The Sun.
London, England, 1844-06-24 00:00:00

THE UNITED STATES.

LIVERPOOL, SATURDAY MORNING.

The packet-ship Cambridge, Capt. Barstow, arrived
i❑ the Mersey this morning; she sailed from New
York on the Ist inst., from which city she brings one
day's later news than that brought by the Britannia.
She has thus performed the voyage in twenty-one
days. The news is not of much importance. The
papers are principally filled with comments on the
nominations at the late Baltimore Convention. The
nomination of Polk, it seems to be admitted on all
hands, will secure the election of Clay in November
by a large majority, with the continuance of the pre-
sent restrictive tariff, and limited intercourse with
England. Capt. Tyler had accepted the nomination
for the presidency conferred upon him by the Tyler
Convention at Baltimore.

The Houston Telegraph contains an account of an
affray at a place called Corpus Christi, between a party
of Mexicans and Texians, in which about eight of the
former were killed, and as many taken prisoners ;
and a report of a similar onslaught which, a short
time before, a party of Alexicans had made upon a
small number of Texians. It was generally believed
in Texas that their treaty with the United States was
rejected.

'The Liverpool packet-ship Roscoe, which sailed
hence an the Ist of April, had not arrived at New
York when the Cambridge sailed. She was supposed
to be fast in the ice on the banks. Much anxiety
began to be felt concerning her, as she was full of
passengers, and had a valuable cargo on board.

LATEST from the UNITED STATES
LIVERPOOL. SUNDAY.

The fast-sailing ship Sea, Captain Edwards, arrived
at this port to-day, after a quick voyage. She left New
York on the 3d inst., and Sandy Hook on the 4th. The
Sea has brought five passengers only.
The news is very barren of interest.
At Washington, on the Ist last , in Senate, the joint re-
solution of the House, to adjourn on the 17th of June, was
adopted.
Mr. M'Duffie's tariff resolution, pronouncing the present
rate of duties unjust and oppressive, was taken up and reject-
ed—ayes 18, noes 25.
In the House of Representatives, Mr. Adams broached the
great principle of the Native American party, i. e., the al-
teration of the Naturalization Laws so as to require foreign-
ers to reside here twenty-one years, instead of five, before
they exercise the rights and powers of native-born citi-
zens; and he presented a petition from citizens of Pennsyl-
vania, praying Congress to make this change in the natu-
ralization laws. In presenting this petition, he supposed
an opinion would be expected from him on the subject, and
he therefore stated that the petitioners being unknown to
him, he did not feel bound to support the prayer of the peti-
tion. He moved that the petition be referred to the Judi-
ciary Committee. Mr. Murphy called for the ayes and noes
on a motion by Mr. Hammett to lay it on the table. The
question was ordered, and resulted in 104 votes in favour of
laying it on the table, and only 26 against so doing.
A murder and suicide of the murderer, of a very horrible
description, had been committed at Philadelphia. The
Philadelphia Ledger says, under date of Saturday, June 1,
that a Frenchman named Jules Lesueur, early that morning,
shot his wife in the right side, between the fifth and sixth
ribs, and committed suicide by shooting himself in the left
side. The Coroner convened a jury about eight o'clock,
when the wife was still alive. Augustus Esmoil, keeper of
the French boarding-house' Dock-street, below Third, in
which the deceased resided, knew of no quarrel between de-
ceased and his wife, but papers and documents were found
which made it evident that murder and suicide were preme-
ditated by deceased. In a letter to Mr. Esmoil, found on a
table, Lesueur begs " pardon of God for his crime " he was
about to commit, gives directions for the funeral, that both
shall be interred in one grave, in plain coffins, the expenses
to be defrayed out of 170 dollars left for the purpose. It ap-
pears that suspicions of infidelity on the part of the woman
in refusing to live with deceased, produced this deplorable
result. She was alive at noon, Saturday, but her recovery
was impossible. She was suffering great pain. She says, he
awoke her on Friday night, asked her to kiss him ; and on
refusing, he shot her. She is a Creole, of Louisiana, where
she has a sister. Mr. Barbace, of whom deceased was jealous,
is her agent, and at her desire assisted her to escape from
the dower of her husband.
COMMERCIAL.

The New York Sun says—
" The intelligence by the Caledonia is any thing but favour-
able to those who have dipped into the cotton speculations
on this side the water. The decline of about id. per pound
on our great staple cannot but result in great pecuniary loss
to present holders, and those who have advanced freely on
consignments, to some of whom, in the southern cities, it
will probably be disastrous. Money continued to be abun•
dant in England, at former rates.
" The sales at the Board this morning are very large, and
the prices generally at an advance. Morris Canal Company,
which sold yesterday at 17, opened this morning at 26, and
closed at 24—a rise of 7 since yesterday. Norwich and Wor-
cester advanced 24 ; Farmer's Trust Company, 24 ; Stoning-
ton, 2; Erie Railroad, l ; Harlem and Long Island, 14;
Pennsylvania Fives and Mohawk Railroad, 1 ; Reading
Railroad, i ; Illinois Bonds and Canton Company, 4 ; and
Ohio and Kentucky Sixes and State Bank, ; Vicksburg
Bank declined *.

"At the Public Board, Canton Company improved 24;
Farmer's Trust Company, 2a ; Erie Railroad, la ; and Long
Island Railroad, Vicksburg Bank closed at a decline, and
United States Bank at yesterday's price."