The Caledonia left Boston on the 17th, and brings intelligence from New York to the 16th.
There is not much news of importance by this arrival. There were various rumours of changes in the Cabinet of Washington : among these were the appointment of Mr. Cushing to the Treasury, in place of Mr. Forward ; the resignation of Mr. Daniel Webster, whose place would be filled by Mr. Lewis M`Lane, and the resignation of Mr. Spencer in the War department.
The papers announce the death of Mrs. Tyler, the wife of' the President, at the White House, Washington, after a long and painful illness.
Business is reported to be moderately good ; the packets were filling with cotton and flour at rather better freights. Of flour the supply this season will be enormous. There was a fair demand for bills on London for this packet ; the rate of exchange 7E to I premium; on Paris, 5f. 32i to 5f. 31f.
The stoppage of the Great American Fur Company had been announced. Their capital, which is of large amount, had been locked up in advances to the Indians who procure them skins, and the vast accumulation of their stock this season, in consequence of the bad trade, had compelled them to suspend payment. It was said, however, that they would shortly be able to resume.
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