The Sun.
London, England, 1846-01-16 00:00:00

CHANCERY.-(THIS DAY.)
CHRIST'S HOSPITAL V GRANGER.
The LORD CHANCELLOR was occupied the whole morning
with the arguments in this case, which came before his Lord-
-8„1341) upon an appeal from the decision of the :Vice Chancellor
"igram, giving leave to the plaintiffs- to amend their bill a
Second tune. The'question on the case is of no interest in a
Public point of view, involving solely technical points under
the new orders.

AMERICAN NEWS.

itoLLs' COURT.--(THIS DAY.)
TUER V. HUDSON.Mr. RINDERSLEYRN mentioned this case, in which all the
Parties were agreed in applying to the Court to amend a
decree in consequence of some clerical errors. Lord LANGDALE said that it would be better to proceed by
Petition and to make all the parties petitioners, and he would
make an order to the effect of the application.
IN RE SMITH. .
The further hearing of this cause was resumed. The
Matter has been litigated since the May of 1841, and the
facts have already appeared fully before the public.
Mr. E:INDERSLEY, on the part of the respondent, contended
that the decision of
the Master in Chancery was peifectly war-
ranted by the facts of the case, and that Mr. Smith wasper-
eetlY justifier in withholding the deeds and other documents
Aernanded by Mr. Husband, the appellant. The Master in
'4l;teery could not otherwise than he id in rejecting the
affidavit of Malachi, which was made ousteen months before
the death application,i. and not produced till six months after the
Mr. DANIELL followed on the same side.
M. Tirana replied.
The case occupied nearly the whole of the day.
VICE-CHANCERY.—(THIS DAY.)
„. (Before the VICE-CHANCELLOR OF ENGLAND.) ~ "18 UONOUR took cause petitions to-day disposing of the
IllhoPPosed first. In consequence of the absence of Mr. Bothell,
Courtll di ° Was engaged in the Lord Chancellor's Court,
Itspaosed of very few of the opposed cases. Hie Honour rose
u If an eleven o'clock.
QUEEN'S BENCH.—(THIS DAY.)
The GOSLING V. VELEY.
The argtunents in this cause were resumed.
aciepo'rel:taAt:roetz romv-GE r. contended at great length, that
a rate for church reparrsEuctuld no more. be avoided than any
hainsdpncsiitteidnns.everal authorities on the question in
BAIL COURT.—(THIS DAY.)
711 (sittings in Banco, before Mr. Justice WILLIAMS.)
E qUe-E3 v THE NEWCASTLE-UPON-TYNE AND CARLISLE
UV. e RAILWAY.
tiOn ~...srI'HAN-K moved for a rule nisi to quash the inquisi-
-114, 'such had been held upon the body of Mary Ann
~_Scott,
The was killed by a locomotive engine on the above railway.
Put Ilet'at.arned Counsel said, that the jury on the inqued'd had
state tal‘eodand upon the engine, but their verdict i h d
been Fat the death was caused by misadventure. It a
eided in Bench re the case of the Queen v.
f73--InninuslstyQueen's
I killing;
ao deod, ,°rta, Page 818, that in a case of h
altioA, 'no accrued. In the present case t erp was man-
boaVer, or Verdict. rhaps murder, and yet nothing was said
e t° or in th
ettiorae e He had already moved for a writ of
Tut Q bring up this proceeding.—Rule granted.
14" x r• THE LONDON AND BIRMINGHAM RAILWAY
r. 130.1„ COMPANY.
moved for
4 certjoral:.'LLE, who had on a previous
en the
41 to bring up the proceedings occasionofaninquisition held
tailwou°uY of Charles Dean, who was killed on the above
°ellen h applied for a rule nisi to quash such proceeding,
tiort;3 now
I°un ds he had mentioned in applying for the
17.1 E 1 --Rule granted.
Mr w9IJEENt V. TILE DEAN AND CHAPTER OF CHESTER.
n.
damns„ .I,l'Snr moved for a rule to show cause why a ma
Qiester"euld not issue, directed to the Dean and Chapter of
the% ' "Mnianding them to restore to Joseph Humphreys
4 V mce„of chorister.
et were l'ue affidavits it was stated that the Dean and Chap-
Se
-re founded on grants of Henry VIII. and Queen Eliza-
6'eptead that the number of choristers was always six. In
eleeti-wer, 18,3•.•
a vacancy occurred for a chor.ister. i%
ferell for the office took place, and the applicnnt, Mr
`lfficeP-reYs, was appointed. He fulfilled the duties of the
lievedilintil. 1845. The applicant had been informed, and be-
ter wert to be true that the revenues of the Dean and Chap-
theeh
.e derived from' certain lands in the county, out of
()title salaries of the choristers were paid; and also. that
of ice of chorister was a freehold for life, except in cases
AL. Tura,!t, or any other misconduct. 4
,rlw,.. watlee WiaaxAms—What, if he loses his voice?
The
441avit ,Y--Yes m Lord he loses his p.lace.. 'eLLer than tne de o 9 t,yh wever stated that his voice was
•itcti,,,, ever P 11:191s t)dismissal 'was under the following
list eilLances :-.....Th lch Hters claimed to be placed on the
however,howoters for Chester, but were objected to. An inquiry,
w took place at the revision Court, and the applicant's
,4t the 144 retailiCd upon the list of voters, and he had voted
tueki last election On the 3d of September, 1845, the
stais'ae,4ltthe Presence of the Rev. T. Eton, one of the canons,
;Zieliaej„," uhn from his office, and paid him his salary up to
Za,t hi 7,.a5, in that ve Ile was dismisse4 on the ground
i'Lacdr3af.°'°e Would naort. be sufficiently powerful for the
4°olte appifeaafter the intended improvements in the edifice..
~ e, wh; /I,t said that he could not think of giving up. his
"`` th 'et, he considered himself entitled to tor life ;
his a D
Pls. heai eau then said that he had better not run
tenchB-Yed - against the wall. Notice of dismissal was
.11
4erVit, 1 due form and the applicant replied by
din
(\the Dean his protest against such a
ot-beeecfidoie,nti:fla the Sunday following e appeared at
i-rev, rai ,
stated i h; '0 perform his usual duties, but the precentor
oi,na doing so, although that gentleman had
che`?r of the eh: ;nevueng-Baistel, when the legality of the
rk ister was risters was being discussed, that the office of -'laPter an no for life, and that the. Dean and
tolaeom could' not
the a duet or hu remove any of them,
refire '' eXtra
elle PPhcalit, ra°rality. The affidavit
of the attorney for
except in case of
stated that the Dean and Chapter were asked to
vet, to h
charters, but that they
The -'tule aiais made from the
but Court art, granted.
'
no case of itjewards sat at nisi prius with a common jury,
into
occurred.
ENCtit ------ .
' QUtß,.____(r HIS DAY.)
Ti • (Sittings in Banco.)
This Was
TAYLOR V. JOLLY.
\Thiell ).- act of assumpsit for work and labour done,
I:land a 'as tried in this Court on the 2d of December last,
2? wvaser(aliftaWss. found for the defendant. The plaintiff,
I 4(13,5,k '4 uctioneer and estate agent, was employed by
tip of ,es, flow the wife of the defendant, to dispose of the
testy
o ~,a uouse she occupied in the west-end, and the plain
,Le teorC,lured y offers for the lease, but Lady Sykes pro-
-4 scr-4,a1 t they were below the value of the property, and
eotill,-- acce-pt them. Eventually Lady Sykes employed
110elLaUCtiOneer to sell the lease by auction, and. it was
111atioa'1,down to one of the parties who first obtained infor.-
rhrou,,h oat the lease was for sale, and made an offer for. it
;°,r the the Plaintiff The lease was knocked down to him
to sue
he originally offered for it, and the plaintiff
.kO/. for ~.y S
ykes,
i`g 30/..etelaiMed commission on the sale, which amounted
however, refused to pay him more than
the 1);.„..013 trouble, and the result was the plaintiff brought
Ivas d "ent action against her husband, but on the trial he
4.ttetated.
gtoetia 11‘vnPat now moved to set the verdict aside, on the
th of m. . 4
that e e,tv_ Isdireetion, the Learned Chief Baron, who. tried
b2e av;
i Y t'hil . Jig told the jury that it was not in evidence
P•aiotp,, ,e custom of the profession of an auctioneer the
,lOattrhwas entitled to recover commission on a sale after the
'ills -ad been taken out of his hands, as had been done in
IteaZo,.
"rt took time to consider the °int.
p
cokm,...
DAY.
kliN PLEAS.—(THIS
ilw , %tilt ti, war i,om i.. • C0N...-cLARKE V. DUNSFORD, 11 °F Sir •-rsu'Pa this morning, in answer to the applica-
Ported • hop .„,... g, ease ul The 543 ty dde male on Wednesday, and re-
Th. e„i "of that day, granted a rule nisi in this
sPeciej
,„°l6 tiff the a
to th Fer, in -ay was taken up with cases on the
e Partie rich s c there was nothing of interest, except
"aerned.

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DAY.)
'4l4tßtar,
of AI
Oa •Ct (THISo'-SchTartEET.—
, kt,.. •,. neva was
arged with stealing from the person
e1n4.,:• (1111ott Monkdiamond ring of the value O
l'il'
one and two this
na i along the
xporoin Prosecutor stated that, between
o Haymarket on his way
I,ofile, &' 43 he was r.- ner wh- ace kin hold of hand
he .
'II c filet the priso
f 'minutes, ta g
o ostedanddetatined him
Ii piCersation for a -ew
finger, and
qt
olell he wore the ring.
the ring front
him. A man
atizhnd that she had drawn
her with robbing
As she was about
leis
seaving him,
at th R.uold of her, be taxed
the
thing to him,
va
Pri-
at, e testant rushed up to her from the opposite side of the
Itlittlieud the prisoner passed some,
_..
u,s, he gme
erY.
lade
off. The police co.mino P
4°llse llllstody. On her being
possession.
Prose-
., kr'. the ring was not found in %ere
b r at the time ?
searched at the station.
Nl,gitbr,,i 14ittalpyInic.—WeT u
Ileerrectly sober.
had to say in
en drinkingyao little during the evening, but
445we,13, artnw:ceLasked the prisoner what she
in e.on-
-o;rdalet. h4.ei the charge ?—The prisoner saidttlainaitngthehperrosecutor
tioeertha Haymarket, and after de a
itwthieh B;,r 4 ihort time charged her with stealing his ring,
/ is"'t tk`e was perfectly innocent.
.„ in_ ?___Prisoner
- .ae been -soWicx.--How do You get your i 6
r)4lds 4 SerVice in the regent's Park
+llgp, idle I have been staying with.m
so dr etv't A"'D of
el. -
Ile 1 ook
whee, , , the C f% •
c that
hempluvnatrriliaedfeswiswteere.ks
houb , . _ .
e %kat ~ nue gave the charge at ,
'the s -
f-Plii4 0 eq whether he should not lock him
ision said
tationrosecd,tor was
up for the night
wiik Nvil safety.
t4l C'e• the Dolor, s'id that a entleman had compinal,ned,
ilfie the ii-eurt that
g of having been robbed last
valuelnt
"ipeia,,,a3luarkeltl,l°orfulangold and diamond breast pin,
t0.14.11_,-,'„„uncier Precisely similar circumstances.
gertew-';NoVICIC
ulalte inquiries about her character, said he should remand the prizoner until
11,411ttiiwaytsAILVVAIT SUGGESTION.
thy, it.
thli_eclaticiidn
might be rendered comparatively
kil Let „ a followng plans were carried
tie2.riet
ttiatrhtie; apply or railway Bills at their own expense
obt . *1 allotment of shares take place after the Bill has
Th.4,4„1,
4104 '8 Pro •
Accountant-
Gweiir34
tuilluellrsss4tse,nitinevrolavninyg
dtehpeosriitsk.wortohnityhethe promoters'
be dispensed
Tt; '-e ry t.—let such deposit therefore
tsre 1! r4stilt
good grounds o
15re 41% 111,1 he, that no lines would be brought be-
bt Poeio Client unless the promoters had
,4. -Parc% , the money of the public.
Bill, the
had its
be 'l wool es'-and in every line which
' ''
41
at large would not
slacie. - d come out at a premium, and the railway k -...•1igi144.!/ Ea.press.
TatlBle,--.-----------'''-----.--...........- - - ----- s
0
he4lT.ll /%„. One of the largest7oom
eo eot7eri elterd'y filled by a music-lovingforthemby its gifted
eatstor AT', JUdietously prepared
I,.teti '. Jr. Sewah.
shins Tis entleman, t t with his
f t
he
audienceL ond London
tat tii Wife, rat„.
and
Altib.ltot they . nigh ruct.ors of thoegpeiahneworfhorictet:
was
nett eV delighted all by their proficiency,_
• Vali ' net i
ttia, Intl, Weis alone n /Lets
..
d but in solos. Allen, John Parry,
IVet ttair,i ; and I3urdini were there—and,:owwaseremtrfise.
I,li [c}:. li:„°.rtil, Birch, and Poole, as likewib
Ai qt o
~' instrumental portion of the treat was of the
he 114411 ITie.r, and numbered amongst its corps, Lindley,
It is to
tro"4l4Ped)
alit', Spillane and Mr. and Mrs. Scwab.
era to uccess o
't
th
' the ' f this concert will encourage
ot ae ..1, Peat it often.
hetkfrt ItADE MEETING AT DUNDEE.— its
A meeting
League
toN f 1,.. etids of free trade in Dundee, convened by the t
, f, tlit'vulniittee w
(tielt. PUN._ , as held in the Guildhall on Satvrday last
,
4n,s'l 4 l',.'" of eons:de:lug the best means of immediately
Ois B,lluBeriPtiOn in aid of the Great League Fund os
r
to
~.i!ie guru the motion of George Duncan, Esq., Membe
kitteokLue &315? r.rovost Brown was called to the chair ; and,
. hi, ,tedatten of the Provost, George Duncan,
on his
1,4,, Se,74t on his right, and Edward Baxter, Esq., ohol_
t q, i. 'lra' spirited resolutions were adopted, and a sum. 1
ottti lk w
84b .44 subacribed in the space of a few minutes; the
1:44 -eription in Dundee being nearly 2,000/.
41/I(licaP--eNblety-onea weight should be 7st 31b.

Mr. CRITTENDEN desired a more explicit understand-
ng of this branch of the Senator's remarks, delivered in
1e Senate.

General CASS replied, that if we gave the twelve
months' notice, and that if, at the expiration of that
period, Great Britain persisted in her claim to the whole
of war, and said, that he had
upon
of the territory, war was inevitable.
of to-day to
othfewarremaiks of
Mr. CRITTENDEN commented
yesthteerdCacti.tingltenbcuiielst
provocations that it almost.
much preferred the expla-
nationup the contingency
Crittenden had but one objuep;t2nin.sohims arzeiymearoknsd,itaiounds
thatand
dissipated it entirely. Mr.
was to soften the alarm which the
s
elSeliliator's remarks of
yesterday might have excited.
otullid vote for the
resolutions, however, as he feared not
theirar adlor.
tion would hasten the contingency of the w
Crittenden, as affording time for reflection, suggested
two years notice instead of one.
Mr. WEBSTER here rose and said—Although these
resolutions did not charge the committees referred to
with any extraordinary inquiries, yet he regretted their
introduction now, and the remarks of the Senator from
Michigan, as calculated to produce unnecessary alarm.
Every unnecessary alarm about the state of the public
peace was a great evil, and was severely felt upon the
business of the country. There were two ways in which
a Government might proceed—we might excite a great
alarm without any preparation, and we might proceed
in that quiet and efficient way of inquiry upon the na-
tional defences which would attain the end desired, with-
out disturbing the public tranquillity. Mr. Webster
was of opinion that the President did not anticipate war
—that the tone of his Message did not exhibit that he
apprehended any serious danger to the peace of the
country, &c. Mr. Webster recurred to the losses which
uld affect our commerce and our seaboard from a war
with England, and was far from believing that any such
dreadful exigency was seriously to be apprehended.
Mr. SEVIER was astonished that nothing could be
brought forward upon this floor in regard to Oregon but
that it met invariably the opposition of the other side.
He repudiated all the chop-logic about silence, and
doing the thing quietly, &c. But if we made a move-
ment of mere inquiry about Oregon, we were told to
keep still, or there would be war; that the steamers of
Great Britain would ravage our coast, and their crews
steal our sucking pigs; while the Senator from Massa-
chusetts talked of danger to commerce, and all about a
strip of barren country on the coast of the Pacific. This
was all very well. It was, perhaps, a small business to
go to war about a few boxes of tea, or in defence of the
rights of a few scores of ragamuffins of sailors. But
Mr. Sevier was not disposed to act so stealthily in this
matter, or cower away to the bullying of Great Britain.
Her bullying was the whole secret of her power—it was
by bullying that she had got the nations of Europe
under her thumb. Just like some of our Court-house
bullies in the West—they contrived to lick some poor
fellow, and then every fellow in the country considered
them bullies, and not to be treated with contempt. But
the Senator from Massachusetts advised us to "lay low
and keep dark." (Mr. Webster here explained what he
had said.) Mr. Sevier pursued his argument in a tone
of patriotic defiance to the end, and was disposed, so far
from being silent, to talk to Great Britain a little louder
than anybody else.
Mr. BERRIN respectfully dissented, as one of the re-
presentatives of the people on this floor' from the remarks
of the senator from Arkansas. Mr. Berrien regretted
that the regular order of proceedings had been antici-
pated by these resolutions. He assumed that negotia-
tions were not at an end, from the evidence furnished in
Mr. Buchanan's final letter to Mr. Pakenham. He
thought that if we should leave this matter of twelve-
months' notice alone, Great Britain herself would give
it, and dissolve accordingly the joint occupancy of the
whole of Oregon, which he thought would be preferable
to our giving the notice. The dispute, which had ex-
isted for thirty years, upon this question, was not, in

fact, a dispute for the territory, but for the navigation of
the Columbia ; and if two nations so intimately asso-
`,Wo ciated as the United States and Great Britain should ge
LIVERPOOL, THURSDAY MORNING. to war on so small an object, without having first ex-
the steam ship Acadia, we have received New hausted all means of an amicable adjustment, they would
York papers to the 31st of December. Their con- deserve the execrations of all posterity, &C.
Mr. ALLEN, with almost unwonted energy, opposed the
tents are important. We extract the following from recommendations from the other side, to go on quietly,
the New-York Tribune of that date : " silently, &c., in the iuquiries proposed through the re-
solutions of the senator from Michigan. He defended WASHINGTON, DEC. 29th, 1845.—Your readers are
doubtles anxious to know whether there is any danger the resolutions and the speech of the mover upon them in
of a rupture with Great Britain on the Oregon question,
all its parts, notwithstanding the objections and corn •
I have several times given it as my opinion that we shall
plaints uttered against it to-day.
have no war. There are two parties here now, distinct Mr. J. I. CLAYTON took up the subject of the Atlantic
c from the old parties. One is for bluster, not becauseoast defences. The neglect of Congress, for 15 or 20
they expect war, but they hope to keep up such a years past, to put our seaboard fortifications in any state
state of excitement that they may again get into power. of efficiency was notorious. He concluded by saying,
For this purpose they stimulate every base passion, and that independently of any opinion on the subject, and
harp upon the whole of Oregon, while they support an whether there would be peace or war, he should vote for
,
Administration which has offered to settle on the 49th the resolutions.
degree of North Latitude, as the boundary. They would
Mr. BREESE advocated the resolutions, and insisted
e
not fight on any account, but they hoped that enough of
that Oregon,
their own party would vote with the Whigs to defeat
mad been represented,hon was a delightful and prolific regso far from being the barren desert it hadon.
WOOD in view of the propriety in any
glory of being brave.
their own schemes, while they might retain the Mr. BRIDGE,
event of fitting up our defences, especially along our
fers, would vote
Ir. this they have been disappointed, for the Whigs northern
ronti
The result was.,—A saidyeshe 42, noes nonefor the resolutions.
have said " Come out and tell us plainly whether there
lkfr. ALLEN tins morning introduced, on leave, the fol-
will be a war, and we are with you to a man. Nay, if
Ice,v,ing joint resolution, viz. :
the half of what you say is true, we deman 1 that the coun-
Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives
try shall be put in a position of complete defence." At
this the Loco Focos seem perfectly amazed, and hardly of the United States of. America, in Congress asknow what step to take next. sembled,—That the President of the United States
There are those in both parties who believe that one be, and he is hereby advised to give, forthwith,
of the good acts (done, as appears, almost by good luck, notice to the Government of Great Britain that
and contrary to the nature) of James K. Polk, was tl.e the Government of the United States will, in
offer to settle the question amicably on the 49th paral. virtue of the second article of the convention of the 6th
lel, and these men will vote down the clap-traps of such of August, A.D. 1827, between the United States and
men as Allen in the Senate. They believe in trying Great Britain relative to the joint occupancy of the
every peaceable mode of settling the difficulty, till they Oregon territory, and after the expiration of twelve
find it impossible, and then they will take any measures months from the day on which such notice shall have
to defend the rights of our country. been received by the Government of Great Britain,
As there is some anxiety to know what the vote will annul and abrogate that convention."
be in the Senate on Mr. Allen's resolutions, to precipi- This was read the first time, and a second reading
tate a war between us and Great Britain, I will venture was urged by Mr. Allen, but objected to.
to guess at the yeas and nays on their adoption. It is SENATE, WASHINGTON, DEC. 22, 1845.
only a guess, remember, which I have a right to make on Mr. CALHOUN appeared, for the first time, in the Se-
the strength of the little Yankeeism I possess. nate, this morning, and took his seat. He received the
Yeas, for Blood and War—Fairfield, Atherton, Jen- hearty congratulations of both parties.
ness, Niles, Dix, Dickinson, Cameron, Sturgeon, Penny- The Senate to-day has been occupied with the Texas
backer (doubtful), Haywood, Bagby, Chalmers, Speight, resolutions. It was supposed at first that a long debate
Turney, Allen, Hannegan, Bright, Semple, Breese, At- would take place on the subject, but such was not the
chi on, Benton, Ashley, Sevier, Cass.-24. case.
Nays, for Peace and the Pen.—Evans, Upham, Phelps, Mr. NILES of Conn. made a short speech, in which
Webster, Davis, Simmons, Greene, Huntington, Miller, he attempted to excuse himself for voting in opposition
Dayton, T. Clayton, J M. Clayton, Pearce, R. John- to the strongly expressed will of his constituents. He
sr n, Archer, Mangum, Calhoun, M'Duffie, Berrien, Col- was followed by his colleague, Mr. Huntington, who
quilt, Lewis, Barrow, H. Johnson, Jarnagin, More- briefly stated his objections to the Bill.
head (absent), Crittenden, Corwin, Woodbridge, Levy, Mr. Balmier, of Ga., spoke in favour of the reso-
Westcott.-30. lutions.
I may be mistaken, but I think statesmanship will Mr. Evees, of Me., briefly in reply.
triumph over demagegueism in about the above proper- Mr. BAGGY of Ala, endeavoured to show that he was
tion. At all events, such is about the state of parties at consistent in voting against his conscience.
the present time. We shall soon see. Mr. Calhoun will Mr. WEBSTER spoke against the measure briefly, and
not prefer party to the interests of the country. his remarks on the occasion were generally regarded as
The Texas Resolutions and Bills are all ready to be a fair exposition of Whig sentiment at the north on the
transmitted. As soon as they receive them at the capi- subject of the enlargement of the slave territory of this
tal of Texas, an election for two members for Congress country.
will be ordered. Between two and three o'clock P.N. the vote was taken,
I understand that the Committee of Ways and Means and resulted as follows:
will soon report a Tariff Bill. Yeas—Messrs. Allen, Archer, Ashley, Atchison,
The talk to-day is that there was something in the ru- Atherton, Berrien, Benton, Barrow, Bagby, Breese, Cal-
mour I mentioned a day or two since relating to some houn, Cass, Chalmers, Colquitt, Dickinson, Dix, Fair-
new revolution in Mexico. It is said that some informa- field, Hannegan, Haywood, Jenness, Johnson of La,
Lion is now in this city, leading to the conclusion that Levy, Lewis, Mangum, Niles, Pennybacker, Sevier,
the movements of Paredes may result in the recall of Speight, Sturgeon, Turney, Westcott —3l.
Santa Anna and a change of conduct on the Texas Nays—Messrs. T. Clayton, Corwin, Davis, Dayton,
affairs.
Evans, Greene, Huntington, Miller, Phelps, Simmons,
THE CONGRESS OF THE UNITED STATES. Upham, Webster, Woodbridge.-13.
OREGON AND TEXAS. [Those in Italics are Whigs, as are also all those
SENATE, DEe. 18. voting Nay.]
Mr. ALLEN, Chairman on Foreign Relations, gave Mr. Ashley, of Ark., reported a Bill for the exten-
notice of a joint resolution giving the twelve months' sion of the United States laws over Texas, when the
notice to Great Britain, as required by the stipulation Senate went into Executive session.
of the conventions of 1816 and 1827, for the dissolving Mr, LEVY, of Florida, offered a resolution, which was
the joint occupancy of the Oregon territory. read, as follows:
The VICE-PRESIDENT announced the unfinished husi- Resolved,—That it is the opinion of the Senate that
ness to be the resolutions of inquiry proposed by Mr. negotiations be opened with the Government of Spain
Cass, which are as follows : for the cession to the United States of the island of
Resolved,—That the committee on naval affairs be Cuba, the inhabitants of the same assenting thereto.
instructed to inquire into the condition of the navy of DEC. 27.
the United States and into the quantity and condition Mr. LEVY, on leave, withdrew his resolution for in-
of the navy supplies now on handand whether an in- structing the President upon the subject of the island of
;
crease of them is not necessary to th efficient operations Cuba.
of the navy, and to its preservation and augmentation ;
and, generally, into the capacity for defending our coast
and our commerce, and for any service the exigencies of
the country may probably require.
Resolved,—That the committee on military affairs be
instructed to inquire into the condition of the national
fortifications and their armaments, and whether other
defensive works are necessary ; and into the condition
and quantity of the military supplies ; and into the state
of the means possessed by the Government for the de-
fence of the country.
Resolved,—That the committee on the militia be in-
structed to inquire into the present condition of that
great branch of the public service, and into the state of
the militia laws, and that they be further instructed to
report such changes in the existing system as will give
more experience and efficiency to that arm of defence,
and will place it in the best condition for protecting the
country, should it be exposed to foreign invasion.
Mr. NILES said he would go for the resolutions. After
all that had been done by the Executive for the settle-
ment of this controversy by negotiations, the matter had
at length passed from his hands, and it was now thrown
upon the legislative department. The negotiations had
come to a point--to a stand; they were broken off—they
were stopped. We cannot recede—we must stand up for
our rights. In regard of territory, the President has re-
commended all proper measures for the support of our
claims, consistent with treaty obligations. Mr. Niles
then adverted to the fact of the English Government
having extended its judicial jurisdiction over its citizens
in Oregon. We were called upon to do the same in be-
half of our citizens. The provisions of joint occupation
were not adapted to a settled and civilized country, nor
intended to be. It was necessary to have but one Govern-
ment over the same people. In reviewing the relative
prowess of England and the United States, the learned
senator thought if the English were a bold, brave, and
courageous nation, it was fair to conclude that we might
be found so in an equal degree, descended as we were
from the same stock, &c. Mr. Niles, in conclusion,
reiterated his determination to vote for the resolutions.
Mr. CRITTENDEN next followed in the discussion. He
saw in the resolutions themselves nothing objectionable,
and he should vote for them. The remarks of the Hon.
Senator, however, who had introduced these resolutions,
gave to them peculiar significancy. Mr. Crittenden then
reviewed the remarks of General Cass of yesterday, that
we must give the twelve months' notice, and that if Great
Britain then persists in her claim, war is inevitable ; and
said that if this were so, we had better, at once, employ
ourselves to put on the whole harness of war. He read
from the reported speech of General Cass the passage
upon this point, and asked of the distinguished Senator,
if this was to be understood as his solemn opinion ?
General CASS, after some general explanation, said,
that in bis own private opinion war was almost inevit.
able

HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.
OREGON.

WASHINGTON, Dec. 19, 1845.
Mr. Douglass, of Illinois, reported a Bill, which was
read twice, referred to Committee of the whole, andmade
the special order of the day for the second Tuct-day of
January, which provides for the extension of the juris-
diction of the Supreme Court of the territory of lowa,
and of the laws of the said territory, so far as the same
may be applicable, over all that portion of the territory
of the United States, which lies within the follow iug limits,
to wit:—bounded on the south by the 42d parallel of
north latitude; on the cast by the summit of the Rocky
Mountains ; on the north by the line of 54 deg. and 40
min. north latitude, and on the west by the Pacific Ocean
including tie streams adjacent to the coast ; and also
over that portion of the immediate country west of the
Missouri river, and between the 40th and 43d parallels of
north latitude. Provided that this act shall not ba con-
strued or executed in such a manner as to deprive the
subjects of Great Britain of any of the rights and privi •
leges secured by the third article of the treaty signed at
London, October 20, 1818, and continued in force by the
treaty of August 6, 1827, until such treaty stipulation
shall cease by ♦irtue of the notice provided for in the
second article of the said last mentioned treaty.
The Sixth Section enacts, That the President be and
he is hereby authorised to cause to be erected such block-
houses, stockades, or military posts as shall be necessary
to protect emigrants on the route to and in the territory
of Oregon, against Indian depredations and aggressions;
and to furnish such ammunition and supplies as shall be
necessary to their defence.
The Seventh Section, That the President be hereby
authorised to cause to be raised, officered and equipped,
in such manner as the President shall direct, two regi-
ments of mounted men, to guard and protect emigrants,
settlers and traders, against the Indians.
The Eighth Section enacts, That a mail ronte be and
is hereby established, from St. Josephs to the mouth of
the Columbia River.

The Ninth Section enacts, That the sum of two hun-
dred thousand dollars be, and the same is hereby appro-
priated to carry the provisions of this Act into effect.
The Tenth Section enacts, That the President be ad-
vised forthwith to give the one year's notice provided
for in the second article of the treaty of the 6th of
August, 1827, to terminate the third article of the treaty
between the United States and Great Britain, signed at
London, October 20, 1818, and all other treaties for the
joint occupancy of the Oregon territory.
Mr. BowLIN of Mo. introduced the resolutions of the
Legislature of Oregon.

Mr. WOODWORTH of N.Y. introduced a resolution in-
structing the Judiciary Committee to report a bill pro-
viding for the equal distribution of offices among the
states and territories, according to their population, and
limiting the term of office to four years.
Mr. WINTHROP, of Massachusetts, introduced the
following resolutions, which under the rule go over for
debate :

Resolved,—That the differences between the United
States and Great Britain, on the subject of the Oregon
territory, are still a fit subject for negotiation and corn-,
promise, and that satisfactory evidence has not yet been
afforded that no compromise which the United States
ought to accept can be effected.
Resolved,—That it would be a dishonour to the age
in which we live, and in the highest degree discredit-
able to both the nations concerned, if they should suffer
themselves to be drawn into a war, upon a question of no
immediate or practical interest to either of them.
Resolved,—That if no other mode for the amicable
adjustment of this question remains, it is due t 6 the
followcan no t
the relieve
failure itself e
tl
of from
principles of civilisation and Christianity that a resort
to arbitration-should be had ; and that this Government
all
controversy, responsibility which
while mt
hai);
settle the
resort is still untried.
Resolved,—That arbitration does not necessarily in-
volve a reference to crowned heads and that, if a
jealousy of such a reference is entertained in any quarter,
a commission of able and dispassionate citizens, either
from the two countries concerned, or from the world at
large, offers itself as an obvious and unobjectionable
alternative.

Mr. DOUGLAS, of 111., would offer another set of reso-
lutions, that our title to the whole of Oregon was clear
and unquestionable, and that we could not arbitrate
about what clearly belonged to us.
A great variety of resolutions about Oregon, mail
routes, &c. &c. were acted upon, and the House ad-
journed till Monday next at twelve o'clock.
MORE ANNEXATICN.—Our Washington correspondent,
under date of December 27, says : —There is talk of some
exciting news from Mexico to-day. It is said by the
Texas men that a public meeting was held at latest dates
in the City of Mexico in favour of annexing the country
to the United States.

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SIIEERIqESS, JAN. 14.—Commander William Hay-
hurst Hall, who was made a lieutenant in 1826 for his ser-
vices during the Burmese war, and a commander in 1840 for
his services at the capture of St. Jean d'Acre, has been ap-
pointed to command the Electra, 18, corvette, ready for com-
mission at this port. Commander Thomas Bourmaster Brown,
1841, son of Rear-Admiral Thomas Brown, has been ap-
pointed to command the Snake, 16, brig, also at this port.
The Sampson steam frigate, Captain Henderson, and the
Viper schooner, Lieutenant Gray, are fitting for sea in the
basin. The Sampson's heavy guns are ready to be shipped.
'I he Viper is taking on board her stores, but it is expected that
neither will be ready to leave the fitting basin for a long
time to come.
Sir George Clerk had an interview with Sir Robert
Peel yesterday.