Carroll free press. [volume] (Carrollton [Ohio]) 1834-1861, 1846-05-08
ARRIVAL OF THE CALEDONIA,


The s,ern ship Caledonia. Capt. Lott
arrived a, the wharf al Boston, on Monday
ae,, ult at l2 H., having made The pas
sage from Liverpool in l6 days. Sh'
brought % passengprs 70 Halifax 76 ''
pos,on, and thirteen rom Halifax TO BOs
Dn.
The mos, important items ofinformauon
she brings are that Sir Robert Peels new
Tariff Bill has passed It's second reading
in the House, aud that by another victory
over the Sikhs, in India, the British nave
subdued that people entire.
The depression on the Money Market
and among Commercial circles is even
more lamentabe than at previous adVlces.
Extensive and formidable iorIiRra'lons
are in progress at Havre and Cherbourg'
and other maritime places.
A free trade league has been formed IN
France.
The preparations for the vislT Of her Ma
testy Queen Victoria, to the King and
Queen of the French were proceeding
without inlermission at the TuIleries'
Neuilly, St. Cloud, and Versailles and par
tculary at the Trianon.
The greatest activity continues in all the
dock yards in England and the recruiting
for the Army is still going on with great
spirit 6O00 soldiers were ordered to In
dia, 5000 of whom were to proceed hy the
overland mail route. Il is now stated that
that order will be resciuded. There is
rumor current that an additional number
will proceed to Canada.
THE OREGON QUESTION.
Nothing new respecting the Oregon
Question had trnnspired since the smiling
Of the Unicorn. The editors of the Boston
journal have been favored with copy Of
thc London News Of the 4th inst, which
winds up long article IN the following
terms:-C Gin. Gdz.
We hear now of an offer to he made by
NlNuh i'ilt"Il w NV ~ -Als Ni"'lhNlll Illb-
posal Ul the d9lh degree to the sea, the line
To be continued through the midst Of Fu-
cas- straits. Ii Ihe United States refused
such an offer, which would leave them the
best ports on Fuca's straits, we can only
cay, that they are determined to provoke
war and deserve its worst consequences.
Nor do we think that they would or
could refuse if The national interest and
desire were consulted on the matter Of the
Columbia river. Some have proposed to
offer the free navigation Of the 81 Law
renee TO the Americans in return for that
Of the Columbia. If there he nseparllc
objections to this, the free navigation Of the
Columbia might be stipulated, as We before
mentioned for period OF yeurs-say to the
end Of the century.
Should the American government refuse
such an offer, we might preSnme that ii
would refuse any ohet, and was prepared
TO bully and to fight But no party in the
United States would be long tolerated in
the maintenance aud pursuit Of such II
feeling, the consequence Of which are sui
fcienuy formidable TO deter any, except
the perverse aud the mad
The sooner this Uiiimaium Is pronered
and the result known, the better The
present state OF Mexican affairs renders
our position, with respect to the govern.
ment OF Washington, more critical. Pare
des and Amontc are both pledged to re-
sIst the Anlgo.Amercan dictatnn. And
h is all as well, that, II there is to be strug-
gle against the resolve OF the United States
to bully both European and American
governments, that struggle should be II
simultaneous one.
The real state Of the case is, probably,
that the American government is merely
seeking to get the best terms, and acting
the braggadocio with our not very adroil
or spirited government in Crder to do So
Mr. Polk has private, 0s we'll NJ patriotic
motives TO win the most from us His re-.
election to scsond term OF Presidency,
indeed his whole character as politician,
which at present rests on nothing, will he
annlhilated or made by his success in the
present negotiation. No wonder that he
strains HE efforts and his impuderrc to
the very verge OF war; But We doubt his
readiness to osIcp beyond.
THE BRITISH TARIFF.
From an article of considerable length,
IN relation to the British Tariff, which APP
pears in the European Tines, we make
the following extracts:
Since We last addressed our READERS, the
grcat and comprehensive measure oi Sir
RobpTt Peel has passed through another
smge IN its progress towards its finale -
The second rcudmg, aitera weeks debate,
was carried by n majority ofB8, " hich is Il
dnnnuiou Of 9, A. compared with the first
great parliamentary division that followed
us introduction into the House OF Com
mons, Considering the lock. .lnw under
winch commerce of every description Is
now EMN-unL- The nrnnrnaa- ~ Lhn n1nn-