The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1842-06-28 00:00:00

TED STATES

Tht following appeared in our Second Ediiio

By the South America, Capt. Bailey, which arrived at this
port last night, we have New York papers of the Ist instant,
being one day later than by the Acadia. Very little news is
gathered from them.

THE BOUNDARY QUESTION—ACTION OF MASSACHU-
SETTS.—The governor and council of Massachusetts have,
in like manner with Maine, appointed commissioners with
full powers to sanction such arrangement as the general
government may make in relation to the North Eastern
boundary. The commissioners are Messrs. Abbott Law-
rence and John Mills.
A severe shock of an earthquake was felt at Mayaguez,
P. R., which caused the ground to be in motion for two mi-
nutes, like the waves of the ocean. It spread great conster-
nation among the inhabitants, and several families repaired
to the sea-side to take boats for the shipping. But little
damage was done. A slight shock of an earthquake was
felt at Guyanilla, on the 7th instant, at 6 a.m.
THE LAST NEWS FROM FLORIDA.—We are authorised
by an officer of the army, just from Florida, to say that the
statement of Indian murders contained in the morning
papers of the city, taken from the St. Augustine News, is
founded on rumour, and confuses what it purports to describe.
It makes several transactions out of one, and exaggerates
beyond all proportions.—Madisonian.
EMIGRANTS.-5,850 passengers have arrived at New York
during the week ending the 28th instant.
CROPS.—Accounts from every quarter of the country re-
present the growing crop of wheat as very promising. The
crop is very fine in all lower Virginia, but it is not a large
one, the failure for two or three years having deterred far-
mers from seeding as much as usual.—The other growing
crops are also promising. No idea can yet be formed of the
tobacco crop. The season has been arid is favourable to
planting.—Richmond Whig.
Capt. Madison, brig Fame, arrived from Antwerp to New
York 31st ult., spoke Swedish barque Oscar 21st ult., 59 days
from Gottenburg for New York, who reported having fallen
in with the British barque Analitta, seven days hence for
Antwerp. Had run into an island of ice on the Banks, and
was obliged to abandon the vessel.

[The following appeared in our Third Edition of Friday.]
The British Queen steamer arrived at Cowes yesterday
(Thursday) morning from New York, having made the pas-
sage in fifteen days. She left on the afternoon of the 7th
instant, and has brought letters and papers to that day in-
clusive. The contents are not very important. The pre-
vailing opinion at New York is, that Lord Ashburton's mis-
sion will be brought to a favourable and amicable conclusion,
though but little is said on the subject in the American
journals.
The Federal Government has indicated an intention of
making some reduction in the United States navy, or at
least of not carrying out the increase which was resolved
upon some time ago. This is an indication that the pending
negotiations are likely to establish a good understanding, and
that there is now very little probability of hostilities between
England and America. The American papers are very in-
dignant at the contemplated reduction of their marine.
The Warspite, 50, Captain John Hay, arrived at New
York on the 2d of this month, and it is stated is to await the
departure of Lord Ashburton.
The Great Western arrived at New York on the 4th.
The British Queen has hada favourable passage. She re-
ports that there is more than the usual quantity of ice in the
Atlantic. At one o'clock on the 12th, in latitude 42.38 and
longitude 52.45, the thermometer suddenly fell from 60 to
48, and that on that and the following day she passed through
a large quantity of drift ice and by a number of immense
icebergs. The passengers, about 50 in number, speak in the
highest terms of the admirable skill displayed by Captain
Kearne on the occasion, and have addressed a letter of thanks
to him. She also encountered a number of icebergs on her
outward passage.
The commercial affairs of America are improving, but not
very much. The Banks of Lancaster have notified their in-
tention of resuming specie payments on all their liabilities on
the Ist of next September.
Messrs. Horsley Palmer and Ricardo had arrived at New
York.

Exchanges—on London, 107 i to 108 ;an Paris, 5 ;on
Amsterdam, 39 to 39k: on Hamburgh, 35 to 354 ; on Bre-
men, 76 to 761.

(From the New York Herald of June 7.)

The cases of the Caroline and Creole can be easily settled
when once the Maine Boundary is disposed of. In regard to
the Creole it is not likely that the British government will
admit the principle for which our authorities have held out,
and we shall have to concede that point. Because, at the
time Great Britain paid us the last compensation for slaves
at Bermuda, it was distinctly stated that under the laws
about to come into operation, that was the last time she
would ever recognize such a claim, and the declaration was
to be considered final.
._ _ _ .

The case of the Caroline is a mere bagatelle in a pecuniary
point of view, and a speedy and amicable adjustment of the
question can easily be effected.
The question of the Right of Search we consider as already
settled ; the backing out of France from a participation in
the treaty, has for some time at least, set that whole matter
at rest ; and we may rest satisfied that the British will not
even attempt to make any more seizures of our vessels on
the coast of Africa.
The adjustment of the boundary in the Oregon Territory,
we presume, will be postponed to some distant day. In the
present state of that region, it is not worth quarrelling about.
In the meantime, several financiers have arrived here from
England, who intend, after all these various questions are
amicably arranged, to see if they cannot induce some of those
States who have repudiated their debts to take some mea-
sures towards a present or prospective liquidation of the
claims which persons in England have against them. But,
although the country is at present in a very prosperous state,
our crops are heavy, cotton and corn abundant, and every
prospect ahead seems bright and smiling, this will be a most
difficult negotiation to effect. For the fact is, that since the
Bankrupt Law has come into operation, private repudiation
has become so general and so fashionable, that it is not likely
the bankrupt States will do anything towards retracing their
steps. Already from Bto 10,000 persons have declared them-
selves bankrupts, and repudiated all their debts ; showing
the tremendous reaction in the currency system, and every
thing connected with the banking and financial operations of
the country. What these financiers exactly wish to achieve,
it is a little difficult to tell ; but this we can tell them, for
special information, to start with, that the money which we
obtained from England has all been squandered in idle spe-
culations and extravagance, never to be recovered.

(From the National Intelligencer.)
A tariff bill for revenue was yesterday reported by the in-
defatigable Committee of the ways and means of the House
of Representatives; and now, if we may speak figuratively of
the business of the season, all the irons are in the fire. We
wish that none of them may burn.
We have glanced our eye over the bill, with a view to give
the reader a general idea of its character. It proposes to lay
duties on goods imported from abroad, on the chief articles
thereof, as follows :
On unmanufactured wool exceeding eight cents per pound
in value, 30 per centum ad valorem.
On the same article of the value of 8 cents, or under, per
pound, a duty of 5 per cent. ad valorem.
On all manufactures of wool 40 per cent. ad valorem,
except carpeting, blankets, and some other articles, on which
special ad valorem duties are proposed.
On unmanufactured cotton 3 cents a pound.
On all manufactures of cotton not otherwise specified, 30
per cent. ad valorem.
On all articles of silk, according to their character, 30 or
35 per cent.
On unmanufactured hemp, 40 dollars per ton.
On iron, in bars and bolts, not manufactured by rolling,
18 dollars per ton ; on the same article, made in whole or
in part by rolling, 30 dollars per ton.
On lead in pigs, bars, or sheets, three cents per pound.
On cut glass, from 25 to 45 cents per pound ; on plain,
moulded, and pressed glass, from 10 to 16 cents per pound.
On all articles of china or any other earthenware, 30 per
cent. ad valorem.
On tanned sole or bend leather, 6 cents per pound ; on
calfskin tanned and dressed, 3 dollars and 50 cents per do-
zen, &c.

On all bound books in the English language, 20 cents per
pound, &c.
On raw sugar, 24 cents per pound.
On teas, according to their quality, 20 cents, 13 cents, 10
cents, down to Bohea, on which a duty of 3 cents only is
proposed.
On salt, 10 cents per bushel.
After going through a long enumeration of specific duties,
a duty of 20 per cent. ad valorem upon all remaining ar-
ticles.
An additional duty of ten per cent. on articles imported in
foreign vessels in cases, where a specific discrimination is not
made in the bill.

—ill duties hereafter to be paid in cash.
The bill also proposes to repeal the proviso of the Land
Distribution Act, which suspends the operation of that act in
the event of any duty being laid by Congress of a higher rate
than twenty per centum ad valorem.

The intelligence from Canada is by no means important.
The governor-general was in excellent health, and was be-
coming very popular with the Canadians. Within the last
few months a very extensive emigration has taken place from
the United States to Canada of persons natives of Great Bri-
tain, but who have resided for many years in the United
States. Several thousands of these have reached Canada
since the opening of navigation. This subject is deemed of
such importance by Sir Charles Bagot as to call from him a
long letter about it.
The Morning Herald, of June 2, publishes a highly inter-
esting letter addressed to Lord Ashburton on the growing
and great importance of the corn and flour trade with
England, by way of the river St. Lawrence. It appears that
last year this trade amounted to 4,000,000 dollars.
Fifteen hundred emigrants arrived in Montreal on the Ist
and 2d days of June.
The prospect for grain crops this year in Canada is unusu-
ally good.
The Canadian papers all unite in abusing Capt. Barclay's
book about Canada.
There is no material news from Texas or Mexico.
Mr. James S. Schermerhorn, who had been secretary to
the New York Ocean Insurance Company for several years,
has proved a defaulter to that institution in the sum of up-
wards of 100,000 dollars.
On the Ist inst. a very destructive fire happened at the
large and valuable store of Harper Brothers, the celebrated
publishers, Cliff-street, New York. The loss is estimated
at 100,000 dollars, and is supposed to have been the work of
an incendiary.

THE MURDER OF THE POLICEMAN AT BRISTOL.--The
inquiry before the coroner terminated on Friday last, and a
verdict of wilful murder against Charles Dwyer, as principal,
and against Jeremiah and William Dwyer a verdict of aiding
and abetting was returned. The particulars of the case ap-
pearedin our last.

Young man of seventeen,
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remarkab)
the house where clerk to a notarya named Philippe Bergeron, a
missione at Guise, and son to a respectable non-
see some
with
knocked, and officer put an end to his existence last week,
lee coolness and determination. The lady of
awoke coming
lived, in going up stairs, happening to
!otning through the key-hole of his door,
coal, and
The young receivingman was no answer, had the lock forced.
schoolfellows, atasblyeing dead near a brazier of char-
m the
' inoforrpmainig them of his death. There was
his sensations duringPeLOn
were two letters, addressed to
besides a sheet
which Bergeron noted down
Pot myself to
it mortal agony. The following
is a verbatim copy ;_..,..
within ten minutes to four.
I am going to
for me, for lam not death. Eternity has no terrors
I must quit the earth. Fivehappyi.inhere below, and therefore
being in the world, and a charguel to four—l am a useless
sons will perhaps affirm that lam every
one. Some per-
my perfect senses ; and this charcoal, jam, however, in
side, in no way troubles me. lam anxious burns at my
should be announced to my old friends at':'„at my death
and the letter may be eirected to Morin. lir Germain,
some pain in my eyes and throat. Ten minutes past
to feel
lam getting drowsy. Twenty-five minutes past C
: four-
-1 shall not be able to effect my death, for my head is collfeatr
ed, and I feel nothing whatever. A quarter to five—l begin
to feel a buzzing in my head. Five o'clock—still the same!"
This was all, and the writing of the last words was scarcely
legible. Death came on with such rapid strides as to pre-
vent his putting down any more. It is believed that the
young man determined on self-destruction from not being
able to cope in expense and display with some of his compa-
nions more favoured by fortune than himself.