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disposition, and their vast anxiety to get Oregon into their
possession, we judged that they would not risk a war for
barren rocks, and swamps, and snowy mountains, and
that they would not be at the expense of esta-
blishing military stations across the mountains, and
maintaining a military force in such an inhospi-
table climate, merely for the right of collecting furs,
and using the mouth of the Columbia as a harbour for
their exportation. That our readers may judge of their in-
tentions, we give the following significant extract on the
subject from the official journal of Washington :—"We cannot
doubt that the Administration is fully prepared to perform with
firmness its constitutional duty, of recommending to Congress
all such measures as may be deemed essential to the full and
efficient protection of all our rights over every rod of that
great domain on the shores of the Pacific, which is, by an
accumulated mass of title, the rightful property of the United
States. Of these measures--and, indeed, of this whole topic
of the Americun territory of Oregon—we shall have fre-
quent occasion to speak. And it may be well enough to
consider for a moment, in the outset, the nature and the
value of this our great territorial possession. This ter-
riory lying between the Rocky Mountains and the PA-
citie Ocean—drained mainly by the Columbia river
bounded on the north, the east, and the south by the moun-
tain chains, and on the west by the ocean—extends from
latitude 42 deg. to latitude 54 deg. 40 min. north. It con-

'following day, and the prices of both stock and shares fell
considerably. The cause of the fall had been attributed
mainly to the failure of a broker of the first respectability, to
the amount, it was said, of 1,800,0001:, and to the doubtful
position of another. The leading articles in the papers re-
late chiefly to the corn-question, but we find little new in
them. The Presse, which first called upon the French
Government to shut the ports against England,
renews its arguments, on the ground that though
there may be enough of grain in France for the wants
of the inhabitants, and prices are moderate, no one
can tell what may take place should the English ports be
opened, and a demand made on corn-producing countries for
large supplies. "We confess," says that paper, " that we
are far from finding in the circular of the Minister of
Commerce the assured protection which he would seem to
wish to imply against the inconveniences of foreign exporta •
tion. All the figures and arguments of the circular come to
this—the harvest is eufficient. We have never said the con-
trary; but we have added--it is sufficient if we keep it for
ourselves; it will no longer be so if we allow a large part
of it to be exported to foreign countries. But it is in
in vain that we read and re-read the circular, it contains no
reply to this argument. But foreign countries will not ask us
for anything, insinuates the circular, for they will find else-
where in abundance what they want. England will require
nothing; her own warehouses and those of the North Sea are
full of grain, and corn is at a low price in all the producing
countries. Let us not deceive ourselves. The reserve thus
kept in store is but a limited resource, and which cannot even
suffice for the wants of England. The moderate price at
which corn is sold in England is caused by this fact—that
the speculators who fill her bonded warehouses expect at the
same time an augmentation in the price and a diminution in
the tariffs. The low prices of the distant markets, which are
quoted, have nothing to do with abundance. Corn is only
13f. the hectolitre at Odessa, we are told. Yes, but to the
argument which it is desired to draw from this fact, there
are unfortunately three replies. First, that to this price of
13f. must be added the cost of carriage, which was officially
estimated in 1832 at sf. or 6f. to Marseilles alone. Secondly,
to what amount will this price of 131. be raised, when all the
nations which want corn this year shall present themselves
as competitors on the market of Odessa, and shall have
opened their ports and emptied their warehouses? And,
lastly, is it really known how much corn Odessa can furnish
Europe with? Is that fabulous abundance attributed to it
well ascertained? Open the ports of France and England,
and the corn of Odessa will soon go up, and her warehouses
will soon be empty? It is this which renders so ridiculous
in our eyes the question addressed to us by a journal, which
asks how England could think of purchasing our corn at
201., when she could procure it at Odessa for 13f."
The intelligence in these papers is not of much interest.
A Toulon journal of the 16th states that the Ducouedic,
which has arrived there from Monte Video, brings positive
intelligence that ORME has been compelled to abandon the
siege of that place. Rosas had declared war against France
and England ; and it was reported that he had already taken
possession of several trading vessels of the two countries.
Since the arrival of the Ducouedic a report has been cur-
rent in that port that Admiral LAINE, who is in command of
the French squadron in the Plata, has sent to require from
the Government a reinforcement of ships, with several thou-
sand troops.
Th• Illoniteur promulgates a royal ordonnance, dated the
19th inst., convoking the Chambers for the 27th December.
The Moniteur also publishes a royal ordonnance, dated the
18th, appointing a commission, composed of twenty-nine of
the most eminent physicians and surgeoas, with Dr. ORFILA
for President, and Doctors LABARRAQUE and Carrots as se-
cretaries, to inquire and make a report upon all the necessary
and important reforms and improvements that may be made
in the science and practice of every branch of the medical
profession.

tabs more than 400,000 square miles—that is, it is more
than twice as large as France, and about half as large as
all the States now subject to the Federal constitution.
The American people claim, against all other nations,
this whale domain as a part of their own soil. The cli•
mate, throughout nearly its whole extent, is mild and tem-
perate. Accounts vary somewhat as to its fertility and its
natural advantages ; but no man doubts that it is capable of
sustaining an immense population; nor that, when so peopled,
it will control the commerce of the Pacific, and the Ori-
ental trade of the world." Let those whe argue on the folly
of going to war about a bare rock study the Oregon question
in this light—in the very light in which it was viewed by
JACKSON and TYLER, and is now viewed by the President of
the United States, and say whether these are ob-
jects; worth contending for. Whether the ob-
ject was great or small, whether the Oregon
was worth something or nothing, the English Go-
vernment from the beginning had but one duty to perform
—to maintain the rights of Great Britain at all hazards.
Pusillanimous concessions only lead to fresh demands, with
increased insolence ; the consciousness of independence gives
vigour to man in his individual capacity as well as to large
numbers formed into communities; and all history concurs
in establishing the fact that no nation ever yielded to
unjust demands, or meanly sacrificed its rights for the sake of
temporary quiet, without one day suffering the full penalty.
We trust, however, that the more rational and honest portion
of the American Union will view the question in a light dif-
ferent from that which influences Mr. PoLx, and that they
will use every means in their power to settle the differences
in a way honourable to both countries.

The labours of the Anti-Com-law League to amend the
county representation will go far to console us for the pass-
ing away of another Parliament without the enactment of
Vote by Ballot; for, without such enactment, we may be
now sure that this Parliament will pass away. Mr. Con-
DEN'S forty-shilling freeholders will wrest those counties to
which his registration labours extend from the landlord-
ridden serfs whom Ballot is desired to protect. Their next
representatives will be returned by majorities consisting of
freemen, and will no longer speak the voice of the landlords.
There will still be nomination boroughs and corrupt
boroughs : here the League can do nothing, and they have
wisely given up the boroughs for the counties. It is not pro-
bable that before a dissolution they can comprehend all the
counties of England even within their grasp ; but the way
to succeed is to confine efforts to what may be done,
and to do that; and this is the way, we rejoice to see, that
the League are pursuing.
Something has been already done. Mr. COBDEN, who is
no braggart, has lately repeated many times that four
counties are safe to return free- traders. All the family in-
tiuence and high character of Lord FRANCIS EGERTON will
not again avail him in South Lancashire, and his col-
' league, Mr. ENTWISLE, will have to whistle for his seat.
Mr. BROWN, the eminent Liverpool merchant, and Mr.
CHARLES Vimanns, are booked as the Members for South
Lancashire in the next Parliament; and a truly deserved
reward will thus be conferred on Mr. VILLIERS for his noble
services to the cause of free-trade in Parliament. Mr.
STUART WORTLEY and Mr. BECKET DENISON are no longer
to misrepresent the West Riding, which will thus take
the first opportunity of recovering itself from the disgrace
of rejecting Lords Monrarx and MILTON. The two present
cheese-protecting Members for North Cheshire are doomed
also; and so is Colonel Woon in Middlesex, where it is ru-
moured that Lord ROBERT GROSVENOR will be the candidate
on free-trade principles, whenever a vacancy may arise.
These are the counties which the League have made safe.
They have made progress, also, in other counties; and in
the next year's registration they propose to make safe the
following twenty-four counties :
County. Present Members.
North Lancashire
Clifton
South Cheshire
North I.ttiJi.T.slifintillind,;.m,chLlll"l v
North Durham
East Cumberland
South Northumberland Mr. Bell and Mr. S. Ogle
North Warwickshire
East Worcestershire Mr. Barneby and Mr. Taylor
East Gloucestershire
teris
West Gloucestershire
East Somersetshire Col. Gore Langton and Mr. Miles
West Somersetshire Mr. Acland and Mr. Dickenson
North Wiltshire Mr. W. Long and Mr. Sotheron
South Nottinghamshire Lord Lincoln and Col. Rolleston
South Leicestershire
Rutland...
East Surrey Mr. Kemble and Mr. Antrobus
South Essex
West Kent
South Hants ...
East Sussex Wellesley
Mr. Darby and Mr. Fuller
East Cornwall Mr. Rashley and Mr. Pole Carew
West Cornwall
Lemon.
It is well to let those who are doomed know their own
names. There may be as many as six cut of the four dozen
Members we have named who have voted for Mr. Vna.rens's
motion. One of these is the venerable Colonel LANGTON.
The League propose to provide him with a more suitable
colleague than Mr. MILES. Oh ! what a blow will it be to
the 17, Bond-street Society, to see their spokesman in the
House of Commons--the leader of the agricultural protection
army, that, according to Mr. Escorr, fights with the bellies
of the people, driven from his county. Hall that the League
proposes cannot be done this year, we pray them to let there
be no doubt about Mr. MILES and East Somersetshire.
Bristol should set all doubt at rest on this subject, and, we
presume, will. We pray, too, that there may be no doubt
about Mr. GRANTLEY BERKELEY. Let the game-laws be
scourged in this their most unblushing champion.
We could have wished to see Buckinghamshire, Dorset-
shire, and West Sussex in the next year's League programme.
It would be wounding the enemy in his tenderest part, to
beat him in the Duke of RICHMOND'S, the Duke of BUCK-
izircarAm's, and Lord ASHLEY'S counties; and Buckingham.
shire is within an hour's reach for the London free-traders,
whe are willing to give fifty or sixty pounds for a freehold
that will enable them to vote at the next general election
against the Duke of BucKmarram's nominees. Bucking-
hamshire, by all means, should be added to the list.
East Surrey, South Essex, West Kent, South Hants, and
East Sussex, is, in the meantime, the work provided by the
League for Londoners between this and the 31st of January
next. The possession of a forty-shilling freehold on that day
in any of these counties will entitle a person to be placed
on the register in next year's registration. Let all who have
fifty or sixty pounds to invest, and who wish to aid ;n giving w,
monopoly its death-blow, go to the League-office, and make cut themselves rorty•shilling :freeholders for the next registra-
tion. The money will not be sunk ; and to the pecuniary
return will be added the power of voting against the
enemies of free trade and good government.

M. BannoT, father of M. 0. BAP.ROT, and member of the
convention of the Legislative Assemblies up to 1815, died on
Wednesday at Paris, in the 93d year of his age.
The following extract of a letter from Algiers appears in
the Quotidienne, a Legitimatist paper. If the atroeions pro-
ceeding is not founded on fact, it becomes the duty of the
French Government to undeceive the public :
" We were hoping that those lamentable executions en masse,
which are so afflicting to every French heart, and the political con-
sequences of which it was easy to foresee, would have bees re.
nounced, when Colonel St. Arnaud, in August last, committed a
decd which left far behind that of Colonel Pelissier. A numerous
population of both sexes and all ages, with their
flocks and herds, their tents, their camels, and every
means of subsistence, had concealed themselves in the
grottoes of the Ibeat of the Dahra, on the right bank of the
Chelif. The Colonel walled up the seven or eight entrances
with rocks, blown off by petards, and thus caused to perish, ac-
cording to the unanimous accounts of the Arabs, 3,000 miserable
victims. All the French who formed the camp which the Colonel,
after this frightful execution, left at Ain-Kieran, that is to say,
the men of two battalions of infantry and two squadrons of cavalry,
affirm that not a man escaped from this vast tomb, which they
were appointed to watch. Abd-el.Kader, with his usual ability,
availed himself of these two horrible events to raise the exaltation
of the Arabs to its highest pitch; and induced several of the friendly
tribes to revolt and take up arms against us, and rendered all the
rest disaffected. We have been for two months the victims of
this state of things. Every individual Arab has consequently be-
come an open or covert enemy to us, and even in Oran our safety
is insecure.''

On the Bourse the Three per Cents. closed for cash at 82f. 30s. ;
and the Five,per Cents., 117 f. 50c. The market closed as fol-
lows :—Three per Cents for cash, 82f. I 5c., for account 82f.
38c. ; Five per_ Cents. for cash 117 f. 35c., for account 1 I:if.
, ........-_,- ~... ~..., till 4 ii
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&cu. _..N eaittan, Toot.
50e. Spanish Threes, 39; Ditto Fives, 3714; po
New Loan,
not quoted. Paris and Orleans left off at 1,130 f.; Paris and
Rouen, 950 f. ; Rouen and Havre, 750 f. ; Avignon, 890 f.. ;
Vierzon, 645 f. ; Strasbourg and Bale, 242 f. 50c.; Boulogne,
510 f. ; Northern, 680 f.; Bordeaux, 602 f. 50c. ; Montereart,
4501. The Promise Market was completely at a stand-still !
BUSINESS DONE IN FOREIGN RAILWAYS AT THE
. LONDON STOCK EXCHANGE, Nov. 21.
Anglo-Belgian — Mauritius
Boulogne and Amiens.. 9 Namur and Liege 23/4
Bordeaux &Mediterran North Jamaica ...
Bordeaux and Toulouse !Orleans and Vierzon
Do. & Cette (Espeleta) Orleans and Bordeaux 93%
Do. (Mackenzie's) .. Over Yssel 24,dis.
Central of Spain .. 1 (Paris &Lyons (Laffitte) .24
Ceylon .
Demerara
Dendre, Valley ......
Datch Rhenish ... ...... 714 (Paris and Orleans —
Dieppe & Paris Janet. Paris and Rouen . BB
Dijon and Mulhouse ... Paris and Strasburg
East Indian
Fampoux & Hazebrouk Do. (Aymard'a) —
Grt Northern of France ,De. (Cempte de L'Est) 2
Constituted
Do. Pepin la Halleur — Rosen! and Havre.....,
Great Paris and Lyons — Royal North of Spain.
Great Western Bengal Sambre and Meuse ....
Great Western Canada Strasburg and Basle ...
Jamaica S. Mid. Junction Tournay,Jurbiss, Lan-
Do. North Midland — dent, and Hasselt...
Do. Extension
Jersey — (Maekenzie'e)
Louvain and Jemeppe.. De. ( Lefebvre's)
Lyons and Avignon.... Do. (O'Neill's).
Litxembourg
Madrid and Valentia — Wet Flanders

Tire VISCOUNTESS VILLIERS.—The accounts received this
morning from Upton House, Banbury, respecting the state
of her Ladyship's health, are favourable, that she is rather
better. Lady Peel (her Ladyship's mother) is expected to
arrive in town this afternoon from Drayton Manor, Stafford-
shire.

IMPORTANT TO RAILWAY
SOLICITORS.
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The Board of Trade, by the direction of the law officers of
the Crown, will receive plans and maps, which, by the stafl-
ing orders of Parliament must be deposited at that Board, up
to twelre at night on Sunday, die 30th inst. Doubts having
been entertained on this head, we deem it right to announce
the fact.

RAILWAY RETURNS.
RAILWAY THAFFIC.—The following are the Total Receipts of Ran.
ways for the past week—that is to say, np to the date to which the
respective returns are made, together with the receipts of the Same
week in the previous year:—

Ing I NAME OF RAILWAY.

Last
week,

•Es
g,4
a•v:
ffi''Z
g w-
U.E,

We are glad to find that the Association for the promotion
of improved paving, cleansing, and drainage is again in the
field. Every one who remembers the delightfully clean
condition in which the Strand was kept by the continued
labour of the men employed by the Association, during the
last winter—every one who desires to see employment
provided for the destitute poor—in short, every person who
abhors dirt and loves his fellow-creatures, must wish success
to the labours of this Association. They are now about to
carry their labours into th• City. In answer to an appli•
cation made to the City Commissioners of Sewers,
on Tuesday last, permission was given to the As-
sociation '• to demonstrate, at their own expense, for a
period of two months, to what state of perfection the streets
may be kept clean by the employment of a given number
of men throughout the day at the undermentioned places :
The area surrounding the Royal Exchange to the extent
of from 50 to GO feet, Threadneedle-street, and Throgn3orton-
street, Finch-lane, Tokenhouse-yard, King-street, Guild-
hall, Gresham-street, and 200 yards along Moorgate-street."
This will secure to the merchants and traders of
London, during two of the dirtiest months in the year, the
means of elean access to the Bank and the Royal Exchange,
the two great centres of the monetary and the commercial
wealth of the world, while the City functionaries will be
enabled to proceed dryshod to the performance of their
duties, whether those duties call them to the
Mansion-house or the Guildhall. Mr. PEACOCK,
the Chairman of the Commissioners, in granting the
leave sought expressed a certainty that the Association, In its
endeavours to cleanse our leading thoroughfares, and to pro-
vide work for the unemployed poor, would receive the sup-
port of the Press, and ➢lr. PEACOCK was right. To the
honour of the Press be it spoken, it is never backward
in
pronouncing in favour of any measure like the one now under
consideration, which is really and demonstrably for the con-
venience and benefit of the community.

We have received Madrid papers of the 14th inst., but
they contain little news, The 11:eralcia confirms the report
that a conspiracy had been discovered at Barcelona, but
gives no additional particulars. Madrid was tranquil. On
the 14th the Three per Cents. closed at 36i for cash, and
37h at 60 days; and the Five per Cents, at 241 at 60 days.

Accounts front Parts auncrtlnap thattt4e panic pn
g
j3ourile/ which ccnarnenCd ou Wednesday, increased on the
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THE SUN, LONDON, SATURDAY EVEN.'