The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1851-04-22 00:00:00

CALIFORNIA

We have advices from San Francisco to the sth ultimo
by the steamer Georgia, .which reached New York on the
6th instant, in three days and 18 hours from .Havana.
The Empire City arrived at New York on the morning
of the .Bth, with 1,000,000 dollars in gold _dust. The
former 'vessel reports the arrival at Panama of the Bo-
livia (British) and. Californian (American) with each
1,000,000 dollars of gold and silver.

After an bun:tenet. number of ballotings by the Califor-
nian legislature, the election of an U.S. senator was post-
poned until the nest month.

The conditiOn of tfie CaMfornia markets had not materially

changed. The condition of the country is still highly
prosperous. The draught continued, and apprehensions
are entertained on account of it ; but the gold diggings
had yielded handsomely. Some new diggings have been
discovered, and, despite the dry season, the yield of gold
has
_been satisfactory.

The steamer Santa Clara had been destroyed by fire at
, San Francisco, and whilst the destructive element was
raging flames were seen issuing from the steamer Hartford,
which was also very much damaged. Two of the crew of
the former vessel perished.
Much excitement had prevailed at San Francisco, on
account of the frequent occurrence of crimes, the inse-
curity of life and property, and the apparent inefficacy of
the laws to secure the punishment of crime. One of the
papers states that there had been, thus far, no instance of
an execution for murder under the laws, although so many
murders had taken place. Judge Lynch was therefore
much inclined to take.up the business, particularly in the
case of two Australians named Stuart and Wildred. A
trial took place, but the jury were not agreed, and the
pri,-oners consequently escaped death for the time, and
were remanded for trial before the District Court. At
Sacramento City, a murderer was actually hung by the
populace. An Englishman named Richard or Joseph
Halfhead, formerly of Bedford Eng. and for about six
weeks a resident of Bo-ton, Mass, as a machinist, was
murdered in the mountains, Feb. 20th.
Justice Sellers, formerly of Ohio. was fatally stabbed at
Napa, by a man named Macauley, from Missouri, against
whom the Justice had given a recent decision. Macaulev
was arrested, and with difficulty escaped being hung on
the nearest tree.

We learn from the Panama Star of the 25th ult., that
the three wretches who murdered two boat loads of pas-
sengers, afe v weeks since, on the Chagrcssriver, have
been tried, found guilty, and NT ere to be shot about the
sth of the present month. Also Wm. C. Hance, the cap-
tain of the bard of Chilians who robbed a specie train
some months ago.

About thirty houses were destroyed by fire March 23d,
on the island of Taboga, opposite Panama, including the
Taboga Hotel, the house and office of Messrs. Power and
Rebello, and a store-house belonging to Messrs. Zacha-
risson, IsT?lson and Co. Loss estimated at 30,000 dollars.
Dates from Shanghai, China, to Dec. 28th had been
received at San Francisco, by the ship E. L. Frost, Capt.
Rogers. She made the passage in 45 days, and brought
a large cargo of teas, sugar, &c.

ABSTRACT OF LOG. INWARDS, OF THI

CANADA

April 9.—Wind W. by N., course various. At 110 p.m. set
on full speed dawn Boston harbour; 2 10 pilot left.
April 10.—Wind variable, course N. 76 E., dis. 230 miles.
Fine clear weather; 11 23 Maugher's Beach ; 11 47 arrived at
Halifax.

April 11.—Wind N.E., course S. 73 E., dis. 102 miles. At
25 a.m. proceeded down the harbour; 4 p.m. sailin
inth sian

water.
April 12

Wind E.S.I

Strcing head winds, and fo
April 13.—Course S

~ course N. 82 SO E., dis
)ggy weather
76 E., dis

14 mil,

Strong head

April 14.—Course N. 87 E., dis. 157 miles
gales, and high head sea.
April 15.—Course S. 87 E., dis. 163 miles. Strong head
gales, and high head sea; 440 p.m. exchanged signals with
Danish barque Argo, steering to the eastward, i❑ long.
43 46 W.

April 16.—Wind E.N.E., &c., course N. 77 E.. dis. 224 miles
Brisk brene and cloudy.
April 17.—Wind N.. course N. 72 E., di

breeze and cloudy.
April 18.—Wind variable, course N. 59 E., d
Moderate and cloudy.
April 19.—Course N. 60 30 E., dis
cloudy

78 miles

4 miles. Moderate and

Arlin 20.—Wind S.S.E., course S. 88 E., dis. 285 miles.
Brisk breeze and hazy; 5 15 p.m. passed ship Guy Mannering,
of New York, under all sail, steering to the eastward ; JR 25
Cape Clear, bearing north; 11 16 Otd Head of Kinsale by
north.

April 21.—Wind W.S.W. At 7 30 a.m. Tuskar
passed the ship Jubilee, outward bound, and barquc
inward bound ; 2 5 Holyhead ; 7 50 p.m. Rock Light.

8 a.m.
Francis,

CONSOLATION FOR THE BRITISH FARMER

The Lirerpool Times of Thursday, after announcing
the remarkable discovery that the average prices of grain
for the week ended April sth had been 38s. 4d.—(just
13s. Bd., by the bye, below the price which our free-trade
sages assured us would be the ruling average)—thus ad-
dresses the farming classes :

" Taking everything into consideration, we may fairly con-
sider that the agricultural interest will now begin to see more
clearly the advantages which it has derived, and the further
prospective advantages which it will continue to derive, from
the effects of the much-abused free trade. In the first place,
in common with the rest of us, they have benefitted materially
by the reduction o: the price of all the
_other necessaries of
life. Their attention has been keenly awakened to the neces-
sity of not only farming on a better principle, but of making
fresh and more reasonable arrangements for the occupation of
their land ; and last, but not least, the cheap price of their
staple commodity (coupled with the extraordinary increase of
occupation produced by free trade in the other branches or
industry) has caused so large an increase of consiiinption,
that, notwithstanding the imports from abroad, prices of grain
- advancing, and now rule about five ner cent. above what

they were nt 'the sane time last year. We think they must
now find it extremely difficult to avoid coming to the conclu-
sion that, after all, it is not so bad as they expected; and
should (as is probable) the still-inereaßiun

cuatrill (Imams cause a
moderate further natural rise in the price, we have no doubt
but that, when their other advantages are more clearly appre-
ciated, the very title of Protectionist will sink into oblivion."
The italics are our own ; and the whole paragraph is a
gem, worthy of being put into a costly frame, and hung.
up in the parlour of every farmer in the kingdom. We
did intend to comment upon it ; but, on second conside-
ration, we shall only ask our contemporary the questions,
—where he has discovered " the extraordinary increase of
occupation produced by free trade in the other branches of
industry" ; where he has learnt that " prices of grain are
advancing" ; and where he has heard of any probability,
which he seems to believe in, of " the still increasing
demand causing a further probable natural rise in the
price." By the bye, what does he mean by a natural
rise in the price ? If be had talked about a rise to a
' ht '

natural price, we mig..L have understood him. It will
take many of his " natural rises " to bring us to that
great desideratum.

LATEST INTELLIGENn pl.
BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.

PARIS, SUNDAY.—Confidential reports from the pro-
vinces state that throughout the whole space, from the
Department of the Soane et Loire to Montpelier, Lignes,
Avignon, and Marseilles, extreme and violent political
opinions have progressed. No disturbances, however,
are expected in Paris or the provinces on the 4th of May.
The Lines were done to-day at 9'2.50, upon the news from
Portugal that the insurrection there had made no progress.
There is nothing more known than that the Duke de Sal-
danha was making his way towards Oporto.
ITALY.—A Piedinontcse journal of the 16th strtes that
an Envoy, who had lately left Rome for Naples, was
negociating a league between Rome, Tuscany, Naples,
Parma, and Modena, for the purpose of mutually main-
taining tranquillity in those different States without the
intervention or occupation of any foreign force.
SARDINIA.—TURIN. 15TH.—The decision on the report
of the Cormnisson on the Belgian and British Commer-
cial Treaties was going on in the House of Deputies. No
doubt was entertained of the favourable result of a divi-

INDIA AND CHINA MAILS.—The Indus, (s) with this
heavy portion of the India and China mails, arrived at
Southampton at 5 o'clock this evening.

NEWMARKET RACES—
HANDICAP.—PaImyra filly, lst ; Westovw
SWEEPSTAKES.—CrOODier, ISt z
SWEEPSTAKES.-11111TelOOS. lot; COMlCtlia
SWEEPSTAKES.—BaIsamo, Ist
Won by a length.
.e5O PLATE.—Cariboo, let; Nutcracker, 2d
BETTING AT ONE O'CLOCK.
Two THOUSAND GUINEAS STAKES.-5 to 2 totSt MOttota.
Sylph colt; 3 to 1 agst Confessor; 6 to 1 agst Hernandez.
OAKS.—" to 1 agst Hesse Homborg; 8 to 1 agst Iris; 8 to
agst Aphrodite.

MONDAY

2d ; Nondescript

; squaw, 2dl; Christina, 3

Even on Aphordite