The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1844-07-02 00:00:00

HOUSE OF COMMONS.-FRIDAY.

In reply to a question from Dr. BowRING,
Sir R. PEEL said he helicved the rumour was correct as
to the intention of the Zollverein to increase the duty on
British iron. The British government had remonstrated,
and he hoped the intention would be given up.
In answer to a question from Mr. B. COCHRANE,
Sir R. PEEL said that intelligence had been received
from Dr. Wolff, and also from Colonel Sheil, but it
conveyed nothing to sustain the hope that Colonel Stod-
dart and Captain Conolly were still living.
The right hon. baronet intimated that he would take
the discussion on the Irish Registration Bill on Monday,
not with the view of passing it this session, but for the
purpose of ascertaining the opinions of Irish mernb-rs
respecting its provisions. lle would take an opportunity
of stating, in the course of next week, what bills would be
persevered in and what abandoned.
On the third reading of the Dissenter's Chapels Bi I,
Mr. COLQU HOUN moved that it be read a third time that
day six months, which amendment was seconded by Sir
R. INGLis
After some observations from Lord ELIOT, SIT. T.
WILDE, and Mr. SHAW, the house divided, and the third
reading was carried by a majority of 201 to 81.
The bill was then passed.
The house then resolved itself into a committee an the
Bank Charter Bill, and the several clauses were agreed to,
the bill passing this stage amid cheers from both sides of
the house.
The other orders of the day were then disposed of, and
the house adjourned.

FOREIGN AND COLONIAL.

AMERICA.

New York papers to the 18th ult. have been received by
the Caledonia, whose arrival we have noticed elsewhere.
Mr. Tyler had sent further messages and documents
on the subject of Texas. One is a letter from Mr. Eve-
rett, American Minister at London, acknowledging the
reception of the treaty with Texas and the documents
accompanying it. Mr. Everett had received no com-
munication from the British Government on the subject,
though he had waited some time in the expectation of
doing so. fie refers Mr. Calhoun to the conversation
that had occurred in relation to the treaty between Lord
Aberdeen and Lord Brougham in the Clouse of Lords.
The discussion of the Texas question is still continued
in the American papers, and the correspondence between
the executive
officers of the respective governments has

been wrung froVO the President of the United States, by
repeated requisr:tions of the Senate, and published at
lenzth. The treaty itself has been rejected by the Senate
1G for, to 35 against it. 34 votes, or two thirds of all
present and voting would have been necessary to pass it.
No sooner had the Senate rejected the treaty than the
President sends in a message to the House of Represen-
tatives, urging the Texas annexation project. Mr. Ben-
ton too, in the Senate, seems to think that he went too far
for his political well-being in his hostility to the plan, and
so brings in his bill for annexation upon a plan calculated
to obv;ate the difficulties existing in the treaty. He
brought it in on the 10th of June, and delivered his speech
before the democratic nominations were made at Balti-
more. He calculated on the nomination of Van Buren,
and he is the next succesor of that dynasty. But Van
Buren was thrown over, and Mr. Annexation Polk was
nominated. so Bentcn's opposition injured his prospects,
so he wished to do away with its effects ; but in this he
was not quite successful. He brought forward his motion
nn the 13th, and addressed the senate in a speech of two
hours, on the subject, chiefly, of the rejected Texas
treaty, and the more recent message of the President of
the United States to the House of Representatives ap-
pealing from the Senate, which he handled with great se-
verity.
Wh.en Mr. Benton concluded, a motion was made to
lay the bill on Mc table; upon which the question was
taken without debate, and decided in the affirmative.
This decision (says the National Intelligencer), we take
it for granted, settles the Texas question definitively for
the present session of Congress.
The project of Sir Robert Peel for the new arrangement
of the Bank of England had met with the approbation of
all who are capable of judging of the matter.
We have Canadian journals up to June 13, but find lit-
tle in them of interest. The Kingston Chronicle of May
29 says:—" If any progress is being made in the formation
of a new administration, no
art of it, so far as we know,
has transpired. The del.ay is a subject of regret in what-
ever light it is vie- ed • is
,1
fork American of the 15th inst. says, " The
The New
tariff
policy is now settled. The reciprocity treaties,
although they will not be passed before the adjourn-
ment, will not, it may be confidently assumed, be re-
new ed as they expire—nor will the treaty negociated with
the Zollverein be ratified. Independently of any other
objection, the people of this country will not permit the
tariff of duties to be modified or regulated by the treaty
making power, in which the House of Representatives
have no share.

The wheat crop of this year promises to be most exu-
berant.

Exchange on London stood at 109 j to 1091 ; on France
5. 25.

CAPE OF GOOD HOPE AND AUSTRALIA.

From a document published in the Cape papers, it ap-
pears that the total exports for the year ending the st, of
January, 1814, were valued at £349,438, against £354,095
for the year 1843. Wine, flour, skins, and unenumerated
articles show a decrease, while, on the other hand, wool,
horns, and hides show an increase. The table of impel ts
for the same period shows an excess of £45,477 against
1843, the gross value for each respective year being
£807,270. and £71,793. The amount entered for con-
sumption in 1844 was £730,220, and the amount ware-
housed £77,050. Of this amount £135,914 were entered
at Port Elizabeth. With respect to exports, it appears
that the increase in wool has been 178,6021 b., Table-bay
having shipped 169,4951 b. less than in the former year,
while the shipments from Port Elizabeth have increased
to 268,4791 b.

An extract of a letter from Ichaboe, dated the 9th cf
April, quoted in the Zuid Afrikaaen, states that there
were 37 vessels at that island taking in cargoes of guano,
and that some of the natives of the coast had at last made
their appearance. It was thought they might be profitably
employed in the new trade. The abundance of guano is
alluded to, and now the pits have been worked some time
there seems to be less difficulty experienced in procuring
the necessary supplies.
The schooner Ann had arrived at the Cape with advices
from the Mauritius to the 27th of March. The " Price
Current" of that date reported the sale of a bottomry
bond for about 1,400 dollars, secured upon the French
ship Bordeaux and her cargo, bound to Bourbon, where
the said bond will be payable 15 days after the vessel's
arrival, at the maritime interest of 14i per cent. upon the
amount of capital advanced. The rate of discount for
commercial bills in the money market continued to range
from 9to 12 per cent. per annum. The premium on so-
vereigns was 10 to ]2 per cent., and on British silver 2
per cent. Fi eight was 30s. to 40s. to London and Liver-
pool.
The first of the Sydney mail packets (the Mary Shan))
arrived in Table-bay, on the 20th of April, having left the
Downs on the 6th of February, being two months and 14
days on the passage.
Hobart-town and Launceston papers to the 24th of Fe-
bruary have also come to hand. Fine flour at the mills
was £lO per ton, and wheat 3s. 6d. to 3s. 9d. per bushel.
The grain markets altogether appear to be looking up.

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THE WAR BETWEEN FRANCE AND
MOROCCO.

The Messager contains the following telegraphic
despatch :

THE GOVERNOR-GENERAL OF ALGERIA TO THE

MINISTER OF WAR.

"‘ TOULON, JUNE 23, AT EIGHT O'CLOCK, A.M.—
LALLA MAGRINA, JUNE M.—Yesterday, during a con-
ference with the commander of the Morocco army, his
troops, to the number of 5,000 cavalry, fired upon ours,
and wounded an officer and two soldiers, without our
returning the fire. The conference was broken up, and
Generals Lamoriciere and Bedeau were attacked by the
♦roepo of tloo r....p0r0r of Morocco.
" I arrived, aid assumed the defensive, and killed of
the enemy from three to four hundred, who remained on
the field. I captured some horses, and from three to four
hundred stand of arms. Never was any chastisement
better merited. We had six killed and twenty wounded."

The Rev. Dr, Woolf had, by the last advices, arrived
within 230 English miles of Bokhara, but almost despaired
of finding Colonels Stoddart and Connlly alive, and
evinced some apprehension that his own head would be
forfeited if he should reach that place.

The Russian government has ordered a superb steam-
vessel to be built to run between Constadt and Stettin.
It is to be of 300 h; rse power, will be able to carry 450
tqns of merchandise, and 100 pa,sPngers. A house at
Liverpool has obtained the order for the construction of it,
the cost of which is estimated at nearly £32,000.
A WONDERFUL STORY.—We find the following in the
Echo de la Nievre :—" In the night of the 11th instant, a
diligence, proceeding from Paris to Clermont, being at a
short distance from Al altaverne, was lifted off the road by
the effect of a thunder storm, and carried over a large
ditch into an adjoining field. Carriage, travellers, and
horses were left there as if by enchantment. The carriage
was not upset, but a strong smell of sulphur, and a large
hole in the trunk of the carriage, demonstrated by the
passage of the electric fluid the cause of the accident.
The travellers could scarcely believe their eyes when they
alighted."

TURKEY—According to the latest accounts received
from Albania, the rebellion in that province, as far as re-
gards open resistance to the troops of the Sultan, has
been completely suppressed. The last town which held
out was Vrania, but the chief of the rebels, Messib Bey,
alarmed at the progress of the imperial troops, and appre-
hensive of being surrounded and cut off, suddenly took
flight, upon which his followers also dispersed. This
speedy termination of the campaign proves the Albanians
to be as cowardly in the field as they are cruel when they
have only to deal with the defenceless Rayahs. It is pos-
sible, however, that, though the towns and fortresses
which form the keys for the military occupation of this
province have fallen into the hands of the Turks, the
Albanians may yet give them much trouble in the moun-
tains, and inaccessible parts of the country. In the
meanwhile, the Porte looks upon its triumph as complete.
EXTRAORDINARY OCCURRENCE ON BOARD THE BEN •
TINCK, STEAMER.—We learn, from the Ceylon Overland
Observer, that a singular accident occurred on board the
Bentinck, steamer, on the 6th of February last, while on
her voyage from Aden to Galle, the particulars of which
we have not seen mentioned in any of the English papers.
It appears, that the builders of the Bentinck placed in her
bottom, some distance below the water line, a large brass
sea cock, through which, when requisite, a stream of sea
water could be admitted, which, mixing with the bilge
water and pumped out by the engine-pump, would sweeten
and cleanse the vessel. This operation had several times
been performed with success during the voyage from
Suez. On the morning of the 6th of February, a slight
smell of bilge being perceived, the sea-cock was turned.
and the unpleasant colour soon abated, upon which the
carpenter was sent down to stop the influx of the water.
The method of closing the pipe was by turning a screw
which worked in a brass valve. Something having got
displaced, the screw moved without turning the valve,
and all the efforts of the carpenter to check the flow of the
sea into the vessel was unavailing. The water gained in
spite of the pumps, and soon completely flooded the lower
part of the vessel, damaging some portions of her cargo.
Endeavours were made to stop the flow of water by
means of sheets and blankets, but without effect ; and at
length, when the engines were stopped, the passengers
became acquainted with the state of affairs, and much
alarm prevailed. At length, after considerable labour,
the water having in the mean time risen several feet, the
carpenters and others contrived to force the end of a
plank over the top of the valve, forcing it down with a
lever. By this the influx of water was temporarily stayed.
Bolts and nuts were subsequently prepared, and the valve
was securely stopped. There were 250 persons on board
the Bentinck when this accident occurred. The imprac-
ticability of acting on the valve was discovered at eight
o'clock in the morning, and it was not till three in the
afternoon that the vessel was reported to be water-tight.

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