The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1845-10-07 00:00:00

has now assumed a very for-
not checked, will in all probability be
ent government

results to the impot,
s that nothing but foreign interven
;vable ruin. It appears
_aced a treaty for the BC-
of which a British subsidiary
The Lahore government is under-
but it is doubtful whether

Tom irretrie

Inge goes up to the north-west provinces about
of September. His counel is to be left in Cal-
H. Ma idock takes the offices of President of
ty-i-overnor of Bengal during his absence.
e Dust, as usual, is in diffi-
)ilections. Accounts from
ehens!on of the notorious rebel
ia, the hero of the Northern

Concan, is, it appears, still at large
We have news from China to the 25th June, but it Is of no
great moment. The Governor of Hongkong seems to be tax-
ing the people, and injuring commerce, with great vigour and
assiduity. Consid. rable sensation has been caused by the pub-
lication of a government order for levying a quarterly assess
ment upon the shops ud stalls on the island. This is a renewal
Of the taxes on trades and professions specially abolished last
year. A proposition of the Bench of Justices to abolish the
practice of Sabbath labour by natives on public works, and
indemnify the contractor for his loss from a" Municipal Fund"
derived chiefly from the natives, has also been the theme of
warm discussion.

A new company, called the " Bombay Steam Navigation
Company," had just been established 'or running steamers up
and down the coast. The speculation, we think, is likely to
drove a profitable one for the projectors; and that it is highly
eserving of support on public grounds, there can be no man-

ler of doubt.

mu the Chinese was going forward favourably,
hoped that the negotiations for the final posses-
sion of ( husan will be attended with the best results. It appears
that the best feelings prevail between the ii.habitants of Chusan
ant'. the British troops sta' loped there. The health of the latter,
since they bad become acquainted with the country and the
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manner of living in it,

seen excellent,

ARRIVAL OF THE GREAT WESTERN.
Captain Matthews, which sai'ed from
)on of the 18th ult., arrived here on
with 4EI passengers. tier advices
those by the Caledonia. The papers
There are, as usual, multitudinous de-
'erences between the United States and
' a collision have certainly not in-
i of a declaration of war on the part of
hostile movement of any kind
.e•:ican President had formed his
ce, the unsuccessful candidate for
was excluded Bustamente had been named

The Great Weste

New Yorl

Friday, ar eleven o'clock,

are tree d:

are barren of in
tails respec

Mexico, but t
creased. Not

was anticipated. The new Mei
Cabinet, from which AlmontP
the Pres dencv --

in-chief of the army against Texas. A rumour
prevailed at Vera Cruz that the Fi ench minister had demanded
his passports—for what reason is not stated. The news from
Texas states that the Convention was still sitting. Duelling
and lotteries we'e to he abolished.

RS command,

A destructive fire had occurred at Boston, origi ating in a
lead-work, by which 75,000 dollars' worth of property had been

Consumed
Judge Si

Washington