The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1853-05-03 00:00:00

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AMERICA.
ARRIVAL OF THE ANDES.

TURKEY.—The Emperor of Russia issaid to have given
way on some of the points for which hecontended, respecting
the question of the holy places, and there is every pros-
pect of this affair being arranged in a friendly manner.
At the Russian and Turkish Embassies in Paris, it is de-
clared positively that everything has assumed, as regards
the Eastern question, a favourable aspect.

SYRIA.—The four-and-twenty missionaries of the
London Protestant Association have had a scuffle with
the Jews in the streets of Jerusalem. On Palm Sunday
there was a fight—and one in which several persons were
wounded—between the Greeks and the Armenians. The
fight took place in the Church of St. Sepulchre, and it
was occasionod by some quarrel about the lamp.

INDlA.—lntelligence by Overland Mail from Bombay
is to the 29th of March. At Prome and Meaday all is
quiet. Near Donabew a combined attack was in progress
on the strong hold of the robber chief Meatoon, Sir John
Cheape, the Commodore, and Captain Tarleton were each
advancing by a different route, so as to surround him, all
the creeks by which he could escape being guarded by
gunboats ; the result was not yct known. It is not pro-
bable that sny move will be made during the little that
remains of the hot season, but the commencement of the
Burmese monsoon will open the high road to Ave to our
large steamers, if anything then remains to be done.
General Steel has reached Tonghoe, and opened commu-
nications with Prome and Meaday. At Tonghoo a rather
extensive magazine, containing guns, muskets, and am-
munition, was taken possession of.

CHINA.—The Chinese mail of the 25th of February
has brought important intelligence regarding the progress
of events in the Celestial Empire. The rebels have now
got so far north as to threaten Shanghai, and are stated
to have a force of 50,000 men within a few marches of
that port. Seu•Kwyng-Tsin, appointed by the Emperor
to the chief military command of the combined attack
which had been ordered on the rebels, has been worsted,
and has fallen, according to some accounts by his own
hand, according to others by that of the enemy. Alto-
gether the affairs of the Tartar dynasty are considered to
he in a most critical state, though the young Emperor
is endeavouring to meet the emergency with a degree of
energy and a disregard to antiquated Chinese maxims,
which proves him to be far in advance of his predecessors.
He has appealed to his people in an edict which, printed
on yellow paper, is now posted up in every place of public
resort in the empire. The militia were to be organised,
each village or township forming its own band, the
expense being defrayed by the gentry and head men, who
were to have the management of the force, which was not
to be employed in offensive operations, but simply for
self-defence. A powerful American squadron is on its
way to the China Seas, and it is stated that a powerful
Russian land force has been despatched thither to watch
its proceedings. Under these circumstances, and in the
present position of affairs in China, it is complained that
our naval force in these seas is inadequate for the protec-
tion of British interests. The Emperor has legalised the
importation and sale of opium. The duty of 40 taels per
chest which it is proposed to charge is stated to be as
nearly as possible the figure at which chests can at present
be smuggled into the port of Canton, the dollars, in the
present state of thing's, going into the private purses of
the officials, instead of into the Imperial Treasury.

EGYPT.—Abbas Pasha is to obtain a fresh proof of
the Sultan's favour by being officially acknowledged as
the chief or head of the Viceregal family, by which all the
princes, sons and grandsons of the late Mehemet Ali, will
be bound to acknowledge the Viceroy's authority. Some
mention has been made of an inclination on the part of
the Sultan to offer to kbbas Pasha the Pashalic of the
Holy Cities in the Hedjaz, in consideration of a subsidy.
A considerable supply of rain having at length fallen in
Syria, there is a prospect of a good harvest and an abun-
dant silk crop this year. Trade continues dull, and
prices of produce are again on the decline. Freights are
also a little lower.

AUSTRALIA.—The Vimiera, Neatby, which sailed
from Sydney on the Ist of February, has arrived at Ports-
mouth in 83 days. She brings, on freight, gold to the
amount of £160,000 sterling, together with a considerable
sum in the hands of her passengers not !enumerated.
Exchange on England had fallen from 8 to 4 per cent.,
which would indicate a large increase in the amount of
specie in circulation. The greater facilities enjoyed by
the colonists, from the existence of a more extended cur-
rency and a more ready accommodation, rendered them
comparatively independent of the local banking establish-
ments, which could now, as it appears, afford to grant
bills for transmission to Europe on terms 50 per cent.
lower than had been the case a few weeks previously,
when the inherent resources of the colonists were less
fully recognised. Gold had risen, in consequence of this
beneficial change in the social progr,ss of the people of
New South Wales, to 735. 6d. per ounce, and a corres-
ponding improvement had also taken place in the price of
wool and tallow. The market for imports was very
lively, and on some invoices an advance of 100 per cent.
had been realised. Although the labour market was in a
measure relieved, owing to the numerous arrivals of emi-
grants, yet very high rates of wages were paid for the
services of skilled artisans and agricultural labourers. The
large accession of wealth in the colony seemed to justify
the intention which had manifested itself of commencing,
upon a liberal scale, the architectural improvement of the
capital. Projects for the construction of larger and highly
decorated streets, proposed to be built of massive and
substantial masonry, had been presented for the adoption
of the municipal authorities, the geological formations in
the vicinity furnishing material of the most eligible
character.

The gold mines at Ovens, Ophir, Turon, Hanging
Rock, and Bengsra, were never more favourably reported
of. The discoveries continued to be very large at Ovens,
where the daily findings, by a single party, of £l,OO
value were of no uncommon occurrence. Auriferous for-
mations were developing themselves in all parts of the
colony, for it would appear that, from Bengara, in the
north, to Ovens, in the south, gold has been found, the
only exception being the carboniferous districts of the
Lower Hunter River, as, by the present advices, it is
positively announced that on the Upper Hunter and its
tributaries, the Isis, and the Page rivers, gold had been
met with. A shepherd at Gundy, on the latter river, had
found some quartz exhibiting the presence of a rich im-
pregnation of the precious metal.
The Sarah Sands steamer sailed two days before the
departure of the Vimiera, and the announcement of her
arrival may be daily expected. She received on board at
Sydney £260,000 sterling, and had orders to call at Mel-
bourne, where she would probably receive abuut £500,000
more. Several sailing vessels had proceeded for Europe
besides the Sarah Sands with large amounts of gold on
board.

By the screw steam-ship Andes, Captain Hutchings,
which arrived in the Mersey on Saturday, we have
advices from New York to the 18th ult.

The Andes sailed from New York, at 4.50, p.m., on the
18th ult. ; on the 19th, at 11.50, a.m., passed the Royal
mail-steamer Arabia, ience for New York ; and, on the
27th, at 7, a.m., passed the screw-steamer Glasgow, from
the Clyde for New York. The Andes made Cape Clear
at 4, p.m., on the 29th ; passed Holyhead, at 1 10, p.m.,
on Saturday ; and arrived in the river at 7.30, having
made the run in 11 days and 22 hours.
The United States mail-steamer Pacific, Captain Nye,
which sailed from the Mersey at 9.50, a.m., on the 6th,
arrived at New York, at 2, p.m., on the 17th, after a run
of 11 days 8 hours and 55 minutes.
The screw steam-ship City of Manchester, Capt. Leitch,
which sailed from the Mersey, at 1, p.m., on the 30th
March, arrived at Philadelphia at 10, a.m., on the 17th
ult., after a run of 18 days 1 hour and 30 minutes.
he screw steam-ship Alps, Captain Wickman, hence,
arrived at New York, at 6, a.m., on the 18th ult.
It was rumoured at Washington that the intention of
sending a full minister to Central America had been
abandoned, and that a chargi would be substituted. It
was thought probable that Mr. Buchanan would conduct
the Nicaragua and Central American negotiations in
London.

Governor Seymour, of Connecticut, had been offered
the position of minister to Mexico, and, it was under-
stood, had accepted.
A man, named Michael Reardon, had been arrested at
New York charged with the murder of Henry Miller,
cook on board the ship American Congress, on her pas-
sage from London to New York. Warrants had also
been issued against John Ferris, mate of the same ship,
and a man named Richmond, for using dangerous
weapons, and assaulting and maiming several persons on
the ship.
MExrco.—We have accounts from the City of Mexico
to the 6th, and from Vera Cruz to the 12th ult. General
Santa Anna arrived at Vera Cruz on the Ist, in the West
India mail steamer Avon, having been elected President
of the Republic of Mexico for the fifth time. He was
received with the greatest enthusiasm, firing of salutes,
and other demonstrations of joy. The authorities of the
city, and those recently arrived from the capital, went
on board, and conducted him to Vera Cruz with great
solemnity.
On the 2d ult. General Santa Anna published a mani-
festo to the nation, in which he makes magnificent
promises for the regeneration of his " beloved country."
He proceeded to the capital on the 6th. An escort of one
thousand men had been sent to meet him and conduct
thither. The treaty confirming the grant to the
Sloo Company of the Tehuantepec route had been signed
by the American Ministers at Mexico, and by the Com-
missioners of the Mexican Government.
CUBA.—From Havana we have advices to the 12th ult.
On the 9th forty-five of the prisoners who were tried and
convicted for alleged revolutionary attempts against the:go-
vernoent were sent to Cadiz, to await the decision of the-
Queen of Spain. The new British commissioner, Mr.
Backhouse, had arrived at Havana in H.M. steamer
Medea. The West India mail steamer bed arrived at
Havana on the 6th, from Mexico, with '8'2,500,000 in
specie on freight, en route for England.
Late accounts from Venezuela state that Don Joaquin
Herrera hul been elected Vice-President of the Republic.
A decree had been introduced by the Senate to celebrate
a treaty between New Granada and Ecuador, on the limits
of the two countries, under the arbitration of the Queen
of Spain.

ARRIVAL OF THE EUROPA.
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we have advices from New York to the 20th ult.
The Europa sailed from New York at 3, p.m., on the
20th. On the 27th, at 11.10., p.m., in lat. 50 36, lon.
27.37, passed the steamer Asia, hence for New York. On
the 30th, at 10.45, a.m., passed Cape Clear, and at 4, p.m.,
off Ballycotton, passed the ship lowa and barque Avon-
dale, bound out. She passed Holyhead at 5.30, a.m., on
Sunday, and saluted the Rock Lighthouse at 11, a.m.,
having made the run in 10 days 15 hours and 15 minutes.
The Royal Mail steam-ship Arabia, Captain Judkins,
which sailed from the Mersey at 11, a.m., on the 9th,
arrived at New York at 6 40, a.m., on the 20th nit.,
having made the run in eleven days and twenty-five
minutes. She lay-to off Sandy Hook for two hours and
forty-five minutes, waiting for daylight.
The Europa has brought 100 passengers, and £201,000
in specie, on freight.
PASSENGERS.—Mr. B. Ferdick and lady, Miss Frost,
Mrs. and Miss Tulford, Dr. J. C. Dalton, Lord Bishop
of Montreal and servant, Mrs. Molineaux, three children
and servant, Captain Remington, lady, and daughter,
Rev. S. R. Ward, Mr, F. Feilde,
lady, two daughters?

and son, Mrs. Roberts, Mr. A. Eddy and lady, Mr. Pary
and lady, Mr. P. Tricon and Son, Mr. D. Tremeny and
friend, Mr. G. Ynarra, lady, and infant, Mr. E. Celes,
lady, four children, and servant, Mr. Belson and lady,
Mr. Siffkin and lady, Mr. F. Rodevrald and lady, Mr.
Vanderhausen and lady, Mr. B. M. Bull and lady, Mr.
S. Bryan and- lady, Mes'srs. L. Fousilier. R. W. Nesbit,
H. P. Wilson, John Goody, H. C. Eaton, P. R. Dalton,
W. H. Fell, W. W. Marslon B. Seguieros, D. Gomez,
A. Morgan, Darling, J. G. Yarker, C. C. Hudson, J. B.
English, W. S. Shapleigh, Norvall, 11. F. Fisher, P. D.
Dewal, F. Comees, J. Martinez, F. Equanner, Sebastian
Eguelar, C. Ochoa, Molony, W. M. Thackeray, Crowe,
Banendbal, J. Dean. H. Gaskell, E. Deformier, R. Kell,
F. Muller, J. F. White, H. Barklie, Brown, Henry
Green, W. G. Dyer, W. Craven, R. Decon, E. Orchard,
J. Nater, Boyer, D. Fry, John Law, Wm. Howard, and
James Moyes.
The Hon. Wm. Rufus King, Vice• President of the
United States, expired at his residence, Selma, Dallas
County, Alabama, on the 18th ult. He only reached that
place, on his return from Cuba, the day previous.
A very destructive fire had occurred in the United
States Navy-yard, at Brooklyn, destroying property of
the value of 105,000 dollars.
The steamer Cherokee had arrived at New York, with
Havana advices to the 14th ult., two days later. General
Canedo had left Havanah on a visit to Santiago de Cuba.
General Carrillo de Albornez was acting as Captain Gene-
ral during the absence of Gen. Canedo. Martin Gallieno,
secretary to the Captain-General, had sailed for Spain,
Advices from Cardenas, to the sth ult, state that the
crops looked remarkably well, particularly the canes,
second ciaap, which never presented so favourable an
appearance.

COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE.
NEW YORK, APRIL n.

MONEY MARKET.—There has been a great increase of
activity in the stock market during the past fortnight.
Prices of almost all descriptions are buoyant, and the ad-
vance in some of the leading railroads is very great. The
supply of money has become much more full, and rates of
interest have rather a downward tendency. Loans on
call may now be quoted at 6 to 7 per cent., and discount
ranges at from 7to 9 per cent. for first.class paper. The
payments for ditties are decreasing. The balance of coin
in the Sub-Treasury in this city has been reduced to
43'6,622,127. Receipts of gold from California for the
fortnight. 43'2,500,000. Export of specie, 5612,035. Ex-
changes have not varied materially from our last quota-
tions. The market is well supplied with bills,. and the de-
mand rather limited. The following are the current
rates on London, 91 to 9 per cent. prem.; Paris,
j &c., 5,13 if. to 5,121 f., 60 days, and 5,144. to 5,110 f. short
I sight; 1-13mburgli, 36+ to 363.
COTTON.—(From the New York Courier and En-
quire?).—The sales since our last review of the market,
as written for the Atlantic on the 15th inst., have been as
follows :-16th, 2,000 ; 18th, 2,400 ; and to-day (19,11),
1,000. Very full prices have bten daily paid for all de-
scriptions, notwithstanding the receipt yesterday morning
of the Pacific's advices from Liverpool of 6th instant
quoting an easier market. We have direct a despatch
from New Orleans of the 15th instant, quoting " mid-
dling 10 to 101 c: active, freight nominal to 9-16 d., excess
in receipts reduced to 335,000 ;?'. and one of yesterday's
date from Savannah has been received quoting " middling
(at New Orleans), 101 c. excess reduced to 323,000." We
have seen also despatches of 18th from New Orleans,
quoting middling at 10+, strict middling 103, and French
middling 101 c., freight d. The advices of the planting
season are unfavourable from Carolina to Texas.

Strict Liverpool classification :
New Orleans Other
and Texas. Gulf Ports. Atlantic.
to 9 91— 9 8-t -- Si