The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1846-07-14 00:00:00

HOUSE OF COMMONS.-FRIDAY,

Sir Denis Le Marchant took the oaths and his seat for
the city of Worcester.—Several railway bills were read a
third time ; amongst them the Liverpool and Bury Rail-
way, Liverpool and Bury and Manchester and Leeds
Railway Amalgamation, Manchester and Leeds Railway
Extension, Manchester, Bolton, and Bury Canal Naviga-
tion and Railway, and Manchester and Leeds Railway
Amalgamation, and the Oldham, Manchester, Liverpool,
and Birkenhead Junction Railway.—On the motion of
Mr. Duncombe, the petition of the Duke of Brunswick
was ordered to be printed.

FOREIGN

AND COLONIAL.

ARRIVAL OF THE GREAT WESTERN.

By the steam-ship Great Western, Captain Mathews,
which arrived in the Mersey shortly before midnight on
Friday, we have received important accounts to the 25th
ult. inclusive from New York.

Our accounts from Washington by this arrival reach to
the 24th ult. inclusive. The Oregon treaty had been
finally ratified by the Senate by a vote of 41 to 14; and
the document itself, we are informed, has now arrived, in
charge of General Armstrong, United States Consul at
this port. Great credit was accorded to Mr. M`Lane, as
the chief instrument by which this happy settlement of
so perilous a source of contention has been brought about.
Mr. Buchanan, it was anticipated, would now assume the
vacant seat upon the supreme bench. Rumours were also
current that Mr. M`Lane had solicited a recall from the
important post he now holds, and it is stated that he will
be elevated to the State Department. Robe: t Dale Owen,
son of Robert Owen, is noted as a candidate for the
London embassy.

Important intelligence had been received from the Rio
del Norte. According to the accounts published in the
American journals, it would appear that General Arista,
at the head of an army of 15,000 men, had established his
bead quarters at Monterey, and had sent proposals of an
armistice to Genera Taylor. General Taylor is said to
have replied that he would meet him at Monterey. It
also appears that the Mexican general, Canales, and a
force of 1,500 men, were concentrating at Reynosa, a
small town about sixty miles from Matamoras, to which
place an American force of 800 men, under Colonel Wil-
son, were proceeding. The Executive is said to have
abandoned the projected attack upon the castle of St.
Juan d'Ulloa, at Vera Cruz.
The domestic affairs of the Union are interesting. The
discussion of the new Tariff Bill, after occupying the at-
tention of the House of Representatives for several days,
bad been fixed fur decision on the 2d of July ; prospects
of the bill had somewhat improved. The Warehousing
Bill had been made the special order of the Senate for the
Ist July. Congress had also been engaged in irregular
discussions touching upon the Oregon question, the an-
nexation of Texas, the Mexican war, &c. The President,
on the 16th, had transmitted to Congress a Message rela-
tive to finances, accompanied by a report from Mr. Secre-
tary Walker upon the tariff, &c. The President states
that the increase of revenue rendered necessary by the
war with Mexico, can be met by reducing the duties to a
revenue standard, imposing duties on free articles, and
modifying the duties on others. Additional authority is
asked for the issue of Treasury notes. The Secretary's
report was also read. He estimates a deficiency in revenue
for the next fiscal year at 19,620,000 dollars, but antici-
pates receipts from different sources which will reduce
this to 15,000,000, leaving 4,000,000 deficit. This deficit will
also be reduced if the tariff is modified according to the
provisions of the house bill introduced by the Committee
of Ways and Means. The entire receipts, with this mo-
dification, are estimated at 30,000,000, but' leaving still
the deficiency mentioned of 15,000,000. The warehouse
system proposed, it is estimated, will further reduce this
amount, and the graduation of the sale of public lands
half a million mode, leaving stilt over 12.000.000 deficit.

this the secretary recommencisa"resoritoloans,
issue of Treasury notes, or both,
as circumstances may
reader it mostdesiral2le, td,thtpcearliest dates, and at

upon. (in the
erwent a severe criticism from

Mr. Webster.
The proffer by the British Government of a friendly
mediation between the United States and Mexico had
been received with but lukewarm favour, and formed a
topic of wide discussion in the puolic journals. The news-
papers also discuss the claims of vario Ili candidates for the
next Presidency. Scott, Calhoun, Benton, and others are
named ; and hints are even thrown out pointing to General
Taylor, the victor of the engagements of Palo Alto and
Reseca de la Palma, It appears from official documents,