The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1844-06-25 00:00:00

THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD.

FOREIGN AND COLONIAL.

AMEHICA.

By the transient.shipSea, we have received New York
papers to the 3d lnitatit:
The Senate had cofieuired unanimously in the resolu-
tion of the House of Itepresentatives to adjourn on the
17th instani. On the 31st ultimo it was resolved that
Mr. M.'buffie's bill to revive the Compromise Act, being
gill for " raising revenue," and within the meaning of
the seventh section of the first article cf the Constitution,
could not originate in the Senate, and it was, therefore,
indefinitely postponed.
A letter from Port-au-Prince' of May 15th, states, that
President Herard had burnt Asua, and was reported to
be marching with his whole force upon the capital, then
In possession of the new President, General Guerrie.
The accounts from Cuba, to the 21st ultimo, state that
the severe drought still continued.

Letters from Constantinople of the 27th ult. announce
that a firman had been at length obtained by the British
Ambassador to permit the building of a Protestant Church
at Jerusalem. This is important news as it respects the
bishopric of Jerusalem.

Sir. Moses Montefiore has presented the members of
the Hebrew faith residing at Jerusalem with two presses,
and the necessary types for printing Jewish tracts. The
office consists of 22 persons of that pursussion. A num-
ber of works, as well as an almanac for the year, have
already been printed at Jerusalem.
The King of Hanover's 74th anniversary was celebrated
with much pomp and solemnity at Hanover on the sth
instant. On the evening previous a magnificent display
of fireworks took place, and on the sth a grand banquet
and ball was given at court, for which about six hunched
invitations were issued. His Majesty has just, by royal
patent, created the Earnest Augustus Cross, a new order
of merit, destined for officers in the army.
CANADIAN CORN AND FLOUR TRADE. —The ac-
counts from Montreal, received by the steamer, state,
that the quantity of Canadian flour and wheat sent to this
country, this year, will be much greater than last. Up
to the 25th May. the arrivals at Montreal, this year, were
128,167 barrels of flour, and 73,763 bushels of wheat,
against 54,847 barrels of flour, and 20,211 bushels of
wnear, to the same date in 1843. To the last advices,
very few vessels 1,,,,a .....:—.l ;,-. the St. Lawrence, but the
spring fleet was expected to arrive enorily, ...a 7.4
believed that very large shipments would then take
place.
FRENCH NAVAL STATISTICS.—In 1830 the budget of
the Marine amounted to 65,109,900 francs, or about two
millions and a half sterling. The number of seamen voted
for that year was 12,926; the number of vessels afloat, in-
chiding transports was 128, and of these, only one was a
ship of the line. In 1843, the vote proposed to, and ac-
cepted by, the chamber for the navy was 106,905,876
francs, or about £4,280,000; the number of seamen was
26,926: and the number or size of vessels was propor-
tionably increased, or rather increased in a far greater
proportion, for it is stated on official authority, that the
number of guns, ready for active service was in 1843
tenfold what it was in 1830.

BUENOS AYRES AND MONTE VIDEO.—H. M. packet
Swift, Lieutenant Douglas, arrived at Falmouth on Tues-
day evening, with dates from Rio de Janeiro to the 25th
of April, Bahia, May Bth; Pernambuco, May 14th; and
later accounts from Monte Video. The Brazilian news is
unimportant. Affairs in the River Plate are still very
unsettled. The last accounts from Monte Video con-
tinue to leave it doubtful which party is likely to succeed,
although it would appear that in some partial skirmishes
between the Monte Videans and the forces under Oribe,
the latter have been defeated. Fructuoso Biviera is
stated to have collected a large body of men and horses,
and to have expressed a determination to bring the war
to an end by a general engagement