The Sun.
London, England, 1847-11-30 00:00:00

THE UNITED STATES
AND MEXICO.

ARRIVAL OF THE CALEDONIA.
LIVERPOOL, MONDAY NIGHT.
The British and North American Royal Mail
steam-ship Caledonia, Capt. Lott, reached the Mer-
sey just as the last train for London was on the
point of starting. By unusual exertion we were en-
abled to land our papers in time to catch the train.
The Caledonia sailed from Boston on the 16th and
Halifax on the 18th instant. Her arrival places us
in possession of advices from New York to the 15th
inclusive, by five days later than those previously
received. She brings specie the amount of 150,0001.
in gold.
The news relating to the Mexican war is interest-
ing but not important. Our accounts from Vera
Cruz extend to the 2d of November. From these
et
we learn that General Patterson was to leave Vera
constituting a
arerCruz on the sth inst. The whole number of persons
220 waggons.inandescort
The brave Captain G. H. Walker, of Texas, was
killed in a recent action with the Mexicans at
Huatnantla. amount to five
thousand.
Th there
A n English c;mirier a,r,-,leed at Vera Cruz on the
31st ult., with intelligertel from the city of Mexico
to the 291 h. Nothing of.particular importance had
transpired in the capital since the previous advices.
The following items are extracted from the Vera
Cruz Geniu.y of Liberty of the Ist instant :
" Atlexco has been taken possession of by a force
of one thousand of our troops. This large city has
yielded without the least resistance.
" Orizaba, by this time, is doubtless in possession
of the American forces.
" The Mexican Government has superseded Santa
Anna's command of -the army, and General Rincon
has been appointed to fill that command.
" General Santa Anna loudly protests against this
violation of his rights as the first magistrate of the
nation, as he styles himself. He refuses obedience to
the orders of the Government, and in the meantime
has retired to Tehuacan.
" General Scott and staff have lately visited
the city of Guadeloupe.
" General Almoate has succeeded in reaching
Queretaro."
The company of the New York regimeut of vo-
lunteers, under the command of Captain A.W. Taylor,
have presented swords to their captains
and Lieut. J.
Griffin.
The city of Mexico was filled with rumours of
peace.
It is said that a quorum of the Alexican Congress
had assembled at Queretaro, and that a majority had
decided in favour of an amicable adjustment of the
difficulties between the two Governments.
There appears to be but tittle doubt that the Ame-
ricans have taken possession of the city of Orizaba,
and it is altogether probable that the said force was
nut over four hundred strong.
Orizaba contains a population of near sixteen thou-
sand inhabitants, yet they had the good sense to sur-
render thEir city, notwithstanding the meagre
strength of the force detnandi 'g it.
The Ossian, from the United States with troops,
reached Vera Cruz on the 3d October.
'the accounts from the city of Mexico are • con-
fused ; they extend to the latter end of October, •By
them we learn that Santa Anna bad been ordered•to
give up the command of the army, and to submit his
conduct as general commanding in chief to a court-
martial
' The following extract from a letter from Mexico
Genius
appears in a Vera Cruz paper, the of Liberty,
October 25th, and contains some matter of in•
terest :
" From four French gentlemen who left the city of
Mexico on the 13th, and Puebla on the 16th of the
Present month, we have received intelligence of a very
important nature concerning the state of affairs in
those quarters.
" General Lane having arrived at Perote, was there
joined by Captain Walker and his command ; both
advanced together on the Puebla road till they reached
the town of Dreyes, at which place Captain Walker,
by order of the commanding general, took up his line
of march to Iluamantla, by way of the town of San
Francisco and Guapastia. On his arrival at Hue-
mantle a sanguinary engagement took place in the
streets between the force of Captain Walker, consist-
ing of 250 men, ani that of the Mexicans, numbering
1,600. The result of this contest was the total expul-
sion of the enemy from the town and its oc-
cupation by our valiant little army, which lost
in the battle only six men ; but the gallant
Walker, after performing prodigies of valour and
feats of the most daring character, fell in
single combat, pierced by the spear of an enraged
father who was goaded to actual frenzy by the death
of his son, whose fall beneath the arm of Captain
Walker he had just witnessed. The father rushed
forward, heedless of all danger, to revenge his child's
'death, and attacking the captain with almost irresisti-
ble violence, plunged his spear into his body and
slew him almost instantly. In this engagement the
Mexicans lost 200 men and three pieces of artillery.
The latter were thrown into a gulley adjoining the
town by the victors. After the achievement of their
object, which was the dispersion of the enemy, for
which they were dispatched to lluamantla, the Ame-
ricans evacuated the place and directed their course to
Phial, on the Puebla road, which they reached with-
out any opposition. There meeting with General
Lane, the combined American force continued its
march upon Puebla.

" They found this city in a state of insurrection,
and accordingly entered it in platoons—delivering at
every step a constant and well-directed fire of mus-
ketry, which ceased not till the enemy retired, and
order had been restored in every quarter.
" General Rea, of whom we heard so much lately,
fled with 400 guerillas towards Atlexco.
" General Santa Anna was by last accounts at
Tehuacan 'le las Grenadas, having been deserted by
all his followers, with the exception of 200.
" Some very severe shocks of earthquakes had been
experienced in the capital.
" The health of the army is far from being good.
The climate of the valley of Mexico is not, it appears,
congenial to the constitutions of the south.
" The effective force of the entire army is reduced
ten or fifteen per cent.
" General Persifer Smith has succeeded General
Quitman as governor of the city.
" The first subject in importance with the Mexi-
cans appears to be the elections ; as yet it is not
known, and cannot even be surmised, as to who will
be the next President of Mexico.
" Pena y Pena was still at Queretaro, where he
had succeeded in assembling seventy-one of the de-
puties of the Mexican Congress, who had decided that
they would positively resume their sittings on the
20th ult.

" Pena y Pena had also directed circulars to the
qix governors of the Central Mexican states, request-
ing them to instantly repair to Queretaro, for the
purpose of holding a special council, to consult upon
what amount of men and munitions of war could be
raised, with the view of continuing hostilities, and
egoing to Queretaro
also at the same time to calmly deliberate upon the
propriety of said continuance of the war.
with
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ioo oGeneralom letne .a
Mazatha, whichwlatswsaidalso place rumouredtob that he was
goingwas said to have been
taken by the American Government.
" The French schooner New York arrived at that
city on the 14th instant.

The commercial advices are interesting. The news
taken out by the Washington from Southampton had
the effect of causing prices to recede below those cur-
rent on the 10th. Cotton had declined one cent. per
lb., and breadatuffs had also declined. The rate of
exchange still continued in favour of this country,
and was quoted at 109} to 110. There were large
supplies of breadstuffs coming down the river.
NEW YORK MARKETS.
The flour market was dull, and sales moderate,
yesterdays prices being scarcely obtainable,
and the
market closed without animation. No transaction
in in wheat was reported. Corn was heavy,
moderate. Rye remained about the same. and sales
Ashes—Small sales of pots were made at 6 dolls.
75c., and of pearls at 8 dolls. 87ie.
Breadstuffs—Sales of 1,500 to 1,800 barrels
Genesee were made at 6 dolls. 25c., and about 1,000
ditto Oswego were sold at 6 dolls. 18.1 c. ; 150 ditto
Michigan sold at 6 dolls. 12ie.
Corn—The sales of western mixed footed up about
7,000 to 8,000 bushels at 71c. to 7.2 c., including
p co
tneddi t alotni3act
70c. ; and small2to,s7o9oc.bushels of
smaliexseodf,
3a,elli
lotwtlewoeurte orte

Rye—Sales of 800 bushels in the slip were made
et 88c., and 2,000 bushels delivered sold at 92c.
Freights—Continued inactive; square bales cotton
Were taken for "Glasgovf at 3-16 d., and round to
Liierpool at the same price.