The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser. — 1855-07-03 (Liverpool, Merseyside, England)

AMERICA.  ARRIVAL OF THE AFRICA.  - Br the British and North American Royal Mail steam-ship Africa, Captain Little, which arrived soon after midnight on Saturday, we have intelligence from New York to the 19th, Boston the 20th, and Halifax the 22nd ult. She brought 223 passengers, and $811,142, and £6OO in specie. The Hon. John Ross, Speaker of the Legislative Council of Canada, was a passenger by the-Africa. The steam-ship Asia arrived at Halifax on the 20th ult. The ship William Rathbone, hence, at New York, had nine deaths amongst her passengers. The United. States new steam-frigate Mirrimac had been launched from the Charleston navy yard, The United States revenue-cutter Washington had intercepted a vessel leaving the harbour of New York, with nearly 60 persons on board, enlisted, as it is alleged, for the Crimea. At a fire which broke out in the toy and fireworks establishment of Dunkin and Robbins, No. 10, Maiden-lane, a terrific explosion of combustibles had occurred, and a young man, named Philip H. Jeanneret, had perished in the flames. A gold snuff-box, ornamented with brilliants, said to have been sent as a present by the Emperor of France to a gentleman in New York, and which had been levied on for debt, was sold by auction by the sheriff, in the City-hall, for $BOO, The Germans of Williamsburg were making preparations to forcibly resist the enforcement of the prohibitory liquor law. Meetings had been held, and resolutions recommending violent measures, adopted. At N.ew York, a great meeting of the Know-Nothing party had been held in the Park, and the Philadelphia platform adopted. The Massachusetts section had decided to call an extra session of the State Council on the 28th ult., when the seceding delegates to tie Philadelphia Convention would make their report. A despatch from New Or%sans stated that cholera had appeared among the United States• troops at Baton Rouge, in an epidemic form, and that several deaths had occurs-ed. The barque Magnolia, which had been seized by the Government and taken into Mobile, as• belonging to- the Kinney expedition, had on board 3000 riffes;lBoo Colt's revolvers, 6000 lbs. of powder made up into 300,000 rounds fixed ammunition, 1000 tents, a battery of brass field pieees,all complete, with haness, equipment, cartridges, and slot to match,- lots- of pikes and sabres, a quantity of clothing, and 500 cots. In Mississippi; State showers of veritable brimstone• had fallen. In some districts of the State frost had been experienced on the 11th ult. Mr. G. R. Griffithi•theinventor-of the India-rubber cotton) floats, was at Tuscaloosa- preparing to down to Mobile 100• bales of cotton. The Lochmaben Castle, hence, with 657 passengers, and a 4 cargo of salt and rice, had been wrecked Orr the Bird Rocker H was expected that the• whole of the passengers would besaved.  In Upper Canada there- is said to be difficAties-with the Saugeen Indians, who complain of having beenoverreached by the-Government in a treaty respecting their lands, which they agreed, on certain conditions, to cede to the Crown. The provincial newspapers say a rebellion is threatened, which may cost both blood and trenture. A conspiracy of prisoners • in the Canadian penitentiary to murder the keepers and escape has•been discovered. Ohe•hundred of them were found armed.  Advices, from Cuba state thatowing to a sort of undefined alarm of personal danger which, had seized on the mind of General Concha, many of the ofltes•of the public functionaries • had been converted into temporary barracks. From Mexico, we learn that the Government troops- had vanquished tho Revolutionists in:several encounters, and the progress of the-conquerors was signalised by the blood-thirsty ferocity which it-the characteristic-of Mexican warfare. The outbreak in the - northern provinces- seems to have been, a spontaneous no political plan whatever having been promulgated by its- promoters. Vigorous measures had been taken to quell the•insurrection. The insurgents are said tt) have taken possession, of Guanaguto- awl to have been joinedby Victoria and Sa►tillo. The outbreak at Rio Grande hadA resulted in the capture of Monterey, by the Revolutionists, on the'27th  Correspondence fizni Central America', states, that Greytown had been entirely rebuilt, and a•-, new government formed,- by formally adopting a constittition and electing municiFzi officers.