Ypsilanti sentinel. [volume] (Ypsilanti, Washtenaw Co., Mich.) 1843-1900, 1845-04-23
Foreign News.
Arrival of the great Western!

II.
The Steamship Great Western arrived at New
York on Wednesday morning. April 18th, from
Liverpool, which latter port she left on the 29uh,
of Matchmaking her voyage eighteen days.
The news she brings is swenti one days later
than previously received.
The arrivals BY this mail are not of great and
absorbing interest; yet it is MOI such as 10 be
looked. leading feature Of il is. that cotton in
the very face of the removal Of the duty, has fall.
en-. his staple has had two tumbes since the pre-.
yious news one of l.6 and the other of of
penney per pound.
The news ofihe passage of the Texas resolu-
tons by the Congress, reached London on the
2Oih of March and were the occasion of much
buster, at Ieas, out Of Parliament. Ii seems to be
considered question out of which some party ca
pital can be made, and il is treated for this end.
We subjon specimens from the London press.
The Chronicle says:
1--WE confess we are mitch more mortified than
surprised to find this question terminated, like all
others in which the Tory administration had to
combat the arts or the ambition of foreign and Of
and of riva powers, that is by the total discontinue
of British interests aud views, whether dictated by
feelings of justice, Of security. or of humanity.
s'Fhr question Of the independence or absorption
of TEXAS ,cas handed orer 10 Tory government as
skill, aud of the hundred means at governments
disposal for the working on: Of its ends. In these
the Tory government has most mlserably failed.
"The American government have decided upon
the annex ation Of this immense country, contain
Ing 800 600 square miles. and about TO estab-
lished over that region their system OF slave.cut-
walton. lucas. indeed, a question Of life and death
to American SLAVERY, which. IF confined to its opn
exhausted SOILS must hare declined, and met nat
ural death at no incalculable internal of time, but
which now. having secured to it most ample room
aud root cannot be expected 10 pause ill it fills
the whole territory to the Pacific, and deluges the
New World, from which it had been partly STAYED
or driven. with its food of misery and crme."
The Standard On the other hand says;
The TEXANS, about GO.OO0 white inhabitants,
are desrous to Incorporate themselves tn the nor
lhern union. we do not see who has either The
right or The power to hinder them-stiIl less can
we guess motive for interfering in the matter, for
it is much better for all parties-ihe Unied States
excepled-ihat tie South western ierriioy should
be open TO all attacks and reprIsals provoked
BY The United Sstes, than that il should the
purpose of The republic, under the disguise of a
false Independence and neutrality"
Upon the Oregon subject the same paper has The
following:
1t is not impossible that .he States may have
enough to do m putting Texas ia order, 10 give
time to look about AT all events, we trust that
our ministers will not i've them any help. by a
rash departure from The 'somnolelt aud silet sys-
tenn which, announcement It may be for newspa-
pers aud opposition orators, is often of Wonderful
utility IN diplomacy well as in war.-Nat,onal
Pilot.