The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1854-05-09 00:00:00

Standard Os'Yee, One o'clock, a.m.

AMERICA.

ARRIVAL OF THE AMERICA,

BY the British and North American Royal Mail steam-
ship America, Capt. Lang, which reached here last night,
we have intelligence to the 26th ult., being four days
later than by the Hermann.
The America left Boston on the 26th, at o'2o p.m., and
at 2'o p.m. passed the Royal mail steamship Arabia, bound
iu. On the 28th, at &p.m., she arrived at Halifax, after
a detention of thirty hours by a dense fog, off Lambro.
Sailed from Halifax •on the 29th, at 9'48 a.m., and arrived
in Liverpool on the Bth of May, at 9'40 p.m.
The America, has brought 105 passengers, and 106,500
dollars in specie.
PASSENGERS.---F. Glenson and lady, Mrs. Soldan, Mr.
Farran and two friends, Geo. C. Johnston and lady, Mr.
Small, lady, and sister, R. Smith and lady, M. A. Brown,
H. Griffiths, J. Robertson, Mr. M'Andrew, Otte Moller,
Redmond Uniake, W. Muller, Isaac Marks, W. J. Cham-
berlain, Edward Osborne, H. B. Northup, John Higgins,
P. Grant, lady, child and servant, Mr. Guidin, Chas.
Brown, Geo. B. Crighton, lady, child and nurse, John
Bellward, Mrs. A. Hoyle, Chas. Wallender, John Anisler,
C. Grosvenor, John Hill, Michael Grant, Mr. Blustner,
lady and four children, John Groom, Mrs, Stenson and
son, Chas. Mortison, Mr. Morris and daughter, R. H.
Currier, F. Moore and lady, Mrs. Davis, Mrs. P. Jones,
and child, Mr. Watts, Mrs. W. Smith and child, B.
Wainwright, Joseph Harrison, Mrs. Boyers, J. J. Ibbotson,
A. Ibbitson, B. Ibbitson, D. Thomson, W: Lewis, John
Glass, A. W. Moore, A. W. Thomson and lady, J. Smith,
W. Holmes, R. Grieswood and lady, Mr. Porle and lady,
Miss Porle, six children and nurse, Mr. Fanshawe, Mr.
and _Mrs. Colquhoun, Mr. Stewart, Dr. Street, Mr. Brown,
Mr. Humphreys, Mr. Atkins and six children, J. B. Ulm.
The Chase, White, the Ontario, Holmes, the John and
Albert, Crowell, and the Harkaway, Breck, all from
hence, arrived at Charleston on the 19th ult.
The steam-ship Sarah Sands, hence, arrived at Portland
on the 18th ult.

A despatch from Montreal, dated 20th inst., states that
the iceain the St. Lawrence was breaking up.
The New York Herald says :—" Alarming accounts of
the approach of the cholera are daily reaching us. The
ship Tonawanda, arrived at Philadelphia from Liverpool
on Saturday, had about fifty deaths during the passage of
a disease said to resemble cholera, and the Blanche, at St.
John, also from Liverpool, reports thirty-five deaths from
the same disease."

The schooner Manhattan ran ashore about half a mile
below the scene of the Powhattan's wreck. Out of a crew
of nine men one only was saved, and he was thrown
violently into the surf and was washed ashore insensible.
No intelligence has been received of the steam-ship
City of Glasgow, hence for Philadelphia.
The ship Underwriter, ashore on Squan Beach, was
hauled some 40 feet from off the bar, and it was antici-
pated that she would be got afloat the next tide. -
The barque Glasgow, from Liverpool for Savannah,
passed Charleston Bar on the 20th ult.
The steamship Baltic, of the Collins line, is being
thoroughly overhauled for the first time since she was
built. During the last three years the Baltic has crossed
the Atlantic forty-eight times, running more thau one
hundred and fifty thousand miles equal to six times the
circumference of the world.

There is a rumour of a new treaty with Nicaragua, de-
signed to supersede that of April 19, 1850, and to place on
a new footing the arrangements securing the transit com-
munication from ocean to ocean. Another provision of
this reported treaty is the annexation of the Mosquito
territory to Nicaragua.

Resolves against the repeal of the fishing bounty, against
the repeal of the duty on lumber, and against throwing
open the coasting trade, admitting foreign-built vessels to
American register, &c., have passed both houses of the
legislature of Maine.
The Aspinwall Courier, of the 14th April, states that
the Panama Railroad Company are employing 5,000 men,
and will continue to do so until the track is laid within
working distance of Panama.

CALIFORNIA.- The steam-ship United States, from
Aspinwall, 17th instant, has arrived at New Orleans,
bringing California advices to the Ist of April. She re-
ports that the Mail steam-ship Illinois sailed from
Aspinwall for New York on the 17th with 750 passen-
gers and about one million dollars in treasure, brought
down to Panama by the steam-ship Oregon. A duel had
taken place between the editors of the San Francisco
Times and the Alta California, in which the latter was
severely wounded. The trial of Col. Watkins, one of the
Walker Expedition, had resulted in a verdict of guilty,
but with a recommendation to mercy. The British ship
Challenge had been seized for a violation of the revenue
laws. The markets continued excessively depressed.

COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE.
NEW YORK.; 25T11 APRIL.
A slight decline is observable at the stock Board. Erie
R. R. Shares declined to Ili. The large shipments of coin
to Europe last week will serve to curtail the bank accommo-
dations.

The demand for.exchange has been moderate. We quote :
London, 10i3 to 1093 .; Paris. 5.10 to 5.131 ; Amsterdam, 413
to 41i ; Frankfort, 413 to 41i ; Bremen, 791 to 80 ; Hamburg,
303 to 37 ; Antwerp, 5.12} to 5.131.
Corro N .—(From railcott BrothereCircular.)—The market
has improved since our last ie. to ic. on the fair market prices
then current, and as compared with forced sales, which
though few in number were made, fc. At New Orleans, on
receipt of the advices per America and Arctic, prices declined
tic., middling being. quoted .on the 19th at 73c. ; subsequently,
on receipt of the Asia's accounts, an advance of was es-
tablished, with an active demand, freight to Liverpool having
also aslvanced to 15.16 d. The latest despatches (private),
namely those of the 22nd, quote middling ftic , and freight
15-16 d.„ snaking the cost to sell in Liverpool 5 90-00 e.
Receipts at all the ports since Sept. Ist, 2,348,136; same
time last year, 2,9J1,319; deficit, 553,183. Export to Great
Britain, 907,671 ; same time last year, 1,235,908; deficit,
269,237. The market closed here to-day with large sales at
the annexed quotations:—

NEW YORK CLASSIFICATIONS. N. Orleans
Uplands. Florida. Mobile. and Texas.
Ordinary
Middling
Middling fair.. 10
Fair
Fair of all growths scarce and the valve arbitrary.
BREA DSI UFFS.—Choice brands of flour are firm, with a
fair demand for home use, whilst common brands, in the
al,scnce of shipping orders, are dull. Canada flour is held at
7.75. Wheat is firm-700 bushelsf of Staten Island red sold at
1871 c. Corn was in fair demand—about 40,000 bushels sold
at 80c. to 82c. for white, and 80c. to 84c. for yellow. Oats are
firm at 51c. to 55c.
FROVISIONS.—SaIes of mese pork were made at 814,50, and
of prime at 813. Lard— Prime, 10 to 102 cents. Beef—City
Mess, 8131 to 814; prime, .872 to .88 ; country mess, .891 to
812 ; prime, 7 dots. to 72 dots. Butter—Old, 18c. to 24c. ;
new, 24c. to 27c. Ohio, ac. to 14c. Cheese, 101 c. to 122 c.
per lb.
. FREIGHTS to Europe are dull. We quote :—To Liverpool :
Cotton, square bales, per lb., 11-32 d. ; flour, per bbl., 3s. 6d.
to 45.; rosin, 3s. 9d. to 4s. ; heavy goods, per ton, 355. to 405. ;
grain, per bushel, Ild. to 12d.
NEW ORLEANS, Aran. 22.—Receipts here, 1,160,000 bales;
deficit in receipts at all the ports, 508,000 bales. Cotton
active—strict middlin4. 82c. to 81c.

SOIREE MUSICALE.—The third of the series of these
charming musical re-unions, given by Mr. and Mrs.
Scarisbrick, at the Royal Assembly-rooms, took plaoe on
Monday, last week, and gave much gratification to a
fashionable audience. The selection and the performances
were characterised by the usual taste and feeling which
have distinguished the entertainments given by these
artistes. The fourth, and .concluding one of the series,
takes place, we perceive, in the same place, on Monday
evening next, under the patronage of Sir Thomas Hesketh
and the Officers of the 2nd Royal Lancashire Militia. The
brass band of the regiment will, we understand, be present
on the occasion, and perform a selection of favourite music.
AMUSEMENTS OF THE WEEK.—At the Royal Amphi-
theatre the stock company have been engaged' in the per-
formance of a variety of popular dramas. On Friday
evening the entertainments were announced as for the
benefit of Mrs. Wallis. The performances of the Bernais
ssing•ers formed a pleasing addition to the dramatic repre-
seniations during most evenings of the week.--At the
Concert-hall, on Saturday evening, Mr. Bunn repeated his
-Visit from John to Jonathan, which was relieved by
Herr Claustliall giving some sweet Tyrolean melodies.—
The Queen's-hall, Bold-street, on Saturday evening, was
filled by a large company, to hear the Tyrolese minstrels,
whose performance gave high satisfaction.--The Zoological
Gardens attract large numbers
.of visitors by the dis-
play of beautiful fireworks 040144 at that scene of
amusement.