The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1853-05-24 00:00:00

ARRIVAL OF THE CANADA.

By the British and North American Royal Mail Steam.
ship Canada, Captain Stone, which arrived in this port,
on Sunday forenoon, we have advices from New York to
the 10th, and from Boston to the 11th instant.
The Canada sailed from Boston at 12 15, p.m., on the
11th, and arrived at Halifax at 6 55, a.m., on the 13th,
having been detained outside the harbour six hours by a
dense fog. She sailed from Halifax at 8 25, a.m., on the
13th, and has experienced variable winds and weather
during the passage. She arrive] in the Mersey at 9 40,
a.m., on Sunday, having made the run in ten days nine
hours and fifteen minutes.
The Canada has brought 112 passengers, and $167,292
in specie, on freight.
The Royal Mail steam-ship Cambria, Captain Lang,
hence for Boston, arrived at Halifax on the 11th instant.
The screw steam-ship Genova, the pioneer of the new
line between this port and Montreal, arrived at Quebec
at three, p.m., on the 9th instant.
The screw-steam-ship City of Glasgow, Captain Wylie,
from this port, arrived at Philadelphia on the 7th instant.
Among the miscellaneous news are the details of two
railway accidents in addition to the frightful disaster on

the New York and Newhaven Railway, which we have

given in another column. A collision had occurred on
the Paterson Railway, by which two men were fatally
and several dangerously wounded. Again, on the 7th, a
train ran down an embankment on the New Bedford and
Taunton line, by which all the carriages were smashed,
but none of the passengers seriously injured.
Captain Daniel Malony, formerly of the ship Saranac,
and recently commanding the ship Roscius, had been re-
manded, and sent in custody to New York, by the autho-
rities of Philadelphia, on a charge of having caused the
death of two seamen, on board the latter vessel, on the
18th of December last. The Sovereign of the Seas had
arrived at New York from Honolulu, Sandwich Islands,
in eighty-two days. Speaking of the run, the Tribune
says, " The run from Honolulu to Cape Horn, a distance
of 8,634 miles, was accomplished in 37 days ; in 26 of
those days consecutively the ship ran 6,489 miles, and
one of these days was distinguished by an extraor-
dinary run of 430 miles. This is the greatest sailing
recorded, the nearest approach to it being that of the
Flying Cloud, which ran, in 26 consecutive days, an ave-
rage of 227 miles per day ; while the daily average of the
Sovereign of the Seas for the same time was 249 11.13
miles, or 22 miles a day more than the Flying Cloud. The
best day's run of the Flying Cloud was 374 miles. There
is no doubt of the above run of the Sovereign of the Seas,
as it appears from the lights and calculations entered at
large on Captain M'Kay's journal, a speed of 18 miles
an hour for 24 hours, greater than was ever done before
under canvas." The captain of the Golden State, arrived
at Rio Janeiro, states that his vessel sailed remarkably
fast, having run 327 miles under royals in one day. He
must have been carrying a press of sail, for on the follow-
ing day he carried away all three topmasts, with every-
thing attached. The Comet, of New York, is reported
to have run from San Francisco to New York in 83 days
18 hours, having had head winds part of the passage.
The Flying Dutchman had made the passage in 85 days.
The Pacific Discovery Squadron had sailed for Norfolk,
the point of rendezvous. The instruments required for
the survey had been obtainedlin Liverpool.
The Washington correspondent of the New York
Herald, writing on the 9th, says that the foreign ap-
pointments had not been concluded. He also states that
the Mecilla Valley dispute between Gov. Lane, of New
al\tlteexni
tcioo,n aonfdt he ecAalbei xn iecta, naGn
do v et rhnamt
tehnetr
ewasw aoccupyinglittle
uthet
but that the boundary as claimed by Gov. Lane would be
insisted upon.
Acecorddiisncgovteorietseleogfragpohldic
are
ecoquunittseu
fromtre
TheTexa Lavinias,th
the re-
ported
Journal says—" The tide of emigration is setting strongly
towards the mines. Four hundred persons are now at
work, each averaging from five dollars to ten dollars per
day. Some have already realized from 1,500 to 2,000
dollars. The farmers for miles around are leaving their
crops and starting for the mines. ;Merchants are sending

large quantities of goods, mining implements, &c., expect-
ing to realise fortunes. The country, for a hundred miles
around, has been examined, and found to contain rich
gold deposits in every direction, said to be equally rich
with the best in California. People in all parts of the
State are in the greatest excitement."

CALiFoRNIA.L.The steam-ships El Dorado and Daniel
Webster, had arrived at New York from Aspinwall, with
advices from San Francisco, California, to the 16th April,
and 50,000 dollars on freight. The Northerner, which
would leave San Francisco on the same day, had engaged
a large amount of gold dust. The mines were yielding
unusually large returns ; agricultural prospects were
exceedingly promising ; and, although business was gene-
rally rather dull, a speedy revival was anticipated. It is
satisfactory to find that criminal occurrences were less
frequent. Many of the rivers overflowed their banks,
without doing much damage. The San Francisco Trans-
cript announces the formation of a " Japan and Cali-
fornia Trading Company," and remarks, " If there ever
was a doubt touching the fastness of the universal Yankee
nation, this sets the matter at rest. The time is calcu-
lated when the American squadron should reach the coast
of Japan, and estimate is made of the length of passage
between California and the sealed empire, and forthwith
three of our clipper ships and a barque are put
up for Jeddo. The crafts are all to sail about the
let of June; and San Francis o has no kind of idea of
allowing any other port to run off with the first fruits
to be reaped from the lucrative trade which it is supposed
will promptly spring up between Japan and the world.
The company is organized for such as may wish to embark
in the trade with the Japanese. It is stated that the ves-
sels will accommodate 1,000 men. Each passenger will
be allowed to take one ton of freight, and the expense of
the voyage to Jeddo and back will be 250 dollars on the
clippers, and 200 dollars on the barque." The San
Francisco Whip announces the discovery of a new guano
island, by Captain Sinclair, of the British ship Helen,
arrived at San Fransisco from Liverpool, who reported
" that during his passage he discovered an island not laid
down on any chart. The island is about five miles long
by one and a half broad. He lowered his boat and went
to the island, where he staid some time, The place is
covered with guano to the depth of about eight feet sam-
ples of which he brought with him. An American cap-
tain was the first discoverer, but could never find it again.
He declined either giving the time of his discovery or the
latitude and longitude of this new guano depot." The
boilers of the steam-ship Jenny Lind had exploded ; fifty
or sixty persons were dreadfully scalded, of whom twenty
were dead. The screw steam-ship S. S. Lewis has been
totally wrecked on her passage to San Fransisco.
Accounts from New Grenada report the destruction of
Gorgona by fire. The Isthmus was in a healthy con-
dition.

4dvices from Valparaiso to the 11th ult. contain little
additional intelligence to that received by the West India
mail. Vessels generally were scarce. Freight to Great
Britain £4 15. Exchange on London was quoted at 49 to
493, 60 and 90 days.

LIST OP PASSiNGER9.-Mr. J. H. Meredeth and lady,
Mr. W. B. Spooner and lady, Mrs. K. Paige, Miss Paige,
Mr. Streeter, Colonel Crutchley, lady, child, nurse, and
man-servant, Mr. W. D. Richards and lady, Mr. G.
Warren and lady, Mrs. Warren, infant, child, and nurse,
Mr. T. Charlton, Mr. W. B. Stamrood, Mr. Arnold, Mr.
K. Paige, jun., Mr. M'Kenzie, Mr. J. Wongh, jun., and
lady. M. D. Safford and lady, Mr. S. J. Graham, Mr. 0.
Graham, Mr. Distin, Mr. Clapp, lady, and child, Mr. R.
Clapham, Mr. G. Perkins, Mr. J. Isaacs, Mr. W. R.
Moore, Mr. Cauthra, Mr. D. Campbell, Mr. Campbell,
jun., Mr. E. Bridge, lady, three children, and nurse, and
Mrs. 0. Bayley, Mr. Synge and lady, Mr. Fletcher, Don
M. Saiz, Don J-Herrea, Don U. Ulains, Don J. A. Ca-
balks, Don J. de la Vega, Don J. Vasols, Don B. Un-
vellas, Don Avendans, Mr. Baasch, Mr. A. Jaffray and
lady, Mr. A. H. Martin, Mr. Linder, Mr. Irwin, Mr. G.
Wood, Mr. C. Barry, Mr. J. Askham,Mrs. Askharn and
child, Dr. Mills, Mr. D. D. Williams, Mr. A. A. Arleque,
Mr. C. K. Hamilton, Mr. Montenhi, Mr. Howel, Mr.
Howel, Mr. Brown, Mr. E. Smith, Mr. T. Smith, Mr.
Ehai, Mrs. Arnold and child, Miss E. Croffey, Mr. T.
Fowler, Mr. Woeber, Mrs. Woeber, Mr. Perotin, Mr. J.
A. Joep, Mr. T. Taylor, Mr. Preizchie, Mr. W. Pentland,
Mr. J. Ackroyd, Mr. Munra, Mr. J. Strachan and child,
Mr. J. Woods, Mr. Cohen, Mr. Eustis, Rev. Chandler
Robbins.—From Halifax : Mr. Bland, Mrs. Bland, Miss
Wallace, Captain M'Coy and lady, Mr. Bland jun., Mr.
Hitchings, Mr. Petherick, Mr. Lipman, Mr. Masterton.