The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1853-07-26 00:00:00

PASSENGER9.—Miss Bolton and sister, Miss Prince,
Miss Hunter, Mrs. Radcliffe, Mrs. Raden and three
children, Mr. and Mrs. Peter Smith, Miss Now, Miss
Nixon, Mrs. Francess Jackson, Mr. and Mrs. A. Beloi,
Captain Hon. H. A. Murray, R.N., Mr. and Mrs.
Garnett Duncan, Mr. Battersby, Mr. Hugh Wilson, Mr.
Gelpcher C. Bearcroft, dispatches to Berlin, Mr. Conner,
Mr. Sisley, Mr. R. M. Green, Mr. Ashley and nephew,
Rev. C. W. Bolton, Mr. Oxaryabal, Mr. Engles, jun.,
Mr. James E. Ives, Mr. J. W. Oliver, Mr. J. F. D'Costai
Mr. Thomas S. Lubbock, Mr. White, Mr. Lees, Mr.
King, Professor Dorenus, Mr. Goldschmed, Mr. and Mrs.
James Harrisson, Mr. J. S. Smith, Mr. W. Dickson, Mr.
Jos. Lalland, Mr. John Watson, Mr. T. Watson, Mr. V.
Lang, Dr. Edward Gage, Mr. Campbell, Mr. W. Dickson,
Nlr. Joel Cadbury, Mr. Hitchcock, Mr. John D..Julnsch,
Mr. James P. Dean, Mr. Hitchens, Mr. Camoror, Mr.
Clint, Mr. Fergusson, Mr. Henry Barbancey, Mr. A.
Grosch, Mr. John Watson, Mr. Henry Brown, Mr.
Butterworth, Mr. Melcher, Mr. E. Lewiss, Mr. Henry
Disston, Mr. Robert Cairns, Mr. Thomas Dauby, Mr.
Robert Gray, Mrs. Stewards and children, Mr. and Mrs.
James Lovatt, Mr. T: Wallace, Mr. Libby, Mr. Laurent,
Mr. Adam Wood, Mr. James Hickey, Mr. W. Brackell,
Mr. Harris.

The United States mail steam-ship Atlantic, Captain
West, which sailed from this port at 2 15, p.m., on the
29th ult., arrived at New York at 8 a.m. on the 10th inst.
having made the run 10 days, 22 hours, and 41 minutes.
The Royal Mail steam-ship Arabia. Commodore Jud-
king, which sailed at 4 20, p.m., on the 2nd ii.stant,
arrived at New York at 11 15, a.m., on the 13th, having
made the run in 10 days, 23 hours, and 51 minutes.

Several persons had been killed at Haverstraw, by the
falling down of a building. Dr. Achilli, with his wife,
child, and servant, bad arrived at New York from Liver-
pool. The convention of coloured persons at Rochester
had determined to form a " national council of coloured
people." Monsignor Bedini, a papal nuncio, had arrived
in New York, en route to Washington, with communica-
tions from the Pontiff. The first, mate of the Antarctic,
from this port, had been held to bail at New York for
assaulting a seaman belonging to the ship with a belaying-
pin. A destructive fire had occurred at Newark. A.
cotton mill had also been destroyed by fire in Mas-
sachusetts.

The steam-ship Illinois had arrived at New York with
the Californian mails of the 16th ult., and '8'1,835,714 in
specie. Several duels, some of which were attended with
injury to the principals, had occurred. A.letter dated San
Diego, May 28th, says :—" the quiet of our peace-loving
citizens was somewhat startled the other day by the news
broutht by a Mexican, direct from La Paz, that several
English men-of-war had arrived at: that place, and there
landed some four or five hundred marines, duly armed
and equipped, together with a large amount of provisions
and stores. This: statement, coupled with the generally
accredited ramour that Great Britain had aided Santa
Anna in regaining his old position in the Mexican capital,
upon condition that he was to cede to that government
Lower California and Sonora, created quite a sensation
among those who are disposed to forbid the banns. If
this statement be true, and we have no reason to doubt it,
something must be in the wind; or why this pomp and
parade of war at this particular conjuncture of affairs ?"
Agricultural affairs in California were in a flourishing con-
dition. A party of citizens of Jacksonville, hearing that
a white woman was kept prisoner by the Shanta Indians,
formed an expedition for her release, and, being unsuc-
cessful, killed six Indians, and wounded a number of
others. A Chinese, having been convicted by his brethren
of theft, was sentenced by them to receive twenty-five
lashes, and have his cuo cut off. The latter operation he
resisted to the last, begging them even to kill him so that
he might die with this honourable appendage. He was
afterwards given in charge to some of his countrymen, who
again whipped him and cut off his left ear. He was then
marched off for San Francisco in charge of another party;.
but, getting tired of their prisoner, theyled him a little aside
from the road, and finally disposed of him by shooting him-
through the head. New diggings of great richness con-
tinued to be discovered, and the miners generally were
doing well. The ,San Francisco markets had been ex-
tremely quiet. A shipwrecked Japanese had been picked
up and taken into one of the ports. The junk on which
he was floating had been blown off her course, and. all the
men, with the one exception, had expired from cold and
starvation. She had been knocking about for seven and
a half months at the mercy of the waves. A number of
very curious articles had been found on board the junk ;
among them was an exceedingly delicate compass, divided
into twenty-four divisions only. The points were named
goat, dog, rat, &c.
Mr. A. Shea, who was appointed by the Nowfoundland
Houses of Assembly delegate to Washington, to promote
the interests of the colony in reference to reciprocal free
trade, had made a favourable report of the result of his
negotiations.
Advices from Belize, Honduras, to the 16th ult., state
that business was brisk. The rivers had begun to rise,
and the floods were bringing out the season's wood. Al-
though an extraordinary effort had been made to get out
a great quantity of mahogany this year, yet, owing to the
rains in March, April, and May, (the tracking season,)
over one-half of the wood remained uncut. This, and the
large number of vessels expected to arrive, bad caused an
unusual stir in the mahogany market, and wood was enor-
mously high in value. Wood that formerly sold for .B'4o
commanded .B'Bo if ready for delivery, and 870 per M. to
be delivered in two or three months. For logwood there
was an extraordinary demand.
CUBA.—From Havana we have accounts to the Ist inst.
Don Julian Zulneta, the owner of the slaver Lady Suffolk,
had been liberated, and had departed for Spain with a
Mr. Barrow, intending to bring an action against the cap.
twin-general for false imprisonment. A Spanish corvette
had been wrecked on the shoals of Rosario.
PANAMA..—We have advices to the Ist instant. An
Englishman had been assaulted by a native, and, on re-
senting the attack, he was menaced by the natives. The
feeling against foreigners was so great that the Englishman
could not procure a banister to bring his case before the
courts of law. Accounts from Bogota state that the new
constitution had passed. A new law regulating the cur-
rency, and placing it upon the same footing as that of the
United States, had also been sanctioned. The Congress ,
was in extra session. An attempt had been made at the
capital to raise a revolution. Dr. Florentrio Gonzales
was dangerously wounded by the mob. General Hessera
was prevented calling out the troops by General Melo.
President Obando was seriously ill, and General Lopez
had been appointed to discharge his duties.
JAMAlCA.—Kingston advices to the 27th ultimo state
that legislative affairs still remained in statu quo. The
weekly meetings of the Assembly were held on Mondays
or Tuesdays, on which occasion a quorum of seven gene-
rally adjourned the house to the following week. Sir
Charles Grey, the governor, had been heard to say that
the members of the Assembly might amuse themselves
for a month or two, until he received instructions from
the home government. It was whispered that a compro-
mise was on foot between the Assembly and the Council.
The latter was said to be agreeable to a retrenchment bill,
contemplating the reduction of salaries on a graduated
scale, according to the amounts, instead of the reduction
of twenty per cent. on all public stipends, irrespective of
the amount ; and, further, that the Assembly, in framing
a bill, having this object in view, were to pledge them-
selves to pass no retrenchment bills contemplating the
curtailing of the salaries of the present incumbents of
office. Mining operations bad been prosecuted with
vigour. The yellow fever continued to be rather virulent.
Tonnage was scarce.