The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1846-10-06 00:00:00

FOREIGN AND COLONIAL.

ARRIVAL OF THE BRITANNIA.

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At four o'clock on Wednesday morning the steam•.
ship Britannia, Captain Hewitt, arrived in the 'Mersey,
after a fine passage from Boston of fourteen, and front
Halifax of twelve days.
The mails of the 15th, to New York brought no later in-
tellieence of interest from General Taylor's army. A
serious riot is stated to have broken out among some
Irish Jolunteers in the Georgia regiment. An Irish corn.
party from Savannah (the Jasper Greens) was incorpora-
ted i. to this regiment, and it is probable that there were
some exasperating circumstances connected with the out-
break, as all the reports from the regiment hitherto show
that the Sivannah company have deported themselves
quietly. Disgrace.ul riots had also taken place among
,the volunteers at Burka, arising from a fgud existing be-
tween an Irish Company and two of the Georgian corps.
The affcir took place on board of a steam-boat which was
anchored near the shore. Guns, swards, and bayonets
were used with reckless violence. The colonel of a regi-
ment of Illinois volunteers, whq. at the head of two of
his companies, attempted to quell the disturbance, was
wounded, and his men were driven back, when at length
the rioters submitted, and a considerable number of men
had been either killed or wounded.
The news of the revolution in Santa Anna's favour
reached General Taylor's camp on the 27th, and created
a great sensation. A letter, dated Vain/ergs, 20th ult.,
says, General Taylor would leave sth September for ;St on-
terey.
The Cincinnati Atlas notices the return of several offi-
cers of the volunteer corps from that state from the army
in consequence of sickness.
- The U.S. brig of war Traxton was wrecked on the 15th
ult., near the mouth of the river Tuspan. Two lieute-
nants and nineteen men reached tI e squadron at Vera
Cruz in boats—the balance of the officers and crew, in-
cluding. the captain, were made prisoners, and it is said
were marched off to Tampico. The yellow fever had made
its appearance on board the British vessels of war at Sa-
crifielos. The scurvy prevailed to a great extent on board
the Potomac frigate. The balauce of the squadron were
in good health.
Forty miles shove Reynosa, on the 21st August, the
steam-boat Enterprise burst her boiler, and blew up.
Five persons were killed instantly, and several wounded.
Another explosion took place on board the steamor Ex-
celsior, while proceeding up the Hudson ever on the 10th
September. One of the firemen and two passengers were
kilted. The disaster was caused by the water getting too
low in the boiler,
A ;rest many failures had occurred in Philadelphia du-
ring the past year, principally among dry goods men.
It appears from the published documents that the crop
of cotton falls short of last year's by 293,966 bales—add
tO this the quantity put down for Texas, and the actual
difference is 320,974. The quantity of new cotton received
at Cie shipping ports np to the Ist of September amounted
only to about 200 bales. against 7500 bales last year.
Cotton was dull at New York, but prices were advancing.
Exchange has been in good request, and the rates had
improved. Freights for cotton were dull.
A. great flood had occurred in Creaked Creek, near
Madison, Indiana. Much damage was caused and six'
lives were lost. _ _ _

A case of yellow fever had occurred in New Orleans on
the Ist ult.
Mr. Pakenham was on a visit to Mr. Webster. Mr.
Webster was expected to make a great sneech, reviewing
the course of the administration on the Mexican war, at
the public dinner to be given to him in Philadelphia on
the Ist October.

ARRIVAL OF THE BOMBAY MAIL.

By Lieutenant Waqhorn's extraordinary express, vid
Trieste, dispatches were received on Saturday from Bom-
bay to the 27th of August. _ _ _

The rainy, season had not then terminat d, and until the
return of the fine weather nothing of an extraordinary na-
ture was apprehended. The monsoon had been most
favourable in all parts of India. and the people engaged in
agricultural pursuits were contented.
The Sikh Government was in a tottering state, for the
Queen-Mother and her paramour, the Wuzeer, Loll
Singh, had no hold on the affections of the people. On
the contrary, those abandoned characters were looked
upOn as traitors to their country, and the opportunity of
the withdrawal of the British r.rmy of occupation was
awaited by the Khalsees and other fanatics, in order to
avenge their wrongs on the present herds of the Lahore
Government. The British authorities were not idle in
making preparation for the approaching convulsion in the
Sikh territory. Regiments were forming at Ferozepore
and Umballa, for the purpose of absorbing some of the
best of the disbanded Sikh soldiers. An army was also to
be ready on the Sutlej and Bess to protect the British
frontiers, and in case of necessity to put down the Sikh revo-
lution. Lords R adinge and Gough were at Simla. Gholah
Singh is reported to be in a very unsatisfactory state, not
only on account of the turbulent chiefs over whom he ob-
tained the rule, by advancing large sums of money last
March, but also from his own intrigues, which prevent
him from conforming with the promises of the treaty. It
was said that several British officers had been murdered
in his territory, and by his instigation, but the story is not
sufficiently authenticated to be implicitly relied on. The
Sikh province of Moultan is still et war with the Wuzeer
Lall Singh, and the Mahommedan chef of that fertile
district has been victorious in some rencontres with the
Sikh troops.
Scinde is tranquil, and with the prospect of an abundant
harvest. The cholera, after having ravaged Kurrachee
and Hyderabad. was attacking the villages along the
Indus. There was some sickness at Sukkur, which
caused the removal of her Majesty's 17th Regiment to
the sea coast.
There was a rumour circulated of the speedy retirement
from Scinde of Sir Charles Napier, whose health is de-
scribed as seriously affected by the climate. Five regi-
ments were, it was said, to be removed from Scinde as
soon as the fine weather set in. The probability existed,
however, of the occupation by the British of the city of
Moultan, which, from its locality, would form an excellent
emporium for British goods, and a corresponding capital
for the western part of India, in some degree reseinbling
Calcuta in the eastern division.

In Cabul an attempt has been made to enlist Dost Ma-
homed in another plot against the British. The agent in
this scheme had come from Persia, but the old Dost was
too wary to expose himself again to the chances of a con-
flict with the British. particularly atter the recent suc-
cesses at Lahore. His son, the notorious Ackbar Khan,
was not pleased with the pacific policy of his father, and
he was eager to have an opportunity of regaining posses-
sion of Peshawur and even of Cashmere. Intrigues and
counterplots were in full play at Cabot.
In the newly-acquired provinces of Jullunder and the
dooab of the Betts, the British troops have during six
months, been healthy. An attempt was made by the Bri-
tish resident at the Nizam's Court to arrange the pecu-
niary sears of that country. Some refractory landhold-
ers have been compelled to give accounts of their demands.
and the lawless mercenaries, who have proved hitherto to
be such a curse to that state, have been disbanded or ex-
pelled from the Nizam's dominions.
The conquest of the Island of Bally, which is now at-
temp•ed by the Dutch, continues to be the source of much
observation at Singapore. It appears to have the tacit
assent of the British Government.

An alarm prevailed at Aden, it; the beginning of Au-
gust, in consequence of a threatened attack on that for-
tress by some Arab chiefs.
The money market in Bambay had decidedly improved,
and favourable expectations were entertained of the busi.
ness of the season which was just opening. Discounts
bad been lowered, and exchange had fallen to Is. Ild. to
ls. 11d4d. per rupee. The market for British manufac-
turers was quiet, and cotton bad declined from two to three
rupees per candy, with limited transactions. Freights
had slightly improved, and were last quoted at £2 10s. to
£2 15s. per ton to Liverpool. There are as yet no later
commercial advices from Calcutta.