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

THE LIVERPOOL SilAiOAßii;

been wrung from the President of the United States, by
repeated rt quisitions of the Senate, and published at
lenith. The treaty itself has been rejected by the Senate
16 for, to 35 against it. 34 votes, or two thirds of all
pr.sent 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 hewent 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 suecesor of that dynasty. But Van
Buren was thrown over, and Mr. Annexation Polk was(
nominated, so Bent(m's opposition injured his prospects,'
so be wished to do away with its effects ; but in this he
was not quite successful. He brought forward his motion
on 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.
When Mr. Benton concluded, a motion was made to
lay the bill on the 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 part of it, so far as we know,
has transpired. The delay is a subject of regret in what-
ever light it is viewed."
The New York American of the 15th inst. says, " The
tariff policy is now settled. The reciprocity treaties,
although they will not he passed before the adjourn
ment, will not, it may be confidently assumed, be re-
newed 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 pet mit 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 1094 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 5t 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 imports
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 lets difficulty experienced in procurit%
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 repored 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 12 per cent., and on British silver 2
per cent. Freight was 30s. to 40a. to London and Liver-
pool.
The first of the Sydney mail packets (the Mary Sharp)
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.