The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1854-05-23 00:00:00

GREECE.

The belief in well-informed circles is general that the
Greek insurrection will now subside, and tranquillity, for
a time at least, be restored to the provinces on the frontier.
The complicity of Russia in the dispute is undoubted.
The Muscovite sympathies of the Queen unite with the
ambition of King Otho for a larger territory; men in
power, and men desirous of it, are equally anxious for an
extension which would increase their importance,
their
authority, and their wealth ; and the chimerical aspira-
tions of the people are turned to account by the designing.
The influence of the Czar in Greece is deeper and more
enduring, and therefore more dangerous, than his most
inveterate reviler on an English platforin has ever asserted.
It is not a thing of yesterday ; it did not commence with
Menschikotf mission or the Seymour conversation : it ex-
isted before Otho was thought of for the crown, before
Capo d'lstrias fell by the assassin's dagger, before Greece
itself was ever named, save as a part of the Pashalic of
Janina. The real Russian strength lies, not in the cliques
or coteries of Athens, but in the 'hearts of the people—in
the deep fanaticism which forms the basis of the Greek
character. It is not generals and senators who form the
agents of the Czar, but needy and ill-fed priests, sprung
from the ranks of the people, the brothers and cousins of
the savage borderers who have precipitated themselves on
the Thessalian towns.

A Paris despatch gives the following on the authority
of the Moniteur :—The now avowed complicity of the
Greek Government in the insurrectional movement on the
Turkish frontier has given a fresh impulsion to acts of
brigandage. Piracy is every day on the increase in the
Archipelago. The commerce of Smyrna is in a state of
great alarm: Special and energetic measures are about
to be taken for the safety of navigation. It is certain
that the Czar has furnished to the Greek Government
military subsides amounting to 1,000,000 of drachmas.
Macedonia is invaded by 2,000 adventurers and rob-
bers, commanded by Chanis Karatasso, a former Aide-
de-Camp of the King of Greece. This band is committing
every unheard of atrocity. In one place they burnt alive
150 Turks —men, women, and Children—in their mosque.
The Semaphore, of Marseilles, states that M. Bourree is
the bearer of verbal instructions for the French Minister,
M. de Forth-Rouen, and he will have, moreover, to demand
from the Hellenic. Government the interests due, since
1828 on the hundred millions advanced by France. If
the answer of the Greek Government be not satisfactory,
French troops will occupy Athens, the Piraeus, and the
most important points both of the mainland and the
Archipelago. The insurrection itself is nearly at an end,
Fuad Effendi having 15,000 men in Arta. The real
nature of the abortive rising against Turkey is no secret.
Accounts yore received in Paris on Thursday that the
Russian Government has insured to the Greek Govern-
ment a sthention of a million of drachmas per month.
A curious fact has also been ascertained : the Greek
Governmett has granted letters of marque to the pirates
who at the present moment infest the Levant.
WEST INDIES.

On Weinesday the Magdalena, royal mail steam-ship,
arrived at Southampton. Jamaica accounts of the 27th
ult. state that the legislature had been prorogued by
Governor 3arkly, who
,had left Spanish Town for a tour
through the north-western parishes of the island, with a
view of brming a correct estimate of their actual condi-
tion. Cholera had appeared in Spanish Town, and four
fatal cases are reported. Several deaths from scarlet fever
had occurred at Kingston. The weather was very close,
with the thermometer ranging from 98 to 100 degrees.
A great number of fires, principally of small extent, had
occurred 'n the rural district of Barbadoes.
AUSTRALIA.

By the royal mail steamer Magdalena, accounts have
been received, Did Panama, from Sydney to the 21st of
February, leing a fortnight later than those by the Marco
Polo. F7Oll Melbourne only three days later. At Sydney
the rate of interest had been raised from 4 to 5 per cent.
The latest eccounts from the mining districts as given by
this arrival are from a correspondent of the Sydney
Herald ant are dated Braidwood, Feb. 10. " Since my
last I have t report great prosperity among our gold dig-
gers. The lew diggings on Mujor's Creek are turning
out, even beter than the most sanguine could have antici-
pated, and th success that has attended many is most cheer-
ing. I menioned in my last that there were about 1000
persons on tle diggings, and 700 at work. I may now,say,
1100 persons located or walking about, of which number

about 750 or 800 have licences, the other 300 being wo-
men, children, and nondescripts. As to the remunerative-
ness of these new diggings, I cannot enumerate all ,the
parties who are successful, but merely give a few of those
whose success has more immediately come within my
knowledge. A party of four the week before last, took
upwards of 40 ounces of gold out in the week, being an
average each man of £36 10s. Another party, numbering
ten, I believe, are taking out their 12 ounces per day,
Brown's party are doing remarkably well, as likewise
M`Donough's, and very many others. There are stores and
sly grog shops in abundance,—the former well supplied
with every requisite for a gold digger's purpose, and cheap ;
the latter with every enticing beverage to lure and debase
the man. There are still a number digging on the pri-
vate lands of Mr. Badgery. I believe upwards of 100
licenses have been issued, and they seem all to be doing a
fair stroke."

In New Zealand to the 21st of January, no material
alteration had taken place in the price of flour, which was
quoted at £23 per ton, and wheat lOs a bushel. Sawn
timber 16s. per 100 feet.
From the Canterbury settlement we have Lyttelton
papers to the 18th of January. The importation of stock
was going on briskly, 180 head of cattle, 40 horses, and
1,500 sheep having just arrived. Mr. Morris, a midship-
man of the Carnatic, had been drowned during a squall in
the harbour.

A destructive fire took place at Hobart Town on the
21st of January, which destroyed property to the value of
$400,000. Crown lauds in certain localities command
a high price. In the township of Gladstone, the upset
price of which was £2O per acre, land has been sold at
£5lB per acre.

AMERICA.

ARRIVAL OF THE ARABIA.

By the British and North American Royal Mail steam-
ship Arabia, Commodore Judkins, we have intelligence
from New York to the 9th, Boston to the 10th, and Hali-
fax to the 11th inst.

The Arabia sailed from Boston, at 3, p.m., on the 10th
inst., and arrived at Halifax, at 10 30, p.m., on the 11th;
and, after a delay of an hour and a-half, she again pro-
ceeded to sea, passed Cape Clear, at 1 25, p.m., on the 19th,
and arrived in the Mersey 125, p m., on Saturday, after
a passage of about 9 days 1.7 hours.'

The Arabia brought -178 passengers, and $188,253 in
specie on freight.

In the Senate, on the 9th, Mr. Ingersoll delivered a
speech on the European war, advocating the immediate de-
claration that free ships make free cargoes, and that the
United States would not permit the search of American
vessels, or the overhauling of the papers.
The Nebraska Bill was still before the House of Repre-
sentatives.

According to the Herald, the Government had resolved
on energetic measures in regard to the Black Warrior
affair, the dispatciles from Madrid having given great dis-
satisfaction.

The efforts to raise the Ericsson had not proved success-
ful, although divers had penetrated into the cabins and
closed the portholes. An immense canvas sheet, which
had been passed round the vessel, was rendered nearly use-
less by the strong current. Captain Ericson, in a letter to
the New York papers, asserts that the trial trip was a
complete success, a speed of eleven miles an hour having
been obtained with a low pressure of steam.
Four persons had been killed near Philadelphia by the
explosion of a steamer's boiler.

On the 9th a fire broke out in Forsyth-street, New York,
and, before it was extinguished, destroyed upwards of
$60,000 worth of property.
The New York Chamber of Commerce had memorialized
Congress, in relation to the rights of neutrals, and the im-
portance of taking advantage of the existing state of affiars
in Europe to negotiate treaties with the different maritime
powers of the world for the protection of the rights of
neutral vessels, and to establish the American principle,
that free ships make free goods.
The El Dorado, the Star of the West, and the George
Law had arrived with late advices from San Francisco, and
a total amount of $2,174,520 in gold dust. The road from
San Juan del Snd was in good condition. The California
papers continue to give encouraging accounts of mining
operations. At Yankee Hill, near Columbia, a piece of
gold, weighing twenty-seven pounds, had been dug up by
a man who the day before had not sufficient money to pur-
chase a breakfast. Walker and his band had evacuated
Lower California, and gone no one knew where, perhaps to
Texas. They drove off three or four head of cattle, belong-
ing to the rancheros of California. A quicksilver mine
had been discovered in the coast range of mountains,
about seventy miles south of Pacheco's Pass, and said to
be equal in richness to the new Almada mines. The
markets at San Francisco were moderately active. A
steam-boat explosion had occurred in San Francisco Bay,
by which 36 persons were killed.
The captain of the steamer J. L. Stephens reports that
Santa Anna was blockading Acapulco on the 22d ult. The
J. L. Stephens was fired at, and boarded by a Mexican
naval officer, and compelled to turn back. During the
detention of the steamer at Acapulco shots were frequently
exchanged between the Mexican steamers and forts, but
without effect. 'Santa Anna, with 5,000 men, it was ex-
pected, would make an attack on the town during the
night. The Diario Official gives a general account of an
action at the Cayanes, between Santa Anna and Alvares,
in which the latter was defeated, and it was confidently
expected that he would fall into the hands of the victors.
It is stated that two hundred of his followers were routed
and about twenty killed. There was no longer any doubt
of the execution of Guzna. This officer, while raising the
standard of revolution, was surrendered to the Mexican
troops by his aide-de-camp, Cano, who, as a reward for
his treachery, received two hundred doubloons and the
rank of lieut.-colonel. The police of the capital had dis-
covered a conspiracy, at the head of which was Cendefas,
a friend of Alvares.

The British minister, Mr. Doyle, had interfered to obtain
the party of American and English captured at Guazamas
a fair trial.

According to letters from Havana, the captain-general
was pushing to the utmost all measures for the defence of
the island, in the event of a war with the United States.
The military force was estimated at 12,000 men. The
correspondent of the New York Daily Times again re-
ports the landing of three cargoes of slaves.
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COAMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE.

NEW YORK, MAY 9.—The Stock Market exhibited a
further decline of Ito 1 per cent.—ln Bank Shares the
operations had been very light. City loans were much
depressed, although there had been no issues to any extent.
—The Money Market exhibited continued stringency.
Rates on prime paper were 10 to 11 per cent., while large
amounts of second-rate paper, endorsed, could not be ne-
gotiated under 11 to 15. Foreign exchange was. dull.
London, 109 to 1091 ; Paris, 5,10 to 5,12 k; Amsterdam,
43 to 428; Frankfort, 41k to 41k-; Bremen, 791 to 80;
Hamburg, 37 to 36i ; Antwerp, 5,10 to 5,12 k.
COTTON.—(From W. P. Wright's Circular, of May
9.)-:--The Cotton Market in this city has continued in the
same dull and inactive condition. The operations for ex-
port have been very limited, and the sales to home con-
sumers have been chiefly confined to qualities ranging
above middling ; holders, however, have shown no desire
to press sales, and thus prices are not materially lower
than last week. The sales since 2nd instant have been
5,996 bales ; of which 1,606 were for export, 2,919 for
home consumption ; 1,147 for speculation, and 329 in
transitu. The export since same time has been, to Liver-
pool, 3,344; Glasgow, 427; Havre, 625 ; Bremen, -506 ;
Hamburg, 348; Antwerp, 413; total, 5,663 bales.
The following is a statement of the movement in cot-
ton
since the Ist of September last, as compared with the
Previous three years :

1854. 1853. 1852. 1851..
Receipts at the ports.. 2,52 ).000 3,016.000 2,742,000 2,102,000
Exports to Gt. Britain, 1,072,000 1,355.000 1,279.000 1,007,000
France'.... 246,000 354,000 358,000 208,000
„ other for. ports, 224,000 277,000 269.000 196,000
Total exports
Stock on hand 650,000 523,000 429,000 475,000
From which it will be seen that the decrease in receipts
now amounts to 490,000 bales ; the decrease in exports to
Great Britain, 283,000; to France, 108,000; other
foreign ports, 53,000. Total decrease in exports, 4.44,000
bales.

BREADSTUPFB.—There was no alteration to notice in
flour, the demand for home use being good and 'prices
firm, particularly for choice and extra brands. Canada
flour had sold at $7,98 to $B. Wheat remained inactive,
buyers being unwilling to pay the prices asked for choice
parcels. Indian corn was not so active : yellow had been
sold at 87c. to 99c.; and white at 86c. to 861 c. Oats were
firm, at 56c. to 59c. for State and Western.
Puovisfiis.—Mess pork had been sold at $14,871, and
prime at $13,50. Prime mess was held at $15,50. Beef
was without change. Lard, in barrels, was iu fair request,
at 91c. to 91c.

FRElGlliS.—Freights were rather quiet. To Liverpool,
cotton, square bales, per lb., 5-16 d. to id. ; flour, per
barrel, 25.; rosin, 2s. lid.; heavy goods, per ton, 255. to
30s. ; grain, ship's bags, per bushel, sd. to old. To
London, measurement goods. per ton, 305.: heavy goods,
oil, &c., 355. to 40s. To Havre, cotton, per lb., lc. ;
ashes, per ton, $8 to $10; quercitron bark, $lO.

NEW ORLEANS, MAY B.—Cotton was quiet this morn-
ing. The Africa's news is at hand. The decrease in the
receipts of cotton at all the southern ports was 494,000
bales.

CHARLESTON, MAY s,—The receipts of cotton amount
to 3,923 bales, while the sales reach 4,475 bales, at Die.,
to 91c. for good middling.

CONSEQUENCES OF THE WAR.—Wanted, a few smart,
handsome young gentlemen, to dance at evening parties,
on account of the great drain of officers that the war has
carried off to the East. They must converse freely about
the weather, the opera, and all fashionable topics, and be
accustomed to good society. They must be well practised
in the polka, waltz (single, as well as 4 deux temps),
schottische, and not be above dancing in a quadrille, if
needed. They must be single, and not exceed the age of
40. They must not refuse to dance with an elderly lady
occasionally, if the size of her property is such as to war-
rant the presumption. The terms offered, including a
champagne supper, are of the most liberal description, and
may be ascertained at Gunter's, St. James's-square, or of
the secretary of the "Distressed Young Ladies' Elegant
Partners' Association," at Hanover-square Rooms. Young
gentlemen presenting themselves must bring with them a
white neckcloth, as a specimen. Not the slightest objec-
tion, at present, to officers in the militia, but no trades-
man, unless extremely rich, and highly respectable in the
wholesale line, need trouble himself by applying.—Wanted,
also, a few agreeable, rattling, clever young fellows, who
can sing, conjure, and play tricks. A vacancy for a young
nobleman who can fry omelettes in his hat, in a genteel
establishment, where hot suppers are given and a servant
in livery is kept. Terms, including kid gloves (new, not
cleaned), well worth the attention of younger sons, who
have very little, or nothing, on their hands. Inquire as
above.—N.B. A good light dinner Irishman is in large
request. —Punch.

TIIE MAAQUIS or ANGLESEA.-Mr. Francis, one of the
gentlemen of Her Majesty's Chapel, St. James's, tells the
following characteristic anecdote of the late Marquis of
Anglesea. Mr. Francis was entering the chapel from the
lobby one Sunday morning in his surplice at the same
time as the venerable marquis ; and, on his drawing aside
to allow the old warrior to pass him, the strict disciplin-
arian stopped and exclaimed—, No, Mr. Francis ; you here
take precedence of me. You are on duty—l am not. Go on)"