The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1853-08-02 00:00:00

capital. Gen. Parodi has been promot
brigadier-general, in consideration of his services at the
battle of Buena Vista. The government has declared the
defence of Lotopingo by Col. Auastacio Lenecero against
the Americans, on the 20th August, 1847, heroic. A new
oath had been established, which all employes were re-
quired to take. One clause is to sustain the independence
of the nation and the integrity of her territory. The
Mexican papers are filled with news as to the filibustering
expedition from California into Sonora, and manifest
considerable anxiety in regard to the matter.

ed to the grade of

Concerning the difficulties between Mexico and the
United States the Trait d'Union says, " If war is immi-
nent in Europe, we think it may he considered equally
so, under certain circumstances, between the United
States and Mexico. The violent language of the official
journal at Washington bodes nothing good." The
American steamer Santa Anna was running on the lakes
of Mexico. Senor Salazar maintains the incontestible
right of Mexico to the Masilla Valley, and threatens to
resign if the least concession is made to Gen. Lane. The
Trait d'Union doubts whether Mexico will entertain any
proposition for the purchase of the Mesilla. The dis-
honouring of the Sloo drafts had created great distrust in
Mexico, and it is said that Senor Olarte despaired of
carrying out the project. The Isthmus of Tehuantepec
had been declared a separate territory. Minititian is to be
the capital. Very heavy rains have fallen in the Valley of
Mexico. Si ylo Die= y Nueve says the publication of
the new tariff had caused very little alteration in the prices
of :foreign goods, but that the new law of Alcabala had
greatly increased the prices of those articles upon which
it bore. Senor Diaz de la Vega has been appointed
Governor of Yucatan, and General Salas Governor of the
State of Mexico. In consequence of the intercession of
the generals, chiefs, and officers of the garrison, the Pre-
sident has granted an amnesty to the officers who sur-
rendered voluntarily to the invading army in 1843, '47,
and '4B, but orders that they shall all serve in the army
on the northern frontiers. Governors of States have
been prohibited from giving naturalization papers to
foreigners, this power being reserved expressly to the
President. The Guatemala journals state that, in con-
sequence, more than 3,000 persons, comprising the entire
population of several towns, had crossed the boundary
into that country, and that they were in the greatest
want and misery. Notwithstanding that the time of the
conscription was so near, forced levies still continued.

The Spanish squadron are still at sea, but had not been
at Vera Cruz when the British steamer left, about the
sth instant. Lieutenant Smith and four seamen of the
Daring were drowned, about two weeks ago, while at-
tempting to cross the bar at Tampico, during a norther.
Three American sailors were imprisoned in the More, on
a charge of being concerned in the slave-trade. They
allege that they shipped from New York in the barge
Jasper, which recently landed a cargo of nezroes in Cuba,
without knowing her destination, and that, upon learning
the nature of her voyage, they desired to leave the vessel,
but were compelled to remain by the balance of the crew,
consisting of Spaniards and Portuguese. Forty or fifty
persons were either killed or dangerously wounded by the
fall of a portion of the seats occupied by the spectators at
the Havanna race.course on the 10th. The cholera was
still carrying away hundreds of slaves. Its ravages have
been more fierce in the sugar estates of the district of
Cardenas, especially in Banaguises, where nearly all of
the largest and most flourishing estates are located. The
malady is supposed to have been caused by the introduc-
tion of a lot of Coolies on the Ponina estate.
COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE.
NEW YORK, JULY 19.
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MoNEr.—There is a good demand for money at 6 to
7 per cent. on call loans. The funds in the sub-treasury
are again accumulating, and amount to upwards of seven
millions. The demand for foreign exchanee has been
moderate ; the ruling rates are :—London, 105; to 1091;
Paris, 5,121 to 5,13.1 ; Amsterdam, 411 to 41'1, ; Frank-
fort. 41 to 41 1-6; Bremen, 791 to 79k; Hainburgh, 3G}
to 361 ; Antwerp, 5,13,1: to 5,15.
COTTON.—(E-orn the Courier and Enquirer, of July
the 19M.)::-We have no change to notice in price since

business;

our last. - Sales on 13th, 1,400 bales; 14th, no -1
15th, 1,300 bales ; 16th, 400 bales ; and to-day, nothing
reported. On the subject of the growing crop we have to
advise that rains have generally fallen since our last; thus
far they have been beneficial, but we shall not be surprised
ere long to hear complaints of too much wet weather, as
extremes in this climate usually follow, and the drought
had lasted between two and three months. We have infor-
mation from every section of the South : the substance of
which is, that the plant is very small, fully two or three
weeks later than last year • the blooming, 4th to sth
instant, not yet general ; the yield depending on the
many casualities to which it is liable late in the sn7oo.
The receipts into the ports during the past week have
been bales, against 5,000 in the same we.:l last
year. Upon taking stock in Savannah, some 6,000 bales
more were found than had been previously estimated,
which is now added to the receipts at the ports, and to
the stock on hand ; thus swelling the apparent receipts
for the week, by the tables, to 13,0l:,0 bales, and increasing

the excess to 214,000 bales.
The following is a statement of the movement in cotton since
the Ist of September last, as compared with the previous three
gears:— .
.. 1853 1852 1851 1850

Receipts at the ports :.3,191,0C9 2,977,000 2.29-8,F.-17

Exports to Great Britain 1,650,000 1,607,000 1,332,000 932,:;‘,3
France

-,, other for. ports 335,000 338,000 250,030 171,000
Total exports 2,398,053 2,363,000 1,874,000 1,709,030
Stock on hand
Of which during the past week, included in the above :

1852 1851 1850
Receipts at the ports 1138,5030 "0
5,000 10,300 13,C;;;)
Exports to Great Britain 10,000 15,000 . 17,000
Pf France
,•• other for. ports 2,000 4,000 5:000 r;,00
Total exports 12,030 25,000 27,000 20.000
From which it will be seen that the excess in receipts
now amounts to 214,000 bales. The increase in exports
to Great Britain is 43,000; decrease to France, 5,000;
other foreign ports, 3,000. Total increase in exports,
35,000 bales.
BREADSTUFFS.-011 the 12th inst—t an advance of
25c. per barrel was quoted on flour, and the adviccs from
Liverpool per Arabia, caused a further improvement in
prices of 18c. to 25c. per barrel, which has been main-
tained up to the present time. Even at these en!,.--.•_•:ed
rates, the supply i 5 not liberal, the value of wheat in the
interior markets being relatively higher than the price of
flour here. In Indian corn the advance of 3c. to 4c. per
bushel on the arrival of the Arabi,. I.,as not been fully

maintained

PROVISIONS.—The market is firm, and there is a fair
demand, without any trllta.-'7' p-..!:.•c5.
. .

NAVAL STORES.—The market is inactive : the last
sales of rough turpentine were at £3 871 c. Spirits of
turpentine sold at 46c. Rosin is without alteration.
FREIGHTS.—The market is firm at the followine rates :
—To Liverpool : Cotton, square hales, kd. to 5-32 d. ;
flour, per brl., ls. 9,1. to 2s. ; rosin, Is. 714. ; heavy
goods, per ton, 17s. Gd. to 225. 61. ; grain, in bulk, per
bsl., sd. to 54-d. To London : Tobacco, per hhd., 275.
61 ' • flour, per brl., 2s. 3d. to 2s. 6d. ; turpentine, per
280 lbs., 2s. 71,d. to 23. 9d. ; measurement goods, per
ton, 255. to 30s. ; heavy goods, oil, &c., 225. Gd. to 255.
To Havre : Cotton, square bales, per lb., le. to ;
ashes, per ton, =B's to SI ; rice, ditto, .B'6 to =B7 ; mea-
surement goods, S 8 ; whalebone, &c., per lb., ac. to lc. ;
flour, per brl., 70c.
NEW ORLEANS, JULY 14.—Small sales to-day, about
200 bales. Middlings 101 c. per lb. Arabia's accounts
received at noon. Stock in port raduced to 42,000 bales.
MOBILE, JULY 10.—Receipts for the week ending July
Bth, 121 bales. Exports to Liverpool, 1,981 bales.
During the week 1,900 bales have been sold at prices c.
higher than our quotations' of the 2nd instant. Holders
are very firm, particularly on descriptions above middling;
the market, however, closed quietly. No freight up for
Liverpool.
CHARLESTON, JULY 14.—Receipts for the week ending
July 14, 2,350 bales Up. Export to Bremen, 1,505 bales
Up. The current week has been unusually quiet, and the
transactions amounting to 1,588 bales, indicate some
irregularity in prices. The little offering, however, kept
rates fully up to the position they occupied last week.
Freights to Liverpool, gd.
HAVANA, JULY 14.—Great dulness has prevailed in
the sugar market since the 28th ult. Dry sugars selling
at firm prices, whilst holders of damp lots cannot effect
sales, except at reduction in price. Rum in good request,
at .8'26 to S'27 for coloured, and 529 to S3O per pipe for
white. In coffee no sales of any amount. Cigars in
active demand ; in some instances higher prices paid.
Exchange : Operations, though not large, at improved
rates. Bills on London worth 101 to 11 per cent. prem. ;
on Paris 2 to 21 per cent. dis. Freights : Rates for
Europe are maintained ; last charters closed at £3 ss. to
£3 10s., Cowes and a market between Havre and
Hamburg.

ARRIVAL OF THE LADY EGLINTOUN

The screw-steamer Lady Eglintoun, Captain Paton,
arrived on Thursday, after a passage of 11 days from
Quebec.

The coroner's inquest on the persons killed on the
occasion of the Gavazzi riots at Montreal had been
brought to a conclusion, but ,the jury were unable to
agree upon a verdict. Instead of a verdict, sreP'll re-
turns were banded in by the divided jurors. The result
had caused great excitement at Montreal.
The Hon. Sir James Stuart, Bart., Chief Justice of
Canada, died at Quebec on the morning of the 16th.
Her Majesty's steamer Devastation sailed from Quebec
for the fishing grounds on the 16th. Her Majesty's
frigate Leander was also to leave Quebec for the Gulf on
the 16th.
A court-martial had been commenced at Montreal on
the 15th on the officers and men engaged in the Gavazzi
affair.
The Hon. John Ross, Solicitor-General for Upper
Canada, had been returned for the town of Niagara
without opposition.
The woods in the neighbourhood of Bytown had been
on fire for several days, and it was feared much property
would be destroyed.
A severe hailstorm occurred about seven miles west of
Toronto on the 15th. Hailstones two inches long and
one inch wide were picked up.
The steamer Empire, on her trip from Albany to New
York, on the 16th, was run into by a sloop, off Pough-
keepsie, and ono of her boilers thrown overboard. Eight
or ten persons were badly scalded and two killed.
The weather had been delightful in Western Canada.
The wheat was nearly ready for harvesting, and the crop
would be a large one.

Breadstuffs had considerably advanced in Montreal.
Flour was quoted 225. on the spot, and 235. 61 per
barrel for August delivery. 'Wheat had also advanced
still more in proportion ; and, if tonnage were abundant,
the market would be quite active.

LAUGHABLE ADVENTURE.—During the past winter, a
reverend clergyman in Vermont, being apprehensive that
the accumulated weight of the snow upon the roof of the
barn might do some damage, resolved to prevent it by
seasonably shovelling it off. He therefore ascended it,
having first, for fear the snow might all slide off at once,
and himself with it, fastened to his waist one end of a
rope, and giving the other to his wife, he went to work ;
but fearing still for his safety, " My dear," said he, " tie
the rope round your waist ;" no sooner had she done this,
than off went the snow, poor minister and all, and up went
his wife. Thus on one side of the barn, the astounded
and confounded clergyman hung, but on the other side
hung his wife high and dry, in majesty sublime, dangling
at the other end of the rope. At that moment, however,
a gentleman luckily passed by, and delivered them from
their perilous situation.—. Pennsylvanian Frecmqn,