The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1842-03-29 00:00:00

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and the Acadia remained at Halifax, recel.,.
left for this port on the 12th instant, at two p.m., and has
accomplished the passage therefrom in little better than
twelve days.

States later than

We have no papers from the Units
those brought by the previous arrivals
Considerable excitement had been caused in Nova Scotia
amongst commercial men, after the Acadia's arrival, by the
proposition of a new scale of duties on foreign produce. It
is argued in the papers that we have received, that, by re-
ducing these protective duties, without demanding a corre-
sponding reduction of the duties on British produce in the
foreign market, the commerce of our colonies would suffer
very materially, their carrying trade would he grievously in-
jured, and a most decided and impolitic advantage given to
the commerce and shipping of the American Union.
The subject had attracted the earnest attention of the Pro-
vincial Legislature. On the 10th instant the Hon. J. B.
Uniache moved fOr a committee to prepare an addresi•to
her Majesty to avert this evil, and with great promptitude
the address was prepared, and it was adopted in the Legisla-
tive Council on the following evening. It was remarked,
that the enterprising merchants there could never sustain
their present competition with the foreigner if (as by the
proposed scale) but 23. 6d. a cwt. was imposed on foreign
dried fish, whilst the Americans taxed ours I dollar, with a
like disproportion in other articles in favour of the foreigner.
This important address was brought by the Acadia, for pre-
sentation to her Majesty.
It was expected the session would close about the 18th or
19th instant.
We subjoin the Acadia's log and list of passengers. It
will be seen from the former that she encountered a great
deal of ice during her passage homewards.

LIST OF PASSENGERS.
Prom Boston.—Mrs. Edwards, Mr. Creelman, Mr. Noad,
Mr. Macfarlane, Mr. E. K. Kynaston, and Mr. Samc'
From Halifax.—lion. Capt. Grey, Mr.
W. Doute, Mr. H. B. Smith, Mr. Lane, and

Rutherford

ABSTRACT OF THE LOG OF THE ACADIA.
March 12.—Wind W.N.W. 2 p.m. cast off from Cunard's
Wharf and proceeded to sea; 3 15, Sambro W.S.W.. twelve
miles from which took our departure. Fresh breezes and

breezes and clear weather. •
14—Wind S. to S.E. ; distance' 214 mil

lat. 43 15,

long. 55 5. Increasing breezes and cloudy, with rain.
15. Wind N. ; distance 216 miles ; lat. 44 11, long. 50 22.
Fresh breezes, with snow squalls.
16.—Wind N. and N.E. ; distance 195 miles; lat. 44 47,
long. 45 51. Strong breezes and cloudy. Passed a great
number of icebergs.
17.—Wind N.N.E. to E. ; distance 203 miles; lat. 45 35,
long. 41 7. Strong breezes, with squalls, rain, and a heavy
sea.

18.—Wind Easterly ; distance 228 miles ; lat. 47 8, long.
36 4. Strong breezes and clear, with a head sea.
19.—Wind E.S.E. to S.S.W. ; distance 169 miles ; lat.
47 16, long. 31 57. Strong gales and cloudy, with a heavy

cross sea.
20.—Wind Southerly ; distance 175 miles ; lat. 48 11,
long. 27 27. Fresh breezes, and cloudy, with rain.
21.—Wind Southerly ; distance 160 miles ; lat. 48 29,
long. 23 30. Moderate breezes and clear.
22.—Wind S. to N.E. ; distance 252 miles ; lat. 49 34,
long. 17 25. Strong breezes, and fine clear weather.
23.—Wind N.E. and E. ; distance 226 miles ; sat. 50 15,
long. 11 40. Fresh breezes and clear. 11 p.m. abreast of
Cape Cletr.
24.—Wind N.E. ; running up Channel. Light breezes
and fine clear weather.
25.-2 a.m. arrived at Liverpool.

On Sunday afternoon the Patrick Henry, packet-ship,
which left that port on the Bth instant, arrived here. All the
papers of the Bth instant contain an account of what they
head, " Another lIPLeod Affair. It appears that a man,
named John Sheridan Hogan, a native of Ireland, but a resi-
dent of Upper Canada, had been arrested at Lockport, the
place where M`Leod was arrested, on a charge of having par-
ticipated in the burning of the Caroline steamer. He was
taken before Mr. Leonard, police justice of the village. The
justice refused, however, to interfere. Hogan was, notwith-
standing, sent to gaol, and was to have been carried next
morning, on a writ of habeas corpus, before Judge Ransom.
In the morning, however, according to the information re-
ceived at New York on the eve of the sailing of the Patrick
Henry, and which Captain Delano has obligingly communi-
cated to us, the prisoner was not to be found: he had made
his escape, either by stratagem, or, what is more probable,
by connivance, during the night, and crossed the border into
Canada. A very fortunate conclusion to an affair which, like
that of M`Leod, might have given much trouble, and created
much anxiety. Whilst the excitement caused by the arrest
of Hogan was at its height, the citizens of Lockport disco-
vered that the commander of the party who had burned the
Caroline, Sir Allan M`Nab, had actually passed through the
state, on his way to embark for England. " Over one hun-
dred of the citizens turned out," says the Herald," mounted
horses, and put out on the road to Albany, with the hope of
overtaking him." Sir Allan little dreamt the risk lie ran
from these creatures of excitement. Snug in London, he can
afford to laugh at their madness.
The New York money-market is described as " getting
easier." The offerings of the hanks uaa ninee uff, while the
ablity of the institutions had increased. First-class paper
could be got at 7to 9 per cent. per annum. The stock-
market was heavy, and prices were declining. The operations
for foreign exchange had been large, but the rates were in
favour of the American. The imports of specie were greater
than the exports. On London the rate was 1071 to 108 ; on
Paris, sf. 284 c. to sf. 30c.; on Amsterdam 391 to 40; on
Hamburgh, 361; and on Bremen; 76 to 77.
The Resumption Bill had not passed the Legislature of
Pennsylvania. A conference was holding respecting it ; and
apprehensions were expressed lest it should, after all, be re-
jected. The banks, meanwhile, were preparing to meet the
requirements of the bill, should it pass the legislature. Tne
money market was, in consequence, " tight." Prices of
stocks generally were much depressed.
Mr. Nicholas Biddle, Mr. Joseph Copperthwait, and Mr.
J. Andrews had applied to the Court of Common Pleas for
a writ of habeas corpus, which had been allowed. The hear-
ing was fixed for the Bth inst. The decision of the court in
the cases of these individuals would, of course, be the same
as that in the case of Mr. Jaildon.
New Orleans had been the scene of a bank panic. The
notes of the Atchafalaya, Orleans, Exchange, and Improve-
ment Banks had been refused at the counters of all the other
institutions ; and, as those comprised nearly all the whole
circulation of the city and the state, the shock was imme-
diately felt throughout the community.
The New Orleans papers, of the 21th ult., state, that Cap-
tain Andrews, of the schooner Zatriskie, seven days from
Matamoras, had reported, that, as he was about leaving the
city, an express arrived, stating that a body of about five
hundred Mexicans had crossed over into Texas and fallen in
with a Texan force, when, after a short engagement, the
Mexicans were completely routed. Such was the slaughter
reported, it was said that but two Mexicans escaped with
their lives. Captain A. did not remain to obtain the particu-
lars of the engagement.