The Columbian fountain., 1846-01-27
THE ENGLISH NEW

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Graham, Secretary of State, Home Depart
ment.
Lyndhurst, Lord Chancellor.
Bncclengh, Lord President of Council.
Wellington, Commander in-chief
Aberdeen, Secretary Foreign Affairs.
Haddington, Lord Privy Seal.
Ripon, President Board of Control.
Goulbourn, Chancellor of EXchequer
Somerset, Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancas-
/ ter.
Lincoln, First Commissioner Of Land Re
venue.
| Herbert, Secretary auWar.
Dalhousie, President Board Of Trade
| Elienborough, First Lord Admiralty.
| ST. Germans, Postmaster General.
| Gladstone. Secretary for Colonies.
There has been slight improvement in cot
ton, id per lb.
| Railway shares are quiet.
Lord Metcalfe's health has improved, since
his return from Canada.
The London money market closed firmly on
the Sd instant. The quotations for consols were
94s to 94a, being heavy, Bank stock is 2O3
to 204 and Exchequer bills are 26s. to 2Ss pre-
MUM.
The French Chambers opened on the Doth
ult The message of the Monarch is silent in re-
lation to the United States.
The Canadian Provinces are about to extend a
rail road from Halifax to the mouth Of Columbia
River.
The following is the substance of draft, act
or charter of Incorporation for the respective Leg
isatures of Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, or
Canada:
| lst A free grant forever of all the INDICATED
Crown Lands in the several Provinces over which
| the Railway shall pass, together with permission
10 use such timber and other materials, along the
course of the Railway, as shall be required for
| the construction of the work
I'd. A pre-emptive right to the promoters and
shareholders to become the purchasers, at each
station on the line, Of blocks of land, of not less
in extent than 20 900 acres each, at a minimum
price per acre, the purchase money to be paid in
ten yearly instalments, of which the first shall
become payable al the end of six months from the
opening of such several portions of the railway as
shall be connected with the stations TO which the
blocks are attached.
Sd. A pledge from the Provincial Governments
that in the event of the returns on The capital in
vested in the construction of the works, and in
the operations of the Company, during the first
five years from the opening of the entire line,
not realizing to the shareholders G5 per cent on
their money, the said Providcial Governments
collectively shall, for five years, make up such
deficiency, so as that an annual dividend of f5
per cent, during the period specified, may be Sc
cured by all holding stock In the company.
The London Peace Society have petitioned
Sir Robert Peel not to fight for Oregon.
Col w. IL. Polk, who was in Paris on a visit
at last advices, has effected treaty of Commerce
between Naples and the United States, by which
the duty on American cotton is reduced at Naples
from 20 to 10 ducats and the wines OF Naples and
Sicily are to be received in the United States
upon paying the same duties as wines of other
nations. Col Polk can now send us that cask
of Lachryma Christa, which he promised US when
he left the IT, S.
The tone of the English press is decidedly
against war, and in favor of Free Trade. Every
extract seems to point to the settlement of the
Oregon question by aid of commercial treaty.
We are ready for either of the questions, Oregon
and war, or Oregon and peace, but above all we
must have Oregon
The Presidents message created no great sen.
sation in England or France, the stirring local
events at home were sufficient to occupy the
public mind, and make It forget the Hudsons'
Bay monopoly, and its beaver lodges in the wild
North West.
GREAT FIRE AT XERGENNEs.-BY Vrgel