American Republican and Baltimore daily clipper. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1844-1846, 1846-06-17
ADDITIONAL FOREIGN INTEL IGENCE.

We give below some additional intelligence
received by the Great Western. The papers
however, are singularly barren of interest We
notice among the list of passengers of the Great
Western, the name of Gen. Armstrong, U. S.
Consul at Liverpool, who comes home on a
short visit.
The Reception of the Mexican .MslCS in Eng
land. The news from America by the Cambria
steamer is of startling importance. The United
States have declared war against Mexico, and
the first conflict of arms has taken place, IN
which the invaders have been beaten. The
| MeXlcans do not choose to be robbed of their
land without defending it TO the last extremity;
and the robbers finding their possession and
their claim disputed, resort to the formality of
open warfare. May God defend the right, If
this war do not facilitate the emancipation of
upwards of three millions of black slaves, we
are much mistaken, and shall be greatly dlsap-
pointed.
We refer our readers to the intelligence from
Canada, which will be read with the deepest
interest. The coonists express the greatest
alarm at the measures of her Majesty govern
ment, and Lord Cathcart has avowed his APP
| prehension that the new tariff will divert the
trade of the upper province into channels peril
Gus to public credit, In short, the Canadians
are in a state of distraction, and employ Ian
guage in the Assembly, and at public meetings,
which savors not of Indignation merely but Of
resistance.
| Who can be astonished at this, seeing what
is now the insane policy Of the mother country?
Protection is declared to be an evil-the parent
repudiates the child The free trade in corn
must lead to free trade in every thing else;
and the ports of our colonists must also be de-
clarcd free and open to all nations. If manu-
features can only prosper under the blessings Of
other harvests than our own, why should not
the owners of English land, and the industrious
classes who cultivate it, be permitted to import
all foreign manufactures duty tree} Why is
! the malt tax and the window tax continued,
when the foreign corn grower is permitted to
sell his produce in this country in competition
with our own heavily-taxed cultivator? 1t is
monstrous injustice to exact these taxes in
these circumstances. We cannot understand
how corn is more necessary of life than sugar;
and yet the latter is loaded with duty from
which the former is to be relieved. The colo
MES have right to demand free trade in
every article they produce-sugar, coffee, and
even timber The custom-houses must be
pulled down, or no ustice will be done to the
people Of Eng land-LiUerpooL Mail, May 90
Mexican Loan. We mentioned in our last
the proposition of the Mexican Govern
ment for placing the debt upon a new footing,
by the proprietors in London. The proposition
was negative by the bondholders. But new
and more favorable proposition is expected to
be made. In the meantime, the present position
of Mexico affords some chance of the London
capitalists "bleeding'' freely in the matter of
the loan.
MEXICO and the U. States. The Steele says,
the idea Of an European Intervention to pro-
tect the destruction of races in America, will
not bear investigation. Mexico would certain
ly have right TO invoke Europe, if the United
States, abusing their power, wished to conquer
that State; but Europe has no right, under the
pretext of preserving the political equilib ium,
to oppose the resolves of Mexico, unable in her
present state to defend or to govern herself, to
seek her safety in the same course, as that i'll
which Texas has found hers.
France, which neither undermnes, nor wish
es to undermine, any one, should leave to Eng
land the application of the old principle, divide
Ell iu1pera-dvide in order to reign. We seek
our strength in the opposite principle, and if
France were listened to, Germany, Italy, Spain,
and Poland would form great national unites.
M. Guizot has accused the Opposition of adopt
ing a policy too French, and not sufficiently
European. We reproach him, in return, for
adopting policy which is neither the one nor
the other-neither European nor French"
The Oregon Notice. The question whether
or not the President of the United States had
: given the notice respecting the occupation of
the Oregon Territory by the British Govern
ment, having formed the subject of controversy
in the English and American preserve have
the satisfaction of stating upon the highest au-
thority, that such notice has been given. The
Great Western carries out on her present trip,
the answer of the British Government, which
is ola conclliatory character.
Commercial MISREPRESENTATION There
is nothing to report in the market concerning
American produce, of such kind as to require
extended notice. There is no important change
in the value ofany article except U. S. Flour,
which has been sold on lower terms-say 22s to
24s for N. Orleans. Western canal provisions
without change.
Triumph of the Corn Bill. The Peers have
made short work of the Corn Bill. On Mon
day week it was read for the first time in their
House, and the second reading, after debate
of three nights, was passed by majority of
FORTY SEVEN. This places the success Of the
measure, in its future stages, beyond the proba-
bility Of doubt.
Last week the public pulse was at low ebb
relative to the bill. Political croakers prog
nosticated its defeat and business, which has
been sadly impeded by the uncertainty of the
future, was even more dull than usual. But
, the result of the meeting at Lansdowne House
on Saturday, where the Wing Peers met and
discussed their differences on the subject, ended
in resolution to support in its integrity the
measure of the Government. From that mo-
ment all apprehensions vanished. The bill is
now perfectly safe, and will probably, be the
law of the land before another month has clap
sed The committee is fixed for the 18th of
June.
Ireland. The government has summoned