I i. a ran i poji ikxicii. Mr. Trior Mission to, olcxico Secrctsry Bu ' chnr.HiiV Letter to the Mcx Can' Government , jUcncrtl Scott Demtnds rteply Hi Ultimatum! Mexican Congress without Quorum No Tiding from Cndwaltder br ; ptiiow.' ; . ,:: ;,, ' . . The Picayune Extra, of July 19, ha received the arrival of tb eteamer McKIm, which left Vera Crua on tl.e 4th iot ., filet from tbe city of Mexico to the 28th ult. Tht Government paper tublished a communication from tba Minister of Fwreign Affaii adJrsed to tht member of th Mexican Congress, referring to them a despatch from Secretary Buchanan, announcing the ap (.ointment ol Mr. Triat. Mr. Buchanan'e letter it stated April 13th. It acknowledges the receipt of the Mexican minitter't letter of the 2d Feb , declining to accede to ottr propoiition to aenil Commissioners to Jalapa, Havana, or any other point, bpforn the blockade of the Mexican port should he raited and the Mexican territory eva mated hy our troopa. Mr., Buchanan write tlwt the President hoIHa such condition absolutely ii admissible neither demanded by notional honor or it dinned ty the practice uf nations. He ( .ues that such a preliminary condition would lender wait interminable, especially between tie'iiuous nation, unlet by the complete eub mission ol one of the belligerents, lie show how puerile a conrte it would be for a nation which had sacrificed men and money to tain a foothold in an enemy's country, to abandon all the advantages it had won, and withdraw force in order to induce negotiation without any cer tainty oi security that peace would entue from uch negotiation. He then citea the cane of our lust war with Great Britain, to show that we never considered for a moment that our nation required us to insist upon a withdrawal of British troops before contenting to treat for peace. , We aent commissioner to Ghent when portion of our territory were in possession o( British troop mid it wa notation that while negotiations were going on at Ghent, hostilitiea were carried on upon both (id with unwonted vigor, the most memorable actiun of the war taking p'ace lifter negotiations had been concluded. Such a preliminary condition to negotiations cannot be r ited in modern time, at least Mr. Buchanan know of none. He then expoiet the unusual conduct of Mexico under another aspect. The President had draiied to avoid the war, had tent a minister to negotiate a peace even after the wur waa commenced by the attack ol the Mexi can troop upon General Taylor. The President had reiterated proposition with a view to open negotiation w hich ahoold put an end to hostilities He had declared to the world thut he would exact no condition that were not honorable to both parties, and yet the Mexican government bad refuted to recei' i the Minister tent to her, and after declining to accede to the opening of negotiations Mexico had never made known upon what basit she would consent to a settlement of the, differences between the two Republics. There will never be a termination of hostilitiea, Mr. Buchanan proceeds, if Mexico refines to listen to overture which have been proffered, and which tend to the re establishment of pence. The President will not make further iiveitures for the opening of iiegoliatione until lie has reason to believe that such will be arcept ed by the Mexican government nevertheless such is his desire for peace, the evil of the war shall not be prolonged one day later than the Mexican Government mkes it absolutely neces eary to carry his determination into effect. He had sent in the quality of commission to the h'a't quarters of the army in Mexico, Mr. N. P. Trist, Chi?f Clerk in the Stotj Department, with full powers to ronclnile a definitive treaty of p-aco with the United Statea. Mr. Trist is re commended as possessing the full confidence of the President, and woithy that of the Mexican Government, In conclusion, Mr. Buchanan for bears in commenting upon the rioting passage of the latt letter from the Mexican Minitter, lest it should give to his present nolo less conciliatary character lhan he desire for it he recurs with pleasure to another passage, wherein is exprea fd the pain with which the Mexican Govern ment hat seen altered the cordial frendship which it had cultivated with this Republic, the contin ual advancement of which it had always admired and whose institution had served at a model of it own. The President ha strong desire that tho United Mexican Ptatt a, under such inaiitutinna 1 prevail with u, may protect and eecure the l.herty tifiheir citizen, and maintain an elev a vd position among the nations of (he earth. ich ia an outline of Mr. JJuchanen'e letter of Afiril 15. , U'u '.live not translstrd it, ta the original will i.o Joubt be mad a public. There ia no iodic- Mi in ii qf the basis upon which Mr. Triat ia "UtLonz-.d lo conclude treaty. Tina letter Hie Mvxicau Mmuur ackno ledges ou the 22J . ! April, laying that the Pri'eidint had inslruc i J him to reply thai the whole subject matter it had been exprcsaly reserved by lbs) eover "ia Congress nt the nation fur its control, and mat the letter wuod be at one transmitted to it for its act ion. We learn by he Mexican pa pert thai Con Frees was at ones convened to take the matter tutu eoiiKideraiiiiri, but tip to tho JiUth ot June, no quorum had been procured. Hy a letter from a source) entitled to great respect, wa fur '.er loam that General Scott gave the Mexican invrnmnt till the.yhh nit. to act upon tht let-i-r, when if nothing should be done, he would marelion. Not din further had been heard friMii (lenersU Csdwaledcr or Pillow at Vera t.'ruz, but it i pinumcd thallbty bad rrived il tito. Suu' bead quarter. . . I L I II I .1, i A VounoMaii waa eowbided by female at the corner ol Puitland and Havana Harts, Boa- ton, on Thursday Isst. Tbat'a ana .way for a ... . w s... acquaintance, L.ri . i. .i j ii lai.t '' Important from the Cliy of Mexloo. The American Prisoners at tliiejutla -No Quo ( rum of CnntrrepH Expected movement of . Oen. Scott P. recCut Nn tf the Prear-rf-Ru : mora about a Treaty Smuggling Bullion. From the N. O. Picayune of the 13th. Our filet of paper from the city of Mexico, by the way of Vera Cruz, come down tuthe 2flih nf June. By the way ptTampico, too, we hate file from the capital, but not later thao the 18th. r f f . , f. .., " , Our altrntion waa first jriven to discover eomftbinff "ahoni the 'American priaonera irt Mexico, Thp follnwine paragraph ia the only thing upon Iheauljtct wdcan find, i-lt laaiiffi ciently indefinite, but thowe that the priennpre axai.n-Jjr: . SlJ THE AMERICAN. Snlnrdat, July 24, 1847. . w n. 1:1 r..Tin;ji. nn.. i kit ve. ffe Aftrf f Of.rr, ttrrntr nt&d nnd Chr&nut trri, VMluittlfthin, at kin trfde m ). I CD .Vf.V "ref,We Vork, 8. K. Vomer Unl. timnr and CVifrrrl af ., ttalttmnrr, anitJSt 16 mtt Ktrtt. Jin' on, fa t(ajsrttrrf 1 art 1 . . ... . . M-J- had left the capitals It ie Iron Kl Republican., wgrsir, nf reccru ror m monr. s Vf'll r lr sWBiajei rtw vr fsaaaj aw a fira at of the 27th ult; - v lluejutla. The ISO Yankee priaoneraof war whom the Government aent by ih its route have been detained at the above nntned town, and we leirn that Uen. Oaray laa not the nrcewa ry mean lor supplying them wills food. -We have looked in vain intoprrceeding; num bera ofthe name papor lor a notice of th'ir de parture from the capital, but tin- above ecanty paragraph it ail that we can find upon the aub- ject. A auniinona for Conn res to aeaemb'e we find in almost every paper we open. We pre-urne it ia tummnned to take into coiiKider.it ion Mr. Ruchantn'a letter announcing Mr. Triet'e ap pointmont. It ia ci'ruin that no quoriim Imd been assembled up to the 'iPtli ulL The Ru publictno publiwhra daily the lint of member present and active. , They have several timea come yery near a quorum, and there ia saoubt leea aaufficient numbor of menibfra in the city to form one. Soventyone are required; sixty aix were present on the 25th. Th papers o the city appeared to rxpect that tho American army would move from Ptie- hla by the end of June. They say not a word in their later numbers of their own mean of defence, or indeed of their own army. In this particular they show perfect acquiescence in the wishes ol Santa Anna. We see no allusion in the papers to the fsct which we have stated elsewhere, upon different authority, thit Gen Scott had piven the Government to the HOih ult. to consider nf Mr. Buchanan's letter before pushing on to the capital. The RrpuMicano saya our army ia too iiisicnificatit to advance, but hopes it is true that Gen. Scott intends do ing so, as it will a fiord a good test of the fidelity of those Mexicans who have pledged themselves to defend the capital till death. This reads much like a sneer' at the Mexican officer a thing the Republic ano ia very capable of do- inf.. ' The persecutions against the press are con tinued. D Francisco l7.n hsirada, editor of the Doit tin de la Demoeraciu, having secreted himself to escape a prosecution, has been found and arrested. This i the second individual con nected with this paper proceeded a ire mat ' P. Pedro Prebot, a wealthy Mexican mer chant in Cordova, i denounced fur carrying on an extensive and profitable commerce by furni shinff tuppliea to Gen. Scott, Some of the new cannon cast at Chapulte- pec, have been tried, and are ail to five the utmost eatislactinn. D. Bruno Aquilar, the di rector of the foundry, ia much praied tor his skill. The Ittpublicuno demands of Snla Anna the release of Gen. Arista from the fi rtrr? nf Acnpolca lie is sharply censured fur eendin' him there without any trial. From the Pinlo. lydjrer. flane tt) whom hotior tuA aiallasii FliModrlplilau. Merisrs. Editors .(Ji'iiilt-nu n, In your pa per of this morning1, I noticed a nun. her of citi zena have cumhiiied to cxprena thu.r appri bi tion of the pallnnt conduct of a number of our Fons in Mexico, but did not perceive the name of Albert Iwry, of the 2d drngooi s, who dis tinguished himself in the battles of Palo Alto. Resaca de la Pulma and Cerrn Gorcln , he wa one of the brave spirits' who composed the band ol Captain May when theilerpernte charge was made, acting as first lioutenaiit, and for which he waa promoted to a raptaiocy. Has he been forgotten, or has he nrffrieiul to urge hi claims to reward, while perilling himFcIf on a distant field! lie ia an orphan, hern in Philadelphia, anil lived here until IK!?, when ho received his commission, and from that time hue been active ly employed, visiting his native city seldom. 1 again ik, ha he no friends ? Uv giving the above circulation, you will oblise an Om Si ax'siuKR. E. IV. CARR. rmuer of Third and Dock Slrrrl.i.'Snv Ruililinir. nfipmile Mirchnnti' Exrhangt, Philodrtyhiai it oo authorised to act u iur AffiUt. '.- Drmorralie Jforninationi. 1; ' roa oovrRMoa, ' r n a x v i s n . s ii u x k, roa canal cojjmisionsb MORRIS LONG ST RET H, , Of Montgomery County. . Vhi Nominations. For Governor, Grnj. JAMES IRVIN For Canal roinmissioni-r, JOSEPH W. PATTON. Qj" rm.Ni i no Ink A fresh supply of tuporior printing ink just received, and lor sale at Phila delphia pricea. ,, . , . CyWABM VN'xATiira On Sunday last the thermometer ttood at 91 degreea of Fahrenheit, and on Monday it went up to or in the shade.' At Philadelphia, the North American aays, th- ther mometer averagtd about 97 on Monday. In Ii46 we had a few such daya, but about a week earlier. 07 Noam Baaecn Can at EartNaton -7.80m ' weeks sine we.. were prented with ah able re port, by Wm. B Foster, of the condition nf tbi unanished -but important workV According ( the" report, the cost of completing the canal to the Vurk State line, weirld be eleven hundred and tlx thousand dollar. lTh atate ha already ex pended several millions of dollar in construct ing lb most difficult part of the work ; and wa think it claatly the tntervsi of the state and of the tax paycrt generally, that every effort should be, made by the. commonwealth to. lake it in ber own hands again, an I complete it without delay. These opinion we have enteitained ! for tome year past, and everyday we are more deeply impressed with their Importance.' A work so important, most and vs ill be completed before many years, and ws ahmiht regret to see it In the hands of s company, instead of the ennv motiwealtb to which it should properly belong. K7 Gfn Tatlsr a Whig A portion of the whig ediiottare determined to make Gen. Tay lor a whig, whether, he will , consent or not. Therefore we find going the rounds of the whig Press an article from the Louisville Journal, headed Gen. Taylor a vt h;g The only authority is Prentice, the editor of the Journal, himself a rank whig, who insists upon it that the old hero is a whig notwithstanding he refuses, on every ocraion, to be recognized as a member of that party Our whig frirnda' are sometimes essily pleased, and are therefore willing to take the opinions of the editor in preference to the decla rations of the old General himself. jKeyinp lolicivd time for conjlderaiion before heaeceeded to the terms dictated at the point of the bayonel by Sir John Davis.' On the rfth, general nranra Were issued to commence the at tack on the city of Canton,' but between eight and nino o'clock, it was notified that Key ing had yielded to the terms ot Sir John Davis, just in time to aave the city, and the assault was conn termanded. A Government 'notification wa immediately issued, of which the following art briefly the heads: , '. "1. At the fi.tej period of two years from thl day, (he Gth of April, the cily of Canton alial be fanned to B ilish Rlihji'ctS. . . , .1 -2 I It MijeAty'g iuhj-cw shili brl librt to roam for exercise; or amusement in the neiyh boric? country without molestation, retirminj the same day, aat Shanghai, and arf person loiili'Ktini; tlicm shall be severely puniehed. K. The a?i?resrr on the two seamerr in Oc lolier last, and on Col. Chesney snd others a Fulishan, on t!ic l'iih uf March, shall be mas examples ol." A space on the H. mil ft eidn nf the river f the erection of warehouse?, &c. a kite for i n' AUMYaa or TIIH BTRAMSII1P nillT t V; j TMXI. Tlftesn rtSya ttee freist Llrerposl. BrtaJttujfi Drprttild-JCuHoli AihanctdRt ittwal of the Fngt th War in China TAe I)ogvt Fr.rft Captured War by France with Cochin, China. Th Britannia arrived at Boston on Saturday morning. ,, The following condition ot tbe mar ket wa transmitted to the Ledger by Tele graph." A copy of Wilmer k Smith's Timea, received ysterday, enable os to five a complete digest of European intelligence since -the last sanmr, tl , j , , . . , - i j f . u , m , , , Poston. July 17 11 o'clock. Livr.srooi July 4. A signal drprrsslon has taken place to ihe corn market sines the depar tiire 'orthe' last stnamer, attributable to many c'auaet, but particularly' to tbe prevalence of fine weather and the growing steadiness of the money n.aikrt. t Prices have become unprecedented!? low. An unusual gloom ia every where frit at the thint; ofonr market. Yesterday afternoon the best Western canal brands woold not fetch ' more than 34 Cd per bbl, and in tome few instance i' reached 30s. out ins transaction, were xenera.iy j circ,,t tn, f,,Pf minnr ftfrtnepmPnt, inc, or a retail cnaracter, ana out noi inoicnie jing ,jie keeping the rivef front before the fa tlifliieni speculative uisposmon. i.arsjrr i'iu- titiea ware sold at 34a per bbl, but that ia a price , Cy. Rain We hsd a fine rain on Tuetday last, with occational thower continued over un til Wednesday. The wind, which blrw with great violence, did aomednmaae lo thr oats crop, which is now nearly ripe for cutting, by prostra ting it. I he oats and corn look remaikabty well, and will, no doubt, afford a rich return to the farmer. . E7" The Forms News by the late steamer, will be lound in another column.. . England and France have both bad another brush with the Chinese, which at usual resulted in favor of the outside barbarians, a the celestial style all fo reignere. The pricea of breadstuff have Buffered a still further decline, owing to Ihe immense importations from the Itlack sea, and ihe piospect of a good harvest at home. 0TTWhiaT Crops, though very light, ate most excellent in quality which, with the abundance of the eummer cropa, will in some measure compensate the farmer for the deficien cy in the main staple. C7" Peaches Tbe North American of Tne day aaya a few peachea appeared in the mar ket the day previon. The same paper under stand the peach (nd apple crop in thia state to be small. This ia not the case in this section The fruit crop, generally, promitea a fair yield. C7 The rANvtr.t.x Democrat came to hand last week considerably enlarged and improved. Panville is a thrivire p'are, and it ia necessary that Ihe Prrse shou'd kep face with its pros priy. i'esidi-a, it was i-tessary for friend Cook, who, although not as great in s'ature as friend Uest of tbe Intelligencer, that be should make aagcat a show, especially as, he ia the sols representstive of the little whie party in that county. He has therefore wisely determin ed to spread oat a sheet of equal dimension wilb his neighbor. , tOT Tnx Lrwisseeo Cbromcle alo came to hand in an enlarged and improved form. We ar pleased to tee this evidence of increasing prosperity in our brethren or the Pre, for there i no clasa'of people so poorly rewarded for their trouble, as ths publishers of newspaper. Bo ion Notions On buie in Po!un, in a single year, has sti t to the East Indies one bun dled and en vessel, with cargue el ice. Ra ther a cool specimen of Yar.kee ent i prise. A Mess Ma vox The meanest of all publie functional isa ia the Mayor of I. noet ic k, Ireland. The government of that country hat had infor mation exhibited at the Sesaiona Court, avainst Thomas Wallnut, Msyor of Limerick, IreUnd, and bis pai inert, th Means. Stein, of cheating Ihe poor. Ths charge is, that the Mayor de frauded the finance committee by aeatracting a part of tba sound Indian corn, srnt for the us of the poor, and that be substituted iuils stead, and ouxsd up with the remainder, unsound and da maged Indies met I of his own. Rob the starving of lbs contributions wLicb charity bad made ! VOT Gold rao Pass Some bold eaperi mental villain entered the betel of Mr. James firata, of Milton, on Wednevlay (iitht a week last, and abttiactai'. from the pocket of Mr. Drata about nty dollar, mostly ia gold. The rogue was not istisfied with this experiment, but en tend the hotels of Mr. Eckbert and Mr. Bright but without success. K7 Tatlos Mestinos There is to be a large mteting of the democracy of Old Burks, in favor of Gen Tsjior, on the 9d ol August -There it alto a call for a meetii c of the 'fr'nd of Taylor, In New Ktilin, on th 7th of August. i G?".Tbe great. reduction in the price of rrain, in to thort a time, ia probably without a paral lel in the history of thia country. But little more than a month since, wheat, which would command ?2 lA to $2 80 in Philadelphia, ia now quoted at CI 10 to 1 -15 ; and yet it was suppos ed at that time there wa no room for a very great d cline in price. The depression in price now, we think, is as much below the real val ue as the sudden rise was above it, and that a medium price would be about a correct standard. We ropy the following remarks fium the Phila delphia Bulletin, on this subject; "All accounts agree in slating fl at the de cline haa resulted from two things firrt, th -thriving appearance of the crops in Great Bri tain ; ai.cond, the large importations from the Hul tic. In spite of the oeneial failure, of t lie cropa in the north of Europe, there waa tlill som surplus left, but it rutted to reach market. Over a thousand vessels, laden with corn, were frozen up in the litltic the past winter, and as the warm season was uimeual'y late this year, these rart'oes have juit found their way tj Eng land and r ranee, and for several months we have enjoyed a monopoly of tbe grain market: that ia tniw over; and as the maximum price was excessive, so the minimum tin v prove to be less than the occasion jiii-tifioa. The pendu lum, hen it passes' ita usual mark on the one ulc, always in the return awinga too far on the other. It ia the impression of many, well acquainted with the suhj ct, that the price of flour canejt fall much lower in our own market, at least for awhile. The stock here ia raid to bo smell. and of consequence Ihe home demand will Iteep up the price, while, before a further supply can reach us from the si est, the necessity of further shipments abread may arise. Rut, on the other hand, the new crop is rapidly coming in. to sup ply the home demand : while it ia very proble inatieal whether the farmers of the R.llic and Black Sea will mil drive ours from tbe England market. We si. all see,'' Tnt Central Raimiuao The gradingof the first eighteen miles of the great Central Railroad from Harritburg weat, has been let to the lowest bidders, the proposal having been opened on Friday last by Ihe Committee of thd Eoard of Director appointed for the purpose and the En gineera. The successful bids were as fallout, tbe work being !ivi,K d into eighteen sections : Section I, C Murray and S Dully 2 and 3, J. MeVahnn 1. Gamble and Oliver 5, Riley, Kern fc Ganer 8, including the bridge across the Sntqnehanna,' Barton fc Co. 7i Gen. Plat fenherper o, Barron fc Co 9, I.ane Sc hofteld 10, Church fc Co. It and 12, Schuyler and MeReynolds 13, Drum fc Anderson H, Gsin bis dr. Olivsr 15, Garrett and Career 16, Gihl son&Ce 17. Miller, Moore sEliiott 18. Jack too k McFadden. These sections extend to tbe amieduct, on the Juniata, just above Duncan'a Island, and we un derstand the grading will average not over ? 10. OOQ per mile, and that tbe heaviest grade will . not exeeed . fifteen feet to the mile The bridge included in No. 6 extends some thir ry-eight or thirty-nine hundred feet, snd will be constructed at an expense of about 1.30,000. So the great work ia already commenced in good earnest. Irelard An Iriab journal tayt, ihera are now pwards af two millions nine hundred thootaod persons, or mors thau ona third ef th ent ire pop ulatioa, receiving ratioaa at tbe public expense, imdsr the Trmpaiary Relief Act, in Ireland. K7- Jimm C Nsal Ths Philadili lo pa pers announce Ihe death of Joseph CI Nal, for merly editor of tbe Peunsyltanian, and at hi death the editor and proprietor of NVal't Satur day Gazette. Mr. Neil ws a most amiable man at well aa an accomplished writer. Ilia death i much regretted. ' A letter from Major Gaines, now a pri soner in th city of Mexico, dated JimeSfltb, aay that Gen. Scott will be ready to move on to the eapitol in three or four dtya. ' ' - . QC. Those editors tabo were lilly enoegh te ascribe Ihe high price of grain to tbe tariA 140, will find soma troul ls in explaiuiog its sudden fall. t Wa have uniformly contended that the tariff question had nothing to, do with tbe price ot grain, and that none .but d'tntgogKi weuld make use of tnrh in aigument. ' Thr Wheat Habvkst er li.t.isoit axb Missor si Ths tj heat ha i vest in Illinois and Miisouri haa been gathered. Of the quality of the grain harvested this year there is no difference of opin. ion. It is on all hands allowed to be excellent. Tbe berry it iweet, heavy and well ripened. A mspi'iti iia quantity, them i a general im pieation that it Ul!t thort of an average. In th toutU-m districts it il a abur.daut a usual, but in the northern there i a Very considerable de- ficia nry. In tbe middle district it is doubtful w hether jt quite reaches the usual mark. The St. Louis' New Era say : "L'pon the Mbole, considering its food quality tb Urge amount sownand Ihe trifling lost tuttained in getting it in the aheat harvest in Illinois and Missouri may not improbably be found to y'cld in good, wholesome ' breadstuff's, very nearly a much aa th best crops hitheito " i Lascastsr Gbain Cros. Tbe farmers, ef Lancaster county, tbe Union of Lancaeter, elates, have reaped a much better harvest lhan anticipa ted a few eeka lack. , InJsed, aeveial intelli gent faimert have UUd that the opinion U gene, ral that nor gain, and of a better quality,, ha been raised thia year than last, and that thai a ia now mote, in the coantry tbia tker has bn for tireral )ra at cn tim. which could not be realized for any considerable quantity. To day Richmond and Alexaudi ia are quoted at 3 Is per bbl ; Philadelphia and Balti more 3?s ; New Orleans and Ohio 31; t" S. and Canada lour CO a 20s per ltd ; Indian Corn has likewise suffered a material depression and can not be quoted hie. her than 41s fid to -15s per char ter ; inferior kinds range from 32 upwards j In dian Meal" stands at 20 to 2 Is per barret of 196 lbs. ' The rumor of the potato disss are exceed.' inely cnnflictfng and not reliable,' and the grow ing crops are In' a stste of forwardness ' The' weather could tcaicely be more favorable than it is . r.; ' . . ' Grnkral IsTiii.i.iriENca. The Bogus pol in the Chinese seas were raptnred and completely destroyed by the British land and naval forces, on the 2uth of April. Father Matthew ha received a pension of .300 a year fiom the crown. . Rumors stats that the Pope has declined to make him Bishop of Cork. Mr O'Connell'a remains were expected to arrive off Southampton on the 17th. The Sarah Sandi Steamer had put into Cork in consequence of an accident to her machinery. She wa expected to sail yesteiday. Je.nnt Lino The creates! possible sensation haa been created in London by thia delightful sonetresa. She is engaged tosing for two nights in Glasgow and Endinburg at a remuneration of 1000. ' The fever'is dreadfully prevalent in Liverpool. It haa made the most destructive havoc among tbe Catholic clergy, eight having been swept a way in two weeks. Th) distemp-r was in every instance contracted by them while visiting the tick.- From Wilmer nnd Smith' Time. Tm Fnr.Nrif a?w Enomsii IIostii.itifji os tii Chinese Seas. The Overland Mad frem India has brought intelligence of two serious conflicts in the Chinese Sees the one between the Eupl'.hh and the Chinese ; the other bet ween the French Squadron and the Cochin Chinese, in the Day ot Tout an. it would appear that Sir John Davis, the Covprnor ot Hongkong, ha ving inrflVctiially endeavored to procure re dress for piratical acts ol the Chinese, and for the numerous insult which are continually of fered to the Kng!it-h residents in Chins, and ha- v-n? failrd in procuring the fulfilment of the treaty'of Nankin, which stipulntrd for the ad- ni'ssion of for-'lgnert into the city of Canton, re solved to strike some blow which should compel the Chinese sothrr ti s to listen to reason. Ac- cordinely, having made his arrangements, Sir John Dmir, aeenmpin'H by tieneral D'Agoi lar, with about KHD men of nil arms, embarked on board her Majesty' hhipe Vulture and E-pi- egle, tho Hon. Conipnny's steamer I'luto, and ihe Corssir, with one or two small vessels lor Ihe conveyance of artillery and troops; the whole naval force being under the command of I Captain MawJougsl, the senior illicer on tlieata lion. With this expedition Sir John Davis entered Ihe Bocca Tigris at 0 A. M of the 2d of April surprised the Anniinyhny forts, ss well ss those on the Irlsndsol North snd South Wsntor.g, ard carrier, them on both sides of the river in a few minutes. The jun, amounting to 450, were rpiked, and all the arms and ammuni tier collected inrtsntly destroyed. Ilsving thus aerurer) a communication with Hong Kong, Ihe expedition advanced op in the river, and reached Wl.snipoa iate in theatlernoon. All the troop were trai aferred on board such veshels sscnuld pri'cced up the river. Sir John reached the barrier, formed ot stakes, ard extending across 'he r:er, at 8 A. M. c.n the third of April, and Rirctsl a pasge. The V.rta at NMiainot and Wnr kingtap fired rcsind hot and gnpe tt ihe division under C"!. Rrrreton, Init by hie judi cious inarajeinenl heavoided their elTects; and being cfT. dually supported by the gun of the Pluto, the gallant Cobiiel took p -esslon of those forts, spiked the guns, amounting to COO more, and destroyed all the ammunition aud magsxines. , The river being now clesred of Impedimenta, the expedition advanced op to Canton, and here the atrong fort, called French Folly, waa even, tually rtemoliehed like those lower" Howo the river, and the gone" spiked making total of 870 guna disabled since the preceding moroirg. These grrone proeredinr reduced Keying to ressou. After some ftr'.l er ('hinese proera&te nation, Keying waa compelled to wait hoinilia- tor et e'ea' tif lion's, were proytdedfor. Alter agreeing to these terms, Keying sti rvnded their fulfilment, and it was only ofti further demenrtTations r.f strength and reso! Iiononthe pirt ol Sir Joint Davis, by threat n iiij? the city, ami by actually razing a house, the ground, whence a Mono had been hnrlml gainst an EJuglish iiffnrcr, that Keying reloctai lyeonei,t;d at list in ptwiah the Kulishnn ri ters within the fnctorirs.'The populace at C ton appeared still highly exasperaled tgiinyt t riiiglish. and isn workmen could be found to reel the walla and buildings agreed upon. Tita Fli'cti'ations ix Iks Coa,s Marmkt Since the middle ofthe month of May Ihe pr of Wheat may be said to Lave declined more tl 3t per quarter, whilst on Ameriren Flmir a of about 1.1s per barrel has been established, i the general tendency of the markets throuth the kingdom indicates a f'lrfher decline. In pc of fact, the hreadstuffs now in course of impo tion, as well from the Black Sess as from I'nited States, must leave a loss" at tbe rent prices, nf not less than fiom 20 to TO cent, upon their original cost. In tbe exi ment inseperable from such a state of tht speculators cling to every hope held out w' may tend to change their present gloomy f pecty. There can be no doubt, however, that etoc all the available markets of Europe will bee exhausted belore the harvest indeed the riots in corn-producing spots, in consequent the high prices, prove that the dealers havs r sold themselves, and exported the produce v. was required tor their own wants. In En we are satisfied that very little stock ren in the farmers' hands. Some rare instano obstinate holders - stsnding out for impos prices prove nothn. In a month hence there be littteor none remaining, but new Corn probably be iri the market. Now, if the pr fine weather continues, of which there is e sppearanee, it may be confidently stated t! most abundant harvest wi'l be gathered thn out all Europe. It will follow, therefo-e although the I equipments of Europe will b menae, the supplies, tak ng into consider tbe abridged mean of the people to purchase be corresponding and any excess over the o!' consumption will tend lo reduce price far greater proportional degr-e than in a arithmetical ratio 1' We Smih. Continental Corn Market At Marsei perfect panic seems to have been caused i Corn trade by the extent of the srriva'.s Ihe Black Fes, and the sudden cessation n British demand. Letters from thence of the June, inform us that Odessa Wheat had freely offered at -12. aud the best Polish a per quarter, free on bnard, but the anxii sell ws then not quite so great a it had viously been. Letters from Leghorn atate that tbe ere Italy were very promising, and that hi operations were likely to be commenced the close of the month. Th favorable ance of the crop anJ the arrival of large f supplies had caused ths beat Polish Odessa offered at 50s 6d to ftt 6d, and other deseri of Wheat at corresponding rate. At t Wheat was held with more flrness, and a press ion prevailed there that pricea bad bi the lowet. From the North of Europe the reports ar flat . From Daagic we have lettera of tin of June previous to the arrival of tbe E li tter of the 1 1th inst , 300 last of svhes sitting of red mixed and fine mixed, had sold at price varying from 71s to 75s per ter, free on board, but subsequently the d had beeome languid, and qnntationa wen littUrbttt-r than noniiiul, Consideml created ariisals livio tbe uitnior weiert whuh might, it was thought, cause tome I decline in pricea. At Rostock and Stettin lit'! or notfc. pears to have beeu dane, anJ, iu th abst business, quotation bad undergone no ir variation ; tbe tendency had, however downward. Tut b'TXAtianir WaainmiTOii. Th eel's paeenge bet ween Bremen and Southa has in a great measure justified the rtii her qualitiea made in Now York. Sh ved at Ut riu en on the 19th ultimo, de. wjlb the American flJ and the atate Bremen. A grand dinner waa given w the S2t, to celebrate) bet arrival t epeechef were delivered, and Consul O iotiuitted that the aecond ship of Ihe c winch iaw rapid prtgrea. would not bt the Laifsyetle, but wonhl bear the name ( iinr1 unon ihe Governor, who received him at .l,eB mnn. the liberator of Gtrnunr. 11. 4- I IV IV II VUMIUIIII.I .- m wi vswtskwjsisw e -
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