The Sun. — London, England, 1839-03-20 00:00:00

EVEN ENG EDITION. this investigation has determined them in marking out their line; and they have now the high satisfaction of being able to inform their friends that the opinion which tertained at the first is fully confirmed by subsequent IL, , ,;ry. and that the formation of the junction line from ;;:.eve Davie Bridge, past the workhouse, will rut di:iiurb a single interment. With this statement as to the non-existence of any serious obstacle arising to the prosecution of their plans from the burial-ground belonging to the Manchester workhouse, the Directors proceed with great rle sur^ to record their conviction that it would be difficult, adequately, to state the immense advantages likely to arise to this Company, and to the towns of Man chester and Salford, from a junction of the Manchester aad Leeds Railway with that of the Liverpool and Man eneqer Railway Company, es well as the favourable cha racter of the line now fixed upon in almost every point of view for securing this important object. It ought not to be overlooked that the quantity of land required for the pur pose is either not occupied or very partially so, or covered with property of comparatively little value ; that the por tion immediately required for our stations, with a very small exception, is already secured to the Company on very advantageous terms ; that the stations of the two great Companies associated in this junction are im mediately contiguous to the centre of the town, and parti cularly convenient to the Exchange and the Post-office 4istance not exceeding four hundred yards), and are , situated to promote the object for which the money has been expended upon the great thorough fares by which they are surrounded, and especially by the openin: of the new Victoria bridge, to secure to the borough of Salford a participation in the same benefit with that cf Manchester. ( Hear, hear.) As to the line •itself in respect of its engineering propel ties it will be sufficient to state that their engineers have decided upon it as the best which can be selected for the purposes of a mirabl Junction. In conclusion, the Directors beg to observe that they have proneded to ballot for the retirement of three of their mem bers in compliance with the regulations of their Act, and that the parties retiring from the Directory are the Hon. Capt. Thos. Best, Mr. Henry Forth, and Mr. Thos. Broadbent, who are eligible for re-election. Mr. HEALD then read the following abstract of the Engineers' Report : ENGINEERS' REPORT. Engineers' Office, Palatine-buildings, Manchester, March 9, 1839. To the Directors of the Manchester and Leeds Railway. Geserenstres,---Having received the following resolution passed at your board on the 11th of February, " That the engineers be requested immediately to prepare a report on the progress and present state of the works with such general engineering observations relating thereto as will enable the Directors to give to the Shareholders as correct and faithful an account of the proceedings in this department, referring particularly to the portion of the line between Manchester and Littleborough, and stating as accurately as possible the time when the works on that part will be completed, as also, when the engine-houses and work shops, and watering-places and offices, and conveni ences essential to the partial opening of the line in May next, will be ready. Such report to be laid before the Beard on or before the 11th day of March next at the latest." We have carefully examined and fully considered the state artd progress of the works, accompanied by the real ient engineers, and their particular districts. Previous to commencing the survey Mr. R. Stephenson met us in Manchester, and we obtained his assistance in arranging the plans and sites for the engine houses, workshops, watering-places, and other offices connected with that de pertrnent. We also arranged the sites and plans for the requisite buildings for the passenger stations at Manchester, Rochdale, and Littleborough for the opening of that por tion of the line. The whole of the works consisting of excavations, embankments, bridges, culverts, and the lay ing the permanent way, are in such an advanced state between Manchester and Littleborough that there can be no doubt of this portion of the line being ready for open ing in the month of May next. The material in the excavations through which this por tion of the line runs, is generally of so very favourable a nature that the permanent road will be maintained at a very small cost when compared with most other railways. The maintenance of permanent way is generally a very heavy item in the current expenses of railways for some 3ears after they are opened. The only place on this per lion of the-line where the material is bad is at Moston cutting, and the embankment at each end, where the material is clay, in which probably some slips may occur. Mere than one-half the permanent road between Manches ter and Littleborough is laid. The viaduct at Manchester is nearly completed, except ing that portion required for the stations, sidings, &e. ; nnd it is now arranged to proceed without delay with the extension of the arches up to Lees-street, and to make provision for the arrival and departure of passengers. The whole quantity of earthwork between Manchester and Littleborough is 2,107,360 cubic yards, and out of this quantity there is executed 2,043,360, leaving only 64,000 cubic yards of earthwork to be executed. There are 54,972 cubic yards of masonry, out of which 50,898 are executed, leaving only 4,074 yards to be executed, excepug the masonry required for the stations. The n hole cf these works have proceeded in a rapid and satis factory manner; the embankments are very high and nu merous, some of them being 70 feet in height, but the ma terial is of such excellent quality, there is not the slightest unearanee of derangement, nor do we expect any will take place. We have the satisfaction of stating that the large culverts under these heavy embankments which required an much care to make safe, are all in a perfect state. The line will be finished to within 180 yards of the entrance to the Summit Tunnel by May next, but as there is no suit ' able place for a station there, it will not be desirable to 0;;L:n it further than Littleborougb. The Roach Brook, 7:12i.:::: is taken over the Railway near the tunnel entrance, ,0.31 be made to answer the purpose of a watering-place for engines. The tunnel at the summit of the country is not being proceeded with as rapidly as the contractors ought to do, and some change must he immediately made as regards the number of men employed, and the general management of the work. If a sufficient number of men be employed, there can be no difficulty in completing the tunnel in the year 1840. The total length of driftway is 3,010 yards, of which 1,840 is completed, leaving 1,240 to be executed. The completion of the driftway is of very great im portance, not only by draining off the water, but it will give a better admission of air. From the large size it is being made, we shall be able, when it is finished, to com mence tunnelling at a point intermediate between the shafts, and thus increase the number of faces for the tunnel. The present number of faces in operation is 24. The remainder of the Report enters into details as to the various contracts on the line, their state of progress, and the difficulties peculiar to some of them. (The Report is signed) GEO. STEPHENSON. THOS. L. GOOCH. Mr. JAMES BRACKENBURY, solicitor, read the ac counts, by which it appeared that the total receipts to Tune 30, 1838, were 415,0061. ; less the total disburse- (3£2,1561.), 728501. So much of the calls paid a Ivance as have subsequently become due, 35,4201. ; •ing a balance of 37,430/. Amount received on ac t of calls to December 31, 259,680/. ; additional, of calls paid in advance, 31,2751. ; amount received on loan, 1:30,600/.--which with interest made a total receipt of 560,773/. The Expenditure included the fol lowing amongst other items :—For land and compensa tion, and attendant expenses 94,575/. ; works 208,069/. ; engineering, 6,4471; steam engines and other articles in stock, 5,5771. ; total expenditure, 323,373/. ; leaving a balance in the banker's hands, on the 31st of December last, of 237,399/. JOSEPH PEASE, Esq., of Darlington (father of the Member, we believe), moved that the Report of the Directors be received, and that their proceedings be approved of and confirmed. J. BROW N, Esq., of Manchester, seconded the motion. THOMAS FIELDEN, Esq., of Todmorden (brother to the Member for Oldham), asked the rate of interest paid for the money borrowed? and the Chairman ex pLiincd that the Directors had borrowed some money at 4-j- per cent., but other Railway Comp an i es having advertised to give five per cent., they were con sequently obliged to give the same.—Mr. Fielden asked if tits Directors were giving five per cent. for the whole ; and the Chairman further explained that they had thought it right to place all the lenders on the same footing ; and that indeed some of them had stipulated that should the Company subsequently give five per cunt. to other parties, they should also receive interest a t that rate.—Mr. Fielden said if this was not a floating contract, .it amounted to nothing ; and he could not see the propriety of giving a man more than he asked. Other Companies had borrowed since that time at 4i per cent., and had never raised the rate of interest they paid. SAMUEL BROOKS, Esq., of Manchester, banker, said that the North Midland Railway Company, and all the large lines in the kingdom had of late been offering and giving 5 per cent., and he thought the Directors would have done wrong, if they had had the power to give one party 4- per cent., and others 5 per cent. Mr. FIELDEN said it was extremely liberal to give away the Proprietors' money, and he thought they might as well give it to those parties to whom they had given too little for {heir land.—(A laugh.) A SitattEnoLDEn. asked if any land had been bought for too little from Mr. Fielden.—(Renewed laughter.) Mr. FIELDEN asked how much had been borrowed at 4i per cent. ? The CHAIRMAN said, that the Directors for a long time could get no offers of money at that rate of interest, and all the offers at four and a half per cent. amounted to about 70,000/. He thought if Mr. Fielden himself' had lent money to the Company at four and a half per cent., with the stipulation that if they gave others five per cent. he should have that rate also, and they were now to refuse giving him more than four and a half he would have just cause of complaint against them. The motion for the adoption of the report then passed with but one dissentient (Mr. Fielden). On the motion of Mr. Ashton, seconded by Mr. Pein, the accounts up to the 31st December last also passed, Mr. Fielden being again in a minority of one. On the motion of Mr. Penny, of Liverpool, seconded by Mr. Ormerod, of Manchester, the Hon. Captain Best, Mr. Forth, and Mr. Broadbent, were re-elected Directors. The comm on sea l o f t h e C om p an y having been af fixed to the register of Proprietors, Mr. Wood left the Chair. Joseph Pease Esq., was called thereto ; and on the mot i on of Mr.i PEIN, seconded by Mr. John Brown, the thanks of the sdt. m in the meeting Wood, f or hi s able conduct g were c ha ir. voted to Mr. The meeti ng then On Tuesday, some hot having fallen from coke alimn opti4vsesiennggionveeronthethwe:Nrcastle and Carlisle Rail way,ge about two miles above Ilexham, the structure t e o n ol i C r fi i r d and damage was done to the extent of nearly 2001. cu The number of Members who voted for Mr. VILLIERS' motion is below our hopes, but equal to our estimate. On Tuesday, when the debate began, we announced that he would be supported by about 200 Members ; and, with the tellers, he had only three short of that number. We were dis placed in his high office by the Liberals. We understand why Parliamentary Reform and Ca tholic Emancipation should have been open ques tions in Mr. PITT'S and Lord LIVERPOOL'S Cabinets, because neither of them was formed on the principle of carrying those measures. But the present Cabinet owes its existence to professing the principles on which the repeal of the Corn-laws is demanded. For them not to be united on this question is as absurd as it would have been in Mr. PITT'S Cabinet not to have been united on the French war. The Ministers who oppose the repeal of the Corn-laws have acted as treacherously, or as deceitfully as Mr. PITT would have acted had he opposed the French war after having formed his Cabinet on the principle of carrying it on. If Lord LANSDOWNE and Lord MELBOURNE had not deserted the principles on which they were carried into power, the Cabinet would have been united in recommending some change in the Corn laws ; and then they would have come down to Par liament with an immense budget of facts, all tend ing to prove the evils of the present system. When the GREY Cabinet wanted a Coercion Act for Ireland the Ministers collected from all quarters accounts of outrages, burglaries, assassinations, robberies, stealing of arms, &c., and dressing up a frightful picture, carried their measure of tyranny almost by acclamation. If the present Cabinet had so acted, and if Mr. POULETT Timm- SON had declared on authority that our trade was not likely to stand against foreign competition, that the natural and healthy progress of society was checked, that poverty was increasing, that crimes were mul tiplying, that discontent was over-running the land, that our institutions were violently assailed ; and if he had supported all these assertions by documents, as he might have done, and had traced all the evils up to the Devil's laws, as he also might have done, we do not believe that the House of Commons would hare resisted an array of facts brought forward on such authority, and and we are sure that all the town constituencies of the empire would have been stirred almost into madness by them, and would have demanded a repeal of the Corn-laws in an irresistible voice. But the Minis ters do not believe in half the evils caused by those laws ; they are, in truth, ignorant of their effects ; their personal and their class interest attaches them to the Corn-laws, and they have been indifferent or opposed to the repeal. Had it been otherwise, Liverpool, Maidstone, Lynn, Bath, and a score of other towns, whose representatives being Tories, supported the Tory party, would have compelled them to vote in the interest of their constituents, and the minority would have been far more nume rous even if it had not swelled into a majority. To the indifference, the ignorance, or the treachery of some Members of the popular Cabinet, the popular party is indebted for the comparatively small mino rity which supported Mr. VILLIERS. This is a sad and lamentable conclusion for us to arrive at, but we believe it to be correct, and it teaches the constituencies that they must rely on themselves, and not on any Ministers. the PRESIDENT'S Message to Congress, on the Boundary question, and a variety of miscellaneous intelligence more or less bearing upon the subject of that document. The Message, with the intelli gence referred to, will be found at length in another part of The Sun. The tone of the Message is remarkably conciliatory, and altogether well calculated to allay the war ferment on the frontier. Mr. VAN BUREN frankly admits that both parties have been in the wrong, and by pointing out the imminent danger to the peace of England and America of allowing this question to remain undecided, as exemplified in these incidents, he urges the necessity of an imme diate, friendly adjustment. The Washington Correspondent of the Courier and Inquirer, writing of the effect produced by ttePRESIDENT'S Message, and the debate which followed its presentation to Congress, says —" The prevailing impression here may be briefly stated. Great Britain is wrong in claiming territory which does not belong to her. The General Government is wrong, in having so long acquiesced in unjust claims. Governor FA IR- F ELD is wrong in having undertaken a rash, ill advised, and ill-executed movement. And all parties would be doubly and trebly wrong, if, in the nine teenth century, they should suffer a question of this kind to interrupt the pacific relations of two countries, bound together by so many ties of kindred, associ ation, and interest, as are the United States and Great Britain." In the truth of the closing ob servations, we wholly and heartily concur. No madness could equal the going to war to settle such a question as this ; and we trust that on both sides, the efforts of the Executive will be directed to the prevention of every act having a tendency to dis turb the friendly relations happily subsisting be tween two great and free nations. If the agents of the two Governments cannot agree about fixing the Boundary Line, let the question be referred to the arbitration of a third Power. This will save a world of trouble, by preventing the representatives of the people in either country from raising a popu lar clamour about the abandonment of claims by the Executive. In the meantime not an hour should be lost in bringing the question to a final issue. While it remains unsettled the peace of the two countries will be left at the mercy of gangs of frontier brigands, instigated to the commission of the worst outrages by the rebel refugees from the Canadas. _ _ The Corn-law Delegate?, we are happy to see, increase in boldness and vigour, as if they meant to realize Mr. O'CoNNELL's words, and find in their defeat strength to secure a future victory. They are to enlarge in every way the basis of their Associa tion, and to form a great national Anti-Corn-law League, of which the head-quarters is very properly to be placed at Manchester, the centre of the great interest most. immediately aggrieved by the Corn laws. They are no longest o consider themselves merely as the Delegates of the manufacturing towns, but as the factors or agents of the community at large, and are properly to advocate those great and en during principles which constitute freedom of trade. Civil and religious liberty have already been con secrated, and though in practice they are yet fre quently violated, their principles are rooted in society, and their branches must every day enlarge and extend. Freedom of industry has never yet been acknowledged, and it will be the duty of this great and noble League to establish and consecrate the great principle. Every person knows that in the early ages of our society, as well as in most other societies, every kind of labour was performed by slaves. Thus labour and bondage became correlative terms, and throughout Europe labour is still united with degradation, and the labourer is more than half a slave. On the ancient union of labour and bon dage, the descendants of the labourers' first masters still claim the right to dictate in a vast number of particulars the mode in which men may or may not employ their industry. They must not buy here and must not sell there—they must not buy one thing and must not sell another—they must have a licence for this business and a permission for that— and this kind of interference by the Legislature with the freedom of industry is tolerated and sanc tioned by all classes. The great principle is not, in fact, yet theoretically recognized in society ; but we hope by the exertions of this League to see it established, so that it shall be considered as great a wrong on the part of the Legislature to in terfere with the trade or industry of individuals as to prescribe their religion or curtail their personal liberty. Founded on such a wide basis, and acting on these principles, while the Associa tion directs its first efforts against that greatest of all the existing violations of free trade, the Corn-laws, it will soon embrace in its ranks all that is enlightened and wise, and be the parent of a great reformation in our social economy. While the Association is thus extending its sphere of action, it looks at the means by which the objects it contemplates can be obtained, and the opposition made by the two Houses of Parliament to the first principles of justice, have already made it think of ulterior measures, and taught it to regard the present constitution of the House of Commons as an insuperable bar to free dom of industry. Again, then, we are forced on the conclusion that the denial of justice has con verted the fiscal or economical question of the Corn-laws into a great Constitutional or social qnestion, which will be pregnant with the most im portant consequences. The resolutions of the Delegates to agitate this subject in their own neigh bourhoods, by lectures, by public meetings, by dif fusing information amongst all classes, are practical and wise ; and we augur, from their business habits, the most complete success. It is not frequently that so goad a cause finds such excellent workmen ; and it is very seldom that philosophy finds so much reason to praise the schemes of worldly men as she now has to praise the Anti-Corn-law League and agitation. Our report of the proceedings of the Delegates in another part of The Sun gives all the particulars of their plan and the resolutions they have adopted. The country also will be illuminated on the existing mis-representation in the present defective constitution of the House of %Commons. That is the core of our political disease—the cause of failure in the great question of further organic reforms, and the real secret of the ill success of the Delegates on the Corn-laws. Mr. JosEPII PARKES exposed and laid bare the anomalies and defects of the representative system. under w hi c h groan and labour—defects which are, the National Con vention and the dissatisfaction of the working people now the creation of the classes, who know that they, as well as the middle classes, are not equitably. or honestly represented in the Legislature. The rich monopolize the legis lative power. Agriculture swamps trade and commerce in Parliament. The following is an analysis of the majority and minority on Mr. VIL LIERS' motion of Monday night : MAJORITY. County Members Eng lish ............... 120 Welch ............... 10 Scotch ............... 17 Irish .................. 37 160 For the latest news from South America, as well as an account of the aspect of affairs in . that part of the world, we must refer to our extracts from the American Papers. The limitation of our space affords no room to-day for a syllable of comment. The debate in the House of Commons last night, on Lord SANDON'S motion, for a return of various papers and correspondence relating to the French blockade of Mexico, will convey to the French Government a just impression of the importance attached to this question in England, to gether with the very unfavourable light in which the conduct of France is viewed, not only by British mer chants, but by the highest legal authorities in this coun try. In the expression of an opinion that the conduct of France was throughout a violation of the Law of Nations, all parties in the House were unanimous. This is a censure which France must, and will feel most acutely. It will wither the laurels gathered at the for tress of Ulloa. The political contests which agitated Paris for the last two months, have been succeeded, within the last few days, by a profound repose. The Cabinet, though not yet Gazetted, is regarded as complete—subject perhaps, to the change of an appointment or two, of secondary importance ; and, therefore, there is no field for political action till after the opening of the Chambers. We regret, however, to find the Courrier Francais, the National, and one or two more Liberal Journals, holding out encourage ment to the " Resistance" party in Belgium. These "sympathetic responses," as the Belgian Republican Journals style them, may greatly embarrass the TRIERS Cabinet, pledged as it is to resist the Treaty of the Twenty four Articles. The Earl of CLARENDON arrived in Paris on Mon day from Madrid, on his way to London. On the pre vious day Marshal CLAUSEL set out for London, where he purposes to remain only a week, in order to be back at the opening of the Chambers. THE NEW CITY POLICE BILL. BREAD-STREET WARD MEETING.-(THIS DAY.) __ . Borough Members ...............• This morning, at 10 o'clock, a highly respectable meeting of the inhabitants of the Ward of Bread-street, was held at the school-house, Little Distaff-lane, for the purpose of taking into consideration the New Bill introduced into Par liament intituled " A Bill for the further Improving the Mice in and near the Metropolis." In no part of the City, perhaps, notwithstanding the great excitement that prevails in every district—does there exist a stronger deter mination to resist to the utmost the contemplated invasion of the rights and privileges of the citizens than in the Ward of Bread-street. The requisition upon which the meeting had been convened was numerously signed by the most wealthy and influential inhabitants belonging to all parties in the Ward. On taking the chair, Alderman LAINSON observed that be had thought it right, on receipt of the requisition, to convene them together, for the purpose of expressing the opinions which they entertained of the measure brought before Parlia ment by her Majesty's Government. In his opinion that measure was altogether so objectionable, that they were called upon by every means in their power not only to de monstrate its impropriety, but also to give to it their most strenuous and determined opposition —( Cheers. ) The great and paramount object of the Bill was to deprive the citizens of London of that control over their Municipal affairs, which they had so long exercised with credit and honour to themselves, and benefit and satisfaction to the community.—( Hear, hear.) If the citizens of London, by any culpable apathy of theirs suffered this measure to pass into a law, they would ever afterwards be chargeable with a gross and wilful abandonment of their duty.—( Cheers.) He understood that a series of resolutions had been drawn up, which would he submitted to them by some of the gentlemen around him; and he had no doubt from the public spirit of the gentlemen who had been entrusted with their concoction, that they would be such as would deserve the entire and hearty approval of the meeting . (Cheering.) Mr. NOLOER briefly proposed the first resolution, to the effect that it was the opinion of the meeting that the New Bill, if passed into a law, would i be an unjust and arbitrary infringement of the chartered rights of the citizens, and an the Crown dveosult-, not o L in A g s Da secondeddeslrllC vest ing indirect e a r t n a C a k m u i p n o i r s i t e o r v o e f r p u o ie ra ir ti pr n iv i i n ieg tl e ie s, k b i u n t g c,Mr. only ß c u a c u K s tlo t n cor he of resolution, which was then hitherto unheard of. put and carried unanimously. Mr. HARRILD, in proposing the second resolution, to the effect that the citizens of London had from t exercised the right of electing their ownmaTiletraimmemorial making regulations for the security of the city' and the of n se rration of the peace, and that. they had administered those e powers with prudence and diligence, and had from time to time adopted such improvements as the altered circum stances of the City required, said that he had been one of that Reform party by whose strenuous exertions the pre sent Ministers had been kept in power, but that he no lorger accorded in the principles by which they appeared to be actuated. He was far from attaching ally blame to the Reform party for the manner in which the Government appeared now disposed to act ; but he could not help de claring his disapprobation of the conduct of Lord John Russell in turning round like a reptile upon those who bad been his firmest and most efficient supporters.—( Cheers.) Mr. HANCTEY seconded the resolution, which was then put and carried unanimously. Mr. BLACKMORE said he had great pleasure in proposing the next resolution. He would have been disposed to have given a stronger tone to tile resolution, as far as regarded the conduct of the Ministers, but he had forborne to do so, in deference to the opinion of several of his fellow Common Councilmen. He could not express, in terms sufficiently strong, his abhorrence of the men who, under the cloak of friendship, were absut tlunge a dagger into the liberties of their fel low-citizens.-(Cheers.) He spat upon the gabardine of the Alinisters, an d entertained for them a feeling of toe most profound contempt.—( Hear.) He concluded byth prop entimentng a resolution to the effect, that the meeting agree in s s of John Russell, when he introduced the Municipal Corporation Bill, viz., 6! That the only notion he could form of a Municipal Government, was that the keeping the peace should be under the control of the persons who were deemed proper to have the government of the town, and tha t the meeting were of opi nion that the only efficient remedy a gainst oppression was for the people to retain a share of that power in their own pos session. Mr. Wxnerams seconded the resolution, which was carried unanimously. Mr. j oHN LAWRENCE, in proposing the next re so l u ti on , said that the Bill then under consideration was the most ex traordinary one ever introduced within the walls of the House of Commons. By a few lines dexterously introduced into the preamble of the Bill, the whole of the privileges of the citizens of London, which they had purchased not only with their purses but their blood, were c arried away at one fell swoop.—(Hear.) That infamous 13ill—for he could designate it by no other term—created nineteen new offences that were never before known to the law, and e nabled a common police man to usurp the functions that had hitherto been only exer cised by the legal authority of the 31ag rd istrates. He was happy to state th a t the inhabitants of the Wa had been t o a man unanimous in resisting this encroachment upon their civil lib er ti es as wou ld b e seen by the p etition then on the t able , from which not a single sig so nature that had beensolicited was withheld.—( Cheers. ) He concluded by proposing, " That in the opinio n of the meeting it was the duty of the City Representa tives in Parliament, and all her citizens who had seats in the House of Commons, to oppose the Bill in every stage of its progress." Mr. WADE seconded the resolution, which was carried by acclamation. Mr. SIIUTTLEWORTIT, in proposing a vote of thanks to the Worthy Alderman in the Chair, said they were all well aware of the very efficient and satisfactory manner in which the Ma gistrates of the City of London performed their duties under the present system, and lie trusted the day was far distant when they would see that system by duction of a power over which the City of London exer cised no control.—( Hear, hear, hear.) There was no place on the face of the earth where property was more secure— where the privileges of the citizens had been less infringed MINORITY. County Members ...... English ............... Scotch ............... Irish .................. Borough Members ...................... 197 Thus, this second division of Mr. VILLIERS gives the Anti-Corn-law Delegates, a majority of Borough Members, but only a minority of twenty seven County Members, to set off How again on st 184 will orn law representatives of Counties I lgthe FINALITY of the Reform Bills be maintained by Tories or Whigs ? Not long after the former shall have supplanted the latter in office : the Whigs will then join the movement, and the Tories will discover their weakness in resistance to the Nation. By the packet-ship, England, Captain WAITE, which arrived at Liverpool last night, we have re ceived New York papers to the 2d inst., bringing THE SUN, LONDON, WEDNESnAv, MARCH 26, 1R :q9 upon, and where fewer misdemeanors had been committed, than in the City of London.—(Hear, hear. ) Mr. DAVIDGE having seconded the motion, the vote of thanks to the Chairman was carried by acclamation. Alderman LAINSON, in expressing his acknowledgments for that mark of their approbation, said he was astonished that her Majesty's Ministers, with the dispositions by which they pro fessed to be actuated, should produce a Bill having for its object no other tendency than that of depriving the citizens of London of a right and privilege which they had hitherto exercised in the most irreproachable manner. He had yesterday had an opportunity of consulting with the Middlesex Magistrates upon the subject, and he was happy to find that th it opinion was in perfect unison with that of the citizens of London. Even one of the gentlemen, an intelligent and upright Magistrate, observed, that if the Bill were allowed to be carried into a law it was not only the liber ties of the Citizens of London, but of the country generally that would be endangered.—( Hear, hear.) Mr. HARRILD, after a suitable eulogium on the advocacy given by the Press to the cause of the Citizens, proposed a vote of thanks to the Press of England generally, but in particular to the London Press, for the opposition they had given the proposed Bill. Mr. WILLIAMS seconded the resolution, which was carried unanimously. Mr. Coss moved that the resolutions should be inserted in the Sun, Times, Chronicle, and Morning Advertiser Newspapers, which was agreed to. The meeting then separated. MONEY and COMMERCIAL NEWS. CITY, TWELVE O'CLOCK. LATE AND IMPORTANT FROM AMERICA. (From New York Papers received to the 2d Lst.) (From the Washington GloN ) MESSAGE FROM THE PRESIDENT. To THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES: I lay before Congreec several dispatches from his Ex cellency the Governor of Mains, with enclosures, communi cating certain proceedings of the Legislature oithat State, and a copy of the reply of the Secretary of State, made by my dircetior:, together with a note from 11. S. Fox, Esq., Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary of Great Britain, with the mswer of the Secretary of State to the same. Her Majesty's packet, Seagull, with the Brazil mail, has arrived at Falmouth, although not due for a fortnight hence. She sailed from Rio Jan. 23, was detained to the above date from the 16th, in consequence (it is presumed) of the resignation of the Brazilian Cabinet, and the re forming of it was not known when the packet left. A Minister from Buenos Ayres to this country, has come passenger in the Seagull, and his visit is a special object, supposed for the reconciliation of the present difficulties between France and Buenos Ayres, through the media tion of England. The French squadron were still block ading the River Plate. The Seagull has brought on freight 13,000/., and the rate of Exchange on London at her departure was quoted 29i to 291. LIVERPOOL COTTON MARICST, MARCII 19.—We have had a lively demand for Cotton to-day. The sales from 6,000 to 7,000 bags, of which one half are on speculation, at an advance of id. per lb. The following letter has been posted at the North and South American Catfeehouse, from Rio Janeiro, the 22d January:— " We have now fine weather, and there has been much activity in business, especially in Exchanges, large sums having been passed at various rates, from 293- to 30. Ame rican paper partly at 60, out we close at 291, and bills at 29i. Stock is very heavy, and sales to some extent have been effected at 70 ex-dividend. It is stated that the Minister will issue about 1,200 contos, about 150,0001. new stock, and not more at present. The remainder of the new credit of 3,780 contos to be sold, or rather to be fixed, in the London market." Early in the month all the Ministers had resigned. However, an election for a Senator is now going on. From Rio Grande nothing particularly new. The little that had arrived there is rather in favour of the Imp:- rialists than otherwise. From the River Plata our advices are of the 6th ins The Blockade still continues. The arrival of the American packet ship from New York of the 2d inst. (the England, Captain Waite), caused some sensation, owing to the important intelligence she brings respecting the North East Boundary question. Exchange from New York 4 dolls. 82c. Stocks lower, 1161; by the last accounts they were 1181. It will appear from those documents that a numerous band of lawless and desperate men, chiefly from the ad joining British provinces, but without the authority or sanction of the Provincial Government, had trespassed upon that part of the territory in dispute between the United States and Great Britain, which is wstered by the River Arco. took, and claimed to belong to the State ef Maine ; and that they had committed excessive depredations there by cutting and destroying a very large quantity of timber.' It will further appear, that the Governor of Maine, having been officially apprised of the cir cumstance, had communicated it to the Legislature, with a recommendation of such provisions, in addition to these already existing by law, as would enable him to arrest the course of said depredations, disperse the tres passers and secure the timber which they were about car rying away; that in compliance with a resolve of the Le gislature, passed in pursuance of his recommendation, his Excellency had dispatched the land agent of the State, with a force deemed adequate to that purpose to the scene of the alleged depredations, who, after accomplishing a part of his duty, was seized by a band of the trespassers, at a house claimed to be within the jurisdiction of Maine, whither he had repaired for the purpose of meeting end cansulting with the land agent of the province of New Brunswick, and conveyed as a prisoner to Frederickton, in that province, together with two other citizens of the State, who were assisting him in the discharge of his duty. It will also appear that the Governor and Le g islature of Maine, satisfied that the trespassers had acted defi ance of the laws of both countries, learning that they were in possession of arms, and anticipating (correctly, as the result has proved) that persons of their reckless and des perate character would. set at nought the authority of the Magistrates, without the aid of a strong force, had authorized the Sheriff, and the officer appointed in the place of the land agent, to employ, at the expense of the State, an armed posse, who had proceeded to the scene of these depredations, with a view to the entire dis persion or arrest of the trespassers and the protection of the public property. In the correspondence between the Governor of Maine and Sir John Harvey, Lieutenant-Governor of the province of New Brunswick, which has grown out of these occur rences, and is likewise herewith communicated, the former is requested to recall the armed party advanced into the disputed territory for the arrest of trespassers, and is in. formed that a strong body of British troops is to be held in readiness to support and protect the authority and sub jects of Great Britain in said territory. In answer to that request, the Previncial Governor is informed of the d !ter mination of the State of Maine to support the land-agent and his party, in the performance of their duty, and the same determination for the execution of which provision is made by a resolution of the State Legislature, is commu nicated by the Governor to the general Government. The Lieutenant-Governor of New Brunswick, in call ing upon the Governor of Maine for the recall of the land agent and his party from the disputed territory, and the British Minister in making a similar demand upon the Government of the United States, pi oceed upon the as sumption that an agreement exists between the two nations conceding to Great Britain, until the final settle ment of the boundary question, exclusive possession of, and jurisdiction over, the territory in dispute. The im portant bearing which such an agreement, if it existed, would have upon the conditions and interests of the par ties, and the influence it might have upon the adjustment of the dispute, are too obvious to allow the error upon which this assumption seems to rest, to pass for a moment without correction. The answer of the Secretary of State to Mr. Fox's note will show the ground taken by the Government of the United States upon this point. It is believed that all the correspondence which has passed be. tween the two Governments upon this subject has alrealy been communicated to Congress, and is now on their files. An abstract of it, however, hastily prepared, accompanies this communication. It is possible that in thus abridging a voluminous correspondence, commencing in 1825 and continuing to a very recent period, a portion may have been accidentally overlooked ; but is believed that nothing has taken place which would materially change the aspect of the question as therein presented. Instead of sustaining the assumption of the British functionaries that correspondence disproves the existence of any such agreement. It shows that the two Governments have differed not only in regard to the main question of title to the territory hi dispute, but with reference also to the right of jurisdiction, and the fact of the actual exercise of it in different portions thereof. Always aiming at an amicable adjustment of the dispute, both parties have ed.- tertained and repeatedly urged upon each other a desire, that each should exercise its rights, whatever it considered them to be, in such a manner as to avoid collision, and allay, to the greatest practicable extent, the excitement likely to grow out of the controversy. It was in pursuance of such an understanding that Maine and Massachussetts, upon the remonstrance of Great Britain, desisted from making sales of lands, an d th e G enera l Government from the construction of a projected military road in a portion of the territory of which they claimed to: have enjoyed the exclusive possession ; and that Great Britain, on her part, ; in deference to a similar remonstrance from the United States, suspended the issue of licenses to cut timber in the territory in controversy, and also the survey and location of a railroad through a section of country over which she also claimed to have exercised exclusive jurisdiction. The State of Maine had a right to arrest the depreda tions complained of; it belonged to her to judge of the exigency cf the occasion calling for her interference ; and it is presumed that had the Lieutenant-Governor of New Brunswick been correctly advised of the nature of the pro ceedings of the State of Maine, he would not have regarded the transaction as requiring, on his part, any resort to force. Each party claiming a right to the territory, and hence to the exclusive jurisdiction over it, it is manifest that, to prevent the destruction of the timber by trespassers, acting against the authority of both, a n d a t the s a me time avoid forcible collision between the contiguous Govern ments, during the pendency of negotiations concerning the title, resort must be had to the mutual exercise of jurisdiction in such extreme cases, or to an amicable and temporary arrangement as to the limits within which it should ' be exercised by each party. The understanding supposed to exist between the United States and Great Britain has been found heretofore sufficient for that purpose, and, I be lieve, will prove so hereafter, if the parties on the frontier, directly interested in the question, are respectively governed by a just spirit of co :ciliation and forbearance. If it shall be found, as there is now reason to apprehend, that there is in the modes of construing that understanding by the two Governments, a diffarence not to be reconciled, I shall not hesitate to propose to her Britannic Majesty's Government a distinct arrangement for the temporary and mutual exer cise of jurisdiction„' by means of which similar difficulties may in future be prevented. But between an effort on the part of Maine to preserve the property in dispute from destruction by intruders, and a military occupation by that State of the territory, with a view to hold it by force, while the settlement is a sub ject of negotiation between the two Governments, there is an essential difference, as well in respect to the posi tion lof the State, as to the duties of the General Go vernment. In a letter addressed by the Secretary of State to the Governor of Maine, on the Ist of March last, giving a detailed statement of the steps which had been taken by the Federal Government to bring the con troversy to a termination, and designed to apprise the Governor of that state of the views of the Federal Exe cutive in respect to the future, it was stated, that while the obligations of the Federal Government to do all in its power to effect the settlement of the boundary question were fully recognised, it had, in the event of being unable to do so specifically, by mutual consent, no other means to accomplish that object amicably, than by another arbitration, or by a commission with an umpire in the nature of an arbitration; and that in the event of all other measures failing, the President would feel it his duty to submit another proposition to the Government of Great Britain to refer the decision of the question to a third power. These arc still my views upon the subject, and until this step shall have been taken, I cannot think it proper to invoke the attention of Congress to other than amicable means for the settlement of the controversy, or to cause the military power of the Federal Government to be brought in aid of the State of Maine, in any attempt to effect that object by a resort to force. On the other band, if the authorities of New Brunswick should attempt to enforce the claim of exclusive jurisdic tion set up by them, by means of a military occupation on their part of the disputed territory, I shall feel my self bound to consider the contingency provided by the Con , stitution as having occurred, on the happening of which a State has the right to call for the aid of the Federal Go vernment to repel invasion. I have expressed to the British Minister to this Govern ment a confident expectation that the agents of the State of Maine, who have been arrested under an obvious misap prehension of the object of their mission, will be promptly released ; and to the Governor of Maine that a similar course will be pursued in regard to the agents of the Pro vince of New Brunswick. I have also recommended that any militia that may have been brought together by the State of Maine from an apprehension of a collision with the Government or people of the British Province, will be voluntarily and peacefully disbanded. 1 cannot allow myself to doubt that the results antici pated from these representations will be seasonably re , alized. The parties more immediately interested, can not but perceive, that an appeal to arms, under exist ing circumstances, will not only prove fatal to their pre sent interest, but would postpone, if not defeat, the attain ment of the main objects which they have in view. The very incidents which have recently occurred, will neces sarily awaken the Governments to the importance of promptly adjusting a dispute by which it is now made manifest that the peace of the two nations is daily and im minently endangered. This expectation is further war ranted by the general forbearance which has hitherto cha racterist. d the conduct of the Government and people on both sides of the line. In the uniform patriotism of Maine, her attachment to the Union, her respect for the wishes of the per pie of her sister States, of a hose interest in her welfare she cannot be unconscious, and in the solicitude felt by the country at large for the preservation of peace with our neighbours, we have a strong guarantee that she will not disregard the request that has been made of her. As, however, the session of Congress is about to termi nate, and the agency of the Executive may become neces sary during the recess, it is important that the attention of the Legislature should be drawn to the consideration of such measures as may be calculated to obviat e the necessity of a call for an extra session. With n t i h a a tt m t er a v y e b ' t s v io in r l e k li y a t o i v u ie e , thought it my duty to lay the whole and to invite such action thereon as you occasion requires. Washington, Feb. 26,1839. M. VAN BUREN. B RITISH INSTITUTION, PALL MALL. The GALLERY for the EXHIBITION and SALE of the WORKS of BRITISH ARTISTS is Open Daily from Ten in the Morning till Five in the Evening. Admission, ls.—Catalogue, Is. WILLIAM BARNARD, Keeper. PROTESTANT DISSENTERS' AND GENERAL LIFE AND FIRE ASSURANCE COMPANY, 62, KING WILLIAM-STREET, LONDON-BRIDGE, LONDON. Capital, One Million. 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TO-MORROW EVENING, MAucit 21, Will IDe performed the New Play, in Five Acts, called RICHELIEU, OR THE CONSPIRACY, After which, A ROLAND FOR AN OLIVER. To conclude with THE OMNIBUS. --- tH , ';:_n , : - ~:PPel 'r --- 6, i ' 4 4 ;.1,;(?' 4 4:'' ' 4tfi --CP- 6 g o . :...- ..t . . .v c*Zl LONDON : WEDNESDAY, MARCH 20, 1639. The Earl of RIPON seems to have been roused into unwonted activity this Session, and last night announced that he is to bring the affair of the Maltese Commission before their Lordships when he has obtained all the in formation on the subject the Ministers can supply him with. . The Earl of ABERDEEN moved for the production of some papers in order that their Lordships and the country may know what we are fighting about in A 2'gbanistan. We however, are happy to learn from Lord MELBOURNE, that the disputes there may yet be adjusted. His Lordship, however, was not well pleased with some of the remarks of the Earl of ABERDEEN, and complained of them. The Earl of ABERDEEN con gratulated the Noble Lord on learning in good time what are the duties of Peers when in opposition. After a short conversation, it was understood that Lord MELBOURNE was to take a day or two to examine the papers asked for before laying them on the table. The sufferings of the hand-loom weavers attracted their Lordships' attention, on the presentation of a pe tition ; but they did not for one moment think of re moving the tax from the bread of those who earn five shillings a week, labouring fifteen hours every day. The Peers scarcely toil at all, they have thousands upon thousands, and, to increase their income, they tax the band-loom weavers' bread. Can injustice—can cold blooded, unfeeling, extorting avarice go beyond this ? The Bristol and Gloucester Railway Bill was read second time in the Commons. Mr. HawEs' motion that no Bill for constituting Courts for the recovery of small debts shall be com mitted till the 9th of April was agreed to, after a short conversation. Lord JOHN RUSSELL, in answer to a question, said at present there was no intention of calling out the Militia. Mr. LAW is on Friday to move that the City of London be heard at the bar, against the City Police Bill. Lord JOHN RUSSELL is to lay on the table further regulations of the Poor-law Commissioners ; but he is doubtful whether he will be able to introduce a Bill this Session for the amendment of the Poor-law, and if he does it will not contain a provision affecting parishes under local Acts. Mr. BANNERMAN postponed his motion relative to the Acts which prohibit the importation of beef, cattle, fish, &c. A short conversation took place on the system of education in Ireland, on Mr. GRATTAN moving for some returns, which serves to show that the more the Legis lature enlarges its sphere of action, the more subjects of party dispute arise, till the Parliament will be unable to get through its business if it could sit every day in the year, and make every day sixty hours. The Orange party properly spoke of education as a crusade against them. Lord SANDON, after presenting a petition from mer chants of Liverpool, on the interruption of our trade with Mexico, proceeded to move for copies of me morials addressed to the Secretary for Foreign Affairs, relative to our trade with Mexico and Buenos Ayres. His Lordship dilated at great length on the neglect of the Government, and on its not having protected our commercial interests. Lord PALMERSTON defended himself, and declared that no Government bad ever paid so much attention to those interests, and afforded them such adequate protection, as the present one. A considerable debate on this point took place and occupied the remainder of the evening. The Tories, on their party principle, complained bitterly of the Ministers, and took our commerce under their fostering protection. This amuses us after their conduct on the Corn-laws. They cut off the root of trade and then busy themselves pruning and training the decaying branches, and by expensive hand-glasses forcing the withering and sap-deficient fruit i..to the appearance of goodness. They bind the legs and arms of trade, infect it with disease, curse it with lameness, blast it and deform it, and then they cry out against their opponents that they do not employ all the national power in cherishing it. We admit that it is the duty of Government to protect trade ; that duty is as efficiently performed, we believe, as possible ; for every merchant who goes abroad cannot have a line of battle ship or a regiment of soldiers to protect his store. For the nation, that would be buying trade at too great a price. But ad mitting that it is the duty of the Government to protect trade, it must, a fortiori, be its duty not to in jure it, and we cannot enough condemn the folly of the Tories who, by their Corn-laws, cut it up by the roots, who despise and scorn the men who carry it on, and who, at the same time, when their opponents are to be attacked, accuse them, of we know not what neglect and what criminality, because they have not carefully watched over one of its smallest and least important twigs. Out upon the hypocrites ! The motion was ul timately withdrawn. Leave was given to bring in a Bill to amend and con solidate the Excise laws relative to the duties on bricks, after Mr. Hume had objected, that only the extrava gance of Government caused these duties to be con tinued. The Report of the Committee of Supply was brought up without any opposition, and at Half-past One the House adjourned. TIIE FUNDS. Up to the present hour tile news from America has not had any effect on the British Market. Consols may be quoted at the closing prices of yester day, 921 y for Money, 92k 93 for the Account ; Exche quer Bills 60 62; India Bonds 64 66; Bank Stock, 200 201 ; India Stock, 255 256. In the Foreign Market nothing of consequence has been done yet. Spanish Active continues at the price it closed, 20'1 ; Portuguese 341 35 ; Three per Cents. 211 22 ; Brazilian lower, 79 sellers ; Scrip par, sellers ; Be'gian 1011; Mexican 231 24 ; Dutch Two-and-a-Half per Cents. 651 1 ; Five per Cents. 103+ PRICES OF SHARES THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK. Paid. Brazilian Imperial Mining Co. (Issued at 5/. pm.) VII Ditto Macaubas Cocacs ns Landon and Birmingham Railway Company Ditto M Shares 5 Lonton and Westminster Bank 2O Westminster Improvement Company COURSE OF EXCHANGE YESTERDAY. tmsterdam C.F. 12 8!,./, Gibramar 4B Ditto, at sight 11)tt,rdain 9 U l2 4 , Milan , Genoa 25 80 1 Antwerp... Hamburg. M.D. 13 10)4 Venice 47 ~itona Per ftare. 16 164% 271 i 2:i 1.4 2 % I'.tris, 3 days' sight .25 Ditto ... ...... 3 Ms 25 60 Nlarseille: Bourzleaux Frankfort on Maine, EL M. 151 i. 3 etersbutgh, ruble... 3 Us ll Berlin Paferreo ... ....... ........per oz. 119% Lisbon 5 3% Oporto 54 Rio Janeiro 27 Bahi- Buenos Ayres New York, 21 days' sight Vienna, effective f1...2 M. 10 2 Trizste ditto lO 3 Philadelphia - PRICE OF BULLION, per OZ. Nlacirld Portugal Gold, coin ....E.O i 8 0 Cadiz.... ........ ..... 1.30.boa trce►onx y Seville 36 Foreign Gold, in bars 0 0 0 New Doubloons 0 0 0 New Dollars Silver in Bars HALF-PAST ONE. Consols have continued during the morning at 9211 for the Account, alternately buyers and sellers, at the above price; Money 9211. Up to the present time of writing the American news has not had any effect on the funds worth notice. Various opinions are formed in respect to the American Go- vernment coming to blows with us if we persist to retain the Boundary Lines. Some persons think it will positively lead to a war, others, who are better informed, say that it will be prevented by negotiation. The next expected packet from New York is the Liverpool steamer of the 9:h inst., which is looked for on Monday next, and, no doubt, will bring news of the utmost importance. Exchequer Bills, 60 62; India Bonds, 64 66 ; Bank Stock, 200 201 ; India Stock, 2541 251 k. Spanish Active, 20 Portuguese, 34} 35 ' • Three per Cents., 21i 22 ; Brazilian, 791 20; Belgian, toll- 102; Dutch Two-and-Half per Cents., 65i 1. Very little doing in either of the Markets. CLOSING PRICES. BRITISH FUNDS. sank Stock lndia Stack 3 per Cent. Red Ditto Bonds 3 per Cent. Ccas. 92 ', 7 4 , Ditto Old Annuities — 3!q per Cent. Red ' Ditto Sew Annuities New 3V, per Cent 160% ,Ex. Bills, 1,0001 2j4d....60 pm. New 5 per Cent Ditto 50:1 60 pm. Long Annuities to expire Ditto 5001 66 pm, Jan. Mil Oct. 1859 Jan. 1660 FOREIG N FUNDS. IPortuguese Rondo, sper cent. Ditto. New Ditto Prussian, 5 per cent — Russian Bonds, 5 per cent 1117.1 Ditto, Metallic 'Spanish, 5 per cent £o34 Astunan, 5 per cent 109 Belgian, a per cent 101% Brazilian Bonds Buenos Ayres, 6 per cent — Chillan, 6 per cent Colomlnan, 6 per cent 29 Ditto, 1824 Danish, 3 per cent 76% Greek Bonds, 1825, 5 per ct , Mexican, 5 per cent Ditto, (1 per cent., 1825 Peruvian, 1825,6 per cent — , _Mt° ' consolidated French, 5 per cen' —f —c. Exchange —f —c. French, 3 per cent —f. —r. Dutch ' '2% per cent. Ditto, 5 per cent. lO3iA SHARES. Eastern Counties Railway. B% Gosport Junction Railway . 6Y,,', London and Brighton Railway London and Blackwall Railway London and Birmingham Railway 1614 Ditto Quarter Shares London and Southampton Railway 12 3 1 _ . ._ ~ ._. ._ . . London and Croydon Hallway (New Scrip) Manchester and Birmingham Railway ... Great complaints are made in France of the injury caused to trade and commerce by the obstinacy of the late Ministry in persisting to hold office, notwithstanding their repeated Parliamentary defeats, and by the excite ment of the general election. This is a good omen for the peace of Europe. Our gallant neighbours formerly dreamed only of war, and conquest, and glory. They now pray that the machine of Government may speedily fall in to the old regular track, in order to restore pub be confidence, so necessary to the prosperity of their country and the best interest of their foreign and domestic trade. The Commerce furnishes sad proofs of the mischief done in this respect by the late crisis, and among others adduces the falling-off in the Customs' duty at Havre, the great outport for Rouen, Paris, Lille, and other principal towns in the North of France. Business there is in such a state of stagnation that the Customs, which in February last year produced a revenue of 44,0001., have produced for the same month this year only 28,0001. In the manufacturing districts there is the same falling off in trade, and in Paris there have been more failures than at any former period. The manufacturing popu lation are nearly idle, and compelled to draw their little pittances from the savings' banks for subsistence, and trade of every description suffers and languishes. We are no alarmists, however, it adds, but look for better days. The evil is not without a remedy. The fatal policy of the Mole Government has caused nearly all the mischief, and a different policy alone can provide a remedy. Sir Robert, Lady Fitzwygram, and family, have arrived at Connaught-place from Paris. EAST INDIA HOUSE.--(THIS DAY. —A Quarterly General Court of the Proprietors of East India Stock, was held this morning, in their House in Leaden hall-street. Sir J. L. Lushington, the Chairman, accom panied by most of the Directors, entered the Court at twelve o'clock, when the minutes of the last Court were r, ad and confirmed. Mr. Poynder then brought forward his motion relative to the compulsory attendance of the British soldiers at the religious processions of the natives of India, which was seconded by Sir C. Forbes, who was speaking when our Reporter left. The first drawing-room this session will be held at St. James's, on Thursday, April 11. On Friday night the stables connected with the Saracen's Head Inn, Paisley, were destroyed by fire. The horses and coaches were saved. PROVIDENTIAL ESCAPE.—Monday morning Mr. Longstaff, proprietor of the Hungerford Hotel, was crossing the river in a wherry, opposite Hungerford Market, when the wherry came into collision with a lighter, and instantly upset, Mr. Longstaff and the water man being thrown into the river. Fortunately, the wherry almost immediately righted, anti both parties managed to regain their position in it, with no worse consequences than a temporary immersion. Edinburgh and Montrose are the only two places in Scotland where the State endowment of religion is felt by Dissenters generally in the shape of a plain, palpable grievance. In other towns, the Ecclesiastical revenue and expenditure are mixed with the Treasury ac counts ; and, in the country parishes, the teinds arc, for the most part, paid by a few proprietors or their agents ; but in Edinburgh and Montrose, the Ministers' stipends are provided for by a direct tax on the inhabitants. — Aberdeen Herald. EVE\I NG _I4ITHTTOW. POSTCRIPT. (Cor Tspo dense of the New reran Gazette.) WASHINGTON, Fan. 26.—The roost popular and the easiest theme of declamation is war. We have had a dozen or two of regular war speeches in both Houses LIP° the message reative to the boundary difficulties. The message was read in both Houses about 2 o'clocK It was found to be a sensible, conciliatory, and moderate paper, but still sulieiently tenacious of the honour and in terests of the country. It does not approve of the rash pro ceedings of Governor and recommends to Maine to withdraw and disband her forces. The President says, ly,vever, that Great Britain has no title to exclusive juris-. diction in the territory in dispute, and he does ri i ° l think she will persist in asserting it. Ile Prer;: first to try the pending negotiation, and if t"",„ fail, he will propose the reference of the disput to the arbitration of a third power. But should thi s authorities of New Brunswick persist in their aggressions, and in asserting and maintaining exclusive jurisdiction over the territory, he will then deem it the constitutional duty cf the Executive to repel the invasion. He refuses to comply with the demand of Governor Fairfield for aid from the United States under present circumstances ; but, le an anticipation of the occurrence of such an emergency 0 will render the interference of the General Government necessary, and to obviate the necessity of calling an extra Session of Congress, he recommends it to Congress to make proper provision for any contingency. Mr. W. Thompson, of South Carolina, first spoke , and eulogized the message in the warmest terms, as manly and patriotic. He gave his unqualified a pprobatio n to the whole course of the Administration on this sub ject. Ile deprecated war, and knew that its consequen ces might be disastrous to us, and that it might be made n pretext by England for seizing upon Cuba, but stil l, in a matter of national pride and honour, be would net stop to count the cost. The right of the United St ates was not a question ; that had been decided unanimously by both Houses of Congress heretofore. The question 00W to be decided was, whether we should passively submit $? the insults and aggressions of England. The tone of Sir John Harvey's letters he thought insolent in the extreinc' Sc. Ile moved the printing of 20,000 extra copies of t he message and the documents. Mr. Evans, of Maine, followed in a long speech, exhi b , it. f ing the present position of this question. He complaine a° the past neglect of this subject by the Gene r al Governme nt ' and remarked upon the former conduct of the Administrat ion as " pusillanimous." Ile expressed hims e lf as being pleas ed with the assertion by the President th a t, i n case the aggr—os' sion should be persisted in, he would aid Maine. But b e maintained that Maine was now entitled to the support of tb u e General Government. All hopes of an a dj us t me nt throu" negotiation would he found delusive. Th e t e mper of t i. b e people of New Brunswick, of the peopl e o f illainc,of tue determination evinced in the letters of Governor Harvey' Mr. Fox, and Governor Fairfield, showed that matters would be pushed to an extremity. He called upon td°, ll :, gross to provide at once the necess ar y means for a id' e q Maine; and he insisted that the state o f M a i n e would 0° flinch from the position she had taken, whether she 09 supported in it or not. Several gentlemen Messrs. Adams, Cushing, Lin,.,T lll ' and Sergeant, supported Mr. Evans's views. The 1 ' 1. : went the whole hog in both Houses. Th e y t h r ew V"'' ' " quiet message quite in the shade. Mr. Clay was for giving the Pre s id en t men and nwe e n i; The Committee on foreign aff a i rs w ill soon report 0 the subject. The House is still in Session (10 o'clock) on the Civ' and Diplomatic Bill. (Correspondeneo of the New York Express, Feb. 27 ' ) CLOSING SCENES OF THE SESSION; VERY IMPORTANT NEWS—FRONTIER' TROUBLES. tot Between six and seven o' c l oc k t hi s even i ng an irtiPt - „ 2 a message was received f r o m th e P res id ent o f t h e States upon the subject of our north-eastern trou.'" o The message is but a pref ace t o an i mportant l e tter ( r ° , e Mr. Fox, the British Mi n i s t er . M r .-F ox an d Mr. or fi t, syth, it seems, have com e t o an am i ca bl e arrangerne,Ty which will probably prevent hostile movements, if IT s if, movements have not already been engaged in by the ue I gerent parties of Maine and New Brunswick. The following are the documents referred to :-- 5 0 ' 6 TO TILE HOUSE OF REPI t ESENTA TIVES OF THE (751- 1. STATES. " Washington, Feb. 27, 1839. a• I transmit to Congress co pi es o f var i ous o ther cin c t i e merits received from the G o v ernor o f M a i ne re l a ting t°, 4 o dispute between that St a t e an d t h e prov i nce Of or Brunswick, which formed the subject of my mesn a g e d u to the 26th instant, and a l so th e co p y o f a M em orau te§ signed by the Secretary o f St a t e o f t h e U n ited St a i d and her Britannic Majesty' s E nvo y Extraordinary Minister Plenipotentiary to the United States, 01 . 0 4 terms upon which it is beli e ved a ll co lli s i on can be av ° , l o s on the frontier, consistently w ith an d respect i ng the on e . on either side. As the British Minister acts without sPea cific authority from his Go ver n men t, i t w ill b e obsc rl a i . that this Memorandum has b u t th e f orce o f reeonline ° 0 1 tion on the provincial authorities and on the Govern:: of the State. M. VAN BUR.E.o. (Memorandum.) " Her Majesty's authorities consider it to have been do derstood and agreed upon by the two Governments that.ol territory in dispute between Great Britain and the V t States, on the North-eastern frontier, should remain.o elusively under British ju r isdi c ti on un til the final sa lt merit of the boundary question. r Lod " The United State s G overnmen t h ave no t une A e- s 00 the above agreement in the same sense, but conside r ' o er the contrary, th a t th ere h as b een no agreement vvha : t a " for the exerci se , b y G reat Britain, of exclusive J..'-of, diction over the disp u t e d terr i tory, or any portion thereos but a mutual unde rs t an di ng, t h at pending the negoci a ni e r the jurisdiction then exercised by either party °, i small portions of the territory in dispute sbould n c) ;i 0 0 enlarged, but be contin ue d mere l y f or t h e preservaiae of local tranquillity and th e p u bli c property, both 4 , bearing, as far as practicable, to exert any authe r ip i and, when any s h ou ld h e exerc i se d b y e i t h er , Pl ac e r upon the conduct of each other the most favourable struction. tl O " A complete unde rs t an di ng u p on t h e qu estion JO placed at issue of present jurisdiction can only be a rril t o by friendly discussion between the Governments ° l o g , United St a t es an d G reat B r i ta i n ; an d , as it is c f . Os cloudy hoped that ther e w ill b e an early settlement e r of question, this s u b or di na t e po i nt o f difference can be el little moment. r t e A " In Ise - f :he meantime the G o ver nor o f th e p rov ince oil. Brunswick a n d th e G overnment o f t h e S tate o f MajP,ener act as follows:—Her Majesty's officers will n ot seek — boil pal by military force the armed party which W A° oe sent by Maine into th e di str i ct b or d er i ng on the 0 1 0 1 r took River, but th e G overnment o f M a i ne wilt ' f a th e tartly and without n ee dl ess d e l ay w i t hd raw We ° 0 0 0 bounds of the disputed territory any armed fere e w fa t within them; and i f f uture necess i ty s h ou ld sr:" ore' dispersing noto.i o u s t res p assers , or protecting pub lic :0S perty from depredation by armed force, the Or 0 0 ' shall be conduct e d by concert , j o i nt l y or separatelk) i ioe cording to agreements between the Governments of and New Brunswick. f " The civil officers in the servic e res p ec tively' e,, t odi Brunswick and Main e , w h o h ave b een ta k en i n to ewi by the opposite parties, shall be released. eat° " Nothing in this mem oran d um s h a ll b e c onstrn 0 10 fortify or to weak en i n any respect w h atever the neutrti of either party to the ultimate possession of the d' s e terr T tory. 00 0 " he Minister Plenipotenti ar y o f her nr,, its so! Majesty having no spe c ifi c au th or ity to Insj` e o o l ) arrangement on the subject, the undersigned can, recommend, as they now earnestly do, to the G ° du lst i merits of New Brunswick and Maine, to re V, their future proceedings according to the O" hereinbefore set forth, until the final die d settlemen t territorial dispute, or until the Governments of th e w 0 11 ; States and Great Britain shall come to some defim — .o o " elusion on the subordinate point upon which they s r ' at issue. "JOHN FORSYTH, at eo °C " Secretary of State o f th e United St North America." o%' " H. S. FOX, Her Britannic Majesty's En/°` traordinary and Minister Pl en ip o tentiary' " Washington, Feb. 27, 1839." c.snat",, i n A most important debate sp rung u p i n the 00. 1 soon as this paper was read. Mr. Williams, 0 ' „oft, expressed himself dissatisfied with it, an d belie" iit eb Maine would b e di s s a ti s fi e d with it a l so . Of rig le ought to complain, and the General Government to and redress her wrongs. FROM MAINE. for tiler The eastern mail of yesterday furnishes some ea news in relation to the border difficulties. The e e The resolutions th a t h a d p rev i ous l y passe d the oc res,j ° for an appropriation o f 800,000 d o ll ars, an d f or the pest:if of the military forc e on th e di s p ute d territory, ha v rn v fe oe, l the Senate, and the Go vernor h as or d ere d the,: k e e draughts of the militia thr oug h ou t th e S ta t e ; and soldiers, when detached, to severally hold tr a 0 1 4 in readiness for an im me di a t e ca ll i nto the our vje cafs,"o State, armed and equipp e d as requ i re d b y l a w 74; artillery, 451 ; riflemen, 548; light iufantrYt f infantry, 7,481 ; total, 10,343. Gofc reie Colonel Rogers, who had been despatched by ousts Di Fairfield to New Brunswick, had returned to A u tp r' a secl o r company with Mr. M'l n ty re , t h e l an d agent, rei'r. the Provincial Government on his parole of bune u a l t he ders ders had been sent t o Bangor for the releas e ia,g M‘Laughlin on the same condition. Col. Roge rs o n a J bearer of a letter from Sir J. Harvey to Govern be field, containing the following propositions :- h livi d, 1. That the provincial.land.agent, Mr. MiL au f . e ico s t be released on the same terms that Mr. M'lntyro scan re 2. That the trespassers be given up to be Vie d British laws. 'ol33°3l'. 3. That the f orce on the d i sputed territory be 1 t he atelv withdrawn. ou tr At the latest dates C a pt a i n 'lines was as 14% tio e or il a Aroostook, with seven hundred men, a ll in ne tb iler° General H o d s d on l e f t B angor on the 21st, wit -b - a ot sand Kenneb ec t roops, to join Captain Bina, oa to, were to follow in a day or two. Four companies of Riflemen p a ssed through , i it e l 4 ll -1 0 .70 . the 20th, f or B angor, and a slip from Jerome o o uldi Bangor, st ates t h at a party of Quoddy Indians the Maine troops. t f t e otb, sta An express from the Aroostook on the 2 t Pi e r , the Solicitor. General of New Brunswick sen r or o ff truce to Mr. C. Jarvis, the land-agent ad i nt ,% driv el ' al ee Mg him to leave with his force, or he s hould %) 1, 00 immediately, as he had 200 men with 1141 1 , an d un d e r 0 ready to march to his support. One thousand men of the Kennebec di visie d n dit7ol t °t t e li r orders to march to Banger on Sunday, in Aisn otee one thousand men now on their march for the e u n. ritory. The new draught will be m inute In 0 4 SOUTH AMERICA- _ c fot o 13 “ th el :ec By an arrival at Philadelphia, intelligon' 4 a bout it s p' Ayres and Monte Video has been received Ayr es,, ew hio weeks later date. The blockade of Buenoshe pears from the accounts published in the p_ .ute: papers, continued ; and that Governor li.. ) ; ron dlf :t i ciously refused to listen to the terms of sul by the French squadron. He had scut_ of. k packet a Minister Plenipotentiary to gl7