The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1847-02-23 00:00:00

COLONIAL IN'FEI

AMERICA

,ip Oxford, which left N

ant, has firougl
important news

no papers to that

ith. General Quitman drov

the M

st 30 or 40 miles before enterin

were very re

tected, and the result had, in many instances, proved the Lu
wisdom of the rule. but went out on one side as Quitman entered on the
The adjourned debate on Lord G. Bentinck's bill was other. General Quitman, having no cavalry, could not
then opened by Mr. B. Osborne in favour, who was fol- pursue them. The Mexican army, it was believed, was
lowed on the same side by Col. Conolly, Sir John Walsh, not far off. The Mexican soldiers seen in the neigbour-
Sir Henry Barron, and Mr. W. R. Collett. The bill was hood of Saltillo are supposed to have been advanced
opposed by Captain Layard, Sir R. Peel, and Lord John parties of some 1500 to 2000 men kept in possession on
Russell. • this side of the desert between Saltillo and San Luis, to
Mr. MuNtrz should vote against the bill, although he destroy the water tanks in case the American army should
had spoken in favour of it, on the ground that its success move in force in the direction of San Luis. Col. Kinney
would involve the resignation of government. brought a rumour to Tampico, that 15,000 Mexicans were
Lord G. BINTINCK having replied, the house divided, to attack Saltillo on the 27th of December. Large Alexi-
and the bill was lost by 322 to 118. can forces, mostly cavalry, were at Tula at the last dates,
under General Valentia. Generals Urrea, Romero, and
HOUSE OF. COMMONS.—WEDNESW&Y. Fernandez were also reported in that vicinity.
The adjourned debate on the Factory Bill was resumed - On the Ist of January General Taylor sent forward Col.
by Sit-A. L. Hay, who contended against the bill, quo- May to examine the mountain passes between Montemo-

tang the opinion of lvlr. norner uaat 1L wouiu
of the manufacturers.
Mr. BERNAL supported the bill, which the operatives
had demanded, though threatened with a re-

pass leading to Linares, and was attacked by a large body
of the enemy, and his rear guard cut off by rolling large
stones into the pass, which was scarcely wide enough for

all other considerations, it was absolutely necessary- for
their health that the hours of labour should be dimil
nished; _ _

with the main body of his for(
enabled f

nd reached a spot where

lismount and return to st

our th

DENNISTOUN opy

sed the motion E
:e with the inch

an absu

rear guard. But it was too late : the enemy had retreated
with their prisoners. At one time May's dragoons were
almost at the mercy of the enemy, had the latter, dis-
charged their nieces with sec

and clang

rous interf
The Ameri

ivintage of

acY ;

)Osition they

freight and insure
per cent., which
were passed.
Mr. FERRAND

occupied was dire
May's loss had ni
any lnen killed. There can 1
Tome had fallen. Generals 7
and Pillow were at Victoria wih a lax
Shields. with 650 men, marched frou

lieen asce

over the heads of theiroops. Col,
lined, nor whether he had
no doubt, however, that

Patterson,
General

measure of the nature of Which he had never, during
ten years he had advocated it, known a manufaet

ye his opinion in the presence of h

10th towards

Tampico on the
Altamira, with the supposed intention of
opening communications with General Taylor at Victoria.
From two 8 three thousand Mexican troops were between

Victoria, with which it wa

supposed yrFn

t hiave an eagagefuent

Colonel Kinney states
mounted to 30,000

at Tampico numbered 950 men
that the Mexican force at San Lu

men, and he estimates their entire f

Generals Taylor and Pat

t Victoria, waiting order

The Secretary of the Treasury had sent a report to
Congress, recommending an increase of duty on various
articles, and a diminution on others. The other com-

mercial news we give in another column

as_to7ing the British ships_Manehest(

S. W. Pass

when all of her six boilers exploded at once.
calamity Mr. Lathrop, the pilot, was blown ov

By this
:rboard,

board the bark Leontine the destruction was yet greater.
Eight Germans were killed, and a large number wounded.
Two of the Manchester's crew were killed. The bark

the explosion made a fearful wreck

r type, and with the easily recognisable conspicuous-
n which important intelligence is communicated, that
It dinner by her