The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1840-05-22 00:00:00

GRAND CONCERT.

MONS. DOHLER has the honour to announce a Grand
CONCERT of VOCAL and INSTRUMENTAL
MUSIC, which will take place on TUESDAY Evening, the
26th instant, at the Royal Amphitheatre, Liverpool.
HERR MOLIQUE, the celebrated Violinist, whose
performances at the Philharmonic Concerts, London, have
created such an extraordinary sensation, will make his first
and only appearance in Liverpool on this occasion.
Vocalists, Mi.s BIRCH, Miss DOLBY, and Signor
ZUCCHELLI.
VIOLINIST HERR MOLIQUE.
PIANIST Mons. DOHLER.
Mr. GEORGE EYTON will accompany the Vocal
Pieces.
Full Particulars will be shortly announced.
Box places may be secured on application to Mr. Wiiiss,
Church-street.

Tickets for Centre Boxes, 55.; Side Boxes, 4s. ; Pit, as. ;
and Gallery, 2s. each; may he had at the Music Shops and
usual places, •
The Concert will commence at Eight o'clock.

Ibt Ethrrpool &tanbarb.

FRIDAY MORNING, `ti AY 22, 1840.

The packet-ship Siddons, which sailed from New
York on the 27th ultimo, was signalled as being off
Point Lynas early yesterday afternoon, and notwith-
standing an adverse tide, reached this port about seven
in the evening. She sailed on the 27th ult. and conse-
quently had a passage of 25 days—having encountered
a succession of east winds. She nevertheless brings the
latest intelligence from New York, and we have to ex-
press our acknowledgments'. to Capt. Palmer for his
kindness in forwarding us a morning paper of the 27th,
and another of the 25th ult. They contain very little
intelligence of importance.
The packet-ship United States had arrived, bringing
dates from England to the Ist April, seven days later
than the previous arrival..
In the Senate, at Washington, on the 24th April, a
memorial was presented by Mr. Buchanan, from silk
manufacturers of Dedham and Needham, (Mass.)
asking that a duty might be imposed on foreign silk.
Mr. B. said, that experience had demonstrated that
your soil, climate, and dry atmosphere, were peculiarly
suited for the production of silk; and yet strange as
all that might seem, silk was not only admitted duty
free, but that, too, at a time when we were absolutely
obliged to borrow money for the wants of the govern-
ment. He stated that he would long since have origi-
nated a bill on the subject in the Senate, had such a
measure affecting the revenue been constitutional. The
memorial was referred to a committee of finance.
(From the Neu, York Journal of Commerce, April 27.)
Business generally is going on very fairly in all lines. It
is however largest in foreign shipments anti in groceries.

MONEY AND EXCHANGES.--The transactions at the
Stock Board have been on a very moderate scale, and chiefly
in fancy stocks, not indicating actual investment to any
great extent. Large amounts of money are lying idle in the
banks, and they are abundantly supplied with coin.
Philadelphia
Baltimore
Richmond
Charleston
Savannah 8 a 9
Augusta
Macon
Mobile 6 a 10
N. Orleans - a
Nashville -
London
Paris,

.... 7 a 8
5f 271 a 5 30

Extract of a letter, dated Mobile, April 16.
Exchange on the north is very scarce, and we fear the
rates will further advance. The same is the case in New
Orleans, notwithstanding the large amounts of produce they
have to forward. Sterling has been sold at 14 prem. here,
and 15 per cent. We understand that the banks in New
Orleans intend to increase their issues pretty largely, for the
sake of propping up the bankS of Mississippi, and this will
certainly not help the exchange. Several of the New Orleans
banks have been dealing largely in cotton this season. 60
day bills on New York, are 54a:1 ; some have been sold at G ;
30 days, 7 per cent ; 1 day, 8 per cent.

Extract of a letter from Galveston, Texas, dated April 11.
" Loss OF THE SHIP VIRGINIA, OF NEW YORK.—Capt.
Hamilton, of the ship Virginia, is now here, and that fine
vessel is a wreck on the bar at the entrance of this harbour.
She struck while in charge of the pilot, attempting to enter
the harbour. No blame can be attached to any one connected
with the vessel. It seems to be one of those unavoidable
accidents which sometimes attend the navigator. Capt. Ha-
milton is actively and industriously engaged in saving every-
thing that can be saved for the benefit of the underwriters:"
The Virginia was owned by Messrs. Rogers and Co. of
this city.