The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1850-05-28 00:00:00

FOREIGN AND COLONIAL.

THE SANDWICH ISLANDS.
From the Sandwich Islands we have news to the middle
- of March. Thus Sandwich Islands news is in England in
two months from date. The port of Lahaini Maui was
'visited by a hurricane on the 15th of February, which did
great damage to the shipping in the harbour, and de-
stroyed much property in the town. The schooner Mary
was driven to sea in the early period of the storm, and she
vas followed by the Sophia and two small schooners.
During the night the Sophia capsized, drowning three of
her crew and three or four natives who were on board.
:33oth of the schooners—names unknown—were lost, the
crew of one saved. One hundred houses were blown
,down or unroofed—the king's palace among the number.
ARRIVAL OF THE CAMBRIA.
- (From our Second Edition of Tuesday last.)
• , The Royal mail steamer Cambria, from New York,
arrived in our river at a quarter past eight o'clock this
morning, having made a fine run of 121 days, with head
winds during nearly the whole of her passage. She
brings 110 passengers, and dates from New York to the
Sth instant.
The Niagara had arrived at Halifax on the 7th, having
made the passage across the Atlantic in less than ten
days. Her advices. reporting an advance in cotton, and
in American securities, provisions, &c., had been tele-
graphed to New York.
The auxiliary screw steam-ship City of 'Glasgow, Capt.
Matthews, arrived at New York on the 2nd instant, hav-
ing made the passage in 16 days and 21 hours. She ex-
perienced during four days very severe weather, with a
high sea, and meeting with field ice she was detained (by
having her course altered to the southward) about four-
teen hours. She performed admirably during the bad
weather, and shipped no water. An address of thanks
• and congratulation, signed by all the passengers, was pre-
sented to the captain. expressive of their confidence in
the strength and capabilities of the ship and in the supe-
riority of her machinery.
' The 'United States steamer Washington from Bremen
reached New York on the 4th.
Our telegraphic news furnishes the latest commercial
intelligence.
The following extract from the New York Express,
'though, of melancholy import, ought to furnish a hint
to the manufacturers of this country :-
44 We have a large number of strangers in the city, many of
-them country merchants, who are purchasing liberally of our
jobbers, and the stockof the latter are thus daily reduced ; but
SO many domestic godds have accumulated in the market that
they are afraid to replenish thoroughly, and sales fronLfirst
lands are thus confined to.actual wants. In this state of things
manufacturers are becomingalarmed, and a large mumber of
Cotton Milliare either suspending or making short time." The
establishments at Lowell have most of them given the usual
30 days' notice to their hands, and will close or only run six
Jinni's at the expiration of.the time. The mills about Provi-
dence"and through. Connecticut have many of them come to
the same determination, and south of us, the Patapsco, and
other' arge establishments, near Baltimore, are adopting the
same plan. There is no use in mincing matters—manufacturers.
cannot go on attke present relative prices of the raw material
and finished goods, without infringing upon their capital, and
in this state of things the plan proposed is the only rational
one. Some argue that the best course is to drop prices still
lower, and thus let the goods go out of the market; but this is
only putting off the evil day. Our export markets are limited,.
and if they are broken down now, we must bid adieu to farther
shipments for some time to come. For those who have little or
sio floating capital. suspension of labor is almost equivalent to
suspension of payments ' • but even this will be better in the end
than producing to sell at a loss, which, with some rare excep-
tions, must be the case with all who have to purchase stock at
present rates." •
ONE MONTH LATER. FROM THE PACIFIC.—Tnree
steamers—the Empire City, .the Georgia, and the Che-
rokee—arrived at New York on the 7th instant, bringing
dates from Chagres to the 27th ultimo. They brought
300 passengers, and gold-dust (on freight and in passen-
gers'. hands) to the amount of 2,656,000 dollars, nearly •
the whole of which was from California. The steam-ship •
California arrived at Panama on the 23rd April, bringing
dates from San Francisco to the Ist April. The steam-
ships Sarah Sands and Tennessee sailed from Acapulco
11th April for San Francisco. The former had gone up
full of passengers. About 3,000 still remained upon the
Isthmus, waiting their chance. The rainy season bad
mot set in, and Chagres and Panama were still healthy.
Many robberies were daily taking place at Panama and
.4on.theisthrous. The collector of the customs at Cali-
fornia has received instructions to pay all sums received
as duties to the State government, and steps were being
aken in consequence to form an independent government.
4.1 d is Kited to be more plentiful than ever, but the