The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1840-09-04 00:00:00

CANADA

The only item of interest in the Montreal papers is the
speculation of the corps editorial on the grand scheme of the
whig ministry, for the re-union of the Canadas. The course
the Duke of Wellington appears to be much re-
all parties, but now the bill is passed, they express
_._3tion that the friends and advocates of the mea-
re should show their strength, not only in giving imme-
t to the provisions of the new act, but in perma-
ishing their principles and influence. Let union
they say, and let no time be lost in con-
Junto/ and the enemies of the measure,
great boon_which has at last been

be the watc

ncing the matt

conferred upon the two provinces. We hear nothing of any
confirmation of the report 'respecting the immediate depar-

tore of Governor Thoinson

MEXICO

In our Havannah paperswe-fin4 late news from Mexico.
The journals of Vera C 1122 lament bitterly over the capture
of Campeachy, and charge the central government with in-
difference and corruption.

the house of Livirdi, heiUg no longer reimbursed for its
to the Mexican government, has refused auy longer
a furnish the outlays far diplomatic legislatures. Garro, the
minister at the court of France, had sent his secretary to
complain of the dereliction.

A letter from San Louis de Potosi states that the Junta
Departamental has requested the conservative power to
change entirely the present ministry, as their acts have ever
been obnoxious to popular liberty.

n the 11th June, authorises a loan of
:wed by mortgage on those euvtom-
the 15 and 17 per cents.
tertiary of her Britannic Majesty has
t his government, the reimbursement
cent. paid by the English subjects in
iws of the 26th November and 27th

z dutif

lister p

f the dat

rinity with

arrison of Puebla has been ordered to
Id seem to intimate some apprehension

aleulation made by " El Desengano," it follows
tity of brandy worth ten dollars, pays in Mexico

Britain

t of the 10th has the following :—The Eng-
ddressed a note to the government, stating
rtai❑ time Texas is not recognised, Great
fledge its independence. This letter adds,
has offered to become a mediator in the

ary questions.
ptain Robinson, of the Matilda, arrived
tatnoras, that when he left there were

11 12 pieces of cannon, at that place,
waiting the arrival of 2500 Texian troops, who had threatened
D attack the place. Captain Robinson stated that they were
,n the march to Little.

Our advices fron► Galveston are up to a very late date.
The destination of the Texas squadron was a matter of much
speculation. The government had evinced a decided disin-
clination to assist the Federalists in their meditated attack
nu Metamoras, and it was thought it would be abandoned.
The crops looked promising, and the country was usually
hoolfht,

BAHAMA,

We have the Bahama Royal Gazette to the 6th inst. On
he 24th July, the settlement called San Fernanda, situated
vithin the port of Neuvitas, in the island of Cuba, was en-
tirely destroyed by tire, which caused much distress, and rc-
luced many poor families to the greatest indigence.

VASSAL

AUGUST 5

a Spanish brig from Cadiz, bound to
and having 70 passengers on board, nfortuuately

About the 13th ul

Havanna:

struck dlith`eiVittearat'scer.""the atWwithNive seaina ih
the brig's boat, proceeded to Neuvitas for assistance, whence
a small sloop (the Carmita, Capt. Batboso, now iu this port)
was immediately despatched, but on arriving at the reef the
brig was not to be found ; suppose she may have drifted off,
and proceeded on her voyage; no accounts, however, have
been received of her.

MONEY MARKET, AUGUST 16-6 P.M

The President was announced to-day with seven days later
news from England. Money continued exceedingly abun-
dant in London. Cotton had improved, and corn had de-
clined. Notwithstanding the abundance and comparative
cheapness of money in London, the foreign exchanges exhi-
bited considerable weakness. This seems in a great measure
to arise from the doubts and speculations concerning the
harvest; the prospects, however, with reference to which
considerably brightened during the past week. The exchanges
on London had fallen in the continental markets, in conse-
quence of the large supply of corn bills running on England.
In the markets here to-day but little was done, the an-
nouncement of the steamer early in the morning caused a
cessation of business until the letters by her should be re-
ceived. At the stock board sales were small at a general
decline in price. United States Bank fell off 1+ per cent.,
North American Trust and Banking Company 1, Harlem
Delaware and Hudson improved } per cent., Stonington +,
New Jersey 1.
There have been limited sales of bills for the Great Wes-
tern at 61 a 7, or 474 dollars a 475 dollars the pound sterling,
on France 5274 dollars. The rate for money continues low,
and capital is accumulating in hands, which find great diffi-
culty in employing it safely; short loans payable on demand
are made at very low rates. Government treasury notes,
bearing 5 per cent. interest, are readily taken up.

FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE,

FRANCE

The trial of Louis Napoleon will not commence till the Ist
October. The meeting of the 15th will be for the purpose
of reading the accusation, but the prisoners will not be
brought forward till the day above named. General Excel-
mans has refused to be present at the trial. Our corres-
pondent tells us that Prince Louis Napoleon is greatly an-
noyed by two valuable cameos and two pictures, family gifts,
which he valued most highly, having been sold by auction in
London. In giving an order for the sale of his furniture he

unfortunately-neglected to zeserve the articles in question,
and the whole was sold in strict performance of the terms of
his letter. The unfortunate young man is much cast down
at the loss of those family treasures, and he thinks more of
them than of the critical situation in whiCh he is placed.
His father, the Count de Saint Leu (Louis Napoleon Bo-
naparte, ex-King of Holland) has addressed the following
letter
"TO THE EDITOR OF THE COURRIER FRANCAIS.'

" I entreat you to receive the following declaration
" I am aware that a recourse to publicity is at once singu-
lar and improper, but when a father, afflicted, aged, ill, and
an exile, cannot otherwise assist his unfortunate son, such a
recourse can be but approved by all those who have a father's
heart.

" Convinced that my son—my only remaining son—is the
victim of an infamous intrigue, and has been seduced by vile
flatterers, false friends, and perhaps insidious advice, I can-
not remain silent without a breach of duty, and without ex-
posing myself to the most bitter regrets.
" I declare, then, that my son Louis Napoleon has, for
the third time, fallen into a frightful snare, into a horrible,
premeditated snare, since a man, not entirely void of intel-
ligence and good sense, could never have of his own accord
rushed headlong into such a precipice. If guilty, surely the
most truly guilty are those by whom he has been urged on
and misled.

" I moreover declare with horror, that the insult inflicted
on my son by confining him in the prison of an infamous
assassin, is a monstrous, un-French piece of cruelty ; that it
is an outrage as vile as it is insidious.

" As a ather deeply afflicted, as a good Frenchman who
has passed through the ordeal of 30 years' banishment, as
the brother, and, if I dare say so, the pupil of him whose
statues are once more being raised to their pedestals, I re-
commend my misled and seduced son to his judges, and to
all those who possess a French and a paternal heart.—Your
subscriber, " Louis DE SAINT LEU."

A grand reform banquet was given at Chatillon, near Paris,
on Monday last. Six thousand persons, principally of the
National Guard, were present. Toasts of a very inflamma-
tory nature were drunk, and violent speeches made—the
speakers being each announced as " citizen."