The Sun.
London, England, 1847-06-15 00:00:00

JUNE 15, 1847.

THE UNITED STATES
AND MEXICs.

ARRIVAL OF THE BRITANNIA.
LIVERPOOL, SUNDAY NIGHT,
Half-past Nine o'clock.

The British and North American royal mail
steam-ship Britannia, Captain Harrison, entered the
river to-night at nine o'clock, after one of the most
rapid passages ever made by this celebrated line of
stearn-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-
lishing for herself the character of being as punctual
in her arrival as the railway mails in England.
The Britannia brings 112 passengers, and the
mails from Canada and the United States to the Ist
instant. Her able commander, Captain Harrison,
was highly complimented by his passengers, on his
speedy arrival off Liverpool.

The Britannia news is fifteen days later than pre-
viously reeived.

On boarding the Britannia, we learnt from the
passengers that the Washington would positively
leave 1\ ew York on the same day as that of the
Britannia, the Ist inst., so that the arrival of these two
vessels have excited no little interest at Liverpool, and
other commercial towns west of London.

The political news by this arrival is not essentially
important. From the seat war, the latest was by
way of Orleans, which is given in a paper of that city,
and which states that—

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with the loss of seven men and all his artillery. An Eng-
lish gentleman, who arrived at Saltillo on the 3d March,
says Colonfl Doniphan, started from Chihuahua on the
Ist of April, via San Jose del Parral, and, Saltillo
papers think that his command must be within a few
days' march of that place.
General Cadwallader and staff, Col. Ramsay, Major
Morgan, Captains Carr, Syberg, Butler, Bernard,
and others had arrived at Palo Alto. General Cadwal-
lader forthwith pr..ceeded with his command, except the
dragoons, to Vera Cruz to reinforce General Scott. The
Court of Inquiry in the cases of General Lane and Co-
lonel Bowles has given its report. The conduct of the
former is fully approved, and the personal courage but
not the capacity of the latter. The latest Monterey
Pioneer thinks that an advance on San Lais is designed
by General Taylor, as unusual activity prevails in every
department. General Urrea has issued proclamations
for men and contributions, and left for the city of
Mexico, so says the Matamoras Flag of the 15th of May.
Vera CI uz dates to the evening of the 15th of May, fur-
nish nothing later from General Scott."
A New York commercial paper of the latest date
says—
" The situation of our public affairs, and especially
of the war in Mexico, has undergone little or no change
since the departure of the steamer of the 16th of May.
Owing to the expiration of their terms of s+ rvice, five
regiments of volunteers, of these one of cavalry attached
to the army under General Scott, were at the latest
dates from Jalapa, of 11th May, about to take up their
line of March for Vera Crux, thence to return to the
United States, there to be mustered out of service. This
diminution of a force previouly too small in number to
render otherwise t an very hazardous, upon the ordinary
principles of vi,ar, an advance into the heart and against
the capital of an eaemy's country, necessarily compelled
General Scott to suspend that advance, and accordingly
he was yet at Jalapa. Some of the new levies would
soon reach Vera Cruz, and thence be hurried into the
interior, as well to avoid the pestilence of the yellow
fever on the coast, as to enable the General to pursue
his victorious march to Mexico. The Washington
Union gives the assurance that in the mouth of June
General Scott will have an army of 20,000 men.
" Without waiting for reinforcements, however,
General Scott was pushing his column on to Puebla,
where no resistance will probably be attempted. lie
had issued a striking and well-timed proclamation to the
Mexicans, announcing his advance, and dispelling the
misrepresentations and delusions, by virtue of which
their own ambitious but incapable generals and magis-
trates still sought to stimulate them to continue hos-
tilities.

"In the capital of Mexico complete anarchy seems to
prevail. The latest dates from 'ho cps 'y 0.t7 clic, 4Ln or
sth of , when Mlle or no preparations for defence were
making. Indeed, money, munition, arms, and men, all
seem to be wanting. The Substitute Pre•ident Anaya
had declared the city under martial law, but his term of
service would expire on the 15th of May, when a perma-
nent President was to be regularly chosen. Meanwhile
the better portion of the population was leaving the city,
and the Government itself is said to have made all its
prep rations, as soon as the Americans shall advance, to
rem.ve with the archive of the State to Morelia.
" Santa Anna was still at Orizaba, talking big and
doing little or nothing to justify his words. Some ap-
prehension
was fora moment entertained at Vera Cruz,
where the American garrison is very small, that he me-
ditated falling upon:that place—between which and Gen.
Scott's army he is—but later advices_had re-assured the
garrison, and they, moreover, had put and kept every-
thing in condition to resist such an attack. A more
tempting, because an easier and very rich prize, would
be offered to his enterprise, if indeed he have any, by a
monstrous waggon train with provision and ammunition,
and some half a million of dollars in gold, which
was to leave Vera Cruz for Jalapa, about the 20th, es-
corted by not more than a thousand men. If Santa
Anna have really the force he is represented to have, of
four or five thousand infantry and cavalry, there will
seem no sort of excuse if he do not attempt to intercept
land capture this train, yet little or no solicitude is telt
for its safety, so little is the belief in Santa Anna's
daring. As an additional security to the train, how-
ever, General Scott has so ordered its advance, and the
return march of some of the volunteer regiments whose
time is expir:ng, that at least one of these regiments
will encamp every night with a train, in addition to its
proper escort.
" From the Pacific we hear that all the smaller ports
on the peninsula of California had been taken possession
.f by vessels of the American squadron, and that they
were peacefully held."

The most important portion of the intelligence by
this arrival relates to the
COMMERCIAL.

On the departure of the Britannia commerce was
flourishing in all the commercial cities of the union.
The forthcoming crops of corn and grain were most
promising, money plentiful, the credit of the Govern-
ment stocks good, and all the State stocks, including
even those of the non-paying states, are becoming
more valuable.
Exchange on Europe continues at a rate which
forbids the further importation of speciee. Bills on
London range from 6i to 7i ; on Paris from 5 32}
to 5 30.
Freights—To Europe are dull, and rates have fallen
i,ff. Flour is taken by British ♦essels at 2s. There is
very little offering for Havre, and our quotations may
he considered nominal.

To Liverpool—Cotton, per lb., 3-16 d. a 11.1 Beef, tce.,
5,4 Beef and Pork, bbl., 35.; Flour, 2s. a 2s. 6d. ; Tur-
pentine, 35.; Leather, per lb., 5-16 d. a id.; heavy goods,
ton, 355. a 405.; Grain, bushel, 6d. 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 91 dolls. per bbl.; and
Genesee, for exportation, at from 8 dolls. 50 c. to 8 dole.
75c.; Wheat brought 2 dolls. 5 c. per bushel of 60 lbs.,
and Indian Corn 1 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. 50 c. to 8 dolls.; from
2 dolls. in June, to 1 doll. 65 c. in August • for Indian
Corn, from 1 doll. 2 c. in June, to 97 c. in July, and 92 c.
In 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,
equalling 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
estimated.
The total of our exports of bread-stuffs from the United
States to Great Britain, since 1-t September to 21st inst.
last, are, say two million barrels of 200 lbs. of flour ;
585.000 lbs. corn meal; 1,802,000 bushels of 601bs. of
~heat.; and 1,180,000 bushels of 56 lbs. of Indian corn.
Exports, receipt`, and stocks of Cotton at the ports of
the United States (in thou•and bales)
Exports to Great Britain. France. Other. Total. Bec'ts. Stocks.
So far this season. 6 5 133 124 992 1765 521
To same tirne,lB46. 735 25G 127 1118 1927 533
Do. 1848. 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 any of the last four years.
Nevertheless, as the consumption in Europe seems to
have fallen off so considerably, it may be well to see how
much cotton will arrive in Great Britain in the year,
commencing on Ist January—as this may be a much
more important circumstance than the probability of our
crop falling below 1,800,000, of which there cannot now
be much if any doubt.

1646-7 1645-6
Exported to Groat Britain as above • . • • • . • • • • „
.. 606 735
Received In Great Britain before 3let December • • 46 155

To arrive in Great Britain, alter 31st December.. 559 580
Thus we see that though our export is very deficient,
this year's import of Great Britain will be (ceteris pa,.

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ribus) only 21,000 short of the corresponding period of
last year.
It is evident, therefore, that unless the rate of con-
sumption in Europe rallies up very materially this sum-
mer, it will require great firmness on the part of holders
to withstand the effect of the increasing stock of the raw
material in Liverpool. The growing crop is backward,
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willingT h e
but its condition has lately been improved by seasonable
rains in the Atlantic States, where it had bewn chiefly
complained of as unpromising.
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fair, 13c. a 131 e.; g.,od and fine, 14c.. a l4ic. per lb.
bales.

Tht• exports, &c., of cotton since the Ist of September
are as follow,—

Total Exports. To G. Britain. Recipts. Stocks.
This year - - 924,000 605,000 1,684,000 523,000
Last year - - 1,130,000 744,000 1,933,000 530,0 0
Year before - 1,714,00 1,175,000 2,293,000 837,000
Flour—The receipts continue to be unusually great,
nevertheless the downward tendency in prices appears to
be checked. A few lots of Western Canal, in poor order,
sold this morning at 8 dolls. to 8 dolls. 12ic., but the
bulk of the sales at 8 dolls. 25c. 2,000 barrels Genessee
to be celivered in June sold at S dolls. 500 barrels Jer-
sey corn m, al brought 5 dulls. 37ic. The market re-
mains bare of southern flour. Corn is firm, sales of
25.000 bushels at 105 c. to 1121 c. for mixed, white and
yellow, 10,000 ditto for delivery in July and August
brought 95c. to 97c.; SOO bushels of rye were taken at
115 c., and 1.500 at 120 c. _ .

The receipts of flour to day via the North River are
24,717 barrels—making 181,110 barrels received during
the week, which is about 50,000 barrels more than were
ever before received within the same :puce of time.
Potashes aro dug of eule at 4,871 dulls., shippers
offer 4,75 dolls. "'earls are steaay at 6,50 dolls.
Pork is firm; sales of new Mess were made at 16,50
dolls; and new prime, 14 dolls.; old Mess 15,50 dolls.
Beef has an upward tendency.
Sales of Turpentine at 34- dolls. a 3j dolls. per brl of
280 lbs., for prime soft Newbern. Spirits of do. do.
35c. a 36c.

The Canadian Government have authorised the
transmit through Canada of foreign wheat and Indian
corn without payment of duty.
The Inspector-General, under date of 15th May, gives
notice of thi, fact, and states that foreign wheat and
maize, on being entered for exportation, shall be per-
mitted tN pass through Canada to its port of exportation,
on bonds being giving in three times the amount of duty
otherwise payable, that the said grain shall within six
months be exported.
The " ship fever " introduced by the Irish emi-
grants, was spreading in the Atlantic cities of the
United States, and also in Canada, and causing consi-
derable alarm. The quarantine regulations were
being enforced with great strictness, and hospitals and
boards of health established.