The Sun.
London, England, 1847-06-14 00:00:00

THE UNITED STA

AND AIEXIC.J.

ARRIVAL OF THE BRITANNIA.
LIVERPOOL, SUNDAY -NIGHT,
Half-past Nine o'clock.
The British and North American royal mail
I/teal:a-ship Britannia, Captain Harrison, entered the
liver to-night at nine o'clock, after one of the most
rapid passages ever made by this celebrated line of
steam-ships ; and it may be here noted as a remark-
able fact that this same ship has sailed from Boston
on the Ist of June for the last four years, and arrived
at Liverpool on the 13th, as she does this day, estab-
!ill:ling for herself the character of being as punctual
nok her arrival as the railway mails in England.
The Britannia brings 112 passengers, and the
bails from Canada and the United States to the Ist
instant. Her able commander, Captain Harrison,
Was highly complimented by his passengers, on his
eedy arrival off Liverpool.
The Britannia news is fifteen days later than pre-
viously received.
On boarding the Britannia, we learnt from the
118sengers that the Washington would positively
leave IN ew York on the same day as that of the
Britaania, the Ist inst., so that the arrival of these two
/essels have excited no little interest at Liverpool, and
other commercial towns west of London.
The political news by this arrival is not essentially
4130rtant. From the seat of war, the latest was by
Way of Orleans, which is given in a paper of that city,
and which states that—
t" Letters dated 'Walnut Springs, May 3d, give a re-
oirt that Colonel Doniphan's force had been attacked at
Pass of Sierra Gordon, about half-way between Sal-
onls and Chihuahua, by a Mexican force from Durango,
der General Rieso. Colonel Doniphan was defeated,
thce loss of seven men and all his artillery. An Eng-
RlB' Rentleman, who arrived at Saltillo on the 3d March,
lays Colonel Doniphan, started from Chihuahua on the
at
13f April, viii San Jose del Parral, and Saltillo
(.11:iers think that his command must be within a few
'443's) march of that place.
fGeneral Cadwallader and staff, Col. Ramsay, Major
orgeo, Captains Carr, Sy-berg, Butler, Bernard, Biddle,
and
lothers
acier f had arrived at Palo Alto. General Cadwal-
nra orthwith proceeded with his command, except the
goons, to Vera Cruz to reinforce General Scott. The
welt of Inquiry in the cases of General Lane and Co-
Bowles has given its report. The conduct of the
Homeris fully approved, and the personal courage but
p3.he capacity of the latter. The latest Monterey
eer thinks that an advance on San Luis is dinseigned
veneral Taylor, as unusual activity prevails every
forrtraent. General Urrea has issued proclamations
1),/e !Ilea and contributions, and left for the city of
so Sas the moras Fof te of Ma.
Vera
Cruz dates to the Mata evening oflag
the 15th 15thh
of May, fury-
nu nothing later from General Scott."
New York commercial paper of the latest date

of".l,The situation of our public affairs, and especially
ai,e war in Mexico, has undergone little or no change
ou_e. the departure of the steamer of the 16th of May.
r."Flg to the expiration of their terms of s. rvice, five
tZgtt,nents of volunteers, of these one of cavalry attached
datn:r army under General Scutt, were at the latest
beeenttr°,l3l Jalapa, of llth about to take up their
United atarch for Vera Cruz, thence to return to the
ted States, there to be mustered out of service. This
rennution of a force previouly too small in number to
tneir4estherwise teen very hazardous, upon the ordinary
iinti
of war, an advance into the heart and against
Gentpttal of an enemy's country, necessarily compelled
Le 43. i Scott to suspend that advance, and accordingly
" Yet at Jalapa. Some of the new levies would
tat: reach Vera Cruz, and thence be hurried into the
fey
er reach
as well to avoid the pestilence of the yellow
his ,„?1 the coast, as to enable the General to pursue
Unio'„'etc',vious march to Mexico. The Washington
Genera]- gives the assurance that in the month of June
Scott will have an army of 20,000 men.
" With
Ge_ out waiting for reinforcements, however,
whues ral Scott was pushing his column on to Puebla,
114,1 r. 6110 resistance will probably be attempted. He
!ssned a striking and well-timed proclamation to the
stlez_leans, announcing his advance, and dispelling the
epresentations and delusions, by virtue of which
theirtilt °wll ambitious but incapable generals and magis-
witless:4W. sought to stimulate them to continue hos-
es,
In the capital of Mexico complete anarchy seems to
vail The latest dates from the city are the 4th or
znalc°,' May, when little or no preparations for defence were
se, Mg- Indeed, money, munition, arms, and men, all
Cla to be wanting. The Substitute President Anaya
crevice
declared the city under martial law, but his term of
Would expire on the 15th of May, when a perma-
ttiCt president was to be regularly chosen. Meanwhile
ate,hetter portion of the population was leaving the city,
the Government itself is said to have made all its
preparations, as soon as the Americans shall advance, to
move with the archive of the State to Morelia.
anta Anna was still at Orizaba, talking big and
s:_l9g little or nothing to justify his words. Some ap-
hension was for a moment entertained at Vera Cruz,
Znereti ethe American garrison is very small, that he me-
tatScott falling uponithat place—between which and Gen.
garrissorY he is—but later adviceshad.re-assured the
thing they,. moreover, had put and kept every-
tempting, n lion to resist such an attack. A more
because an easier and very rich prize, would
be offered to his
monstrous en train with
if indeed he have any, by a
and so waggon
me half a with provision and ammunition,.i
Was to leave Vera Cruzoiflor of
jaldapulal,arasboiunt gold,tne 20t lees
c.ourtned. by not more than a thousand men. If Santa
'OO hare really the force he is represented to have, of
er or five thousand infantry and cavalry, there will
Zri In no sort of excuse if he do not attempt to intercept
capture this train, yet little or no solicitude is felt
fordaring safety, so little is the belief in Santa Anna's
,—„t"lg. As an additional security to the train, how.
ere General Scott has so ordered its advance, and the
return march of some of the volunteer regiments whose
tiv,40„41 is expiring, that at least one of these regiments
(11 is
every night with a train, in addition to its
proper escort.
"From the Pacific we hear that all the smaller ports
I,f the peninsula of California had been taken p
k ossession
'V vessels of the American squadron, and that they
were peacefully held."
The most important portion of the intelligence by
1.116
arrival relates to the
COMMERCIAL.
0n the departure of the Britannia commerce was
tio •
Ishing in all the commercial cities of the union.
forthcoming crops of corn and grain were most
prem•
ising,money plentiful, the credit of the Govern-
nt at
. -s good, and all the State stocks, including
-yen those of the non-paying states, are becoming
111°re valuable.
✓xchange on Europe continues at a rate which
fonder
the further importation of specire. Bills on
-dniadon range from 6i to 7i ; on Paris from 5 321
I°s 30.
Freights—To Europe are dull, and rates have fallen
(111. Flour is taken by British vessels at 2s. There is
Zva, little offering for Havre, and our quotations may
considered nominal.
„ To Liverpool--Cotton, per lb., 3-IGd. a /I ; Beef, tce.,
'B.; Beef and York, bbl., 35.; Flour, 2s. a 2s. 6d. ; Tur-
pentine, 35.; Leather, per lb., 5 16d. a id.; heavy goods,
ton, Ms. a 405.; Grain, bushel, 9d. a 10d.
The prices of bread-stuffs continue extravagantly high.
The best brands of Southern Flour sold last week for
home use, in the market, for 9,1 dolls. per bbl.; and
Genesee, for exportation, at from 8 dolls. 50 c. to 8 dols.
75e.; Wheat brought 2 dolls. 5 c. per bushel of 60 lbs.,
and Indian Corn I doll. 8 c. a 1 dol. 12 c. for yellow, per
bushel of 56 lbs. There is some little pause at present
in these prices, yet contracts have been freely made to
pay for these staples deliverable from June to August,
prices equal to, for Flour 8 dolls. 5O c. to 8 dolls.; from
2 dolls. in June, to 1 dull. 65 c. in August ; for Indian
Corn, from 1 doll. 2 c. in June, to 97 c. in July, and 92 c.
iB August.
All this shows great confidence in a continued foreign
demand at high prices, and is the more remarkable be-
cause the arrivals daily from the canal are very heavy,
cqualling 30,000 to 35,000 barrels a day for many consecu-
tive days, and the account from the interior makes it evi-
dent that the stocks are larger than was before generally
04timated.
The total of our exports of bread-stuffs from the United
Stat'eS to Great Britain, since Ist September to 21st inst.
~'re, say two million barrels of 200 lbs. of flour ;
585,000 lbs. corn meal; 1,802,000 bushels of 601bs. of
wheat; a. id 1,180,000 bushels of 56 lbs. of Indian corn.
Lsports, receipts, and stocks of Cotton at the ports of
the United states (in thousand bales)
txports to Great Britain. France. Other. Total. Rec'ts. Stocks.
100 far this season. 6 5 193 124 922 1765 521
,
sametime,lB4. 735 256 127 1118 1927 533
Do. 1841. 1160 298 236 1694 2282 348
Do. 1844. 915 233 94 1242 1887 408
Do. 1843. 1321 305 150 1776 2230 249
It will be seen that the receipts and exports of cotton
during the last fortnight have been less than in the same
Period of tiny of the last four years.
Nevertheless vs the consumption in Europe seems to
m'Lave fallen off so cot,saiderably, it may be well to see how
eounaehuie"e..otton will arrive in Great Britain in the year,
eing on Ist January—as this may be a much
morcrop
-important
faring below 1,800,000, of which there cannot now
be much if any doubt.
1846-7 1845-6
735
itexel"ted to Great Britain as above ..............
605
eived in Great itrltain before 31st December .. 46 155
To fil.the 580
in Great Britain, after 31st December..
ejlaus we see that though our export is vessr9y deficient,
t't`vsis year's import of Great Britain will be (ceteris pa-
lastonly 21,000 short of the corresponding period of
alit year.
It is evident, therefore, that unless the rate of con-
"naption in Europe rallies up very materially this sum-
Ilter, it will require great firmness on the part of holders
in withstand the effect of the increasing stock of the raw
laaterial in Liverpool. The growing crop is backward,
131.1 t its condition has lately been impr,ved by seasonable
rains__ in the Atlantic States, where it had been chiefly
vonaplained of as unpromising.
Cotton—The market remains inactive, A few bun-
tl reti bales were taken to-day by spinners; but shippers
do not come forward at present prices, and holders do
Oat appeg willing to submit to any decline. We quote