The Liverpool Standard, and General Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1854-07-11 00:00:00

AUSTRALIA.

Sydney papers inform us that there is still a demand for
labour of every description in New South Wales, and that
it does not appear likely that any diminution will take
place as long as the gold fields offer sufficient remuneration.
There has been a large class of persons created in Aus-
tralia, to whom freedom from any restraint is a compensa-
tion for the extreme hardships they have undergone in the
pursuit of wealth, and seyere pressure alone will induce
these again to encounter the drudgery of an offiee
life, or to succumb to the conventionalities of an urban
existence:—" Female servants are still in demand, for which
this community seems to have an insatiable appetite, ship-
load after shipload being swallowed up immediately ou
their arrival. A great proportion of these marry well to
settlers in the interior, and those that are left demand
and obtain wages that would be deemed preposterous at
home. There is a great demand in the printing trade for
compositors ; and, at the present prices, this class may
earn on an average £6 per week. Other manual occupa-
tions are paid at an equally high rate, and the cost of living
does not bear a proportion which would render the wages
in England anything like equivalent. A new company
has been established for developing the fisheries which are
known to exist upon our coast, and English fishermen
would find immediate employment, at wages averaging
per week. If they come, they should bring out the neces-
sary implements of their craft."

AMERICA.

ARRIVAL OF THE ARABIA

By the British and North American Royal Mail steam-
ship Arabia, Captain Harrison, we have intelligence from
New York to the 28th ult. The Arabia left New York at
3,31 p.m. on the 28th ult., and reached the Mersey at 7,20
a.m. on Sunday.

She brought 174 passengers, and 283,847 dollars on

freight,

Among the passengers were Mr. John Van Buren,
Mons. and Madame Jullien, Mr. Jullien, jun., Herr Koenig,
and the remainder of his orchestra ; Mons. Roger and
family. French consul at New Orleans, bearer of des-
patches ; Madam© Dillon, wife of the V.eoeli consul at Sao
Francisco ; and Lieut. Farrell and lady.

The United States mail steamship Atlantic arrived
hence at New York on the 25th ult.

The steamships Illinois and Prometheus had arrived at
New York with $2,465,830 of Californian gold on freight.
At San Juan and Greytown affairs remain in statu quo.
The Gadsden Treaty Bill was under discussion in the
House of Representatives.
According to the New York Courier and Enquirer the
revenue of the United States for the fiscal Year ending
July 1, 1854, will stand thus :
Ist Qr. 2nd Qr. 3rd Q,. 41h Qr. Rat.
From Customs 819,716,822 $13,587,821 $16,896.724 $15,600,000
Lands 1,489,562 2,223,076 2,012,908 2,000,003
Incidentals 147,994 101,963 486,091 400,000
Loans

.8'21,357 5,913,211 819,3962025 $18,000,000
Total receipts for the fiscal year 1854 274,766,264
If f! 1853 561,000,000

$13,766,264

Increase of receipts for the present year
The balance in the Treasury last year on the first
July was
It may be estimated at the same date this year at Z 32,000,000

Increase of means at the beginning of the fiscal

_
year 1855
.8 10 .0 57 ,108
The amount of public dept paid off will have been about
$20,000,000. The revenue collected has been, therefore,
about $30,C00,000 more than the current wants of Govern-
ment have required. Of this entire revenue, the existing
tariff has produced $68,000,000, and the public land
$7,700,000.

The Senate of Connecticut has passed a bill providing
that hereafter no jail, court-house, or other public building
of that state shall be used for the custody of a fugitive
slave. A bill is also before the same body, which cts
a fine of 55,000 upon any person who shall lay a claim to
a fugitive slave in that state, and shall not prove to make
his claim good. It is said that the firm of Zanguny Bro-
thers and Co., of Havana, have obtained an exclusive char-
ter from the Queen of Spain for establishing a line of eight
steamships to run between Liverpool, Havre, and that city.
The following report by Captain Allen, of the American
ship Minnesota, arrived at New York, had created a little
indignation :—" At 11, a.m., May 25, lat. 53, lon. 10, saw
H.B.M. steam-ship Gladiator, which fired two guns for us
to heave to. The steamer then ran near us, and sent a
boat on board, and ordered the ship to be hove-to imme-
diately; also demanding the ship's papers. Captain Allen
inquired of the officer in charge of the boat by what
authority he demanded them ? The officer's reply was,
by the orders of his government, and stated to Captain A.
that it was an unpleasant duty for him, but that it was
imperative. The papers were produced and examined ;
and, after an hour's delay, the vessel was allowed to pro-
ceed. The midshipman in charge of the boat alongside
stated to the first officer of the Minnesota, that, had not
the ship been hove-to after firing the second gun, shots
would have been fired at her to compel her."
CILIFORNIA.—Advices had been received at New York
from San Francisco to the Ist of June. The French con-
sul had been tried for violating the neutrality laws ; but
the jury being unable to agree, they were discharged.-..
On the 25th of May a destructive fire occurred in Marys-
vile, and property to the amount of 175,000 dollars was
destroyed. A fire also broke out in San Francisco, which
destroyed property to the value of 43,000 dollars.—The
accounts from the mines are more flattering than ever.
Some rich deposits have been discovered, and several
miners had made fortunes in a week.—Numerous robbe-
ries had been committed in San Francisco ; and chloroform
had been used in some instances- with success. The. Chi-
nese were suspected of being the depredators.—The grand
jury of the United States District Court had found true
bills against Messrs. Walker, Snow, and Jenigan, the
iresident, secretary of the navy, and secretary of war of
the" Republic of Senora."

We have advices from Vera Cruz to the 22d ult. Santa
Anna has issued a decree declaring all departments, dis-
tricts, and towns refusing obedience to the Government in
a state of siege. The cholera had broken out, and was
raging with most unabated fury, particularly at Telalpain.
Among the victims were Madame Sontag, Mr. Barkeley,
the Secretary of the English Legation at Mexico, Senor
Bustamente, Secretary of the Spanish Legation at Mexico,
and many other distinguished personages. In one day
the victims of the epidemic reached two hundred.
Madame Sontag was first taken sick on the 11th ult., on
which evening she was announced to appear in Lucrezia
Borgia. She was somewhat better on the 16th, but a
relapse occurred, and she died on the 18th ultimo. Uni-
versal grief was manifested for her by the citizens of
Mexico, and an immense number attended her funeral.
A letter from Callao, dated May 26, says : " The Govern-
ment affairs are in a critical condition; any movement, no
matter how small, alarms the Government in a moment.
Arrests are made every day, and a little time since the
Government dispatched a vessel called the Hector, with
sealed orders, not to be opened until the vessel passed into
lat. 5 deg. north of the Equator. She was loaded with
state prisoners, but it seems the contents of the orders
were found out, and the vessel put into Guayaquil, releas-
ing all the prisoners. From good authority I learn that
the ship was to have been set on fire and scuttled, that
being the contents of the sealed order."

COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE,

°BTU JUicE.—M
The StMil

at previous rates

scount houses had i

?.3, was in good demand,
f,paper offering at the

obtained, namely, 12 per c

and 15 per cent:c

7 full rate

in prime endorsed notei
There appeared to be ar

exercised an unus.

market, but CaT;itfd

exhibit of
leadirw. iten

The loss

ductioii of ioar
52,360,381. Th(

Th
911 +l,

S~l 2
r~~~•r

if caution in placing it

); ditto

's of deposits
lie debt of th(

of 1847; $173

from'Ualifornia in the course of two or three days prior to
the sailing of the Arabia. Foreign exchange was extreme-
ly dull until lower rates were accepted, when the market
closed heavy at the following rates :—London, 109 to 1091 ;
Paris, 5111 to 515. Trade continued flat, and there ap-
peared to be more than the usual degree of apathy among
all classes of the mercantile community even for the dull
season of the year, buyers in most instances having the
advantage.

CoTTON.—The market for grades below middling was
scarcely so firm, and for mixed lots a decline of *c. had
been accepted. Strict classifications being comparatively
scarce, were firmly held. The Atlantic's unfavourable ac-
counts had not exercised much influence upon the market,
being pretty generally anticipated. The business had
been confined chiefly to sales for home use, and as the
better grades only were required, holders obtained an
advance of Tle. to c. on all grades except ordinary.
Qualities ranging mixed middling, low middling, and
under, had been neglected and nominal. The New York
Courier and Enquirer states, " The lists averaging mid-
dling offered are made up of light stained, white, and blue
cotton, and from every market in the south we are advised
of some scarcity of even running middling and upward.
Oar friends abroad will do well, therefore, to keep this
fact steadily in view, that their stocks of strict middling
and upward cannot be replenished from the crop of this
season, nor replaced even in limited quantities within id.
full of the last quotations advised per Atlantic." _

NEW YORK CLASSIFICATIONS.
Uplands. Florida. Mobile
Ordinary.— 7i to 0 .... 7i to 0 .. 7i:to 0
Middling 9i to 0 .... 9f to 0 .. 93 to 0
MiddlingfairlOitoo .... 101to0 .. left° 0
Fair

N. Orleans
and Texas.
7+ to 0
.. 91 to 0
.. 11i to 0
.. 12i to 0

11 coo .... 11it00 11it00
EXPORT FROM THE UNITED STATER_
Since Ist September, 1853
Same time, 1852 2,307,230 ,y

BREADSTUFFS.—The market for inferior and common
grades of State and Western flour continued heavy, with
a limited demand, and prices had receded 121 c. to 25c.
The better grades, however, were without material change,

and the market had assumed a more steady tone. There
existed a rather better demand for export to Great Britain
and the continent, and shipments continued to be made to
a moderate extent from first hands. Canada flour was a
shade lower, and the demand moderate, the market
closing heavily. Wheat was lower, and the export de-
mand moderate. Accounts of the growing crops were
satisfactory. The harvest was expected to be later than
usual, but the belief gained ground that the yield of
wheat would be larger than ever before garnered.
PROVISIONS.—The market for western pork was de.
pressed, owing to increased receipts, and a decline of 24c.
on mess, and 681 c. to 75c. on prime had been established.
Beef continued in good request, and with a reduced stock
and light receipts, the market remained firm. Lard closed
rather heavily at 92c. to 9ic. for fair to prime. Butter is
plenty and dull. Cheese dull at 6c. to 9c. per lb.
FainduTs.—Shipments of flour were made to Liverpool
at 2s. ; flaxseed 4s. 3d, ; tallow, 20s. • grain, 6d., 7d. asked ;
cotton, id.; rosin, is. 9d.; heavy goods, 20s. To Havre :
Flour, 60c., and provisions it. To London : Flour, 2s. ;
measurement good, 30s. To Glasgow : Flour, 2s.
NEW ORLEANS, JuNE 27.—Freights are active. The
cotton market is firm at 81c. for middling.

HAVANA, JUNE 22.—The sugar market had somewhat
revived, planters being desirous to realise and buyers
better inclined to purchase. The stock of sugars does not
exceed 18,000 boxes. Molasses was scarce. Rum was in
demand at $29 50 to $3l the pipe for coloured, and $33 50
for white. Freights had declined from ss. to 10s. We
quote, to Cowes and North Sea, £3 ss. to £4 ; Mediter-
ranean, £3 los. to £4 55.; Great Britain, £3 to £4 ;
France, f 110 to f 120. Exchanges continue very dull,
and but little done. We quote London, 9to 10 per cent.
prem. Mexican dollars were worth sto 6 per cent. prem.
on shipboard.