The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1853-08-16 00:00:00

ARRIVAL OF THE EUROPet

By the British and North American Royal Mail Stbain-
ship Europa, Captain Lang, which reached this port on
Sunday, we have advices front New York to the 2d, and
Boston to the 3d ult.

The Europa sailed from Boston at 0 60. p.m., on the
3d ; and at 2' 40; p.m., on.the 4th, passed the steamer Nia.
gara, hence roc Boston. She arrived at Halifax on the
sth, at 9, a.m., after a detention cf 10 hours by fog. On
the 7th, at 0 30rp.m., passed the steamer 'Africa, hence for
New York ; and on: the 12th, at 3,, p.m., passed the steamer
Glasgow, from the Clyde for New York. The Europa
came " north about," and experienced variable winds. In-
nistrahull was passed at 7 10, es the 13th ; and at
1, a.m., on the 14th, off the Maidens light, night signals
were exchanged with the steamer' Arabia, hence for New
York. She arrived ofrthe Rock Light' at 2 55, p.m. on
Sunday, having been detained-at the bartwo hours wait-
ing for water. The Eiiropa brought $252!000 in specie on
freight, and 105 passengers, among whom; are the Coun-
tess of Ellesmere and Captain and-Miss Egerton.
The British Postoffico authorities at 'Washington had
expressed their readiness= to refund to the United States
the sum of $6,496, being the estimatedamentit of postage
erroneously credited to that office by the United States on
newspapers sent from the United 'States, through England,
to certain countries beyond; . The yellow fever was raging
with great virulence at New Orleans; The anniversary of
the landing of the pilgrim fathers at Plymouth had been
celebrated with the usual demonstrations. The comet
discovered by M. Klinkerfnes; at Gothengen, on the 10th
June last, had been seen at the. Washington Observatory.
Mr. Crampton, the British minister, had left-Washing-
ton with Messrs. Marcy and Cishing, of the U. . Cabinet,
for the country, to discuss, free from interruption, the
fishery and reciprocity questio.
Intelligence from the city 013-'Mexico,:te the Itth July,
state the Mexican papers were 'bitterly opposing;the pro-
ject; of a Spanish protectorate, and -all return, : whether

Partial or complete

to the Sionist

Tlie‘union of

the church and state was progressing. Crosses and deco-
rations given by the Pope were publicly worn, and, pre-
parations were making for the return of the Jesuits. The
penalty of death had been decreed against public defiiilters.

Adiices from St. John's, N.8'.7, state that flits' were
raging in the woods near ShedNe', and had already de-

stroyed a large quantity of valuable timber. Tim sinTey
of the-European and North American Railway was.actively
going on,. with the prospect that in • a few montb4 the
grading' would be commenced.

COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE.
NE-w- Youx, Aucsvint .2t
Monrux.—Stocks are lower, with very little promise of
a speedy recovery. Money was,a little more in demand,
but there is no difficulty in negotiating good paper at 7
per oent., although some long dates go as high as' 8. per
cent. Exchange on England, 109; to 1094 per cent.; in
moderate demand. Bills on FrEnce; r 615 to f

COTTON —(Frans W. P. Wright's Circular, grAug.
2.)—During Wednesday and ninrsday of last week this
market exhibited symptoms of weakness, and sales
were made at a slight reductim-from my qu.otations, of
26th July. On Friday we hail the Asia's accounts,
whieh were generally construed, 'here as more he favour
of a. pacific settlement of political difficulties ia,Enrope.
We-also at the same time received by telegraph' from
Charleston and Savannah, accounts of too much rain
having fallen in Georgia and, South Carolina.- These
circumstances gave new life tnour market, parblindarly as
orders for cotton were receivedper Asia from Lherpaol and
Havre, the decline was recovered, and prices closed yester-
day with much firmness and with only a limited supply
offering at the quotations of cast week. The sales since
26th July have been 8500 bares, of which the larger pro-
portien has been for Liverpool; about 1000 bales for
Havre, and a similar amount for the north of Europe.
Ottr own spinners continue ta purchase to a limited extent
only. The export during the pest week has been--.-to Li-
verpool, 1354 bales ; Bordeaux, 278 ; Gottcnburg, 100.
Total, 1732 bales.
CROP.—This question tonthines to exercise.= influence
on this market, varying according to the reports from the
cotton growing region. We have had, during the past
few days, accounts of injwfrom too much rain in Georgia
and South Carolina, which ,has caused someeimprovement
in the markets of Savannah and Charleston, The greatest
danger that could happen to the young crop, in its present
condition, would be the prevalence of rain during this
month of August ; and; the holders of cotton here are quite
alive to the importance of ,unfavourable weather during
this and next month; hence the firmnesk with which they
hold on to the presenft stock.

The excess in receipts now amounts to 205,000 bales.
The increase in exports to Great Britain is 62,000 ; de-
crease to France, 14000 ; other foreign. ports, 2,000. Total
increase in exports, 65,000 bales.

BREADSTUFFS,—From Tuesday till Thursday last week,
there were considerable transact pus in flour at the rates
previously current, the turn beingiin favour of the seller.
On the receipt- of letters by the4sia from Liverpool,, to
the 16th July., the market again took a sudden turn
upwards, and, an extensive• business has since been done,
at an advanat,of 121 c. per barrel on our quotations of the
26th ult. An, advance of 4c,. per bsl. on wheat has:been
realised sinee Friday, at which the article is still in demand.
PRovlszoNs.—Pork is in good demand, at $l5 &711 c. to
$l6 for mess, and $l3l. for prime. Beef continues in,
request, and, prices are, well sustained. Orange County
butter is in demand at 20c. to 22c. Cheese, 71c. to 9c.
Lard in, good request, and firm at 11c. to
Funaoutrs,—Thereis a fair amount offering for Europe.
The rates are, to Liverpool, cotton, 3-16 d. to.id: per lb.;
flour,2s. 2d. to 2s. 6& per barrel; grain, in bulk, 74d. to.
Bd.
,per bushel. To. London, 2s. 2d. to 3s, per barrel k
gram, in bulk, 8-Id. to 9d. per bushel. To liavre, cotton,.
flour, 60c. per barrel.
NEW• ORLEANS, JULY 29.—Asia's news received, this
morning, and consklered unsatisfactory. Cotton has been
sold since its receipt at tc. decline, placing middlings at
10.1 c. Sales for the week, 2,800 bales.. Receipts for the
week, 900 bales. Stock in port, 25,000 bales.
MOBILE, Strxx 29.—Prices are without change; sales
limited; stock 7,000 bales.

TIM MUNICIPAL AUTHORITIES of Troyes, France,
have just interdicted all young men and women who have
not reached their twentieth year, from appearing at any
of the public dancing places in the town. The police
agents have been ordered to enforce strictly this regulation.
_ _

-FIvE Andalusian stallions and four small black Spanish
ponies have arrived at the imperial stables at St. Cloud.
The ponies are almost wild, and endeavour to bite any one
who approaches them. They belong to the Empress, who,
when in Madrid, frequently drove them herself, although
they are vicious and unbroken. Her Majesty having
expressed a wish to have them at St. Cloud, they have
been sent by her sister. The five horses are a present to
the Emperor from the Duke of Alba.
A STIFF STORY.—The Monongahela Republican, of
Pennsylvania, says that there is yet living near Cooks-
town, a slave of General Washington's. He is 124 years
of age, and can walk six miles in a day. He is so old that
his fingers and toes are nearly all white. He belonged to
Washington when he owned what is now known as Wash-
ington's Bottom, on which Peryopelis now stands. The
estate of Colonel Cook was, and still is, bound for his living.
DISCOVERY OF AMBER.—In recently cutting a canal for
draining a lake near that of Anserche, on the eastern coast
of Courland, between 57° 10' and 68° 20' of north latitude,
and not far from the Gulf of Riga, pieces of amber were
found, and, on the search being continued, more pieces
were picked up on the banks of the Lake of Anserche
itself. The quantity of amber already sold by the peasants
to Jew dealers has brought them in no less than 4000
silver roubles (the rouble,is 4f. 5c.) ; but that is consider-
ably less than its real value. The pieces of amber are for
the most part transparent, and some of them are so large
that they fetch from five to six roubles. In some of the
pieces winged insects have been found.
Cumous PIIENOMENON.—A letter from Athens of the
17th contains the following :—" A very curious pheno-
menon, which-the Greeks attribute to an interposition of
Providence, has in a great measure removed the fears
which were entertained of the failure of the crop of
currants. For the last six weeks the disease with which
they were last year attacked had reappeared, and in a
short time all the fruit was covered with the white blight,
the precursor of its complete destruction. Suddenly,
myriads of small green insects, hitherto unknown, and
whip h came no one knows from whence, settled on the
vine i, and whole vineyards were in a short space of time
completely cleared of the white blight by those insects,
which devoured the white substance with the greatest
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