The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1853-12-13 00:00:00

INDIA.-OVERLAND MAIL.

, Dec. 5.
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the 2d of De-
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~. November ; Madras, 10; Shanghai, Oct. 5 ; Amoy, 12 ;
10 bays
27 ; Singapore, Nov. 4 ; Penang, 6 ; Gale and
'Bombay, 14 ; Burmah, Oct. 23 ; Sydney, Sept. 20; Mel-
loarae, 26; Adelaide, Oct. 1; King George's Sound, 7.
aPegue is still in an unsettled condition, and many
.c.oities have occurred.
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haPrarll. Edwardes is appointed Commissioner for
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Alchange at Calcutta 2.1.
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1,400 e nhghai and Amoy they are still fighting.
caw. owfoo there is great disaffection.
la quiet, but great apprehension prevails.
, a t China is good.
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Kaffir Land, were, i is rpo d, t some uneasiness is
felt, on account of the movements of Anta, a minor chief,
who has intruded on the lands allotted the Tambookies,
but no official statement on the subject has been published.
Sir George Clerk is proceeding with -the affairs of the
sovereignty. The general feeling against the abandonment
of that territory has been expressed throughout the colony,
and very warmly, and in some of the frontier districts it
has been determined by the sovereignty to send home two
delegates to represent their cause ; and Dr. Fraser and
the Rev. Mr. Murray, jun., have been selected for that
purpose.
It has been ascertained that very rich deposits of copper
exist on the western coasts, and a large quantity is reported
as ready for shipment.

AMERLCA.
ARRIVAL OF THE ARABIA.

By the British and North American Royal Mail steam-
ship Arabia, Commodore Judkins, which arrived on Sun-
day, we haseinteJligence from New York to the 30th ult.
The Arabia brought 122 passengers, and $666,796 in
specie. She sailed from New York at 913, a.m., on the
30th. On the Bth instant, at 9,.a.m., in lat. 51, lon. 24 6,
she passed the ship Ashburton, hence for New York ; and
at 1, a.m. on Sunday, passed the steamer America, hence
for Halifax and Boston. She made Cape Clear at 8, a.m.,
on Saturday, and arrived in the river at eight o.clock on
Sunday morning.
The United States mail steam-ship Atlantic, Capt. West,
which sailed from.the Mersey on the 16th ult., arrived at
New York on the 29th ult.

The screw-steamer City of Glasgow arrived at Philadel-
phia, from Liverpool, on the 26th ult.
The Bavaria had arrived at New York with advises
from Melbourne to the 26th August, and Sydney to the
20th, and six thousand ounces of gold on freight.
A Washington correspondent of the New York Herald
says that President Pierce, in his message, will show him-
self favourable to the Pacific railway scheme, if carried out
by private enterprise.
It appears that the British Minister has given great of-
fence to our over-susceptible Brother Jonathan, by not
standing np at a concert, when " Hail Columbia" was
played.
The George Halbert had arrived at New York, from
Havre, with the loss of 75 passengers out of 615. The
packet-ship New World, from Liverpool, lost 75 out of
754 passengers, from cholera. The Cornelia, also from
Liverpool, lost 13 passengers out of 466. The Marathon,
from Liverpool, lost 64 out of 522. The Silas Greenman,
from Liverpool, lost 27, and the first mate, out of 351
passengers. The Rochambeau, from Liverpool, reported
11 deaths. The Powhattan had arrived from Antwerp,
with the loss of 13 passengers. The greatest mortality
had prevailed among women and infants, and the next
largest proportion of deaths had been amongst young
men. The New York Herald has some remarks on the
1 mortality on board emigrant ships. It says that the
disease among the passengers is much more violent on
the European side of the Atlantic, the cases becoming
milder as the ship approaches the American coast. Many
of the shipowners had transmitted orders to their cap-
tains to take no more steerage passengers until there is
, some alteration in the disease. It is said, writes the
I Herald, that the British law, which compels vessels to
carry food for their passengers, and to deal it out to them,
has had a bad effect. The strong overcome the weak, and
obtain an undue allowance of food, while the latter are
either deprived of their full share or cut off, in some in-
, stances, altogether. Amidst such a number it is found
impossible to cook for them, especially in stormy weather.
From the same cause it is found impossible to bestow the
necessary medical attention and nursing on the sick.
They often appear indisposed to care for themselves, and
still less inclined to lend a helping hand to their suffer-
ing companions. They crowd on shipboard unprovided
with food and destitute of clothing, hence, in bad weather,
they suffer from wet, cold, and the want of timely and
properly cooked food, and other comforts necessary to
preserve health. Four persons had been killed by a
steam-boat explosion near Detroit. A telegraph from
Bangor announces that vessels had been blocked up in the
ice. Communications from Albany, Buffalo, and Syracuse
report the weather fine and open.
The legislature of South Carolina assembled at Columbia
on the 28th, and the governor delivered his message on
the following day. He states that the funded debt on the
Ist of October was $1,870,986, and the assets $5,175,542 ;
recommends a subscription of $750,000 to the Blue Ridge
Railroad ; the establishment of a Board of Education, and
the appointment of Commissioners of Public Instruction.
He says the cases of Manuel Pereira and Reuben Roberts,
coloured seamen, are settled, and adds that the conduct of
the British Government in the latter stage of the proceed-
ings was so entirely proper and respectful as to claim a
conciliatory spirit in the legislature on the subject.
The Illinois had arrived at New York with advices from
San Francisco of the Ist November, $879,955 52c. on
freight, and $200,000 in the hands of passengers. The
steam-ships Cortes and California had sailed from San
Francisco with $2,775,064. Bigler and Purdy had been
elected, the former as governor, and the latter as lieut.-
governor of the state. Among the items of news from
the interior is the usual number of casualties, murders,
and other outrages. A man had been hung by Lynch
law in El Dorado county. A shooting affair took place
between a woman and a man in the same county, in which
both were wounded, the former receiving three balls, and
the latter, as is supposed, a fatal wound. In San Louis
Obispo the gaol was entered by an infuriated mob, and
another hardened criminal hung by them to the joist of the
prison. A riot occurred in El Dorado county, in which
some thirty-five or forty men were engaged ; pistols, knives,
clubs, rocks, and other missiles were freely used, and one of
the parties was dangerously wounded. In Sacramento a
prostitute was murdered through jealousy by another,
named Ida Brewer. In Toulumne county a desperate
fight took place between some Mexicans and Chilenois,
at a fandango house, in which several were wounded,
and one Chileno killed. In Calaveras county a fight oc-
curred between a Chilena and an Italian, in which the
former was killed. In 3faysville a Mexican woman was
killed by a Chilean woman. A man was hung in effigy in
Sacramento for attempting a rape upon a little girl. In a
fracas between Boker and Delaney, in Auburn, one was
shot through the arm and the other stabbed several
times. The mining intelligence from all sections of the
' State is very encouraging. Mining water companies
had rapidly increased in all quarters ; millions of dollars
had been invested in these works, and the water con-
veyed through the mines in every direction. Instances
of individual success were as numerous as at any other
period. On one part of the San Joaquin claims were
paying $5 to $l7O per day. Wages were good, and
labourers in demand at $75 per month, and found.
At Park's Bar, on the Yuba, claims were paying as much
and in some instances more than formerly. One quartz
mining company, in Grass Valley, took out in ten
hours, from seventeen tons of rock, $1,599. In one day
the sum of $lO,OOO was taken from the Union claim, on
Feather River, near Bidwell'a Bar. New and productive
diggings had been discovered near Sears' Diggings, by a
green hand from San Francisco. A company of five men
had taken out between $15,000 and 20,000 on the South 1
Fork of Scott River, in the extreme northern part of the
State. At Lake Valley, near the Eastern line of the State,
new diggings had been discovered. Two steam-boats were
blown up on the river between San Francisco and Stock-
ton, on the same night, accompanied with the loss of se-
veral lives—the American Eagle and the Stockton. The
accidents are attributed to imperfections in the boilers.
The St. Francis Hotel had been destroyed by fire, and a
man lost his life. The magnetic telegraph was completed
and in constant operation between San Francisco and
Marysville, through San Jose, Stockton, and Sacramento.
Other lines were also in course of construction. The limber
production of Oregon and California was increasing at an
enormous rate. Building in San Francisco was carried on
without abatement. The improvement of Sacramento in this
respect had also been wonderful. The streets of San Fran-
cisco were undergoing thorough repair, and the Sacremento
level had been placed in such a condition that a future in-
undation was impossible. The barque Caroline had sailed
from San Francisco, carrying a detachment of the forces
intended for the invasion of Sonera. She cleared regu-
larly for Guaymas, and took on board the men and muni-
tions from a steamer as she was leaving the heads. It was
also reported that 150 of the same party left in the Goliah
for San Diego or San Pedro, from which place they were
to have taken a sailing vessel for the purpose of joining
their confederates. The immigration into the State and
Oregon still continued. There had been some suffering
from scarcity of provisions. The immigrants found the
Indians very troublesome and dangerous. Crime in San
Francisco was rather on the decrease. The police depart-
ment had been thoroughly reorganised. The question of
a railroad from Sacramento to various points of the mines
had excited a good deal of discussion in the papers of the
interior. The Indian war in the north, although termi-
nated, was still the subject of comment, several outrages
by the whites having been committed in violation of the
treaty. The United States troops remained in the neigh-
bourhood. There had been a partial failure in the potato
crop.
From the Sandwich Islands advices are to the Bth Oct.
A calm seemed to have followed the ministerial storm.
The new government was moving on quietly. Prince Lot
Kamehameha had resigned the premiership, and Mr. John
Young had been appointed in his stead. The question of
annexation to the United States still engaged general
attention. The small-pox had not ceased its ravages.
We have later news from Tahiti. The natives in the
neighbourhood of Reiatea were engaged in civil war under
two hostile chiefs, King Tamari and an opposing chief of
the oldest family, named Tamatoa. The vox populi was
decidedly with the latter, who did not seek to usurp the
throne, but to redress grievances. The island was divided
into two factions, and they were living in entrenchments,
provoking each other to an attack.
We have advices from Havana to the 22nd ult. The
Queen's birthday had been duly observed. The first stone
of her statue was laid, and the first telegraph in Cuba in-
augurated, messages being sent to Battalana, a distance of
40 miles on the south coast. The British war steamer
Buzzard had arrived at Havana. The market for sugars
at Havana was dull, in consequence of the European news,
but the stock was small.

COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE.

NEW YORK, Nov. 30.

STOCKS AND MolcEY.—The money market is steadily
tightening again, in anticipation of large exports of pre-
cious metals, and the probability is that the banks will
soon reduce the amount of call loans materially. A fair
business has been done in Exchange, and prices are firm.
Bankers' rates on London are 94 to 10 per cent.
COTTON.—(From W. P. Wright's Circular of Nov.
30.)—We have had a good demand for Cotton, particularly
from home consnmers ; holders have been firm, and prices
show an advance of an lc. to -1-c. since this day week ; the
bulk of the transactions, however, have been in cotton on
the way hither from Charleston and Savannah,the steamers
affording opportunities of exhibiting samples here, in many
cases, before it is on shipboard in those ports. Such sales
have been effected at ie. per lb. below the quotations, and
have prevented the advance which the demand operating
on our very light stock of cotton in store would otherwise
have necessarily caused. The total sales since 21st Novem-
ber to last evening have been 11,063 bales, of which 4,120
were taken for export, 3,793 to home consumers, 1,785 to
speculators, and 1,365 bales in transitu. The export
during the same time has been, to Liverpool, 2,800 bales ;
Glasgow, 170 ; Antwerp, 278 bales ; total, 3248 bales.
The receipts show a heavy decrease again, as compared
with last year, and it is quite possible this decrease may
be augmented weekly for map time ; it may, however, be

attributed, to some extent, to local causes. At New
Orleans, and other gulf ports, the prevalence of yellow
fever, until a late period, undoubtedly kept back ship-
ments. More recently, at Mobile, a difficulty between
steam-boats and planters, as to the rates of freiglt on the
rivers, limits the receipts at that point. In the Atlantic
states, since the 25th October, a belief has existed, on the
part of the planters, that the frost caused great -.damage to
the crop, and they are, in consequence, holding. back their
crops in the expectation of realising higher prices later on.
The export to Great Britain continues on a very moderate
scale.
On the subject of the crop opinions vary from week to
week, and the heavy falling off in receipts gives more con-
fidence to those who believe in a crop of about 2,800,000
bales ; but, after all, it is nothing but mere guess work at
present. Just previous to the frost on the 25th October,
3,000,000 bales was considered a low estimate. The frost
changed the views of all, or nearly so, to a certain extent,
and the mass settled upon 2,800,000 to 3,000,000. We
have, during the past week, been receiving accounts that
the injury sustained by the frost is much less than was
supposed, and that during the whole month of November
the weather has been of the most favourable character for
maturing and picking; that bolls only half made on 25th
October, and which it was thought Were destroyed by the
frost, have since matured and opened ; it is, therefore, not
improbable we may soon find public opinion jump to the
other extreme, and indulge in estimates beyond the pro-
bable truth. As yet, frost has not visited the south-
western cotton region, and there is no doubt but that the
weather, since the latter part of October, has improved
the prospects of crop, not only as to quantity, but very
materially in regard to quality of the late pickings.
The following'is a statement of the movement in cotton
since the Ist of September last, as compared with the
previous three years :

1853 1852 1351 1850.
Receipts at the ports 421,000 751,000 477,000 434,000
Exports to Great Britain 112,000 251,000 15(1,000 177,000
France 17,1.00 35,000 61.000 68,000
„ other for. p'ts 30,000 43,000 23.000 38.000
Total exports 159.000 329,000 234,000 283 000
Stock on hand

From which it will be seen that the decrease in receipts
now amounts to 330,000 bales ; the decrease in exports to
Great Britain, 139,000 ; France, 18,000 ; other foreign
ports, 13,000. Total decrease in exports, 170,000 bales.

BinAnsrurrs.—The market for Western and State
flour opened rather heavily on Saturday, with less in-
quiry ; but, on Monday, after the receipt of the Canada's
letters, there was an increased demand for export, and
some advance was realised. Yesterday the market opened
slightly easier, owing to a recurrence of mild weather here
and at the West, which tends greatly to facilitate the re-
ceipts ; but, towards the close, with less offering, there was
some reaction, and our revised quotations now stand about
6-Ic. higher than on Friday last, for nearly all descriptions
except State. The Atlantic's advices were considered fa-
vourable, and it is understood she brought large orders,
particularly from the continent. There is a good inquiry
for fancies and extras, in part for shipment to California.
The wheat market opened dull and depressed on Satur-
day; but, with more inquiry on Monday, increased firm-
ness was apparent, especially for the common descriptions,
which are most wanted for export. Yesterday the market
opened easier, but after the receipt of the private letters
per Atlantic there was a slight reaction, and more steadi-
ness at the close. Our revised quotations show a decline
of lc. to 2c. on prime qualities, and a proportionate ad-
vance on the common descriptions, with large sales. In-
dian corn has continued in active demand, in part for ex-
port ; the market slightly advanced on Saturday and Mon-
day, but yesterday, with large receipts, a portion of the
improvement was lost, the market closing firmly at the
decline.

PRoviszoms.—The demand for western pork continues
moderate, and with only a limited demand; prices of mess
and prime are again 121 c. to 25c. lower. Beef has conti-
nued in moderate request, but country mess and prime,
with increased receipts, have declined 25c. to 50c., closing
firmly at the reduction. Lard has continued in fair de-
mand, and, with a light supply of good, prices are firmly
-supported. Butter is dull at previous prices. Cheese,
with an increased supply, has declined lc. to lc.
Inozr.—There was a fair demand and much steadiness in
the market for Scotch pig, but other descriptions remain
very quiet. The sales are 600 to 800 tons Scotch pig, at
$3l to $35, cash, and $36 to $37,50, 6 mos.; and most of
the recent receipts of Russia sheet, before arrival, on terms
not made public. The advices from England for pig con-
tinue favourable, and higher prices are now asked.
NAVAL STORES.—Most descriptions continued very
quiet, though holders of spirits turpentine are firmer, and
a little better price was offered yesterday. The stock of
turpentine is light, but the scarcity of freight room pre-
vents operations.
FREIGIITS.—NEW YORK, Nov. 30.—T0 Liverpool, the
Great Republic engaged 12,000 to 15,000 bushels wheat,
in bulk, at 12d, 3,000 barrels flour, at 3s 6d, 250 tierces
beef, at 6s, and 1,500 barrels rosin on private terms. By
other vessels, about 25,000 bushels corn and wheat were
engaged, at 12d. to 120, in bulk and ship's bags; 3,000
barrels flour, at 3s 6d ; rosin, at 4s 6d ' • cotton, at 5-32 d
to 3-16 d for square, and 5-16 d for round tables ; lard, 40s;
and cheese, 55s per ton.
HAVANA, Nov. 22.—The stock of sugar at Havana was
100,000 boxes, and at Matanzas 10,000. Assorted was
quoted at ,77,c. to 7c. and 9c.; yellow, Sic. to 7c.; brown,
Sic. to 54e. ; Cucurucho,44c. to 51c. ; and Muscovado, sc.
to 51c. The stock of coffee was very small. Rum was
scarce, at 45c. per pipe. Prices of tobacco were excessive,
and the shipments of cigars were few. Exchange on
London dull, at 13i, and in some cases done for less. Ex-
change on New York and Boston premium. Freights
are dull, and vessels are not wanted.
SAN FRANCISCO, OCT, 31.—Trade has been active, con-
sequent upon a temporary increase of demand for winter
supplies iu the interior, but a combination of circum-
stances operate to prevent a restoration of confidence on
the part of buyers. The supply of general merchandise
never has been as large as it is at present. Several failures
have recently occurred. Money scarce, at 3to 4 per cent.,
on good security. Doubloons very scarce and wanted, 7
per cent. premium. Mexican dollars, also, scarce and
wanted, at 8 per cent. premium. Exchange on England,
at sight, 47d. the dollar; 30 days, 47td.; 60 days, 472 d.:
France, sight, 4.80 f.

AUSTRALIA.
ARRIVAL OF THE VICTORIA.

The Australian Steam Navigation Company's screw-
ship Victoria, Champion, commander, arrived at Falmouth
on Saturday. She left Sydney, Sept. 17 ; Melbourne, 23 ;
Adelaide, 29 ; King George's Sound, Oct. 9 ; and the Cape
of Good Hope, Nov. 7. She is 84 days from Sydney, 78
from Melbourne, 72 from Adelaide, 02 from King George's
Sound, and 32 days 20 hours from the Cape of Good Hope.
She brings on freight 184,000 ounces of gold, and has
44 first and 53 second-class passengers, who probably
possess over 20,000 ounces, some of them having nuggets
varying from 34 to 65 ounces each.—The intelligence
from the colonies generally is satisfactory.
At Sydney the rural and pastoral districts to the north
were very prosperous, and high prices were given for
stations. The city is free from robberies, and handsome
buildings are rising in all directions. A Government sur-
veying party was on duty at Port Curtis or Port Gladstone,
800 or 900 miles north. This port is said to possess many
facilities as a convenient outlet for wool and other agricul-
tural produce now conveyed expensively by land to Sydney
for export.

The Paramatta Railway is making slow progress, in
consequence of a deficiency of labour.
The Adelaide steamer was lying at anchor in Sydney
harbour, her destination undecided. She is said to be in
better condition than was at first supposed.
The Walter Hood was to leave Sydney on the 12th of
October for England by Cape Horn.
The market price for gold at Melbourne is £3 175.—
rising. Wonderful discoveries are making at the new
Ballarat diggings. Three men in six days are said to have'
raised 192 lb. weight of gold. The license fee has been
commuted from £1 10s. per month to £2 for the remainder
of the year —9O to 110 days. The diggings are healthy,
and the diggers are adopting a more scientific mode than
formerly ; they sink a shaft from six to twelve feet
diameter, to a depth of from twenty to one hundred feet,
and from the base work radiating tunnels, which are con-
nected at the outer ends by a circular tunnel. All the
produce is sent up the shaft.
Excepting one at Sydney, all the gold companies, espe-
cially the Peel River, are unsuccessful, in consequence of
the heavy expenses. Through the increased efficiency of
the police the city of Melbourne is quiet. The pro-
jected railway to King William's Town, twenty miles,
has not been begun for want of labourers. About twenty
or thirty merchant ships, with their topmasts struck, are
lying useless in the port. Seamen are scarce ; wages,
from £lO to £l2 per month. The Roxburgh Castle was
to sail for London on the 30th of September. The Her-
cules was preparing for sea.
Some land sales at Melbourne had realised £156 per
foot, or £l3 per inch frontage ; fine flour, £33 ; seconds,
£32 ; cauliflowers, 18s. to 245. per dozen ; geese, 255. to
30s. each ; fowls per pair, 14s. ; potatoes, 30s. per cwt.;
butter, 4s. 6d. per lb.; hay, £35 per ton ; fat cattle, 355.
per 1001 b. • Burton ale, £6 6s. to £7 ; Martell's brandy,
13s. per gallon; champagne, 30s. to 355. per dozen;
brown Java sugar, £l7 to £2l per ton ; congou tea, £6 to
£7 per chest ; Java coffee, 74d. to Bd. per lb. ; Barrat's
neg,rohead, 2s. 3d. to 3s. per lb. ' • English cheese, 10d. to
ls. per lb ; Scotch iron, £l4 to EH per ton ; sheet lead,
£4O to £45 ; deal battens, ls. sd. per foot ; English
cordage, £5O to £6O per ton. Slop clothing not remu-
nerative; superior sorts sell better.
Freights to London.—Gold, 44d. per oz. ; wool, id.
per lb. ; hides, 20s. to 255. per ton; tallow, 30s. per ton ;
oil, £3.
Rates of Exchange.—Bills, 95 days, 6 per cent.; be-
yond that, 7 per cent. ; purchase bills on London, at 30
days' sight, par ; for every additional 30 days, ;,1 per cent.
discount ; issue draughts on London, at 30 days, 2 per
cent. premium.
At Adelaide trade was improving rapidly. Governor
Sir Henry Young had been staying at Adelaide recently.
The Echunga diggings, 15 miles inland, were not very
profitable, although adventurers were still at work there.
The Cleopatra was loading copper ore for London, and
was to sail two days after the Victoria.
The Queen of Perth, Scote, from Dundee, and the Spe-
culation, from London, arrived on the 21st of September.
The Roxburgh Castle was to sail for London on the 25th ;
Ambrosine, on the 24th ; Francis Henty, and Marie Hur-
rie, early ; Sussex, in October ; and the Great Britain,
steam-ship, for Liverpool, in December.
The Adelaide was still at Sydney.

Another grand discovery has just been made. Three
vessels have ascended the Murray River 1200 miles from
the sea. The navigation is proved to be safe, and the
depth of water varying, for immense distances, from 18 to
36 feet. This river is said to be navigable much further
inland, and one of its tributaries, the Darling, is reported
to be navigable some 300 or 400 miles.
Since the date of our last summary (Aug. 18), the
escorts have brought down 258,927 oz. The returns show
a steady weekly increase, with the exception of last week,
which exhibits a shortcoming of no less than 12,000 oz.,
taking the average returns for the preceding four weeks.
GOLD RECEIVED BY ESCORT SINCE AUGUST 13, 1853.
Aug. 20. Aug. 27. Sep. 3. Sep. 10. Sep. 17.
Rendigo, &c. 26,167 35,360 39,077 41,681 21,738
Mivor ...... .„ 1,438 1,408 2,597 1,590 1,633
Private escort 6,313 4,552 4,846 3,090 —llAllarat
Ovens •••• • • • 5,746 5,995 5,358
Goulburn... „ , 1,970 436

Total ...,„ 44,402 47,265 0092 63,588 42,780