The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1853-11-01 00:00:00

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CAPE OF GOOD HOPE.--By the steam-ship Calcutta we
have advices to the 23d of September. The Commercial
Advertiser, in its monthly summary, says

Since the

sailing of the last monthly steamer the aspeet of affairs
beyond the colonial border has been gradually becoming
more clouded and satisfactory. The orders understood to

have been issued tor the mulctr
four whole regiments, the 74th, tl

;he 43d, and the I c

among the inhabitants of the eastern districts, whit

tions to prepare for the entire
rity from the Orange Riv
general dissatisfaction and alarm

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The tribes recently

summed nave not, =teed mannested any directly nostm
spirit, but it is known ;hat the chiefs are discontented

lency held with them, Giacomo, on behalf of the other
chiefs, deelared that the land given them was tho small
' It was all stones ; they could not till it, and there wa.s.
no bush for firewood. They wanted the Amatolas.' Thh

General Cathcart decidedly refused, giving them to under-
stand that their possession of that locality would certainly
involve another war, and the Kaffirs, it is stated, ' left the
meeting not at all satisfied with the result.' These Amatolas,
the Gibraltar of Kaffirland, are at present held in military
occupation by a portion of the troops about to be removed.
A public work of great importance to the western districts
of the colony has just been completed. Between Cane

Town and the rich corn-growing regions of Worcester
there interposes, at a distance of about 40 miles, a vast
range of mountains stretching across the country, and
nearly cutting off the capital from all communication with
the interior in that direction. These mountains are only

passable at a few points, where it was formerly necessary
to unload a waggon at one side, carry over the packages
by hand or on the backs of horses, and reload them into

a barrier to intercourse by wheeled c'arria'ges as the Isthmus
of Darien to ships. At the expense of £50,000, with the
labour of our colonial convicts, this barrier has been cut
through from one side to the other, upwards of 18 miles,
and a magnificent road constructed, by which the untold
wealth of the interior may pour down unobstructed to the
shores of Table Bay. This road was opened for public use
last week amid great rejoicings. The registration of elec-
tors for the new legisisture has been nearly completed
throughout the colony ; and it is expected that the writs
will shortly be issued for the return of members to the
upper house. Notice of the opening of the communication
between the Great Lake and Walwich Bay was received at
the Cape just previously to the departure of the Calcutta.
AusTßirds.--By the General Screw Shipping Com-
pany's steam-ship Argo, which reached Southampton on
Friday, we have intelligence from Sydney to the 11th, and
Port Philip to the 24th of August. " Symptoms," says
one of the latest newspapers, " of a marked improvement
in the yield of our gold-fields have again begun to make
their appearance. Fresh spots have been discovered,
which give indications of extraordinary productiveness,
and even the old ground has been so much more prolific
as to yield for the last week, as well as the one preceding,
more than has hitherto made its appearance for any one
week of the last six months." During the six months
ending August 20, no less than 968 vessels, representing
265,000 tons, were entered inwards, and 830 vessels, re-
presenting 254,000 tons and upwards, were cleared through
the Melbourne Custom-house outwards. The social con-
dition of Victoria was improving, though occasional out-
breaks of crime occurred, which were attributed by the
Melbourne papers to the leaven of transportation still
existing in the colony: . .

The Sydney Herald says :—" A great drawback to the
prosperity of the colony is the dreadful state of the roads.
At present a ton of flour can be purchased in Sydney for
£25. It cannot be conveyed from Sydney to the Turon
(160 miles) for less than £3O; thus adding more than 100
per cent. to its cost. We are glad, therefore, to be able to
state, that before the end of the next year the first section
of the Sydney Railway (16 miles) to Parramatta will be
opened. Considerable progress has been made in the
work : a number of experienced ' navvies' are expected
about the end of the month, and money for the pur-
chase of rails, engines, &c., was sent home some months
since. A second railway company is in course of forma-
tion for the purpose of making a railway from Newcastle
to the Upper Hunter, The bill for granting the necessary
powers will be laid before the legislature immediately."
Notwithstanding the continued stream of immigration,
the rates of labour are increasing, more especially those
connected with house building. Stonemasons obtain from.
13s. to 14s. a day ; carpenters, 12s. to 13s. a day ; and other
trades vary from lls, to 13s. a day. Building materials
are enormously high. Prior to the gold discovery sawed
timber was from 7s. to 10s. per 100 feet, the average was
about Bs. ; it is now upwards of 50s. Bricks were about
£2 a thousand, none can now be got under £B. Stone
has increased in the same or even greater proportion. The
price of stone for ordinary building purposes at the quar-
ries was formerly 44d. to sd. per foot; it is now ls. 6d. to
25., according to size and quality. We believe £1 a day is
a very moderate amount at which to estimate the earnings
of sawyers and quarrymen. Rents are gradually increas-
ing, and for ordinary dwellings have risen about three
times, and for good business premises about five times,
what they were two years since. Small three-room cot-
tages, in the outskirts of the town, let for 30s. a week ;
five-room cottages, fit for families, are from £2 10s. to £4
a week. In the city a good family house is worth £3OO a
year. Good business premises in first-rate situations are
very difficult to obtain. £7OO or £BOO a year is asked,
and for some very large promises £l,OOO has been given.
One of the recently arrived banks gave £ll,OOO for the
premises which were three years ago occupied by the Bank
of Australia, and then gave £3,000 to the tenant, who had
a five years' lease, to give up possession, An hotel, recently
erected, has been let for £l,OOO a year."
The following are extracts from the Commercial Report
from Sydney :—" The difficulty of getting conveyance to
the interior has had a material effect upon our business
transactions this month. Large parcels of goods (we think
injudiciously) have been forced into the market by public
competition ; and thus we have to note a decline in value
of most descriptions. The months of June and July are
usually dull, on account of the impracticability of the
roads. Generally speaking, at present there is little in-
clination to lay in stock, impression being that prices will
recede. We, however, look for a very brisk trade with
the spring, and feel no apprehension as to the demand for
goods suited to our wants. Staple articles—such as sugar,
coffee, flour, lumber, building materials, beer, tobacco
and cigars, &c.—may occasionally feel a temporary de-
pression ; but for these the demand is regular, there is no
change of fashion, nor do they materially injure by keep-
ing with but moderate care. With the exception of to-
bacco, cigars, and beer, stocks of all are moderate—
certainly out of proportion to our increasing wants. Our
flour market has undergone great and important changes
since the issue of our last. The 90,000 barrels—importa-
tions of June, from the States, have nearly all been
cleared, and a scarcity of really good is again complained
of. During the month we have had great enquiry for
coasting vessels of light draught, say from 6 to 9 feet
loaded, and many have changed hands at from £l2OO to
£2200 for vessels from 60 to 180 tons register, and added
to our numerous fleet."

AMERICA

ARRIVAL 01? THE ARABIA.

By the British and North American Royal Mail Steam-
ship Arabia, Commodore Judkins, we have intelligence
from New York to the 19th ultimo.
..

The Arabia sailed from New York, at 0 11, p.m., on the
19th ult., and at 1 23, p.m, passed the Royal Mail Steam-
ship Asia, hence, bound in. She passed Holyhead at 9,
a.m., on Saturday ; at 055, p.m., passed the steamer Ame-
rica, hence for Boston, and at 2 20, p.m., the Bar, having
made the run in 9 days, 21 hours, and 10 minutes.
The United States Mail Steam-ship Atlantic, Captain
West, hence, arrived at New York at 0 15, p.m., on the
16th ultimo.

A vessel, arrived at Boston, had reported the boarding
of the ship Sagadohoc, bound from Gottenburg to Boston,
which had lost fifty-eight passengers from cholera. The
Hamburg barque George Nicholas had been picked up at
sea, and taken to New Orleans. The mate was the only
survivor of the crew.
Letters from an exploring party, which had arrived at
Santa Fe, report that they had found gold at the crossing
of the Colorado and other places, also silver and copper
ore in great abundance. The Indians were numerous and
very hostile, and had fought their party for thirty days,
wounding nearly all of them. The fighting was chiefly
with the " Garotes." They met a tribe of Indians, 200
miles west of Seune, who used gold bullets for their guns !
It is said that on the arrival of the European news by
the last mail, a private meeting. of some refugees took
place in New York, and that Major Leonard P. Terzuca-
nowski, formerly aide-de-camp of General Murowslaski,
and afterwards commander-in-chief of the French legion
in Sicily, was appointed to form a volunteer legion, in-
tended to sail for Constantinople.
Halifax papers state that the steamer Vulcan bad ar-
rived there with 360 troops. A part of the troops were
intended for Bermuda, but as the yellow fever raged there
they were taken to Halifax.
Oavazzi was lecturing at Cincinnati.
The yellow fever continued to rage fearfully at various
Pointe on the Mississippi river, and in the interior.
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August,Empire wwithihcaholepftastsehtgersport
had put Into Boston. short of water, and with loss of all
her tontalaut mute.

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of October 19.)

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1* a decline of three-

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f a cent., making a reduction of al
week. Some holders are unwilling
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.ed quotations fc

The sales for thel

list fror
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Atlantic
Ports.
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one cent

to sell at this

few grades, but are
a actual transactions.

les. Nti

Inferior
Low to good ord
Low to good mid 9i —l4 _
Total import since Ist instant 9,449 bales
Export from Ist to 18th Oct., 1853, 13,824; 1852, 9,576
EXPORT FROM THE 'UNITED STATES.

8 to 81

Other Gulf
Ports.

Florida.
nom.
4 to 8i

8 to 9
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Since Ist September, 1853 60,5,,.
Same time, 1852 70,612 „
RECEIPTS, EXPORTS, AND STOCKS OF COTTON
Exports to Total Exports Stock, and
^.ipts. Gt. Britain. to For. ports. on ship b'd
46,234 60,532 102,734
57,500 70,612 150,536

bales

Increase

Decrease . 101,627 11,266 10,080 47,802
(Prom W. P. Wright's Circular of Oct. 19).—0n
Monday, after the letters per Atlantic were received, the
desire to sell was more urgent than at any time during the
elve months, and some low sales were made.
holders manifested a similar feeling. and. as

buyers newt amor, tne transactions were small. me de-
cline since 10th instant on the actual sales amount to
Mobiles. In

le. per
0:

DIV to good mid

ands anc

ms, from their relative scarcity, the decline is not so
great, but the current quotations must be considered as
nominal, as the market is too unsettled to give them with
any degree of accuracy ; low grades of all descriptions are
difficult to move, and it was quite impossible to say at
what price shippers might be induced to touch them, and
these qualities form the bulk of our unsold stock. The
southern markets, during the week, have given way va-
riously 4c. to lc. per lb.; the prices, however, with the cur-
rent rates of freight, are still above the parity of Liverpool.
We continue to receive from some sections of the south
complaints of injury to the crop from rain, worms, &c.,
but they are fewer than during the past three or four
weeks. The weather has lately been more favourable for
maturing and picking, and better progress has been made
in securing the crop.

s.—The advices per Canada were received
on when holders of flour advanced their rates
to the extent' of 12ic. per brl. This advance was, how-
ever, only partially acceded to, and has been subsequently
lost, and present quotations are lower than those of the
11th instant. Choice qualities of wheat advanced 3c. to
4c. per bushel on the receipt of the Canada's advices, but
the market has again receded since the receipt of the ac-
counts per Atlantic. In Indian corn the advance quoted
last week has been lost.
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_ ROVISIONS.—The demand for Western pork has been
somewhat restricted by the tightness in the money mar-
ket, and the transactions have been moderate at a slight
decline. The market closed steadily, but prices show a
decline of 94c. to 121 c. Prime mess is inactive, and no-
minal at $l5, and clear at $l9. Beef continues firm, and
in good demand. Lard continues firm. Butter is in good
demand. Cheese continues active for export.
FREIGHTS, &c.—To Great Britain and France freights
were favourably affected by a decline in flour and grain,
and the engagements were large at improving prices. The
current rates are—To Liverpool; for cotton, 7-32 d. to
5-16 d per lb. ; flour, 3s. 6d. to 48. per barrel ; grain, in
bulk, 14d. to 144 d per bushel. To London flour, 4s. 6d.
to ss. per barrel ; grain, in bulk, 15d. to 16d. per bushel.
To Havre : flour, 80c. per barrel ; grain, in bags, 23 to 24
cents per bushel.—The supply of seamen continues very
limited, and of those offering many are inefficient hands,
which our ships, however, are compelled to take or stay in
port. We quote :--To Liverpool, $lB to $2O, with $3O
advance; London, $l6 to $lB, with $2O to $25 advance;
East Indies, $l2 to $l4, with $24 to $3O advance.
IftoN.—Scotch pig is inactive, and the sales unimpor-
tant. 150 tons English common bars sold on private
terms.

NEW ORLEANS.—Receipts for the week ending October
7th, 12,787 bales. Exports : To Liverpool, 4,580 bales ;
Havre, 1,945 ; Venice, 718 ; Genoa, 475. On Saturday
the Washington's news tended still further to depress our
market, the sales being confined to some 500 bales at irre-
gular and lower rates. On Monday and Tuesday the sales
were but 1,550 bales, and the market still lower, in conse-
quence of the America's and Baltic's accounts. On Wed-
nesday, sellers submitting to a further reduction, brought
buyers out, and the purchases made were upwards of 3,600
bales. On Thursday, 2,000 bales. On Friday, the Arabia's
advises were to hand, the tenor of which limited sales to
1,000 bales, making a total for the week of 10,400 bales,
taken for England, France, &c. In prices there is a de-
cline from last week's quotations of fully 2c. to lc. Freight
to Liverpool, d. The receipts of new cotton thus far are
34,902 bales against 126,562 to same date last year. Octo-
ber 15. Sales for the week, 7,000 bales, closing at a decline
of lc. to ic.; middling, gic.; stock on hand, 48,000 bales ;
freight to Liverpool, Id. per lb. October 17.—Cotton
heavy, with only few sales.