The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1850-09-10 00:00:00

THE LatRPOOL STANDARD.

atttn.

AMERICA,

rpo LEND, £BOOO, together, or in Sums not less
j_ than X 2100; also, Xl5OO, X , trtid -X7OO, together or
divided.

Apply to REGINALDFFS, 3, Harrington-street

Ensurante otirrs.

LONDON ASSURANCE CORPORATION,
7, ROYAL EXCHANGE, LONDON.
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, that the Court of Directors
have this day constituted and appointed JOHN SMALL, Esq.,
of No. 2; SOUTH JOHN-STREET, their AGE7.s:Lan&RECEIVER
for FIRE and LIFE ASSURANCE B MESS for Liverpool
and parts adjacent, in the roo James Kennedy, Esq.,
resigned.

S'OIIN LAURENCE, Secretary

degree of tranquillity, conversed freely on his fate, and
was entirely resigned. No one was allowed to see him
except the members of his family and :his spiritual advi-
sers, two Unitarian ministers. He occasionally shed
tears, and was observed several times in prayer and read-
ing his Bible.

The steamship Arctic was to be launched on the 31st
ultimo at New York.

A serious riot took place at Pittsburg, on the 26th ult.,
among the Irishmen employed on the Ohio and Pensyl-
_

vaniara ilroad. The rioters levelled a number of houses
along the road, the inmates of which fled to the woods.

irisoners were in c

A severe storm raged at Norfolk on the 24th ult.
Several small vessels were driven ashore and dismasted,

o or three houses were blown down, and three lives

The report of an insurrection of slaves in Alabama was

The wife of Gen. Avezzana, the distinguished Italian
patriot, met with a shocking accident on the 25th ultimo,
from the effects of which she will not recover. White

attempting to shut

rk, she was percipitated into the
street upon the pavement. The window, which extended
to the floor, was in the second story. ab ut twelve-feet
from the ground. Madam Avezzana fell upon the side of

n Brnadway

New Y

A revolution has-taken place in tle republic of Equa-
dor. General Elzaldi, who was conspicuous in the revo-
lution of 1845, was compelled to flee from the violence of
the insurgents, and take refuge on board a British man of
war, then in the port. of Guayaquil. Leaving the vessel
in a small schooner, he landed in the province of Mena-
bee, and marched, at the head of a small force. on Guaya-
quil, where, it is said, he will be sustained by the leading
men of the country against the designs of the anarchists.
It is their policy to dismember the republic, which has
already been divided into three states. _

The' railroad between Callao and Lima is advancing

with great rapidity

„ .
Our dates from Valparaiso are to the 29th of June
assemble .I on the ls'

Tice President's message

aludes to the various tre
that differences have e

vith foreign powers. stating
with Fr

.nd Belgjun.

•er, proba

ranged by

the zov(
the

e prov&sed it

aty with t
,on form a

of which
. In the

trade, withoi
hem to

flag.
The edification of the lower chisses has becciMe a subject
of interest with the government, and new schools have
been opened in various parts of the country. Reforms
are contemplated in the postal arrangements, and also in

ratting

ag the past

and there was reason to

the Re
The

public were to undergo revision.
captains of the Georgiana and Susan Loud, the
vessels taken at Conroy on suspicion of being concerned
in the Lopez expedition, have net been condemned to
death by the authorities of Havana, but are still detained

News from New Mexico has been received to the 16th
ult. The elections under the new State Constitution
have taken place. Dr. Henry Connelly is elected cT:er

nor, Emantiel Alvarez Lieut.-Governor, Wm. S. Mes-
sera), Representative in Congress. The passage of the
Territorial bill will of course nullify these proceedings.
.The people of New Mexico appear to be nearly equally
'in favour of a State and Territorial government.
A destructive fire took place at Montreal on the 23rd
ult., consuming about 125 houses. The whole amount of
property destroyed is estimated at 120;000 dollars.

ilg in • flee

,parried by tier dau

Lady Aylmar

and her son, Lord Bimee, is now at
rated resort on Lone Island for sea

away; a cele-

Among the bills 'hi eh have received the sanction of
e royal authority of Canada, is-one to enable the city
of Toronto Corporation to issue debentures to the amount
of £lOO,OOO, in sums of not less than £5 each, as soon as
responsible individuals shall have subscribed that amount
toward the stock of the Toronto, Simcoe, and Lake
Huron Railroad. Power is also gi^en to any other mu-
nicipalities through which the road may pass to issue du-
bentures to the amount of £50:000, subject to a similar
condition. It is designed by the provisions of this
bill to give to the subscribers to the stock of the railroad
time to pay up their shares, the municipality in the mean-
time providing the money to carry on the work by the is-
sue of debentures which are negotiable. Each municipal
corporation is empowered 'to create one of its members a
director of the company for every £50,000 debentures it'
ctuary and Secretary. I subscribes.

SON, Wine-broken, -Old-

THONIPSON, Broker,

LIST OF PASSENGERS ,BY THE ROYAL MAIL STEAM,*
SHIP NIAGARA.—From New York : Countess of Alcoy,
Miss Alcoy, two children, and servant, Mr. Castle and
lady, Mr. Wesendonek and lady, Madame Millandin and
boy, Mrs. Ewart, Miss Ewart, Messrs. Swanwick. John
Ewart, Manuel Feradn, Nicholas Ferado, Wm. Huffer,
J. M. Arce, Lahrnanir, L. P. Dickson, L. Bene, Florence
Ceruti, Flower, Jos. Taylor, Victor, L. Braun, S. Belin-
fante, Rev. Father Bernard, Mr. Wm. James and lady,
Major Norcott, lady, child, and maid servant, ?Messrs. D.
Kunst, H. Tucker, J. Parkin, J. E. Kendall, Honsmann,
Wood, H. Williams, Mealier. Leigh, T. H. ReynolCs.
Laurence, Bradshaw, J.. Rea, SchtnAt. Watson, Austin,
Mrs. Cassidy and boy, Mrs. Paris, and Mr. Mayer. From
Halifax : Major Burmester and lady, Mrs. Children and
servant, Mr. Rochwarkr and Mr. Morrison.

street East

COMMERCIAL SUMMARY

NEW YORK, AUGUST 213.
The advices from Europe, received since our last, have had
a favourable effect upon ,Government and State Stocks, the
tendency of prices has been upward. Government Stocks
have improved about I per cent._ The passage in the Senate of

the various bills required for the settlement of the questions
which have been under consideration since the opening of
Congress, has had a good erect upon the market. There is a
fair demand for sound stocks for remittance.
There has been a large business doing in freights at full
prices. The engagements are-50,000 or 60,000 1)1,18. Flour at
Is. 9d. to Is. Mid., anti 45;000 or 50,000 bushels Wheat at sd„
Nearly all, it is understood, is shipped from first hands.
About 5,000 bales Cotton were taken at id., and some heavy

freight at 15s. to 17s. 6cl
Packet of the 20th took

rate is up, and the

amt Cotton at ac

mostly. at 10 to 10i. Francs are-5
224 'to 5 21$
Amsterdam 40i to 404; Bremen, 79i to 80; ; Hamburgh, 35; to

extent, at gradually hardening prices. The limited amount
offering has somewhat restrictea operations tor several <lays
ARRIVAL OF THE NIAGARA. ► past. The market closed yesterday firm at quotations, which
are a to lc. higher than those given in my last circular.
The total sales since the 13th instant, to last evening,
The British and North American Royal Mail steamship
Niagara, Captain Stone, arrived in the river last night, to 34,010 bales, of which a large portion has been taken f
soon after six o'clock, with telegraphic advices from New Great Britain and FFance, some for the Conf;-

amount

York to the 30th ult. She left New York at noon of the i amount for spinning.. The export dnrii
28th, and Halifax at half-past ten on the evening of the to Liverpool, 11,226 bales ; Glasgow,
30th ult. She has brought 62 passengers and 350,000 Marseilles, 81.; Nantes, 68 ; Trieste,
Rotterdam, 667 ; Amsterdam, 56 ; Bre
dollars in specie. , 136 •, total, 20,383.
The steam-ship America arrived at. New York on the The following is a statement of the mo,
evening of the 29th ult. The emigrant-shin James C. the Ist of September last, as compared •
Ward was off Sandy Hook on the 28th. The Niagara Years.
passed, on the 6th instant, a ship standing to westward, , Receip' +
showing 2d D.P., No. 6,741, in hit. 50.51, long. 22.18, i Exne Ls to G
On the Bth she spoke, in lat. 51.15, long. 10.25, the ship 1 '

to other f'n parts 189;030 32

lent, and a fair

. .
Rothschild, from the coast of Africa. On the Bth instant
she passed the 'steam-ship Canada, in lat. 5.15. long. I Total e.,
10.15. On the 9th, at 8 a.m., spoke ship 'Watkins, 20 Stock on hal',
miles to Westward, off Bardsey. The screw steam-ship, Receipts
i Tin
tot Burin; ~.
t,
City of Glasgow arrived at New York on the 25th ultimo, Exports to Great Britain
Tirritasin
after a passage of sixteen days. - ' ~ to Franca
, The Civil and Diplomatic Appropriation Bill passed , to °the,
the house on the 27th 'ultimo, by a majority of 130 Total exports
to 62, after several amendments, one of which was an to y3:defi?,itlii
appropriation of nine thousand dollars for salary and . amounTtoae
4-1
outfit of the charge d'affairs to Nicaragua. The Texan 132.000; maid'
Boundary Bill would be next taken up. The accounts
• at,.
It will be seen by our telegraphic report that Professor able for the grc
Webster has suffered the extreme penalty of the law. ports, on an av
The Tribune repeats its statement that the convict had ' atiniamitted
made another confession, acknowledging that the murder entirety r r
was premeditated. The prisoner preserved a remarkable frost

g same time has
1,094 ; Hsvre, 4

T f'n ports

135,000
_lll,OOO

an usual