2 MAY 1846, Page 2

There is little fresh intelligence from the United States, and

what we have is merely in continuation. A Senator has conceived a bright idea, rediscovering some exploded claim to the Oregon territory founded on the treaty of Utrecht ; but there has been no substantial change in the state of the question. This little theoretical activity of research is accompanied by no practical advance on the part of the War section. On the contrary, the mere lapse of time seems to be helping the subsidence of excite- ment.