The Sun.
London, England, 1844-01-16 00:00:00

AMERICAN NEWS

ARRIVAL OF THE HIBERNIA.
LIVERPOOL, SUNDAY MORNING.
The Hibernia, Captain Judkins, which has
performed some extraordinarily quick passages
across the Atlantic, arrived here yesterday at one
o'c lock., having, with fitly-six passengers, left
Bo; ;tom on the afternoon of the Ist, and Halifax
at n non on the 3d instant, thus making the run
from :the latter place in ten, and from the former
in tw e lye days, including the stoppage to take in
the 133 ails, which, considering the season of the
year, i s one of the most successful trips on re-
cord. Her dates are nine days later than those
broug i'at by the Liverpool.
Cot ti tress dragged its slow length along. No-
thing ,of interest has occurred in either House,
if we •except a furious onslaught which the
south( !rn members, headed by Mr. Wise,
had u lade upon Mr. John Quincey Adams,
for contending that Congress was bound
to ret :o2ive the petitions of the people against
slaver 27, in accordance with the spirit of the
Amer i can declaration of independence. Pre-
vious e xhibitions of the same kind were marked
by gr a at bitterness of feeling against the aboli-
tionis.t: t; but the outbreak alluded to seems to
have e xcelled all that have gone before it in that
respect. Mr. Wise, in particular, distinguished
himsel Iby his ridiculous violence.
The annexation of Texas is discussed in the pa-
pers, b ut the project, which is lay no means po-
pular in the north, seems to excite but little
entht isiasm, or even warmth of feeling in the
south„ although more particularly interested in
the m,easure. But, however this favourite pro-
jectof the retiring President may have fallerestill-
born In pon the people, it is clear that the feelirr,ss
of the same authority with regard to the
Oregot I territory, have excited more atten-
tion, Itnd are more zealously responded to.
To take immediate possession of the dis-
puted territory, is the favourite topic of the
day. -The British Government ought to lose no
time in. settling this bone of contention, because
it is cAlear that, whatever the American Execu-
tive rmay wish to do—however honourably it may
be inclined to act, the impetuosity of theweople
will be in advance of diplomacy ; and by taking
perentp tory possession, embroil the two Govern-
ments. The present excitement appears to have
been produced by what are termed the " British
agent s" taking forcible possession of the land,
and selling portions of it to American settlers.
Repudiation becomes popular. One of the
New -York papers says, "It is greatly to be re-
gretted that the doctrine of repudiation, in
several parts of the Western States, is openly
sustai tied and defended." As the tide of
emigration is continually flowing towards the
west, and as population, which is the basis of the
constilution of the Union, is more rapidly in-
creasin g there than in the north or south, it is
poor consolation to reflect that the most dis-
honest portion of the communiiy will soon be
paramount in Congress.
Staten Island had been the scene of a horrid
murder. A woman named Houseman and her
infant, in the absence of her husband, who is a
seafaring man, had been murdered, and then
covered with a rag, which had been set fire to,
in order to consume the bodies. The atrocity
took place on Christmas eve or morning. A re-
ward: of a thousand dollars had been offered for
the discovery of the murderers.
There appears to be nothing new or exciting
from Canada. The Welland Canal had been the
scene of another riot, produced by a police-
officer going to make an arrest. The officer was
met with an armed resistance, the troops were
called out, and the ringleaders were arrested.
Many of the labourers, it is added, had refused
the present prices, and destitution had made
them desperate.
The Stock and Money-markets of New York,
which at the date of the previous advices were
very buoyant, had sustained a cheek. The
prices of many descriptions of stock had fallen
considerably, and something like a panic had fol-
lowed, from which the Stock-market had not
recovered when the packet sailed.
The Cotton-market was active, although the
most conflicting opinions still prevail respecting
,he yield of the new crop.

CANADA.
DISSOLUTION OF THE UNITED
LEGISLATURE.

Our advices from Canada yesterday furnish
the speech of Sir Charles Metcalfe on the disso-
lution of the Parliament. The following are
the main points of this document. A Council
had not been formed when the advices left :

" Honourable Gentlemen of the Legislative
Council, and Gentlemen of the; Legislative
Assembly : _

"In consequence of the interruption which
our joint labours: have undergone, entirely
against my inclination, and from causes over
which I have had no control, I now meet you
for the purpose of relieving you from further
attendance in Parliament. I am sensible
of your unremitting application to your
arduous duties during the session which
has been so unexpectedly shortened ; and
I trust that the measures which you have passed,
and to which I have given the Royal assent in
her Majesty's name, will prove beneficial to the
country. Some Bills I have been under the ne-
cessity of reserving fbr the consideration of her
Majesty's Government, either from the imprac-
ticability of their being carried into execution,
owing to their depending on other measures
which have not passed into law, or from their
affecting the prerogative of the Crown, or being
of a character that, under the Royal instructions,
render that proceeding imperative."
His Excellency next thanks the Assembly for
the supplies granted ; and then, addressing both
branches of the Legislature, expresses a hope
that brotherly love will be secured, and that
" peace and happiness will render our country a
desirable place of refuge for the surplus popula-
tion of the parent country, whose settling here is
frought with benefit to themselves and the
colony."