The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1841-04-16 00:00:00

!AMERICA

p, Caledonia, arrived yesterday,
on Davers to the Ist, and Halifax

nce is

)rought

this vessel respecting

Sent, and the apprehensions as to her safety
fore considerably increased. The British

to Halifax on the 30th ult., having

) her paddles, in consequence

i in contact with ice; but the requisite
needilv effected, and she sailed a day or

er appointed port.
Mr. M‘Leod had been postponed to the
in October, in consequence of an error

ie by the County Clerk, he having negligently not

.1 notice for drawing the jury, an omis-

iv York Herald insinuates was evi-

Paled()

?assengers, including Sir

ate Governor of 'Upper Canada

FINAIN
The Journal

CE AFFAIRS AND MARKETS.
If Commerce has an article on the United
es strong grounds against legislation in
, and expresses the conviction that the
sas bad, or worse, than the new. "The
Journal, " while acting
And again—" More

,tional bank.'

e capital was sunk while the national charter ex-
e Globe, in a long article, agrees with the Journal.
aTON, MARCH 23.—The members of the cabinet
sily employed in arranging their various bureaux
cents. They have commenced, and are carrying

iination of the finances of the country, the amount
by the prececeding administration, its liabilities,
ies, &c., which, in all branches, are multiform

n. the call of the Extra Session was the
. ____t it was impossible to meet the expenses
—rnment after August next. New books will be
I, and the precise amount of debt will be stated to the

next C(

YORK MONEY MARKET

MARCH 31-8 P.M.—The steamboat has not
earance, and public expectation is still directed
In the stock market there is no material
small, and U. S. Bank improved 1 per
d Hudson 1; North American Trust and

arrival

Sates a

cent. ; Delawat
Ea'

Uompany declined 4 per cent. ; Long Island z ;
ngton rose 1 per, cent. Sales of bills .on Philadelphia
) 4 ; Illinois 6's, 504 ; Indiana s's, 53.—New York
Id. of 31st March

—This is packet-day for
h leaves Boston to-morrow. Mush disap-
ails at the non-arrival of the British Queen
wering letters by this conveyance. The bill
ertheless been active both yesterday and to-
ly of bills being good, however no material
is taken place in rates, which are as follows.
s 61 to 7 or 4 dols. 74c. to 4 dols. 75c., on
to sf. 35c. ; the former rate has ruled to-day.
Hamburg 35i ' • Bremen 76 to 76k. The
ttances is large by this packet.
Market has improved to-day. Sales at the
) a fair extent, at a rise of 1 per cent. in
Bank ; a per cent. in North American Trust
Co. ; Stonington rose 11 per Delaware
Ison declined per cent. Sales on Bills on Phila-
t to 4}: New Orleans 6 to 7.

MARCH 31, 6 P.M

he rates are still on the decline.
STEAMERS.—No British Queen had
two o'clock this day, making 21 days
2: are no apprehensions of her safety,
supposed to have produced the delay.
smer, from Liverpool to Boston, which sailed
now out 12 days, and is daily expected at
mld be odd if the latter should arrive first.—
n. of-the New York Herald, of the 31st

been an

up
There

been out

The Aca

1 Editi

ER TO ENGLAND.—Some of the papers are aug-
Mr. Evans, of Maine, as a suitable person to repre-
is country at the court of St. James. There is no
antry better qualified, but he cannot well be
►e senate. Mr. Evans will be wanted for
Le finance committee. He must sustain the
to the present administration, that Mr.
)re to the last, and it will be a happy thing for
_it Harrison and his cabinet, and the country too, if
able to discharge his duties as acceptably.—New York

from tt

Herald of the 3lat

GOVERNOR OF CUBA.—The new governor, Geronimo
Valdes, has taken the command of the Island of Cuba, he
having been lately appointed in the place of Prince An-

[ALES ON OUR COAST.—A whale of the right whale
,s, as we learn from our correspondent, was killed on
ith instant, off the South shore of Edgartown, by some
prising whalemen of that town. It is said it will make
40 to 45 barrels of oil.

ording to the Little Rock Gazette, buildings intended
government arsenal there, were progressing rapidly.
nain building, with an octagonal tower, was nearly
:d, and is represented as a fine piece of masonry, not
dby anything in the south-west. It now contains
stand of small arms, with accoutrements complete,
large quantity of amunition, and field-pieces, the latter
temporary sheds.

lbany Argus of the 26th ult. says ;—The moderate
- last few days, with the rain of yesterday, have
_zssion on the ice. It started yesterday,
r the town is now tolerably clear. The ice
clear on the 27th, that a steam-boat made

led imr

ad the river

way up to Albany

counts received from Buenos Ayres, that country
very unsettled state. The Governor of the Banda
had raised 8000 troops to protect his province from
r Resa. They were pressing for the army all the
y could find in both provinces. Produce of all kinds
r scarce and high.

Stevenson sent home from England by the last steam-
rived at Boston, a large amount of dispatches, the na-
d character of which are not known, but presumed
reference to the case of M'Leod and the N.E. boun-

Vew York paper

SNOW.—The Norfolk Beacon states that from Tuesday
night of last week, to Thursday night, snow fell in that bo-
rough to the depth of two and a half feet ; and adds—" It
is the deepest snow which has fallen within our recollection
for many years, even in the midst of winter ; and here we
have it in the middle of March 25th ult.

A disastrous fire had broken out at St. John's, N. 8., and
destroyed eight fine stores, and several buildings in the rear
of them, among which were the Obsesver and Morning News
printing-offices. A woman and two chiidren perished in the
flames. There had also been a destructive fire at Augusta.
Mr. Matthew Holdsworth, of the firm of Holdsworth and
Daniel, fell through a hatchway in the second story, and
was so much injured that he survived but a few moments.

ie legislature of New Brunswick have voted £l5OO to
ure a service of plate to be presented to Sir John Harvey
:is retirement from the government of that province.
vote passed the House of Assembly 20 to 9.

Canadian papers state that a general order for the orga-
`,on of the Royal Canadian Regiment (to consist of
who have served fifteen years) was issued by his
Excellency Sir R. Jackson, commander of the forces, on the
The pay of this regiment is to be the same as
Foot Guards, and the men are to be allowed to
;e in agricultural labour and handicraft, when not em-
d in military duties.

4th instant
that of the

large number of ten hundred and sixteen letters were
A at the Albany post•ofce on Tuesday. from the
ship Caledonia.—New York Express of 27th ult.

)od, the vocalist. left the packet ship Washington, when
'ales, and landed at Milford, whence he posted to Lon-
don, with his shares of the United States Bank in his
pocket, all of which he sold at 60. The Washington reached
Portsmouth two days afterwards, with the news of the stop-
age of that institution. This is " coming Yorkshire" with
a vengeance.

23d tilt., a destructive fire broke out in Augusta