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Day
16
Month
June
Year
1845
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Public Domain
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By the Great Western, we have ncwi thirteen days later frojn Europe. Some o of the items are of interest. Englaxd. ! The British miniatry Imsrmnde no detnf onstrations respecting fhe dispute about j Oregon. Their policy seemed to be sik lence. 3ut war with Ajnerica had been ger.erally discussed in the public journals, . and the arrivals from the Unitod States 3 wcre looked for with great interest, and the news was forwardcd by expresses, at a heavy expense, and the war party in England wcre siirprised thal more hostile , feeling did not prevail in the United States. Dut the English press gencrally spoke of a war with this country as deepfy to be dcplored. The commercial news wns of some irnporfnncc. Cotton had dccliiied one quarter of a penny sterling per pound. There had also been quite a reduction in the price of i ron. The Texian ex-Sccretary of Secrctary of State, who isto be resident minister of that Kopubltcto Englantf and Francc, liad ar r i ved. Faance. The dissolution of the order of the Jesuists in Prance was in debate in the Chamberof Deputies. M. Thiers Imd made a labored speech against them. SwiTZERLANDiAhiiifs seemed to present a more pacific appearance. Negotiations fiad commencpd betwccn the cantons of Berne and Lucerne, and all the prisoners made by the (roops of Lúceme liad been suíTered to depart undër f?tipulations of ransom. ÍNDI4. Disturbances among tlie natives liad taken place tosome extent in the Pimjaub, in refercnco to the succession. The British had cspouscd the cío uso of one of the royal claimants, and were about to sond out an expedition for his assistanee. The expedition of Sir Charles Napier, into the terrilories of the Jakranees, Doomlcies, and Boogties, had been emincntly successfol. He had reduced thera, and brought them to terms. Canada. One of Lhe greatest contfagratíons that i ever look place on the con i inent has curredin Quebec. The habitations of about one ihird of the population have ' been reduced to. ashes. The number of houses, burned is stated to bc from 1,500 to 2,000, and 12,000 persons are without i houses or homes. The fire raged from 7 eleven in the morning till midnight. It ] was arrested in St. Charles street, nearly one mile fram the place of beginning. The number of livcs lost has not bcon f ascertained, bul tiyelve bodies have been f tound.. Many persons wcre se t 6 'ti ( 1 He nmoiiirted 25,000 in the Quebec, L20,000 or jL30,000 in s tho Canada, and L2,500 ir the London I Phoenix. , The Churcli in St. Boch's h in tsíuí. aThe convent is saved. St. Peter's Cha is el is aleo burnt. The large brewing c tnblishments of Messrs. Loya and Mc Callum nro consumcd and the line P' wharves from Munn's to the one at tli Toot of Hope Hill. On these wero a immense quant Uy of deals, which wer all consumed. 5f j In the Upper Town several housos wen n on fire. The Artillery Barrack was threi times ín danger, as also several privat jdwellings. e Somc of the bakers took advantnge ol si the extrnordinary demand for bread, te oblain an exlraordinary price it. 1 A public meeting for the relief of the - suflerers had been held, and 33,000 sub- 1 se r i bed. Tho Roman Catholic bishop of the diocese has issued circulare to his clergy, directing them to collect means of every ' description in aid of the sufFerers. The r Order of Odd Fellows are to assemble to devise means for the eflectual relief of I their own members. Private letters from Quebec state the loss at over half a million of pounds, and I what renders the matters more disastrous j s, but ono house in ten in the lower town is insured, and those insured, aro at the Mutual Insurance Company, which is ut terly ruined by the fire. M ex ico. Th N. O. Picayune of ilio 23d uit. has ïntelhgcnce from Mexico, showing conclusiveiy that secret negotiations are going on between Texas and Mexico, and that President Jones is doing all he can to defeat nnnexation. A bilí for the loan of $3,000,000 has become a law. Letters from the city of Mexico state that the negotiations between Mexico and Texas have been compleled, so far as the Executive of the two countries are concerned. Terms said to bo that Mexico acknowledgcs th independence of Texas, guaranteed by France and England, provided Texas rejects onnexation with the United States, or any other country.

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