The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1840-04-28 00:00:00

TUESDAY MORNING, APRIL 23, 1840.

By the packet-ship Roscius, Captain Collins, which
arrived here on Sunday morning, we have received
New• York papers to the 6th instant, inclusive, and by
the packet-ship North America, which arrived here on
Sunday afternoon, we have received a paper of the 7th
instant. The latest arrival at New York from Eng-
land, was on the 18th ultimo. We subjoin the most
important extracts from the papers which we have re-
ceived:— • •

TWENTY-SIXTH CONGRESS—FIRST SESSION.
• (In Senate—Wednesday,,April I:) • -
MILITARY AND NAVAL PREPARATIONS ON OUR NORTIIEO

FRONTIERS.

The Chair submitted the following message from the Pre-
sident of the United States : •
" To the Senate,
" I communicate to the Senate, in compliance with their,
fromresolution of the 12th instant, a,report the Secretary 0'
War containing information on the subject of that resolutiou.
" M. VAN BUREN.

" Washington, 28th March, 1840.
War DepartMent, March 27, 1840.
" resolution. of the Senate'. of thel2th instant'
That the President of . the United States.. be requested t`)
communicate to the Senate, if, in hi S judgment, compatibler,
with the public interest, any information which. may be in ;'
possession of the Government, or which,canbe convenient,
obtained, of the military and naval preparations• of the licit'
ish authorities on the northern frontier of the. United State''
from lake Superior to the Atlantic ocean ; designating the
permanent from the temporary and field works, and partieu
lady noting those which are within the claimed limits of the
United States ; ' having been referred by you to this nei
partment, it was immediately referred to Major-Genera
Scott, and other officers who have been stationed on the (roil;
tier referred to, for such information on the subject as theYs
possessed, and could readily procure; and an examination i f
now in progress for such as may be contained in the tiles °J
the department. General Scott is the only officer yet bear,
from ; and a copy of his report is herewith submitted, t°sl`,.e
ther with a copy of that to which be refers, made *upon t
resolution of the House of ReprOentatives of the 9th inStBnre
As soon as the other officers who have been called upon 3'4
heard from, and the examination of the files of the departlon,
is completed, any further information which may be
acquired will be immediately laid before you.—Very reSee
fully, your most obedint servant,—" J. R. POIISETI •
" To the President.of the -United States.".

" Head Quarters Eastern Divisiori.'Etizabethtew'''
N. March ;23, . •
" Sir,—l have received from YoUr office copies of two re;,
solutions,'• passed respectively the lath• and' 9th. instant,
by-the Senate,. and the other by the House of Represen— ;
tives ; and I am asked
for ' any information on the surWe e
same ,]
of both, or either of the resolutions; that-May be in Lfv;
possession,' . .
p
In respect to the naval force recently maintained 0-ton
he
the American lakes by' Great Britain, I have just hadrY,
honour to report to the • Secretary of War, by- whom the r't)
solution of the House of Representatives (of the 9thin'tvn
was directly referred to me. • . re-
" ' I now confine• myself -to the Senate's resolotioo
specting • military [I omit naval] preparations of the Brit'''.
authorities on the northern frontiers of the United ,t;;;'
from Lake Superior to the. Atlantic Ocean, distingui,s%..
the permanent from the temporary and field-Works, anut-olf
titularly noting those which are within the claimed' in"'
the United States..' ve
" 1 will here remark, that however well my duties P..,
made me acquainted with the greater part of the line in (it'7,
tion, 1 have paid but slight attention to the forts and barra,c
erected by the British authorities near the borders of MIA,
above. Fredericton, in New Brunswick, or in Upper t3tot
above Cornwall, being of the fixed opinion, which neel.',"tie
here be developed, that all such structures would be of
or no military value to either of the parties in the event ut
new war between' the• United State?; and Great Britain.
" I was last summer at the foot of Luke Superior, the
neither saw nor heard of any British fOri or barrack on
St. Mary's river, the outlet of that lake.. • • 4bree
" Between Lakes Huron and Erie.the British have • ope
sets of Barracks ; one at Windsor, opposite to Detroit i,dep,
at Sandwich, a little lower down ; and the third at 31';`,,eri
18 miles from the first; all built of sawed logs, strevOlv. d
by block-houses, loopholes, &c. Malden has been a militBth,
post with slight defences. • These have been recently strotea
ened. The works at Windsor have, also, I think, us.
erected within the last six or eight months. tsv°
" Near the mouth of the Niagara the British have jog
,G small forts—eorge.'and. Messisanga. Both existed du,„1.0;.
the last war. The latter may be termed a permanent "ear,
Slight barracks have been erected within the last two
Saul'
on the same side, near the Falls and at Chippovii,i•eve,
breast-works at the latter place ; but nothing, 1 bel be
above the works first named, on the Niagara, which eav
termed a fort. the
" Since the commencement ,of recent troubles r
Canadas and (consequently thereupon) within our 10,
Fort William Henry at Kingston, and Fort Wellinrweo
opposite to Ogdensburg (old works), have both ,of
strengthened, within themselves, besides the additi°l.
dependencies. These forts may be called permanent. tog
" On the St. Lawrence, below Prescott, and confrottoo
our territory, I know of no other military post. rfs:teee
vli
miles above, at Brockville, there may-
be temporary lor 'b
and breast-works. I know that of late Brockville lois

a military station.
gory
" In the system of defences•on the approaches to
treal, the Isle au.z. Isoix, a few miles below our line, Anfbi
the outlet of Lake Champlain, stands at the head. 1,5 of
island contains within itself a system of permanent wOl.OOlll
great strength. On them the British Government has;
time to time, since thg peace of 1815, expended to")
and la
Obour.
• of l'BI;e
Odle:

• Odletown, near our, line,- on the western side
Champlain, has been a station for a body of fe'
militia for two years' to guard the neighbourhood fr°'.2lso'
fugee incendiaries from our side. I think that barraelOote,
been erected there for the accommodation of those tch, ill
and also a station, with the like object, near Albarg
Vermont.
fro 1/It is believed that there are nu important Britis•l° col-
or extensive British barracks, on our borders, from Vet
to Mai In n .
lrespect to such structures on the disputed ter,!,rois;
Governor Fairfield's published letters contain fuller jolt'',
lion than has reached me throughout any other charm
have heard of no new military preparations by the
authorities on the St. Croix or Passamaquoddy Bay. , 014
• " Among such preparations, perhaps I ought not 'at
the fact that Great Britian, besides numerous corps ° itl"
organised and well instructed militia, has at this Moe `-bei,t
her North-American provinces, more than 20,000 ult,ieroagirt
regular troops. The whole of those forces might he u, rtis
to the verge of our territory in a few days. Two-t';',4o.
that regular force has arrived out since the spring of 1` rapt,
I remain, sir, with great respect, your most.obedient se
" WINFIELD SC`'
" Brig.-Gen. R. Jones, Adjt.-Gen. U.S.A."'
arit
r
• NAVAL.—The United States' frigate Macedon'ior3 e
sloops of war Warren, Levant, and Ontario, were at oer
nah, March 21st, all well. Three British Inca of War
lying too, off the Moro Castle, at the above date. hhigt°,',"
TAMPERING WITH THE IN DIAN S.—The 11(15';" t
Globe says that the statement of a Detroit paper, ,_Waailtb°;
ters had been intercepted passing between the BritisiLioitel,
rities in'Upper Canada to raise the frontier tribes of of°
is not confirmed. It originated in the ciretnstanceeertit°
American Indians having been invited to the British
ries to receive presents. ,sti th
iei
TREASURY NOTES.—The secretary of the treasn.". pofri.e
Ist of April, gave notice that the amount of TreJstl,,l)J,t'it
issued under the provisions of the acts of Congre7,
14th October, 1837, 21st May, 1838, and 2d Mart:, •,00
was
Of this amount there has been redeemed -
r) 55'
r 6 .
- ,
Leaving the amount outstanding - ,
1 la
5u
FROM MEXICO AND TEXAS.—The American n1;1,11-0,1
Mexico, arrived at New Orleans on the 24th of Mlrite!
Vera Cruz, in the revenue cutter Woodbury. Me>l,
hearer of the treaty between the United States a,.,n" gipu's,
recently ratified by thelcongress of the latter. The
lions of the treaty have not transpired. 000,0
The dates brought from Vera Cruz by thelVoo
as late as the 15th. Nothing of importance had
Vera Cruz. Tranquillity prevailed, and very little Was
in trade. The stock of foreign goods in- Port 41
exceeded the wants of the market. • the I'o
The British ship Kingston, at New, cirlepn§, 00.,eiveote
ult., from Laguna, brings intelligence 1
of pOlitial n ,cop
in that place to the I lth instant. On the .10th tb!isod!,!,
declared in favour of the federalist party. The com
of the place issued a manifesto, 'requiring iThediene.e;r 10_1;
ing laws, &c., which was but little heeded ;.• an lertjistr4
immediately returned by the commander of the teuaitot to
iu which was expressed a determination to operate off