Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1846-01-29

| Ailer much considerations we have resolved IN
spare to our readers and ourselves the lonr and
dreary correspondence upon the Oregon question,
published in the American papers to the extent moi
of columns only, but Of trhoie pnges Mr. POLK
has made our excuse at the same time that he made
his own. lie refuses an arbitration because lie
knows that substantial Justice must condemn his
ground less and most imprudent claim He rejects
the authority of the recognized law of nations. be-
cause he feels that according to that law, he has
not the shadow of case. What use or recreation
them to wade through the wilderness of pettifor-
glng pleadings by ono who rejects Justice and law
! together peadings upon which the whole civilized
world has already pronounced its judgment:
! Commercial Treaty Jei,Ceen NaDles and the Uni.
fed States. We read in the " Constitulionne":
treaty of commerce, it is said, was signed on
December sd, at Naples, with he United Statcs.-
nc American cotton, is said is not to pay more
than ten ducats entrance duty. in place of twenty
SO that is placed the same footing as that Of the
East Indies or Egypt. The wines of Naples and
sicily are to be admitted into the Union on plylng
the same duties as the wines Of other nations"
"A Quarter Of a Million for The Leorue. the
23d nit. the anti Corn Law League held meeting
at Manchester, when it was resolved TO raise ico
hun5'cd aad BW thousand pounds sterling, in fur
theaucc OF the object Of Free Trade in Corn.
.49drcSseS 10 the QUeen--On the Sd instant the
Lord Mayor of London, with the Court of Alder
men, proceeded 10 Windsor and presented an adj
dress to her Majesty, praying that the ports NAV be
opened for the free importation of food" The
Dublin Corporation presented an address on the
same day, on the failure OF the potato crop md the
scarcity of food in Ireland.
One Hundred Lircs Lost THE foreign papers
are filed with accounts of the most arl-rendng
casualties at sea, occasioncd by the late terrific
gales on the English and French coasts. 1t is sta
ted that nearly one hundred vessels were lost du-
| ring The month Of Defenders and ut "A moderate
calculation, no less than one hundrel human be.
ngs have persisted Amongst the most distressing
sml wrecks, is that of st. David steamer with pas
sengers and goods, and trading between Havrc
Plymouth and Liverpool. A large part of her car
90, and several bodies, were found on the French
coast and 1t Is supposed, every soul on board per-
ished, during violent gale. The Tom Bowling
steamer Is supposed to have foundered off the
Dutch coast, on the 18th ult.; when 40 persons it
is said persisted. Several vessels. with valuable
cargocs, have been lost on the English coast; and
many lives have, also, been lost.
Htl0nd'--Thc accounts from Ireland continue to
represent the potato disease still DESTROYING the
reserved crop.
AT the weekly meeting Of the Repeal Associa-
n9n' held at Cancellation Hall on the 29th ult, Mr.
! Thomas Steele took the Chair A great portion of
the day was occupied by Mr. OConnell in attemp-
ting to prove that the recent charges brought a.
galhst MN ms landlord, by the Tunes Commits
sioner, were false. The rent Tor the week was
23U At the meeting on the 22d ult, Mr. O'Con-
mel spoke Of the ministerial crisis and said it was
strange puzzle.
Sir Robert Peel was Minister ten DAYS aro-
Lord John Russell had become Minister in the in.
teIyal, and he believed he was correct in saving
that there was no Minister at that moment He
therefore loudly and distinctly applauded the recent
conduct of Lord John Russell, but he would not
The less vote with Sir Robert Peel, if Sir Robert
Peel declared in favor of the abolition of the corn
Hbpt, .,,,1l hos, 81 n
Peel. Last week he was a Lacquer, this week he
may be proteconis next week he may be some
thing modified; and he was so much attached to
the sliding scale, that the might get on a sliding
scale himself, and slip through their fingers
Opening Of the French Chambers The King's
Speech The 9th ut being the dav fixed for the
opening Of the French Chambers detachments of
National Guards and troops of the line were sta
toned at an early hour along the Quay of the |
IulereS, the Bridge of Concord, and the streets
through which the coiege was to proceed to the |
Chamber of Deputies. At one o'clock the King !
lett the Tueres and proceeded to the Chambers |
Upon entering the hall Of the stings His Majesty
was received by loud vaccinations. He seated |
himself upon the Throne, and after saluting the as
semby, he pronounced whilst seated, and wearing |
his hat, the Royal Speech. He congratulated the
Chambers on the general state of the country
alluded to the prosecution OF great works which |
mad been Voted-the pacific and amicabe assuran. |
ces received from all Foreign Powers-the friend
ship existing between the King of the French and
the Queen of England-the mutual confidence ex-
listing between the two governments-the slave
trade convention, and to the afflirs Of Algeria
Respecting the movements on the banks of the Pla-
ia, the King says:
have reason to expect that the combined &c
ton OF France and England will produce on the
banks OF the Plata the re-estabshment of com.
merclal relations regular and pacific, the sole OBJ
ject Of our efforts"
The Paris journals critcise the Message of Pres
dent Polk with some severity. The general feel
ing in Paris was that France was more strongly
insuIted by the document than England.
The Uar IN algeria. F1ghtfd Raz.ias.-The
National gives trightlul picture of Marshal Blu
geaud's dongs in Africa. According to the ac-
counts published by this paper, so prisoners were
one day shot in cold blood -l3 villages burned
the Dahra massacre acted over again for it appears
that portion of tribe having hid themselves in
cave, the same means were rosortcd to exactly
as were employed by Colonel Pelissier, and all
| smoked and baked to death. The marshal himself
is the author OF all these horrors his last triumph
was monster razziahe has ordered the most strict
secrcsy as to his barbarous proceedings; and the
writer Of the accounts Of which we have Just given
u summary, calls him second Attila, for he puts
/ all to the sword and fire, sparng only women and
infants.
MUEoCco. Loss OF a French Uar Steamer. amt
great sacrifice Of Human Llfe.-The French pa
pers give the particulars of the total loss OF Tho
war steamer Papn, on the coast of Mogador. She
was ordered to the African coast to Join the French
and British squadron stationed there for the pur-
pose Of putting stop to the slave trade She was
ordered to touch at Mogador, to land the French
Consul, but in terrific gale on the 9th ut she
was lost, and only seventy six passengers wee
saved out of one hundred ana fifty The Captain
ana French Consul were among the drowned. go
Tho steamer was of $50 tons burden. and 40 horse
! power The Moors waded into the surf swan to
the wreck, and brought on their backs one by one,
fory-iour soamen and marines. Had it not been
for their undaunled bravery many more lives would
have been sacrificed.
italy Discovery Of a ConSpiacy-lt is stated
that revolutionary plot has been discovered in
the Grand Duchy OF Tuscany, whose object was
the seduction of whole battalion of Tuscan troops,