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London, England, 1846-01-16 00:00:00

A NTERy._...('r HIS DAY.)
Tile , CHRIST'S HOSPITAL V GRANGER.
alth• "11111 CIIINCFI lop wa,:. the whole morning
arglinpl'it-f4 it; this'case,'m'vhich came before his Lord-
wiP,:uPott an appeal from the rlcciion of the Vice Chancellor
Ir•avt to the planditi's to amend their hill a
-'e
''n e• 1:1, questi6n on the use is of no interest in a
tl P°'"t of view, invelving Eolely technical points under.
- new orders.

itOLLS' COURT.—(THIS DAY.)
TURNER V. HUDSON. .
kr. Rix
dthae
Parties . I)ERSLEY mentioned this case
tchaesecoonarwt
deer . n ere agreed in applying .
.. decree In consequence of some clerical errors htoi.-:hamaelini
peLtieti.4lo4l4exonala said that it would be better to proceed by
at, and to make all the parties petitioners, and he would
'can order to the effect of the application.
IN RE SMITH.
The fur fhoasrthberehea.ripg it this cause was resumed. The
fattsh_r _e n litigated since the May of 1841, and the
that th
Air. si,already appeared fully before the public.
I.l3Ettseelt, o Mast, artofitlniee respondent, contended-
rest„, ? decision of ther in Cl ery was perfectly war tetill'.°3 the facts of the case, and that Mr. Smith was per-
de,„clastifled in withholding the deeds and otTlikeer documents
Ch chZeled by Mr. Husband, the appellant.
afecta,7 could not otherwise than he did in rejecting
' en months before
it, it of Malachi, which was made four.ie
after the
application, and not produced till six mouths the
death•ofMal h.
kr, b . ae l'
ikr,
„ANIELL followed on the same side.
ii• l'P.llltit replied.
The ease occupied nearly the whole of the day.
Vint,
-‘-'r-,-CH AN CER Y .—( TH IS DA,
Y.)
4is fillefore the Vice-CHANCELLOR OF ENGLAND.)
i g of th 2
nsoppest°Noun took cause petitions to-d y d
Itho Iv eq first. Inconsequence of the absence of Mr. Bethelf,
oseads engaged in the OpLrd Chancellor's
uConurHt,onthonerCorouaret
8t 41,. °I. Very few of the posed cases.
' Past eleven o'clock.
Y )
QUEEN'S BENCH.—(THIS BA .
The at,..__ . GOSLING V. VELEY.
The Lipoillehta in this cause were resumed.
rate f,fr lINEY-GENERAL contended at great length, that
°the, r: church repairs could no more. be avoided than any.
Itipp, rate, and cite veral authorities on the question in
rt °f kis Position
tlit 118kittiings i,,,,0i1) COURT.—(THIS DAY.)
~qptt,
v.
Auxanxeozw,cbAefsoTrLeEA_lurp.oJ,Nus.TyticzrEeWATDAmscA,,,lSLE
ale t ,
RAILWAY.
tioll,..L.lVrdOli: moved for a rule nisi to quash the
ninqsueoistit:
Who Lich had been held upon the bod
Tee Lea by a locomotive engine onthe above railway.
P4t e`'..ea fled Counsel said, that the jury on the inquest had
ta.t. that upon the engine. but their verdict did not
It had
lees derided the death was caused by misadventure.
, Ist Queen's
tentheeltied in the case of the Queen v.
killing
so den,reports, page 818 that in a case of feloniouslywas man-
alaa,Zaad accrued. In' the present case there
tleaTi‘,e!, or even perhaps murder, and yet nothing
rare 13 the verdict. He had already moved foringawwasristaindf
T4t gri to brim
euects
....g up this proNceeAdminDg.—BlßmiNGHAm
RAILWAY
' TIM Lolloo Rule granted.
kr, s,
COMPANY.
4 eertikTiv.N.P, who had on a previous occasion moved for
quisition held
°ogle h:el,, to bring up the proceedings of an
Nheat,
~.`'Y of Charles Dean, who was killed
_on the above
on it
,no applied for a rule nisi to quash such proceeding,
tereoriounds he had Mentioned in applying for the
1110 00. ' --Rule granted.
CHESTER.
A kr' ilt•ljZ ''• THE DEAN AND CHAPTER OF
d Chapter of
'ailks 'llY moved for a rule to show cause why a man-
Chest should set •• dto the Dean an
th er, giant issue, directed a efne. . rnanding them to restore to Joseph Humphreys
,Prolti'll?` chorister.
teeth ers.sme affidavit itstated that the Dean annd C_ltra--
, sad On 3 ant wasf
Henry VIII. and Quees.mr-d In
6ept,,,,-Ti that the number ofn choristers was always 1
li.electreever' 4337, a v y occurred for a chorister..
..Afrn.
tsetieChref7s,thwea3offieltecant vacant
place and the aPpliTn '''
li"c4tUlt!,lB4s. terunptpel'. nt had been
Deaneinformd a d h
9 d He, fulfilled the dutiesno9f the!
/grit debt true theatathelearevenues of the andt
out
tapo-f
whit], ,7, derived from certain lands in the coundy,
also that
Chap-
the 0,, he salaries of the h risters were paid; °f
lal o4peif chorister se e freehold for life, exceptan in cases
~_altikattY, or any other misconduct. af47l:. malice,t/s...VTWat, if he loses his voice?
loses his place.. The
tett vit of th es, my Lord,
bream than ee deponent, however,h estated that his voice was
under the following
eera, qaucesve.r* The
dismissal 77asd to be placed on the
1104' voters s's- the choristers claimed
na,„_/sr, teo..'O!'aChester, but were objectede to. An inquiry,
atthe
i!asttelecticiet.'and he had voted
atZ Wee retail ace at the revision. Court, and the applicant's
voters,
upon the list of
nalisas•i hip Presence Ofhße of the canons,
e3vd.
To.fESteopnt,eomrlbeer, 1845, the
4lieha-' "hn that h' uthe
and paid him his salary up to
that lilitttas 41 l,s office,
tathed 3 Voice
wo3 ear. He was dismissed on the ground
e
'the al, kfter the not be .su iently powerful for. h
ofs,,aPplieent
Led - intended improvements in the edifice. alle ieis that he could not think. of giving up. his
hi. 'too
Dan considered himself entitled to for life
a.— head then said that he had better not run
~e/ed 1,-, gainst the wall. Notice of dismissal w_as,
tec"`rving `"' due forin and the applicant repliedh by
eedit °ll the Dean his protest against
a p eared a t
pkeN.rpliatai°o the Sunday follow.
siateped him t° the
his usual dutiingbuhte the pprecentor
votea'.hfere th'e,,p
.oing so, although that gentleman had
eherieetf the
etii;riLs.evisig-Bar.rister., when the legality 0
of eit,spteerr was siers was being discussedt that the office
in case of
hi Celli " aPpointment for life, and that the. Dean and
is„,., d not rein()
ail PPlicant t
th-"a "Yet Or in.,
.ve any of them, except
morality. The affidavit ). °lr extr s ated that the Dean and Chapter.tef were asked to
'ertised • atts to be
but that they
the attorney for
rth ----Ride utst :nade from the charters,
hat
~e_Court after4rted. ,
es, case of
rarest
3 sat at nisi prius with a common jury,
• est °scarred.
E
‘CHNUEtt.....4THIS DAY.)
11,4 ~ (Sittings in Banco.)
TAYLOR v. JoLLY.
tillich "a 8 action of assumpsit for work ' and labour done,
a v1v„43,.,,. tried in this Curt on the 2d of December I
L'Il? Wass.l..t_lirn as found for tlie detendant.
leazostyk4, allocwtioerwa destate agent, was employed The plaintiff,
o
the wife of the defendant,t oadispose itiffProe„e ho'
she occupied in the west-end, peflatihne-
Ptccl tc'red Many offers for the lease, but Lady Sykes pro.;
''ettlirleTteet theY i'llre below the value of the propertyl, tt,nedd t °tiler accent them. Eventually_Lady Sykes emp oj
lle'clted4sUeti°neer to sell the lease by auction, and it was
'atio .. 'own to wase arties who first obtained ifnfor-t
tb. ti q_
.0118 0
Olight!' the lease fops' sale, and made an offer or
mi
l'ht the ''e plaintiff. The lease was knocked down ohi
hs'eref -,..stli'll he originally offered for it, and. the plaintiff'
17301!-Ielallned commission on the sale, which amounted
i',". f r k.".'adY Sykes however refused to pay him
.more than..
the
pr°. 'l3 trouble ' and the result was the plaintiff brought
1/sittrdeefeaotted.action a' gaues• t her husband, but on the trial h
igr.,oeeer4l olTinlynisEdlitrenetWo_rnove L d to set the verdict aside, on the
tiaithat Lase, having etollnniitlehe eartTadtCihtiewf
aßsanrnotn
in, who
evidence tried e
ntfit the custom of the juryprofession of an auctioneer
the
flea was entitled to recover commission on a sale aft
tie had se been taken out of his hands, as had been doenre in
ee ~.,.
n'oort took time to Consider the point.
tie
i, -4151° -------------
IS DAY.)
N PLEAS.--(THIS
1 he• ~ QIN. co, tip ot!ese-,ordships th: .----er-A,RKE.V. DUNSFORD,
Ported • tr Thon,_ aporning, in answer to the applica-
ease. irk The Sinn p ilde male on Wednesday, and re-
nisi in this
The whole p
' °A
that day, granted a rule
tke.a. o, tae -
to ti I Paper, izt ,plany Was taken up' hinter cases on the
nrnd.there was nothing of est, ex cep
e Parties co
ItINR
/14I10'-STREET.—(T H IS DAY.)
ofd
~(' at Cfrotera was charged with stealing from the person
'414 Go to
Monk a diamond ring of th value of five
ts1.11:81).
the Haymarket on. his •ssy.
Orteneosecutor stated that, between one and two this
:'SN is+i, aa he was passing along
,4 cob," ,rise the .isone ,who hold of the hand
1,"O Ishiekrsation forpra few minutes, takingaccostedand detained him
"„,". foti'he,,' he wore the ring.
his finger, and
'',ltio ". that she had drawn the ring
A man
wasfraobmout leaving him,
4t thPleld of As she.
osite side of the.
sl, - Instant l''
e * her from the opp him,
q., tOm „ rushed up to
he h taxed her with robbing him.
suataly
th'oe Prisoner passed something
he gave the prt-
hOtiler ini.:(le f• The police coming up, u
ched at the station-
to and he IT,
eh'e, tli Fustody. On her being sear . a
, , e ein.
? Prose-
cotc; 4/4,ttr wits not found in her possessio :
but
R•es--- I had vbteie—Were you sober at the time .
lel:Weeny s een drinking
4,._
trllA,_ °the:. .
to say in
a little during the evening,
sTejh h? iZvelet. asked the p .
h t the prosecutor
versetZ ul the Igge ?--The prisoner said t a .
mono- what she had
ket, and after
his ring,
with stealing
‘:1 %viiieltil fur a ,hoarYtmit amre charged her
I 4r is she w detaining her i.n c.on-
h ' -tvf2,, wort
Perfectly innocent.
' oner
ahave been in do von get your living?—Prisoner
oo' and sine,- -- service i /ti
.
to d 'Peet°, 4Sao e been staying with.
my married
h It ent's Park until
.a few weeks
ho hennk wh.,.,e, f the C division,
said
station-house, that
tor :-3itated ''''hue gave the charge at the
the prosecutor was
,n
the Co'urt tr,
VI °Wn sWarther he should not lock him up for the night
?t thilits•the etcir.
lor, said that a gentleman had comlained
Rid 3•tnark
it) Ile • at Inorning of having been robbed last. night,
breast pin, value
In Ileas, traderet, of a gold and diamond
es
to. e• 1144 Precisels similar circumstanc ...
over until
te°rrolvi)Wleit said lie should remand the pmon
' to Make inquiries about her character.

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12444. RAILAVA 17 SUGGESTION.
Tt4Y, rftlaiDeetllation might be rendered comparatively
4ad Parti_following plans were carried o
2. flc, they" 4PPIy for railway Bills at their own expense
441 Let the please&
ebt,,i allotment of shares take place after the Bill has
Th. tied.
.op Is Dr
moters'
ecess, involving the risk of only the
lqral t0i41114 rendr ay deposit with the AcPcro.ountant-
ecesa -- t 11;A 'fie—let such deposit therefore be dispensed
b‘rit,e,ls:44lll4allit /110014 be, that no lines would be brow ht be-
te ifottit, unless the promoters had good grounds for
he ea money of the public at large
4e W 111 P-sand in line which had itswßouillld, notthe
-Me,°,:kiejlornateyon_taateaveprYreaium, and the railway would
presS.
Ti~etfgle
heir R

:ssOn—
-----'---T--
of the London
eof the largest rooms .
:I‘l",itilbite'43tor4,7),lrert3"e3tela.Y filled by a music-loving au.dtsiengfetetdo
Judiciously prepared for them by 1
Cabltettii`elwife, iltSunkwitab. . This gentlemaonf,
tthoegpetiahaerofewltiteh,
and
ihAut they . igh as instruct.ors
k18:t Nnop..delighted all by their proficiency,
jwohhtlephawrrasy,
~,Larti `,04191ae in duets but in solos. Allen,
!1i Wt. `4 It4hiiT el's, and Burdini were there—andew
,pv, ./,,_ oirth, 13,,,h,
sea°Mrs.
and Poole, as
elik i waswere the
iliriTet 411 nstrumental portion of
tth.
strceaortpswas of the
Lindley,
Le hope ali, 1.17,, an numbered amondg!i
Mrs.it
Scwab. It is
.to
14041 ct that"ih6epellula.ne, and :Atli%
ottilitletr,,,,t(4)lepeat
ittce:t!tenor. 1 acnoncert will encourage its
t fri 04)E MEETING AT DUNDEE.--A meeting
h„, ends of 10-I.`V ehilb,,, .ree trade in Dundee convened by the League
1.4414 kr,,,,,liee, Was held in the Guildhall on Saturday last,
250 cli? 4 rtise t.f considering the best means of immediately
fn NO/ 4,,useriPtion in aid of the Great League Fund of
Member
pate iiiirn t_he motion of George Duncan, Esq.,
th! ,o„.K_',, Pe
Brown was called to the chair; and,
le, Lii ic,llatioli of the Provost, George Duncan, Esc,
1 A-' Siv 4'
°ll la's right, and Edward Baxter, Esq., on ins
)1611. er4llPirited 1 • re ado
t% . lh. _ reso utions we
111 Illb4 r'as 3tibecribed in the space of
aptfee opted, and
.amnidnut_ttseiumi
the
f
tittli tripthin in Dundee being nearly 2,000 L
1144clicaP--I‘TilletY-oue's weight should be 7st 31b.

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AMERICAN NEWS.

LIVERPOOL, THURSDAY MORNING.

By. the steam ship Acadia, we have received New
York pap:Ts to the 31st of December. Their con-
tents are important. We extract the following from
the 1 ew York Tribune of that date :

WASHINGTON, DEC. 29th, 1845.—Your readers are
doubtles anxious to know whether there is any danger
of a rupture with Great Britain on the Oregon question.
I have several times given it as my opinion that we shall
have no war. There are two parties here now, distinct
from the old parties. One is for bluster, not because
they expect war, but they hope to keep up such a
state of excitement that they may again get into power.
For this purpose they stimulate every base passion, and
harp upon the whole of Oregon, while they support an
Administration which has offered to settle on the 49th
degree of North Latitude, as the boundary. They would
not fight on any account, but they hoped that enough of
their own party would vote with the W higs to defeat
their own mad schemes, while they might retain the
glory of being brave.
In this they have been disappointed, for the Whigs
have said " Come out and tell us plainly whether there
will be a war, and we are with you to a man. Nay, if
the half of what you say is true, we den:an 1 that the coun-
try shall be put in a positien of complete defence." At
this the Loco Focos seem perfectly amazed, and hardly
know what step to take next.
There are those in both parties who believe that one
of the good acts (done, as appears, almost by good luck,
and contrary to the nature) of James K. Polk, was tie
offer to settle the question amicably on the 49th paral-
lel, and these men will vote down the clap-traps of such
men as Allen in the Senate. They believe in trying
every peaceable mode of settling the difficulty, till they
find it impossible, and then they will take any measures
to defend the rights of our country.
As there is some anxiety to know what the vote will
be in the Senate on Mr. Allen's resolutions, to precipi-
tate a war between us and Great Britain, I will venture
to guess at the yeas and nays on their adoption. It is
only a guess, remember, which I have a right to make on
the strength of the little Yankeeism I possess.
Yeas, for Blood and War—Fairfield, Atherton, Jen-
ness, Niles, Dix, Dickinson, Cameron, Sturgeon, Penny-
backer (doubtful), Haywood, Bagby, Chalmers, Speight,
Turney, Allen, Hannegan, Bright, Semple, Breese, At-
chi, on, Benton, Ashley, Sevier, Cass.-24.
Nays, for Peace and the Pen.—Evans, Upham, Phelps,
Webster, Davis, Simmons, Greece, Huntington, Miller,
Dayton, T. Clayton, J M. Clayton, Pearce, R. John-
son, Archer, Mangum, Calhoun, M‘Duffie, Berrien, Col-
quitt, Lewis, Barrow, H. Johnson, Jarnagin, More-
head. (absent), Crittenden, Corwin,- Woodbridge, Levy,
Westcott.-30. _ _

I may be mistaken, but I think statesmanship will
triumph over demagnueism in about the above propor-
tion. At all events, such is about the state of parties at
the present time. We shall soon see. Mr. Calhoun will
not prefer party to the interests of the country.
The Texas Resolutions and Bills are all ready to be
transmitted. As soon as they receive them at the capi-
tal of Texas, an election for two members for Congress
wilt be ordered.
I understand that the Committee of Ways and Means
will soon report a Tariff Bill.
The talk to-day is that there was something in the ru-
mour I mentioned a day or two since relating to some
new revolution in Mexico. It is said that some informa-
tion is now in this city, leading to the conclusion that
the movements of Paredes may result in the recall of
Santa Anna and a change of conduct on the Texas
affairs.

THE CONGRESS OF TIIE UNITED STATES.
OREGON AND TEXAS.
SENATE, DEC. 18.
_ .

Mr. ALLEN, Chairman on Foreign Relations, gave
notice of a joint resolution giving the twelve months'
notice to Great Britain, as required by the stipulation
of the conventions of 1816 and 1827, tor the dissolving
the joint occupancy of the Oregon territory.
The VICE-PRESIDENT announced the unfinished busi-
ness to be the resolutions of inquiry proposed by Mr.
Cass, which are as follows :
Resolved,—That the committee on naval affairs be
instructed to inquire into the condition of the navy of
the United States, and into the quantity and condition
of the navy supplies now on hand ; and whether an in-
crease of them is not necessary to th efficient operations
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
reviewel 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 his own private opinion war was almost inevit-
able.
Mr. CRITTENDEN desired a more explicit understand-
ing of this branch of the Senator's remarks, delivered in
the Senate.

General Cess replied, that if we gave the twelve
period,
d,Gnroataiteeß,riatnaida
pthearstisift,edaitnthheer ecxlapiimratton oitheofwhthoalet
of the territory, war was inevitable.
Mr. CRIrrENDEN e
of war, and said, that
orented upon the contingencies
nation of to• day to
thee had much preferred the exple,
war
rmaiks of yesterday. It built
up
the contingency of
provocations, the it almostuponso many conditions and
dissipated it entirely. Mr.
Crittenden had but one object in his remarks, and that
was to soften the alarm which the Senator's
shou remarks of
y
oe for the
yesterday might have excited.
resolutions, however, as he feared not that their
tion would hasten the contingency of the war. a gr..
Crittenden, as affording time for reflection, suggested
two years' notice instead of one.
Mr. WEBSTER here rose and said—Although these
resolutions did not cha"ge the committees referred to
with any extraordinary inquiries, yet he regretted their
introduction now, and the remarks ot. 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
would 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-
ciated as the United States and Great Britain should ge
to war on so small as object, without having first ex-
hausted all means of an amicable adjustment, they would
deserve the execrations of all posterity, &c.
Mr. ALLEN, with almost unwonted energy, opposed the
recommendations from the other side, to go on quietly,
silently, &c., in the iuquiries proposed through the re-
solutions of the senator from Michigan. He deft nded
the resolutions and the speech of the mover upon them in
all its parts, notwithstanding the objections and com-
plaints uttered against it to-day.
Mr. J. M. CLAYTON took up the subject of the Atlantic
coast defences. The neglect of Congress, for 15 or 20
years past, to put cur seaboard fortifications in any state
of efficiency was notorious. He concluded by saying,
that independently of any opinion on the subject, and
whether there would be peace or war, he should vote for
the resolutions.:
Mr. BREESE advocated the resolutions, and insisted
that Oregon, so far from being the barren desert it had
been represented, was a delightful and prolific region.
Mr. WOODBRIDGE, in view of the propriety in any
event of fitting up our defences, especially along our
northern frontiers, said he would vote for the resolutions.
The result was,—Ayes 42, noes none.
Mr. ALLEN this morning introduced, on leave, the fol-
lowing joint resolution, viz. :
" Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives
of the United. States of America, in Congress as
sembled,—That the President of the United States
be, and he is hereby advised to give, forthwith,
notice to the Government of Great Britain that
the Government of the United States will, in
virtue of the second article of the convention of the 6th
of August, .A.D. 1827, between the United States and
Great Britain relative to the joint occupancy of the
Oregon territory, and .after the expiration of twelve
months from the day on which such notice shall have
been received by the Government of Great Britain,
annul and abrogate that convention."
This was read the first time, and a second reading
was urged by Mr. Allen, but objected to.

SENATE, WASHINGTON, DEC. 22, 1845.

Mr. CALHOUN appeared, for the first time, in the Se-
nate, this morning,• and took his seat. He received the
hearty congratulations of both parties.
The Senate to-day has been occupied with the Texas
resolutions. It was supposed at first that a long debate
would take place on the subject, but such was not the
case.

Mr. WILES of Conn. made a short speech, in which
he attempted to excuse himself for voting in opposition
to the strongly expressed will of his constituents. He
was followed by his colleague, Mr. Huntington, who
briefly.stated his objections to the Bill.
Mr. DERRIN, of Ga., spoke in favour of the reso-
lutions.

Mr. EvArts, of Me., briefly in reply.
Mr. BAGBY of Ala, endeavoured to show that-he was
consistent in voting againsthis conscience.

Mr. WEBSTER spoke against the measure briefly, and
his remarks on the occasion were generally regarded as
a fair exposition of Whig sentiment at the north on the
subject of the enlargement of the slave territory of this
country.
Between two and three o'clock P.N. the vote was taken,
and resulted as follows:

Xeas—Messrs. Allen, Archer, Ashley, Atchison,
Atherton, Berrien, Benton, Barrow, Bagby, Breese, Cal-
houn, Cass, Chalmers, Colquitt, Dickinson, Dix, Fair-
field, Hannegan, Haywood, Jenness, Johnson of La,
Levy, Lewis, Mangum, Niles, Pennybacker, Sevier,
Speight; Sturgeon, Turney, Westcott —3l.
Nays—Messrs. T. Clayton, Corwin, Davis, Dayton,
Evans, Greene, Huntington, Miller, Phelps, Simmons,
Upham, Webster, Woodbridget-13.
[Those in Italics are Whigs, as are also all those
voting Nay.]
Mr. Ashley, of Ark., reported a Bill for the exten-
sion of the United States laws over Texas, when the
Senate went into Executive session. _ _ _

Mr, LEVY, of Florida, offered a resolution, which was
read, as follows:—
Resolved,—That it is the opinion of the Senate that
negotiations be opened with the Government of Spain
for the cession to the United States of the island of
Cuba, the inhabitants of the same assenting thereto.
DEC. 27.

Mr. LEVY, on leave, withdrew his resolution for in-
structing the President upon the subject of the island of
Cuba.

HOUSE OP 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 Tuesday 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 fir as the same
may be applicable, over all that portion of the territory
of the United States, which lies within the following limits,
to wit:—bounded on the south by the 42d parallel of
north latitude; on the east by the summit of the Rocky
Mountains ; en the north by the line of 54 deg. and 40
min. north latitude, and on the west by the Pacific Ocean
including the 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 b 3 con-
strued or executed in such a manner az to deprive the
subjects of Great Britain of ary 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 virtue of the notice provided fur 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 fur 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 Ofegon
territory, are still a fit subject for negociation and cora•
promise, and that satisfactory evidence has not yet been
afforded that no compromise. which the Uaited 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
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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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SHEERNESS, JAN. 14.—Commander William Hay-
burst 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, aint the
Viper schooner, Lieutenant Gray, are fitting for sea in the
basin. The Sampson's heavy guns are ready to be shipped.
'I be Viper is taking on board her stores, but it is expected that
neither will be ready to leaye the fitting basin for a long
time to come. _ _

Sir George Clerk had an interview with Sir Robert
Feel yesterday.