Liberty advocate. [volume] (Liberty, Miss.) 1835-1866, 1846-03-14
A Month Later from England.

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respecting the Oregon Question. A sum.
mary of the Lews is all that we are able
10 give this week.
Parliament was opened on the 22d Jan,
by the Queen, who delivered her speech
in person, in the House Of Lords. 1t is
not JeHgeraat, on the contrary, it bears a
peaceful aspect in touching upon the re-
ations Of that country with this.
The cotton market has sustained but
little or no change. On 10th Jan, cotton
had slightly advanccd--one-eighth d. per
Ib--saIes amounted to $4,000 bales. Sales
for the week ending Jan. 23d, were $1,000
at full prices, and during the week ending
Jan. 80, thereswas decline Of one eighth
of penny on some kinds Of American
cotton, principally inferior. Sales, 49,
O8&, From Jan, 30, up to Feb. 3, the
sales amounted to 10000 bales, nearly all
of which to the trade. The market dull,
but prices steadily maintained.
In the House of Commons, Jan. 23d, Mr.
HUME introduced the relations of England
and the United States.
He said he hoped the Prime Minister
would be able to preserve the good under
standing which existed between the two
nations. Il aUas in the p00er, he said, Of
England and France, TO preSerre the peace
of The ,corid. He approved heartily of
the Queens recommendation for an in
crease of the naval and military force of
the country, which he was sure would
meet the appreciation Of the House and
the nation. He expressed the more gra-
LITIGATION with this "when he found the
chief magistrate of great country, from
whom he expected better things, venture
to set at nought, nj! those rules and regu-
Iations which civilized nations observed
towards each other"
Sir ROBERT PEEL in reply TO some CUES.
tons from Lord john RUSSELL, made the
following reply:
He was not prepared to give an answer
10 the questions that had beer put; but in
regard to Oregon he made the following
very important declarations:
"Wi,h regard to the Oregon territory,
| have to state that proposition was
made by Mr.. Buchanan, with the author
ily Of the President of the United States,
to Mr.. Pakenham, and the proposal so
made suggested division of the territory.
Whether or not that proposal ought to
have been accepted | cannot say. Mr..
Pakenham thought the terms proposed
were little likely to be acceptable, that he
did not feel himself warranted in trans,
hitting the proposal to the government at
home; and, on signiGying this to Mr.. Bu-
chanan, the latter Immediately stated
that the proposal was withdrawn. This
is the state Of negotiations at present, So
far as am informed, respecting the pro-
posal submitted by Mr. Buchanan. lhaUe
The highest opinion Of Mr.. Pakenham; Il
haze the greatest respect for his talsnts and
The greatest confidence in his judgment, yetI
| must sag, II ao0|d hare been better had
he transmitted that proposal to the home CO.
rernmem for their consideration, and If
found in itself unsatisfactory ii might hare
formed the foundation for further pro,
posal. Hear Since that period, this
country has again repeated TO the United
States their offer Of referring the matter
to arbitration, but no answer has yet been.
received to the proposal so made"
The British Army and Navy are both
to be increased. In consequence, as Sir
r. PEEL states, Of Gan increased demand
Of the colonies upon the home govern
ment."
The impression seems to prevail that
the Ministry will be able to carry all
their measures, and the consequence will
be an entire abandonment Of the Corn
Lacs--partial at present--with a sliding
scale leading to their total extinction at
the end Of three years.
CrFWe lay before our readers today
the Speech of one of our Senators in Con-
gress, the Hon. JESSE SPEIGHT, on the
subject of our difficulties with Great Brit
ain, growing out of the Oregon dispute.
The speech, he tells US, is intended solely