The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1847-04-13 00:00:00

per barrel

lad taken place from starvation, and the mother
country, being involved in civil war, and nearly equally

taken place

ad called a meeting of
e subscribed to sent

merchants, and 30,000 dollars were
food of any kind, to be retailec

out at cost price, the

The miserable condition of the

their advance of money
island has been brought about by the state of the corn
markets in England—as Madeira produces only about
three months' consumption of grain in the year. The
rest has always been supplied, by Greek and Sardinian
vessels, from the Mediterranean, but now that England
has become the great market, not one of these had made
her appearance at the island, and it was feared that before
food could be brought from England, a total famine will
have taken place. Mr. Driver of this town, who brings

'the dire intelligence, says :—" Ireland certainly has greater
claims upon us for succour than Madeira, but I agree
with the Lisbon correspondent of the London Times, that
a subscription for the famishing people in Madeira ought

to be forthwith commenced in England. There are thou-
sands of persons in this country whose lives have been
saved or prolonged by the salubrious climate of Madeira,
and who ought willingly to aid in giving relief to the des-
titute peasantry of that island."
A➢IERICA.-liy the packet ship Fidelia, we have advices
from New York to the 16th ult. There had been rumours

of another battle between General Taylor and Santa
Anna, in which the former it was said had been wounded.
The report was not credited. Exchange on England and
Fr.nce has touched a very low point. Four per cent.
premium is all that the best bills would command, and
large sales are made at 1031 for sterling, and 5 45 on
Paris. A large amount of paper, good mercantile notes,
silty and ninety days to run, were negotiated to-day at 7
per cent. _ The, following is from a correspondent of the
New York Courier and Enquirer :—"At Syracuse the
teams have been turned away from the depOt by, hun-
dreds, because there was no longer room for the reception
of the grain, the provisions, the endless variety of the
productions of a western land, that hears of famine and
knows only of abundance. The quantity, large at Buffalo,
increases rapidly as the line comes eastward, so that the
amount awaiting transportation at Utica is of a magnitude
that defies the forwarder. The markets at New York and
at Boston are sought for by thousands, who before the
completion of this iron link never dreamed of attempting
to reach them. The present condition of Western New

York affords the most impressive call for railroad facilities
that ever has been made. I believe now, what once I
doubted very much, that the Hudson River road will be
thronged with business. The grain trade of this city since
the last fall of snow has been enormous. It is a positive
fact that, in a city of 45,000 inhabitants, such has been
the quantity of farmers arriving with the products of their
farms that no stabling could be had for the horses. Every
tavern and inn was more than overflowing, and it became
necessary to go for miles out of town to find the necessary
conveniences for the teams."