The Sun. — 1844-01-16 (London, England)

AMERICAN NEWS  ARRIVAL OF THE HIBERNIA. LIVERPOOL, SUNDAY MORNING. The Hibernia, Captain Judkins, which has performed some extraordinarily quick passages across the Atlantic, arrived here yesterday at one o'c lock., having, with fitly-six passengers, left Bo; ;tom on the afternoon of the Ist, and Halifax at n non on the 3d instant, thus making the run from :the latter place in ten, and from the former in tw e lye days, including the stoppage to take in the 133 ails, which, considering the season of the year, i s one of the most successful trips on record. Her dates are nine days later than those broug i'at by the Liverpool. Cot ti tress dragged its slow length along. Nothing ,of interest has occurred in either House, if we •except a furious onslaught which the south( !rn members, headed by Mr. Wise, had u lade upon Mr. John Quincey Adams, for contending that Congress was bound to ret :o2ive the petitions of the people against slaver 27, in accordance with the spirit of the Amer i can declaration of independence. Previous e xhibitions of the same kind were marked by gr a at bitterness of feeling against the abolitionis.t: t; but the outbreak alluded to seems to have e xcelled all that have gone before it in that respect. Mr. Wise, in particular, distinguished himsel Iby his ridiculous violence. The annexation of Texas is discussed in the papers, b ut the project, which is lay no means popular in the north, seems to excite but little entht isiasm, or even warmth of feeling in the south„ although more particularly interested in the m,easure. But, however this favourite projectof the retiring President may have fallerestillborn In pon the people, it is clear that the feelirr,ss of the same authority with regard to the Oregot I territory, have excited more attention, Itnd are more zealously responded to. To take immediate possession of the disputed territory, is the favourite topic of the day. -The British Government ought to lose no time in. settling this bone of contention, because it is cAlear that, whatever the American Executive rmay wish to do—however honourably it may be inclined to act, the impetuosity of theweople will be in advance of diplomacy ; and by taking perentp tory possession, embroil the two Governments. The present excitement appears to have been produced by what are termed the " British agent s" taking forcible possession of the land, and selling portions of it to American settlers. Repudiation becomes popular. One of the New -York papers says, "It is greatly to be regretted that the doctrine of repudiation, in several parts of the Western States, is openly sustai tied and defended." As the tide of emigration is continually flowing towards the west, and as population, which is the basis of the constilution of the Union, is more rapidly increasin g there than in the north or south, it is poor consolation to reflect that the most dishonest portion of the communiiy will soon be paramount in Congress. Staten Island had been the scene of a horrid murder. A woman named Houseman and her infant, in the absence of her husband, who is a seafaring man, had been murdered, and then covered with a rag, which had been set fire to, in order to consume the bodies. The atrocity took place on Christmas eve or morning. A reward: of a thousand dollars had been offered for the discovery of the murderers. There appears to be nothing new or exciting from Canada. The Welland Canal had been the scene of another riot, produced by a policeofficer going to make an arrest. The officer was met with an armed resistance, the troops were called out, and the ringleaders were arrested. Many of the labourers, it is added, had refused the present prices, and destitution had made them desperate. The Stock and Money-markets of New York, which at the date of the previous advices were very buoyant, had sustained a cheek. The prices of many descriptions of stock had fallen considerably, and something like a panic had followed, from which the Stock-market had not recovered when the packet sailed. The Cotton-market was active, although the most conflicting opinions still prevail respecting ,he yield of the new crop.