Litchfield enquirer., 1845-05-01
ARRIYAI. oF TTIE CALEDONIA.

! ARRIVAL. OF THE CALEDONIA. I
 The Caledonia, Captain Lott. arrived at BOstcn at n o'clock on Monday night.
 z She sailed ffcsn Liverpool on the afternoon of the 5th instant
 s There has been an important debate in the Brit ish Parliament on the Oregon, disclosing the view of England on that subject. twas deemed 50 i'm portant that the opinion of the British Ministry should be known in America, that the Caledonia l was detained day in order to bring out the de- bate on question which took place in Parliament on the 4th instant, and which we give in another column The N. Y. Herald says:
 This debate exhibits the ultimatum ct the Brit
 ish Government on this question, and we may now
 expect serious difficulty between England and America. We do not see what is to prevent it,. America has, assumed her position, and England
 has now taken hers. Neither, therefore. can re- cede an inch. t27aat q 9tag9tJ Apart from this the news is unimportant.
 It was reported in Dublin, last week, that MT. O'Connell, unable longer towthstand the pressure from the leaders of the Young Ireland party, will
 attempt, in the course of the ensuing summer, Ito
 reorganize monster meetings on the same scale as those which created so much apprehension in the year 1s43. '. s.4sx.as .g,.f re. .s,9sss@
 : IMPORTANT DEBATE ON OREGON. House cf Lords, April 4h--.a Midnight .--Lord Clarendon, in the House of Lords, introduced the subject of the Oregon territory, in order to elicit from the Government some information as to our
 
 and the course it was intending to pursue in case Congress, acting upon the expressed opinion ofthe
 President, should proceed to take possession of the country, or to annex it to the United States. His Lordship, after briefly noticing the conduct of America towards Texas, and the extraordinary terms in. which MT. Polk had declared the unequi- vocal right of tue Unite States to the whole terr
 tory, temperately reviewed the grounds on which the British claims are founded ,and concluded by pressing his anxious hope that while whatever could
 not be justly claimed should be readily conceded, the Government would not shrink from yindicafing, if necessary, the nations honor, rupholding her interestssi ssife .rttiFE9!A asisa Y The Earl of AgERDEEN--I think 1t is perfectly natural that in such conjuncture as the present, the noble lord may reasonably expect to receive l such information from her Majestys Government l as they in the discharge of their duty may feel 1t possible to give. I am far from objectng to the course of putting questions to the Government upon any matter ofpublic importances and certainly not on one of such paramonnt interest as this. My | lords, if followedIny own inclination on this mat ter should at once be disposed to lay the table ofthe house every part of the negotiation which has takenlplace upon this subject from theperi0d of the treaty of Washington 10 thepresent day. am sure that it did so should not only receive from the candor of my noble friend opposite an | opinion approving the course which has been pur- | sued but might fairly appeal to the public at large and even to the whole of Europe for ifs con6rma- tion. A time may come when such a course may | possibly be necessary. At tpresent it would clearly be unsuitable and mpolitic. Icould wish for an | opportunity to explain little more at length the state ofthis question, affects theinterest and the claims of this country f0 the disputed territory.- The noble lord has cuTSorily described the claims of this country and of the United States with suf fcient accuracy, as far as he has gone They, | however, would admit 0f much more detailed examination, and, although might now enierinto that examination without injury to the public ser vice, feel thatI could not do if without inconve- nicnce to your lordships, and this also think 1t better to defer to future occasion. shall there- fore, only address myself to the inquiry of my mo- ble friend. Il wish to state that the negotiation which has taken place. and which is still pending upon this subject, was commenced immediately at. ter the signing of the treaty. by my noble friend near me. Without, of course, explaining to your | lordships any of the steps that have been taken in the progress of that negotiation, | wish to draw [ your attention to the last act of the late President before his resignation from office. The Senate of the United States having addressed Mir. Tyler so long ago as theimonth ofDecember, requesting him | to communicate with them and inform them as to l the progress of this negotiation, MT. Tyler in his answer, which was not delivered until the 10th of | February states In my opinion, as this negotia. tion is still pending, the information sought for cannot be communicated without prejudice to the public service, but deem it proper to add, that considerable progress has been made in the Degoi aton, which has been carried on in. a very anica- ble spirit between the two governments, and that there is reason to hope that t may be brought 10 close within short period. l have d.layed an- syyering the resolution cf the Senate under the ex- pectation expressed in my annual message, that the negotiation would be terminated before the close the present session, and that the information called for by that resolutionmight be communcatedr x I am bound to say that think the late PrssidentI took somewhat too favorable view of the state of the negotiation when he made that answer to the Senate. Atthe same time, as an indication of a friendly feeling, and of desire to bring it 10 an amicable termination, such declaration of opin. ion must be highly satisfactory My lords, in a fortnight after the delivery of this answer to the address of the Senate, the new President made the inaugural speech referred to by my noble friend. wish to observe that this speech is not an address made 10 Ccngress--it is speech made to the pub lie. The Congress not being sitting. no saeech q, ..s 1...t ss.sid ss made py sne fresIuent 0f the United States without drawing towards # the most serious attention Nevertheless, it does not possess the importance of an official document, nor san it be regarded forming part of legislative proceed ings. do not undervalue its importance; but ! must observe, that it has not quite the character of an address made to the Congress ss the formulation of any legislative measure. have already men- tioned that that eclarat;es cf te .z.s President