The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1849-07-03 00:00:00

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the details of the Poor Relief (Ireland) Bill, and the amend-
ments (occupying nearly seven pages of the vote-paper) pro-
posed by various members, which was protracted until half-
past twelve o'clock. The committee had then reached the 10.'
clause, which raised the consideration of the £4 rating
threatening a long debate; whereupon it was move() .anise, 1
chairman report progress, which was agreed to. Mat the

FOREIGN "-
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AMERICA.

ARRIVAL OF THE MIITIOI'A.

The rota mail steam-ship Europa, "Capt. Loft, arrived
in the Mtetsey at hall-pait nine o' Lock on Sunday morn-
Wqh. the usual North American mails and 107 pas-
smam's, together with the surviving passengers and crew
,of The American barge Charles Bartlett, which was run
sdown at sea on the 27th ultimo, particulars of which will
be found in another column. The Europa kit Boston on
the 20th and Halifax on the 22nd ultimo, and, including
the deviation to and detention at Halifax, has made the
' run throughout in ten days and twelve hours. The steam-
ship Cambria, Captain Shannon, arr ived at New York on
the 15th ultimo, in thirteen days, and the steam-ship
America, Captain Harrison, at Boston on the 20th, in ten
days and a half, from this port and Halifax. The Ameri-
can steam-ship 'Herrmann left New York for Southampton
on tie 20th. The royal mail steam-ship Tay left Chagres
on,the 10th of May. en route for the West Indies, &c.
She had on board gold dust of the value of .8100,000, and
.18 passengers.
The demand for sterling exchange for the steamer was
to a fait extent. The rates asked were 109 to 1092. The
intelligence from California had the effect of carrying up
the prices of United States Stocks very high, in some in-
stances three per cent. at once.
A correspondence has been published between the Se-
cretary of State of the 'United States and the German
minister relative to the American steamer United States,
purchased on account ef Germany. The former gentleman
notified to-the latter that the steamer could not be per-
mitted to leave until proper securities were given that the
steamer would not be employed in warlike operations
against any couutry -..hich the United States were at
peace.

The weather in the States was every thing that could be
wished, and a very large wheat harvest was expected, and
an increased supply of Indian corn. More potatoes than
usual have been planted.
The cholera lingers, but in New York its course
was almost stayed, and the city felt no alarm.
A duel between Mr. Cassins M. Clay and Mr. Turner,
two United States senators, hac terminated in the severe
wounding of the former and the death of the latter.
The ravages of cholera, especially amongst the Califor-
nian emigrants. had continued to extend. In New York
the deaths from the 10th to the 16th, according to imper-
fect returns, were 100 out of 212 cases.
President Polk, who was reported ill of diarrhoea, died
of that disease at Nashville on the 16th ult.

During a row between some rival firemen at Moyamens-
ing, one man was killed and a number seriously injured.
The United States government are about to fit up two
coasting vessels, of about 200 tons each, to be suitably
equipped, to search for Sir John Franklin's noble crew.
The report of the committee recommends the expedition
to start at an early period in the ensuing year.
The water at New Orleans was reccding slowly from
the streets, and the river was failing. There was a fair
prospect of stopping the crevasse. The weather was hot,
but the city was healthy.

The intelligence from Canada leaves every thing as to
the future in that colony uncertain. The British League
is announced to hold a convention on the 18th of July,
when delegates from all the North American provinces, it
is understood, are to assemble. The Governor-General
was at Monklands, and it was said that he did not intend
to return to Montreal. A strong guard was still kept at
Government-house. Business at Montreal was quiet.
Flour was quoted at 21s. 6d. to 225. Freights to London
were, for flour, 3s. ; and for Liverpool, 4s.
Ten thousand Mexican Indians are said to be within
four leagues of Tampico, and it was expected that the city
would be attacked on the 9th of June.

The Kingston (Jamaica) Journal of the 24th of May
contains an account of the wreck of the British brigantine
Dane, from Liverpool, bound to Vera Cruz, on the Ca-
manas reef. Her cargo, consisting of dry goods, &c., was
saved, and disposed of by auction, but the vessel was a
total loss.

President Monagas had been obliged to quit Venezuela,
but where he had gone the accounts do not state.
St Domingo accounts, of the 3rd ultimo, state that the
city surrendered to the army under General Santa Anna
on the 29th of May. President Hernanaes made his
escape on board of an English vessel of war, bound to Ja-
maica. About forty of the leading men had been arrested
by order of Santa Anna. The city was quiet and bnsiness
improving.
The Crescent City arrived at New Orleans on the 11th
ultimo, with upwards of 1,000,000 dollars of Californian
gold. 500,000 dollars of this are as freight, and the ba-
lance belonged to the passengers. The steamer Califor-
nia was to leave Panama on the 15th June. It is said
that she had gold on board to the amount of 1,000,000
dollars. It was thought, in Wall-street (New York), that
the specie on board the California was on English account,
and would be forwarded to England by one of the mail
steamers. The steamer Unicorn was to be added to the
line of Pacific steamers, so that a steamer would leave
Panama and San Francisco every fifteen days. The steam-
shin Panama arrived at Panama, from New York, on the
6th of May, having made the voyage in fifty days seven
hours, running time. An accident which happened to the
Panama threw upon the California all the passengers who
had purchased tickets for both vessels. The steamer
Oregon, Captain Pearson, arrived at Panama on the 7th
of May, from San Francisco ; and on the 23d of May she
sailed again for San Francisco, full of passengers. Cap-
tain Forbes, of the steamer California, states that the
marvellous stories respecting the abundance of gold are
not at all exaggerated, but, on the contrary, fall short of
the reality. The limits of the region in which the preci-
ous metal abounds are more and more extended every
day by new discoveries, reaching as far down the coast as
Santa Barbara, near the line of Lower California. Pieces
of gold weighing eighty ounces are not unfrequently seen
in San Francisco : while specimens weighing from two to
four ounces are quite common. So strong is the attraction
towards the mines, that fifty vessels, of different nations,
lying at San Francisco, had been deserted by their crews.
Although 100 dollars per month was offered for seamen,
none could be engaged, even at that high rate. San
Francisco was crowded with emigrants, vast numbers of
whom are continually pouring into the place. Accommo-
dations of any kind were scarcely to be obtained. The
meanest hut or shed, such as would be considered unin-
habitable, commanded a most enormous rent. Good
provisions were almost equally scarce. The coarsest kind
of food must be used, as no other can be procured. No
person stays any longer in San Francisco than he can
help, but all who are lucky enough to procure transpor-
tation immediately take their departure for the mining
districts. When they arrive there they find no difficulty
in accumulating almost any amount of the precious metal.
Three to four ounces of gold is considered a common day's
work : less than that induces the digger to move to a
richer spot. Much more is occasionally gained in a few
hours, as the possessors of the large lumps may attest.
There was a great deal of conversation in California res-
pecting the establishment of a provincial government, but
as yet nothing had been done. General Pershor F. Smith's
proclamation was, so far, utterly disregarded ; and it was
feared that serious difficulties would occur should he at-
tempt to execute his orders by force. It is stated in the
papers that there were probably 30,000 Mexicans en
route for California. They travel in regularly organized
and armed parties. Among the vessels which had sailed
for San Francisco was an old ship called the Humboldt.
She bad gone round Cape Horn originally as a coal vessel.
and lay at Panama five months without employment. At
last a speculative individual purchased her for 60,000 dol-
lars, and fitted her up for passengers, of whom she took
320, at 200 dollars each. The lucky original owner ar-
rived at New Orleans, in the Crescent City, with 60,000
dollars in his pocket. The British mail steamer Tay
sailed from Chagres on the 10th of May, taking eighteen
passengers, with 100,000 dollars in gold dust. When the
Tay left there was only one American vessel in port.
Colonel Hughes, passenger in the Crescent City, says,
that, besides the gold dust in the Crescent City, 2,000,000
dollars more bad crossed the Isthmus during the month
of May, a part of it only direct from California. It is
reported that the bark Hecla arrived at Havana on the
31st ultimo, with two hundred thousand dollars in gold
dust on board. This gold was probably brought down
from California in the Oregon, and then shipped in the
Hecla. Captain Forbes states that travelling over the
Isthmus was now comparatively easy. The road from
Cruses to Panama was the one generally travelled.

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