The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1840-08-18 00:00:00

ARRIVAL OF THE BRITISH QUEEN

Bythe arrival of the British Queen at Portsmouth, on Sa-
turday morning, we have received New York papers to the
Ist instant, inclusive. The following are the most important
extracts : _ _

(From the Commercial Journal of Aug. 1.)
Orders to some extent were received from England for the
shipment of flour by the arrival of the British Queen, and
some 30.000 barrels have been shipped since that period from
this port for that country. At first prices advanced 121 c. per
bbl.. but recently the inquiry having fallen off, that advance
could now with difficulty be obtained. From all accounts,
the present harvest will prove as abundant as the last.
The Cotton Market was without animation from the time
of the arrival of the British Queen till a few days since, when
an active demand arose, chiefly for shipment to England, with
rather advancing prices. The exports of cotton to Europe
since the Ist of October, 1839, amount to 1,731,605 bales
against 1,074,138 last year, and 1,498,195 the year before.
The yield of this important crop will probably prove this year
as large, if not larger, than was that of the last.
A brisk demand existed for exchange on England, on the
25th, at 1061 to 1071, when a packet sailed, by which large
remittances were made. The demand has since diminished,
and neither the steam-ship Britannia or British Queen will
take put as many bills as was anticipated. The following are
the rates of exchange as they closed to-day :

Loudon
Paris
Amsterdam
Hamburg
Bremen

106-1 to 107
530 to 5261
391 to 391
35t to 354
77 to 774

We have an abundant supply of specie. The British Queen
takes out none worth notice. The Havre packet has on board
50,000 in Mexican dollars, and 25,000 dols. in doubloons. A
demand for Boston has lately existed, supposed to be intended
for shipment to China.

(From the New York Herald.)

The news the Queen carries out is rather of an interesting
character. In political matters, the Whigs appear to be
triumphant nearly all over the country. The result of the
Louisiana election is a premonitory symptom of Mr. Van
Buren's political death. In short, he may be considered as
dead and buried; and it is safe for our friends in England to
bet heavy on that. Older heads than ours, and more refined
ones too, say that he has not even the smallest or most indif-
ferent smell for the next Presidency. _ . .

This prospect a-head enables the Whigs to keep up their
spirits, and to indulge in their desire for travelling over the
country. All the fashionable watering-places are full of
company ; the White Sulphur and Saratoga Springs, Niagara
Falls, New Brighton, Rockaway, and a dozen other delight-
ful places are alive with beauty, fashion, and talent. British
officers are running all over the country after our pretty girls.
And if any tradesman sends his clerk to collect a bill in the
city, the answer is, " Call again in a fortnight ; Mr. and Mrs.
are gone to the springs."

SO much for politics and fashion. In theatricals we are
doing but little. The gardens, the vaudevilles and Fanny
Elssler have crowds of admirers. The rest—none. In lite-
rature the Harpers,. Appleton, and Carey and Hart, are all
doing all that is to be done. -ln science we are excelling
Daguerre in the daguereotype, and Jacobi in the electrotype.
In Swartwouting and defaulting, we are doing a decent busi-
ness; and in petty roguery nothing very extensive. A few
banks are expected to burst before the hot weather ceases ;
and sundry cashiers to melt into air, thin air, and disappear.
In commercial matters there is much stagnation. The.
Pearl-street jobbers are doing nothing, The stock of cotton
is small, under 14,000 bales, and will probably be reduced to
1000 ,bales before the new crop comes in. Prices are firm,
with a slight advance since the sailing of the Western. It is
believed that the southern planters will be out of debt before
the next cotton crop comes in. The coming crop will be
quite large.
The corn crop will be 10 per cent. larger than last year,
and prices have advanced an average of 35 cents a barrel in
14 markets since the Queeniey iaarrtihveedia.terTiohre. supply in the city
is small, hut there is p
two more are preparing,
In ship building we are going ahead. Two government
the •
and one for the Russian finished;government, al about size of
the Great Western. In
steam-frigates are nearlythis city we have six merchant ships
on
Jau ntchhee
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of smalln.
1300 steatmonesrs;theWiaergheaszveinjtuhset
called the Troy, the longest in the
country, and a steam-boat h a
promenade of 250 feet. So
world, being 294 feet long, with merchant and
ship
much for ship building, in which wt. e
Muscatexcelthheaaw world.
The The armed ship of the Sultan o
refitted
at an expense of 20,000 dollars, and the people have footed
the bill.
The North East Boundary is about to be surveyed by
com-
petent Americans directly, and Uncle Sam pays 2,000 dollars
to have it done thoroughly. After this John Bull must do
the handsome thing, or take the consequences.
Canada is tolerably quiescent. Governor Thompson gets
along pretty well with the disaffected ; but there is a heavy
storm brewing ahead.
In texas they are giving themselves up to carousing and
feasting, but they do not, like Belshazzar, see any hand-
writing on the wall.
Mexico is torn to pieces, and the liberal party is decidedly
in the ascendant ; they are in possession of the whole pro-
vince of Yucatan.
The Philadelphians are still talking about a line of steam
packets to England.
In this city we are dull and stupid enough at present. The
principal features afloat are mad dogs, dirty streets, hard
cider, and hot nights, and the thermometer at 92 in the shade.
Can John Bull beat this?

MONEY

MARKET

COMMERCIAL '.RECORD, A fair
August 4.----There was a
amount of busine§l, at the board this morning, and la
transactions took place in United States Bank, North
American Trust Company, and Delaware and Hudson Stock.
The first-named closed at an improvement of two, the
second of 1, and the third of a per cent. since yesterday.
Since the adjournment of the board we understand that
sales of United States Bank stock have been made in Wall-
street at 2 per cent. advance on our final quotations.