The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1851-02-18 00:00:00

ARRIVAL OF THE ARCTIC

By the United States Mail steam-ship Arctic, Captain
Luce, we have received advices from New York to the sth
instant. She brought £25,000 specie, and 15 passengers.
She encountered rather severe weather on the passage,
and has therefore made an excellent run. The Canada
arrived at' Halifax on the 3rd instant, in -sixteen days
from Liverpool.

No rarticular movement had taken place in congress,
and tie news generally by this arrival is unimportant.
Letters from Washington state that no essential modifi-
cation of the tariff is likely to take place this session.
Congress is now almost inundated with applications 'for
new lines of steam-ships. Proposals for the establish-
ment cf eight new lines have already been presented,
namely, one from San Francisco to Canton via the Sand-
wich Islands; lines from Philadelphia to Liverpool, Rio
de Janeiro and to Antwerp; one from Norfolk to 'Gibral-
tar ; oaefrom Baltimore and Norfolk to the African coast,
one from Nem'Orleans to Vera Cruz, touching at the
mouthof the Coatzacualco ; and, finally, one fromTehu-
antepec to San Francisco.
Theanxiety about the Atlantic steam-ship is, of course,
greater than ever, and the general alarm was almost
vieldirg to despondency. Her safety was, however,
strongy asserted by most, on account of her admirable
seagoiag qualities.
Caplain Bernsee, of the barque Frances Watts, reports
baying seen a sea-serpent within forty yards of his vessel,
and about sixty feet out of the water. In colour it was
apparently " very green."
Nicaragua accounts to the 31st of December report that
the pert of San Juan had been made free to all nations.
The ciEal operators were rapidly progressing, the steamer
directcrs having succeeded in getting on the lake.
Thefrigate St. Lawrence, with articles for the Exhibi-
tion, vas nearly ready for sea, having taken on board
nearlyall the contributions, numbering about 500.
Accounts from Canada report that Lord Elgin had
stated in a reply to an address from the Grand Jury, that
the seat of Government will, undoubtedly, be removed to
Quebec after the completion of its two years in Toronto.
The noble lord had received a dispatch from the Colonial
Secrztary, authorizing the admission of American reprints
of Eqglish copyright works at twenty per cent. duty.
This is merely a provisional arrangement, but will be
madepermanent hereafter. The duties collected by the
Canalian Custom-houses are to be paid over to the pro-
prietors of the copyrights of the American reprints; who
are rquired to furnish the revenue officers with a list of
theirworks. Unless this condition is complied with, the
dutywill, in no instance, be enforced. Inspector Gine-
ral Hooks had returned from his mission in Washington
on tie subject of Canadian reciprocity. The new corn-
monschool law, providing for the establishment of sepa-
rate schools for Roman Catholics, bad created some dis-
turbance in Upper Canada. In Toronto, Bishop Char-
'bonrel had had recourse to legal measures to enforce the
applbation of the law. The excitement had been so great
in certain quarters as to lead to acts of violence. In one
distinct a school-house had been burned.

COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE.
NEW YORK, FEB. 5.
Tit exchange market is heavy and the supply fair. Sterling
i s Sato 10 for first-class bills; France, 5 12*.
Tie money market is easier. Good stocks loans are nego-
tiated with more ease. The rates are sto 6 per cent. ; paper
goes at 6 to 7 per cent. for good names.
Cctton is very heavy, with sales of only 350 bales, at a de-
clint of to it, but no large sales could be effected without a
gretter concession. Subsequent to the departure of the Asia,
on Vednesday last, prices receded *c., and remained steady
till Monday last, at this reduction, pending late advices from
abroad, but when these came to hand yesterday, they com-
pletely unsettled the market, the decline in Liverpool being
unexpected ; sales of some hundred bales were made at
unelen prices, averaging about half a cent lower. Our quota-
tion, though reduced, must be co nsioered as entirely nominal
Imam claiming a still further reduction. The receipts at all
the shipping (ports are 1,254,384 bales, against 1,217,731. to
gam date last year—an increase this season of 6,653 bales.
The •otal foreign exports this year are 93,858 bales more than
last—say, 29,964 bales increase to Great Britain, 46,391 to
increase to France, 6,834 increase to the North of Europe, and
10,619 increase to other foreign ports. The shipments from
soutlern to rorthern
.ports are 91,920 bales less this season
than last, and there is an increase in stock of 45,836 bales.
The ;ales for the week ending Friday last were 5,100 bales, and
for tie last three days 1,400.
Tie ashes market is heavy for pots, with sales at d 5 S?ic.
Pears unchanged, and saleable at d 5 62*c. Sales, 50 barrels.
Iron.--There have been sales of 200 tons of Gartsherrie and
Colttess iron, at d2l 58c., at 6 months, to arrive. They market
is filn.

Fbur and Meal were a heavy sale, at easier rates, the market
being unfavourably influenced by the Canada's advices.
Wheat was a dull sale, at late rates. Indian Corn was steady,
but quiet ; 3,500 bushels of Southern sold at 67c.
Piovisionv.—The market for Pork was dull. Beef firm, and
in ffir demand. Lard was in good demand. 100 tierces new
soldat 8/c. to 83c.

Freights steady, but shipments small. Flour, Bd. to 9d.
Cotbn, i; dead weights, 12s. &l. to 18s.

Net. ROBERTS' NEW HAIR-CUTTING ROOMS, CASTLE-
STEEET.—The hair-cutting establishment recently fitted
up by Mr. Roberts, in Castle-scree , is one in every way
wcrthv of a visit, as shewiug how far taste and a liberal
expenditure can go to reconcile us to what is certainly
anything but a pleasant operation, as performed by ordi-
nary operators and in ordinary localities. The room down
stairs devoted to gentlemen is one of the handsomest in
the kingdom. The walls, which are divided into compart-
ments, by rich scroll work and carving, are partially
covered with twelve magnificent mirrors, reaching from
the flooring to the ceiling. The room is well ventilated,
a proper temperature being kept, and well lighted ; and
the furniture is rich and most comfortable. Behind this
room Mr. Roberts has provided marble washbasins and
other conveniences, for the use of his customers at all
hours of the day. A commodious ladies' room is pro-
vided up stairs. _ _ _

LAST WEEK BUT ONE OF MR. COLLES'S VISIT TO
LIVERPOOL.—Our readers will perceive, by Mr. Collea's
advertisement in another column, that next week will be
the last of his remaining in this town ; no time, there-
fore, should be lost by those who have a desire to procure
some of his ingenious and highly-amusing novelties. Mr.
R. has recently introduced a new deception, the " cone -
trick," which is, in our opinion, quite equal to the dis-
solving ball. A solid block of wood is placed on a small
table, at which we are allowed to sit and place our hands
on it, so that we see plainly them is no trap, or anything
of the kind, and yet, on being covered over with a thin
paper by Mr. Cones, it absolutely vanishes, and a ball or
die has taken its place ; the ball is then covered, and in
an instant the ball passes through= the table, and the
block of wood is in its own place again. This Mr. C.
has no hesitation in performing over and over again, if
required. It is a most startling deception ; and we
almost feel inclined to doubt our own eyes.
THE GREAT EXHIBITIObT.—A prize of 100 guineas has
'been offered by the Rev. Dr. Emerton, of Magdalen Hall
College, Oxford, and of Hanwell College, Middlesex, for
the best essay on the following subiect :—". In what re.
speet is the union of all nations at the Great Exhibition
calculated to further the moral and religious welfare of
mankif.d, and thus conduce to the glory of God ? and in
what respect may we, as a nation and as individuals, most
effectually promote this object ?" The following gentle.
men have been appointed adjudicators :—The Rev. R.
Mitchell, 13. D. Vice-Principal of Magdalen and
Public Orator Of the University of Oxford. The Rev.
Robert Walker, M.A., F.R.S., Reader in Experimental
Philosophy in the University of Oxford. The composi-
tions are to be sent, psstage free, to the Umpire, the
Rev. Dr. Emerton, Hanweil College, Middlesex, on or
before the 31st of March, and none cm be reeejFed after ,
the pt of May.