The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1851-08-12 00:00:00

WEST INDIA MAIL,

The Royal Mail steam-ship Trent arrived at Southampton
on Saturday night with 54 passengers and '81,240,938
specie.
From Jamaica we have accounts to the 17th ult. The
cholera was increasing in the extent of its ravages in
various parts of the island, particularly in Hanover and
Westmoreland, from whence the accounts are most dis-
tressing. The pestilence has also made ita appearance at
Up-Park Camp amongst the troops, several of the soldiers
having died. The health of the city of Kingston was not
satisfactory, the influenza being very prevalent. Another
visit of cholera was feared. Freight was heavy.
From British Guiana we learn that an important failure
had taken place in the suspension of Mr. A. Duff, with
liabilities for .8'240,000. There had been a decided change
in the weather during the fortnight, and the wet season
had entirely broken up. There is no political news from
this colony.

In Barbadocs the weather was very fine, and the pros-
pects for next year's crop most favourable.
In St. Lucia rain, with high winds and thunderstorms,
had thrown back the planters in taking off the current
crop of sugar. The weather was very favourable for the
next year's crops, which are expected•to be very large.
In Trinidad heavy but beneficial showers had fallen.
Agricultural operations were going on freely. The colony
will probably. ship 33,000 hogsheads of sugar this year.

I.3RITISH SHIPPING. - According to the Navigation
Returns of the Board of Trade, there were, for the month
ending July 5

ENTERED INWARDS. 1849. 1850. 1851.
British vessels
United States vessels .... 69.246-.. 51,109 .. 83,443
Other countries

483,933 505,880 666,205

CLEARED OUTWARDS. 1849. 1850. 1851.
British vessels . 304,596 .. 339 358 .. 366,849
United States vessels 50,624 .. 46.848 .. 90,224
Other countries

428,333 527,771 600,160

•And for the half year, ending July 5
Inward. Outward. Total.
1849..1,766,174 tons .. 1,838.388 tons .. 3,604,562 tons.
1850.. 1,601,167 1,977,454 .. 3,578,621
1851.. 1,714,321 2,094,282 .. 3,808,603
Which is an increase over 1850, in the tonnage of
British vessels to the extent of 113,154 tons in the entries
inwards, and of 116,828 tons in the clearances outwards;
while. as contrasted with 1849, there is a decrease of
51,853 tons inwards, and an bcraase of 255,894 tons
outwards. In the coasting trade, for the month ending
July 5, the tonnage entered inwards was 1,076,443, while,
in July, 1850, it was 1,081,821 ; and, in 1849, 1,066,815.
The clearances outwards were 1,132,885 against 1,161,975
in 1850, and 1,113,555 in 1849.
THE TEETH AND BREATH.—How often do we find the
human face divine disfigured by neglecting the chiefest of
its ornaments, and the breath made disagreeable to com-
panions by non-attendance to the teeth ! Though perfect
in their structure and composition, to keep them in a pure
and healthy state requires some little trouble ; and if those
who are blessed with well-formed teeth know how soon
decay steals into the mouth, making unsightly what other-
wise are delightful to admire, and designating unhealthi-
ness by the impurity of the breath, they would spare no
expense to chase away these fatal blemishes. But although
most ladies are careful, and even particular in these deli-
cate matters, yet few are sufficiently aware of the impera-
tive necessity of avoiding all noxious or mineral substances
of an acrid nature, and of which the greater part of the
cheap tooth-powders of the present day are composed. It
is highly satisfactory to point out Messrs. Rowlands'
Odonto, or Pearl Dentifrice, as a preparation free from all
injurious elements, and eminently calculated to embellish
and preserve the dental structure, to impart a grateful
fragrance to the breath, and to embellish and perpetuate
the graces of the mouth.—Court Journal.

ECCLESIASTICAL INTELLIGENCE.