The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser. — 1851-04-08 (Liverpool, Merseyside, England)

FOREIGN AND COLONIAL.  LATER FROM AMERICA.  ARRIVAL OF THE ASIA.  The British steam-ship Asia, Captain Judkins, arrived here on Saturday, shortly before midnight, with the mails and passengers from Canada and the United States. She left New York at one o'clock on the 26th ult., and passed Holyhead on Saturday at tha same hour, reaching that point. deducting the difference of time, in 9 days and 19 hours, a passage in point of speed unequalled by any ship on the station between New York and Liverpool. She brings 110 passengers, £150,000 in specie, and papers 7 days later than those received by the American steamship Pacific. The news by this arrival is of an interesting character, and furnish dates from New York of the.26th ult. ; California of Feb. 15 ; Chagres, of the 11th ; Jamaica, of the 14th ; Havannah, of the 19th ult.; and Mexico of the 22nd of February. An additional amount of gold had reached New York from California to the extent of 1,300,000 dots. _  The third trial of General G. Henderson, accused of being concerned in the Cuba expedition, resulted in the inability of the jury to agree on a verdict. Three of the ablest and most eminent of the American editors of the last half century have died within a few days ; John S. Skinner, of Philadelphia ; Isaac Hill, of New Hampshire ; and MordeCai M. Noah. On the 25th ult. a steamboat collision occurred on the Ohio and resulted in the loss of one of the steamers and fifteen lives. Jenny Lind has excited an immense furor in St. Louis, and would remain longer than intended in that city. Premiums of £1 and upwards were being paid for tickets. so great was the demand. It was reported at San Francisco that a difficulty had arisen between the commander of the French frigate Serieuse and the government of the Sandwich Islands. The commander demanded the payment of 25,000 dollars as a commutation for customs alleged to have been collected contrary to treaty obligations. The king refused to accede to this claim, and threw himself on the protection of Great Britain and the United Stat's. Upon this the French commander landed his men at Honolulu, and prevented several Hawiian vessels from proceeding to sea. A shocking murder had been committed on the Chagres river. The victims were 11 in number—eight men, two women, and one child.—Two men named Fidele Pepin, a native of France, and Lent-lore Landry, goldbeater, of Paris, were among the number. Our advices from Mexico are to the 22d of February. The administration of Arista did not appear to give satisfaction. Senor Facio, the minister to England, was to retain his appointment ; a charter had heen issued for the construction of a railroad from Vera Cruz to Medellin ; one of the waggons of the freight line had been attacked near the city of Mexico, and a large quantity o. goods carried off. The New Orleans Della reports that the Mexican Senate, in -ecret session, declared Jose de Garay's grant of the right of way across the isthmus of Tehuantepec null and void, be having forfeited the same twice. From San Juan de Nicuragua we have intelligence to the 14th ult. The steamer Director was running regularly on the lake. The news of the battle between the armies of the Republics of San Salvador and Guatamala is fully confirmed ; the former lost 528 men. 200 prisoners, and a large number of euns. The King of Mosquito was staying on board Her Majesty's schooner Bermuda. The. English Consul, Mr. Chatfield, had published a letter claiming, under the Mosquito King, the territory close up to Truxillo. The British fleet had sailed towards Guatemala.  We have accounts from Kingston, Jamaica, to the 14th ult., being a fortnight later than the previous advices. The cholera was fast disappearing from the island. The side papers had not recorded a single case as occurring in that part of the country, although' the disease had appeared in the mountains of Westmoreland. Sugar, 20s. per 100Ihs. From Havannah we have advices to the 19th ult., but tli> intelligence contained therein is uninteresting. The ice on the St. Lawrence having broken up, the navigation was completely oncn. _ _