The Sun.
London, England, 1846-08-01 00:00:00

'-ivi-FItICAN NEWS.

ARRI V
AL OF THE BRITANNIA.

(PROM OUR LIVERPOOL CORRESPONDENT.)
LIVERPOOL, FRIDAY EVENING.
'•
BY the steam-ship Britannia, Captain Hewitt, we
nave just procured America+, papers to the 16th. They
°rM us of the arrival at Halitax of tie Cambria, which
ailed from Liverpool on the 4th of July.
The news by this arrival is not of great importance.
The Tariff Bill, in the adoption of which the British
rtflaiercial and manufacturing community have a deep
ell:It, has passed the House,
but is still under dis-
'maim in the Senate. It is thought by many well-in-
12roled persons that this body will be equally divided
"Pon the vote, and the ultimate decision will thus ret
6Mr. Vice-President Dallas, in whese NEVollr, al-
ugh from a st,:onr, Protective Tariff State and at-
ehed to that policy by all his porsonal interests, its
',lends have litth confidence.
MrWebste,e •had given notice of his intention to
r,,k upon J'ae subject; and it is said that he will intro-
tur, et.ertai.a important amendments, or an entire substi-
,dior the present Bill, which, it is thought, may re-
orre the support of some of the democratic Senators. Of
the '
Character-of .these amendments nothing is yet pub-
zlY known. We give below in extenso the Tariff Bill
under debate.
af4o movement of any importance has been made by
array of invasive, thcragh active preparations are
Zlltttlued for an advar.ce to Monterey, where it is
"Ayleht the Mexican force will make a stand. Gen.
iltit) as we sea en . from the important address of
2redes, has P,e'en ordered to the capital to be tried
it:ourt•martial for disobedience of orders in evacu-
--'g
Alata'zioras. The President states that he is
111.4 to 'sake the field in person, and declares that
yl war will be 'prosecuted with the utmost possible
vtleUr 'and efficiency. In addition to the regular army
invasion under General Taylor, which is to penetrate
"4405xic0 by way of Monterey, Brig. Gen. Kearney, has
Fe
forward, at the head 'of about 2,500-men, for Santa
Where he intends to take possession of New Mexico,
iomai 4 regiment of inrantry has been raised in this city,
Mustered into the service of the United States
rIY next week, Par immediate transportation to Cali-
of whie% 'it is expected they will take and hold
Possession. "
iislil°thil% 'ARS been done in Congress with regard to
Bing Zreasury notes, and the Idiependeut Treasury
bin, of necessity laid aside. A Warehousing Bill is
r debate in the Senate, but its adoption, to say the
orst, is very doubtful. We give it below.
The cotton crop is likely, so far as a judgment can be
lased upon the returns already received, to be deficient.
Grain crops, through short in some sections, will yield at
/alto an average.
1 A New York paper, of the 16th, says, " The political
10titntry remains without change since our last rema.'eks,
.I,ty the steamer, of the Ist. The campaign against
Ma-Aieo has made no perceptible progress, although pre-
-Iperationa for its vigorous prosecutions are constantly
',-igoing on. An expedition in considerable for is destined
4or the Pacific—looking unaubtedlquest y to permanent con
on its shores. Meantime-steaeo.:vessels, and other
:'eessels of light draught of water, are, dispatched to the Rio
'Grande, in order to accompany the march of the army
'of General Taylor along its Auks to Reynosa and Ca-
Itlargo—the latter of whic!A it is presumed, like the
?r_ortner, capitulate
11130 r, his approach. The good con-
fin act and honest deal'..nrgy get, and resr,ect of the invaders, who pay for all
s favowat'ely private property and private rights,
tentrast
with the preceding rule, or rather
Zlittnatoatoorfail7i,
le,,Df the Mexicans in the country around the
and the moral influence of such a course
14.7 be eas effective in extending our sway in countries
-j,"' -ein, as the vigour of our arms.
cur last dates from Mexico are to the first week in
ractne, at which time no change had occurred in the
;4elvarnment. The plan supposed to be favoured by
3:llta Anna for restoring the Constitution of 1824,•
-O-d upoii that-of the United States, which he was
tereteos t in putting down, and for arousing the nation to
....ekst all attempts to subject Mexico to the authority of
arehical institutions, which Paredes is by impli-
°4 assumed to favour—was carried out at Jalisco,
telt4 tr this 11w:ea:lent be followed elsewhere,' it cannot
!lea:: lead. 'to the overthrow of the existing GoVern-
a• redittlrA the restoration of Santa Ana. The address of
411• teke to Congress on the Ist of June, is a manly and
„_l4
eta,
of the difficulties in which t:he. country
U, ;4ted, and does not savour at all of submission to the
4,,,,ited States,
411 e only demonstration on the gulf coast of Mexico,
keas,all attack by the IThited States ship St. Mary's and
r boats, on the Bth ult., on some gun-boats sheltered
wiiPle fort off Tampico, but owing to the shoal water,
'eh facilitated the • withdrawal of the gum boats be-
• P-11. the reach. the 'ship, nothing was effected.
we h
1),,. ave accounts from the army to the 13th ult. from
th'illt Isabel. No new 'movements had taken place—
xi.-"e tains had commenced, and the country between
,i7atitmoras and the Point is already partially sub
"Lels'g,.._ ed.
„ J:he condition of commerce and of money affairs is
"Aagnant—the fast by reason of the Bill still pending in
"ngress for the overthrow of the tariff of 1842—and
Which it is feared may become a law—the latter because
1:4 the sar.ascertained and unascertainable costs of the
oVer araent, and of the uncertainty of the course it pro-
tins,ea• to pursue with regard to the Ways and Means. A
,"'• has indeed been reported in the House of Repre-
i7tatives to authorise an issue of ten millions of Treasury
°.,,tea, but nothing has since been done.
lt‘z4:11031 Texas.—The steam-ship New York arrived at
e: Orleans on the 29th ult., from Galveston.
iia The papers received by this arrival furnish little that
c,lnew' or interesting. There is no news of importance
-•uni the army. It appear:, to be generally understood
fat the line of march, probably in the direction of Mon-
ey, will be taken up or, the lOtls July.
THE LATE FIFYX, AT NEWFOUNDLAND.
PTheembly have held a special session to
Ocert House of Aw
measures 'for the relief of the sufferers by ti,e
uestructive fire
,t St. John's, as well as to borrow a sum
113 fwd,
io net exceeding half a million, for rebuilding
which Sir John Harvey has lent his hearty
ftveratic,n and assistance.
den
.18 • .Astithated that two thousand houses have been
he
tlez.:dr ed, and that twelve thousand persons are re-
hg hit houseless. The demand for provisions and build-
aleterials is officially, and purposely made known to
g John Harvey does great credit to the military,arl
town to their efforts the saving of the east end of t
epAleaY merchants burnt out saved a good proportion
their stock. The Scotch houses are said to be the
aeaviest levers, as they were all in a cluster, and in
iireoyir'ndir-aediate vicinity of the oil vat which was ae-
:;he loss, it is said, will vary from 600,000/. to
1117°,000/. 2,000,0001. is said to be insured in the
—,-;eni•k-office, London.
ti,'ll the 13th July there wal a terrific fire at Nan-.
IrkVtewtich destroyed 180 buildings. •
."-Ez WgST JUNE 30, 1846.—The brig Matainbras,
brute, master, from New York for Mobile, passed
through yesterday, by which we were furnished with a
Jamaica paper, dated, Kingston, June 5, conveying the
following
" By the arrival of the Brigantine Telegraph, (Brit-
ish), we learn that this vessel was boarded off Cape St.
Antonio, by a' Mexican privateer, her papers ex-
amined, &c. and after finding her to be a British
"Vessel, lc ft her. She had two American brigs as prizes
With her."
SALES AT THE STOCK EXCHANGE.—JULY 15.
$6,000 United States 6's 1862 lo6}
1,000 United States s's 99
5,000 Ohio 6's, 1860 93
5,000 Reading Bonds s9O 73
12 shs Bank State, New York 85
50 do. Morris Canal l2
34 d0.,0.hi0 Trust., 96
50 do. East Boston
50 do. Canton Co 33
400 do. Long Island R 3O
200 do. Harlem 49
150 do. Harlem H 49 a
200 do. Reading R 67
100 do. Nor. and Wor. ...s3O 56*
95-do. Aub'n and Roch lO3

tk3„ Tuesday morning, at 7 A.m., the news of the royn
trat?t being given to the Ashburton and South Devon Rail-
lallll on Monday evening, arrived by the Quicksilver
th 7" (thanks to the spiriteeproprietor, Mr. Young) in the
frrrd editiou of The Sun newspaper. Shortly atter the b.l s
402 St. Andrew's Tower sent forth a merry peal. We hope
that announce the commencement of new market, and
rat ultimately benefits to the manufacturers and all classes
P/ the community will arise from the laudable enterprise.—
Mouth Journal.
!,1.,,r• Mackenzie
la
u had the honour to exhibit the High-
anwarfs, on Thursday last, before the Lady Mayoress
nartY at the Mansion House.
atITLANCX. ARRIVALS AT HAVRE.—M. arrived
Thiers
from
re this day (Tuesday) by the steam-boat the Seine,l
en, ana took up his quarters at Frascati's Hot, ,
pil,'tra his famil have been waiting for him for some days
r" On the ysame day Horace Vernet. the celebrated
it ater, and Soliman Pacha (Colonel Selres), arrived at
ei,a,,vre,,hy the Hamburgh steamer, from Rotterdam. They are
p 1."1 'lag at Frascati's, where a number of distinguished
I:ersos have arriveddu ring the last week, among whom we may
Pration the Prince of Wurtembourg. It is said that Soliman
ra, who is the intimate friend of Horace Vernet, intends
otenceeding to Paris, when the Havre regatta, which coin-
tr
ced on Tuesday, is over, to visit his friends and corn-
r&ios2 and the Capital, before his return to join his master,
hiztTi Pachti.• Cointeri is daily expected in Havre, on
LetZaY t" the south of Europe, for the benefit of his health.
chttn,ra, addre,ssed to him, to the care of an eminent mer-
• from" ,n 1 Havre, were received on Tuesday morning, and,
roaie tae hearty manner in which this announcement was
by th:n the Bourse, we should suppose that his reception
cttia
tharnereantile class will .be a most gratifying one. It is
Where t Mr. Cobden intends to take Bordeaux in his route,
city
tii_doubtless, he will be, received with open arms by a
ooks ti 41' has followed so energetically in his wake, andihat
p_on. him as the father of commercial reform. -
10,,amESEND AND ROCHESTER RAILWAY.—The
" "Ig axe the traffic returns for the week Anding July .2.5:•!..
010061 411P144