The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1853-03-01 00:00:00

ARRIVAL OF THE CANADA

The 114 )yal mail steam-ship Canada, Capt. Lang, which
reached tl ie Mersey yesterJay (Monday) shortly aftermid-
night, hr ought ad ices from New York to the 15th,
and from Boston to the 16th ult., being four days later
than rho se brought by th., Franklin. She also brought
$217,001 )in specie-on freight, and the following 76 pas-
sengers ;

From Boston:: erncr Fairbanks, Miss Fairbanks,
Mr. J. Atkinson, Mr. S. F. Kirkpatrick, Mr. Q.
Porter, Mr. Smith, Mr. Wilson, Mr. Killogg, Mr.
Quincy, Mr. Chase,.Mr. Mills and lady. Mr. Ketridge,
Mr. K immond, Mr. W. Mills, Mr. T. Steinel, Mrs.
Steinel , Miss Barnes, Mr. Muller, Mr. Winter, Mr.
Prodrick, Mrs. Ptodrick and three children, Mr. Z'; Mar-
cus, 111:r. T. C. Vincent, Mr. C. Bodnel, Mrs. Leigh, Mr.
G. Law, Mr. B. Dawson, Mr. A. Morrison, Mr. J. Dick,
Mrs. Dick and two children, Mr. T. A. Cocker, Mr.
Kayser, Mr. Ji.Norton, Mr. C. Cochrane, Mr. Ham-
mers. Mr. M'Coy, Sir -Edward ?pore, Mr. Litchenberg,
Mr. J. Casey, Mr. Crowarty, Mr. Johnson, Mr..A. Syd-
ney, Mr. Wheeler, Mr. Kidemyer, Mr. Garmagros, Mr,
Geo. Cocker.

From Haloll'4—Mr. John Daffus, Mrs.. P. Clarke,
Deputy-Assistant Corn- Clarke, Lieut. Smith, Lieut.
Lumley, Mrs. Lumley and maid, )4r. Thos. F. Knight,
Mr. Edward Billing, Mrs. Heathcote and maid,. Mr. J.
A. S. De Wolfe, Mr. S. Strong, Mr. Chipman, Mr.
Horsefal, Miss Huchery, Mr. H. F. Ward, Mt. James
Hardy, Mr. L. Kerry,, Mr. Hurd, Mr. Erowne, Mr.
Browne, Mt. Brown.

The RoyaL mail steam-ship Niagara, with the mails of
the 29th January, arrived at New York on the lath inst. ;
and the America, with, the mails of the sth ult., for Hali-
fax and Boston, arrived at the former port on. the 17th
ult., both vessels having experienced a continuance of
boisteroug. weather..
The caloric-ship Ericsson left New York. on the 15th
instant,_ on a. trial: trip. Het average speed was seven
knots.

The.Mnphitrite had arrived at Panama. with 4'680,000
in specie. _ _ _

Washington correspondence states that General Pierce,.
President elect, had chosen Mr. A. G. Flagg, the present
comptroller of New York, to be Secretary of the Trsa,
sury., General Cushing Secretary of State, Governor
M'Clelland for Postmaster-General, commodore Steek-
ton for the Navy, Mr. Dobbin for the Interior, and Mr.
Davis for the War Department.
The steam-ships Northern Light and Uncle Sam had
arrived at New York with advices from San Francisco to
the 15th Jan., and 5'448,931 in specie on freight. The
Golden Gate left San Francisco on the nth with
4'1,744,300m freight. The intelligence possesses-a pain-
ful interest. Famine had done its fell work within the
snow-beleagured gorges of the mountains, and some of the
miners had actually died of starvation. The destitution
was not confined to solitary an scattered instances, but it
seemed to have affected entire communities,, in remote
disrricts, which had been rendered almost inaccessible
from a number of causes, the principal of which was the
inundation of the roads and, the destruction of bridges by
the immense floods. A favourable change in the weather
having occurred, the extreme stringency of the provision
market was beginning to relax as supplies arrived. The
weather in Oregon had been very severe, and the prices of
provisions was exceedingly high. Gold was scarce : the
quotations were *l7 23c. to 4317 30c. per ounce.
Letters from Baltimore report the occurrence of a strike
amongst the railway navvies.

The Canadian Parliament resumed its sitting on the
14th instant.

There appears to be no end to the discoveries of gold
and other precious metals. It is now announced that
gold and auriferous quartz have been found in New Zea-
land, and a belief prevailed that the island teemed with
treasure.

According to some of the British West India papers.. her
Majesiy's colonies are in a fair way of becoming depopu-
lated in consequence of the extensive emigration to Aus-
tralia.

- permanent, and the only effect they have had has been to
"limit the extent of the decline.
The following is a statement of the movement in Cotton
since the Ist of September last, as compared with the pre-
vious three years :

1853 1853 1831 1850
Receipts into the ports 2,066,000 1,564,000 1,446,000 1,369,000
Exports to Great Britain 848,000 526,000 442,000 386,000
„ France
„ other for. ports 136,000 104,000 104,000 78,000
Total exports
Stock on hand 670,000 534,000 659,000 600,000
Of which during the past week, included in the above :
1853 1852 1851 1850
Receipts at the ports 131,000 117,000 105,000 66,010
Exports to Great Britain 36,000 26,000 22,000 19,000
„ France 9,000 19,000 6,000 5,000
„ otherfor. ports 8,000 19,000 7,000 4,000
Total exports
From which it will be seen that the excess in receipts now
amounts to 502,000 bales ; the increase in exports to Great
Britain, 322,000 ; other foreign ports, 32,000. Decrease
to France,49,ooo. Total increase in exports, 305,000 bales.
BREADSTUFFS.-The flour market continued in a
drooping condition throughout last week, and a decline of
121 c. in shippine qualities was established at the close.
The advices of the '29th ult., from Liverpool, per Niagara,
quite unsettled the market, and fair brands of Western
Canal were freely offered at S's, without finding buyers.
The decline in prices of wheat ranges from 3c. to sc. per
bushel, Indian corn partakes of the general decline of
prices of breadstuffs to the extent of 3c. to 4c. per bushel;
namely. Northern round yellow, none ; Southern yellow,
64c. to 65c. per 56 lbs. ; white, 64c. to 66c. per 56 lbs. ;
mixed, 70c. to 72e. per 56 lbs.
PROVISIONS.-Pork, dull. New Mess, •$l6 75c. to
,817, nominal. Prime, $15150b. to Sels 621 c. Beef is
firm, at last Saturday's quotations.
NAVAL. STORES.-The market is quiet for rough tur-
pentine; spirits are lower 65c. ; rosin, steady; Wilming-
ton, St 65. c. ; fine ditto, 'S'3 to 41'5; spices, very active
and buoyant.

FREIGHT'.--Freights are not active, and rates without
any important change. To Liverpool Cotton, kd. per
; flour, 2s. to 23. 3d. per barrel; grain, in bulk, 7a. to
71d. per bushel. To London : Flour, 31 per barrel. To
Havre : Cotton, c. per lb.
CHARLESTOWN. Feb. 10.—Sales to-day, 900 bales, and
for the week, 9,000 bales ; receipts for the. week, 16,800
bales ; stock on hand, 31,850 bales. Middling fair to
fair, 10c. to 101 c. per lb.
MOBILE, Feb. 11.—Receipts for the week, 22',000•bales
middling 9c., market declining. Sales for the week ,
19,000 bales. Freights to Liverpool, 9-16 d. Eitchange,
81 per cwt.

NEW ORLEANS, Feb. 12.—Receipts for the week,
54.000 bales ; sales for the week, 32,000 bales. market
active; Griddling, ne. Freight to Liverpool, VI.. MC-
change on London, 9 per cent.
FhVANA, Feb. B.—Sincethe 28th ult. the weather has
been favourable, and sugars have arrived more freely.
They commanded the highest figures. Molasses were
selling at higher prices. A !evr vessels had been chartered
for Cowes, at £3 51. Sterling exchange, ten per csnt•
per annum.

SAN F?3A,NCISCO, Jan. 14.----During the !last fortnight
an improving state of things can be noticed against the
very gloomy accounts we recorded at the sailing of the
last steamer. The unfavourable state of the interior in;
regard to transportation has bsen but little benefited, yet'
the distress and suffering appears to have been greatly al—
leviated. Merchants, both at Sacramento and Stockton,
have transported their goods to points where teams could
have access; and a large portion of the trade of these two
cities has been thus temporarily transferred to more con-
venient localities.. Within forty-eight hours the rain has
ceased, and we are now enjoying tine weather, with the
prospect of its continuance for some days at least; should
such be the case, we can look forward to a very large
business, but we imagine, not of a general character. The
dearth of 'provisions has had the effect of confining
business almost entirely to articles of food ; while the ex-
cessive rates of transportation, where land carriage is ne-
cessary contribute to confine all the efforts of trade in one
channel. The same scarcity of money in trade and tardi-
ness of remittances from the interior have continued to
exist since the date of our last review. Large freights
have been due since the Ist instant, and the anxiety to ob-
tain possession of consignments has induced their pay-
ments, which, being all cash, has absorbed a large portion
of available funds and will be remitted by this steamer.
The only obstacle, besides the weather, in the way of
a heavy business will exist in the want-of money.