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London, England, 1846-07-15 00:00:00

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EXPRESS FROM LIVERPOOL.

(FROM OUR CORRESPONDENT.)

LIVERPOOL, TUESDAY MORNING, SIX O'CLOCK.

The news from Mexico extend to the commencemen
~f June. It was thought Paredes would have 16,000 mei
in the field against the forces of General Taylor. H.
was to take the command in person. General Mejja
superseded Arista. General Alvarez has possession

the city of Acapulco, on the Pacific, where he has raised
the standard of " Federation," within 300 miles of thi.i
capital. Yucutan has formally declared its independ-
ence under President Barbachano. Tampico has de-
dlared in favour of the federative principle but is
divided on the question of the Presidency, General
Anastasio Parrodi being in favour of Santa Anna. - The
northern departments of Tamaulipas, Chihuahua, and
Zacetecas, and tie believe New Leon, Coahuila, San
Louis Potosi, New Mexico, Santa Fe, Siinorti and Cali-
fornia, or the whole of Mexico above the parallel of
public,-rtti latitude. nroinoip - -
uolic, under the protection of the American artti)

preparatory to annexation to the United State
Yucatan also desires to come into the confederac'
of sovereign and independent States. The most ex
traordinary enthusiasm seems to prevail among a large
part «of the Mexican people, the Yucstecos particularly
u► favour of annexation. It is retnarkab:e that peopl,
who have had—so little intercourse with the Northeri
Republic,—who have been, as it were, shut otit from the
Americans, should thus voluntarily seek adin6sion t,

the great confederacy. It is an act of homage
to the federative principle of Government, whici:
ought to make a lasting impression upon all
civilised nations. Nor is it less remarkable
than the views lately broached in the British Parliament
by Lord Bentinck, who proposed to amend the British
constitution, by incorporating the colonies as integral
portions of the empire, or as states having their own
domestic legislatures, establishing a federative monarchy
to which neighbouring commonwealths and nations
would naturally annex themselves. Thus the superior
races on the Eastern Hemisphere and their descendants

on the Western might become the conservators of peat
and good govtrument throughout the world.

CANADA.

We have received accounts, as already intimated, t
the latest dates. The following are the chief item.
worthy of notice. The Ministry was broken up. Si
Allan Metiab is said to be Adjutant-General.

We find the following paragraph, headed " Canada,'
in one of the New York papers of June 20 :
" CANADA.—ANtiii.xamos.—Tbe British Cabinet
late have been uneasy in relation to the commercial
affairs of the Canadas. Merchants are beginning t,
emigrate to !1,. Shit's ; produce finds its way to ou
*eaport, and the severity of the winter, together wit.
the many months which the St. Lawrence is closed h.).
ice, render it inure profitable and exprdttious to expori
from the. States:- The question, meter these eire,iin •
stances. is frequently asked in England, why go ti.
.uch heavy expense to defend Canada against the
Yankees, when, in fact. our own subjects render suet,
defence untinecessary.' Annexation is becoming most.
popular."

A very destructive fire had taken place in St. John'
New Brunswick, and destroyed property to the amour
of 10,0001. No lives, we believe, were lost.

COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE.
The money market at New York had cecome " sta;
nant." The demand for foreign exchange on the 30;
ult., was heavy, and the closing rates for sterling bil
were 74 to 8i per cent. premium.

The following are extracts from the American papers:
AWFUL CATASTROPHE ! LOSS OF THE BRIG
SUTLEDGE, OF PICTOU, N.S. THIRTY PER.
SONS DROWNED.
The melancholy news of the loss of the brig► Sutledge,
Capt. Gresham, of and from Pictou, N. S., for Fall River
WAS r ceived here this morning ab ,ut half past oir.e
o'clo lc, by the arrival of the schooner Dusky Sally,
Capt. Wilder, of and from,flingharn.
On the arrival of the schooner at Stevens' wharf, the
information rapidly spread to all parts of the town, alio
the appalling scene presented was one the like of which
our inhanitatits have seldom had occasion to witnes,

On the deck lay the dead bodies of those who had been
picked up from the wreck, surrounded by their kindred
and friends who bad been r4s3tted from a watery grave,
giving vent to their feelings in the most agonizing
manner.

The following particulars of the loss of the brig we
have received from the captain, who was among the
survivors :

" The brig Sutledge, of and from Pictou for Fa)

River, sailed on the 12th of June, with 56 pass,..nti;ers—
men, women, and children. On the evening of the 26th,
at eight o'eloelc, it. being thick and foggy, c one to
anchor ; and at two o'clock, on the following morning,
got under weigh, arid aiemt half-past three struck on a
ledge of rock* (in the Vineyard) called the Saw and
Suon after which, the tide having caused her to
slew round, she bcked off the ledge, tided, 41111 wen:
down, bow first, in ten fathoms water. Previous to her
giiing down the mite was sent below, forward, to ascer-
tel.,' if the brig leaked, but he discovered nothing that
hoked like it—the putup was then ,rdered to 13:,
sounded, but before th it could be done, water was
re;ti.rted in the foieiAstle. The boat aas then got out
and the pa,s,ng,,rs rushed into it, when the captain gave
Crde,.s o shove her from the brig. He teen jemp.d
oecrboaid 'aid swim to the boit, and kept her as et.i,e
to the brt as possible, picking up such as jumped 7n o
the water. The whole number picked up in the captain's
boat was 31 ultve. The schooner Dusky Sally, being
neer, sent her boat to ass t, and succeeded in saving
six more alive, who were in the water, and- three
in ire from the rigging of the b tv, n brig. Sixteen
dead bodies, (four women an.l twelve children), were
also picked up by the two boats, which together with
toe suritvo:s, were put on biard the D. S. and brought
to this place, as above stated. The Captain 0,140 states

THE CALEDONIA.

The Britiii and North American Royal Mail steam-
ship, Captain Lott, arrived here last night, about half-
past eleven o'clock. She sailed from Boston on the lit
just., and Halifax on the 3d, making the passage, in-
cluding her call and stay at Halifax, in about twelve
days and a half. The Caledonia had 102 passengers
and the semi-monthly mails from Canada and the Ur.ited
States. The Britannia arrived at Halifax on the 2d inst.
By this arrival we have received New York papers
of the 30th tilt, being five days later than those brought
over by the Great Western. We have also received
New Orleans, Charleston, Philadelphia, Washington,
and Boston papers to the latest dates, as well as files
from several parts of Canada, and either ports of the
British American provinces. The news in the United
States papers, although it cannot be styled important,
is on the whole of an interesting character, having spe-
cial reference to the " American tariff," the Mexican
war, affairs in Mexico, business prospects, &c.
With regard to the tariff, we are informed by the
papers just come to hand that the debate thereon was to
be ended on the 2d inst. It seems that the fate of that
measure is universally anticipated, as the public has
made up its mind to reduce the tariff. In tte
event of the House accevding to the fr,e-
trade " views of Mr. Secretary Walker, it is
expected that Mr. Webster will propose a comproini,e
in the Senate, and that his plan will finally pass both
Houses of Congress without any serious or determined
opposition.

There it; not any news of a definite character from the
seat of War. Advices have been rcceived from Matamoras
up to the 12th ult. In our summary of the news by the
Great Western, we mentioned that General Taylor was on
his way to Reinoso, in New Leon. The advicea come to
hand by the Caledonia inform us that the inhabitants
of that town had surrendered without resistance, and
that the authorities of Camargo had sent a deputation to
General Taylor, offering him full possession of that place.
Tne facts have been blazoned forth in all the New York
papers with an air of importance quite beyond
their merits. To talk and write of such
" brilliant achievements" as Lave been performed
by the " army of occupation" is too bad.
Paredes was collecting his forces at a mountain
pass near . Monterey, where, .if anywhere, he will
interrupt the march of the United States army. The
western expedition into New Mexico was expected to
take up its march from the Missouri between the 15th
and 20th of June. Some of the leading Now York
journals appear tired of the war, and would
gladly have it ended. The United States Go-
vernment are ready to receive any overtures
that may be made by Mexico for arranging their dit-
fereneks' by other means, instead of murderous swurt`s
and bayoners, and the'destructive volleys of great and
ilea!l guns; notwithstanding the American Govern-
ment are active and energetic in their preparations for
prosecuting the war, should it be necessary to do
so. Arms and ammunition, with a number of artille-
rymen, had been dispatched to the Pacific, and
would be stationed either at Monterey or the Bay of
San Francisco. It was reported both at Washingo
and New York, previous to the sailing of the Caledonia,
that Mr. M‘Duffie, the newly-appointed Chairman of the
C9tninittee on Foreign Affairs, was preparing the basis
.if an arrangement for the adjustment of the difficulties
with Mexico, and it was confidently expected that he
would submit his .plan to the President and the Senate
before July 4.