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UNITED STArns.—The Great Britain steam-ship and the Hibernia mail- steamer have arrived at Liverpool. Both had been delayed by accidents. The Great Britain left New York on the 28th October; but her external machinery, which had sustained some injury on the outward voyage, again broke down on the return; she came the greater part of the way under sail, and arrived in the Mersey soon after twelve o'clock on Monday night. The Hibernia left Boston on the 1st instant, and Halifax on the 3d: meet- ing with foggy weather and strong currents off Cape Race, she struck on a rock near the Southernmost point ; the engines were instantly reversed, and the vessel floated off with only slight damage; but, having been taken to St. John's (New Brunswick) to repair, did not depart again till the 9th instant; and arrived in the Mersey a little before ten o'clock on Tuesday morning.

The intelligence brought by these vessels, although consisting of rumours rather than ascertained facts, possesses considerable interest. About the Oregon question the reports are conflicting: it is said that Lord Aberdeen has proposed to submit the dispute to arbitration; that Mr. Buchanan, the American Secretary of State, was desirous to acquiesce,—supported by Mr. Marcy and Mr. Bancroft; but that President Polk overruled that counsel, being desirous to conciliate the West by a more obstinate adherence to the extreme demands of the United States. The Journal of Commerce, which countenances this report, gives also another-

" It is rumoured that Mr. Pakenham, the British Minister at Washington, finding there is little hope of adjusting the Oregon question either by compromise or arbitration, has proposed to leave the whole territory in its present condition for twenty years, under the joint protection of England and the United States, and with the stipulation that at the end of the said period its then inhabitants may attach themselves to either country, or erect themselves into an independent sovereignty, as they may prefer. If such a proposition has been made, we trust that it will be accepted; for the effect of it would be to give the whole territory eventually to the United States. If the whole territory is open to settlers front England and the United States on equal terms, it will at the end of twenty years contain ten Americans to one Englishman. Such are the migratory habits of our people, and so accustomed are many of them to frontier life, that they will go to Oregon in crowds, while Englishmen will only go by dozens. This arrange- ment will enable the English Fur Companies, as well as our own people, to con- tinue their operations over the whole territory for twenty years; by which time the wild game would probably be pretty much killed off. • • *

"We ao not pretend to state the proposition exactly, nor do we know that it has been made at all. We give it as a rumour, but are not without hope that it will prove to be authentic. At any rate., it is a new idea, and deserves attentive consideration. Perhaps upon this basis may be adjusted a troublesome not to say dangerous controversy, which by bad management on either side might easily lead to the most deplorable consequences.

A correspondent of the Commercial Advertiser, writing from Washington on the 28th October, says that he is informed, "on what seems to be good authority," "that Mr. hPLane [the American Minister in London] has written to some of his friends in Maryland, that unless the United States shall recede from their position on the Oregon question, war with England is inevitable."

It was stated in some of the journals, that Mr. M`Lane had desired to be recalled: the statement was denied by the Union, the official paper published at Washington; and the denial has called forth a statement, written or dictated, says the " Genevese Traveller" who corresponds with the Times by a friend of Mr. DI'Lane-

" According to the explanation given in a Baltimore paper, it appears that Mr. M`Lane had not written to the Government, but to a friend, that he was not satisfied with the position in which the President had placed him; that he was led to believe that the Oregon negotiation would be intrusted to his charge; that after arranging all the details of a treaty, and settling the boundary, the treaty would be sent to the United States, here to be signed by Mr. Buchanan, the American Secretary of State, and Mr. Pakenham, the British Envoy. It is now understood by this explanation, that no instructions whatever have been given to i Mr. M'Lane n relation to Oregon, and that he is greatly dissatisfied with the treatment he has received.

"There is some mystery that requires further explanation respecting the ap- pointment of Mr. Inane and his subsequent treatment. Immediately after he sailed for England, great pains were taken, in a certain quarter, to have it under- stood that he was right in his views and opinions on the Oregon question-' or, in other words, that he considered the American claim, as far as 54° 40', to be well founded. It is now said in a quarter friendly to Mr. EPLane, that previous to his leaving the United States, he stated to President Polk that the position he had assumed in reference to Oregon was untenable. This question, as the Yankees often say, is in a tangle: We must wait further developments before we can understand the true state of the case."

The Morning Post insists that "negotiation will dispose of the Oregon question "; and gives this anecdote in evidence- " We conversed yesterday with an American gentleman, whose position and political connexions at home give authority to his remarks. He related a conver- sation with his Excellency the President, at Washington not long after the receipt of Sir Robert Peel's speech in America. The President observed, that he thought Sir Robert had given undue importance to his remarks; that they would hardly warrant the warlike construction that had been put upon them; that he sought merely to give a fair expression of the opinions of the people of the United States, as he understood them, on the subject of the Oregon question. But though my remarks,' continued the President, do not bear and did not call for so hostile an interpretation, yet Sir Robert Peel will not find me backward if his purpose is to provoke a war. He may be trying an experiment on our nerves, but he will find them firmly strung. If England desires war, well let it come ! We have nothing to fear.' 'But,' inquired his interlocutor, does your Excellency mean to shut every door to an amicable settlement of the question? is there to be no loophole left open for negotiation to work its way throagb, and thus get rid of this em- barrassing question by peaceful and satisfactory means?' 'Oh! certainly, an- swered the President; 'everything will be tried in the way of negotiation that can possibly lead to a friendly arrangement. There is no disposition on my part to add to difficulties, or to raise up obstacles to the final disposition of this unfor- tunate dispute. I am by no means desirous to involve in a fearful war two countries who have so many good reasons to keep the peace.' These were the words of President Polk but a few months ago; and there is so much good sense and correct feeling displayed in them, that we may be permitted to doubt if he has at all materially changed his views since. From the tone of the remarks of our American informant, and the clear explanation he gave of the manner in which this question is viewed by the people of the United States, we are perfectly attisfted that no unpleasant results will flow from it."

Another rumour is, that the Executive intended to send a Minister to Mexico for the purpose of demanding payment of the instalments of in- demnity due to the United States. The New York Herald views this as a fine chance to give occasion to further territorial aggression.

It was generally thought that the "Mormon war" was virtually over. The members of that sect had pledged themselves, verbally and in writing, to leave Illinois State in the spring. They had issued a circular inviting their brethren from all parts of the Union to join them. It was under- stood that their final destination was to be Vancouver's Island, at the mouth of the Columbia River.

Mr. Cassius Clay had resumed the publication of his paper, the True American, at Cincinnati. Its reappearance had caused some excitement.

A shock of earthquake was experienced in New York on the 26th October.

CAMA.DA.—The reports from Montreal, which come down to the 28th October' state that the slow disease under which Lord Metcalfe labours has made fearful progress; but it is also said that his "general health" and spirits have been but little affected. The following bulletin first announced the decided alteration for the worse: those which followed mentioned no material change-

Monkbulds, 20th October 1845.

"The afflicting malady under which his Excellency the Governor-General has been labonring for a number of years, and which has slowly and almost imper- ceptibly been producing a morbid alteration in the cheek, has within the last ten days assumed a phagethenic character, by which a portion of the soft parts of the cheek have been destroyed. The violence of the action in a great measure yielded for a day or two, but has not yet subsided.

"His Excellency's health has not materially suffered, although it has been necessary for him to observe a very rigid abstinence.

"JAMES CRAWFORD, M.D.

"ROBERT L. MAcDONNELL, M.D."

[A "phagedrenie" condition is one resulting from local gangrene, attended by sloughing or disorganization of the integument.] The Beauharnois Canal was opened on the 11th October; when a steam-boat passed through. It unites Lake St. Francis above with Lake St. Louis below, and completes the water communication from Lake Erie to the ocean.

WEST INDIES.—The mail-steamer Thames brings intelligence from Ja- maica to the 24th October, and from the other colonies of corresponding dates. The accounts of the crops are mostly favourable; though in Bar- bados there is complaint of drought, and of continued emigration among the labouring classes. The Legislatures of Barbados and Jamaica had been opened for their sessions; in Jamaica, Lord Elgin spoke cheerfully of progressive improvement; and Sir Charles Grey declared the other colony to be in a most prosperous condition. St. Vincent had been rejoiced by Lord Stanley's assent to a plan of immigration into that island from Madeira. Railways formed the subject of active speculation in Ja- reales, Barbados, Guiana, and Trinidad.

Rio DE LA PLare.—Intelligence has been received from Monte Video to the 19th September. The combined French and English squadron con- tinued active measures for the reduction of Rosas's power. The port of Colonia was captured on the 31st August, after the exchange of a few shots, and without bloodshed. The Morning Chronicle, quoting the Journal des "'divas, says that the town was sacked by a body of Italian " condottieri," in the pay of Monte Video, and speaks as if the invaders exceeded the atrocities of Roses: it neglects to quote that passage in the original which says that all the inhabitants had fled, and that the town did not contain a living creature. The original account, moreover, although dated from Monte Video, and published by a French Ministerial paper, is evidently written by one hostile to the Oriental Republic.

Several vessels of the squadron had sailed up the rivers Parana and Uruguay; while Guaribald, a Montevidean commander, had taken possession of the island of Martin Garcia; which commands the entrance to those two rivers.

At Buenos Ayres, General Roses had issued a decree forbidding all cora- Munication with the French and English forces- and he was pursuing very harsh measures against the natives of France an England who were with- in his reach.

The Liverpool Times makes a serious charge against the representative of the United States in Buenos Ayres— "The game which General Rosas is playingappears to be that of setting off the United States against England and France; and in this he is very heartily assisted by Mr. Brent, the American Charg4 d'Affaires, who makes a point of attending the Buenos Ayrean Chamber of Rersesentatives, and of loudly applauding the threats uttered there against Englan,...ind France, but especially against the for- mer, by the puppets of General Roses. This he does although he does not under- stand any Spanish, and requires to have the speeches translated lest he should applaud in the wrong place. The game of General Roses, though a good one for the United States, is a very dangerous one for himself; for however convenient it may be to the former to have England and Buenos Ayres at war with each other, General Rosas will certainly get no assistance in such an event from the United States that will at all compensate him for the enormous risk which he will run."

SParw.—Later accounts confirm the unofficial reports that a part of the Regiment of Girona had mutinied during the revolt at Valencia. With that exception, there is little that can be called news in the journals.

It is said that Queen Maria Christina is very expert in the culinary art, and that, in her rural excursions, she likes to try the skill of those who accom- pany her. On a recent occasion, she desired the Ministers of War, Justice, and Foreign Affairs, to prepare, each of them, a dish of their own. General Navarez cooked a gaspacho, (a sort of soup, consisting of water, bread, oil, vinegar, milk, salt, and pepper,) and garlicx was found to predominate far too much. Al. Mayans bestowed his skill on &ickens with a tomata sauce; but they were smoked. M. Martinez de la Rosa contented himself with the production of hard eggs; and the Royal Family are stated to have most heartily laughed at the culinary abilities of their Ministers.—Clamor Public°.

Narvaez's health continues in a very unsatisfactory state. He looks like a eorpse, has grown emaciated, and is subject to attacks of debility, which often compel him to lean upon one of his aide-de-camps whilst walking. The principal features of his disorder are dyspeptical. Many people think he is suffering from the effects of poison; and this, I believe, is his own opinion. Of course, the anxieties of cam., acting upon such an irritable disposition as Nary:lees, aggra- vate the malady, whatever it may be, under which he suffers. A strict regimen,

shower-baths, and exercise, have been recommended by his medical advisers.— Correspondent of the Morning Post.

The magnificent Alcazar of Seville, built in the eleventh century for the Moorish King Abdarrahman, upon the ancient site of the Roman Praetor's Palace, is being repaired and decorated under the Intendent of the Queen's Palace.— Mem

FRANCE.—The infant son of the Due d'Aumale (Louis Philippe's eleventh grandson) was christened, on Sunday, by the name of " Louis- Philippe-Marie-Leopold d'Orleans." The child has also been created Prince de Condd.

ALcicas.—The Marseilles Sod, on the 13th instant, gave the following announcement as derived from a credible source-

" A steamer from Oran has just arrived: a bulletin has been despatched. The subject thereof is no less a matter than the death of Abd-el-Kader; who, having been traced and surprised, fled; his horse, in descending a steep hill, fell and crushed the Emir. His body, though defended with all the desperate energy of which the fanatics who surrounded it were capable, remained in our power." This of course created a great sensation in Paris; but up to Wednesday it had not been confirmed: on the contrary, accounts from Oran to the 10th instant speak as if the Emir were in full activity.

Advices from Tangier, of the 3c1 instant, represent the Emperor of Mo- rocco as being in great embarrassment, threatened by France for harbour- ing Abd-el-Kader, and by the Arab Emir with a revolutionary invasion for not being hearty against the Giaour. The Emperor was about to take the field with an army, to keep up the appearance of enforcing the treaty with France.

Genecc.—The Athens papers publish a despatch from Lord Aberdeen to Sir Edward Lyons, in which the British Minister declares, on the part of English creditors, that he will insist on the strict execution of the treaty of 1832, which sets aside the revenues of Greece to the payment, before anything else, of the interest of the loan contracted by that Government, and guaranteed by Great Britain, France, and Russia. Greece, says Lord Aberdeen, in some sharp strictures on the administration of the Govern- ment, must at length justify her independence by fulfilling her engage- ments— " It is our duty to declare, that we will not cease to insist ripen the exercise of strict economy in all branches of the public service, especially in the department of the Minister of War, the expense of which is utterly disproportioned to the actual wants of the country. You will also inform the Government, that we shall continue to insist upon the necessity of administrative reforms, and the reduction of the armed force, as was stipulated by the Ministers of the Powers by the last acts of the Conference at London in 1843. The Greek Government has not fulfilled those conditions according to our expectations. The expenses of the War department continue to absorb one entire third of the revenues of the state. Crime and robberies are increasing. The tranquillity of the provinces on the Turkish frontier has been repeatedly disturbed; and the Ottoman territory has been se- veral times violated by armed hands of Greeks and robbers. The Allied Powers cannot but consider this state of things as resulting from a defective administra- tion; which should be ameliorated by prompt and decisive measures."

TURKEY.—Letters from Constantinople, of the 28th instant, announce the appointment of Rechid Pacha to be Minister for Foreign Affairs, in the room of Chekib Pacha.

A terrible fire broke out on the Turkish shore of the Dardanelles, on the 25th: it destroyed forty Turkish and seventy American houses, all those belonging to Greeks and Hebrews, two mosques, a synagogue, and a num- ber of stores.