The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1840-08-18 00:00:00

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son, member °flier MardltyPriVy Cmincir, Governor-
General in and over the British Provinces' of 'North

nagistrates and other inhabitarii of Fre

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The address of

and its vicinity

We, the magistrates and other inhabitants of Fredericton, I
take this occasion of your excellency's visit to the province,
to express the high sense we entertain of the enlightened
policy and distinguished ability which characterised your ex-
cellency's discharge of those high functions, intrusted to you
by our gracious sovereign as her representative in the govern-
ment of her North American dominions.
. .

Possessing ourselves, beyond the common lot, the benefits
springing from the well-regulated state of our internal affairs,
and the firm and cordial support afforded by all classes of the
community, to every measure calculated to maintain order
and to ensure the peace and well-being of society • we can
assure your excellency, that our anxious prayer and fullest
sympathy for your success will attend all your endeavours to
restore internal peace and union, and to establish a sound po-
licy on the basis of well-digested constitutional rights in our
sister-colonies—the Canadas.
We regard the visit of your excellency to this province as
a subject of just congratulation, as we feel confident that the
,xtensive resourses of a province so developing them-

upiu
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selves and so capable of being rendered of increased impor-
tance to the parent state, will not escape the observation of
your excellency, nor fail to excite a deep interest in our
welfare.

To which the governor-inchief made the following reply :
Gentlemen,---I beg you to accept my warm acknowlegd-
ments for your address.

I have received very sincere satisfaction from my visit to
this part of her majesty's dominions. The tranquillity which
prevails, the harmony existing among all branches of your
government, afford the best guarantee for the advancement
of this fine province ; and it w 11 afford me the greatest plea-
sure to co-operate with your lieut.-governor in all measures
which may lead to its increased prosperity.

The first result of the visit of his excellency the governor-
general to the shores of New Brunswick has, we understand,
been made public in his engagement to forward the great ob-
ject of having complete surveys made of the various routes
for a canal to connect the waters of the St. Lawrence with
those of the Bay of Fundy, his excellency having stated to
our worthy lieut.-governor that Canada will be ready in the
spring, by which the survey can be begun, to grant £lOOO in
aid of the New Brunswick grant towards the expense ; and
that he will do all in his power to carry out the views of the
merchants of St. John on the subjects of rates of postage and
a daily mail to Halifax. These are proceedings worthy of
the talents and station of his excellency, and will deservedly
add to his fame, and they are doubly gratifying by being so
prow ptly done.
At Halifax the governor-general was well received. He
was addressed by the representatives of the presbyterian
synod in connexion with the church of Scotland, and attended
a public ball.

CANADA.
(From the Quebec Gazette, July 22.)
The steam-packet Unicorn, Captain Douglas, arrived last
night, at twelve o'clock, direct from Halifax, the 17th inst.
She was detained twenty-four hours in consequence of thick
fog in the gut of Canso, being obliged to go round Cape
North, where she encountered strong contrary winds, as well
as the whole way up the Quebec. She leaves again for Hali-
fax on Friday morning, at nine o'clock, being engaged to be
there on the 27th, for the governor-general.
A succession of thunder-showers for several days preceding
Sunday evening, has given a watering to the ground and cooled
the air. On Sunday forenoon the thermometer was between
80 and 90 degrees ; on Monday it/was at 45 degrees ; and on
Tuesday it had not risen to 70 degrees. The reports of the
crops from all parts of the district are favourable.
We observe some improvement in the celerity of the land
mails from Halifax. It appears that by the contract for the
conveyance of the steam-boat mail from Halifax to Pictou,
in seventeen hours, so that allowing two days and a half from
Pictou to Quebec, by steam, we shall have the mails from
Halifax in a time not exceeding three days and a half, and we
trust in fifteen or sixteen days from England. Since the
introduction of steam-packets, our intelligence has generally
required about twenty days to reach Quebec via New York.
Several of the New Brunswick papers are expressing dissa-
tisfaction with the dominant party in the provincial assembly.
They seem to think that they have been too free in dividing
the " spoils" among themselves and their friends. But w•e
are ill able to judge at this distance; we know that in all the
colonies there are some whose zeal to serve the public is ex-
cessive, and many who are " looking out" for " the spoils."
We hear that there are a great number of cases of typhus
fever at the Marine-hospital. This fever is highly infectious,
and often very fatal. Several cases have made their appear-
ance in town, and it behoves all the citizens to be particularly
careful to watch over the cleanliness of their premises, and
airing their apartments.
We understand that a marble monument to the memory of
the late Duke of Richmond, who died here while governor-
general, has been received, and will be erected immediately
in the English cathedral of this city.

MEXICO

By the brig Helen Maria, Captain Swetzee, 22 days from
Tobasco, we have received intelligence.that the central gene-
ral, Don Ygnacio, had taken possession of the principal fort
at Tobasco, the remainder of the city is in possession of the
federal general, Don Fernando Nicholas Maldonada. The
fort and the frontier had declared in favour of the federalists
and proceeded to Tobasco with a reinforcement of one hun-
dred men, and six pieces of cannon. Without any doubt the
central general would have to give up the fort, &c. The com-
mandant of the frontier and fort, together with Don Arguy,
the second governor of Tobasco, were taken prisoners on the
frontier, and sent to Laguna. The Federal man-of-war was
expected in the next day.
The American brig Star, Mitchell, of North Yarmouth,
was fired into by the central party at Tobasco, and had to
drop down the river and wait till hostilities ceased. The
country was in a very critical and unsettled state.