The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1849-05-01 00:00:00

FOREIGN AND COLONIAL

LATEST FROM AMERICA.
ARRIVAL OF THE NIAGARA STEAM-SHIP,

The North American Royal mail steam-ship Niagara,
Captain Stone, arrived in tie river yesterday morning,
soon after five o'clock. She has brought 120 passengers,
a list of whom we subjoin. She left Boston on Wednes-
day, the 18th ult., and Halifax on the 20th, and has,
therefore, made the passage from the former port in eleven
and a half days.
The steam-ship Europa arrived out at Halifax on the
17th ult., in nine days and a half. The American steamer
Herrman, which left Southampton on the 26th of March,
arrived at New York on the 13th ult. The West India
steamer Trent arrived at New York, from Bermuda, on
the 15th, and left again next day.
It is now stated, in reference to the navigation question,
that Mr. Bancroft has offered to the British Government
scarcely anything more, on the score of reciprocal navi-
gation, than has been offered by the American Govern-
ment in time past, again and again, and sanctioned by
Congress. This has been guarranteed by an extract from
a letter of Mr. Buchanan, our late Secretary of State, to
Mr. Crampton, British Minister at Washington, and
from which it appears that no opening of the coasting
trade has ever been contemplated.
The mercantile letters from New York are interesting.
The advices received hence depressed American stocks.
After the departure of the Canada money had been
easier, and more animation existed ; but lower quota-
tions subsequently ruled, and the pressure in monetary
circles became severe. The closing rates of discount
were eleven to twelve per cent. per annum ; and of money
"on call " seven per cent. A million of dollars would
probably be required for Europe. Arrangements had
been made to anticipate the payment of another million
dollars of Mexican indemnity ; this would ease the market.
The transfers of American stock had become limited.
The dividends on the Pennsylvania debt will hereafter be
paid wholly in specie.

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The demand for sterling exchange was active, and the
supply reduced. Rates since the departure of the pre-
vious mail had ruled higher, and closed at 106 t 3 106 i,
with an upward_ tendency.

The mercantile writer of the New York Herald says,
"We quote the best bills on London at 51 to 6 per cent.
premium : bills not so well known, but perfectly good,
sell at to 5+ per cent. premium. The steam-ship
Crescent City leaves for Chagres with a good number of
passengers. She takes out 150,000 dollars in silver, prin-
cipally in small coin."

Business generally had been somewhat limited ; and in
dry goods an unusually small business was doing.
The opening of the New York canals would probably
occur about the Ist of May.

Valparaiso accounts of the 2nd of March announce the
arrival of many vessels. The United States ship Lex-
ington had arrived with 360,000 dollars in gold, 180,000
dollars of which she left at Valparaiso to be coined and
returned to the mines for trading purposes. Valparaiso
was nearly deserted : clerks were scarce. Half a million
dollars of dust is said to have been received ; yielding,
after paying the expenses of frieght, smelting, and as-
saying, about 18 dollars per ounce.
Chagres accounts of the Ist instant state that the
steamer California had not arrived at Panama up to the
30th March from San Francisco. There are, therefore,
no late accounts. She was detained for fuel. The health
of the passengers in the isthmus was generally good.
The royal mail steamer Medway left Chagres on the 31st
ultimo for England with the mails and a large amount of
bullion and specie. Ten schooners were at Panama,
taking in passengers for San Francisco.
Lima advices of the 13th March state that a conspiracy
for the assassination of the President and the overthrow
of the Government had been discovered and prevented.
Several leaders of note were concerned.

St. Domingo accoUnt's—Wii; 20th March state that
Solouque had but little ammunition. A revolution was
expected at Aux Caves ; and the assassination of all
foreigners was threatened.

Havana advices of the Bth instant state, that business
was interrupted by the holydays. Meanwhile supplies
were accumulating : but it was thought that prices would
not be injured when active operations were resumed : the
European advices had imparted confidence.
The news from Canada we give in another part of our
paper, in a letter from our correspondent at Montreal.
LIST OF PASSENGERS BY THE NIAGARA.—Mr. John
Munroe, lady, and female servant ; Capt. Schenley,' lady,
three children, and male and female servants ; Mrs. and
Miss Bell, Dr. Barton and lady, Miss Barton, Mr. Howe
and lady, Miss Howe, Mr. P. Arklay and lady. Mr. Brue
and lady, Mr. Blight and servant, Mrs. and Miss Blight,
Master Blight, Rev. Dr. Frothingham, Miss Blackwell,
Mrs. M. H. Harper, Mr. Rautenberg and lady, Rev. Mr.
Macarius, Mr. Morgan, Mrs. and Miss Morgan, Major
Whittaker, and Messrs. Fairman, A. Large, N. C. Platt,
W. K. Pearce, Logan, H. Grosett, Cohen, Nicholson,
H. Jager, T. W. Stansfield, F. A. Chace, H. Lippold,
B. Shelden Ely, W. Benjamin, jun., Day, H. Woods, J.
B. Francis, R. Bell, J. K. Blackwell, P. Saulle, G. Baker,
C. Balmforth, J. C. Brown, G. F. Parkman, A. Baldwin,
A. C. Baldwin (bearer of despatches), C. Anthony, M.
Rosenbann, L. Rosenfeldt, Stevens, Nolan, T. Groom,
T. Charlton, J. W. Denison, E. Cohen, M. De Osma,
R. Marshall, G. R. Prince, A. Ogilvy, F. Wiechel, Geo.
Brown, Wilkinson, Chige, T. Talma, De la Quintana,
A. Schroeder, R. Kessel, A. Scheper, W. Burchard, J.
Cameron, J. F. Fraser, Thompson, F. Morgue, C. Scott,
P. L. Senatt,r_Granduange, H. Gretman, and Carruthers.

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COMMERCIAL ADVICES.
The Flour Market was depressed, to the extent, since the
sailing of the Canada, of 374 to 50 cents per barrel on lower
descriptions. The better kinds, being in more demand and
less plenty, were less affected. Enhanced freights had also
checked the little export demand existing. The quotation of
pure Genessee was 43 50c. to 43' 75c. and 4.8' 564 c. For Wheat
there was a better demand. The exports from the 27th March
to 10th April, to Great Britain and Ireland, were 5702 barrels
flour, 962 barrels corn meal, and 234,577 bushels Indian corn.
Freights had advanced to 6d. to 6d. on corn, and 2s. per barrel
on flour to Liverpool.
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In the Provisithi Market Pork was heavy, and the sales were
but moderate, at 10$ 314 c. to 10$ 37ic. for mess, and 8$ 37ic.
to 8$ 44c. for prime. In Beef there were sales of country mess
at 11$ 37ip. ; prime was held at 8$ to B,B' 50c. Lard was with-
out material change, and the demand fair, at 6-ic. to 6ic. for
fair to prime.
Ashes continue firm at 7$ for Pots and Pearls.
In Freights there were engagements of 25,000 bushels corn
for Liverpool, at 5d., in bags ; heavy goods at 255. ; cotton at
id, , • and 5000 barrels flour at 2s. to 2s. 3d.

In Iron the market for most descriptions continued inactive.
The Niagara's advices had rather an unfavourable effect, espe-
cially on English bars. Scotch pig had been less sensibly
affected, and considerable sales were made at 248 to 258, ac-
cording to brand and quantity, but there appeared little dispo-
sition to buy at anything over the former price, and receivers
of the favouritr brands preferred storing to meeting the market.
There had been no further arrivals of Swedes. Besides the
above there had been sales of 400 tons American pig, on private
terms ; and 300 ditto English bars, 508 to 508 50c. six months.
In Salt a sale had been made of 999 sacks Liverpool ground,
92k. Last sale Ashton s, 18 30c. four months.

(From Mr. Stewart'spirculi;.)

"The receipts of cotton at the southern shipping ports con-
tinue very large, and contain a greater comparative excess
over those of the last year than appeared at the date of my last
circular, without exhibiting any indications of a sudden abate-
ment, except that in the Atlantic interior depots the amount
there awaiting transhipment is 40,000 bales less than it was at
the same date last season. . .

----`At APaTachlcola, however, the receipts are on the increase.
At Mobile, also, the receipts have increased slightly. The
prices current, of 3rd instant, contains the following in expla-
nation, ' As we anticipated? the rise in the rivers has brought
down a considerable quantity of cotton, and the receipts of this
week amount to 15,516 bales.' The receipts of the week ending
7th instant only amount to 10,471 bales, against 16,046 the pre-
ceding week. At New Orleans the falling off, as compared
with that of last year, is 32,700 bales. The receipts last week
ending 7th instant being only 27,676 bales against 42,153 bales
preceding week. The season has now so well advanced, that it
is not probable, and barely possible, that the crop receipts can
be kept under 2,600,000 bales, as, although the high stage of

the Mississippi and its tributaries has undoubtedly hastened
the shipment of the cotton deposited on the banks of those
rivers, it must be considered also that the excessive rains have
probably retarded to as great an extent the hauling of it to
these depots from the interior plantations.
"At the close of my last I stated that a tight money market
here was materially affecting operations. So much so was this
the case that the inside quotations of my circular were not at-
tainable to any extent on that day, the total sales only amount-
ing to 700 bales. On the 4th instant there was more disposi-
tion shown to buy, as it was possible to ship at 3-16 d. freight,
and about 1,200 bales changed hands, prices still favouring the
buyer. On the sth buyers asked such a concession that the
sales did not exceed 900 bales.

"On Friday, the 6th instant, at three, p.m., we received the
telegraphic advices by the Niagara. The decline by this packet
was not greater than was looked for; but, as it began to appear
doubtful whether the peace of the Continent would be pre-
served, the business on that and the succeeding day was almost
nominal. The letters which were received on Monday morn-
ing, the 9th inst., confirming this idea, had the effect of causing
a decline of nearly a quarter of a cent., at which 1,600 bales
were disposed of.
" On Tuesday the sales were 1,500 bales, and on Wednesday
2,000 bales, prices each day slightly lower: id. was the current
rate paid for freight to Liverpool to-day. On Thursday 1,000
bales ; Friday, 2,000 bales ; and Saturday, 1,500 bales, without
any further change in prices, the market assuming a more
regular character towards the close of the week. Nearly the
whole of this business was for export, and the bulk of it for the
Continent. Yesterday the sales were 1,000 bales, with a lan-
guid market, to which my quotations are adjusted.
" LIVERPOOL CLASSIFICATION. N. Orleans,
Mobile,
Uplands. Florida. Texas.
Inferior
Ordinary 6/ to 6f 6/ to 6f 6/ to 6*
Middling •6fto 62 61 to 7 6/ tole
Good Middling 7to 7 7to 7f 7i to 7/
Middling Fair 7f to 7/ 7/ to 7f 7/ to 74
Fair. 7f to 74 7/ to 7f 72 to 8
Fully Fair 71 to 72 none. 8/ to 82
Good Fair nominal. none. nominal.
Fine nominal. none. nominal.
"EXPORTS to Gt. Britain since Ist Sept. 1848..1,069,567 bales.
IP ~ same time last year.. 643,718 „
„ year before 507,839 ~

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" STOCK in ports of receipt
~ ~ same time last year 625,819 „
11 „ „ year before 605,792 „
" RECEIPTS at ports since Ist Sept. 1848 2,263,965 „
same time last year 1,843,075 „
year before 1,529,337 ~
1,498,716 „
same time last year 1,102,869 ~
"
If 9, year before 774,581 ~
FRElGHTS.—Liverpool, Yd. ; Havre, ic. ; Hamburgh,
13-16 c. ; Holland and Belgium, ic. to ic. ; Bremen; lc.
" Receipts since Ist instant, 32,000; exports, 15,000; taken
by spinners. 5,000; taken on speculation, 1,000; stock in city
unsold, 88,000; amount on sale, 20,000 bales."

" EXPORTS from U. States .

Sir James Brooke, the Rajah of Sarawak, has written
ime recommending to the government certain economi-
cal reforms, including a reduction of his own salary to the
extent of £4OO per annum !
Prince Albert of Prussia lately sued to be divorced from
his wife, the Princess Mary of the Netherlands, on the
ground of Insuperable aversion ; and the divorce was
granted by the tribunal at Berlin on the 28th ult.
Mauritius papers have been received to the 18th of
January. Strong efforts are made there to reduce the
public expenditure. They propose to reduce the salary
of the Governor from £7OOO to £4OOO, with a propor-
tionate reduction in all the higher departments.
The Marchioness of Londonderry was led off by the
President of the French Republic at the grand ball given
by him on Saturday evening last, at the Elysee Bourbon,
on the occasion of the 41st anniversary of his birth-day.
There we e nearly two thousand persons present all splend-
idly attired.
THE DANISH BLOCKADE.—It is stated in recent ad-
vices from Hamburgh that much indignation has been ex-
cited in consequence of the non-efficiency of the Danish
blockade ; prudent captains respecting it, while the daring
ones break through with impunity. It is also said that the
American, Dutch, and French steamers are excepted ; so
that the severity of the Danish notification falls chiefly on
the commerce of England.
A cousin to the President of the French Republic, on
Lis way to Madrid as Ambassador, made a speech at Bour-
deaux, in which he more than insinuated that the Presi-
dent was under duress, and was unable to "act freely
upon his inspirations." The opportunity has been poun-
ced upon by the President or his Ministers to write a
strictly confidential letter to the indiscreet cousin, which
strictly confidential letter is paraded in every journal in
the country, and in which the President affects to rap his
relative over the knuckles, and affirms his own freedom
f.om all moral restraint, and his resolution to act upon
his own will. The whole thing is a very pretty and very
French little trick.
REPUBLICAN MASS AT ROME.—A solemn high mass
was celebrated at Rome, by order, and in presence of the
Triumvirs,on Easter-day, at the altar specially reserved to
the Pope, in St. Peter's, The officiating Priest was Abbe
Spola. The celebrated Father Ventura was one of the
clergy who officiated with him. None of the clergy of
the cathedral took any part in the ceremony. The Popish
priests'are greatly:scandalised, not so much by the celebra-
tion of mass in hononr of the republic, as by the desecra-
tion of the exclusively pontifical altar. The Canons of St.
Peters have been condemned, in consequence of their refu-
sal to officiate on this occasion, to a fine of 120 scudi each.
The latest accounts from the seat of war in the north of
Europe, state that the German troops had entered Jutland,
and the Danes, after a series of reverses, are said to have
demanded an armistice. It seems not improbable that
Denmark will be stript of a portion of its possessions ; in
the meantime, the mercantile interests in this country are
suffering greatly from the suspension of trade which these
hostile proceedings have involved. The victory of the
Schleswig-Holstein troops under General Von Bonin over
the Danish force, which ended in the occupation and:par-
tial destruction of the city of Kolding, appears to have
been much more important than was at first supposed.
The elite of the Danish army were defeated by 16,000 raw
troops ; the battle lasted six hours, and the victors lost
1000 men.
EARTHQUAKE IN NEW ZEALAND. Letters from
Wellington, New Zealand, of the 7th of November, fur-
nish us with detailed accounts of the series of earthquakes
lately experienced at that settlement. They appear to
have lasted, with intermissions, for nearly a fortnight, and
to have resulted in the destruction or damage of almost
every brick building in the place, while the wooden ones
entirely escaped. There seems, however, to have been
on!y the one instance of loss of life. During a shock
which occurred at five o'clock in the morning of the 19th
of October, the Wesleyan chapel and several stores were
thrown down, and the walls of the Ordnance store, the
gaol, and the Colonial hospital were also rent and par-
tially destroyed. The Government-house, the new
church at Te Aro, and the Scotch church were opened as
places of refuge for the houseless. On the 24th of Octo-
ber four severe shocks had occurred within three minutes,
and throughout the next day slighter shocks continued on
an average at an interval of every ten minutes. At Nel-
son by the last accounts the damage had been compara-
tively trifling, and at Wanganui also it had been slight.
The only phenomenon observed in connexion with these
visitations was a fiery glare in the sky towards the south,
apparently the reflection of some stronger light, which
was visible for about four hours on the night of the 18th
of October. Several persons, apprehending less danger
at sea, had fortunately embarked with their property on
board a vessel called the Sabraon, which, sailing for Syd-
ney on the 26th, was wrecked leaving the harbour of
Wellington, No lives were lost, but the ship and every
thing in her were lost.
WEST INDIES.—The Great Western arrived at South-
ampton on Tuesday, with the usual West Indian and
Mexican mails. The weather in most of the localities was
described as favourable to agricultural operations. The
Jamaica accounts allude to the result of the half-yearly
meeting of the Jamaica Bank having been satisfactory, a
dividend of three per cent. for that period having been
declared, and a surplus carried to the reserve fund, which
altogether amounted to £4264. The directors, in order
to render the operations of the establishment as stable as
possible, had considerably reduced their advances, and had
increased their purchases of bills of exchange. A report
to the shareholders of the .Planters' Bank, which was in
course of liquidation, had been circulated ; and this docu-
ment showed that the liabilities to the public were about
£52,000, while the assets, including doubtful debts to the
extent of about £4OOO, represented £142,000. By pru-
dent forbearance it was expected that less loss than was
originally anticipated would be incurred on the collection
of the assets, but the ultimate result was still highly pro-
blematical. Liabilities on notes had been brought below
£15,000. The markets at Jamaica were in a better con-
dition. Sugar and coffee had improved under the influ-
ence of advices from this side, and stocks of provisions
having decreased, this, with the temporary condition of
the weather, had created a better demand in those branches
more immediately connected with domestic trade. The
issue of Island notes to the extent of £35,000 is alleged to
have been productive of no practical benefit, and they were
quoted at a discount of from three to five per cent. Re-
trenchment in expenditure had been urgently discussed in
several of the islands. The advices from Mexico are fa-
vourable. The country is tranquil throughout, and general
business, as well as mining enterprises, are stated to be in
a prosperous condition.
THE EXTREME OF POLITENESS.—The band of the
second legion of the National Guards, upon the entrance
of the English visitors into a ball-room, played not only
" God save the Queen," but even followed this national
anthem by the less innocent air of " Rule, Britannia."