The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1846-07-21 00:00:00

LONDON CORN EXCHANGE,

The weather since our last report has been uns
and wet, but this proving a fine day with a risi
and having a_ very large supply of English wi

per quarter was yielde
not submit to a like de

We have a 1

have yielded fully Is: to 1.6 d. per quart

at this reduction, even for gjod Zorn, whit
stale foreign are unsaleable on any fair or pro
In other grain there was no perceptible chang

SMITHFIELD CATTLE MARKET

The attendance of.buyer

was firm, at an advanct
last of 2d per 81b., the
and at which a good clearance was effecter
Thn nnrniubra of

the Mutton trade was steady.
For Lambs the inquiry was v
a decline of 2d to 4d perBlb.
doing at barely late rates.
altered quotations.

-YESTERDAY

In Cah;es exc
The Pork trac

THE OREGON QUESTION

• The following are the articles of treaty between Her
Majesty and the United States of America, for the settle-
ment of the Oregon boundary, as signed at Washington,
June 15, 1846, by the Right Hon. Richard Pakenham,
Her Majesty's Plenipotentiary to the United States, and
James Buchanan, Secretary of State to the United
States :

"Art. 1. From the point on the 40th parallel of no
latitude, where the boundary laid down in existing t
ties and conventions between Great Britain a
United States terminates, the line of boundary
the territories of Her Britannic Majesty and tl
United States shall be continued westward aim
49th parallel of north latitude to mid
which separates the continent from N
and thence southerly, through the middle of ti
channel, and of Fuca's Straits, to the Pacific Ocea
Tided, however, that the navigation of the whole Of the
said channel and straits, south of the 49th parallel of
north latitude, remain free and open to both parties.
" Art. 2. From the point at which the 49th parallel of
north latitude shall be found to intersect the great north-
ern branch of the Columbia river, the navigation of the
said branch shall be free and open to the Hudson's-bay
Company, and to all British subjects trading with the
same, to the point where the said branch meets the /reap
stream of the Columbia, and thence down the said main
stream to the ocean, with free access into and through
the said river or rivers, it being understood that all the
usual portages along the line thus described shall in like
manner be tree and open.

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"In navigating the said river or rivers, Britts.
jects, with their goods and produce, *lull be treated o
the same footing as citizens of the United States ; it be
ing, however, always understood that nothing in this ar
tide shall be construed as preventing, or intended to pre
vent, the Government of the United States from makin,
any regulations respecting the.navigation of the said rive
or rivers, not inconsistent with the present treaty.
" Art. 3. In the future appropriation of the territo
south of the 49th parallel of north latitude, ,ided
the first article of this treaty, the possessory of t
Hudson Bay Company, and of all British subject wl
may be already in the occupation of land or other pro .rte
lawfully acquired wit'

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" Art. 4. The farms, lani
description, belonging to the Page
Company, on the north side of the Columbia riv,
be confirmed to the said company. In case, howeve_,
the situation of those farms and lands should be consi-
dered by, the United States to be of public and political
importance, and the United States' Government should
signify a desire to obtain possession of the whole or of
any part thereof, the property so required shall be trans-
ferred to the said Government at a proper valuation, to
be agreed upon between the parties.
"Art. 5. The present treaty shall be ratified by her
Britannic Majesty, and by the President of the United
States, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate
thereof; and the ratifications shall be exchanged at
London at the expiration of six months from the date
hereof, or sooner if possible.

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