The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1853-09-13 00:00:00

The Valp&

ie arrival of tn!
The Acacia WI
arrived with the crew of a deserted French vessel,'
A had arrived from Cardiff. A British ITO'
a of tallow had been lost at the south of Chiloe•
and crew saved themselves in the boats. to
Advices from Punta Arenas, Central America, are
Aie 20th July. Business was very dull, and great
culty was experienced in procuring cargoes. The govern
.
ment had it in contemplation to close the port of Punt 3
Arenas, and establish another in its stead at a more nor'
therly point, as being more convenient for the comMerce
of the republic.

The Avoc

with a carp
The officers

from Sydney

COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE. .
NEW YOBS, AITGUSTO!,„
MONEY.—The stock market is dull, and prices gerierns
lower. Money is more at ease, and the rates for paper
declining. The Exchange on England, with an A
money market, the rate continues to advance, elasin'
109/ to 1091 per cent. Of
COTTON.—(From MP. Wright's Circular, of 11.11
30.)—The operations in cotton have been on a braaeci
scale, except on Saturday, when 3,000 bales were disilid
of ; buyers are not disposed to pay the present raw,
holders are unwilling to give way. The chief business '.„
been for export and on speculation; our doniesticise;
sinners are taking very moderately just now. There,. the
alteration to note in the quotations from last wee'24rect
lower grades, • however, are entirely nominal, and t°
sales a reduction would have to be submitted to• as,
sales since 23d inst. to last evening amount to 8,00 vet
The accounts from the south are conflicting on tha
of the new crop. From some sections we bear of davt.e
by rain, worms, &c. ; from others, that the prospects a'
improved, and that a good crop will be made. ISSO
1853 1852 1851 ,r,OO
Receipts at the ports 3,221,000 3,018,000 2,331,000 2,vi5,010
Exports to Great Britainl,737,ooo 1,665,000 1,416,000 lqg 000
if France 427,100 422,000 301.000 191:000
„ other for. ports 363,000 352,000 268,000 577,00
Total exports 2,527.0.0 2,439,000 1,98500
l'l42P*
Stock on hand
BREADSTUFFS.—In consequence of a break in the c nog
supplies of flour last week were retarded; and even %It,
the article comes forward slowly, present prices bein,frberel
remunerative to the millers. There has been O_,P
demand for flour and wheat for the French P°l-'sCrea"
also for Belgium. Further, there have been some for
sive purchases of flour for October delivery at '!°tvrice,
Western Canal, being 25c. per brl. above the curre”,,-I;iiied
of the day of purchase on the spot. These co of the
caases have not, only sufficed to counteract the effee,—some
decline in the English markets, but even to preatifilog of
advance, the quotations being 12i-,c. per brl. above
ea at
tlis day week, the market being still scantily suPP-basbei,
thz enhanced rates. Wheat declined lc. to 2c. POOl
torards the close of last week. There was a good u`
for Indian corn. riees'
brovisrorrs.—There is no alteration to notice in
Tho demand is moderate but steady, and prices well 5"
taired. to 131,
lioy.—A limited business in Scotch pig, at $34 1/4
per ton, six months. notice.
FmlanTs.—There is very little alteration to
The rites to Liverpool are, for cotton, 7-32 d. to itl•,Pe;Der
flour, 2s. 6d. per brl. • grain, in bulk, 7d. to 71"..,',
bushel To London : ffour, 2s. 9d. to 3s. per brl. ;
in bulb, 9d. per bushel. To Havre : cotton, ic• Per
flour, 6;c. to 70c. per brl. ; wheat, 18c. per bitshel.
„Akre,
NEWOELEANS, AUGUST 27.—The market was it
with small sales, and prices were nominal.
ant,k
CIIALESTON, AUGUST 27.—Receipts for the w•-;.,,i01
ing Augist 25, 2,201 bales Up, and 14 S. No
export. cotton attracts very little attention. Pri.cesi,t
without ciange, and the sales 1,200 bales. Frog'
Liverpool,fd. ,
MOBILE AUGUST 22.—Receipts for the weekToro,
August lf, 69 bales. Exports to Havre, 2,420
Quotationsnominal. No freight for Liverpool.

#,ItRIVAL OF THE HUMBOLDT. biell
By the tilted States Mail steamship Humboldt, pee-
arrived at Seuthampton on Thursday, we have intelhge
from New 'York to the 27th ult. (Race
The New York papers haVe published the c,orresPnntice
between Lord John Russell and Mr. Crampton, retreat
to the reply to the tripartite treaty proposition frora,„„ell,
Britain and France. In answer to Lord John -nulbis
after alluding to the geographical distance between of
country and Cuba, it informs him that, if the interestts be
this country should in any way be affected, it n
En°loa
regarded with indifference. In short, though g' rin
has threateningly declared herself free to act singly' that
conjuiction with other powers, assurance is given •erce•
there will be no hesitation on the part of President P; the
to protect and uphold the interests and dignity
United States. 0 tbe
Accounts have been received of immense Wall' NI
crops in the Southern States, in consequence of the he 3
rains, and the cotton has been very much damaged. for
Lord Elgin had left Quebec for Halifax, en route
Englaid. one
The Tellow fever in New Orleans has increased, ands
of the litest reports mentions 315 interments in one the
Advies from Jamaica to the 12th ultimo state that
political and commercial situation was unchanged. ,and
The steam-ship Cherokee, one of the New YOThi, On
California steamers, was destroyed by fire at New Yol.'
the 26th alt. Ole
More arrivals from California, but no later news.
fortnightl; gold will be two millions. to
The United States Minister to Mexico is empowered
negotiate fit a railroad through Sonora to California"

FOREIGN

.MISCELLANY.

Lll'
THE Fon' SMITH Herald learns that an iron 113°
taro has been discovered in Scott county. Several sPec
mens of lead, silver, and iron, from that section of tv
country, have been received at Fort Smith

t ement
inuudati°'
of the
atter,.
valley is safe ; and the Cairo people have leisure dis"
tion for the grand news—that a coal mine has been
covered on Mount Sinai. The news is of verY,'-pers
portance to the Puha, and he has sent off eug'-- to be
examine into the matter, and ordered preparatirlshe CO"I
made for the immediate working of the field, u t.
should prove to be of a quality that will repay the ‘"-hooper
ENTEB,PRISE 1-IEwA.EDED.—The fast-sailing r- icing
Dee, belonging to the St. John Wrecking an U -,loe in
Company, has just returned from a successful vq`," )00
the Bay of Fundy, laden with some of the long's het
treasures of the deep, richly repaying the enterprise oed
owners. We understand she will immediately prof(e)00,•-'
an old wreck supposed to contain $40,000 to s'"',

St. John (N. 8.) Freeman, Aug. 18: eceatl,
A MYSTERIOUS INDIVIDUAL.—A man was tsr rffe
lodged in the gaol of Pithiviers, France, on a eija' tO
vagabondage. He is of gigantic strength, but refas
tell his name or answer any question put to him. 4 911
body presents the peculiarity of being tatooed ainly en;pe,'
over. There may be read on it " Proserpine," " de
" Eurydice," " Armide," " Arthemise," " Artillearrot
Marine," " Pas de Chance," " Sternuth, 1851, 15 010
" L'enfant de Malheur," " Adam et Eve," " Rhine' fiver
B. Lucien ;" and there may be seen, also, sundry
of men and women, of a man armed with sword and latic;
of anchors, of a cock, &c. The police are making,adi,
exertions to discover who this profusely illustrate"
vidual can be

aot
THE AMERICAN YACHT IN ITALY.—By a solae‘;,iit
singular coincidence, the celebrated American stetunt-sos
North Star, Captain Vanderbilt, with about 80 perst the
board, arrived in the port of Civita Vecchia, Isita.„"
of
intention, or_ the part of the owner and his
paying a visit to Rome, just at the period when the the
covery of the so-considered Mazzinian plot had throtsPrrhe
government into a paroxysm of suspicion and terror. rit'-ace
police authorities, staggered by the imposing aPPegdota
of the vessel and the number of the crew set the whole to
as a sympathising expedition, and refused perinis,s„Gtiacy
land; so that, after two or three days' useless negal:'„•itli
the North Star proceeded to Naples, where she an; tl)6
no better reception, and was ultimately forced to see
b
more hospitable shores of Malta. „ saYl
BREAKING A CONTRACT.—" A married couple, „had
the Gazette des Tribunaux,"after living together aa'tate•
for some time, resolved- a few days ago to seill9e sata
but finding the the
cow'
, Gs cerday they
St. Martin to execute the design. The tro
aaer,
leaped in first, but after a while, being a capitals ofa
went
theayt parnopeoasie.idy tiii a
.
.o,3tta
he raised his head above water, and perceived le"shee,
standing quietly on the bank watching him.
abusing her, and said that, according to their eonc_e;o9ol
she ought to drown herself. Instead, however, wool;
plying, she accused him of intending to let her oa bee
whilst he saved himself by swimming. He called bat 'el.
to plunge in at once without any more tallc,
refused. Thereupon he got out of the water, and e ere
a tremendous thrashing. Some persons, who sir
went to seek for the guard, and the loving YV,eas,-
arrested. On being questioned they made the fact; ktv,„ de'
THE EARTHQUAKE AT THESES.—A letter fr°of
of the 26th ult. gives the following particulars
,4, Vets the
struction of Thebes by an earthquake :—" fill or
have lost their lives, and 18 have been take,i-
ruins badly wounded. The town was comnas`-aes,
new houses, solidly built, and partly of old ° eatirueef
structed of wood and bricks. The first have beei ti,cl
destroyed, and had not the inhabitants hurri,eu;be seen
wouldelof havehoos esbeearne
sbo
uled in
ch
The whole population are encamped
injuredthe ruins;
tos :ben ant: inv habita
Thebes, where water was formerly so abund,%,,g Of the
1;117:Pejo°
scarcely any, and the dust raised by the that the
houses has so covered the gardens and vinerrrbid
hss eriqa eae a,
acii
fruit has lost all its savour. The King ti
when informed of this sad event, sent 600 drac Not oil/
a quantity of military tents to the inhabitantr as riatt;
Thebes, but also the neighbouring villages as lit_ valicb PA
have so much suffered that there are 17 of theln_ has hasso,,
quite uninhabitable. The town of Chalcis the 1"s
some houses destroyed by this earthquake; _t Thebes em
18 years shocks have been frequently felt a
Athens, sometimes several shocks have been
ce,
the space of 24 hours." from Vey A
letter
NEW STYLE OF NAVIGATION:-
A Gazette, sa.vs,
of the 22d ult., in the New Prussianw
hp of the Bar of
young nobleman, Mr. S--, nept;-11-411 and his ac
INT—, who by his Herculean st
_lutist a railw.a-Y,
rashness, such as racing on horsebacir. ag,iestre carry_oat..
train, and swimming from this place to -5
uired kindthe
an open umbrella in his hand, ha_se
h a‘ccivauld perforrav _
renown, recently made a bettethaotne,
and
standing, on
passage from Venice to Tries al
foot 'de and four .11„„r7
feet by one,
mid planks four ,,,
dto each other in the int On Fri'
thick, strongly attache
h 1 than pole' e-
hno other e a
iron clasp, and with
gentleman made 11118 ter,
day morning last this young
this raft
his
own
felt witw-
ance before the Prezetta on of pe
.
on which
'librium. Scarcely had he passed it'
Ever,
serve an &int
He did not, how wait,
it was very difficult to stand uprtgli
than he was upset by a wave.
rovisl° t
• some p /nen
and, after placing on it a box containing ,
uninterrupted s
courage, but, bringing his raft to the shore, rePal. • as,
again started. After six hours' u
Church at a short distance from Carole, ,:i_lends th_sy.
of his arms he was seen from the steeple of
he
appeared from sight. The Trieste Geizlreoca-tbat
this extraordinary voyage was accomplished,.The distell
5 arrived in that port safe and sound.
veil_ Vnetille
from Venice to Trieste is more than se. n
miles, allowing for the necessary deviatto lay
straight course."

tey sold off

their furniture,

very im