The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser. — 1851-01-21 (Liverpool, Merseyside, England)

FOREIGN AND COLONIAL.  AMERICA  By the United States mail steamer Baltic, ;Captain Comstock. which arrived in the river shortly before ten o'clock on Sunday morning, we have advices from'New York to the'Sth instant. The Baltic was detained off the bar for about four hours. She brought twenty-eight passengers, and has made a very-rapid passage. The steam-ship Niagara arrived at Boston on the inst. The City of Glasgow screw-steamer arrived at'Philadelphia on the 2nd inst. The Crescent City had arrived at New York with dates from California to the Ist of:December, Chagres to the 27th, and Kingston (Jamaica) to the 31st ult. She had on freight 51,500,000 in gold dust, and a large amount in the hands of passengers. A specie train was attacked seven miles out of Panama by a party of sixteen men, well armed, who succeeded in taking 5100,000, which was, however, nearly all recovered. The steam-ship 'Oregon arrived at Panama on the l3th Nov., with 2,000,000 in gold dust on freight, and 1,000,000 in the hands of passengers. The dry season was setting in at Chagres, and the place was becoming more healthy. From the mines we learn that many persons had purchased winter supplies with the intention of passing that season at the dry diggings in the mountains. The disappearance of cholera at Sacramento city Cad caused-a revival of business. The rainy reason commenced on the 19th of November. Many new veins of ore had been discovered. Agriculture was in a flourishing condition.  new branch of commercial activity had bier at San Francisco—that of fitting out whalin, regular line of sailing packets had been established betwee San Francisco and Panama, touching at Rcalejo. The miners in the frontier region of El Dorado and counties laboured under much apprehension of Indians, some murders haviig taken place. The arrivals had been heavy, and immense qua  )rnmenced  :olveras hostile  ;ities of  goods thrown on t  he mart  The Courier ani  wirer announces that offici  ligence has been received at Washington, stating that the British government had directed its azents to suopend the collection of duties at San Juan or Graytosvn, in Ni caragua,  Advices to the.3lstailt. from Kingstown, Jamaica, hive come to hand. The,Great Western arrived on the Nth on the north side of the island.  The cholera continued to rage with violence at Montagu Bay and Falmouth, but in Kingstown, Port Royal, and  Spanish Town it had disappeared  royal mail -steam-ship Merlin had arrived at New with advices from St. Thomas's to the 29th, and  Bermuda to thy,.,  26th ult  The steam-ship Philadkphia arrived at New Orleans on the Ist instant with 240 ffl e n who had been employed to work on the Panama railroad. • The report of the declaration of war between St. Salvador and Honduras is confirmed. Mr. Chatfield had intimated that the British Government. would interfere. Advices from Mexico city to the 16th ult. mention a  report that meetine of the French creditors of Mexico at which the Minister of theTr(  Arista was r  had been held, s present. He  ,sury w  expressed a p  ality for the French creditors  as they  bed not oppressed the republ  means of usurious loar:s  and fraudulent contract  The intelligence from I reported to have taken pla the whites were defeated wi  atan is serious  A battle i  th the Indians, in which  om the United States is genespecially, business was  rally satisfact( brisk. The money market was activ The market for securities was advancin In the breads  w York,  ff market  s not much  5 dols. 1  dol. 22C  to the B !en done  , to fair, 14kc. to 14kc. per lb., or a r There is no change worthy of no Provisions dull, arid prices For exchange on London enced, at 110} to 1101 ; Paris  in f reights  good demand has been experi 5 11 ; Hamburgb, 37 to 371.  The City of Glasgow on the 26th ult. The at  steamer arrived at Philadelphia  zens were making  preparations to rec wander  llant corn: pioneer of a line of  the City and her  is to Great Britain  room _ iro Madrid of t  Bth state that d  ances had tat  lonia, against the tax  of commune M. Soler, t Similar diso  The posts of collector of  le city gu:  re tax, w  province