The New York Herald Newspaper, April 1, 1846, Page 2

Tur Asn: Army ano Navy ~The new from Washington, in yesterday’s Herald, is most interesting in every point of view, we have received fora long time, and 13 well caleu- lated to produce a powertul effect in England. Tt will be seen that an increase of the army and navy, requiring an expenditure not far short of the large sumof sixty or seventy millions of dollars, has been proposed, and a portion of which will no doubt be authorized and carried out by Congress. | The late message of the President has given an im- petus to the Oregon question, and awakened Con- gress from the state of lethargy and confusion which nas characterized it from the commencement of the session. There is no doubt now that the country oughtto | be immediately put ia a proper state of defence, so that in case any emergency should arise, the honor and interests of the United States would not be t placed in jeopardy. The proposed increase in the question. army and navy will meet the approbation of every | Nor was this the only incentive to a settles citizen, and will have a good effect in any future ne- ment of our differences with Mexico. gotations about the Oregon question. It will de- Several of the Mexican chiefs and leaders, and @ monstrate to the world that we will not swerve portion of the Mexican people—those who have felt | from maintaining what we consider our rights, in | and deplored the ruinous condition of things in that | the face of the military preparations that have been beautiful country, for a series of yeurs past—have | making in England and Canada for some time past; | frequently given unequivocal evidences of adesire | that we are not to be intimidated by any power; that to be incorporated with the United States, and par- | «* we know our rights, and knowing them, dare take of the blessings of [ree government in pzace | maintain them.” and quietness. These sentiments have been on the Although we do not apprehend war to result from increase for some time past, and we have the Oregon question, we cannot but admire the spi- very little hesitation in declaring, from the | rit thut dictated the proposed increase-in the ar- | information in our possesion, that were the myand navy. They are made, not with “any di- sease of honor of the Mexican people,|which rect reference” to England; but in the language of it is supposed has suffered by the annexa. Lord Averdeen, “with a view of being ready tor tion of Texas, healed, and all differences be. any contingency that may arise,” and in the event tween the two countries settled in a satirfictory of a rupture on the Oregon question, they will manner to them, that belore many years, Mexico come in very handy for that. | would be governed by our laws, and her people | would enjoy liberty under the protection of the | American flag. These were the probable incentives on the part of the administration in endeavoring te bring there difficulties to a settlement, and we are happy in being able to state that the prospect of a settlemen, is bright and gladdening, not only to the people of both Mexico and the United States, but to the phi- lanthropist and patriot all over the world. ‘We learn trom seeret information from the city cf Mexico, upon which we place eonsideraple re- | liance, that the present government of Mexico is probably willing to come to a settlement with the United States, and for that purpose is willing States. to receive a small sum of money—a million of | I certainly did not require much sagacity or dollars or thereabouts—as & reparation for the farsightedness to arrive at this conclusion, nor to injury which it is supposed we have inflicted | perceive that it would be a means of hastening the | upon them in the annexation of Texae. This | annexation of these colonies, a measure which time | desire of settlement on the part of Mexico, bas | and the moral effect of our mstitutions and laws, probably been communicated to our government | will finally consummate. But Sir Robert Peel felt at Washington, and received the attention and the effect of the powerful pressure at home, and consideration it deserved. By private and re- was obliged to go with it, as he could not stem it; liable information from the seat of government, and hence his determination to carry out his new we are informed of the proceedings taken by the commercial system, although it must, in the nature ndmivistration, after the receiptof this information of things, assist to hasten an event which he would from Mexico, and of the measures that will be pro- plore. posed for the consideration of Congress, to effect a aepior recent speech of the Lieutenant-Governor of reconciliation with Mexico, anda settlement of all Canada, confirms the reports we have received, | differences between the two countries. These from time to time, of the augmentation cf the mili- | measures will, if circumstances permit, be proposed | tary resources of the colonies, looking furward to a | to Congress in the course of a few days, either by a | war between the United Statesand England. These special message fromthe Preeident, or by a bill in- ; military preparations were attempted to be con- troduced by a member, asking for am appropriation | cealed, but they were lately so palpable and glaring, atonce of the necessary sum to effect the settle- that the Governor was obliged to account for them. | iment. This information we have received from a Ja his epeech to the Canadian Parliament, he avows | source which entitles it to some reliance. that those preparations are made with the view of It will be seen, therefo'e, that the prospect for a being available in case the Oregon question should | sett'ement of our Mexican difficulties 18 somewhat | not besettled. Iudeed, there can be no doubt that favorable for the continuance of peace between the | the preparations that have been made in Great | two countries. Although Mexico cannot be consi- Britain, look more to that event then any other, | dered in any respect formidable as an enemy, still | notwithstanding the equivocal declaration of Lord | itis notthe policy of the United States to be on Aberdeen to the contrary. terme of enmity with any nation. We have consi- | dered her weak and distracted state, and generosi- _ ty alone withheld the United States from inflicting chastisement on her for the repeated insults she has ALD. esday, April 1, 1846. Our Mextcan Refations. neriean public is already ewere of the d by the administration te o a settlement the differences between the States and Mexico, growing out of te ane { Tex # to the tormer, and of the mea- £ opted to carry c praiseworthy task, It was foraseen by the adm ation, that se loog as Great Britain could count upon the relations be- tween these two nations remaining in the uncertain state in which they have been ever since the con- summation of annexation—a state of quasi war— that Great Britain would take advantage of their conditivn in the setilement of the Oregon question, and at upon the assistance of Mexico, in the event of a rupture between us on that vexed Arvarrs 1x Canapa—The iantellirence from Canada is beginning to be of a very interesting character. The Provincial Parliament began its session on the 20ch instant,and was opened by'a 8pzech from the new Governor General, the Ear Catheart. | Upon the receipt of the proposed tariff of Sir Ro | bert Peel, there was a great deal ot dissatisfaction manifested towards it in the Canadas, It was thought that, by abolishing the duties on grain, the Western part of the United States would recrive such an impetus, as to affect, ina material degree, the commercial and grain growing interests of Ca- nada, and facilitate emigration thence to the United | | | Tur Amegicany Tarirr.—There ate so many measures before Congress, cailing for an increase | an the expenditures of the govercment, that any re- | ‘ duction im the tariff is a matter of much doubt.— ie reh this Het eae caer rats Certain modifications, to remedy many glaring de- | new movement will succeed. In one point of | fects in the prescat nds, maybe ade, tet we have view, it 18 necessary that the United States | about abandoned all hope for any material reduction. | should act decisively. It may not be amie | Lhe immense apevopriatioes Co for to pat the | in this view to take a glance at the rumor | country in a better state of defence, and for the ia- that has been afloat for some time past, of the de- | “°@* bc a armyand navy; will use up the surplus i revenue three or four times over ; and the protective | sire of Great Britain, France and Spain to erect a ‘ monareby in that country, and iat Spanish, or | features of the tariff, as they aow stand, will be n some other prince on the throne. ° | cessary, to give the goverament revenue to meet, as | This ramor commenced in a small way—like a far as possible, say extraordinary pareve | small black cloud before a hurricane; and has increas. | Oeseary to carry aut the policy of the administration. | ed io force to the present, when it has mpened into a | The vies will probably be the Jast thing they take certainty that these nations really intend to puttheir Haag eherim diy siheriatecrs of Congress, und its plan into execution, if they can. It is hardly ne fate will depend entirely upon the measures that have cessary for us to say that such a procedure wil ieeceuca se —_——_—_ meet with great oppotition, not only in Mexico, but | Ot Navat Orricers—We noticed briefly in in this couatry, and may ultimately lead toa gene- Ur paper yesterday the arrival of Capt. Gregory at ral War, in which all those countries will be engag- | Pensacola, in the United States frigate Raritan | ed. The proposition has already met with an oppo- | 80d perceive that as soon as she takes in her sup- | sition by the mass of the Mexican people; but the | Plies, ehe proceeds to join the Gulf squadron, un- proposers of the scheme seem determined, notwith- der ¢ mmand of Commodore Conner. standing, to continue to agitate it, and it may yet | _ It is some two years since the Raritan sailed be sufficient to swallow up the Oregon question. , ftom this port, and although her commander has For the purpose of familiarizing the Mexican | been absent thus long from his country and family, | people to the scheme—to accustom them to | We Venture to predict that he will return with hia | valk and think upon it freely, so that even- | ship to the contemplated scene of active service | tually they may be reconciled to it—they have | Bot only with promptness; but with that sort of established papera there that are paid to agi- feeling which induced him, during the late war, to | Yate the scheme, and fan the spark, which they Seek the inoet daring service, and where he always hope will yet rise toa flame. Although the Mexi- | distinguished himself for personal bravery, exhibit. can people may be now opposed to such a measure, | ing, vader the most appalling circumstance, the ex- there 18 no knowing what European intrigue and | TC!8¢ of unerring Judgment. ; | European gold may not effect. But if even the _ If our Mexican neighbors involve us in acon- | Mexican people were in favor of the scheme, we do | flict, the Jack-tar's old favorite, will, we venture to | not see how difficulty is to be avoided. ‘The United | Predict, be found in the thickest of the fight. Capt | States has adopted the principle that European na- | Gregory is one of the Yankee boys who fought his | tions have no right to intermeddle with this conti- WAY into notice during the late war, and before it | nent; and the President has declared in his message |_W#8 over, made himself the terror of the English — that the United States will not look on and tolerate | Side of the lake shore, by hie active boat service. | such intermeddling. This principle will undoubt- | Mat Locxs.—We understand that the Post- | edly be carried out in the event of an attempt to put | master General is about issuing proposals to lock- | this scheme into execution; and the consequences smiths, artists, and inventors, for a new United will undoubtedly be a general war between Europe | States mail lock. The lock at present in use, has end Ametica. saved the government some $15,0)0 per annum, less | But sufficient to the day is the evil thereof. We | than what had been previously paid—but the Post- | apprehend no such unfortnnate consequences, but | master General goes in for still greater reductions; | b hope, in the event of our present difficulties with and it cannot be doubted, but in the multitude ot | Mexico being satistactorily adjusted, that ere many | specimens—with keys to match—which will be | years, and before the design of those European na- forwarded to him at Washington, for his 1aspection, | tions could be carried out, the whole of Mexico will, | that he will be able to select some one cheaper than | probably by her own request, and at her urgent de- any yet used. | sire and solicitation, be annexed to, and form & News prow Havana—We have received the | portion of our glorious confederacy. Byeuch @ Fro Industrial, of Havana, to the 22d inst., inclu- | unton, the great cause of free government will be | sive. They contain no intelligence of any impor- extended to an extraordinary degree—the happi- tance, and make no reference to the aflairs of ness of man increased—a union formed that could | Mexico, so interesting at this moment. | withstand ali the forces that the tottering monar- They are chiefly filled with Spanish news, and | chies of all Europe could bring against it. This is extracts from the Madrid journals. | enough for the present. On ths 20ch inst., the Spanish frigate “Thetis » | Travex to Evnore.—The steam ship Hibernia arrived at Havana, from Cudiz, having on board his | wiil leave Boston to-day, for Liverpool, with every Excellency Don Jose Zamora, appointed Regent of | berth filed. Over a hundred and twenty passengers | the Royal Audiencia, by her Majesty. | will go ia her. About fifty of these took the cars| Yepy Lare From THE Care or Goon Hors.— yesterday morning, and passed over the excellent We have received the Ci Town, (Cape of Good Long Island Railrood. ‘That route is the best for | Honey Gasetve, to the 6th of fans . | those who wish to be eure of reaching Boston in 1+ pontains the following intelligence :— time to take passage in the mail sieamer (From the Cape Town Gazette, Feb. 6) . v emai We understand that the frontier mail, received on Sat Sure Hewry Cray —We learn that the ship St. | urday last, bri-gs inteLigence of the Caffres havi . ing Patrick was not in company with the Henry Clay on come very troublesome a ag thal Pepe Sd H Taesday afternoon, the 24th inst. It may be sately Cube Tetatejeis sojer saith, pr ian aus bone aletred, trom the time of the St. Patrick's arrival, sEaptait Daenford aud. 20% rank and file of FT. M. 27th | that they were mot at that period, the afternoon of , Captain Durnford a rank and 4 . f F at 7 ool the 24h, within two hundred miles of each other. | {rom ten anrched the following 4x cee epee Lavxcnes—There will be two launches this from the main barracks here for Simon’s Town, to be | rked ca board H. M. et amer Thunderbolt, which morning. One a steamboat, called the Mountaineer, | fT from the yard of W. H. Brown, foot of Twelfth | to proceed forthwith to the Kowie Ay bunderbelt did not get fairly underweigh before | street, at 12 o’clock. She is 140 feet long, 24 feet | beam, and intended to ply between thie city and | oa Monday last. Nothing turther of moment up to the time of our going £ Presseither by the regular mail or any other medium as yet rewched town, Peekskill. The other is from the yard of Penne, | Faom Nevvrras—Capt. Mayhew, of the bark Patternon and Stack, at the head of Water street— | Martin W. Brett, at this port, says that the Puerto « fine clipper schooner, of 129 tons burthem, called | Principe and Neuvitas Railroad will commence the Perine. She is designed for the coasting | Tunning on the Sth of April No other news. chal SL de, and owaed by Messrs. Heary D. Smith and Li xp Oxper.--The election i ae Fa tt | ep cote a a ta} ee ee ee the | that | AN EXOLUSIVE Extraordinary Ocean & Land Express TO THE NEW YORK HERALD OFFICE, Mf AN cuap™ C j= | upon the Orego Arrival off Long Island oF THE PACEET SHIP YORESHIRD. Highly Important Intelligence. Tremendous War Feeling in England. The Effect in Europe of the Refusal , to Arbitrate, And of the Passage of the Oregon Notice Reso- lutions in the American House, OPINIONS OF THE PRESS. IMPROVEMENT IN THE COTTON MARKET. THE DEPRESSION IN THE ENGLISH AND FRENCH FUNDS. The Besult of a Corn Law Debate in the House of Commons. CORN MAR KE1S, STATE OF TRADE, dc. de. &e. About one o’clock thi extraordinary express reached the office of the Ne York Herald, with later and highly important iatel- ligence from Europe. morning an exclusive and w This intelligence was brought over the Atlantic | by the splendid express packet ship Yorkshire, Captain Bailey. She sailed from Liverpool on the fifth of March, and was boarded off the east end of Long Island— distance ninety seven miles from Sandy Hook—by | the famous clipper pilot boat Thomas H, Snuth, at | three o’clock yesterday afternoon. | One of the brave pilots of that boat, Mr. James | ak again, t! another Leonard, immediately obtained the latest papers | from Captain Bailey, and landed at 4 o’clock at East | | in a war po | Hampton. After some difficulty, he then engaged | °#2cy is self-evident. a conveyance to Greenport, which place he reached; | but not until he had forded three streams and leaped | several ditches. At Greenport, by the kindnees of Mr. Brooks, he | a ‘ | sanguin | obtained a locomotive and run through to New | would re York, leaving the former place at a quarter before | 10, and reaching Brooklyn Ferry at half past 12 | o'clock. The first thirty miles of this distance he | run in thirty-two minutes. Taken in every point of view, this is the quickest | and most remarkable express ever run, and the | whole commercial community are indebted to Mr. | Leonard, a New York pilot, for his enterprise in | getting the news to this city at thisearly hour, far in advance of every other means. The news thus received 1s warlike, -but the opinions of the English press are merely an ef- | fervescence after the receipt of a litle republican | spirit. {t will, however, probably pass off like | that of good champagne. ‘The Switzerland had arrived out with the Oregon notice resolutions, that had passed the House of | Representatives. They increased the war feeling | in London. | The Englich and French funds were depressed | in coneequence ot the news from the United States, | The relations between England and the United States had increased the bulk of the despatches for the Governor-General of Canada, and also jor the Governors of the other North American provinces, | which were sent off on the 3, ult., from the Colo- | nial office. The cotton market had slightly improved. Mr. McLane, the American Minister, had been prevented {rom dining at Sir Robert Peel’s in con- sequence of continued indisposition. The Paris papers of the 2/ ult are entirely barren of news. They are chiefly occupied with the pro- position now under consideration of the Chamber | 80 | | of Deputies, respecting the navigation of the rivers | of France. Ia a private letter just received from an officer in India, he observes that, independently of those | who fell in the late engagement, there were 2,000 | of the Sikhs drowned in attempting to crose the Sutle}. Madrid papers of the 24th ult. have been re- ceived, but they contain no news. The Three per Cents closed ai $2 at 60 days; the Five per Cents, at 22 13-16, for the 15th of March, and the Debt without Intereat at 7} at 60days. Our Rel s with England—The Effect of Refasal to Arbitrate. the London Chronicle, Ma: from Amertca has modiGed Fr Fresh news . These suggested the probability of a pe: jermination tot! regon question, and exhibite: action from the violence which had eccompanied the first ventilation of the eubject They spoke, also, of pro- posels which had at least the appearance of equity and moderation: so that, although there was notbirg io their detail! foe bee A bre ep ened ne & compromise re wi ing in t prov tone, both of the statesme” wurpaliste of Ame ca, whi more extravagant claims might rm arbitration, or an equitable partition of the dis; territory. Our hopes | upon these points wi raliy encouraged by the probable ‘effecta of the late free-ti measures. These will, undoubtedly, when known, do good work in the way of fnew fre Important intel'igence from New York, conteining an outlive of the official correspondence between Messrs. part of Great Britain, and Buchanan tof the United States, has presented B A jachavan, presents military uspect ; so much so, that martes 1s justided in Inquiring inte’ its real charecter. tions are given to Mr. MeLene, on. to "that the militery 4 prepare- | belie | war speeches bave been made b: e subject ina new light. Evglend, in the eyes of Mr. | 0 s0 well worth a special notice, that rte we defer the consideration of its more general bearings for another occasion. | "ln bis note from London, Mr. McLane says that he 13 | “ not prey eae Se state how farthe United jemand a ites havea i from Engi.nd in {the country him. From any power whatever euch a demand would come with a bad grace ; and it is particu) irly ill- timed from America. Laying aside the bearing of that | Republic—-ith its a1 on the Texan frontier, jand a fleet cf Vera 2 towards Mexico, }-making no sccount of the nnumbered attempts [that it has made to overnwe that State dur ing @ time of peace, and whilst amicable neg» | tintions were being carried on, we come recom. | menda ions of the President's Me ports of | | the Secre' sof War and the Navy, the resolntions of | Congress. and the demoustrations of Colonel Kearney n frontier, aod ix the neighborhood of ‘of Eogiand of ingle word of remonstrance E single wor 3 St on the binstering declamations of General Cass, ita nt statesmen of the same stamp, even | our press bas been silent For our own parts. our hearty approval of these prepuretions ore only qualified by the | statemert of Lord Ab rdeen, that they ure over-rated. | If we wish for peace, we must not only be prepared for ve eg ‘extent of our preparations understood. ir. Buchanan cit a reason ration, t:e northeastern boundary The decision of e score of its not was not what the indirect answer in the place ical one. a third proposition. instead between two ; and an award wherein nei- | ther litigant was bound to acquiesce. Nevertheless the | objection egainst it was made by the Ameri-ans them- | selves, and it was their Ministeratthc Hague who, | Srawirg the distinction between arbitration and media- | ti alleging that he king had, instead of deciding two bor redone differing 1 =a bs lary. Su ely ken alone, of aft | Client warrant against its re-occurrens ides | this, Mr. Buchanen himself, in bis previous letter, has insisted upon the distinction. There may be reasons | egainst arbitration, but the precedent of the Maine houn- | dary is certainly not one of them. | No facts ean speak more strongly both to the integrity andthe p ful disposition of a count than the re- newed offers on the part of England mit either the whole question of the title to an arbitration, or that of | her shure in [A sage of a mediator. Upon thie Mr. 'y insists id upon thi: every person alae, It islangusge that | none can mitioterpret. The time and ability to form a first-hand opinion upon so complicated a question must of course be the portion of but few. To wade through | column upon column of official correspondence would | supply them with but a moie'y of their date ; whilst be- ‘ond this there are the Acting statemants of travel- 0 of treaties. of plain man who toile for bis ving and pays | ‘axes. He must venture upon simpler ue lems. One | Of these, however, is the solution of Mr. Buchanan’s | Went of feith in arbitration. Itis surely more likely | that a case should be bad, than that every tribuoal should be incompetent. | . The history ot what may be called public opinion in America, in regard to the alternative of arbitration, il- | luvtrates this principle. France was thought competent, until she passed strictu lippics of Mr. Polk; and as long as France ited upon her com- eat monarch still pectability of his kingdom. But the y passed away; and even the resolu- tion of Mr. Winthrop ix favor of lay the qu before a body of crownless citizens, ended a abstract proposition. Then comes the objection onthe | Btounds of a possible confusion between arbitration ‘and mediation, either in the hands of abt ag States, | or citizens; and when th: mM, his correspondent concludes with th nation “not to withdraw the adjudicatio: quet tion from the government and people of the United States. for any arbitration, however respectable” We him. “He d not believe that the claim and interests of the United States will admit of such an arbi- tration.” Why not the claim? It is merely a question of yes or no as to the title to the whole. If none be ab- solute, thea the question is where it was. Mr. Paken- ham’s proposals have limited it to this. Why not, we he claim? As for th rests, they are er ; and in them lias the true complication. nt it is, perbaps, sufficient to infer that arbi- xtremely improbable, end that the Pi lioy—two facts of which th persist (From the London Sun, March 4, P. M.} _ From the depression of the funds 0 by the intel. ligence from America, and the surprise with which it was recoived by certain parties in the city, one would imagine that the rejection by the President of the Uni- ted States of the only mode left open to settle the (re- gon question was totally unexpected, and that the most 10) were entertained that his Excellency rom his haughty claims announced in the Message to Congress But these persons could have no grounds for any such supposition. The announce- ment in that document, that America whole of the territory, was evidently made not with. out due consideration an od party reasons for maintaining the point, and wh: r has occurred since in Congress, so far from ning his auth in that respect, or providing som jicabls means of tlement, hi ll been in the contrary direction. Violent the Sei lly calm, inclii ees disp a @ Senate, usually calm, incline $0 pence, haat pose to check rather than enccurave Lo r excitement, and even the most moderate spoakersin that sesembly ven- tured to adduce no ment in r. Polk's views, but seemed to content themselves wi' prese- ing a wieh to preserve peace and not extend the frontier till tue States hed acquired more strength. There was i) only ques.ion Inthe House of Reprerentatives imilar spirit prevailed, and no meetings out of doors were beld for the purpose of checking the warl:ke poli- cy of Polk. or giving the least encouragement to those who wishedfor pesce Onwhat ground, therefore. the i nnouncement caused surprise we are ut-erly ata From the commencement of this sa we have been fully convinced war party hed made up their minds for not froma hasty view of the question, but tire system of government now upfortunstely 80 popular in that country. Extension of territory seems to be the ruling passion of the present race. The inhabi- tants adjoining the Lak ind the British territories on the north-east, for many agg kept a longing eye on Canada, and only bide their time. In he south, egares+ion is the order of the cause the Mexicans cannot defend themselves. tide is flowing in that quarter with fearful rapidity, and nothing but the interference of E abominated div: lows unfort spirit prevails, and California and Oregon are considered absolutely necessary to make the Uuion complete It is seit this spirit of ag: ncouraged by Polk, in order to recure his e! 8 possibly this may be the chief cause, but that only renders the po- sition of affsirs more dangerous, and shows that the ag- gresrive system is not the effect of state | the crotchet of a particular Minister or | but the choice of the restless and encroachiag multitude. So be or isthe fact, that no government under pre- | sent circumstances could maintain iteell in securit ‘& twelve month on the principles an rand Calhoun Polk is carried wi thet England bus to do, is to look to ts and take care that her rights and posse: re not destroyed by the inundetion. Hitherto she bas displayed 1 | look to the government, the legislature, or the | ‘ca Se eeeerene of a bah fow benty a boosie | the Eny newspapers, provoked, porsibly, by that of defiance so loudly pocleimed by meesbare in both houses of Congress, scarcely one ground of provocetion can be urged by the American Government. In the bis- tory of mavkind it would be im; nation more anxious than 1! | moment to remain at pes America. It the last reso to, ave here, as on the banks of the Sutlej, rignt on our | , Since writing the above, we learn, by enother arrival from New York, that the proposition to give notice to fetes tn | Eogland that the joint occu of the Or-gon shell cou ina tw roueen has adopted by Goagréss. | Thi therefore cannot is only what was expected, maternally alter the position of effairs. {From the London Times, March 4] ‘The news from America, published this morning, took city completely by surprise, and produced a fall of almost 1 per cent. in Consols, from which they but slightly recovered at all inthe course ofthe day. The closing price of yesterday for the Account was 96} to 97, and the conclud Ht Price ofto-day 964 to } but they were done at 95j. With the exception of wis very marked ef- fect, it has been unusuaily difficult to collect in detail any opinions Ge aney | this news People here are most- ly disposed to regard the whole us a continuation of that tone of bravado which the House of Representatives un- der the nu*pices of the President, Mr. Polk, has hit! maintained ; and to hope, therefore, tbat the same ing will not be exhibited in the Sonate. But the m anxious question discussed here to-day has turned upon what course is likely to be taken by our government, should regon tertitory be actually given. that is, whether such notice would be followed by animmediate hostile meni » OF who- ther that would be reserved till thetwelve months had expired. From observations that have dropped from Sir Robert Peel, it ie erveneously inferred that, in however | courteous a manner this notice might be € . it would | be immedvately resented ; and therefore the feeling which the news hes produced wus, on the whole, @ very uneasy one British Pariiament—Customs and Corn Im. portation, Turspay, Match 3 From the Proceedings of the House | tions of Englan!, yy do not look directly t a | beble Toptore the United States upon the | (f/ Commons Motion m regon question, are regarded es being useful in | “That, in liew ie ae the event of such a contingency,” ke. In the | tation of osemy gee > or flonr, os mean time, on the other side of the wat » | until the let day of Fe! 'Y, 1849, the following da Pakerhem ‘proposer that the respective ot | fined ye ane ene to leave out ty words sia | Hen of " - by eartase oe vputeins or Se | ported corn do now cease and determing,” instead there by doth parties. Hie lag however, is rejected, and that in langusge whic! Courier & Inquirer justly +tigmatises as offensive. Mir. Buchanan writes :— “The President declines the of tration. Mr. Pakennam had assumed that the title of England was vahd to at leact a portion of the dispned territory, whereas the President tad assumed the title of the United States to be clear and noquostionable to the whole of Oregon. This was a sufficient reason to decline the overture” in a second letter, Mr. Pakenham propose yabmit the title itself to agbitration, and i! a friendly sovereign or state is objectionable to the United States, then to a mixed commission of eminent jurists, oi oe ks the title of net perty shall prove clear and satistac- tory, then the arbitration may divide toe tei ” to this Mr. Buchanan ere that he has no fuith in arbitration aoswer is dated February the 4h 7th the correspondence was laid befure Congress. Pht with the comments of the press up to the 9th gives aa the present deta for the formation of opinion as NO the Ups two bills | of : Question pnt ‘That the words proposed to be left | cations part brine qestion :” ‘The Committes | The gallery was then cleared for a divinion. There op- peared: -For the amendment, 78; Against it, 265;—Ma- Jority. 187. Errecr or rae New Commenciat System oF Enetann —The destruction of our protective sys- tem, of which the Canadian farmer—our own | countryman—has thus far @ portion of the advantage, goes far to render useless aad unprofita- ble all this expenditure. He is henceforth placed nonearer to us in commercial allegiance than the | farmers of the United States. ¥ e 18 in a worse | position, for the industry of the latter is protected oe duty 02 the importation of foreign cora, whilat we have stipulated for the withdrawal of all protection from the industry of the form- er. May it not, therefore, be anticipated the natural course of humaa events, tne C: lau population will ultimatery be driven to direct their attention either to the achievement of indepandenes aimed the | obj-ction to tue principla. Thetime for action | pris OF | ‘resident, @ utmost moderation and forbearance, whether we | | ag a nation, or to a union with the t confedi | Gy of the United States, by which they willat | acquire the right of trading with that nt public on better terms than they would possess if still maintaining th resent connection wi Great Britain —Li Standard. | A very interesting correspondence has lately ed between the Colonial Land ana Emigration Com- | missioners and the committee tor Lloyd’s Register j in consequence of the recent lors ot several | veeseis with emigrants, with a view to placing pas senger ships under more rigid regulations, to deter- mine their soundness and efficiency. Serrovs Cuanog or Emsezziement—CommirraL ith or 4 Liverpoot Broxer.—Ou Tuessay, exiraurdi- | | Bary Interest Was excited at the police-ceurt by the | f | circumstance that Mr. James Spence, of the firm of | F oe. Upon none of these did the Exeou- | Messrs. Spenoe, Cochrane & Co. brokers,of Water | street, Was put to the ber, charged with havin; embezzicd 119 casks of oil, of the valve of 2000/. an: upwards, by transferring the consent of the owners man ot very respectable a, solicitor, of the firm of d prisoner is a young arance. Mr Lowndes, , owndes, Robinson, and Bateson, of Brunswick street, appeared to preferthe charge, and Mr. Bardawell, solicitor, ot the firm cf Bardswell and Litledale, Royal Bank | Buildings, appeared for the prisoner. The evi- | dence having been reduced to writing, it was read over to the prisoner, and Mr. Rushton intimated | that he should commit him for trial at the assize: | but aamit him to bail on finding secunity, himeelf in and two eureties in each. Yesterday the case wae further investigated. The prisoner expressed himself most anxious to exonerate his partner from ali share in the transaction. Bail was given for the prisoner to appear. and take his trial for a misdemeanour at the Assiz-s amounts were, the prisoner himself in £400, and two others ot £200 each. The sureties were Mr. Thomas Willey Robinson, tanner, York etreet, and Mr. | Thomas Healey, shipowner, Wavertree.—Gore’s Advertiser, March 5. | Fashions for March. (¥rom the Loudon _ Pre Ladies’ Magazine of fashion White damas is much woru for evening or bridal dresses ; lace dresses age also very fashionable, either with floances or a tunics ; bal se embreid-red, jored skirts is elso worn, particular- are as much used steel, silk, or beads; sheded ly b: | ih dk form | ee th réwes are placed on the skirt to | | within asmall distance of the body; the trimmings of | ball di a e—if flounces, trey re rather bouffants are made very full, and bouillions of tulle or gauze have frequently naeude of ribbon inside ; flounces are headed by nerrow gimp, in gold or silver; embroideries of velvet are very pretty on mot are worn higher, and always rather wi ladies adopt light ringlets resemb! @ la neigé, but all ringlets are shorter than they were last year; bun- deour ibés are also tashionable, and short enough to allow the earrings to be seen; wreaths and detached | flowers are equally wo.n; diamonds are frequently mix ed with rs, Lagat da foliage ; the Hayde wreath 1 the rage in is ; feathers are very fash- jonable; some coiffures are entirely cum of feathers mixed with folioge. The Pamela form of bonnet is being | replaced by capotes with bavolets ; velvurs epingle bay much displaced the pias velvet. Satin capotes are or- namented with feuiliage of velvet; pale primrose is a | favorite color. Drees bonnets are mostly of crape. Markets, Lonpon Marxer, Marcn 4th, quarter to three.—In the recent of wool, there were one or two items worth | notic The new commercial r | rein truth working wond ceived fresh beef and pork, se: pa ing from 30v0 to 4,000 mil ‘rom the extremity of the va: | land do we now obtain wool and tallow, and now have we America—the Southern States of the Republic—com- | petitors in wools. Somewere about seven hundred bales | of United States wool have just been put up to public Be ce in ee city, some of them merinoes, or so del nated, but very few were sold. A fnited States Merino,’. have dictated the descrivtion of the fleece) sold to 1s, 6d. per Jb, and 288 beles of United stat ino wools, ex Frances Avn, from Bostou, were really taken at from is. 1d. to Is. aid: aet Jb. What will free trade accomplish ine quarter of a century alter this, when the bare prospect uf the adop- tiv of the ee principle tends to supply our markets now with the rch and varied products of all: climes, in what woulu have been, to the last generation, in an in- coueeivable short epece of time? A single peper, of February 13, from New York. brought by the Switzerland in ge arrived off Dover, has been receive rth Bor | at les | fe pascy regon shall cease. The House, however, afraid perbups thatthe President has gene teo.det, re- solves that negotiation may be continued. The Public Securities nave been flat to day. Consols are 96} } for the present tran+tes, and 95} to bey head time. Exchequer bills e 358, premium. nd & Quarter per Cente are 975 to 98}. Spanish Active Bends | are rather good, beiug 27 to }. The Three per Cents | are 37to}. Mexican Deterred are 163, and Brazilian 84. | Dutch Two anda Halt per Cents have been 69 to 69}. | Shares are duli. Lonpor, March 3—We have experienced @ decided imptovement in our Colonial markets since thie week; the importers are bringing forwerd ieregeods more spariug!y . and tully previous prices have been ob- tained. Tbis improvement is to be attributed to two causes, namely, firsi—to the large majority wach Si: | Robert Peel hes obtained in favor of nis measures in the | House of Commons, and secondly —to the comparative | abundance ot money, good bills being discounable at | the Ba..k of England at $}, and in Lombard street at 4 to 4k per cent.—Prices Current. Livenroot Corton Manet, March 4—The cotton | Market has recovered from the excessive depression of | lest week, and Greta. the highness in money matters | gtill affects it, yet holders show a firmer feeling, and in | many instances jd. per 1b. advance has been realized. | Sales on Thursduy last were 4000 bales; Friday 6000 | Dales; Saturday 4000 bales; Monday 6000 bales; Tues- | day 5010 by 2v00 on speculation; and to-day 6001 bales. 100 speculation and export. Import this week, 20,204 bales. State of Trade. {From Gore’s Liverpool Advert ser, March 5} Mascnester —The languor which bas prevailed dur- ing the month continues unbated at its ¢! Boyers limit their operations to withio the narrowest possible | compass, whilst spinners and masutacturers, on the oth- er haod, are curisiling F scggey poe commensurately. | { | | | | The yera market, during past week, bas been more dull than at any time dur: 6 previous nin | In goods littl doing either fer ho: | sbipping (except perhaps in long cloths for the | raneon market) yet as stocks continu prices are upheld Prices remsio | week, and ouly prompt cash will secure any abs«tement se quotations: 96 in. 64 reeds printers, at 4s 44 to 4094; 2714 66 reed do at 446d to 6s 31; 72 reeds. at bs 4}d to 629d; 36 io. 66 ree! shirtings, at 7+ 91 to 84744; in. 72 reed do at 9a 3d to 10s; and 40 in. G £ India long cloths, 66 reed, at 8s 3d to 94 3d; and 72 reeds at 93 94 to 10s 14d per piece. Rocnoais.— We have hed another dull market, and few buyers have attended. Prices of fianvels remain much the same. In wool there is no change to report, ither as regards price or amount of buriaess. | Huppeneririy.—We have not bad much to | ket, a very fair business having been | Still there want of corfilence in the future, which | has a prejudicial effect upon trade generally. Prices quite as they have been for some time. Hauirax —In the Piece Hell business was similar to that of several weeks past Stocks are not heavy for the sesson, and prices without alteration. Yarns are not onthe focrease. The spiuners act with ceution in not meking heavy purchases at the bigh price wool bears at present. There wasno improvement in the wool 5 lt Abe) beh flnme oa eee the same. ol es are requ Lexps.—In prices there is Do alteration, and the stocks in the Cloth Halls continue to be belov an average at this period of the year. There have been rather more buyers in the town during the past week then has been busi has, in consequence, beea it. may be ascribed mainly to the general st aheery through Mewioasens eek Ia prices we cannot any change. continued. firm, skin wool. fogutred inquiries tor short wools Lancasmiax —-Io Blackburn, during the Je-t { he — been but few manafactured goods and prices ptives rath and er lower Handloom weavers are in wretohed circumstancer, and wages keep getting lower; for weaving a thi ty reed jaconet, ay 1g, 40 picks to the inch, the weavers have . and they have to submit to abatements for the most trifling faults. Cali- co block ‘at Chorch parish, Oswalitwisle. Ac- too, and thei vicinites, is exiremely dull, end have not much more than two days work par weavers at Whailey and Hib. er than it was ten or twrive days ago Panis Bovnsr, March 3—The news from America hed oaused some depression in the French funds :—The Three per Cente closed at 841 70; the Five per Cents 123f #18371 $00; Ronen 10721 600, Troe Paris and Stray and L: the quotations for other liaes :— vig! Railroad (Talabot) 509f; ditto (Le- coiate) 608/; ditto (Compaguis Meridionale) 802f 50c; ditto Defi uitives 666! 6c; Bordeaux and Cette (Macken- zie) $30f be; ditto (Espeteto) 510f; ditto tive 560 808; Charluroi 4961 80c. Benccrane Neda Lye Leen 4 pt a Teport the arrival ut a very moderate supply foroee iy the stands were aoe 9 our market, consequsntly the of ivan piecteh ea entero se ‘ery fall prices; while the jue rm, and would ept at extreme figures Barley, the supply of which was small, moved of besa at Yiondnpt pre In other kinds compa- ratively Ihtie was dotag. The Malt trade was steady, | at late rates. Oats were money; but all | tention: era | Pa least | ipgageess re ft property without the | ible for carriage dresser ;as many | dresses. Corffares of hair | some young nous. The yarn market is dull, | werngere Fyaghce ee neReR Joba P Norton, Farmington, ( onu—390 in steer | | ° SHEPPING INTELLIGENCE em. Packet ship Yorkshir. from Liverpoel : ee sic ip De ashire Fier fee New errveo Te! out mer im 7, passed le Pas bet eta et ddr fea, a ‘nes, ep. of tw pool. reseed te Hanks la ler di, voit thiak Baa Pee a thermametct #7 deg Fahreata:; when the fg cleared Foreign Ports. Deat March 2—Are Mediator, New York. In the river, M Giunanta, Much SeArr Swite’rland. New York ‘naats. Much 3—Arr omy u Arr Origwe, Mobile; Grace, N Or ich Art Aautic, NYork for Bremen.” t 1006 bales of cotton will be saved, in adam* vk Al , from the Jacob Pennell, ou shore near Wenford. | a complete wi le Livenrsor—Ship Vorkshive1000 txs tin | geese Opie corace k Sovee sia de token, | Co—We 40 order—51 cs 1 e-ok steel i iron Blee- ker & thout—20 cks 1514 ingots co: Smitn—99 crates 1 ch earthenware y jumterd—4 M Floy—7 bis cot n thread Hughs, A mitchel —4 en hard: 1 Sanit 3 Riggs. Jn. bia Be: Gi | Sterman—t J on~ 1 Cai heese D nnistoun & co—3 bas | PO Dont ROW here 3 n Watt & méze JP Nort: ilson—2 dol Barker, vas ‘Sherman—1 es mize orde: verding, Peest & Moaut——7 e- rit & Jonnston—3 cs mda Sar tes 7. chs earth vware end samples J W Har i-—3i caske & N Donnelly—2 es A T Stewart— w—ido woollen to erder moe blark-ts Gravt & Byrrou— ‘34 br zea mdse order—13 enses 2 bal es Brothers & co— | 18 do do J Gilhert & co—T do do—2 do do AGO kiey—i6 bas | Cotton thread o; 14 caves indae domi do | mes Hart & co—1 James M B-bee & co—2 Wiley & Purna .—t0 Riggst-n- | kius & 2x2 do thaledo fustian Field & Herritans bales | clay P Morton—3 es ws 6 jee Wrie! | wo sted vara Geo Hasting & co—3 do z | 2RStathjro—U KW Thorn & cot WY" Andrew —t | hardwere Harmer & Ha, s—1 Pru. Wile w & Vosbarg—l case am. l! wares W KR Smith & co—8 do mdse SI & | 1CH Keloge &eo—2 + W Cauning—1 « | ewes michmnsry ke dew : | atest pecans nrc dw fauw Ted canes, hedwa : | Ewinu—s fware Hardwel ke Dixoo=t Meyer Leos & hoa packages thread J& 1} Seu rt & cont cask hardware | Van W-aem-n ke Tocrer-1T acy Allen k cot J Ellisouech | —t do peng Con 1 | steel | Van Antwerp) Ale Ww id—-tRivley & King— R Patrice & coms Mie bay rae x. “ enuedy row—1 Sheldon. let Gr &co—ie P Taylor & J ‘* 14 Bmith & cot way Willette—190 MH Wickley es 10-cks 190 bdle sheet 1 ‘Thesatricais. Paax Tuearae—Last night the amusing Brewer, that involuntary hero ard unwilling conqueror, with his pretty littio gentle Effie, as also the stern disciplinarian, and blunt, but good hearted soldier, Sergeant Crossbelt, took their leave of New York forashorttime. They had become great favorites, and the public, regretting heir departure,will, we doubt not, be heppy to see them again another timo. En effet, lest night was,the last time of the performance of ‘he beautiful, the charming opera of “Le Brasseur de Preston.” The most unparralleled success has attended its short career, and a general de- light been experienced by all who bave seen and heard it. Itssuceess here has been great, and elsewhere we opine it will be greater. Boweny Tuzatnx.—The gergeous Eastern melodra- matic spectacle of “ El Hyder,” with the populer drama of “Don Causar de Bazan,” were performed last even- ing, for the secondtime. This evening the magnificent pageant of “ Ivanhoe,” 4 with all its former splen- dor, and its powerful and well sustained list of charac ters, will be presented. Mr. C. Thorne and his accom- plished lady appear inthe renowned drama of * Ella Rosenburg,” and the thrilling pley entitled the “Idiot Witness.” Im both these pieces Mr. and Mre Thorne are indeed admirable The: acknowledged favorites with the playgoing public, who remember with pleasure their performanees at the Chatham theatre some time the lest night but one of their moi ty chy ‘doubt pot t @ theatre will be crowded by a host of friends. The Bowery theatre is now in the full tide of successful operation—borne, as it is, un the wave of popular favor No one knows better than Mn. Jackson, its worthy and snareeltinn manager, how to opie ir ty a ae patrone my! oe ee Ove! for is —t \- Tiaat exhibition ith ich te chain the eed — thant the taste er pains Lara by him when a point is to be gained. a victory achieved trons gratified. The playoi blie appre- ciate th , and the newer, is, therefore, nignuly througed by enthusiastic and edmiring audiences. New Gaeenwicu Tueatee.—This elegant and com. modious establishment, situated at the corner of Charl- ton and Variok streets, will be opened to the public to-morrow evening, and we have no hesitation in say+ ing, will prove the prettiest and most comfortable dramatic temple in the metropolis. The interior has been entirely remodelled, and is ornamented, decorated and arranged in beantiful style. The place where the Italian Opera Company reeped a golden hervest, meny yeers ogo, would now hardly be recognised. The manegement of the “Greenwich” bave spared neither industry or expense in securing the best gelaxy of available talent to be aad ate ae shin vane pes for the performance 9! le saclama; 808, ks., bas nitely been surpassed. The opening pieces tave been selected with care, and we look forward to their protuctio# yrith more than coe , The bill consists of ‘ny. "m9e and Ja “Don ” "The success: o> ae on » Miss Charlotte Cushman -in Engh’ most triumphant-aod we feel confident our p< f4 will emulate those who have so nobly -uppo. ed fer in a strange land, by witnes ing the per? formance of “iiss Clara Ellis, who sustains the character of tne fanciful, imaginative and impassio: the Greenwich to-morrow evening. seconde’ by Mrs. W. H ecoomplished actress, who devoted, fund and Clay Juliet. speare’s noblest wor Tinie wp oy a swaney ten, jance of nds over all.” > H P Gret- able atege manager of the theatre. will br! na aid in the delineation of the shel Mercutio. Mr Grattan is well known as an ertiste merit, and a man of literary abuities of no mean ¥ ‘sano: ‘the blue sky of Italy splendid talents to aid in the ” will introduce to the “ +4 Miss Julia ee of rave. 8 by the Misses wiil be found rem: the attractions of 80 long with an eye like the eogle, a body of exquisite symme, try, and limbs beautifally formed ; fleet as the bounding s regeous es the lion, and yet gent'e asa child ; vy ide of fhe owner, and theradnration of the world. This superb creature performs feats so rare and beauti- fal, as to lead the spectator to believe some other ele- than “ dall earth” mingled in bis fag: von dancing with all the grace of a Parisian bis master, subservient to im the bands rivalled Tho — aleo per- | 5 m Now now bounding at the call of | bis will, but wild and w Temps stands alone aud ani a | by Mr. Sands, and the praises eo freely sly talesed vroupe of 0 been Seowded every night, und tinue to be. Onatonro of THE " Saven Six —' composition, whish “ opened the ball” for the musical seston, in September lest, is to be egain brought out by the Sacred Music Society, on Friday evening next, at the Tabernacle. A powerful array of talent, including portions of thi re das Oratorio shepards in the ect of ‘sau walle, “oe ip geen: A ewingicg.” Oren. —Rock well and Stone to nigutat the tore pare House, with a splendit dieploy idcent and upon the ancient Tyre I erabatio® dieplays, slack rope H , songs, with ths newly javerted musiosl stionss dancing vf with the wonder of muric, the rock harmo- » distinguehed alike grand, the the bewutital, end the sobling "with andthe witty, for the ‘“‘groundlings.” Let A renewed #1 ent with Mrs. Mowatt commenced on the 28rd alt att de Meyer arrived in Charleston on the 26th Mr.and Mrs. Keen made their first of Mr Arthar Nelson will appear ma 7 , acrobal " us loudly uf this com) and of their nicon. Fame spea! ys io intermixture of the bu: the New York be there to see. ‘8. Charles, in New Orleans. inet. Alexandre, the bas also bile on the 98d ult in the old play of