The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1853-03-15 00:00:00

fames has ever seized upon and overcome the laziness of
the natives, many of whom, it is reported, are about to
go to the diggings.' The next twelve months will be a
trying time ; no labour, business at a dead lock, and bread
high. I positively believe that our new constitution will
arrive when there will not be sufficient males to work it.
lam not, however, in a desponding mood. I think that
most of the people will return; if successful, (ant mieux ;
if otherwise, they will buckle to again, as before, satisfied
that there is no good to be got by roaming. Perhaps the
land question may in the mean time be settled ; it is just
now as unsettled as ever ; no arrangements yet made for
selection of the supplemental orders, or for exchanging
lands selected in unpurchased districts."

AMERICA.
ARRIVAL OF THE NIAGARA

By the British and North American Royal Mail steam.
ship Niagara, Captain Lana, which arrived in the Mersey
on Tuesday, we have intelligence from New York to the
24th ultimo. The Niagara brought 43'250,000 in specie,
and twenty-seven passengers.
The United States mail steam-ship Pacific, arrived at
New York on the 21st ult., at 5%50, a.m.
The British awl North American Royal Mail steam-
ship Arabia, arrived at New York on the 23rd ult., at
1.50, p.m.
The trial of the caloric ship Ericsson appears to have
given the must ample satisfaction to all who were on
board. From the time of her leaving Sandy Hook till she
reached the mouth of the Potomac, she ran in the face of
a succession of heavy gales, and though frequently pitch-
ing her bowsprit under water, her engines performed with
the utmost regularity, and her wheels made six and a
half revolutions per minute. Only one fireman was on
duty at a time, and her machinery was continually in
motion for a period of seventy-three hours.

The barque John Hutchinson, from Liverpool, went
ashore about Ist Jan., 80 miles south of Buena
Ventura. Two schooners and several boats had gone to
render assistance, but it was feared the vessel would be-
come a total wreck. The John Hutchinson left Liverpool
early in April for Panama, and got foul of the ice off
Cape Horn, put into Valdivia for temporary repairs, and
afterwards repaired all damages in Guayaquil, for which
port she had some cargo ; she then proceeded on her voy-
age to Panama, via Buena Ventura, in making which
place she got ashore. This vessel had a valuable cargo
for Panama.

Mrs. Harriet Beecher Stowe, with her husband, Dr.
Stowe, and some other members of their family, proceed
direct to Scotland by the steam-ship Glasgow, which sails
from New York on the 26th of March.

Much commotion exists at Washington, as to the Cabi-
net. All of General Pierce's views and selections meet
with bitter opposition from one portion or another of the
party. General Pierce has arrived at Washington. Mr.
Guthrie, Judge Douglas, and Secretary Everett were
closeted with him some time. General Pierce kept his
room the entire day, declining to see company, not ad-
mitting even the mayor. In the afternoon, Mr. Marcy
was closeted with him for a considerable time.
CALIFORNIA.—The Albatross left Vera Cruz on the
15th, and the Tennesse arrived in Acapulco on the 9th,
in 7 days 16 hours from San Francisco. She had 380
passengers and two millions four hundred and thirty
thousand dollars on board. The Cortez, with two
hundred passengers, and the Pacific with five hundred and
eighty passengers, were at Acapulco on the 9th, bound
down. The census returns for California make the popu-
lation of the State 224,435. Advisees from Hong Kong
had been received at San Francisco to the 11th of Decem-
ber, by the clipper barque Pathfinder. Great excitement
prevailed there respecting alleged traffic by the English in
Coolies for the West Indies. The steamer New Orleans
goes to Australia. The express from Acapulco to Vera
Cruz came through in five days and a half. The clipper
barque Pathfinder arrived at San Francisco on the 31st of
January, from Hong Kong, Dec. 11. The floods which
have prevailed to such an alarming extent throughout
California, bad somewhat subsided, and the pros-
pects of the miners in many localities were of the
most cheering nature. The shipments of the precious
metal during the ensuing season, it was believed, would
be fully equal to thosp of any preceding year. The suf-
ferings of the miners had been somewhat relieved by a
more plentiful supply, and a consequent decline in the
prices of provisions.
MONTEVIDEO.—The British brig Arabella Tarbet has
arrived at Philadelphia with a cargo of 3,400 bags of
coffee, and dates to the 17th of January. The fever had
abated ; sugars were arriving freely, and business was re-
viving. The stock of sugars was 70,000 boxes. Phila-
delphia flour was selling at Sl7, and lard was wanted.
MExtco.—The advices, though brief, are of considera-
ble importance. President Cevallos is reported to have
resigned ; General Uraga, with his revolutionary army,
has declared in favour of Santa Anna, and General Lona-
bardine has been installed as President ad interim.

ARRIVAL OF THE AMERICA.

By the British and North American Royal Mail steam-
ship America, Capt. Leitch, which arrived yesterday
(Monday), we have intelligence from Boston to the 2d
instant.

The America sailed from Boston at noon, on the 2d
instant, and on the same day, at eight, p.m.. passed the
Cambria from hence. The America arrived at Halifax at
5.30. a.m., on the 4th, and sailed again at 6.50, a.m. She
reached the Mersey yesterday at six, a.m., but got on the
Burbo Bank, when the Independence steam-tug, being
near, took off her mails, which were landed at 9.20, a.m.
The America got up the river about eleven. She has
brought forty-seven passengers, but no specie. _

The Humboldt, f;om SOutt;rimpton, arrived at New
York on the Ist instant. The Washington, for Southamp-
ton and Bremen,sailed on the 27th ult.

Washington advices of the 28th February state that the
Cabinet stands as it was first formed.

The ship Winchester, hence for New York, had put
into Halifax, in distress, on the 23th ult.

The leading items of interest in the reports of the pro-
ceedings in Congress seemed to be embodied in the para-
graphs announcing the appearance of General Pierce in
each house, where he was soon surrounded by hordes of
hungry office-seekers, who pressed upon him so closely
that he was compelled to beat a speedy retreat, in order to
avoid suffocation.

The New York papers publish the report of the
Secretary of the Navy, relative to the proposed establish.
of a line of six steamers, to ply between San Francisco,
China, the Sandwich Islands, &c. accompanied by a copy
of the rejected amendment to the Navy Bill for the con-
struction of said vessels upon the caloric principle. A
letter from the Secretary of the Navy to the Naval Com-
mittee of the House of Representatives, recommends the
passage of a resolution by Congress, authorising the de-
partment to contract for the building of a frigate of not
less than two thousand tons, to be equipped with caloric
engines of sufficient power. The Secretary also asks for
an appropriation of five hundred thousand dollars, to
commence the work, as he is convinced that the experi-
ment would result in introducing the caloric engine gene.
rally into the naval service.
CUBA.—From Havana we linve advices to the 21st ult.
H.M.S. Cumberland was at Havana, for the purpose, it
was said, of inquiring into the alleged connivance of the
authorities with the reprobate slave traders ; and also to
inquire into the outrages committed on certain British
subjects. The commander had an interview with the
Captain-General, Caned° ; shortly after which Mr. Boy-
lan, the outraged Englishman, was released, and allowed
to go back to his business, at St. Jago. The French
squadron was still in the harbour. Great excitement
existed at Havana, in consequence of the authorities
having broken open the United States mails, (both the
outward and inward mails.) Judge Sharkey, the U.S.
Consul at Havana, had addressed a communication to
the Captain-General, protesting, it is said, in energetic
terms, against the right of the Cuban authorities to search
any United States mail steam ship. No response had
been received by the Consul, prior to the departure of the
Isabel. The Isabel, however, was permitted to leave
port without undergoing any examination. The com-
munication, therefore, of the Consul, seems to have had
a desirable effect.

MExlco.—By telegraph advices from Baltimore, of the
28th ult., we learn that the New Orleans papers received
there contain Tampico advices to the 9th of Feb., which
state that ex-President Arista had arrived there in dis-
guise, and, after a stay of two days, left for Matamoras.
The Picayune thinks, if the report be true, that a change
of government will soon be heard of on the Rio Grande.
Cot. Cruz had succeeded to the command of the troops at
Matamoras, and Gen. Avalos took refuge with the Ame-
rican officers at Fort Brown, but afterwards returned to
Matamoras, and thence to Saltillo. Caravajal was at or
near Reynosa. with troops. There was enmity between
him and Col. Cruz, and he intended attacking the latter
when he comes to _Matamoras. Caravajal and his men,
and the National Guards generally, are incensed at
the massacre of Rodrigue, at Tampico, and one of Ca-
ravajal's men, by the officers of Colonel Cruz. Colonel
Cruz had issued a proposition giving twenty days, from
the 23d of January, for Caravajal and his followers to lay
down his arms and unite in the plan of Guadalajara. The
editor of the Galveston Journal has a letter dated Roma,
Jan. 29, stating that there was a conducta on the way from
Monterey, with '8'500,000 in specie, consigned to Messrs.
Uhde, Spiers, Dillon, and to merchants at Brownsville.
It was expected that Caravajal would make an attempt to
take the money, but would fail to do so, as it was
well guarded. An affray had occurred at Roma,
which, it was supposed, would greatly injure the frontier
trade. A party of Mexican traders, on the way from
Brownsville to a Mexican town, were met by a party of
Davis's Company of Rangers, who, acting under orders
from Mr. Brashear, customs' officer at Roma, took from
the Mexicans mules and goods, besides killing two and
wounding another of the party. The citizens were pre-
paring the necessary documents representing the conduct
of Mr. Brashear to the proper authorities at Washington,
and an effort will be made to hold the Government respon-
sible for the loss sustained by the Mexicans.
WEST INDIES.—We have news from Jamaica to the 21st
ult. The House of Assembly had refused to raise more
than $150,000 to defray the public expenditure, and had
passed a strong resolution on the subject of retrenchment.
The question of abrogating shipping duties was to be taken
up on the 22d ult.
Recent advices from Halifax, N.S., announce that the
railroad bill has been defeated in the Legislature. The
New Brunswick Legislature was opened on the 24th, and
an address to the Queen, deprecating the making of any
treaty on the fishery question in which Nova Scotia shall
not be a party, was unanimously adopted.
LIST OF PASSENGERS.—From Philadelphia : Mr. John
Owen and lady, Mrs. Cuthbert, Rev. Mr. Grapett and
lady, Mrs. Dudley, Mr. W. Draper and lady, Messrs.
T. B. Lawrence (bearer of despatches). J. Duncan,
Samuel Cropper, E. Jackson, W. P. Razoux, W. F.
Dodd, T. Cronin, L. Hansmann, Dr. Londre, Dans,
A. Ulmann, H. J. F. Jackson, A. C. Hamilton, E. Pury,
S. Bell, Miss Bell, Mrs. Williams, Messrs. E. Kalk.
stein, A. Gardner, J. Fowler, T. Horton, J. Bevan, W.
Fitzgerald, J. Put-Kaunner, J. P. Manshardt, W. Eves,
J. Robsey, W. Bender. C. Paturel, D. Renault, Esche,
Reichter, Acer.—From Halifax : Messrs. Retchie, Archi-
bald, Wishart, Reed, Walsh, and Thorn.

COMMERCIAL.
NEW YORK, March 1.
MONEY.—Exchange on Europe has a tendency to de.
cline. Our leading bankers are drawing at 110. The
rates are—London, sixty days, 109} to 110 ; Paris, 5.121
to 5.13%; Amsterdam, 414 to 41; ; Hamburgh, 351 to
351; Bremen, 80 to 80k.
COTTON.—The Pales since our last review, per Niagara