated
terHaro y Tamariz. Comonfort was about to to dispatchfrom
the city of Mexico nearly 7,000 soldiers, divided -into three
brlandes, against the insurgents. Santa Anna's property had
been seized on accounrof his- treasons and other crimes. In
the interior all the telegraphic wires had been cut away.
Uraga had been beaten- at Tolman. It was saidlhat the
southern provinces werequiet.
Thcreanadian Legislattirelvw? opened on the 15th February
by theGovernor-Genera.
Letters from Porto Cabello, of the 27th January,.-report`
considerable activity in business: Coffee was in great demand
for the European and United--States markets. Good qualities-
commanded $l2 per qtl. ; fair; $l2l. Hides, 214 c. per 1.6.;
much request for the United States. Freight, $l6 to $lEk,

The Aaviees from Valparaigo are-to' thel6th, and Callmo to
the 26th January. affairs- were tranquil. Ten or
twelve ediflees had been destroyed by fire at Valpard3a.'
Pern was in a very unsettled state.

Mr. Dallier the sew Minister to EngEind, was to leave A
the Baltic, elf the 6th instant. His- sort had been appoinied,
Secretary of Legation.
COMMERCIAL INPELLIGENCE.
Nicr Yonir, February 20.
There was-a,plentiful supply of money,. and the market was
Vusy at the rates previously current, namely,. 8; to 10 per cent.
fir first-class business paper. The- stock. market was buoyant.
Oompared with- the dosing quotations of yesterday, Illinois
&ultra Bonds-advanced if; Erie sliares-i ; New York Cen-
tral *; Harlem 24:; Hudson River 4 ; ..Reading ; Michigan
SOuthern 1 • Galena and Chicago- 19:; Chicago and Rock
Island A.; Cleveland and Toledo 24; Panama -1;. and Nicara-
gua 4. per cent. - Foreign Exchans,continued. firm, and
Bankers expectingza further advance- were. indifferent about
drawing at the present rates. Exchange on England : In
grod. demand at Nine: t 109i.c. Bills -on France-, L 6.181 to
U. 211.
Corrow.—ln cotton there had been-tin -adVanee- of le. to c.
per-th. during the week. There was a fair amount of business
doue, without excitement, and holders- were very firm at the
following quotations. The sales were estimated at 7,500 bales,
in addition to 15,080? transitu. Vre-nuote—

New Orleans
Upland.. Florida. Mobile: and Texas.
Ordinary 9' 9 9, 9
Mirk'ling. .......1Q . 10itf I.oi 101
ile.:ititliing Fair —.ll 11 11k, 11
Fair ll.l 111 111 121
T6tal. import since Ist February ...... 27',13Ct bales.
Taal import since Ist September _198;541 ,
Export from the United States : • -
Singe Ist Septemberclß.ss
Se.nie time, 1854 • 968,071 ~
Export, from Ist to 15th February
Cotton lB6B, 8,121 bales. 1555; 4,176 bales.
S7.VCII>,OI, COTTON IN, INTERIOR TOWIF4,IiOT INCLUDED IN