The Sun.
London, England, 1846-07-11 00:00:00

ARRIVAL

OF THE

GREAT WESTERN

EIGHT DAYS LATER FROM AMERICA•

DREADFUL FIRE -at *,the.iQ UEBEC

THEATRE,
AND LOSS OF FIFTY LIVES.

(FROM OUR LIVERPOOL CORRESPONDENT.)
LIVERPOOL, SATURDAY MonNXI4IO.
Shortly after twelve o'clock last night, the steal*.
ship Great Western, Captain H. Matthews, entered the
Mersey, bringing New York papers of the 25th nit'
and Washington of the thy previous.
This arrival furnishes are gratifying -intelligence °
1
the Or gon treaty having been ratified and. passed the
Senate on the 18th of June, by a majority of 41 to 14'
This d.,cument was brought over in the Great Western,
under the care of General Armstrong, the -United State°
Consul at Liverpool, who was also honoured with-the
dispatch ot the British Minister, Mr. Pakenhatis,
The papers by this arrival furnish a variety of later'
eating details relatiYe to the Mexican and United State!
armies; the latter remained up to the latest adviceS, 13'
New Orleans, inactive.
Quebec, we regret to say, has again been visited hi
another dreadful fire, with an awful amount of loss °
human life. The theatre teal fire, and such wag the
consternation and alarm, that before the visitors e 0•1
leave the house a large number were burned to dell,
A
lip to the time that our advices left that city, fifty
bodies had been taken from the ruins.
te.
A New York paper says, " We are very happy
learn that England is about to offer her mediation,°
it will afford our Government another opportunity tore,
peat the sound views of national policy which bale °1
ways guided this union in its dealings with other poiVel*'
If England wishes to come into those views and is Pre'.
pared to suhstitute pacific mediation for armed interits,
thin, denouncing all idea of founding the latter upon tl7,
former, and will, at the same time, accept our proffer"
mediation for restoring peace in South Ariierice,
have no doubt she will find our Government prepared /I
meet her. It is true, indeed, that when General Jaciltii
son received William the Fourth's mediation in n
quarrel with France, and when we offered our needs'
a-ion to settle the dispute between the allied monaroll
and the South American republics, war had not 00°40
commenced. Mediation in both cases was offered 11--
the hope of- preventing war. But now that war has.o.l
tualiy commenced. England will probably find a tri
avai,able sphere of action among the military usurpe.re.c.
Mexico, than at Washington ; and as all nations hi.lo
• t,
xperiericed more or less of the tender mercies ofPc.
int,rventi,ms, the world would rejoice to see us re.leof
tog her offers unless they came with a full recognitiend
our principles of non-intervention. As to the effeol°o
this war on French acrd English commerce, they are t)
more disastreus, comparatively, than the injuries iten.
upon, our commerce by the allied intervention in P"
America." •
The following are extracts from the papers:--,0
MESSAGE OF THE 1.14
PRESIDENT OF THE ,s 11„
STATES, WITH TII E ACCOMPANYING REP
OF THE HEADS OF THE TREASURY, WAR.;69I
NAVY DEPARTMENTS, RELATIVE TO THE; T$
OF RAISING FUNDS FOR CARRYING ON
WAR WI I'll MEXICO.
MESSAGE.
To the Senate of the United States,—ln answer lb
ef
resolution of the Senate of the 3d inst., I communicate a.. 0
with estimates prepared by the War and Navy Depaii
of the probable expenses of conducting the existi°s4l#
with Mexico, during the remainder of the- present SllOOll
while of the next fiscal year. I communicate, also, 11.104,
of the Secretary of the Treasury, based upon these estlhe
containing recon,men !aim's of measures for raising 001
ditional means required. It is probable. that • the scpttili 03,
peuses incurred nuritot the period 'specified may le rot'
sidt,rably below the estimates submitted,, which are ,0
larger number of rrudps than have yet been called,
field. As a precautionary measure, however, tigiodde f;
possible deli. iency-, the estimates have been 1°.'00"
the largest amount which any state of the serve
require. • dtb'
It will be perceived from the report of the Secretor's/04
Treasury, that a considerable portinn of the additions' „fills.,
required may be rai,ed by a modification of the rates est
imposed by the existing tariff laws. The high dutielopirl
sent levied on many articles totally exclude them
of oth!reo. tl; portation, whilst the quantity and amount
are imported are greatly diminished. By reduentei.j
duties to a revenue standard, it is not doubted that 111(1,1
amount of the articles on which they are imposed s'ffeeell;
imported. and a corresponding amount of revenue he a!"
at the Treasury from this source. By imposing reV7o_2
ties on many articles now permitted to be importe;anr;
duty, and by regulating the rates within the revenue ,1"
' upon others, a large additional revenue will be colleetti
' dependently of the high considerations which indll':4 irs
in my annual message, to recommend a modificatr;,o4
auction of the rates of duty imposed by the 'Alf pea Ce.
just to all the great interests of the countrY, -
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such modification and reduction as a war measure ue
manifest. The country requires additional reveafna
gre'et jeo,
prosecution of the war. !t, may be obtained to
retectivele
tent by reducing the prohibitory and highly P $
ties imposed by the existing laws to revenue rates',l
nosing reventie duties on, the free list ; and by Mow j to
„ , . .
rues of duty oßtelter articles. ' of to°
. The unalificatiema 'reeem'mended by the Secrets I
frea4ury in' his annual report in December last, were
to it state of peace; and the additional duties now 57.:
by him, are with a view strictly to raise revenue "'of
measure.' 'At,the etificlusion'Of the war these duties 111 w
should be abolished, and reduced to lower rates. AfesLi
It is not apprehended that the existing war liiht""teeel
will materially affect our trade and commerce with "to 1,0
of the world. On the contrary, the reductions Pori,
would increase that trade, and augment the revenue ',.(4
from it. 047
Wt.en the country is in a state of war, no con
should be permitted to occur in which there would 1.30e0 Of ;4
ciency in the treasury, for the vigorous prosectitinv.49,
war; and to guard against such an event, it is rev) ntotS
that contingent authority be given to issue TreastlFie et •4
or to contract a loan for a limited amount reirrthurs!,"_ n 0,74,
early day. Should no occasion arise toexercise tlll`.0Y
still it may be important that the authority 5110 w 0,
_should there be a necessity for it. S 47ri
—II-Ninot deemed necessary to resort to direct ta%;.1,00A
cises—the measures recommended being deemed pre.eteer:oe
a means of increasing the revenue. It is hoped tltk,plS`
with Mexico, if vigorously prosecuted, as is conteloll,,,,
may be of short duration. I shall be at all times. j 0 1.0
conclude an honourable peace, whenever the ltle/ti'eo
vernnient shall manifest a like disposition. The ~e; hog
war has been rendered necessary by the acts of Me'ive 01,10
whenever that power shall be ready to do us justice,
toOs
be prepared to sheathe the sword, and tender to her
branch of peace.
JAMES X. ° Y
•
Washington, June 16, 1846. .
REPORT OF THE SECRETARY OF THE TRD,-Lel'd
Treasury Department, June.ls,Hiet°,4,
Sir,--T have duly considered the resolution of the Kt
the 3d of June, 1846, together with the estimates of tl-`",,e
tart' of the Navy of the 9th inst., and of the Secretari„i" •
of the 13th inst., submitted by you to this departnt""
respectfully report to you as foliows •• r Of
ti91:011
It appears that the aggregate estimated ex.peeditn':oo
.War and Navy Departments fur the
.fiscal-. Years iernietyli 0
on the 30th Jr June, 1846 and -1817, anieunt
.to 23e' 01°,0
dolls. over and abOve the estimates made by those der,ooll,
in December last, and then submitted in my annual 74,0
Congress. In that report it was supposed by tits a 0100
in.nt, that upon the expenditures then estimated for 6004
of peace, there would remain on the Ist ofJuly,lB-411te tf,f
in the Treasury ot 4,332,441 dolls. 7c. Deduen'Terl
balance fi om the excess of expenditures above estio°,ll; a
the War and Navy Departments, there would resat'
ficiency of 19,620,463 dolls.
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It is believed, however, that this deficiency ,
augmented receipts, accrued and accruing for thdol
years 1846 and 1847, be diminished tour millions,„ 1: m.l
which would reduce the deficit on the Ist of du I
15,620,463 dolls. the Certl
It is ,ascertained, by experience, that for
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prompt, and convenient payment of the public ci
'irets
all times and places, throughout our extended ter sit;►
the supply of the mint and branch mints, for coinage!, iist,
of 4 millions of dollars, especially during a state Te,
must remain on hand in the Treasury, which would_loo°
raise the sum to be provided for before the 30th 04
1847, to 19,620,463 dolls.
dolly
It isbelieved, however, that AS= equal to 5,531,0A'e5ti,,,'0
of additional revenue may be produced by the m0°2..4";5•P:4
of the tariff herein proposed—namely, to adopt,as a '-'-190/0,(
Bill reducing the tariff reported by the Committee °liatko
and Means to the House of Representatives on the ,detij
April last, together with the augmented and additionalar,
now proposed and enumerated in schedule A. This ell!, 06
the Bill reported by the committee, omitting the fon_lreter
tion, would make an addition to the revenue to be 1)1--
by that Bill, of 4,034,057 dolls. SI °ill
After a very careful examination of the additiellodt,,,
which it has been in my power to obtain since the,T, C,1%,
February last, it is my conviction that the Bill a 7000?
mittee will produce a net revenue of at least 26,00°,be Jeri?
If to this be added the additional duties proposed to
odifie,,
in schedule A, the Bill of the committee with the turret Po(
tions embraced in that schedule would produce r,tiditioool
venue of 30,034,057 dolls. This would make an 11"..401 0C,,01
5,534,057 dolls. to the revenue that would be r dent
under the Act of 30th August, 1842. If, then, ~reoedt
this 5,534,057 dolls. from the deficit above estn,,,
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would still leave a deficit of 14,086,406 dolls. 0 Se
bag ...10
If, in addition to the modifications of the tariff rno
gested, the warehousing system were adopted, 114 040
mended in -my annual report of December last, of pit,
make an addition to the annual revenue from custon:3llsql,
million of dollars, which, deducted from the sho:o6
would leave a deficiency still remaining of 13,086, oioiSifoi
It is true that the introduction of the warehousi°so op/
might diminish the revenue during a portion of, acidol
year succeeding its adoption ; but that it would P.
reirP.
million of dollars per annum to the permanent annual . of
from customs is not doubted. augtleeta,
It is believed also that the reduction and gr wag
the price of the public lands in favour of settlers
~.„9 P-gs
vators, as recommended in your Message of Dece,was•
would make an annual addition of half a million epee eLees
the revenue derivable from the proceeds of the flt pole
public lands, by bringing into market many milliogefrt ]bid
of the public domain which are wholly unsaleat' 00_„0/01
present minimum price established by law. De" ialit P. 0'
sum of half a million of dollars from the deficit 5.9-00010
mentioned, would leave still unprovided for til'iteeS.°
12,586,406 dolls., which must be )met by loans/
notes, direct taxation, or excises. ba4170
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-In addition to the strong objecticns be p-
urged against direct taxes and excises, it.w0u1.t...4.
toTukin cperatio- such a system all - kWrsbil-iff
ritories, so as to realise the' required araountin.-
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