The Sun.
London, England, 1846-01-26 00:00:00

THE SUN, LONDN, MONDAY EVENING. JANIYA'Ri. 26. 1846.1

COURT CI I? CIJ!-,..A.R. ' LATEST FROM AMERICA. 1 member of the body, and are eminently important as an
taThe i Queen held a Court on Satur 'ay afternoon, at ' indication that there are Senators of the dominant party
Livenrooe, SUNDAY.—By the arrival of the She-
who think that peace may yet be presorted with honour,
Ades,' 'enarn `'slat.', for the receprien. oii the throne, of
The Lord
from botli Houses of Parliament. bandean, Captain West, at this pert to-day, after a and who are not, at any rate, disposed to incur the
/10: Lord Chancellor and the deputation from the voyage of twenty-one days from New York, we have hazards and horrors of war until all efforts for a pacific
00'2., t'f Peers arrived at the Panic •at half-past two received papers from that city to the 3d inst. lin:lu-
exhausted.
. and honourable adjustment of the dispute shall be
soh`e:K• The Noble and Learned Lord wore his gold sive. The news is therefore three days later than ;exhausted.
Clerk- was attended by Mr. John William Birch,
gag"inigheingr:,uatndfoarssourmegeodabwye
before, and although not developing any new facts of ! allohsoeunt,hethawthh,yleof
en-
Bart , Assistant of Parliament ; Sir Augustus Clifford,
.. . , .
tit,,• Gentleman Usher ef the Black 1Sod; the S. repent_ political importance, yet the papers co
Th'etrTs ; and else by his Purse-bearer awl Secretaries. comment of interest to English readers, chiefly aris- ' fee. the future, is so obviously in accordance with com-
ntain much ! the territory for the present and run the risk of losing it
mon sense that we cannot contemplate without surprise
roara."Pu:ation was conducted to the greet, drawing- ing from the course talk: n by Mr. Calhoun in the the warlike course recommended and adopted by the
1
The ie Mr. Calhoun,
h„, the
Queen was conducted to her seat on the throne ,
I Senate on the Oregon question, and in support of Senators on the other side. Of the adoption of the ex-
treme measures
sifteleu.ckord Chamberlain, the Lord Steward, and the : the following resolutions, which he proposed to the which have been brought forward in
both Houses there is now, we presume, very little pro-
Duae Chamberlain, Prince Albert being by her side. The House : both
Vias•uss of Buccleuch, Mistress of the Robes, and the Resolved,—That the President of the United States
Arcrow!tess Jocelyn, Lady in Waiting, stood behind her has power, "by and with the advice and consent of the "The demonstrations made by Mr. Calhoun and his
friends, will prevent any imprudence on the part of our
jSt,Jte Ls, on her right ; the Ministers and Officers of Senate, to make treaties, provided two-thirds of the Government, but we are still to hear from England, and
estras'sr,d on either side of the throne, and her Ma- S, nate present concur." it is clearly therefore the duty of Congress to place the
the r_ritr; nourable Corps of Gentlemeteat- Arms lined Resolved,— That the power of making treaties em- country iu an attitude to meet every emergency.
,r,-...,,, , commanded by their Captain, Lord Forester. braces that of setting and fixing boundaries between the " The military preparations, as far as we can hear, that
wib'r.' aeputatien from the Peers were conducted by Sir territories and possessions of the United States and those are contemplated for the present, are an increase
is •tii`e4init, Nlartins and Mr. Heneage, Gentlemen Ushers of other powers, in ca-es of conflicting claims between of the army by the addition of two whole regi-
were received to the door of the throne-room, where the them in reference to the same. ments, and the raising of a body of mounted
' the der, ei'ed by the Lord Chamberlain, who conducted Resolved,—That however clear their claims may be, riflemen either in Tennessee, Kentucky, or Texas !
Theel;tation to the presence of her Majesty. in their opinion, to " the country included within the This is a formidable demonstration indeed, and
ht,
t.,.. ord Chancellor advanced, supported on his right parallels of 42 deg. and 54 deg. 40 min. north latitude, we doubt not will, when the information reaches the
sfia:loo Earl of Home, mover of the address, and by and extending from the Rocky Mountains to the Pscifie other tide of the water, produce as much effect upon the
°ther elite Hawarden on his left, and followed by the Ocean, known as the territory of Oregon," there now nerves of Sir Robert Peel and the Iron Duke as the re-
ef Eliee'b rs, including the Duke of Wellington, the Earl exists, and have long existed, conflicting claims to the commendation of the Secretary of the Navy that that
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44.°r"ugh, and the Earl of Dalhousie. The Noble possession of the same lietween them and Great Britain, branch of the public defence be increased by the addi-
Lord "ed Lord read the address from the House of the adjustment of which has been frequently the sub• tion of-six acting boatswains !
Her le .: jest of negotiation between the respective Govern- e Congress has now been in session forsome weeks and
depats neesty returned a most gracious answer, and the ments. it seems to us that it is full time that the reports of the
ebion then The „ en retired with the usual reverences. Resolved, therefore,—That the President of the two secretaries—of war and of the navy—with their
rah he
of the House of Commons arrived at the United States has rightfully the power, under the Con- magnificent estimates for sustaining our present efficient
deatatin, big state co eh, and was accompanied by a stitution, by and with the advice and consent or the peace establishment be considered at once, and sufficient
a=-see_e'n of Members, and attended by the Sergeant- Senate, provided that two.thirds of the Members concur, measures taken to provide properly fur the startling
Retia•gie 8
of( beari n g the mace), and the Chaplain to the to adjust by treaty the claims of the two countries to the contingencies which may arise.
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and also by his Secretary and said territory, by fixing a boundary between the respec- " There is no better means of avoiding war, than to
state
r7arer. The Right Hon. Gentleman wore his five possessions.
show that we are prepared to meet it, if it should come,
the picture The office. The deputation were conducted to Resolved,—That the President of the United States, and an expenditure of twenty millions or five times that
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the
gallery. in renewing the offer, in the spirit of peace and compro • amount, to secure peace, would be in our judgment, as
of adshe presentation of the Address from the House miss, to establish the 49th degree of north latitude as a economical, as it would certainly be a desirable appro..
klthered ~! the deputation from the Commons were line between the possessions of the two countries to the priation of the public money."
condo e, the entrance of the throne-room ; and were
th cted by said territory, did not " abandon the honour, the cha•
TERRIBLE DISASTER.
e sou , the Lord Chamberlain to the presence of meter, and the best interests of the American people," The New Orleans papers of the 24th bring accounts of
The Right
on the throne or exceed the power vested in him by the Constitution the loss, on the 18th, of the steam beat Belle Zane,
his • Ight Hon. the Speaker* advanced, supported -
n h on to make treaties
Captain Brazier, by striking a snag in the Mississippi,
44.! Iby Lord Francis E the of the ' **
gerton, mover
the dress, andthese resolutions, as our readers are aware, were by which about fifty lives were lost.
„,,, seeotte on his left by Mr. E. Beckett Denison, proposed in opposition to those of Mr. Hannegan, The Picayune says that she struck at about twelve
"i Ch ""; and followed b Members of the House • •
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morons, including y which were of the following warlike character : miles below the mouth of White River, at twelve o'clock
Mr. Brotherton, Mr. Thornely,
Likes tri°g, Mr. Moffatt M W. H. Bodkin, Mr. Wil • at night, and almost instantly turned bottom upward.
Resolved,—That the country included within the
4rel ' esr• Sharman ' r.
te,..tovny, mr.T.
Crawford, Mr. Forster, Mr.
from the Rocky Mountains to the Pacific Ocean, known were in their berths. Of those who reached the shore,
cee'rt, set.. 1• C. Granger. Mr. Marsland, Mr.
as the territory of Oregon, is the property and part great numbers were frozen to death, as the night was
uonti „..riume, Mr. Busfield, Mr. Walker, The
bAkitla °,l- lion, Mr. Borthwick, Mr. Dennistoun, Mr.parcelofthe United States,bitterly cold, and they had not been able in their en-
and
'Loa. Maitland Don,
Cr ld Sir George Clerk, Crompton Stansfie ,forced haste oftheir
Resolved,—That there exists no power in this Govern- to secure any
Stara Remy Manners
ton Mr. Cardwell , ir.
Glacitess°, Mr. Ainsworth,
Sutton fir. .
to the dominion, authority, control and subjection of any boat Diamond came along a short time after the accident,
.une Mr. Milner Gibson, Captain
foreign power, prince, state, or sovereignty. and discovered the wreck of the Belle Zene bottom up.
Th. 0 , end Lieutenant-Colonel Thomas Wood.
Cotan;,3°Peaker read the Address from the House of Resolved,—That the abandonment or surrender of The officers of the former boat picked up sixteen of the
'leer, - ns• The e,
and Queen returned a most gracious an-
Arkansas side The unfortunates, after suffering mere-
abandonment of the honour,character, and the best into- . .
The
T, the deputation retired from the royal presence. Addre tollovvin_
rests of the American people. dibly from the cold, were finally landed at Napoleon,
K Ministers attended the reception of the
the p!sest--The Lord President, the Lord Privy Seal, Mr. Calhoun prefaced the introduction of his reso- where the balance of those saved on the Arkansas. side
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had previously assembled. It seems that immediately
ief, th rd of the Treasury, the Commander-in- lotions by the following speech :
the 0, e Secretary of ' after the accident the cabin separated from the hull, on
b_ll nateellor - which those who were saved floated. The names of
lcletrel of of the Exchequer, the President of the tion, but to request that the Senate would permit him those lost could not be ascertained further than that of
cute., Control,.. the Chancellor of the Duchy of to make a few prefatory rematks before submitting the Mr. Bowen, lady and child, of Zanesville. There were five
-s rests ' the Chief Commissioner of the Woods and
le th amendments he intended to move to the resolutions now •
ladies on board, all of whom were fortunately saved ex-
tary a= the President of the Board of Trade, the Sec- before the Senate.
cept Mrs. Bowen.
leer ,Viar, and the Postmaster-General. Mr. President (said he), though I cannot give my sup- Several of the unfortunate passengers came down on
lii, "I jest
./. -ee Court Y gave audience to Sir Robert Peel. port to these resolutions, I am very much gratified that
440 rd was attended by the Lord Steward, the the Diamond to a point above, and six others came as
of th ehantberl - they have been moved by the Senator from Indiana. far as this city. The names of the latter are John P.
Stole _ ale,
the Master of the Horse, the Groom Whatever objections there may be to them, they have Nesle, of Albany, New York ; James Sheridan, John
?,oelde Stick in tti:, Prince Albert, the Marquis of An loses at least the merit of being direct, open, and manly. They mick, Robert H. Foster, J. Gibson, and Henry Platte.
hsotaauter of n Waiting ; the Vice Chamberlain, the deny, in direct terms, the authority of this Government The feet of some of them are so badly frost-bitten that
the rnid, the the. Hou.sehold, the Cornptr,:,fler of the to make a treaty in reference to the Oregon territory, they are unable to use them.
L. Marquis 0. Marquis of Ormonde, Lord in
.Waiting ; and denounce, as I understand them, ay imputation, The Bulletin eays, that so far as they can ascertain,
bee
rt ; Slir''Ret Granby, Lord in Waiting to Prince Al- the propositions that have been already made by our not more than sixteen lives were lost. The Tropic says
ten Gentle of GentaorYe Robinson. Lieutenant. of the
11-,lon. Government to settle the boundary by a division along that sixty out of the ninety were saved. In any event
e'intl of
the Yeomnena&aAarms ; SircGl George Lee,shall Ad-len- the 49th parallel of north latitude.. If the Senate the disaster is most deplorable.
tarluteisSeir R°bent Otwa
Groom
; the. erki
Waiting
;should. support these resolutions, it is clear that the
Captain COMMERCIAL NEWS.
tris,' -7mour, GroomY' in oN7laitlng to Prince Albert , question can only be settled thereafter by force of arms; The Ist of January being observed almost entirely as
and should this be the case, and a war be commenced
"eaveri '"uckleY, Equerry inn) Waiting • Colonela holiday, we have little to report under this head,
ri'lltriaes ji Otterry in to Prince Albert • between this country and Great Britain, no peace can there was a fair amount of business doing in general
"rPs en" Curling, Adjutant Waiting; Mr. ever take place between the two countries but by our die- goods on the 2d inst., and at the Stock Exchange a
Flee e! GentlemenHonourable at Arms ; Colonel Knollys, Field Mr. President, the vote upon these resolutions will in prices, was attributed to the effect of Mr. Calhoun's
ja_c tlpy,
awn'al 'EI
tg ; Sir Benjamin Smith, C. S. Mr. draw a broad line, which cannot be misunderstood, be-
Zn. in Wahine Honourable Mr. Forbes, Pages of speech.
tween those who are in favour of settling the question
EXCHANGE.
b 3,4-Pe yeoni g.
by an appeal to arms, and those in favour of settling Foreign.—We quote on London at 108 i a 109 ; Paris
the Rx__ en of the Guard were on duty, commanded
the question by a pacific course. I myself am sf. 961 a sf. 25 ; Amsterdam 398 a 39g ; Hamburgh
tenhe Queen It! Waiting, Sir Samuel Hancock. in favour of a more pacific course—of an adjustment 35a 35/ • Bremen 78a a 78g.
de(' o s Guard of the Grenadier Guards at- • • • • and 4 a g ' 4
The n the lawn front of the Palace.
atnrci
.3 al dinner party at Buckingham Palace on
,T a3l inel resolutions antagonistical Si) those of the Senator from
erge, uded the Earl of Ellenborough, the Earl of ,Toe , , viseo ndiana, and asserting the opposite principles, which I
Br
,„ Nyn, ,nut and Viscountess Canning, Viscount propose to move by way of amendment to the resolu-
o
rior, Sir d nand Lady
Francis Egerton, the Right
al • oir Rob tions of the Senator, and ask also that they be printed,
re
on, ie.., ert and Lady Peel, and Colonel the Right
I think it is a proper occasion for avowing the senti-
ppie L. Dawson Datner, ments which I entertain upon this subject. I am for
11ea,,,,,"_°,00 Albert rode out on. Saturda attended by Col.
), peace, if peace can be honourably preserved. lam in Er
es. 'l,.Equerry in W •t. N
p Pie ri at ing. favour of adjusting the difficulty, if it can be adjusted,
'lnce nee of Wales, the Princess Royal, and the
tans ss Alice by negotiation ; if it cannot be adjusted by negotiation,
en• -" care e were taken an airing on Saturday in an lam in favour of that course to be pursued by this Go- iii
-Yal „a 'age and four. Prince Alfred was taken in the
et:
vernment which shall throw the onus of a war from our
ezesee rden. The Royal Family were taken their usual
sl
ise Yesterday, shoulders upon Great Britain,lof
approve the course
Key t,f
sit
taken by this Government in offering the 49th parallel,
tleto ajesty and P•• Albert, the Ladies and Gen-
rince
(i.
t ea of the Court, under all the circumstances of the case, as the boun-
end,d Divine
7S
ary, I believe that the desire of the Executive is, like
chapel
_ service yesterda morning in theprivate d ' ,
if
le
te lie 'f
Buckingham Pal y The Hon.- ,.. my own, for peace—for an honourable peace ; but an
Sr
is_er
_ourtenay ofaeiat€da.ce. and Rev. C. honourable peace cannot be preserved, if we are to have
I; pr
111 h
0'
tOnried by Baron g ness the Duchess of Cambridgat- war, I will stand by my country in every emergency.
errirea
at
he ron Knesebeck and Mr. Edmond Wide' I shall never be found antagonist to her, though over- -
i may, y,
usda- eve • r residence at Kew, at seven o'cl ruled by those who take an opposite view from my own.
the Duke
me g, from Cal • ock on Sa to
-° C n • ais. Their Royal H• 'h But should a war take place, it is not going to be an
re
b_ of am ridge and Prince G ig nesses ordinary war ; and while I will give every support to
',al I)uchess at Kew. eorge received the
-
my country. I will hold those responsible who rashly
he
it
tit., Duke de Sotomayor, Spanish M. precipitate the country into a war. Sir, on a deliberate
Zsess at the Foreign-office on S Minister, transacted view of the question, I hope that whenever it comes s-
aturday.
d
erCsPatches were received • fairly before the Senate for discussion, we shall discuss
we fro yesterday at the Colonial- • •
rs
1itt,.._,.. m the Governors of Hong-Ko calmest andits
it in the manner, when true grounds are
17'nus, and Malta. ng, Ceylon, the
clearly seen and understood, we shall come to the con-
-en ij
it
tiles Dean, Chairman of the elusion to avert a war if possible ; but if not, that we rule Customs Mr. John Wood, a
es the nof the Excise, and Mr. •' . shall be united as one man in support of the country.
Wickham Chairman
•-•
eelh,rQtan2Ps and Taxes, had intr • • 'Mr. Calhoun, in again rising to reply, said he rose
f th views with the Chan-h
bia° e Exchequer on
Saturday. to allude to a single remark which applied to himself
r.
%is piktthes were sent off on personally. The Senator from Indiana had endeavoured 'Nal- Saturday eveninfrom the
Y
Th office for the Governor of H Kong to draw a contrast between his (Mr. C.'s) course upon
'
ttts ° Dukeof Wellington Sirt. g• the Texas question, and his course upon this. The ,b I Acted tee
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whichgoverned (said M C )
views mer. . upon that ques-
nal,
T..u,,, early service yesterday in the Chapel tion, govern me also upon this. I pursued, in reference Y
1,,,. ti,-,..ll4lnes's. The sermon was preached by thet to Texas, what I conceived to be the best course. If I
the b " wesley IlAt the daily service the i
7ti _ _ . prayers were
acted boldly and promptly on that occasion, it was be-
Nett, !`e -Km C. Parke, the lessons by the Rev. J. C. I
eieesoll and the communion service by the Bishop of cause boldness and promptness were necssary to success.
a
golden opportunity •andyear's
It was the
I
tkch and the Rev. Dr. Sheath. The sermon was
ed 1,
have lost Texas to us for ever. If lam for more
ilet'd is x 37 the Bishop of London. The anthem "The
woulddeliberate measures on this occasion, it is not because I
teklett, 'flg'' (Arnold) was sung by Messrs. Barnby, .
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am not a friend to Oregon. On the contrary, Oregon
tohle eland Bradbury. Mr. Turle presided at the ,
if pr's t
of Winchester, the Earl of Wilton, " tter friend tn myself ; there is no one who
as no be .
lilt rbest would venture more to save i ut.Bt it is asked why Ido 3 pre Bruce, and G. Paulet a ere among the no- I
esen not pursue the same course of action as in regard to
Texas. If the gentleman will refer to my remarks in
1843, he will find that the views which governed me
then are the same with those which govern me now.
I believe that precipitancy will lose you Oregon for ever
—no, not for ever ; but it will lose you Oregon in the
first struggle, and then it will require another struggle
hereafter, when we become stronger, to regain it.
I will not go into this question now; I am prepared,
when it comes up for discussion, to show, if argument
can show, that the principles involved in those resolu-
tions, so far from gaining Oregon, will for the present
lose every inch of that territory; and it is on that ac-
count, as much from the fear of losing Oregon as from
the desire of avoiding war, that I have proposed amend-
ments to the Senator's resolutions. Sir, if my advice
had been pursued we should never have been involved
in this controversy at all. I now act upon circumstances
not produced by myself, and I will do the best I can to
save the territory of Oregon, which I hold as valuable
as the Senator from Indiana himself can do. If you in-
stitute a comparison between Oregon and Texas, I
would say that the former is as valuable to us as the
latter, and I would as manftnly defend it. If the Sena-
tor and myself disagree, we disagree only as to the
means of securing Oregon, and not as to its importance.
Sir, I intend to say nothing about censuring the
Presi-
dent; I simply said that, by implication, a censure
would
be conveyed. Ido not suppose that the Senator intends
to reflect upon the President; but there can he no dif-
ference, as far as this question is concerned, between the
time when the proposition for a division at the forty'-
ninth parallel was made and now. It was as sensible
then, as it would be to repeat the offer now.
Ho (Mr. Calhoun) was no greater advocate for the
, .
acquisition of territory in the south than in the north.
The Hon. Senator was perfectly aware of his sentiments
upon this subject. Whilst he was a Member of Mr.
Monroe's Cabinet he had always been averse to disturb
the possession of Spain in Cuba ; he was so now ; he
would be the last man to make such a movement. When
the proper time should arrive, and this subject be
brought up for discussion, he thought he would be able
to show, beyond all doubt, that the reasons which
governed him upon the Texas question, governed him
aJeo upon this question ; and that if there was any dif-
ference
between the Senator and himself, it was only as ,
to the means to be employed in effecting the same result.
He desired more particularly to make some remarks in
reference to the Asereations of the Senator from Dela-
ware. He assured the Senator that he was as much
averse to forcing a discussion as the Senator himself
could be ; but he thought the Senator was entirely mis •
taken in supposiug that this was not a case in which the
Senate was not called on to exercise the right of discti-
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slop and of action. With great deference for the opt-
11h41., k Coun
birder e°lllb t 41.—Some weeks ago, an extra• nions of the Senator, he thought there ought to be no
Itl th a ' between I
* e u wit- doubt left upon this point, either here or before the
e'l fi PPer Part f g ede and weiTel,:waa
4 tig, rst n . o this (Ardclock district.) The world ,as they were called upon to say yea or nay in
i
atea4‘,, seraeth, °need hovering 'n the ' nd keenly faith before the whole world. The debate was
hi'Ptit. 4t•tls, Ing below. Suddenlyl be made aade a dart goodcontinued with great animation, and the resolutions were
e rent • and th
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tri, en rose, bearing hisupwards ' laid the table to be taken up hereafter. NO° II) rnPh. prey inon
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et, kpe. ' ceremon, The weazel, however, not liking to On 31st December a Bill to regulate the trade and .
Ctter A keen
"MY dealt with, struggled stoutly to intercourse with the Indian landtrbeswas.reported from the I
,e,e,
~v,9f• ,ITI was
followed, and lasted nearly a Committee on Indian affairs, . referred to the Corn-
•At a Bill to establish a of
txie gleam it Wes ~ length both came tumbling mitten of the whole; and also,
ee, tle Is ee sliscovered tthe Oregon line
.1 through ter- I
lee 44 h " killed in that the weazle was victor. stockade forts on the Missout ,
Brinkerhoff, of' Ohio, and
testy y the - ritory, was reported by Mr.
n i /re A,, sof such an unwonted fight.— referred to the Committee of the whole. t
esSfe 4e -'=eree.
speech of Mr. Calhoun
weess eondav ,
We are glad to find that the , . .
alarge and
the
a'rkl° °P th - 'ast a large brig was from has been hailed with lively satislatition by
mitt was b, 6 channel, about t ' seen Bude,
party in the United States, who desire peace
Itiu ed tr, ioVViii, _ en o clock, A.m., when the Powerful ,
On this subject the .A'ele York
'4 ' Steer ^ fresh, from the south-we , any honourable terms.
the tale Pursued for the shore but Bt.
when the
i (Ejn• • Post has the following:—
a,t, nett, h ; having a fair wind, Evening
Teals d the of the friends of
ts_
theer course,
herbswich rather astonished 1 " Mr. Calhoun has _se hopes les'read t v but,
which be has taken '
lii. •n 0 coast fancying - .
' honourable peace by the decisive step
tett -eut b ,no more thought the Senate, and we congratulate the country that the
f
ea,
itP's Nose two two o'clock, p_ was taken about in
influence, of se diatie uished a man. has been e
,e 4 f=or re e pot . en., she was seen off powerful. g
..e 0
t, e
'6llt 't• rem.- , Point~ with her bows towards the • time openly and decidedly arrayed in opposin .11 t h
wind. .
(
Ibtat, sona, ring beating about for a short t• war resolutions—for such we consider those of Mr.
slti I,t hat 1 011 t, two miles from the shore.time she
Douglass in the House and Mr. Hannegan in the Senate €
441 l'li About with ten lt is re- • time to at men seen to pass Hart- , —and the war 6 eling which appeared at one t
et tts , , ethe
T
41
w;:tceto, tbt succeed •
time this ill-fated ship foundered, carry all before it. din making*na-
rle •V still e Clovelly Bay, where i " Mr. Calhoun's resolutions in the Senate are i
r
. and calm.— Western Times Ii portent"—as the IV ational II telligencer freely t
says—" as
dsclosing the views of so distinguished pa Pollontial 4 ,- -

IRELAND.
CONFERENCE OF REPEAL MEMBERS.
DUBLIN, Jest. 23.—The conference of Irish Members
of Parliament was held this day in the large room of
Radley's Hotel, College-green. There was no one pre-
sent to represent the Conservative party.
At halt-past twelve o'clock, upon the motion of Mr.
O'CONNELL, M.P., seconded by Mr. W. S. O'BRIEN,
M.P., the chair was taken by Captain Seaver.
Mr. O'CONNELL, M.P., first came forward to state his
views. He said that there were two objects combined
in their meeting that day—namely, to form an Irish
party, if possible, and also to devise measures for their
guidance in Parliament.—(Hear, hear.) A public invi-
tation had been held out by several Conservative papers,
high in the confidence of the Conservative party, who
were desirous of meeting other Irish Members upon
mutual grounds—to form a party composed, in fact, of
Repealers at one side, and Conservatives at the other—
(Hear)—and it had been urged, powerfully and palpably,
that there were the materials in Ireland to constitute
such a union, which would work for the good of the
country on all questions . upon which they agree d.—
(Hear.) Now, to effect that object, they should first see if
there was any disposition, on the part of the Conserva-
tives, to meet them. The papers he alluded to had
pledged themselves to the willingness of their supporters
to such a connexion; and his object in making that ex-
planation was to say that he had come there hoping that
some proposition would be made. He hoped that a
Conservative would come forward and propose the for-
mation of an Irish party, and to state the basis on which
he proposed to form it. If any one did so, he (Mr.
O'Connell) would answer for the repealers that they
would meet such an offer more than half-way.—(Hear,
hear.) They did not want the Conservatives to-give up
their opinions, nor would they abandon theirs; they
expected no sacrifices, and would make none; jet he &it
that they could all meet on neutral ground for the good
of Ireland.—(Hear, hear.) He (Mr. O'Connell) would
now sit down, in the hope that they should hear some
gentleman come forward oh the Conservative side, and
state his views for the formation of an Irish party.
A considerable pause ensued, which was interrupted
by Mr. Steele, who entered the room with a copy of the
Queen's Speech, which he handed to the Chairman.
Mr. O'BRIEN—I move that Mr. John O'Connell read
her Majesty's Speech aloud.—(Hear, hear.)
Mr. J. O'CostsrEnn then read the Speech.
Mr. O'CONNELL again proceeded to address the meet-
ing. He said, in rising for the second time to inquire
if there was any gentleman present to support the sen-
timents expressed by the Conservative newspapers, he
would beg for himself to say, that he should not wish
to act as the leader of such a union ; and if any gentle-
man thought proper to propose its formation, there
were plenty of men of Conservative principles to be
found competent of leading—(Hear, hear.) He (Mr.
O'Connell) and his colleagues could be happy to act
under such a leader if they could only establish the
party—(Cheers.)

ht4Ttit 44gt, DUTCH 1
The celebratedAlL. De Keyser
klitetartit„te4 here, JAN.d he 2 has brought his portrait of his
I*-7) the King an
whom he has represented as the hero
146 ate4t:Ploo. This nortrait, which is highly spoken of,
l'itlclll to
'Db.!. i_atendea as a present to her Majesty h
,ret4l4::o°Riand.
a,
_day a family here had a
49 Illhicli A' JAN. 19.—J° Mr. J. Bykmans, aged
litetketirs,
lutsefv. es mention.
8.
exe v low ..., ma
wife, aged . „ celTebhreaytedarethheostinxtyin-
elle lyersary of their marriage,
11'44 health and are highly respected.
effects of the
r4Kild
Bather JAN. 20. As one
e..7lllatilid
eaeorwk we are informednea
rthßaotrfeodntah.teh e.Tlh3itah
mofaythhies
4,,‘_ der
..4 s were seen
%it 4-'4 ta,L. a Prognostic of an earlyspringlhaenirdaalgrat.
Pt's' 141,:glit to the farmers, to commence
votrta ours sooner than usual. .
d,NI ~,,, bm, JAN. 22.—We believe. that we may
ns whatever
NZ yet b authority that no negotiations tt,Vlre and opened between the Governmenttlo of
flew? (if
co the Netherlands, for the conclusion of a
tlth tlea efraaleree, by which alone the. existing dif-
-4h-15611M lilt be removed; meanwhile it can hardly be
le." v aat any change in the measures that havea
%,,'llitiv`;,'-e. will take place on our part without such
3,
L4llt etaagetoent.
~4N. 23.—The second bulletin published
tf hilltig prrilVe to the illness of uyal Highness
W 4 teeove,nee William Frederick, left but little hope
,thte:Zret t.,-,31.
at
"'e 22,11e0e1E c,,tlTiounce that he died morningthishorn on
TV" Atu!„ " tae Bth year of his age, being 1;41111 was 'lt,,, 1838.
1gt4414,1141(14,,t-400nhiyas son of Prince Frederick
Loefotihsae
ba2„, two tens, Princess Louisa July,
Llitte
rkjestyrat fr
ra ''
and Princess Mary born sth
Stet, ith of his
41,? heisile, i.iep. ;--Tard state that the hell
Dies colse",,qiiineie4:B4ntnitphr.oving, the cough has abated,
iillan 4.4"ve lic".°l., agnote of the Minister of the Colo-
It-e43,i' and tilteorne production of our West
.Inhdtir e
f`laisL... for „- Coe
of Guinea, part of which might "44 ..'l. l`i'll)°Pta.tion to the mother country, the
that rrie'l the titinea has by a resolution of Btb January,
dot these
nt eulleetars
of the export and import duties,
1111' 44111retriVi°as will not enjoy the exemption from
4el; ttlilleas th 3 Ist of Act 3 of the law of 20th J.an.a.,
by the eaeY are furnished with certificates of origi
%lt ropeteitt authorities.
..........._
Ni Ilx.

The Learned Gentleman having sat down, and waited
for some time to hear if any proposition would be made,
again rose, and said he was afraid that there was but

little hope left that they would be able to succeed in
this—the chief object of their meeting—(Hear, hear)—
as there was no one present to represent the opinions of
the Conservative journals : he would, therefore, dismiss
that topic, and proceed to the other object for which
they had assembled ; not without 'mentioning, however,
that it' the Conservative party originated any meeting to
form an Irish party, before he left for London, he
would be most happy to attend it—(Hear, hear, and
cheers.) Having said so much, he would now allude
to the secondary matter for their consideration, and
as an Irish Member state the course he felt bound
to adopt during the session—(Hear, hear.) He (Mr.
O'Connell) was still of opinion that the best part of the
Irish business could be done in Conciliation-hall ; but
still there were questions before Parliament in which
they should take part. There were questions upon
which, even amongst themselvtehse,
ctohle.ny-laewntegrutaesitnieodn—
a
diversity of opinion, such as
upon which his individual opinions were known; and all
such f
i n d iv iciduueasl
stituents.—(Hear, hear.) There was a question, how-
ever, icoonnss
isdheortat ltdi bn e
ocro
en
as
ci dhe rgeedn at
Ise
mo paenn
aonnde sh
so
conr the.
upon which, he believed, they were all agreed, and
that was as regarded coercive measures to repress crime
in Ireland. Her Majesty's Speech, which they had just
heard, distinctly menaced a coercion proceeding on the
part of the Legislature.—(Hear, hear.) Now he (Mr.
O'Connell) was obliged to admit that the crime of as-
sassination was certainly increasing, but if so, he was
afraid the cause which led to it was increasing also ;
and he would not, therefore, consent to any • alteration
in the law until the Government first began to remove
the cause of the miseries of the Irish people.—(Cheers.)
That was the best method of following ug.the advice
given in their gracious Sovereign's Speech.—(Applause.)
The magistrates of Tipperary said, in their address,
" that assassination was no longer to be traced to ques-
tions respecting the possession of land." Now that was an
important admission, which showed that the recent mur-
ders through the country originated in a foul spirit of
revenge, on account of the abuses which the landlords
made of their privileges.—(Hear, hear.) This he sub-
mitted as the true state of the country, and he submitted
it for the consideration of Irish Members, in order to
call upon them to be punctual in their attendance in
their place s, if any measure of coercion was proposed,
and to prevent its passing, if possible. He (Mr. O'Con-
nell) for one would attend the House upon every ques-
tion for procuring re lief for the poor, and upon every
question of landlord and tenant law, and with regard to
it he would endeavour to carry out the recommendations
contained in the reports of the Repeal Association.—
(Hear, hear.)
xalilsßvpdaeefßwiaireEror:au, dtsld not, however, move any specific
resolution on the point, but be satisfied with thus ex-
plaining his intentions.
an oUshusleard.twe‘b,aVest that,nSio tn'e°
p,p thMtooe:gl .sw'ou"apospv eoc saidrortnt foroe
ae rLnt himself
t concerned, he
ne ha t atehte(i;) wished
e,g ifsshe I •
tt' neh it
to
s,et,
l
corn-laws; independent of which, he felt that the strength
of Ireland was in Conciliation-hall ;he would not,
therefore, go to England then, or unlez,s an occasion
arose for his Tecial ateet.dance.—(lle.m, hear.)
Mr. JOHN 0 ColtiNpl.l. :said he did not hnoei whether
there would be any objection to P rp-s,,;titoin' pledging
the meeting to oppose any coercive measure the Govern,
went might proposer h
until
t a. measure was accompanied
•- _ •

I RAILWAY DEPOSITS.
IThe very proper observations made on Friday night by the
Chancellor of the Exchequer, in his reply to Lord John Rus-
sell, have thrown the parties connected with railway de-
posits, whether as owners or as keepers of the funds, upon
their own resources, and it is already pretty obvious that
matters will not be made at all worse on that account, but
the contrary. A first consequence will be a more earnest
endeavour to find out how much will actually be wanted, and
in this not only bankers but directors will find it good policy
to lend their cordial assistance. When once the amount ls
ascertained, or an approximation made to it, private ar-
rangements may be adopted fur distributing the payments to
the Accountant-General over such a space of time as will
preclude great pressure at any one period, which is the
great point aimed at. How much it is the interest of rail-
way
is
companies;
since ascertainedand tto
this
have manager,, as well as bankers, to establish this necessary
degree of concert, is shown by the recent fact, adverted
to on Friday, of the failure of the Leeds and West
Ridingon eo
f Btahnek which,
railway
eo mbepeannyb,roiutg hi
is
on by a sudden demand for the deposits intrusted to them by
understood, though prepared in all other respects for the
ordeal of Parliament, is suddenly stopped in its progress by
this cause alone. This bank was one of the oldest in Leeds,
and was founded upon the private bank of Smith and Sons;
they have a branch at Bradford, and iissued notes. The de-
mand in question, which is understood to have been the im-
mediate cause of their failure, is stated by some at 40,000 t,
others at 80,000/., but it is said that they hold deposits for
various other companies of large amount. The lesson it will
convey to directors of railways will be that of great caution
in pressing for sudden payment; for, unless this is observed.
in the present peculiar state of the money- market, even
strong banks will give way, and the best and most legitimate
schemes be frustrated. Hence the propriety of some general
agreement, and if that is carried on in good faith, the real
amount wanted will soon be made known, and all further
alarm dismissed from the minds of the City capital-
ists. The difficulty connected with these deposits is
much aggravated by the antiquated practice of the
Accountant-General's Office, which is about a century behind
all other establishments for banking business, to winch cate-
gory it essentially belongs. The office was established about
1706, previously to which the money of the various suitors
was placed with the Masters in Chancery; but some frauds
having been discovered, the Accountant-General's Office was
established, and, for better security, hedged in with so many
checks and restrictions, that any occurrence of that sort was
effectually guarded against, though it produced a system of
business than which nothing can be more annoying and per-
plexing to those accustomed to the smooth and even course
of business in the City. No money ever passes through the
Accountant-General's hands ; the payments in and out of the
Bank are uniformly by giving an order to receive a certain
sum of money, or if a payment, by giving a cheque on the
Bank, which must previously pass through other offices un-
connected with the Accountant, so as to furnish an effec-
tual protection against fraud ; the trouble can only
be understood by those who have encountered it.
The Parliamentary rules relating to railway and other
public companies have brought an immense increase of
business to this department. With respect to those which
have large payments to make within a short given time the
practice is to leave at the Accountant's for one clear day the
certificate of registration, or whatever the official evidence
may be of the payment ; consequently, if put in on Monday,
the order to the Bank to receive the money may be made out
on Wednesday, and being then placed to account, the remain-
ing question is, if re-investment be desired, how soon an
order to that effect can be obtained. We have heard it re-
marked that only gross negligence on the part of the Direc-
tors or secretaries of railway companies could allow the funds
to be locked up with the Accountant-General more than two
days, but it has been quite overlooked how much new busi-
ness will now be brought into an office thus clumsily organized ;
and if the funds are very large, even the two days will
do much mischief. One supposition we have heard, and that
far from an unreasonable one, is, that compliance with the
standing order by the railway companies will berendered im-
practicable by the inabiLty of this department to wade through
such a mass of transactions. At present the rule is, with
regard to purchases of stock under the direction of the Ac-
countant-General, that they take place by the Government
broker for time—that is, he buys on Monday, Tuesday, or
Wednesday the stock to be paid for on Friday, which com-
pletely nullifies the supposed quick process of two days ; and
seeing that the parties may not all exercise the extreme of
diligence in such a case, it may be safely assumed on the
average that a week will be lost with all moneys placed with
the Accountant General as deposits for railways before they
can be invested, while many persons in the uncertain state
of the funds will decline investing at all. The question of
where the money is to come from to pay up these deposits
will depend to a certain extent upon the solvency of the re-
spective Railway Companies, or their capacity of borrowing
it; but if some mutual understanding is not come to be-
tween them and the bankers, no degree of credit can
weather the storm, and the whole trade of the City
must be thrown for a few days into confusion. There ought
to be some reform without delay in the office of the Accoun-
tant-General, which is utterly unfit for such business, and, if
embarrassment does arise, will be easily shown to be one of
the principal causes of it. If these deposits had been made
payable at the Bank of England, though even there some oil
might be applied to the wheels with benefit to the public—
however great their amount, not the least difficulty would
be experienced, and the absolute custody of the funds, if that
were thought a subject of risk, would be just the same as at
present. In one hour the lodgment of any one railway
would be made, and converted into stock or Exchequer-bills
the next, without the rest of the moneyed world being cog-
nizant of the matter. To have only such a clumsy machinery
as we new possess for such an important purpose is a digrace
to a commercial country. The parties in the City whose
hopes in the Chancellor of the Exchequer have failed them,
now rely upon disclosures to be made on Monday by Sir
Robert Peel when settling the course to be taken by the
House in regard to the railway companies. This must also,
it is clear, end in disappointment. There is nothing left, as
stated before, but to grapple fairly with the subject, and for
each man in distress to assist and consult with the others
—Times.

by a measure to protect the tenant,—(Hear, hear)—for
if they allowed Sir Robert Peel once to pas a coercion
Bill, such enactments, let him promise ever so much,
would never be passed.—(Hear, hear, and loud cheers.)
Under these circumstances he thought they might pass
a resolution to the effect he stated; and he would also
state that her Majesty's: Ministers might get supprt
they little anti ipated if they adopted the course he sug-
gested.—(Hear, hear, and cheers.) For himself, he
would say he would oppose a coercion Bill if not pro-
posed with other remedial measures, and he would there-
fore move. " That the Irish Members going over to
London do hereby pledge themselves to oppose to the
utmost all Government coercive measures which shall be
brought forward, if they are not accompanied by mea-
sures calculated to settle the differences as between land-
lords and tenants in Ireland."—(Cheers.)
Mr. J. DILLON BROWNE, M.P., seconded the motion.
After a few words from Mr. O'CALLAGRAN,
Mr. O'CONNELL again rose, and said he would not
consent to pledge himself to the support of a coercion
Bill under any circumstances, or any measure to violate
the principles of the Constitution—(Hear, hear)—and he
considered that the resolution gave no pledge to do so,
or he would not support it.—(Cheers.) The relief they
wanted was relief between landlord and tenant, corpo-
rate, and registry reform, and other important changes
—(Hear, hear, and cheersj—and if they got them, they
would vote for the increased military and police forces
to den et and rut down crime ; but if they did not, he
would oppose the Government to the utmost.—(Cheers.)
Mr. JOHN O'CONNELL stated that his object was
gained by drawing out the opinions of the gentlemen
who had spoken ; and as he did not expect to have pro-
posed a resolution, he was not prepared with one care-
fully- worded, perhaps ; and he wished to say that if it was
supposed that he intended to pledge any gentleman to
support a coercion Bill under any circumstances, he was
very much mistaken, es his intentions were altogether in
the spirit expressed by his father and Mr. Callaghan.
The resolution having been then amended, was passed.
Mr. S. O'BRIEN was called to the chair, and the meet-
ing separated at about one o'clock.
SPECIAL COMMISSION IN WESTMEATH,

PARLIAMENTARY BUSINESS.
(From the Votes and Ploceedings of the House of Commons.)
SATURDAY, JAN. 24.
The following Petitions fir Railway Bills were presented,
and ordered to lie on the table :--
South-Eastern Railway (from the Waterloo-road, near
Hungerford-bridge, to the Greenwich Railway).
South-Eastern Railway (Greenwich Railway to Chilham,
near Canterbury, with Branches to Sheerness and Faversham
Creek).
South-Eastern Railway (from the Greenwich Railway to
Chart, near Ashford, with Branches to Tunbridge and River-
head).
Edinburgh and Glasgow Railway (Amendment and
Branches).
Kirkintillock and Kilsyth Railway.
North British Railway (Hawick Branches).
North British Railway (Carlisle Extension).
North British Railway (Gretna Branch).
Ayrshire, Bridge of Weir and Port Glasgow Junction
Railway.
Stirling and Dunfermline Railway.