The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1853-05-31 00:00:00

communication with that place seemed cut off. There
appeared no doubt of the rebel force investing the city,
and a report was current that one of the outer gates had
been forced. Among the various reports circulated there
was a prevailing one that Keshen, the former Viceroy of
Canton, had made a very successful attack on the rebel
force with the Imperial troops, about 150 miles from Nan-
kin, in which many thousands of the rebels are said to
have suffered. Nearer Nankin, at Taeping, the Imperial
force is also said to have defeated the rebels with great
loss of life. This news requires confirmation. The High
Mandarin at Shanghai engaged four vessels fully equipped
to proceed up the Yangtsekiang, to reinforce Chekiang-
foo. At Shanghai there had been fresh alarm among the
brokers and natives, from the difficulty of arriving at the
truth as to the state of affairs. The present force off
Shanghai is two British steamers and one brig-of-war,
one French, and one American steamer. There has been
a fair demand for imports at Canton, but the price of
goods is lower. Metals are maintained. Rice has ad-
vanced in value, and prices are reported high in the north.
The business done in tea has been small, and prices show
no change. Exchange on England for six months' bills
ss. to ss. Id. ; Company's accepted bills, 237 r. to 238 r.
per 100. Freights to England £3 15s. Two vessels load-
ing, sufficient for wants."

Another letter says :—" On the 16th of March most
urgent despatches from the Governor of Nankin were re-
received by the Chinese Governor of Shanghai, requiring
him to implore the foreign Consuls to send immediate
assistance to Nankin, and stating that unless foreign aid
were afforded, and that immediately, the city must fall
into the hands of the rebels, by whom it was closely in-
vested, both by land and water. A fleet of imperial junks,
assisted by hired Portuguese armed lorchas, which had
been sent up the river to oppose the progress of the insur-
gents, had been overpowered by the rebel flotilla ; and the
latter sailing down the Yangtsekiang, had anchored with-
out opposition imediately opposite Nankin. The division
of the ' revolutionary army' investing the place by land is
stated to be 30,000 strong, and increasing. Several days
before this the Chinese Government had also applied for
assistance to Sir C. Bonham, the British Commissioner
at Hong Kong. Sir Charles accordingly departed in her
Majesty's steamer Hermes. on the 13th of March, for
Shanghai, but had not arrived there when the mail left.
Her Majesty's steam-ship Salamander had also gone to
Shanghai, and her Majesty's ship Lily was already there.
The French war steamer Cassini and the United States'
leviathan Susquehanna have both proceeded up the Yang-
tsekiang, and Colonel Marshall, the American Commis-
sioner, has determined to place the latter before Nankin.
The immediate effect of this interference on the relative
position of the insurgents and Imperialists is most momen-
tous. It is acknowledged by the Chinese themselves that
the loss of Nankin would have been the loss of the empire."

CAPE OF GOOD HOPE.—The General Screw Steam
Shipping Company's mail-packet Bosphorous, Captain
Henry B. Benson, arrived at Plymouth on Saturday,
from Calcutta and the Cape. The Bosphorous left Cal-
cutta on the 15th of March, Madras on the 20th, and the
Cape on the 21st of April.
CAPE TOWN, APRIL 21.—Since the departure of the
last steamer nothing has occurred to damp the satisfac-
tion universally felt at the conclusion of the Caifre war.
A number of the Hottentot banditti continue to prowl
about, and the frontier mail that has just arrived brings
intelligence of another murder; but these things may he
expected, after the conclusion of such a struggle.—No
intelligence of the Melbourne steam-ship, Capt. Hutton,
had reached the Cape of Good Hope up to the 21st April,
when the Bosphorous left • but the colonists were expect-
ing her hourly from Australia.—Departures from the Cape
for Australia : For Melbourne—The Hotspur, Jack, Gem,
West Wind, and Ceres. For Port Philip—The Cherusker.
Baltimore, and Hellespont. For Sydney—The Royal
Alice. For Adelaide—The Adelaide ecrew steamer and
the Alert.

AMERICA,
ARRIVAL OF THE ASIA

By the British and North American Royal Mail steam-
ship Asia, Captain Loq, which arrived on Saturday night,
we have advices from New York to the 18th instant.
The Asia sailed from New York at 0 49, p.m., on the
18th instant, and shortly afterwards passed the ship Meta,
of Bremen, going in ; on the 20th, at 6 30, p.m., passed
the ship Union ; on the 21st, at 4 45, a.m., passed the
United States steam-ship Franklin, from Havre for New
York ; on the 24th, at 3 50, p.m., passed the screw-
steamer City of Manchester, hence for Philadelphia ; and
on the 27th passed the British barque St. Andrew, steer-
ing N.W. The Asia experienced fine weather on the
passage, and arrived off the Rock Light at 9 45, p.m., on
Saturday, having made the run in 10 days 4 hours and 20
minutes.
The Asia brought the following 136 passengers, and
£'615,450 in specie on freight :
PASSENGERS.—Mr. Muller and lady, Mr. Ellison, lady,
and son, Mr. Reilly, lady, and child, Mrs. Kernan, Mrs.
Anderson and three children, Mrs. Gilmour, Miss Dunlop,
Miss Leter, Miss Titford, Mr. Warren, lady, and servant,
Mr. Oelrich, lady, and servant, Mr. Lomar and lady, Mr.
Yuille, lady, child, and servant, Mr. Henriquez, Mr.
Lawson. Mr. Bird, Miss Carvalho and maid, Mr. Hachey,
Mr. Harrison, Mr. Delgado, Mr. Maillefort. Mr. Tomer,
Mr. Perien, Mr. Norlan, Mr. Harbert. Mr. Farr, Mr. Von
Hoffmann, Mr. Schepeler, Mr. R. Dunlop, Mr. Thier-
rnarm, Mr. Kershaw, Mr. Heidenheimer, Mr. Drew, Mr.
T. Simpson, Mr. Ventosnions, Mr. J. Sykes, sen., Mr.
Lumley, Mr. Escoupe, Mr. Roming, Mr. Lockhart, Mr.
J. A. Alexander, Mr. Hodge, Mr. S. Lord and lady, Mr.
Pattison, lady, three children, and servant, Mrs. F.
Thompson, Mr. Charters and brother, Mr. H. Robinson,
Mr. Cole, Mr. Davies, Mr. Joes, Mr. Torres. Mr. Ytur-
bide, Mr. Mutzenbecker. Mr. Alvarado, Mr. Millet, Mr.
Gibson, Mr. Nesmith, Mr. Derignier and servant, Mr.
Maxwell, Mr. Hepley, Mr. Kohn, Mr. Harrison, Mr.
Rowan, Mr. Street, Mr. Meads and son, Mr. Montene-
grog and brother, Mr. H. E. Legrain, Mr. Hood and two
daughters, Mr. Orson Pratt, Mrs. Umpstetter and three
children, Mrs. Marshall and three children, Mr. Masses,
Mr. Johnson and lady, Mr. Trotter, lady, and three
children, Mr. Murray and lady, Mrs. Musgrove and
child, Mr. Hogan, Mr. Sprigmann, Mr. Bell, Mr. Phin-
neas, Mr. Britten, Mr. F. Barbour, Mr. C. Witte, Mr.
Rastrick, Mr. Hudson, Mr. Falkenstein, Mr. Fowle, Mr.
Bell, Mr. R. Duncan, Mr. Campbell, Mr. Thorneley, Mr.
Levine, and Mr. Boardmann.
The screw steam-ship Genova, Paton, commander, the
pioneer of the new line between Liverpool and Montreal,
sailed from the latter port on her return for this port, rid
Quebec, on the 13th instant.
The Illinois had arrived at New York, from California,
with .8'2,285,248 in specie and freight.
Upwards of one hundred and sixty emigrants had been
lost by the foundering, off the Bahamas, of the barque
William and Mary, from Liverpool for New Orleans.
Full particulars will be found in another page.
The Ericsson was undergoing extensive alterations at
New York, and would not be ready to sail for Europe for
several months. Mr. Vanderbelt's new steam-packet
North Star was to sail on the 10th of June for Southamp-
ton. The Arctic searching expedition was to sail in a few
days. The cupola of the New York Crystal Palace was
being put in its place. A Sardinian frigate had arrived at
New York with contributions for the forthcoming exhibi-
tion. The owners of the Sovereign of the Seas having
made a challenge to the world, Mr. W. H. Webb, the
shipbuilder, replied that he would bet ten thousand dol-
lars on his last new shin Young America. They were
both to sail from New York for San Francisco loaded,
and within thirty days of each other. During a concert
at Boston some sensation had been occasioned by two
coloured individuals being found in the first circle after
the performances had been commenced. A person in the
vicinity oLjected to their presence, and complained to the
manager. The coloured persons were requested to re-
move back several seats, to a less conspicuous position,
when they remarked that they were very comfortable.
They were immediately turned out of the hall. The
Feliciano (U.S.) Whig of April 20 relates the following
shocking affair :—" On Saturday last a runaway negro
was killed in the parish of East Baton Rogue, just below
the line of this parish, under the following circumstances.
Two citizens of Port Hudson, learning that a negro was
at work on a flat boat, loading with sand, just below that
place, who was suspected as being a runaway, went down
in a skiff for the purpose of arresting him. Having
seized him, and put him into the skiff, they started back,
but had not proceeded far when the negro, who was at the
oars, seized a hatchet and assaulted one of them, wound-
ing him very seriously. A scuffle ensued, in which both
fell overboard. They were both rescued by the citizens
pulling to them with the skiff. Finding him so un-
manageable, the negro was put ashore, and the parties
returned to Port Hudson for arms and a pack of negro
dogs, and started again with the intention to capture him.
They soon got on his trail, and when found again he was
standing at bay upon the edge of a large raft of drift wood,
armed with a club and pistol. In this position he bade
defiance to men and dogs—knocking- the latter into the
water with his club, and resolutely threatening death to
any man who approached him. Finding him obstinately
determined not to surrender, one of his pursuers shot
him. He fell at that fatal fire, and so determined was he
not to be captured, that when an effort was made to
rescue him from drowning, he made battle with Ms club,
and sank, waving his weapon in angry defiance at his
pursuers. He refused to give the name of his owner."
JAMAlCA.—Advices from Kingstown, to the 9th inst.,
report the continuance of the dispute between the Gover-
nor and the House of Assembly, the members of which
had declined to legislate. The Governor had, in conse-
quence, prorogued the house until the 17th. The King-
ston Journal, of the 2nd instant, says, " We learn that a
steamer, called the Medea, or Medaie, has arrived at
Havana, having on board three gentlemen who have been
appointed by the British Government as commissioners
to inquire into the present condition of this island. If
this report be true, we may expect these gentlemen to
arrive in a day or two."
CANADA.—A resolution was before the Canadian Legis-
lature to the following effect :-1. That it is expedient to
provide that no foreign-built vessel shall be considered as,
or be permitted to exercise the privileges of, a British
vessel on any of the inland waters of this province, unless
duly registered. 2. That it is expedient to provide that
such foreign vessels as now wholly belong to British sub-
jects, or shall hereafter be sold in this province as for-
feited for any breach of the revenue or navigation laws,
and shall be purchased at such sale and wholly owned by
British subjects, may be registered under the Act 8 Vic.,
c. 5, as British plantation vessels ; and that whenever
and so long as vessels built in this province shall be ad-
mitted in any foreign country to the exercise of the same
privileges on the inland waters thereof when owned by
subjects of such foreign country, to which vessels regis-
tered under the said provincial act are entitled on the
inland waters of this province, then any vessels built in
such foreign country, but wholly owned by British sub-
jects, may be registered under the said provincial act as
British plantation vessels, and may exercise the privileges
thereof. 3. That it is expedient to provide that vessels
owned by any corporate body or limited partnership, in-
corporated or constituted under act of the parliament of
this province, and expressly empowered by such act to
hold vessels, shall, for the purposes of registration under
the provincial act aforesaid, be held to be wholly owned
by British subjects, although some of the members of
such corporations or partnership be aliens. 4. That it is
expedient to provide that for the purposes aforesaid all the
waters of this province, except the Gulf of St. Lawrence
and so much of the River St. Lawrence as lies below the
upper limit of the Harbour of Montreal, shall he deemed
inland waters. 5. That it is expedient•to provide that so
far as regards foreign-built vessels, the foregoing provi-
sions shall be in force, although the imperial act for the
registry of vessels should be extended to the inland waters '