The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1853-06-14 00:00:00

do further business with the Honourable:Board of Coun-
cil." On the other hand, the governor has held out to
the refractory population the pleasant prospect of having
all the convicts, male and female, whose labour is not
equal to their maintenance, let loose upon them, and of
being deprived of the services of the police, and thereby
virtually of the protection of the executive. The crisis is
of such a nature that a solution must be found, and that
without delay, if social order is to be preserved in the
island.

AUSTRALIA.—An attempt has been made by the
Bishop of Melbourne to check, by salutary advice, the
mania for emigration to Australia, which the gold disco-
veries have excited in the old country. He warns those
who might be attracted by the hope of making a rapid
fortune, that " a young colony, especially a gold-produ-
cing one, wants a large number of strong arms and skilful
hands, but comparatively few well-furnished heads or
fluent tongues." More particularly his warning is ad-
dressed to men with families, and to young men with
half-finished educations, who•arrive in the colony imagin-
ing that they will have an opportunity of being trained to
same profitable business, whereas, Bishop Percy observes,
" there is no time for it; every one must be doing, not
learning to do, his work."

AMERICA.

ARRIVAL OF THE AFRICA

By the British and North American Royal Mail steam-
ship Africa, Captain Harrison, which arrived here on
Sunday, we have intelligence from New York to the Ist
instant.

The Africa sailed from New York at 1 20 p.m., on the
Ist, and experienced light N. and E. winds during the
greater part of the passage. At noon on Saturday she
passed the Old Head of Kinsale ; at 2, a.m., on Sunday,
was abreast Holyhead ; and saluted the Rock Lighthouse
at 8 7, a.m., having made the run in 10 days, 14 hours,
and 2 minutes.

The Africa has brought 150 passengers, among whom
is Madame Alboni; and 43'603,153 in specie on`freight.
PASSENGERS.—Airs. Heurtley and servant, Miss Han-
burg, Miss Heurtley, Mr. Snow and Master Heurt-
ley, Mrs. J. M. Edwards and sister, Mr. Samp-
son, Mons. A. Pepoli and Mad. Alboni, Mr.
Haiicht, lady, and maid, Miss Deas and Miss Lyon,
Miss 0. Boisse and maid, Mr. Malcolmson and
lady, Mr. P. C. J. Weston, lady, and maid, Mr.
F. M. Weston, Mrs. and Miss Mountfort, Mr. and Mrs.
W. Henderson, Miss M'Gregor, Miss Henderson. Mr.
Stuart, Mr. Wilson, Mr. M'Gregor, Hon. Mrs. Price,
Miss H. Veinon, Mr. James Owen, Mr. David Law, Mrs.
Svlrandt, infant, and nurse, Mr. Montgomery Neill, Mr.
Gurne, Mr. J. Shaw, Mr. Beyouen, Mr. Melitta. Mr.
Fritze, Mr. Boujie, Mr. L. Andenried, Mr. Edward Mead,
Mr. B. Turpin, Dr. J. C. Lay and lady, Mr. Green, Mrs.
Green, Mr. May no de Sa', Mr. Thomas Dixon, Mr. H.
D. Greveres, Mr. Stonge, Mr. Goer, Mr. Deas and lady,
Mr. Lassaletta, lady, nurse, and infant, Miss Molyneux,
Mrs. Grymes and maid, Mrs. Melerta, nurse, and infant,
Mr. King, Mr. Mann, Mr. O'Hara, lady, and three
children, Mr. M`Darty, Mr. Jamul, Mr. Wm. Taylor,
Mr. Smith, lady, and two sons, Mr. Stucken, Mr. Burn-
side, Mr. F. G. Barriere, Mr. Demornelle, Mrs. Blake-
ney and child, Mr. Stoddart. lady, and son, Mr. Ketclen,
Mr. R. J. Walker, Mr. J. R. Zellueger, Mr. R. Herzog,
Mr. P. T. [lorry, Mr. H. C. Bette, Mr. and Mrs. Steven-
son, Miss Stevenson, and maid, Mr. Pigott, Mr. Downes,
Mr. H. Graham, Mr. Colville, Captain Colborne, Mr. H.
Fouler, Mr. Elluanger, Mr. Scrivenor, Mr. Jacob Bright,
Mr. W. C. Millar, Mr. E. C. Fisher, Mr. Sangorianni,
Mr. Lewis, Mr. Martiner, Mr. Riera, Captain Margesson,
Mr. Rheines, Mr. Molvneux, Lieut. Grayson, U.S.N.,
Mr. Lacklinson, lady, and three children. Mrs. Arkwright,
Mrs. Austin, and two children, Mr. D. B. Hertz, lady,
and infant, Mr. Danesse and lady, Mr. Dupontrie and
lady, Mrs. Watkins, Mr. Knight, lady, and child, Mrs.
Saunders, Mr. A. B. Jones, Mr. H. Hertz, Dr. Averell,
Mr. Finlayson, Mr. Tucker, Mr. G. Henshaw, Mr. Du-
casseau, Mr. Ducot and two sons, Mr. D. J. Hughes, Mr.
R. Vedder, Mr. Henson, Mr. Wilson, Mr. Milinarich,
Mr. Newman, Mr. Reding, Mr. Van Sutton, Mr. Martin,
Mr. Grogan, Mr. Zulliard, Mr. Job Hughes, Mr. Sy-
trandt, Mr. and Mrs. Neiner, Mr. Renfrew, Mr. A.
Kretz, and Mr. Silkinstadt.

The United States Mail steam-ship Arctic, Capt. Luce,
which sailed from this port at 4 10, p.m.. on the 18th ult.,
arrived at New York at 2, a.m., on the 29th, having made
the run in 10 days, 14 hours, and 35 minutes.
The royal mail steam-ship Arabia, Captain Judkins,
which sailed from this port at 9 45, a.m., on the 21st ult.,
arrived at New York at 0 15, p.m, on the 31st, having
made the run in 10 days, 7 hours, and 15 minutes.
In the Albany Legislature a bill for the introduction
into the State of New York of the law prohibiting the sale
of spirituous liquors had been defeated by a majority of one.
A. telegraphic communication from Savannah announces
the arrival, at that port, of the mail steamer Severn, with
intelligence that all but two of the passengers (previously
reported as drowned) on board the William and Mary,
recently wrecked off the Bahamas, had been saved by a
wrecking schooner just before the vessel sank.
The police of Buffalo were after a man going by the
name of Parker, but supposed to be an English burglar,
named Dickinson, formerly of Clitherot,, for the murder
of an Englishman, named Bateson. At New York the
number of immigrants for three days in May was 9132.
Dr. Kane's Arctic vessel, the Advance, sailed on the 31st
in search of Sir John Franklin. The convention of
southern planters, for the encouragement of southern
influence and independence, was being rapidly organised ;
encouraging letters had been received by the committee
from the Governors of States. The ship Northern Light
had arrived at Boston, after a passage from San Francisco
of seventy-six days; the Contest had arrived at New York
from the same port in seventy-nine days and a half. The
Oregon iron.furnace, in Baltimore- county, had been
destroyed by fire. Letters from Quebec report the deaths
of eight persons by the explosion of a steamer's boilers.