The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1838-09-14 00:00:00

THE UNITED STATES

By the President, Captain More, which arrived at Ply,
mouth on Saturday, New York papers to the 20th instan
have been received, being four days later than those brough,
by the Great Western. The accounts from Canada are per
fectly satisfactory. There_appear to have been some seriou
disturbances in the Spanish West India Islands, but the fol
lowing extract from the New Orleans Commercial Bulletin
contains probably an exaggerated statement :—" The
.steam-
ship Natchez having been detained at Key West for want of
fuel, a schooner was despatched to Havannah to procure a
snpply of coal. The officer sent in command of the schooner
stated, on his return to Key West, that there had been some
serious disturbances among the troops at Havannah. The
circumstances and particulars bad been kept a secret, as far
as possible, by the public authorities, so that nothing certain
had transpires as to the cause or origin of the affair. This
much is ascertained : that a conspiracy was detected among
the troops and officers of several regiments garrisoning the
Moro Castle, through the treachery of one of the individuals
implicated. They were, it is supposed, dissatisfied with the
removal of General Tacon; but this is all conjecture. The
discovery of the treason led to the most vigorous measures on
the part of the new governor, Espeleta, to crush it in the
bud. The gates were immediately shut upon the regiments
in their barracks, and the fort which they garrisoned co
verted into their prison. Eighty of the ringleaders
seized.and executed on the spot, and as many more detas
under arrest, awaiting a confirmation of their guilt. Fr
the frequent and heavy firing heard from the fort, it was sup-
posed that a severe conflict took place between the conspi-
rators and the government force. In Havannah, the dis-
turbance produced among the inhabitants great agitation
and excitement, heightened by the mystery with which it
was shrouded. On the departare of the schooner, all was
quiet, the insurrection having been effectually put down by
the energy and promptitude of Governor Espeleta." The
New York Morning Herald mentions a report, that the object
of the conspiracy was to place the government of the island
in the hands of the Carlist faction.

The work of resumption goes on well. Every mail brings
us news of some bank having returned to specie payments, in
conformity to the general agreement. 'We learu to-day, that
the Governor of New Jersey, having taken example from
the success of Gonernor Ritner's proclamation, has also
issued one, requiring all the banks in New Jersey to resume
specie payments by the Ist day of September, under the
penalty of the law.—New York Morning Herald.

COTTON.—Tbe cotton crops in Mississippi are said to be
in a promising condition, notwithstanding the late long
drought.'The continuance of dry weather gave the planters
ati opportunity to clear away the grass; and the recent rains
found the fields thoroughly clean, with nothing to impede
the rapid growth of the cotton.—New Orleans Bulletin'
TOBACCO.—With regard to the tobacco crop, the Peters-
burgh Intelligencer of Friday says :—" The last letters from
all the tobacco section of country south of James River re-
present the crop to be in a most deplorable state. We have
no very late information from the north side of James River;
but from the unusual drought, we believe, the same state of
things exists all over the state of Virginia. The tobacco
speculators must reap a good harvest this year."

Tuesday, we have also received New York rapers to the
20th ult. inclusive, Montreal to the 18th, and Quebec to the
16th. We subjoin extracts:—
( From the Morning Courier.)
Montreal, Wednesday, Aug. 15.
We learn by the Quebec Gazette, that his Excellency the
Governor General will leave Quebec on Saturday, in the
John Bull, for Montreal. His Excellency, we understand,
intends to be present at the races, which will take place on
Monday.

Friday, August 17.
It is stated in the Quebec Gazette of Wednesday, that the
Hon. J. Villers, A.D.C., to the Governor General, has been
appointed Private Secretary to his Excellency, vice E. Ellice,
Esq., who is about to be absent for some months on private
business at Beauharnois.
His Excellency the Governor General, Admiral Sir C.
Paget, and a number of military and naval officers were pre-
sent at the Quebec Seminary on Wednesday afternoon. The
prizes were delivered by his Excellency.
The Upper Canada Gazette of the 9th inst., contains a pro-
clamation authorising and appointing justices of the peace,
and civil magistrates to enlist and attest in Upper Canada,
any soldiers or persons desirous of enlisting or re-enlisting
into the service, in execution of the provisions contained in
an act lately passed by the Imperial Parliament, entituled an
" Act for the punishment of mutiny, desertion, Scc.”
(From the New York Paper.) •
THE FALKLAND ISLANDS.—The New London Gazette con-
tains a copy of a letter addressed to the master of the ship
General Williams, of that place, by Captain W. J. Scott,
master of H.B.M. ketch Sparrow, and Governor of the M al-
venas stating that the British government has taken posses-
sion of the whole of the Falkland Islands, and that all foreign
vessels are prohibited fishing or sailing round or near them.
The General Williams and her tender were warned to leave
the coast as soon as possible, and informed that all foreign
vessels found at any of the ports of the island after the Ist of
June, 1838, would be proceeded against as trespassers.
MONEY MARKET, &c., AUG. 20.—A large business was
transacted at the Stock Exchange on Saturday, and the
closing quotations of nearly all description, shows an advance
on previous sales. United States Bank closed at 1231; Dele-
ware and Hudson Canal Company at 841, being an improve-
ment of 4- per cent. on each; Farmer's and American Trust
Company's, and Harlem and Paterson Railroads also ad-
vanced A ; Ohio Trust and New Jersey Railroad and
Stonington Railroad 11 per cent.
New Orleans advices to the 11th inst. state the continuance
of inactivity in every branch of business in that city. The
river above was at a very low stage of water, and the receipts
of produce had consequently been light. In money matters
no material change has occurred. Discounts were readily
obtained at 10 per cent., but very little satisfactory paper
was offering. Exchange on England 12 to 13, and on New
York, at sight, 6 to 61 per cent. premium. United States
Bank Bills and Treasury Notes very scarce, as also specie,
for which there was little or no demand; and no change in
rates. Natchez bank notes were at a discount of 14 to 15,
and those of Mississippi River banks generally at 15 to 18;
Interior ditto, 25 to 35; Brandon ditto, 40 to 45; Alabama
notes, 71 to 81 per cent. discount.. The city continued very
healthy, and frequent showers of rain had occurred during
the week.