The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1849-08-28 00:00:00

FOREIGN AND COLONIAL.

AMERICA.
ARRIVAL OF THE CAMBRIA STEAM-SHIP.
The Royal Mail steam-ship Cambria, Capt. Shannon,
arrived here on Sunday night, after a fine run from Boston
of eleven days.
A few hours after leaving Boston she met the Hibernia
steam-ship, only eleven days on her ourward passage;
also on the 20th, in lat. 48.13, lon. 47.2, the Canada
steam-ship. The steam-ship America arrived at New
York on the 9th, in twelve days.
Money, at New York, continued to be abundant, and
there was a fair demand for sterling Exchange for the
Cambria at 100 to 109 k. The bulk of the business was,
bowever, done at 109 k.
There has been a further arrival from California, with
some interesting but depressing particulars, which we have
detailed at length elsewhere.
President Taylor has been visited by a severe attack of
diarrheas, and at the last account was very ill. He has
issued a very important proclamation relative to an armed
expedition, reported to be fitting out in the United States
to invade Cuba. The proclamation warns all the citizens
who " connect themselves with an enterprise so grossly in
violation of the treaty that they will subject themselves
to the heavy penalty pronounced against them by our acts
of Congress, and will forfeit their claims to the protection
oe their country. No such persons must expect the inter-
ference of this government in any form in their behalf, no
matter to what extremities they may be reduced in con-
sequence of their conduct." The expedition was fitting
out at New York, New Orleans, and other large cities,
and was kept as secret as possible. Large sums of money
had been subscribed.
The cholera continued to decline, the deaths for the
week having been 283.
A proclamation issued by General Riley,United States'.
offices, advises the people of California not to expect to be
tolerated in any effort to establish an independent govern-
ment ; that he has orders from Washington to have elec-
tions held to send delegates to a convention to draft a
state constitution ; and that he is determined to carry out
the wishes of his government. The total number of
persons arrived at Panama, en route to California, since
the 9th of July, was 929, of which 610 bad sailed for San
Francisco.
Canadian affairs present no feature of interest. Rumours
were very prevalent that Lord Elgin was about to resign.
The latest telegraphic account from Montreal is to the
• 13th instant. It says :—" The delegates to meet the
friends of the Champlain Canal, at Saratoga, have been
named. All of them are in favour of the project,
though some little difference prevails in regard to the ter-
minus. Judge Bedard expired on Saturday, His funeral
took place to-day, and was numerously attended. The
interments from Saturday noon to Monday noon, were of
cholera, two, and of other diseases nineteen. The disease
has almost entirely left the city. The cholera in Quebec
is still on the decrease. Last report was thirteen deaths
for the day previous. Advices from England state Mr.
Rinks has passed off a large amount of Canadian deben-
tures at par, redeemable in twenty-five years, interest six
per cent. per annum. Weather cloudy."
The Halifax bank was robbed of a very large amount of
treasure on the 10thillnstant. The robber was supposed
to have come to England in the ship Europa, which sailed
on the following morning.
We have Jamaica accounts to the 7th instant. The
sugar canes on the island looked exceedingly healthy.
The favourable accounts from England had produced ad-
vanced rates for sugar, and had given a stimulus to busi-
ness. On the 19th ultimo Barbadoes was comparatively
healthy and fine.
Intelligence from Maracaibo to the 19th ultimo de-
scribes Venezuela as being in a state of revolution. Gen.
Paez landed in Coro from Curacoa about the Ist, when
the whole of that province at once declared in his favour.
There bad been some fighting, in which the government
troops were defeated.
On the 9th instant a terrific fire broke out at Plattsburg,
which consumed nearly all the village. Thirty-eight
stores, one hotel, and several dwellings were destroyed.
The damage is estimated at 300,000 dollars.
The accounts in hand of the state of the harvest repre-
sent it as being most gloomy. The grain, where it had
not been in a forward state previous to the heavy rain,
was very deficient ' • and in other places the rust and
drought combined had done much harm. The cotton had
suffered still more, and in almost every district the yield is
lighter than heretofore. Several planters had been com-
pelled to throw out from 100 to 200 acres of cotton, being
unable to manage the grass. The rice crop looks well,
the late rains having scarcely affected it.
STATE OF SOCIETY IN PANAMA.—The following de-
lightful description of the state of society in Panama is
given by a correspondent in the New York Courier :
The weather is oppressively warm, and the atmosphere
entirely devoid of elasticity, causing in all a degree of
lassitude, rendering quite apparent one of the causes
which contribute to place the natives of the Province of
Panama among the laziest and most worthless population
on the face of the globe. Nothing can ever be made of
them, and nothing but Yankee enterprise will restore
Panama in any degree to its original grandeur and impor-
tance. Even the priests, Spanish though they are, are
sunk in the depths of degradation, performing service in
their churches on Sabbath morning, attending cock-fights
in the afternoon of the same day, and passing the evening
at the " Monte" Banks and " Faro" tables. And this
is not the practice on Sunday alone, but throughout the
week. It is alleged, indeed, by some of the Americans
here, that service in the Cathedral was performed an hour
earlier on Sunday morning, to enable the priests to act as
judges at a cork-fight at noon. Certain it is that they
attended the Monte Table, opposite the American Hotel,
in the evening, were respectfully assigned the best seats,
and bet their money successfully and with good judgment.
This is no fiction, and no uncommon occurrence here ;
and yet at church this morning I was informed by one of
the attendants, in Spanish, that the " Padre was very
good"—and desired to contribute " one real, (ten cents.)
for Padre !"

LIST OF PASSENGERS.—From Boston: Mr. and Mrs.
Doid, Miss S. P. Rogers, Miss S. L. Rogers, Miss E.
Tuckerman, Mr. E. Tuckerman, Miss E. Edes, Mr. W.
Miln, Mr. Baird, Mr. J. Coolidge, Mr. L. Hunt, Dr. J.
W. Wright, Mr. J. C. Swett, Mrs. Molson, Mr. Molson,
Mr. J. L. Stock, Mr. Beason, Mr. R. Burns, Mr. W. W.

Montgomery, Mr. R. M. Gibbes, Mr. John -Brown, Mr.
W. H. Stevenson, Mr. J. Kirk, Mr. G. De Horponar. Mr.
Strange. Mr. W. Quirk, Mr. E. A. Towse, Major Unett,
Rev. W. White, and Mr. Blank. From Halifax : Capt.
Smythe, Mr. Wheeler, Mr. Eaton, Capt. Kenny, Mr.
Laing, Mr. John Godfrey, and Mr. James Doyle.

COMMERCIAL NEWS.
NEW YORK, Tuesday, Aug. 14.
Since the sailing of the steamer on Wednesday last, we have
had a good demand for cotton, notwithstanding the pause that
took place in Liverpool during the latter part of the week end-
ing 27th July, as made known to us on the arrival of the Ame-
rica. About 2.500 bales have been taken for export to Havre,
1,00 for the North of Europe, and about 1,000 bls. for other
places. The great hulk of the sales, however, have been on
speculation, and total sales since Wednesday last have amounted
to 14,500 bales. The immediate cause of this has been the very
disastrous nature of the accounts from nearly every section of
the cotton-growing region. The rains have been incessant,
causing the forms and bolls to drop off, and in the low grounds
and swomps, causing a complete inundation. No amount of
favourable weather for the future can repair the damage, and it
is difficult at this moment to foresee the price cotton may reach
during the next four months.
FLOUR.-The market is still on the advance, and good brands
are firmly held at our quotations. Since the sailing of the last
steamer there has been much buoyancy, and,with light supplies
and a good Eastern and home trade, the advance may be quoted
at 25c. to 37.3 c. per bbl. The export demand is light. The
range now is, 84 to .84 50 for sour ; 84 124 to .84 87* for fine
uninspected ; .85 25 to .85 31* for common Western and State ;
.85 31* to .85 37f for straight State and good Western ; 35 44 to
.65 56i for pure Genesee; Baltimore. Georgetown, Brandywine,
Szc., are held at 85 25 t 0.85 50. Rye flour is higher, and brings
83 23. Corn meal has become quite scarce; and readily sells
at .33 25 to .83 31i for Jersey, and .83 50 for Brandywine.
GRAIN.-Wheat of good quality is wanted. White Genesee
is held at 130 c. ; the last sales were at 122 c. to 126 c. Good
Ohio sells at 110 c. to 115 c. Rye is of moderate sale, at ssBic.
to 359*c. Corn is in light supply,*and in good demand, with
sales of round yellow, at 63c. to 631 c.; white, Mc. to 64c. ; and
mixed Western, 61c. to 64c. Oats are held at 43c. to 44c.
The rates of freight are-to Liverpool, for Cotton, *d. per lb.;
Flour, Is. 3d. per brl. ; Grain, in bulk, 30. to 4d. per bushel
for Corn and Wheat respectively. To London, ls. 6d. per brl.
for Flour.

THE PA PAL STATES.

The Genoa Gazette, of the 18th instant, quotes a letter

from Rome of the 14th, stating that the Government
Committee had instituted a Central Board of Censorship,
composed of 10 members residing at Rome, whose mission
would be to inquire into the conduct of the officers of the
different departments of the state, no matter what their
rank might be, and ascertain if their acts during the late
political events entitled them to confidence. The board
was likewise to examine the conduct of the pensioners of
the Government during the same period, to know if they
had preserved a right to those pensions, and if any of
them were capable of being replaced on active service.
Similar boards of censorship were to be established in
each province for the same purpose.
Orders have been sent out to Rome to General Oudinot

to institute an investigation into the case of Dr. Achilli,
who has been so shamefully imprisoned, and to obtain his
release.

The Pope has conferred on General Oudinot the title
of Duke of St. Pancrazio, with a pension of 6000 crowns,
chargeable on the property of the State. Revolting out-
rages have been committod by the Spaniards on the
defenceless population.

HUNGARY.
•
The unexpected news of the termination of the war in
Hungary was received on Wednesday. General Bern was
defeated in Transylvania on the sth of August, it appears,
by General Haynau, with a loss of 2,000 prisoners, and
2,000 killed and wounded, and 15 pieces of artillery cap-
tured. The General himself narrowly escaped being taken
prisoner. He was seized by a Russian soldier, but was
rescued by an Hungarian, who cut the Russian down.
Bern and Dembinsky, as well as Kossuth, had all taken to
flight, and have, it is supposed, effected their escape into
the Danubian provinces.
' On the 11th of August, Georgey, acting upon an autho-
rity which had been given him by the Hungarian assem-
bly, made submission at Arad to the Austrian government,
through the Russian Commander-in-Chief, Prince Paske-
witsch. Georgey made submission, not only for his own
army, but for the whole of Hungary. He did not surren-
• der at discretion. He laid down two conditions—first,
that he should surrender to the Russians, and not to the
Austrians, as his brave army had declared that, rather
than that he should surrender to the Austrians, it would
defend him to the last drop of its blopd ; and, secondly, a
' complete amnesty as regards the troops. With respect to
himself, he did not demand or stipulate for any amnesty,
declaring that he gave himself up as a holocaust for the
rest, and would submit cheerfully to all the severity of the
Jaw. The despatch giving this important announcement
is dated from the Russian head-quarters of General Pas-
kewitsch, at Groswardein.
Commissions, each consisting of one Austrian, one

Russian, and one Hungarian, were to be sent to the se-
veral Hungarian divisions, to inform them of the termin-
ation of the war.

Intelligence from Vienna to the 19th instant, announces
the surrender of the fortress of Arad to the Imperialists,
on the 16th instant.

The Austrian capital is in a state of great excitement
at the unexpected good fortune which has come in aid of
the Imperial arms. Nothing certain is known of the
movements of Kossuth and General Bem. They are pro-
bably at Orshova, or perhaps in Wallachia.

Father Ventura is at present at Montpelier. He has
been refused passports to Paris.
The following advertisement appears in all the Paris
papers :—" A debt of 14,000 francs, owing by the Prin-
cess Letitia Bonaparte, to be sold."
Signor de Begnis, the celebrated vocalist, died in New
York, of cholera, a few days before the sailing of the
Europa.

The coloured people of Boston have presented William
Lloyd Garrison with a silver pitcher, in testimony of their
appreciation of his devotion to the cause of emancipation.
The Hon. George Tibbitts, of Troy, United States, has
died at the advanced age of 87 years. He died worth two
million of dollars, but commenced the world as a hod-
carrier.

The American papers mention that several stone ham-
mers, wedges, and other mining tools, evidently used by
some extinct race of men, have lately been found in the
copper mines on the shores of Lake Superior.
THE REPUBLIC OF LIBERIA.—The barque Liberia
Packet, sailed from Baltimore for Monrovia, Libetia.
The packet takes out 20 emigrants, 10 for Cape Palmas-,
and 10 for other ports of Liberia. A returned colonist
also goes out in the vessel.—American paper.
THE NATIONAL FAST IN AMERICA.—The national fast
was strictly observed in New York and vicinity. The
shops and banks were closed as on Sunday, and people
appeared abroad only in their holiday attire. Sermons
were preached in the various places of worship ; the Post-
office was only open during those hours which it is kept
open on Sundays.
The royal mail steamer Avon arrived off Southampton
on Tuesday, with the West India and Mexican mails.
Accounts from Jamaica extend to the 23d of July. The
island was entirely occupied with the general elections.
Eight members had been already returned, six of whom
declared themselves favourable to retrenchment. Similar
results were expected feom the remainder of the elections.
Business had been a little brisker during the week prior
to the sailing of the packet. Sugar was scarce, and
quoted 16s. to 20s. per 1001bs.
POISONING BY MISTAKE.—Prince Nicholas of Hol-
stein-Glucksbnrg, a lieutenant in the 2d Regiment of
Dragoons of Prussia died on the 18th at Berlin, from
having taken poison in mistake. He was under treat-
ment for a disease of the skin, for which internal and ex-
ternal remedies were ordered. On returning from the
theatre, he, by error, took a dose from the phial contain-
ing the remedy to be applied externally, which was a vio-
lent poison. All the assistance of the physicians was of
no avail ; his sufferings lasted 48 hours.
_ _

Advices from Labuan to the 22d June are of the most
gloomy nature, owing to the prevalence of fever, which
was general.. In the list of persons attacked, and still
suffering when the Nemesis quitted the island, were the
officials, excepting the lieutenant governor, the European
non-official residents, and the natives employed in govern-
ment works or on the coal seam. Her Majesty's ship
Royalist, acting as guardship, had suffered severely ; the
commander and three officers, and twenty of the crew
were on the fever list, and one of the crew had died of
Labuan fever. The Governor, Sir James Brooke, had
returned from his visit to the island of Sulu, where he
had succeeded in making a treaty of amity and commerce
with the sultan.

THE PEACE CONGRESS.—The Congress of the Friends
of Universal Peace was opened in the Salle de St. Cecilia,
in the Rue Chaussee d'Antin, on Wednesday last. The
Archbishop of Paris had becn solicited to preside, but
excused himself. Shortly after twelve o'clock some of
the leading members of the Congress, M. Visschers, Mr.
Cobden, and others, having entered the salle, were re-
ceived with acclamation. The Belgian, English, French,
and American secretaries read the list of members who
had attended, the names of many of whom were received
with applause, especially those of Victor Hugo, Cobden,
and Elihu Burritt. The chair was taken by M. Victor
Hugo, and business was opened by the appointment of
secretaries and officers, and naming delegates from dif-
ferent countries and associations, after which the pro-
gramme of resolutions was read. The Paris papers speak
very coldly of the Congress.
RENTS, &C., AT CALIFORNIA.—The whole North Pa-
cific is swarming with ships and cargoes from every island
in the ocean, and the harbour of San Francisco, spacious
as it is, can hardly contain the arrivals. Consignments
are daily refused. Captains of vessels obtain £7O a month,
mates £5O, and sailors £3O. Clerks on shore get £BOO
per annum and their board. Nothing is said about
lodgings, a reserve which is perhaps but prudent consi-
dering the notorious scantiness of sleeping-houses in the
new settlement. There is, however, an hotel which is
underlet for £9,000 a year, a portion of which very mo-
derate rent is made up by judiciously letting off a small
apartment for a tap at £2OO a month. One gambling-
room lets for £3,500 a year, two smaller ones for £1,200
each. There is even a French cabin the place, the ave-
rage receipts of which, night and day, have been accu-
rately calculated at one dollar per minute. It is only
from an incidental remark that we infer that the tastes of
Anglo-S ,xon emigrants have been consulted by the esta-
blishment of a brewery. A drayman, we are told, is in
the receipt of £1,300 a year salary.