The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1854-05-02 00:00:00

AMERICA.

ARRIVAL OF THE ATLANTIC.-
tale
The United States mail steam-ship Atlantic, Ca.`" a1),0
West, arrived on Friday, from New York, with ~no
the 16th ult. She brought 180 passengers and 719°The
dollars in specie, but her news is of little interest•
details of the last intelligence from Lower Californiitaijier
cate that the filibuster expedition of Colonel v`.
would prove an utter failure. Failing to enlist the sY,,
'tbdr"
pathies of the natives, his men were gradually with here,
w
ing from his standard, and returning to California, Al
r
as a finale to their disappointment, they were generio been
arrested by the government authorities for havinF,mo.
concerned in an unlawful enterprise against a neigilirli;o.
ing country with which they are at peace.—From
nah we learn that Commander Newton sent in 3 sp
the
messenger by the President, refusing to either salul p
Spanish flag, or pay his respects to the captain"glock
until the dispute with regard to the outrage on the
Warrior is adjusted.

ARRIVAL OF THE EUROPA. • tall'
BY the British and North American Royal Mad 5
ship Europa, Capt. Shannon, which reached the Mad
erne)
little before midnight, on Sunday, we have intellig
from New York to the 19th ultimo.
The Europa brought 89 passengers and 618,1•40
specie on freight. t
The United States Mail steam-ship Arctic, Capt' hteee
arrived at New York on the 16th ult. in ten days ei"'„d
thhoeurEsn;raolpiad
about
enAt Asia, ahlusondfiro.edmmLilievaerfLol,Nweasw Pass' Or
York,
would reach that city in about eleven days and a half'frole
The Europa passed the steamer City of Manchester
eight
Philadelphia for Liverpool on Saturday morning at
o'clock, bound up channel. state
The latest telegraphic advices from Philadelphia „hip
that no intelligence had been received of the steamno•
City of Glasgow, then forty-nine days out. It was
to send the steam-ship Granite State from
phia in search of the missing vessel. 110°
The Arabia, Boutelle, hence, arrived at Mobile ; role,
H. Perkins, Theobald. hence, at Philadelphia;
Lewis ; Coosawattee, Paxton ; and Screamer, Sto
_hip
hence, at New York. The wreck of the British p.. 0,0
Ronader, of this port, was passed by the Celestial' for
for
London, at New York. The Calcutta, from 81/st°sli••
London, before reported ashore, arrived at St. John, St
on the 15th ult. The packet-ship Yorkshire, heroe,doe.
New York, reported falling in, March 31st, lat. 47 do;
47, with innumerable icebergs and field ice for foto get
was icebound thirty hours, and, in endeavouring
r
cleliecaar rried awa cutwate.
several packet-ships arriving at New York 63/36
nued to report passing large icebergs on the passagei Ned
A very severe snow storm had been experienced a
York, Boston, Philadelphia, Baltimore, Washington' goo
The packet-ship Underwriter, from Liverpool, had yore
ashore during a gale on Squam Beach. The NeW
state that
Herald says :—" Our accounts from the wreck the
most of the passengers had succeeded in reachini,;4•
shore, and the crew were throwing the cargo overepae
If the weather continued moderate, it was suPP's,,_,,, seat
vessel would be got off. Two steam-tugs had
to render her assistanee. The ship is insured 10
street for $72,000, and the cargo for $150,000," „
The Herald also announces another wreck- 1' 'ne
" Information has reached us of the wreck of a larri, Desr
grant vessel, on Saturday night, on Long Be?c eopi,e,'
Barnegat Inlet. Her decks were crowded with r
and such was the violence of the gale, that no lin"rrn the
could reach them. The only chance of safety -essert!
crew and passengers lay in the staunchness of the :yogi
hull. Preparations were being made to reach the d
as soon as the weather moderated. Our informant
..„ were
not ascertain the name of the ship. Two school:lit-WO:
also ashore in the same vicinity, and would ion Oa
to pieces. Two large ships were seen near the r"
it is feared they would likewise be driven ashore- „Gado'
The Senate, in executive session, had rejected tn.%„,rieS
den treaty. The vote was reconsidered on the fo""
day, but the result was not known. A asks
In the House.of Representatives, Mr. Walbriugeef
the
leave to submit resolutions defining the rianghdtdse.cerasisgo
United States as a neutral maritime power,
that any infraction of those rights would be regarae sea'
just cause of war ; also re-affirming the -31enr°the
intervention doctrine, and the determination of .s,,d 0
vernment never to consent to the transfer of theel„nni
to
Cuba, except to the United States. The house r tosv-
receive the resolutions. _typos ed
A meeting had been held in New York, benefit o'
some thirty Irishmen, "to devise means / for
tit creeds ,"
Ireland and the Irish ;to form a 'on °-
liberate their country from the hanud:lof Pf
England ; if within then ext two years a sw..ps• tyeet
liberty should take place in that country, 00,;(9
engaged in it, and, if not, to send emigrants W fp
on our shores, in a destitute condition, to a home
West."
A telegraphic despatch from New Orleans 14 764
received, with a rumour from Vera Cruz, to they for
that fifty Americans had been arrested at San ,„
landing without passports, and ordered to be shot. suns
The advices from • Mexico concerning the reset` jest
continue contradictory. The Picayune states th:topla
previous to the Bth April, from Vera Cruz a teler,,,si
dispatch reached that city, announcing that ann gang
ment of existing difficulties had been made betwef tio en
Anna and Alvarez, and the revolution was thus et close
The Mexican papers represent Alvarez as being. vier•YetaPti,
pressed, and state that his followers were raPtchY haven',
their submission to Santa Anna. On the otheuro
letter from Mexico represents the forces of Sa rattle
RS rapidly falling oft', and states that a decisive 15.ez
to be fought very soon, at a position which Alv
strongly fortified.
itoard
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COYIMERCIAL INTELLIGEN- •it •
pc e
NEW YORK, APRIL 19.—The sales at the t ,lIAOL% •
were heavy this morning, without any maters •s
to luf,',:or
prices. Foreign Exchange is firm; London, lnlisedi''
Paris, 5114 to 5122; Amsterdam, 41-1 to 41*;
361 to 34 ; Bremen, 791 to 791. 11.1 w
/1 fed
COTTON.—(From A
W. P. Wright's Circular'' .tiae
—During last week the market in this city e°11".5.0,1e5
much depressed, at irregular prices, with daily .pt of 0,
few hundred bales only. On Monday, after rece,riarci tsce•
counts per Arctic, advising a check in the (R_1,3,0.010
dency of the Liverpool market, buyers toot:, the ,tOO
and the sales were over 3,600 bales. YesteraaJ,as Co'4
were reported at 2,500 bales, one-half of which log to ofer
in transitu. Prices were steadier, holders refasohasevor
unless at a slight advance; the disposition to 131:ere,nate
export, however, was not increased. The son" to P'f.s•
kets have also declined. We have yet, howeyeoeoaato,
the effect of the Hermann's and the America Ca' oe
The following is a statement of the movement' ith
since the Ist of September last, as compared
18'Poe
previous three years : , 975,„,0
1854. 1853. 18100 65,v-An
Receipts at the ports 2,309.000 2,884,000 2,523,000
Exports to Gt. Britain, 947,000 1,221,000 1,663'00 114•uP
„ otheFrrtance 233,000 291,000 3
,r4:000 1,14
ports, 192,000 226,000 000 531,
Totalexportsor• 1,372,000 1,738,01,0 1,01400 4vt6
Stock on hand 650,000 679,000 54' io reev:to
From which it will be seen that the decrease
now amounts to 575,000 bales ; the decrease he
0_1;5,
Great Britain, 274,000; to France, 68,000; °No
ports, 34,000. Total decrease in exports, 36`2t,,r*/ 19.'0
(From the New York Shipping List, of l-kr,ll. Orleis•
les
NEW YORK eLassiricAvox- and
Uplands. Florida. Mobile. It
Ordinary 7*
Middling
Middling fair.. 10 '
Fair iO4
40i6091,0
Export Total fro impormt
Ist to sinlBth April, Ist instanlBs4, 15,036 ; Ivtist ..........27,„(areP
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BREADSTUPFS,—LiverpooI advices to the ~.„,;day- ee of
and Ist April, respectively, were received on r'in
tprs lest
immediate effect was in each case an advance,
25 cents per barrel on flour. On Monday, the
ters to the 4th of April came to hand, but a tiled till,
of 25 cents demanded by the holders has chefs have eel'•
mand, and the transactions of the last two daY lamelameonly to a moderate extent. Holders, however, o
disposition to give way, and the market `eat. i_PittS
$7 75 to $8 per barrel for Western Canal• to sof
for higher prices. Indian 'corn had advanced,rice
per bushel, but there was again a falling off in rifi,;
to 3 cents. for 00
PuovisroNs.---There was a better feeling,,,
mess was firm at $l4 15 ; prime, sls en to for vot tr
in fair demand at rather easier rates, lOcscia.ovtotfooubili:vodes.tticr;i9vettr
refs; kegs laic. to 10'.1c. Beef was in good 'is; ce:4ol
slight improvement ill price, prime $7 621• to toss 4er °cl
mess $9 50 to $l2 ; prime $7 to $7 25 ; 13°J
$24. Beef hams in short supply at $l6 to $l/ • 4.
strictly prime pfriromme
2cr.ltoity2sscac.rcec,
hueiestlpierisicathieles
IRON.—Scotch pig is dull, and
FREIGHTS.—To Liverpool, for cotton, 5-114
tobarrCl
lb. Flour 4s. per bare. Grain, in bulk, !•.per
per bushel. To London—Flour 4s. to 4s. 0" de'
To Havre—Cotton, id. per lb. •
gel
lia6Salee
CHARLESTON, APRIL 17.—The s
pressed our cotton market, and prices are. waileay at 10'
to-day 600 bales. Good middling is nom the fle Ato
NEW ORLEANS, APRIL 17.—The nevvs
.DYLb3, the
'-
came to hand on Saturday nod
rica on Sunday ; and cotton to-day is rather OV
SO° 00
CHEESE AS A DIGESTER.—AS a digesterss eco ouoftcr,
appropriately call it, cheese that %chic? iften ow
fee
• eurs ° tiol/
mouldy being preferred by connoiss to evio
dinner. The action which experience
what
has Prilas
night, and tnab
it to possess in aiding the digestion of sv
res „fr
been eaten, is both curious and interesting'e,ccoi 501-0.i,5t
some light thrown upon it by recent 113_ air bora!
When the curd of milk is exposed to tny_ature,
state for a few days, at a moderate temin odoor,,7ift
graduallyfernent towndeeiciaiyn,
tthoisematiattae
itd iposagres:ssapetieh:
topafruccuoyirovitter,,v;
certain circumstances, of inducing
wchhainehgeitanisdmftexremdeonrtaitaiobnroinnootthinertoniacoosstu:sinjtlilxe_ceSorgier:
the same manner as sour leaven. doe
ally , L",„0 cl
sinweaetsidmoungahr.waNyowwbeoilidianntrdodptawrted
to commeheen °fib'
stooraceavo nit
causes chymical changes gradually
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thwihsiephursPonna%nkein_deaotfvr
roof;ei:ligiesi
ceovners,idwehreidch
thneecueslralii.yipt rtoiiso
poro,ll
tion. If too new or of impropferhehae""'
stonitfits ture'or
to the quantity of food with win
have
dinnerbestisl cfi-tu
doesff e Hence
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mon Life,
of fa. has
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