The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1841-08-17 00:00:00

UNITED STATES

THE royal mail steamer Caledonia, Captain M'Kellar, ar-
rived at this port from Boston and Halifax on Saturday
morning, at five o'clock. She left the former port at noon
on the Ist, and Halifax on the evening of the 3d instant. The
voyage from Boston to Liverpool occupied 12 days and 17
hours, and that from Halifax 9 days and 23 hours. The Ca-
ledonia has brought upwards of 90 passengers.
We have received by this conveyance files of New York
papers to the 31st ult. inclusive, and Boston journals to the
day of the steamer's sailing. We have also received Canada
papers to the 28th ult., and Halifax journals of the 3d. in-
stant. But, though these papers cover a space of twelve
days, their contents are unimportant, and do not afford much
news for extract or epitome. _

The Bank Bill had passed the Senate, after prolonged de-
bates. The final vote was 26 to 23. The bill was immedi-
ately sent to the House of Representatives, where it was
read a first and ordered to be read a second time. In the
House as in the Senate, the "compulsory power" would, it
was thought, be the main point on which debate would spring
up. Still, the measure was considered certain to pass.
Whether, after having passed the Senate and the House of
Representatives, the President would give it his sanction, was
still considered doubtful. The Loan Bill, empowering the
Executive to raise 12,000,000 of dollars for the service of the
Union, had also passed the Senate. The Home Squadron
Bill, appropriating 789,310 dollars for two frigates, two sloops,
two small vessels, and two armed steamers, to be employed
in the defence of the coast, had passed the House of Repre-
sentatives. The Fortification Bill and other bills were still
before Congress. All the prominent measures for which the
extra session had been convoked, would, there was no doubt,
pass.
The Oneida Observer confirms the rumour, that the case
of M`Leod would not be brought before the Court of Errors
of New York. The Senate having, during the session of
last winter, expressed an opinion on the main question, in
the form of a resolution, !little prospect offered of a change
of the decision of the Supreme Court on the prisoner's case.
That Court had, on the application of M`Leod's counsel,
granted an order changing the venue for his trial to Oneida
county. The trial would not take place until September.
M`Leod was in charge of the Sheriff of Oneida county, in
whose custody he would remain until his trial, which, it is
said, he is anxious should take place as soon as possible,
being entirely confident of his ability to furnish the most
conclusive proof, that be had no participation in the outrage
for which he stands indicted. -
The trade of New York was dull, it being the period of
the year when merchants and traders do not resort to the
city. The principal change in the market had been in flour,
which had advanced. The news by the Great Western had
not had any influence on cotton.
Money continued abundant at New York. Large balances
were accumulating in the banks, and very little paper was
offering. In specie there was no demand for export, and the
banks had large amounts in their vaults. _ _ _

In the Stock Market there had been very little doing.
Prices of shares had, however, falle,n on the 31st ult. The
shares in the Bank of the United States had sold as low as
163, but, though more had been offered at that price, there
were no takers. Bicknell's Reporter states, that Mr. Jau-
don had appeared before the directors of that bank, and
given in a statement of the condition of the agency in Eng-
land. The foreign creditors of the institution were, it was 1
stated, disposed to act liberally, and were anxious to pursue
any course which might place the bank in a more creditable
position than she at present occupies. At Philadelphia, on
the 30th ult., the closing price of the bank's shares was 17i.
The demand for foreign bills, which had been quite feeble
before the arrival of the Great Western, afterwards rallied,
and better prices had been obtained. Sterling bills for the
Caledonia were quoted at 108 to 1081 on England, and on
Paris at sf. 25 to sf. 30, at which rates considerable business
had been transacted. It was not deemed unlikely that higher
rates would be obtained if large importations should be made
in anticipation of a change in the tariff.
There is no news of prominent interest in the Canada
papers. The progress of public business in the provincial
parliament had been slow in consequence of the election
committees. From returns laid before the legislature, it
appears tha the debt of Upper Canada amounts to the enor-
mous sum of £1,190,000 currency, while that of Lower
Canada is put down at £114,000. The Kingston Whig says,
that " his excellency the Governor-General does not intend
to return to England until next spring, having determined to
hold a winter session of the legislature, some of the im-
portant measures of his administration not being in a suffi-
cient state of forwardness to lay before parliament at

present."
The New York papers contain advices from Jamaica to the
2d and from Barbados to the Bth ult. They are of little in-
terest. The Kingston Despatch says, that about fifty of the
immigrants who had recently arrived from Belfast and Scot-
land were leaving the island. The New Ydrk journals men-
tion their arrival at that city in the schooner Emma.
The same papers also contain advices from Lima to the
20th of May. General Santa Cruz had attempted the inva-
sion of the province of Piura. Troops had been sent from
Callao to oppose the invader. President Gamarra was at
Arequipa with 3000 men. He had gone thither to quell a
revolution in that province, headed by a General Vivanco,
whom he defeated and drove to Boliva. Santa Cruz was at
Guayaquil on the 18th of May.
The following is a list of the passengers by the Caledonia;
and we also subjoin the log :
FOR LIVERPOOL FROM BOSTON.—PauI Mitchell, William
Swain, Wm. Watch, Mrs. Watch and servant, Hon. Mr.
Ferguson and lady, Nathan Jarvis, Joseph Sturge, Captain
D. W. Stubeman, 83d Regiment, and lady, Mr. W. Stevens,
Antonia Via, Pedro Blanco, Joze J. Gossiere, Joze M. Iza-
biero, Eugeno Lugol, Edmund G. Wakefield, Hon. Mr.
Petre, M. Martyn, Henry Brand, James H. Rawlins, Don
Lorenzo Arietta, Don Joaquinu Arietta, Don A. Pozado,
Don L. Lamaguere, Don J. Bustameute, Don Juan N. Ar-
gos,- John Gordon Forbes, W. W. Scarborough, Mr. Holt,
Edward Renard, Thomas F. Green, B. Laurents, Joseph
Brown, Thomas J. Roder, Henry Rangeley, Benjamin
Thomas, L. Pacheco, F. Turner, A. Catonnet, Walter Skid-
mere, W. H. Haynes. John Harris, Peter M`Lean, A. Beau-
vent, Juan Jacosa, Martin Ivaia, Miceno Espanbosa, Pedro
P. Parejay, Samuel Toby, Robert Atcheson, John Sultzer,
Hon. T. WlCay, Dudley Hill, Charles B. Lander, J. H.
Johnson, Jones Thomas, John C. Allder, George H. Allyue,
Mr. Bruce, Mr. William Gywnn, and Mr. C. Blackett.
FOR LIVERPOOL FROM HALIFAX.—Lord A. Fitzclarence
and servant, Mr. F. Collins, Mr. Milward, Mr. James Orr,
Colonel Hay, Mr. Young, Mr. Ricarby, Mr. Drinkwater,
Captain Sibbald, E.1.C.5., Mr. D. Annesley, Mr. Meigno-
witz, Captain Harvey, R.N., Mr. R. Morrow, Master R.
Morrow, Mr. Sealey, Mr. Gahan, Mr. James, Mr. Clayton,
Mrs. Clayton, the Misses Drinkwater, (two,) Mr. Halina.