The Sun.
London, England, 1846-10-01 00:00:00

No. 16,859. LONDON, THURSDAY, EVENING SU N, OCTOBER 1, 1846.

TO THE LIVERY OF LONDON.
GENTLEMEN,—Permit me to return you my
sincere thanks for the spontaneous votes which you have re-
corded in my favour this day. as one of the two Aldermen from whom
the Lord Mayor is to be chosen for the year ensuing.
I trust by your continued support to be placed in the position to
which it is my ambition to aspire.
I have the honour to be, Gentlemen, your obedient servant,
Cavendish-square, Sept. 30, 1846. GEO. CARROLL.
P.S. The poll commences at Nine and closes at Three.
GREAT SOUTHE
RAILWAY (IRELAND;

RN AND WESTERN

I.—OPEN TO CARLOW.
OF TRAINS.
r 1, the Departure of the Trains

QENCER'S CHINESE LIQUID HAIR DYE.
The thousands of individuals who for upwards of twenty
years have used this celebrated liquid, pronounce it to be the only
article extant which effectually changes, in a few minutes, red or
grey hair, whiskers, moustaches, &c., to a dark brown or black.
without trouble (by simply combing it through the hair), and pro-
duces by one application a pleasing and permanent change ; and it
can be incontestibly proved, that while many dyes tend to destroy
the hair by their pernicious properties and dangerous process of ap-
plication, that this article promotes the growth of hair, nourishing
the roots till the latest period of life. Price 3s. 6d., 65., and 10s.
per bottle.

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To be had of the Proprietors, 29, Nottingham-place, Fieldgate-
street, Whitechapel-road, London ; also of Mr. Johnstone, 68, Corn-
btu; Butler, 4, Cheapside ; Prout, 229, Strand ; Sanger, 150, Oxford-
street; Barclay, Farringdon-street ; Atkinson, 24, Old Bond-
street; Hooper, 43, King William-street, London bridge; Finnigin,
inilsem-street, Bath; Elmore, Bull-street, Birmingham; and of most
Perfumers and Medicine Vendors in town and country. Sent to
any Part of the kingdom by receiving a remittance, pest-paid.
Please to ask for " Spencer and Co.'s Chinese Liquid Hair Dye."
Observe, the Proprietor's address is on the wrapper.

Coast, TRAVELLING
t or otherwise exposed. to the scorching rays of
the Sun, will find
KALYDOR a most refreshing
Visiting the Sea Co
g alplexion, dispelling the cloud of lan-
guor OWLAND'S
g sensation
and irritability, and immedi-
ately preparation for the Complexion,
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burn, and relaxation, allaying
or
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tion
delicately
pleasingly eradicated
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burn, Freckles, Tan, and Discotour
by the Kalydor, and the skin renderaed,
elite" of the Arts-
purifying and refreshing properties h
and those
climes of India, and the
n realms of the
. PRrotihclve. 4r v.
by the Court and the Royal Family
of the Continent of Europe, together with
Aris-
tocracy and " Haute Volee," from the sultry
Drawing-roorns of Calcutta and Madras, to the
, by their re ,el
filar and the Salons of St. Petersburgh and Mane°,
i and Si. 6d. per bottle.
or era.
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'...* Beware of spurious "Kalydors" containing mineral
astrin-
gents
utterly ruinous to the complexion, and which•
ant action, endanger health. The only genuine has
" ROWLAND'S KALYDOR" on the wrapper. and A,
and SON, 20, Hatton-garden, is also engraved (by desire etNt D
lion. Commissioners) on the Government Stamp affixed
on each
bottle.
Sold by the Proprietors, and by respectable Chemists and Per-
umers.
other " Kalvdors" are fraudulent counterfeits.

GENERAL Debility, Pains in the Stomach, and
Loss of Appetite cured lay MORISON'S PILLS, the Vege-
tPble Universal Medicine of the British College of Health, New-
road, London.—Mrs. Mary Anne Gardener, aged forty-one, residing
near the Red Cow Turnpike-gate, St. Oavi•l's, Exeter, cured of the
above complaints, with which she had been afflicted for Many years.
The particulars of this case are well known to Mr. Bevil!, of 91,
Fore-street-hill, Exeter; and also to Mr. Tuthill, surgeon, Heavitree.
near Exeter.— N.B. The public is hereby informed that no chemist
or druggist is allowed to sell Morison's fills ; they are only to b., had
of the Hygeirto Agents. In places where the-e is not an agent, the
Pills can he forwarded by post, on sending a post-office order to the
ltrltsh College of Health, payable to Messrs. Morison. The British
College of Health has now upwards of half a million cases of cure,
which amply prove the truth of the Ilygelan, or Morisoniau 'yam.

THE SHERIFFS' INAUGURATION

DINNER.

The inauguration banquet of the new Sheriffs, Thomas
Challis, Esq., Alderman, and Robert W. Kennard, Esq.,
took place yesterday at the London Tavern, when up-
wards of 220 guests partook of a most magnificent enter-
tainment provided by Messrs. Bathe and Breach, the
liberal proprietors of the London Tavern. The dinner
was on a more than usual scale of splendour.
The services of a rather questionable brass band had
been secured, and Messrs. Hawkins, Hobbs, Lockey,
Machin, Hatton, and Gear, enlivened the proceedings of
the evening with some admirable singing. Mr. Harker,
as toast-master, officiated in a most becoming manner.
The Right Hon. the Lord Mayor occupied the chair ;
and amongst the guests we noticed Lord J. Russell,
M.P., Mr. Masterman, Mr. Lyall, M.P., Mr.
Hudson, M.P., Mr. Bankes, M.P.,
(the Cursitor Baron),
the Lord Chief Baron, Alderman Sir C. Hunter,
Alderman Sir James Duke, Alderman Kelly, Alder-
man Humphery, Alderman Gibbs, Alderman Thomas
Wood, Alderman Carroll, Alderman Farneombe, Alder-
man Sir W. Magnay, Alderman Moon, Alderman
Musgrove, Alderman Hughes Hughes, Alderman Sid-
ney, the Under-Sheriffs Bayliss and Tilleard, his Excel-
lency the Belgian Ambassador, M. Beauveux, the Rev.
,Dr. Russell, Mr. Commissioner D. W. Harvey, Mr. D.
W. Wire, Mr. Bircham, the Master and Wardens of the
Butchers' Company, the Master and Wardens of the
Carpenters' Company, the Master of the Haberdashers'
Company, and many other gentleinen well known and
highly respected in the city of London.
The cloth having been removed, and the usual loyal
and national toasts having been duly proposed and
most heartily received,
The Loan MAYOR gave " Prosperity to the Trade and
Commerce of the city of London.'
Drunk with three times three.

Mr. J. D.H.Low briefly responded to the toast. He
trusted that with the citizens of London commerce might
not be employed solely with the view of enriching indi-
viduals, but that it might be made an instrument in the
hands of Heaven for civilising mankind, for ameliorating
the institutions, and for improving the laws of the
;country to which belonged-r(Choor:s.) Regarding
this as the great aim of cotnmerce; he could not but
congratulate the citizens of London upon having elected
as their representative in Parliament Vale Lord
near him whose talents and acquirements, ose honesty
and integrity, had raised him to the proud position of
Prime Minister of this country.—(Loud cheers.)
Mr. Alderman CHALLIS (Sheriff) said, thii.next toast
upon the list was that of the " Right Efoli:•Lord John
Russell, and her Majesty's Ministers."—(Chei;ra.), That
was a toast which had always been received by 'the
citizens of London without respect of political parties,
and however desirous they might be- upon the present
occasion, and however proper and _suitable might
appear to the gentlemen by whom 'hi was surrounded to
do honour to their illustrious ,guest, he was sure he
.should do no justice to that Noble Lord's feelings if he
were to introduce, 'upon the occasion of proposing his
health, any sentiment which might be likely to produce
'the slightest discord.—(Cheers.) There were features,
however, connected with the circumstances in which they
were placed, and which came more immediately under the
superintendence of the Sheriffs, to which he might allude
without introducing any difference of opinion, and which
he thought he might advert to, because he believed that
the wise discretion and wisdom which belonged to her

Majesty's present Ministers were likely to conduct such
questions as conduced to the social advancement and
civilisation of the people to a happy and successful issue.
—(Cheers.) They were too apt to associate the word
"civilisation" only with the notions of such light and
liberty as they themselves enjoyed; but if they could be
conducted to the cells of our prisons, and thence to the
habitations of the poor, they would behold a very different
picture from that which they were in the habit of
witnessing, and they would see that their own country
and their own neighbourhoods required civilisation
and improvement.—(Loud cheers.) The question to
which he would first allude was the amelioration of the
poor law, if not in principle, at least in its ad-
ministration, so that the witty aphorism of a late witty
member of the Church of England may not continue to
be true—that if they made the gaols too comfortable the
poor would be more ready to break in than the guilty to
break out.— (Hear- hear.) It was often his lot to see, as
an administrator of the law, that the underlings of the
ecaotmeduitithempiomoersininsourcdhera
tmo abnen
se
er
ntth
taot
would teratherm
poor-law
gaol, than enter the workhouse.—(Hear, hear.) Then
with regard to the amelioration of the criminal law, ho
should be glad to carry out every reasonable principle of
improvement which could be effected, everything which
could tend to make the law what it ought to be—a
praise and encouragement to them that do well, and a
terror to evil doers. Upon the question of education, he
believed he might safely say that the integrity, the
honesty, and the firmness of purpose of her Majesty's
Ministers would bear down all the petty jealousies and
prejudices which might disturb the community upon that
subject, and he trusted that they would all unite heart
and hand in carrying out some great general measure,
having for its object the education of the people: It *as'
not desirable that he should say more upon that subject
in the presence of their noble guest. The efforts of his
noble friend to ameliorate the condition of the country
—his endeavours to preserve all that was sound and
admirable in the constitution, and to obliterate all that
was worthless and inimical to the liberty of the subject,
were matters of history, and would be remembered by a
grateful posterity when the feuds and animosities which
had connected themselves with those endeavours should
have been forgotten.—(Loud cheers.)
The toast was drunk with three times three and the
most unbounded applause.
Lord J. RUSSELL immediately rose, and silence having
been restored, he spoke as follows:—In returning you
my grateful thanks for the honour you have done me I
shall not attempt to enter into any of those difficult
debateable questions to which the worthy proposer of
the toast has alluded. No doubt those topics are of the
utmost importance. All I will venture to assure you is,
that to those subjects on which he has touched, and to
many others relating to the welfare and prosperity of
this country, her Majesty's Ministers will give their un-
ceasing and conscientious attention, and will endeavour,
whether in administering, or in proposing measures for
legislation, to submit and to carry out such measures as
they believe to be best calculated to promote the benefit
of the great country to which they have the honour to
belong.—(Loud cheers.) In so stating, I should say that
it is part of the duty of her Majesty's Ministers, in con-
sidering this vast empire, to convey from those parts
which are strong succour to those parts which, however
distant, are weak; and again, to carry relief from those
parts which are in a state of prosperity to those which
are unfortunately in a state of suffering and privation.—
(Cheers.) Of this I am convinced, that if you in this
city of London, partaking and sharing in the feelins,
of the whole country, and indeed speaking the
feeling of the whole country, have a sympathy with
all parts of this great empire, then all our fellow-subjects
who live in the Queen's dominions may rely upon our
assistance in their hour of their need—may rely that we
consider them as brethren, living under the same crown,
and as having the happiness to live under the same con-
stitution. And I trust that we may see extended to
other parts of the world those blessings of freedom
which we have had so long established amongst us, and
which, with the light of the Gospel, I trust, will pervade
all parts of the globe.—(Cheers.) I will only now add,
that in proposing to you the health of the Sheriffs, lam
sure, from the earnest you have already had, you will be
convinced that those gentlemen will pay the utmost
attention to the important duties which devolve upon
them.—(Cheers.) I am sure that any plans of reform
and amelioration which may come before them will re-
ceive from them the fairest consideration—the result of
an anxious desire to promote the welfare of all—of the
lowest, of the most guilty even of their species; and I
am sure that in so doing they will earn the approbation
of the citizens of London.—(Cheers.) Let us hope that
those great problems, many of which have hitherto
been hid in obscurity, but which, nevertheless, are
matters well worthy of the attention of statesmee—
matters relating to the social condition of the com-
munity—will receive such attention, that both here
and elsewhere the condition of the great mass of
mankind may be improved; that not only may our
gaols be made places of less suffering, and greater
hope of reformation, but that by more attention to the
means of instruction many may be preserved from the
guilty course on which they now enter, in utter igno-
rance of their duty both to God and man.—(Cheers.)
That ignorance you must all see does not, ought not, to
belong to this enlightened, free, and Christian country ;
but it is quite true, as your worthy sheriff has observed,
that in times of the greatest civilization, and, in a metro-
polis like this, where the greatest civilization is supposed
to prevail, yet while that very civilization is progressing,
it does, somehow or other, leave behind it in its progress
persons among the poorer classes of society, who, as I
believe, receive less instruction, have less information,
and oftentimes live in a more miserable and degraded
state of existence, than was the case with any portion of
the community centuries ago, when civilization was not
so forward.—(Cheers.) ,'his is now known to us all.
Let us pursue these indpaths of improvement—let us
pursue them with the hope that we shall not only do
good to such of that description as may be amongst us,
but that other nations will strive with us in that honour.
able emulation, and that we shall seek to surpass one
another more in our endeavours to raise the community
to which we belong, than in those disastrous acts to
which, by a false notion, glory and renown have been
attached. By so doing we may hope to have an era
before us, not only of future prosperity, but an era in
which we may reflect that we have done our duty to all
our fellow men—in which we have endeavoured to im-
prove their condition not only in point of wealth, but
have striven to raise them in that moral relation which
shall constitute our highest pride as men and Christians.
—(Cheers.) I beg leave to give you the healths of the
Sheriffs.—(Loud cheers,)
Mr. Sheriff and Alderman CHALLIS responded to the
toast. lie could assure them that they entered upon
their office with a full appreciation of the responsibilities
which attached to it. Whatever influence the office
could command should be devoted to purposes of general
utility and practical beneficence.—(Cheers.)
Mr. Sheriff KENNARD reiterated the sentiments of his
colleague, and added that it would be his greatest plea-
sure, as it would be his highest reward, to merit that
good opinion which the kind reception of their health
I had led him to believe they entertained.—(Cheers.)

Lord JOHN RUSSELL then gave the health of the Lord
Mayor. His Right honourable Friend had now served
through so great a part of the year, his merits were so
well known to them, the way in which he had performed
the duties of his office, and his munificent hospitality,
of which so many of them had partaken, were so noto-
rious in the City, that he was sure he need not say one
word more in proposing to them the health of the Lord
Mayor.—(Loud cheers.)
The LORD MAYOR' eXpreSSed his extreme gratifica-
tion at the manner in which his health was received.
He had only six weeks to remain in office, and he trusted
during that period he should continue to give that satis-
faction to his fellow-citizens which up to the present
time his conduct had elicited.—(Cheers.)
Mr. Sheriff KENNAiID then proposed as a toast," The
Lord Chief Baron and the Judges."
The LORD CHIEF BARON, in responding to the toast,
remarked that he had always felt, and never more fully
than since he had hada seat on the bench, that the pure
administration of justice was mainly indebted in this
country to the large share in its administration which
belonged to the people themselves, and they might rely
upon it that it was mainly to the institution of trial by
jury that the administration of justice, both civil and
criminal, had obtained, as he believed that it had, such
general acceptation throughout the civilised world.
—(Cheers.) As long, as there was a competent appeal
by trial by jury there would not only be an enlightened,
but there must be an incorruptible administration.—
(Hear, hear.) He could not help making one remark
with respect to criminal administration. They might rely
upon it that the question of the suppression of crime did
not depend upon the manner in which they were to deal
with criminals in gaol. It depended upon the mode in
which they treated the oppressed, the poor, and the
ignorant who were not in gaol. By taking care of
those classes, and instructing them, they would repress
crime, and would prevent the gaols being filled. Let
them, then, as far as possible, raise the humbler classes,
give knowledge where they found ignorance, and ever
relieve where they met real distress.—(Loud cheers.)
After a number of other toasts, including the health
of the Cursitor Baron, .5f the Members for the City,
; responded to by Mr Mistermarrof thvg,44l
London, and of the late Sheriffs, the company
at a late hour.

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NAV AL INTELLIGENCE..
PORTSMOUTH, WEDNESDAY.—TI Retribution steam-,.
frigate, Captain Lushington, rema es at SpitheaCfer,:,
orders. She requires so much altesition and iinproire'
ment before she can become a serviceable sliip,lthdt itite
considered probable she will be gryeni over p Abe
engineers and dockyard hands, and her 'officerd'anir
ship's company, than whom there is rid aftntwe' efficient
body of men in the service, if we may believe the testi-
rnony of Vice-Admiral Sir William Parker,,Cgramanders
in-Chief of the Squadron of Evolution, turned over to the•
Amphion, 36, screw propeller, at Weorvvich. There
suit of the official inquiry into the state of- the Retriliuz
tion's engines yesterday has not transpired. The,res
port of the court was transmitted tosthe Lords. of the
Admiralty last night, and she awaits thclir LOrdships' de-
cision, which has not yet been receired3 '
When she left the squadron, the Prinpe de 'Joinville's
force was up the Mediterranean, but tlaikr expected down
to cruise off Cadiz and the other southern ports, to pre-
vent any arms, &c., being landed for the peasantry or
the people to use against the authorities favourable to the
Montpensier
In our mention of the operations of the squadron on
Tuesday, we omitted to state that the Cyclops steam-
frigate, Captain Lapidge, had proved herself so efficient
a vessel in all the trials under Sir William Parker, that
that officer had pronounced her a most useful and su-
perior war steamer, and inferior to no ship under his
command under sail.
We omitted to mention also that when Sir William
l'arker discovered the imposition practised by the Ter-
rible, in exhibiting crossjack and mizentopsail yards, for
which she had no sails, the Admiral ordered those yards
to be immediately struck.
The return home of the St. Vincent, 120, and the
Queen, 110, would, we are informed, make Vice-Amiral
Parker's squadron vastly inferior to that under the
Prince de Joinville. Much dissension and discomfort
prevailed on board the St. Vincent by the last advices
from the squadron.
Major G. E. Balchild, R.M. (1827), of the Queen, 110;
died at Cadiz on the 15th, and was, buried on the 16th
inst., ashore, with full military honours. The gallant
deceased, we are info*ted, was upwards of 60 years of
age. Ms services aro thus recorded in Allen's- New
Nary List :—" G. E. lialchild was '.Second Lieutenant
serving in the Edgar, Discovery;and Meteor, in various
actions against flotillas and batteries between Dunkirk
and Boulogne, 1805.6 and in the latter was severely
wounded at the passage of the Dardanelles, in 1807. Ile
continued serving in the Meteor pntil 181 Q, and was
present in action with'gun-boats in the Bay of Naples ;
at the defence of Rosas, where he was wounded ; and
in several boat actions-in the Adriatic. Commanded, a
rocket equipment at the attach Craney Island • the
• taking of Hampton.; -and occupation-of Kent Island,- in
the Chesapeake, 1813:15 ; a r delta and`
mortar battery at Plattsburgh. Gazetted 1807." Major
Balchild was attached to the Chatham division.
• The Childers, 12, Commander Pitman, arrived at
Simon's-bay, Cape of Good Hope, on the 16th of July,
from this
.port. She would repair damages (having
sprung her bowsprit) and proceed to New Zealand.
The Snake, 16, Commander Brown, was to sail from
Simon's-bay on the evening of the 17th, or the morning
of the 18th of July, to join Rear-Admiral Dacres in the
President, at Madagascar.
The Falmouth navy lighter arrived to-day from the
eastern yards with stores.
WOOLWICH, SEPT. 30.—Her Royal Highness the
Princess William of Prussia will embark in the Black
Eagle steam-vessel, Master Commander S. B. Cook, at
12 o'clock to-morrow, Oct. 1, at Woolwich Dockyard for
a passage to Rotterdam.
The Lightning steam-vessel, Master Commander
Petley, returned to Woolwich to-day from Grimsby,
having towed the Kestrel yacht, with the remains of the
late Earl of Yarborough, to that port.
The Plover surveying vessel, Captain Collinson, C. 8.,
is to be paid off at Woolwich on Monday next.

CANADIAN AFFAIRS.

The following extract from the Montreal Herald pre-
sents an accurate outline of the condition of affairs in
Canada:—

(From the Montreal Herald, Sept. 12.)
Since our last mail the public mind has been more
occupied with Imperial than provincial politics, especi-
ally since the arrival of the last intelligence from Eng-
land, with the news of the passage of the British Pos-
sessions Bill through the House of Commons.
We believe all parties must unite in according the
praise of consistency to the British Government for this
prompt and equitable measure. There appears, how-
ever, to be some doubts as to the extent to which we
should avail ourselves of it. Indeed, the transition from
the old colonial system to the new theory of free trade
has been so sudden, that the mass of the people here
have yet hardly had time to form a decided and intelli-
gent judgment upon the course to be pursued. We
imagine that their final decision will be to sweep away
the whole of these burdens.

The navigation laws and the free navigation of the St.
Lawrence are still being discussed; but the remarks we
have made as to the different duties apply with still
greater force to them.

We have already alluded to the present dullness of
Canadian politics. This arises partly from the topics
brought upon the carpet during the session of Parlia-
ment having been already pretty nearly exhausted—
from men's attention, at this season, being turned to
their business pursuits, and, perhaps, still more from the
change in the head of the Government, which naturally
induces the " wire pullers" to put off their operations
until they can be resumed with a prospect of permanent
results.

This is the time rather for preparation than for action.
The arrival of Lord Elgin will, no doubt, be the signal
for a general move.
People know so little of this nobleman, that there has
been no room for the expression of strong opinion on his
appointment. In general, he is understood to be a dis-
tant relation of some marbles in the British Museum—
and that is nearly all. It is of more consequence that he

Il+Jlo'ntrea'i,'oa itceonnt of the Ls:chind 'Canal having been
elosid4:-This*cork wilt open on, the 20th instant-, anti
!,.emo_veshe inconvenience.
~T.r,ora the half-yearly statement of the Banli. of• Mon-
ttleal, published in the Herald of thellOth 'instant; it
6ppetirs•tliat 'on the 31st of August the assets of this in-.
stittitiokweie 1',554;753/.•135., and its liabilities 719;230/,
6d. •Qf the •asspts, 117,504 3d.., consisted. of
:coin and
There is to be a meeting of shareholders in the Port-
land RailwaY Company to-day,• to determine upon the
'course.to.be adopted with such of the English subscribers
as desire to withdraw.
We have a few arrivals from among• the,autumn fleet
:for Montreal, but it is feared many will.be late. '2OO sail
have recently readied Quebec. •
Her Majesty's ship Vindictive, bearing the flag of Ad-
miral Austen, is also at Quebec. Her Majesty's schooner
Gulnare, Captain Bayfield, is now at Montreal, Captain
Bayfield having been applied to to survey the Lake of
St. Peter, upon which the Provincial Government has
undertaken some very extensive works. The lake is
formed by the junction of several rivers with the St.
Lawrence, and it is rendered much shallower than the
stream by the deposits brought down by them. The
object is to deepen a channel for larger vessels than
those which now come here; but after a great many,
thousand pounds have been laid out, it seems to be gene-
rally believed that the Acme is impracticable, or that
the plan adopted was not the best calculated to carry
it out. Captain Bayfield's advice has, therefore, been
sought.
The weather has been extremely hot for several weeks,
and the St. Lawrence is lower than it has been for many
years.

PRICE SD.

Our wheat crop, there is no doubt, is very large, and
it must, for the coming season, depend upon your market
to fix the price. If you do not require our surplus,
wheat and flour will be lower than they now are in this
country. The present price of flour may be put at
4 62-100 dollars per barrel. This may be considered a
fair average price, rather stationary, with an upward
tendency. That tendency, however, is produced by
looking to your market, in the expectation of new orders
to purchase at advanced prices. The home market of
the United States, in my opinion, will not sustain flour
through the season at four and a half dollars per barrel.
Our potato crop is suffering considerably with the
sari'e disease that is proving such a scourge to Ireland, a
species of rot for which no preventive has as yet been
discovered Indeed, so far as I can learn, we are now as
ignorant of the cause of the disease as we were the first
day of its appearance among us. But the loss of the
potato crop in this country is not such a disaster as a
similar loss would be in Great Britain. Here no families,
except a few foreign families of labourers in cities, pre-
tend to live, even chiefly, upon potatoes. Families of
eight to twelve persons rarely consume more than 15 or
20 bushels in a year.
The Mexican war progresses slowly. The season and
the roads, in part, have prevented General Taylor's army
from moving ; in addition to which great difficulty has
attended all efforts to procure the necessary means of
transportation. These difficulties, however, have in a
great measure been removed. The prospects now are,
that he will advance with a strong military force, and
that he will meet little or no opposition at Montero, and
almost without interruption march to the city of Mexico.
Such are the opinions of the friends of the Administra-
tion. Your correspondent entertains very different views.
Santa Anna, as you will observe, has arrived at Vera
Cruz; whether he " slipt" in, or was permitted to pass
the American blockading squadron, is not known, nor is
it important. The question is, what will be its effect
upon the United States? Will it terminate or procras-
tinate the war? The impression is universal, that Santa
Anna had an American passport, in some way, to enter
Vera Cruz. The presumption is, that the President
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is said, pacific prop°-
, The friends of the
other parts of the
have a speedy settle-
iy I do not believe it.

211119:ffernatitit ,cldginning to feel the want of
money,. The rrtaident ft auThorised to issue 10,000,000
,of doll rsrin Ti)eaStirf, note 3. Yekterdity.the first batch
of this , specii.a 'St paper :iaciney made its appearance
in our, city. 'They are_ received in payment of Custom
I.louse dues. : 8o long as the.imeunt in circulation can
be swallowed by, the Custom Tlouse, they will be at par,
and no longer. , -
It. is generally supposed that-Santa Anna will be im-
mediately chosen President. he will perceive
that the several faciioniin Mexico can only be consoli-
dated and put -nown'through ife twiny; that without
they are thus-irosirated he will aver reel himself safe.
In this view; may
.he not wish to be,placed, for a term,
at the head of the army, with his ...friend General
Almonte as President?

You will notice in all the journals:of the Say the loss,
by grounding, of an• American sloop-of.war, and the
capture, by the Mexicans, of the greater part of her
crew. The public generally are greatly dissatisfied with
what appears to be the inactivity of the officer com-
manding the blockading squadron.
—Times. A GENEVESE TRAVELLER.

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