The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1841-11-09 00:00:00

ITED STATES

The packet-ship England, which left New York on the
19th ult., arrived in the river last night, after a tolerable pas-
sage of twenty days. The intelligence brought by this vessel
is of the most ordinary character.

sMuch discussion seems to be taking place as to the appoint-
ment of the next President in 1844. A movement is making
in favour of Mr. Clay, and a counter manifesto has been is-
sued by a Mr. Cushing, of Massachusetts, which the Herald
characterises as " a fair and liberal exposition of the motives,
movements, and results of the extra session."
The Cashier of the Commercial Bank has become a de-
faulter to the tune of 56,000 dollars, and has disappeared. It
is supposed he took his passage in the Acadia for England.
The elections for members of the legislature were proceed-
ing with great loss to the Whig party. The democrats, accord-
ing to the calculation of the Herald were likely to carry the
state by a majority of from six to eight thousand.
The 'American shipmasters have presented a memorial to
the President, complaining that two-thirds of the Consuls of
the United States are foreigners, that a majority •of them
never trod a foot upon American soil, and praying him not to
appoint any to the office who are not citizens of the United
States.

We subjoin a few extracts from the papers.
A STREAK OF ',um—Colonel Wood, late representa-
tive for the city of Natchez, has sailed to England with docu-
ments sufficient to prove him the rightful heir to the great
Wood estate. The colonel will only be worth about thirteen
millions of dollars.—Crescent City.— [Unfortunately for the
gallant colonel he will arrive in this country " a day after
the fair."

Mr. Lyall, the distinguished geologist, from London, was
in Philadelphia last week, having just returned from an inte-
resting tour of observation through the coal and iron regions
of Pennsylvania.
M`LEoro.—This personage sailed for England in the Aca-
dia. His experience of Yankee hospitality will scarcely tempt
him to pay us another visit.
Three bills of indictment were yesterday sent to the Grand
Jury of the United States Circuit Court against Alexander
William Holmes, a sailor of the ship William Brown, who
was arrested in this city and committed on a charge of mur-
der, in throwing overboard from the longboat sixteen of the
unfortunate passengers. Each of the bills charged the pri-
soner with murder on the high seas, and were returned to the

court ignored.—Phil. Ga.
MONEY MARKET.—MONDAY, OCT. 18.—The sales of the
stock board were large this morning but prices did not ma-
terially alter. Delaware and Hudson rose 4- ; Long Island, ;
Mohawk, 1 per cent ; U. S. Bank fell 11 per cent from the
last sales ; Harlem, 11 ; Stonington Sales of bills on
Philadelphia, 21 a 3 ; Baltimore, 2 a a ; New Orleans, 2/
a 2; Mobile, 7/ a 71; Mexican dollars 2 per cent ; 5000
Cincinnati bonds sold at 80.

MARKETS—OCT. 18.—FLouR has advanced to-day, and
sales of Common Brands have been made at 6 dolls. ASHES
—pots are lower, and sales at 6 dollars 50 cents. COTTON—
The market is very firm and steady sales. GRAIN—We
could hear of no sales to day.

INTENTIONS OF THE GOVERNMENT
IMPORTANT COMMISSIONS.

(From Yesterday's Times.)

Two commissions of inquiry are about to be appointed by
her majesty's government.
The one at the suggestion of the First Lord of the Treasury
and the Chancellor of the Exchequer ; the other at the
suggestion of the Lord Chancellor.
The object of the first of these commissions will he to
inquire into the charge of collecting the public revenue, and
of considering whether it will be possible to effect any re-
duction in that charge, either by the consolidation of offices
or by the suppression of them, or by new arrangements for
the receipt and transmission of the revenue.
The commission will also inquire whether any additional
facilities can be given for carrying on the commerce and
manufactures of the country without loss or risk to the