The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1849-10-23 00:00:00

WEST INDIA MAIL.

The Severn arrived at Southampton, on Saturday
morning, with dates from Jamaica to the 22d September;
Demerara 18th. She brings the largest cargo ever
brought in a West India packet. About a million of
dollars on merchants' account, and 85,275 on account of
Mexican dividend. At Jamaica, the differences between
the assembly and the governor remained unsettled,
although the present assembly entertain similar senti-
ments to the last; a more moderate tone, however, per-
vades it; they desire to proceed with business, but have
intimated their conviction of the imperative necessity of a
considerable reduction of the expenditure. After the
mail was made up on the 21st, the assembly passed a bill
to continue the scale of expenditure then existing until
the 31st of December; and there was much anxiety to
know how the governor would act, his instructions being
to give assent to no revenue bill for less than twelve
months. If rejected, the import duties would cease on
the sth October. An export duty had been resorted to
in Trinidad, which was expected to yield £12,000.
Lord Harris was anxious to reduce this duty, and resort
to direct taxation.
Among the members of the new house of assembly at
Jamaica, are two blacks and ten persons of colour; and
one of the black representatives has already begun to take
an active part in the debates.

AMERICA.—The steamship Cambria arrived here on
Wednesday night, bringing advices from New York to
the 3rd instant, four days later than those furnished by
the Hibernia. The Astor-place Theatre rioters have been
found guilty, and the chief of them sentenced to twelve
months' imprisonment and a fine of 250 dollars. His
associates have been more leniently dealt with. There
are no further advices from California, but considerable
apprehensions are felt by the foreigners that they will be
driven from the country by the Americans ; these fears,
however, are said to be groundless. Another large fire,
which consumed fourteen houses, has occurred at Quebec.
The city of Toronto has been resolved upon 'as the seat
of the Canadian government. Money was abundant at
New York, and sterling exchange had advanced a fraction.
There is every prospect of the Quebec and Halifax rail-
road going on.
INJUSTICE TO CANADA.—It appears from the accounts
received from Canada by the Cambria, that the cereal
crops haYe turned out considerably above an average, and
the estimate is, that they will have upwards of 6,000,000
bushels of wheat clear surplus for exportation. The posi-
tion in which they are placed by the American tariff,
however, calls for the immediate attention of our Free-
trading Whig Government. By the new measures Ame-
rican produce can be thrown into the British provinces
without any duty, whilst every article of raw produce is
protected by the American tariff. For example, the
American farmer can get his wheat ground into flour by
the mills in Canada without any duty, whilst a duty of
10s. per quarter is charged on wheat the produce of
Canada if manufactured into flour in the United States.
In consequence of the communications via New York
from Upper Canada obtaining a preference over the St.
Lawrence, and exclusively during the winter months, the
loss which will be sustained by the Canadian producers on
the quantity they expect to export during the ensuing
season is estimated as approaching near to 2,000,000 dols.
It is quite clear, indeed, that matters cannot remain in
their present position, without giving rise to universal
dissatisfaction in the British provinces.
The hull of the Henry Clay, packet-ship, had been sold
for 13,000 dollars. The vessel will be built up again.
MRS. BUTLER.-It is confidently said that Theodore
Sedgwick, Esq.,--a very accomplished literary lawyer, of
New York, and connected with the Sedgwick family,—
will soon lead Mrs. Butler to the hymeneal altar ; and
that, henceforth, she will spend her winters in the fashion-
able circles of New York, and her summers in galloping
on horseback over the lovely Lenox hills of Massa-
chusetts. Mr. Butler it is said will marry a daughter of
s:-Senator Bayard, of Delaware.
Lett( rs from Mazatlan communicate the wreck of the
ship Roland, 700 tons, bound fur California. It took