The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1853-11-29 00:00:00

INDIA.

The India mail has arrived at Alexandria, with dates
from Calcutta to Oct. 20, Madras, Oct. 24, Ceylon, Oct. 29,
Hong Kong, Oct. 11, Singapore, Oct. 18, Penang, Oct. 20,
Bombay, Oct. 28, and Burmah, Oct. 8.
Another war is fully expected at Burmah. There is a
strong report that the King of Burmah has been put to
death.

More fighting has taken place in the Nizain's dominions.
Mr. J. R. Colvin is appointed Governor of the North-
western Province*. _

Trade at Bombay is dull.
Exchange at Calcutta on London, 2s. lid.
Shanghae is still in possession of the insurgents.
At Amoy there is still some fighting between the Go-
vernment troops and the rebels.

The country round Ninypo is in a very disturbed state.
Canton is at present quiet.
Exchange at Hong Kong on London, 6s. 6d.; trade
brisk.

The exportation of grain from' Egypt lo still permitted,

AMERIeA.
ARRIVAL OF THE AFRICA.

Et the British and North American royal mas 3 steam-
ship. Africa, Captain Harrison, whiehiresched the Mersey
Ai half-past eleven on Sunday nights we have intelligence
from New Yak to the 16th instant. She has brosight
honie-7-Is passengers, and 500,000 dollars- in specie:
The American steam-ship Baltic, from Liverpool, amiss' ed.
out at New York on the 14th instant, at 11.45, a.m.
The' Africa, passed the steamer Arabia's. fi'-om. Liver Peas
going into• New York on the 16th.
The American mails from Boston werestot delivered in
New York. until Monday the 14th, late in-the afternoon:
The delay. was• caused,—first by the boisttrotie weather;
and then Of an accident on the railway, whiCh prolonged
the delay twelve hours. In consequence, they mails which
left here by The .Baltierronr days after the Arterica sailed;
were deliveredthiNew York first.
The Hon. 3fr. Atherton, United States senator, and
confidential framd;of President Pierce, died at Manches-
ter, N.H., on tlielsthinstant.
The Liverpool. paeket ship Western World, reported
some time since' as-having: gone ashore on the' Squaw
Beach, had broken up. Her decks drifted ashore, all
broken to pieces, many of which were wrapped'aronnd
with dry goods, which compote a part of the cargo:- Her
bottom, with a considerable amount of iron in itrileont
of sight under water.:
The Boston packettsbiP Meridiiin had arrived at that
port from Liverpool in 35- days-,- with upwards or 500
passepprs to train and, Co:, all in good health, and not
a. death on the passage:
The-American Union;: from Liverpool, arrived out at'
New York on the 15tholestant, witii,the loss of severtt- -
five passengers and five- of the crew from cholera. The
Centurion, also from Liverpool, lost thirteen of her pas-
sengerass and the Statesman; from Antwerp, tstenty-fiver,
A severe hurricane had occasioned some loss of life andi
damage to, property. Yelltw fever had'sain appeared at
Natchez with fatal effect. An Amerisen horse had, for as
stager,. trotted one hundrefiniles in 8, hours, 55 minutes,.
and; 53 seoonds ; although the, horse did not at the finish.
appear greatly distressed, afterwards died. Captain.
Comstocksof the Baltic, hal been presented with a testi-
!inonial by his passengers.—The Washington corres-
pondent of the New York Ifirald asserts). that the state-
' merit that lie Secretary of the Treasury will recommend
in MS rep&t a reduction of Cie, duty on iron is incorrect.
. NO reductions of the duty on that artielssis now contem-
' phited in that, class denominalsi railroad iron, and even
then it is • probable that the adainistration will not seek
to guide the. action of congresos. The. secretary will not
recommend:, a change in the existing system of collecting
the revenue from ad valorem to-special duties. The tea-
times of his report will briefly beans enlargement of the
list of " free articles," and a recommendation to continue
this buying up.of United States stocks at nlreminrn, and
a patronising slap on the back to tle-independeut Treasury
law. The secretary will also endeavour toi demonstrate
that; his, purchase in. New York for ant assaye-office
has saved the. government a large amount. Respecting
the forthcoming,message, the correspondent writes,—" It
is understood the, President, in his message, will come
oat pretty definitely upon the subject of the Pacific
railroad, and itrisoch a manner as toosatisfy- the strictest
eoustructionist.. * * His feelings, the subject of
internal improvements by the generalkovernment may
Bes gathered from the fact that he declares he sees
RE. reason now. to, change the viewss he formerly held
on that questiOn, and that his votes, in. Congress at
the time show truly his present positions. * * *
The Garay and !Tehuantepec grant wills be endorsed by
the administration., and the treaty negotiated by Judge
Conkling, reccgisisang. the Sloo grant, wilt not be noticed
in any way, onothe ground that there was no authority
given to Colliding .to negotiate a treaty, and that the
Sloo grant is a. diplomatic fraud to gets rid of the Garay
grant. *' * The President will recommend
a general system of. reciprocal trade wiclithe.Britislrpro- -
vinces, of al. articles the growth andsproduct of each,
country, ands thesadmission of fish, duty free, upon our
fishermen being permitted to fish unrestrictedly on then
coasts of Nova:Scotia and New Brunswick. The proposi-e
Lion of the 7.siglish government to permit, colonial vessels.,
to obtain American registers will not he opposed, but thee
suggestion to• throw open the coasting tradeof California
will be rejected as uticonstitutional. ASeomplete revisions.
of the tariff will;; it is. confidently ststeds.be suggestelts
and with this view tha.Seeretary of the-Treasury is busily
engaged in,preparing voluminous datas to show the con-
sumption of ;the.several articles of trade, and will suggest
important/modifications in all such astieles as come luster
the head or necessaries- It is yet doubted 'whetherany
material.modifications will be made.-in the duty on iron;
but, not withstanding the most urgentremonstrances cake
esanosoetorers of railroad iron in thesUnited Statessit is
believed a- repeal, of the duty on thatspartieular
be recommended. The Secretary Atha Navy will recom-
mend act entire revision of the perwai,el and materiel of
the nervy.. Perhaps the most important feature of tins mes-
sage 'sill be,its edlusion to the polition of the Sand:with
Islands..and the bald avowal of the. importance ott their
beinj annexed tathe United Stales,. * The
seesssiisesists and the Abolitionistadlying off-agails as they
did iu 1850. I understand the President will, also make
thcsaffairs of Europe, should they. continue, to, ripen to-
words a general explosion, a prominent- feature of his
message.. AsSar as the opmioas of the Cabibet can be
gathered on this Turkish question, and its. consequences,
yosinny rely-upon it that the: administration/ understand
the advantages a European war will ,offer in, the solution
of the great doctrine of " manifest destiny." Hence, to
seine -extent, the continued outcry. of the 'Union on the
' msseepizistion of Cuba. notwithstanding the fact that Mr.
Crampton, has officially inf./ruled the President that the
charges and fears of Mr. Nicholson concerning the schemes,
.of; Great Britain are utterly groundless..
A now York paper states that the.gosernment of Mexico,
has granted an importarlpatent act to, F. H. Southworths
in regtsrd to the fisheries, on the. Mexican coast. Mr.. 5.,.
under an old law, has secured the sole privilege of catoh--
ing. and curing fish, packing and shipping oysters, &e,, of:
which there are immense-numbera all along the Mess:lean.
coast. The same paper. says, "The newest rumour about
Santa Anna is, that the $250,0,00 he has been tubing to,
pay the interest 01A the Mexican bonds, held in England,.
was furnished by the Pope of Rome. For the sebum, of
this civility it is, affirmed the Mexican President resestas
blished the onto of the Jesuits."
From Havana. We have advices to the Bth. There. was
some political excitement In the island. The rev,oluticaary
paper, Vox del .euebto, had been again published. Several
arrests had been made, and rumours of revoltwere current.
It is stated that a vessel had appeared off Baracoa, at the
east end of the-island, and hoisted what appeared to be a
signal of distress, when, simultaneous wAlt the hoisting of
the signal, the fort was attacked by 7Qmen on horseback,
who were repulsed. Some 'prisoners were made, and they
were on their way to Havana when the Isabel sailed. A
British war vessel had arrived at Havana,being the second
'.within a few days. Mr. Murray, of Philadelphia, fell dead
in the streets of Havana on the 4th instant, supposed from
enlargement of the heart.
Venezuelan advices of the 15th October report that the
new coffee was arriving but slowly in the market, though
the demand for it was considerable. The quotations are:—
For that of the Araua valleys, $l2 to $l3 per quintal, or
100 lbs., shelled; unshelled, from
$lO to $10.50. Hides
were quoted at from $l2 to $l3 the quintal, and were
abundant, for want of purchasers. Indigo was in active
demand, bnt there was none in the market. In the money
market the English sovereign was
quoted at $6,50, and the
United States eagle (Fold) at $13,37i- ; the English shilling
at 311 c.; and the United States dollar at $1,344.