The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1843-08-29 00:00:00

Standard-office, Half-past Ten o'clock.

ARRIVAL OF THE ACADIA.

The Boston and Halifax Royal Mail Steam-ship Acadia,
arrived in the river this morning at half-past four, having
left Boston on the 16th and Halifax on the 18th instant,
at 3 o'clock p.m. She has therefore accompiished the
passage from Halifax in ten days and nine and a half
hours.

The case of Mrs. Gilmour, the Scotch murderess, has
been at length brought to a decision, and the marshal of
the United States has received a warrantcommanding him
to surrender her to the British authorities.
The elections through the various States for the Con-
gress were proceeding generally in favour of the whig
candidates, and in some instances by immense majorities.
We have melancholly details of the ravages by the late
storm at Pennsylvania. The destruction of life and pro-
perty is immense. The loss in Delaware county is es-
timated at 500,000 dollars.
A riot took place at Philadelphia on the 6th instant,
when several men were severely injured. It seems to have
arisen between two rival fire companys.
Another demand under the treaty has been made of a
man charged with having committed a theft in Canada,
and absconded to New York. The commissioner decided
that he had no jurisdiction in the case, as " theft" was
not enumerated in the treaty. Robbery, which is men-
tioned in the treaty, and ordinary theft, he considered to
be distinct classes of crime, the former depriving a per-
son of property by force.
Strong hopes were entertained that the ship Memphis
would be got off, although much boisterous weather had
been experienced ; she had made but little water.
The operations at the New York Board of Brokers on
the 15th were to a fair extent, and generally at an advance
in rates.
Domestic Exchanges are in limited request, and rates
are steady.
The demand for Foreign Bills of Exchange for the
packet of the 16th was unusually small. The supply of
bills, however, was moderate, which enables holders to
maintain their position.
Specie was dull, and the recent exports have been more
than counterbalanced by various importations.
Money continued abundant for all business purposes,
and although the improvement in mercantile affairs gene-
rally had caused an increase in the amount of paper of-
fering for discount, no corresponding advance had taken
place in the rates of interest. Loans were readily effected
upon undoubted securities at 31 a 5 per cent. per annum.
The transactions at the Stock Exchange for some weeks
had been moderate, with but little variation in rates—the
demand being about equal to the supply.
The improvement in the Cotton Market noticed on
Friday still continued. The sales of the 13th and 14th
amounted to 2,500 bales, at an advance of to ;1- cent per
lb. upon the prices obtained previous to the arrival of the
Acadia. This advance, however, was principally in the
middling and lower qualities. Uplands, very ordinary to
middling, 51 to 61 cents per lb. ; fair, to good fair and
good, 7i to 71 and Scents; Tenessees and Alabamas, 51
to 61 cents; Mobiles, Louisianas, &c. ordinary to mid-
dling, 51 to 6i cents. ; fair, to good fair, 7 to 81 cents ;
good and fine, 9 to 10 and 11 cents. The receipts of
Cotton since the first of September were 2,367.000 bales
against 1,663,000 last year. The exports to Europe
amount to 1,990,000 bales, of which 1,461,000 were to
Great Britain.

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The supply of Western Flour was large and the demand
moderate.

List of Passengers from Boston to Halifax.—Sarah S.
Jacobs ; Mr. Read ; Fred. Myers ; Mr. J. M. Tobin-4.
From Boston to Liverpool.—Mrs. Western ; Warren
Delano, jun. ; J. W. Webster ; Mr. Hector Turnbull ;
S. Wittering ; Dr. Alleyne ; W. Sandom, R.N. ; Mr.
Ricalton, Secretary and Servant; Robert Haynes; Jos.
Haynes; Charles W. Claude; Mr. John D. Blithe;
J. R. Poizet and Mrs. Poizet; W. H. M'Neil ; J. Stur•
gis Nye ; W. Page ; W. Bond ; W. Peter ; Gustave Joly ;
J. S. Muir; Major Ewing ; G. Y. Davis ; Rev. C.
Mathews; R. E. Cook ; Francis Carpanato ; Felix
Fouche ; Jase de Laine ; G. W. Whistler ; Miss Whistler,
three children and servant ; Mr. F. B. Blanchard ; A. S.
Addison ; J. H. Willis ; Thomas Kennedy ; G. M. Bay-
ley ; Cmser Vernet, 42.
From Halifax to Liverpool.—Mr. W. J. Ritchie ; Rev.
R. Williamson, 2-48.

Abstract of the Log.
August 16th, at 2h. 30w. P M. left Boston for Halifax.
~ 17th, running along the Coast.
~ 18th, in 7 lat. 30 lon. arrived in Halifax at three
o'clock, P.M. Left Halifax for Liverpool.
August 19th, in 44 36 tat. 59 13 lon. wind S.S.W. 192
miles. Moderate breezes and thick weather.

August 20th. in 45 15 lat. 54 11 lon. wind S.W. 217
miles. Ditto.
August 21st, in 45 51 lat. 48 25 lon. wind S.W. 243
miles. Moderate breezes and foggy.
August 22nd, in 46 49 lat. 43 11 lon. wind variable, 230
miles. Ditto.
August 23rd, in 47 49 lat. 37 56 lon. wind variable, 224
miles. Strong breezes and clear.
August 24th, in 48 23 lat. 31 53 lon. wind N.W. 246
miles. Ditto.
August 25th, in 48 50 lat. 25 50 lon. wind N.N.W. 238
miles. Ditto. _ _ _

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August 26th, in 49 34 lat. 19 17 lon. wind N.W. 260
miles. Ditto.

miAleusg.uspt 27 in in 50 36 lat. 12 24 tuu. wtua ZOO
August, Wax, In 61 60 lof. 6 23 lon. wild S.W. 245
miles. Strong breezes, thick, and foggy. At ten, p.m.
off Holyhead, and arrived in Liverpool on the 29th, at
4 30, a.m. being 10 days 9 hours from Halifax.
21st spoke the Juiian, from Quebec to Bristol. 29th
spoke, in the Channel, the barque Tinwall and schooner
Providence, of Liverpool.