The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1854-06-20 00:00:00

WEST INDIES.

By the Royal mail steamship, La Plata, which arrived
at Southampton, on Wednesday, we have intelligence from
Chagres, May 24; Jamaica, 26; Antigua, 28; and St.
Thomas,June 1. The Atrato, with the outward mails of the
17th ult. had arrived out at St. Thomas in 11 days 81 hours
from Southampton, the quickest run ever made by any
steamer across the Atlantic. From Jamaica we learn
that the governor has not yet returned to the seat of
government in Spanish Town. His reception on all sides
has been most enthusiastic. Cholera has been making
very serious ravages in many parishes of the island ; and
on this occasion many of the most eminent and distin-
guished persons have fallen victems to its fearful agency.
The cholera has also made its appearance among the black
population in Barbadoes. In Grenada the weather has
improved. Prices of articles of prime necessity were dis-
tressingly dear. Several vessels were about to leave with
produce for London, Liverpool, and Glasgow. At St.
Lucia, sugar making was going on vigorously, but much
distress was occasioned by the rise of freight to ss. 9d. and
6s. per cwt. In Demerara the weather was dry, an im-
mense quantity of sugar was on hand, and freights were
still high ; the next crop promised large results. Court
of Policy had been busy with the new Immigration Bill.

AMERICA.

ARRIVAL OF THE AMERICA.

By the British and North American Royal Mail steam-
ship America, Captain Lang, which arrived yesterday, we
have intelligence from New York to the 6th, and from
Boston to the 7th instant.

The America left Boston at 3.35 p.m., on the 7th, passed
the Niagara, hence for Boston, at 8.15, same day, and ar-
rived-at Halifax at 10.40, a.m., on the oth, whence she
sailed at 11.52, passed Tory Island at 0.30, p.m. on Sunday.
and the Rock Light at 11.15, a.m., yesterday. She ex-
perienced adverse winds throughout.
The America brought 130 passengers, and $590,000 in
specie on freight.
• According to the New York Herald's correspondent at
Washington the President had informed the committee on
foreign affairs that upon the re-assembling of Congress he
would send in a message requesting an appropriation for
the appointment of two commissioners to assist Mr. Soule
in representing to the Spanish Government the outrages
which had been committed on U. S. charge's.
The barque Vernon, with 1,276 bales of cotton on board,
had been destroyed,by fire at Mobile. A pro Vision store
at Alexandria had likewise been destroyed by fire. Damage
estimated at $50,000. A cotton bleaching establishment
in Rhode Island 'had met a similar fate. Riots arising
from the persistence in street-preaching had occurred in
New York, and one :person was killed. The crops were
generally reported to be in a satisfactory condition.
The El Dorado had arrived at New Orleans with ad-
vices from California to the 15th May. ' The George Law
had sailed from Aspinwall with $1,500,000 on freight.
Captain Bowen, of the barque Gem of the Sea, had
arrived at New York from New Orleans. He gave the
following account of falling in with and being chased by
a suspicious schooner :—" May 28th, at 10, a.m., lat. 35
40, saw a schooner on the weather beam. She kept off,
and run down across our bow. She then hauled her
wind, and passed half-a-mile to windward. After dark
saw her close off the lee quarter; she remained there
about half-an-hour ; she then hauled her wind, and we
lost sight of her ; about half-an-hour after that we again
saw her close to the weather quarter: At this time the
wind was very light. The next day, the wind blowing
fresh from N.E., saw the schooner ; she immediately
tacked and gave us chase; at f 3, p.m., tacked and stood
N.V. by W. ; carried a press of canvass. At daylight she
could, not be seen. A large number of persons appeared
peeping over the rails. She was in our wake three days."