The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser. — 1853-08-09 (Liverpool, Merseyside, England)

AMERICA. ARRIVAL OF THE ARABIA,  By the British and North American royal mil steamship Arabia, Commodore Judkins, which arrived on Saturday forenoon, we have intelligence from New York to the 27th ultimo. The Arabia sailed from New York at ,0 35 p.m. on the 27th, and on the 28th, at 5 15 a.m.' she passed the steamer Asia, hence for New York. On the 28th she ran 274 miles ; 29th, 286; 30th, 287 ; 31st, 290 ; August Ist, 301 ; 2nd, 301 ; 3rd, 314; 4th, 320, and sth, 328 miles. On the sth, at 7 45 p.m., Innistrahull was passed ; on the 6th, at 5 50 a.m., she was abreast the Calf of Man ; at 10 21 a.m., passed the Bell Buoy ; and at 10'57 a.m., rounded the Rock; Lighthouse, having made the run from the anchorage at New. York to . the Bock Light in 9 days 17 hours and 26 minutes. The Arabia brought $671;481 in specie, and ninety, eight passengers. The United States mail steam-ship Arctic, Capt. Luce, which sailed from , this port on the 13th, arrived at New York on the 23rd- ult. .. . _ _ _  The screw steam-ship City of Manchester, Capt. Leitch, arrived at Philadelphia on the 24th ult. The United States ‘steam-ships Fulton and Princeton had left Portsmouth for the fishing grounds. Complaints having been made of the indelicacy of nude statuary at the New York Exhibition, the directors had been compelled partially to screen it. Yellow fever continued to prevail at New Orleans, but it was confined principally to the lower orders. The deaths averaging from thirty to forty per diem. Lieutenant Ottinger had arrived in New York with specimens Of coal, from the Puget Sound coal' mines. The coal lies very near the surface, and it is said that a wharf could be constructed for $6,000 which would enable steamers to load directly from the pit's mouth. A slave belonging to H. France, of Pettis County, Mis.: souri, was publicly burnt, on the 13th ult., for murdering the wife of John Rains ; his master was ordered out of the state for conniving at the crime. The following circular respecting imported merchandise has been issued from the Treasury department :--" Treasury Department, July 20, 1853. Your special attention is called to the following instructions in relation to the app raisement of merchandise, under the act of 3d of March, 1851, additional to, or in moamcanon of, the circular instructions from this department, dated 27th March, 1851 The invoice cost of foreign merchandise, supported by the oh eilnuirddec conclusive ecicolrabtyhvewd will be held and taken as the imvalue at the port and time of shipment,p against the importer • unless, before oa tr t o required entering the same, the said importer, his consignee, or agent, shall declare in writing, under oath, on the invoice, a decline in value between the time of such purchase and the date of shipment, and the amount thereof ; in which case such declared value shall be conclusive against the importer ; but in either case the appraisers will determine and fix such additional value as the law and the facts may warrant.--JAMES GUTITRIE, Secretary to the Treasury. The Northern Light had arrived at New York with California advices to the Ist ult. and $389,030 on freight. The Oregon sailed from San Francisco on the Ist, with $1,645,799 on freight. Among her pftssepzers was the %