The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1852-09-14 00:00:00

August:—The firsloale of cotton has been received

Nashville Insurance Company has suspended business."
The South Carolina papers complain of the ravages of the
caterpillar amongst the cotton. The severity of the
storm which occasioned so much damage in the south was
also experienced in New York.
The American newspapers continune to devote consi-
derable attention to the secret order of the " Lone Star,"
the vital object of which is to revolutionize the Island of
Cuba and establish a Republican Government.
The intelligence from San Francisco, which extends to
the 31st July, has been partially anticipated by an arrival
at Southampton. Auriferous earth was said to have been
found in some boxes of Hobart Town potatoes landed
from the ship Victory. The Herald states that two
ounces were washed out from these important diggings.
Sheep, to the number of 2,200, had arrived from Salt
Lake, at Wolfskill Rancho, twenty miles from Sacramento.
They were bought by Messrs. 11"11lahan and Peters, and
left St. Joseph in June, 1851, wintering in the Mormon
country. Great injury had been experienced from fire in
the ripe crops of grass and grain. The borders of the
Upper Sacramento had been visited severely, and the des-
struction of hay and barley was very alarming.

From Kingston, Jamaica, we have advices to the 23rd
ult. On the 22nd a severe shock of an earthquake was
experienced in Kingston and Spanish Town, which oc-
casioned the stoppage of the church clocks. "The sugar
crop in Trelawny," says the Falmouth Post, " will be
considerably less than what was expected, in consequence
of the long drought, and that the next crop will not be
any better. On some properties the cane-fields are com-
pletely burnt up, and much difficulty is experienced in
procuring food and water for the stock. On the 20th
there was a heavy rain in Falmouth, and we believe that
it was general throughout the parish. it is supposed that
the whole crop in the island for 1852, will not exceed
28,000 hogsheads, which will be little more than one-half
of that which the Island of Barbadoes has produced."

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Advices from Havana to the 18th show that the
authorities were still assiduously engaged in ferreting
out and arresting persons supposed to be engaged in the
dissemination of seditious documents. A rumour was
afloat that several of those who had fallen under suspicion
had been shot.

We have accounts from St. Thomas to the 20th ult.
Business was exceedingly dull. Exchange on London
4.021.

Our accounts from the Sandwich Islands are to the
2nd July. " A royal salute of twenty-one guns was fired,"
says the Polynesian of the 19th June, " from the fort on
the hill, on Tuesday, the 15th, at noon, in honour of the
King's signature to the new constitution, granted by his
Majesty for the good ofall who live under his jurisdiction."
We have very brief and uninteresting advices from
Panama to the 17th ult.

COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE

NEW YORK, AUGUST 31

MONEY ArAnxu.r.—The abundance of' money has in-
creased, and large balances have been carried over for
employment at five pc r cent. on call. Some considerable
loans were paid off yesterday, running at that rate ; some
loans made at the old rate of four per cent. First class
short paper is pressed at five per cent.; long paper at six
to seven per cent. In the Stock market the feeling con-
tinues to be buoyant, and there is a growing disposition
to operate for a rise. There is more doing in sterling Ex-
change; but there were few drawers at 101 for leading
bills. The range is 101 to 101. the transactions being
mainly at 10i to ; France, 5,15 to 5,151.
COTTON. —(From the Courier and Inquirer, of August
31.)—The sales on Saturday and yesterday amount to
1,600 bales. Prices are firm.
Upland. Aro. & Flo. N. 0. & Tex.
Ordinary 9 to 91 9 to 91 91 to 10

Middling 104 to 10i 104 to 101 104 to 11
Middling fair 11 to 114 nominal. 111 to 114
Fair ll4 to 114 nominal. 12 to 124
It is too early to make any calculations as to the amount
of the growing crop, as all depends upon the state of the
weather from now until December next. We find very
flattering amounts in many of our exchanges.
From M-. IV. P. Wright's Circular, of August 31.
In this mtrket the transactions have been very limited ;
speculators have ceased to operate ; shippers are quiet,
merely filing positive orders, and manufacturers taking
only small parcels from actual necessity. In the southern
markets the business doing is on a very limited scale, and
must so cmtinue until the arrival of the new crop, more
freely, gives to the various markets a more liberal stock.
From the south, during the past week, we have had more
complaint; of injury to the growing crop from rain, cater-
pillar, bar-worm, army-worm, &c., than at any previous
time this season ; and there doubtless exists many cases
in which some damage has been done to a particular plan-
tation, o; perhaps, to half a dozen plantations in peculiar
locations These complaints are more numerous from
the Atlaitic States and Florida, and may be all true,
without affecting the question of the condition of the
crop generally as a whole. The accounts from Texas,
the Misissippi Valley, and, in fact, the great cotton-
growing region of the southwest are still favourable to a
large yi ld, with seasonable weather for the remainder of
the seeon. One important fact, however, must not
be lost sight of, namely, the maturing of cotton almost
two we ks later this year than last. This is now fully con-
firmed not only by correspondents, but by the receipt of
new cCton into the ports as well as interior towns. With
dry, wirm weather of long continuance this may not be a
matte. of much moment ; but, with wet or unfavourable
weathr, its importance is evident from the larger amount
of coton exposed to the various calamities attending its
occurence, and the consequent curtailment of the season
for piking.
Tb following is a statement of the movements in Cotton
since the Ist of September last, as compared with the
prelims three years :

1852. 1851. 1850. 1849.
Recipts at the ports 3OlBOOO 2331000 2073000 2708000
Exprts to Great lsritain 1664000 1416000 1098000 1536000
„ France
~ other foreign ports. 352000 268000 191000 233000
Toll exports 2437000 1985000 1577000 2225000
Stck on hand 65000 89000 142000 107000

'rom which it will be seen that the excess in receipts
no' amounts to 689,000 bales. The increase in exports
toGreat Britain is 248,000 bales ; France, 120,000 bales ;
oter foreign ports, 84,000 bales. Total increase in ex-
prts, 452,000 bales.
BREADSTUFFS.—The advices, per steamer Asia, from
;iverpool, to the 14th instant, came to hand on the even.
ig of Wednesday last, and holders of flour, in the first
nstance, demanded an advance of 12ic. to 25c. per barrel.
Phis move, however, was resisted by the buyers, and the
result of the contest has been an actual decline of 6,1 c. to
121 c. per barrel from the quotations of this day week, with
only a moderate demand at that. _ _ _

faovistoss.—The demand is moderate for beef, pork,
&c., but there is a fair amount of business doing in small
lots.

Inow.—Scotch pig iron continued scarce, and was
worth =822 50 to 523 per ton, for six months.
FREIGHTS.—Freights are extremely dull. The follow-
ing are the asking rates : To Liverpool—Cotton, id. per
lb. • flour and meal, ls. 3d. per brl. ; heavy goods, 12s. 6d.
to fss. per ton ; grain in bulk, sd. per bushel.
NEW ORLEANS, AUGUST 31.
Our market continues dull. Cotton sales on Saturday
were 600. and on Monday 500 bales. Mid. quoted gi•
The receipts arc getting large. Ohio flour, =Bl ; corn,
50c. to 58c

HAVANA, AUG. 18.
The sugar market has been somewhat more animated
during the last few days, and much inquiry for superior
" Flovete" qualities, which are scarce, so that the prices
through have been maintained, with a slight variation, in
the inferior grades. The stock varies but little from last
report,having increased rather than diminished, but choice
lots are taken up as soon as they appear. There are no
transactions in coffee to report. The preparation of bills
for the Ip4t steamer 1,4 the Zscliange marko 50meWilitt