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// , e ~~~~ f " ."/- . t'C't t 1 1 EVENING EDI.TION. .1;I, 4, ( .r " r l * - N , -‘11• , • , ( r, "11 / 41-11-1,16111- I • ' • 11-1 - 1 4 4 ( - ) ( 4 c, • air 1;1* ; \ ?2' • , -V-; . !' 74-• I r • •••• Lt i / 7- 1 7 1„. • ••-• ; • , \ - 1 1 r• •-• c, • - 14. • -/ . " ' , RA ., A k t l, , AoiLtlitraki r . , ' - • • A3f 7 ,14 • " T ":;0. EVENING EDITION. EAGLE I-NSURANCE CIOMPANY. Notice is hereby given, That a SPE'CI AL GENE RAL MEETING of the PROPRI_ETORS or Ten or more Shares will be held at the office of the Company, No. 3, The Crescent, New Bridge-street, Blackfriars, on WEDNESDAY, the 19:11 day of August, at Two o'clock in the .Afternoon pre cisely, for the purpose of ELECTING by bonot a DIREC TOR, in the room of Richard Whiteaves, Esq.., deceased. The By-laws of the Company require that any duly quali fied Proprietor, intending to offer himself as a Q•ndidate must, to rend er himself eligible give notice in writing tAI the Actuary Of such i n t en ti on , a t least :fourteen days previous to the Election. By order of the Board of Directors. HENRY P. SMITH, I,etuary. pie Crescent, Bridge-street, Blackfriars, July 22, 1840. ner, in the treaty. The boundary must be determined by applying the words of the treaty to the natural features of the country itself, and not by applying those words to any map. 16. It appears that in the discussions which haft been hitherto had on the subject of the graqt of Nova Scotia in 1621, reference has always been bad to an American translation of that grant which was defective; and that all the omissions and inaccuracies in that defec tive translation singularly concur t o o b scure the nature of the claim which her Majesty's Government is in terested to maintain. No. 14,934. LONDON, THURSDAY, AUGLST 13, 1640. PRICE sd. CHURCH of ENGLAND LIFE and FIRE ASSURANCE COMPANY. Notice is hereby given, that the ISSUING of SHARES at PAR will finally CEAF.E on MONDAY, the 31st inst.; and Proprietors are requested to exchange. without delay, the Bankers' Receipts for Certificates upon their respective Shares. BENJAMIN JACKSON, Managing Director. 6 , King William-street, Aug. 4, 1840. PUBLICATIONS. CLOSING OF THE PRESENT EXHIBITION. B RITISH INSTITUTION, PALL MALL. The GALLERY, with a SELECTION of PICTURES by ANCIENT MASTERS of the ITALIAN, SPANISH, FLEMISH, DUTCH, and ENGLISH SCHOOLS; in cluding one room of the Works of the late WILLIAM HIL TON, Esq., ILA., Keeper of the Royal Academy, IS OPEN DAILY, from Ten in the Morning until Six in the Evening, and will be CLOSED on SATURDAY, the 22d instant. Admission Is. ; Catalogues Is. WILLIAM BARNARD, Keeper. NORTH AMERICAN BOUNDARY. On the 14th inst., in 2 vols. post Bvo., bound, with numerous Illustrations, NARRATIVE OF T HE CAMPAIGN OF THE ARMY OF THE INDUS, CHURCH of ENGLAND LIFE and FIRE ASSURANCE, TRUST and ANNUITY INSTI TUTION, 6, King William-street, City ; and 7, St. Martin's-place, Trafalgar-square. Capital, One Million. One-tenth of the entire profits of this Institution wilt be ap o!d t• the relief of Distressed and Aged Clergymen, and the Vidows and Orphans of Clergymen, who may be recommended by the Bishops, or by the Clergy of their respective locr.litics. PATRONS. His Grace the Duke of Beaufort.. The Right Rev. the Lord Bishop of Gloucester and Bristol. The Right Rev, the Lord Bishop of Worcester. ADVANTAGES OF THE INS fITUTION. A lame paid-up Capital, at all times available. An influential Proprietary. Rates of Premium as low as are consistent with security. .Premiums parable either annually, half - yearly , or quarterly , or in one sum, or in a limited number of payments. Age admitted in the Policy. Unopposed Probates of the Diocesan Courts held sufficient to entitle claimants to receive or recover the amount of Policies. A Board of Directors sit daily. to enable parties to effect In- Strances with the least possible delay. I'olicies purchased on liberal terms. Medical Men remunerated in all cases for their reports. Testamentary and all other Trusts executed. Endowments and Annuities, immediate and deferred, granted 01, a liberal scale. FIRE. ,The NIENIIUMS for ASSURANCE AGAINST FIRE .7,narged at the usua l mo d era t e rates, and the Residences and r urniture of Clergymen insured ten per cent. lower. Policies transferred withaut expense. TABLE OF RATES. With Withont - Profits. Profit. X. s. d. £. s. ti. 1 17 4 1 13 11 2 6 10 2 2 7 3 3 6 217 6 4 13 4 4 4 11 ASCENDING SCALE. Ist Seven 12d Seven Sci Seven Years. Years. Years. X. s. d. X. s. d. X. s. d. 120113 0 2 4 0 1 8 0 2 2 0 216 0 1 19 0 2 18 6 3 18 0 3 0 2 410 3 6 0 4 Nile necessary forms and information may be obtained at t • ° ' 7 , St. Martin's-place, Trafalgar-square ; or 1 y applica -I°ll to BENJAMIN JACKSON, Managing Director, At the Head Office, 6, King William-street, City. liberal Commission allowed to Solicitors and Agents. NATIONAL LOAN FUND, LIFE AS- I4 TY, SUR, CORNANCE, and DEFERRED ANNUITY SO 2tiHILL. _ . Capital £500,000. Empowered by Act of Parliament. DIRECTORS. T. LAMIE MURRAY, Esq., Chairman. Elliotson, M.D., F.R.S. John Rawson, Esq. N• Gordon, Esq. I Clement Tabor, Esq. George Lungley, Esq. Joseph Thompson, Esq. 4tuinTo s—Dr. 0. Gregory, F. R. A. S. ; Professor Wheat.. stone, F.R.S. Acx cia RY -W. S. B. Woodhouse, Esq., F. R. A. S. LIFE ASSURANCE. Besides the perfect security to the policy holder of a large Id up capital, and accumulating funds, with moderate rates Z a premium, the following is one amongst many of the advan. ...gel which belo ng exc l us i ve ly t o the principles of life assu g:ce and deferred annuities originated by the Society, viz.— thi ner to borrow, (without delay, expense, or forfeiture) two "ls of all premiums paid upon a policy of assurance. Premium for assuring 1001. -- ----..2__lge• I X s. d. I Age. I R. s. d. I Age. I £ s. d. 2 5 I 1 18 6 I 35 1210 11 45 I 3 9 4 ........, 30 I 2 4 4 I 40 I 2 18 8 ( 50 I 4 4 2 DEFERRED ANNUITIES DEPARTMENT. ',l 5 Y the plan exclusively developed by the Society, a single erred, annuity is made, not only to answer the same object, 17 to equal in amount the entire sum of all the advantages retofore only obtained by the middle and industrious classes I separate investments in Savings' Banks, Benefit Societies, and Loan Banks. 1 . A small yearly or weekly contribution will secure - the *ost ample return for after life; thus-21. 12s. per annum (Is. week) at 20 will at 65 give the policy holder the choice of an annuity for life of 47/. 16s. 6d.: 3941. I ls. in cash; or policy Without further contributions of 466/. at death. 2. Two-thirds at any time lent on deposit of policy, being a fund always available during sickness or want of employment. 3. Two-thirds of all payments returned to representatives in tase of premature death. The report to the Annual General Meeting of Proprietors, lenspectuses tables, &c. may be obtained at the o ffi ce of the tety, by fetter or otherwise, 26, Cornhill, London, or at 'Y °f its Branches throughout the country. F. FERGUSON CAMROUX, Sec. T I RE FREQUENT ROBBERIES OF PLATE. I t Navin AUTION. ng been represented RIPPON and BURTON that . qtral persons are vending a spurious metal as their NICKEL h e '7 Eit BRITISH PLATE, they assure the Public that t Genuine Article can only be had at their Warehouses, 12, "ell 3 "treet or -0 f d street. The Nickel Silver British Plate Oxford-street. r em actured by Rippon and Burton, is, by a chemical process, ih ar :Xed superior to any other so called, in appearance and of ; it is equal to silver ; all the articles being solid and , - tought m a t er i a l, th e y i m prove with use, and are war el to stand the test of that strong acid aquafortis. The ing prices are named as a criterion :- Taw., on s. d . s. d. 414.1.0 s and Forks, full King's Pattern Table Spoons _ ter dzeitnh fiddle handles, and Forks, full size, per 30 0 12 0 dozen Veasrt do. lO 0 Do. Dessert, do. do., per Lars Ntns, per dozen 5 0 dozen 25 0 .rishZ?Poons each ttter N e a ch 7 0 Do. Gravy, do. do., each t a nires gou t " 4 Mustard Spoons .... 0 6 Do. Salt and Mustard Spoons, k ill' 441 " 6 6 do 1 3 p 4l ce Laeles 1 6Do Soup Ladles, do l3 0 Taittr. 1. "8 5 , each %- andlesticks per pair 12 0 Do. Sugar Tongs, do. eZ h b er ditto, co mplete, i- Decanter Stands, chased Net 63. ......•..••..... • ......•..... 8 6 edges, per pair . , . l6 0 Pr arnes, Shell Mount- Snuffsrs,do 4 6 ... , ... ... . ........... 0 Snuffer Trays, do 4 6 p BreadiLskets, Tea and Coffee Sets to match, &c. ift„,thasers are recommended to apply, post paid, for a Cata °",'Which can be forwarded for a single postage. T WARRANTED TABLE CUTLERY. .able Knives with Ivory Handles, per doz. 145.-Dessert 1,1.117e5, 123.-Carvers, per pair, 4s. 6d.-The Long Set of 50 10s.-The same to Balance Table Knives, 163.-Des '',.s, 145.-Carvers, Sc. 6d.-Large size Ivory-handled. Table 18 3.-Desserts, 16s. per doz.-Carvers, 65.-The same nee Tible, 215.-Desserts, 155.-Carvers, 7s. 6d.- blaite none Handled Table Knives and Forks, 9s. per doz.- e - e^ Horn-handled T a bl e Knives and Forks, 11s. per doz.- sserts, Bs.--Carvers, 2s. 6d.-The Knives and Forks both arranted. FEND ERS, FIRE IRONS, CORNICE POLES, DISH- Pasill . COVERS, BATHS, &c. P onable Blacc Iron Fenders from 95.-Bronzed ditto f' 4ll 12s. -B rass di tto f rom 10 s .-P o li s h e d St ee l Fire Irons r 5,. ---Block 'fin Dish Covers the Set, lls.-Improved es Pe ditto, 165.-Patent ditto, the very best quality and newest t "IPe that is made, 355.-Japanned Bottle Jacks, warranted to ~2 511) .., 7.. 6d.-Brass ditto, 9s. 6d.-Brass Stair Rods, Is: ;.,"* Per doz.-Brass Cornice or Window Curtain Poles, • Per foot.-Copper Tea Kettle to hold 1 Gallon, 75.- r Coal Scoops, from 10s. 6(1.-Tea Urns, from 275.- wt,wer Baths, with Copper conducting Tubes and Pamp, and In Curtains complete 100 s : l' tirebasers are - recom ' mended to visit the Warehouses, Wells- L e i e l , Oxford- s t ree t ; or t o app l y f or a C a t a logue of prices, g o en can be forw ar d e d f or a s ingle po s t a ge. Country Orders Contain a remittance. All Portages to be paid. Established 1.e2.0, . Panci taciturn dolorem continebant."—Liv. S Manhood approaches, thehuman form, coun , tenance, voice, and the whole intellectual character, • litli e rea TY undergo ' a revolution. Love is the end and sum of life, t res 'ng image after image of ideal perfection. But . in the po, nt state of society, pure and virtuous enjoyment is often t Nned and obstructed, till the excess of youthful impetuosity ad d Pels to a course of wild and injurious indulgence, and the ein:ild becomes painfully harassed by alterations of fear, disgust, P a "ion. In this state relief is perhaps sought from the 4 11,e rienced, perhaps from the ignorant in either case at the b e l' e : n ,, of health, that being only palliated which should have die- . e uectually cured. Here we propose to step in and rescue 'ictirn of unwise indulgence from the pangs of remorse, t raL YNinted hope, and disease and we pledge ourselves to wofeate every taint of syphilitic poison, and to restore to its i v i",!d energy every relaxation of the generative economy, i v. Tier from this or other causes, whereby the dignity of man -71 sh a ll h ave become impaired ; equally contemning unfeel it rhYricism, whi c h w ith rec kl ess i gno rance destroys where 14 fitild restore ; and, on the other hand, that unworthy to, Prine jl , le' s whose proud selfishness increases the embarrass i:ts, the afflicted. All classes of society, not excepting the to but more especially such as are about to enter tos rn atrimonial life, are included in the limits of this address, s."all we confidently offer the result of many years' suc ul Practi Xl9 cc' M ediate attendance is given for personal consultation ; and im ltintate answers are returned to country letters, which must 4,,duit,Vy slescribe the case, and contain a remittance for Advice Worl_?'etlicine, which can be forwarded to any part of the 1,, however distant.—No difficulty can occur, as the Medi tene will be securely packed, and carefully protected from ob- GOSS and Co., (M. R. C., Surgeons), 7, Lancaster-place, Strand, London. ,it s ,-._;; * Just published (Twenty-third Edition), Ist. THE p"'S OF LIFE, a familiar commentary on the above Dis es•-2d. HYGEI ANA , addressed exclusively to the Female Q e4 .--ad. THE SYPHILIST, a treatise on Lues Venerea, ottorrhcea, &e. May be had at 23, Paternoster-row, Lon aawx ____A,sellers (Price ss. ) PUBLIC NOTIFICATION. t SSRS. SLOAN and CO., Members of R _ the Royal College of Surgeons, 4, ARGYLL-PLACE, cl,` - '„ENT-STREET, and 28, IRONMONGER-LANE, ti I.c •APSIDE, may be consulted from Eight o'Clock in the Sy I rl ng until T en a t Ni g ht , on every var i ety and stage of 5 e 1., 3 , ,1,11i 1i5, with that deli cac y an d secresy t h ey h ave hi therto ob to cd• The t reatment t h ey pursue will not subject any patient tr_ con finement or hindrance fro m b us i ness . C ases of an ex clue nature th ey era di cate i n e i ght or ten days, or if slight or reee nt in two or three, without the indiscriminate use of tner rY, and at a moderate expense. Generative debility, l ent onorrhosa, and Strictures of the.Nr.ethra, unhappily so.preva, , are reated upon those unerring piineiples which have in tros4re to Messrs. Sloan and Co. so large a share of public pa . t ; ,fo nearly thirty years in London, and which it will be r future exertion to maintain. '" et „ters , containing an enclosure, will be answered by return li nd at re .., r lents, however distant, will be corresponded with until .vvered. IN SIND AND KAUBOOL, in 1838, 1839. By RICHARD HARTLEY KENNEDY, Late Chief of the Medical Staff of the Bombay Dirision of the Army of the Indus. Richard Bentley, New Burlington-street, Publisher in Ordinary to her Majesty. DR. BULL'S NEW WORK. Just published, in 1 Volume,, foolscap Bvo., price 7s. cloth letterea, the MATERNAL MANAGEMENT o CHILDREN, in Health and Disease. By T: BULL, M.D. Physician-Accouaheur to the Finsbury Midwifery Institution ; Author of " Hints to Mothers, " The best thanks of the profession, as well as of all intelli gent mothers, are due to Dr. Bull, for his ♦ery excellent little work."—Medical Gazette.' London : Longman, Orme, and Co. PRACTICAL AND INTERESTING SPORTING WORKS. Printed for LONGNIAN, ORME, and Co., and Sold by all Booksellers in Town and Country, COLONEL HAWKER'S INSTRUC TIONS to YOUNG SPORTSMEN, in all that relates to Guns and Shooting. Bth Edition, Bvo., Plates and Woodcuts, 21s. cloth. " The very best book we have on the subject."—Blackwood. G REENER on the GUN. One vol., Bvo, Plates, 15s. BLAINE'S COMPLETE ENCYCLO. P.EDIA of SPORTING. 1 thick vol. Bvo, with many hunched Illustrations on Wood, 60s„ are. lettered. " There is not a page from which the sportsman may not glean instruction."—Sporting Review. " A more instructive and amusing pub.ication never issued from the press."—Sportsman. Iv. _ _ THE BOOK of ARCHERY. By. G. A. HANSARD. Bvo, with very numerous Illustrations 11. 11s. 6d. " An interesting work, cleverly written, and elegantly illus trated."—Sporting Magazine. MANUALS OF NATURAL HISTORY. By WILLIAM MACGILLIVRAY, M.A., &c. &c. Ju!t published, in foolscap Bvo. , with Woodcuts, and 214 en graved Figures, price 4s. 6d., AMANUAL OF BOTANY; comprising Vegetable Anatomy and Physiology • or, an Account of the Structure and Functions of Plants; with an Outline of the Unman and Natural Systems, and a Glossary of Terms and Index. Lately published, A MANUAL of GEOLOGY, with Woodcuts, and a co loured Geological Map of the British Islands, price 4s. 6d. London : Scott, Webster, and Geary, Charterhouse-square. THE STEAM ENGINE, STEAM NAVIGATION, AND RAILWAYS. Now complete, in one vol. Bvo., illustrated with very numerous Engravings on Wood, price 12s. cloth, THE STEAM ENGINE, Explained and Illustrated; with an Account of its Invent►on and Pro gressive Improvement (including a Life of Watt), and its Ap plication to Navigation and Railways. By DIONYSIUS LARDNER, D.C.L. Seventh Edition. Printed for Taylor and Walton, 28, Upper Gower-street. WEEKLY DISPATCH. SALE OF NEWSPAPERS. The following Table shows the number of Stamps taken by the various London Journals during the months of April, May, and June, of the present year (1840), by which it will be per ceived that the Dispatch stands pre-eminent in public estima tion :. Gross Average Number I Pubbea. taken. tion. WEEKLY DISPATCH Showing a circulation ea- 65,385 ceedirig the whole of the Daily Press by 13,824 copies each publication. The Times took . 1,230,000 Morning Chronicle 588,000 Morning Herald Morning Advertiser 380,000 Morning Post Public Ledger 30,000 Sun Standard Globe . 237,800 Shipping Gazette BB,OOO Courier 63,000 4,021,800 and more than these four together, viz. : —Bell's Life in London 291,000 Bell's Weekly Messen 228,000 Sunday Times 280,000 Satirist ... 50,500 and in the gross 20,150, or 1,550 mare per week, than all the following 25 added together, viz. : Age Athenaeum .... Atlas 31,000 Argus Bell's New Messenger 36 000 Britannia ............ 42,000 County Herald C oun ty Chronicle 20,500 Court Journal Conservative Journal 23,100 Examiner 76,750 Era Farmer's Journal 12,250 Gardener's Gazette John Bull Jurist ... 97,500 Mark-lane Express ... 58,500 Mining Journal 18,200 Naval and Mita. Gaz 29,000 Observer Old England 58,500 Southern Star ... 21,050 Spectator United Service Gaz 24,500 Weekly True Sun 849,500 829,850 51,561 65,346 63,833 N the CURE of SQUINTING, by the DIVISION of one of the STRAIGHT MUSCLE S of the EYE, &c., &c , &c. ; being the HALF-YEARLY REPORT laid before the GOVERNORS of the ROYAL WESTMINSTER OPHTHALMIC HOSPITAL, at their GENERAL MEETING, on July 25. Second Edition. By CHARLES WILLIAM GUTHRIE, Esq., Jun., Assistant-Surgeon to the Hospital, Demonstrator of Anatomy at the Charing-cross Hospital, &c., &c. And ordered to be printed and published, price One Shilling, by J. Churchill, Princes-street, Soho; William Sams, St. James's street ; and J. Mitchell, 33, Old Bond-street. The Poor in London are received, on their own application, without letters of recommendation, and those in the country requiring operation, will be received, after a previous applica tion of the Clergyman, or duly constituted authorities of the place, to the Secretary. By order, THOMAS R. FOWLER, R.N., Secretary. Just published, in royal 18mo., cloth, price 33. ; and sent in Town or Country free, by post, 3s. 6d., MANHOOD: the CAUSES of its PRE MATURE DECLINE, with Plain Directions for ITS PERFECT RESTORATION; addressed to those suf fering from the destructive effects of Excessive Indulgence, Solitary Habits, or Infection ; followed by Observations on the TREATMENT of SYPHILIS, GONORRHGEA, GLEET, &c. Illustrated with Cases, &c. By J. L. CURTIS and COMPANY, Consulting Surgeons, London. 'ublished by the Authors, and sold by Balliere, Medical Bookseller, 219, Regent-street ; 011ivier, 59, Pall Mall ; S range, 21, Paternoster-row ; Pattie, 4, Brydges-street, Strand; Machen and Co., 8, D'Olier-street, Dublin ; Duncan 114, High-street, Edinburgh ; and to be had ofall Booksellers The Work which is now presented to the public is the result of very extended experience in a class of diseases and affec tions, which for some unaccountable reason have been either altogether overlooked, or treated with apathy, and almost in difference, by the m dinary practitioner. To enter into the details of these affections, to point out their causes, and to mark the terrific consequences, social, moral, and physical, which are sure to follow from indulgence, in certain habits, would be entirely out of place in an advertisement. We have no hesitation, however, in saying that there is AO member of society, by whom the book will not be found interesting, whe ther we consider such person to hold the relation of a PA RENT, a PRECEPTOR, or a CLERGYMAN. The PARENT, who beholds his beloved child pining away, and fast approaching to a premature grave, in consequence of some disease, which for want of a careful investigation of its real cause, has been set down to the score of consumption, will, on perusing this work be astonished to find that in nine tenths of the cases of young persons of both sexes, who perish of what is called pulmonary consumption, heart disease, tabes, &c., the sole and exclusive origin has been the indulgence in certain destructive habits, practised by youth much more fre quently than is at all suspected. The PRECEPTOR, also, who holds temporarily, at least the relation and responsibility of a parent, will, by perusing this work, be directed, and very much assisted in investigating and detecting the too often concealed practices so often introduced into schools, whereby the health and ultimttely the lives of his pupils are sure to be compromised, unless the evil be checked in proper time. He will . here find a clue to guide him through the intricate mazes of this moral labyrinth, and a standard whereby to judge, when delicacy of health should appear to attack any of his young charges, what the rea' cause of such attack may be, and thus he will be enabled to check the evil in its incipient state. The CLERGYMAN, in whose sacred character, is at once concentrated the twofold relation of parent and instructor, will here be directed as to the nature of those habits, to which youth is addicted ; he will also be enabled to point out the disastrous consequences which are sure to follow from them, if not relinquished. Messrs. CURTIS and CO. are to be consulted daily at their residence,: No. 7, Frith-street , S oho, from Ten till Three, and, Five-till Eight-in--the Evening; and Country Patients are re quested to be as minnte as possible i n the detail of their cases, —as to the duration of the complaint, the symptoms, age, ge neral habits of living, and occupation in life of the pasty ; the communication must be accompanied by the " usual Consulta tion Fee of U.," without wh'eh no notice whatever . can be taken of their application ; and in all cases , the most inviolable secrecy may be relied on. N.B. Seven doors from Soho-square. THE FIFTH APPEARANCE OF THE INFANT SAPPHO, LOUISA VINNING in a MUSICAL MELANGE, At the POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTION, 309, REGENT-STREET, To-Mottaow EVENING, Aug. 14, And for a limited number of alternate Evenings. Her Father, Sister, Mr. NI . H. Adams, and others will take parts. This Child of Wonders will also sing the Infant's Dream, which so delighted HER MAJESTY and PRINCE ALBERT at Buckingham Palace. The OXYHYDROGEN MICROSCOPE will have _its vast p . owers exhibited. Doors open at Half. p as t Seven. Commence at Eight o'clock. Admission to the body of the Theatre, 2s. ; to the Gal lery, Is. ; Reserre Scats, 3s. The MORNING EXHIBITION (being the Last Week of the ALPINE SINGERS), the 1,150 Working Models and other interesting Scientific subjects, the varied experiments— Microscope, Diving Bell, Diver, &c. Admission, Is. IVORTH MIDLAND RAILWAY. _LI TRAINS TO LEEDS, YORK, AND HULL. The Public is respectfully informed, that these Trains will commence running on and after AIONDAY, the 17th instant ; leaving the Euston Station at Nine, r.m. By order, H. PATTESON, Secretary. Offices, Warnford• court, Throgmorton-street, August 12, 1840. • NEW SETTLEMENT OF A USTRALIND. Under the WESTERN AUSTRALIAN COMPANY. DIRECTORS. CHAIRMAN—WILLIAM HUTT, Esq., M.P. DEPUTY CHAIRMAN—JOHN CHAPMAN, Esq. T. H. Brookin g , I Esq. Jacob Montefiore, Esq. Henry Buckle, Esq. Geo. R. Smith, Esq. , M.P. I Charles Enderby , Esq. Capt. M. H. Sweny, R.N. James Irving, Esq. E. Gibbon Wakefield, Esq. SECRETA KT—Thomas John Buckton, Esq. CHIEF COMMISSIONER IN A Mr. ALIA—M. Waller Clifton, Esq. ' F. R. P. Messrs. Smith, Payne, and Smiths. BANKERS{ Messrs. Wright arill Co. STANDING COUNSEL—Francis M'Donnell, Esq. SOLICITORS—Messrs. Few,.Hamilton, and Few. The Company are new disposing of allotments of Rural and Town Land in their new Settlement of Australind, terms and particulars of which may be obtained on application at the Company's House, No. 6, Adelphi Terrace, London. INFIRMARY for the CURE of STRIC TURES of the URETHRA, SYPHILIS, GONOR RHOEA, GLEETS, and all DISEASES of the GENERA TIVE and URINARY ORGANS. Notwithstanding the above Institution is closed, Patients may continue to receive the GRATUITOUS ADVICE of the Sur geon (Mr. Courtenay, 42, Great Marlborough-street,) by ap plying at his own house instead of the Charity. Hours of Attendance, from Eight to Ten in the Mornings and from Seven to Nine in the Evenings. On Sundays in the Morning, but not in the Evening. WONDERFUL DISCOVERY. A. PERMANENT CURE for the TOOTH ACHE is instantly effected by the application of the GREGORIAN PASTE, prepared by the Rev. GORMAN GREGG, sole Inventor. Also for the Ear-ache and Tic-do loreux. The above soothing, painless, and perfectly innocuous nerve killer, has at length effected that grand desideratum since the creation, viz., the CURE of TOOTHACHE. Trial only will convince you of its efficacy. Genuine at 3, Opera Areade,:Pall Mall East (late of 64, St. Paul's), where all e•untry, foreign, and other orders are exe cuted; 78, St. James's-street; and at several respectable Me dicine Venders. FEMALE AGRICULTURAL LA- BOURERS. There is a numerous section of labourers in this country, whose condition is greatly neglected, who, because they cannot agitate, and have none to take their cause in hand, are almost utterly forgotten—we mean female labourers ! The factory operatives have had the aid of high and influential names to plead their cause. They have had their Sadlers and Ashleys. There were two classes of females employed in agri cultural work—the young and the middle-aged. The first are generally engaged for six months, and the second class by the day or week. The first dwell in their employer's house—the second frequently in most uncomfortable huts. The first are secured in food and lodgings—the second are generally allowed their cottage free, or at a nominal rental. The first arc paid half-yearly wages, and the second are paid about eighteenpence per diem, with the exception of broken days, which are generally deducted. The same parties, if skilled in factory work, would receive probably six shillings per week. There is thus a difference of at least one-half in wages betwixt tho factory and the agricultural female labourer. The latter is exposed to every wind that blows, to sun or shower, unless she consults her health and comfort by forfeiting her earnings, and that she cannot afford, while her physical strength is sufficient for the task. The rural female labourer has fresher air, a better atmosphere, but frequently more unwomanly labour. We have been accustomed to measure the civilisation of nations by the state of female society. We regard the Indians of America as a savage people, because the hardest toil is reserved for the weaker sex. And, upon this principle, there may be some truth in the title of a work lately published, styled " England a Half-Civilized Nation," for we doubt if many parts of field labour in which females are employed are at all congenial to their nature, or favourable to the develop ment of their better qualities. Upon the other hand, it is asserted that a rural life presents fewer temptations to vice than that of a factory life ; and we know that amongst country people there exists a strong prejudice against the latter. We know nothing of the temptations, but something of the facts ; and we have no hesitation in stating our belief to be, that the balance of morality does not hang in the di rection generally supposed. We have great doubts that out-door labour is not the most favourable to fe male morality, and we rather think that if the subject was more closely examined, the result would startle very many who are resting upon a totally unproved opinion. ,It might be a curious question, " How can people be supported on eightpence per day ?"—and a still more strange inquiry might have been made into one case with which we were acquainted, where a widowed female " brought up" a family of six children upon this pittance, assisted by the labours of her children, when they were able to work. Such cases are numerous, though seldom heard of. The female agricultural labourer toils on quietly and uncomplainingly, a neglected and forgotten being. Her home affords but a scanty shelter against the winter blast, but therewith she is contented. Day after day brings hard labour, and only the Sabbath-day affords rest. But there are few apparently more con tented people than the middle-aged of this class. They have lost all ambition, and unrepiningly live through their days. Nobody, out of their own rank, knows how they do live, and few care to inquire. The busy world knows nothing, and cares nothing for them, and they know or care equally little about it. The only mode in which their condition could be rendered more comfortable seems to be by the exten sion of manufactures. In Ayrshire, thousands of females gain a comfortable livelihood by embroidery and needle work, at their own firesides, for the Edinburgh and Glasgow markets. In Saxony, very many females follow the trade of stocking-weaving ; and the introduction of stocking frames amongst the peasantry is the prin cipal reason of the superiority of the Saxon manu factures in this branch. Linen-weaving has been in troduced to a great extent amongst females in For farshire and the Mearns, but it is a laborious, ungain ful, and unseemly employment. In some English coun ties, and in the " far north," females gain more by straw plaiting than they could do by out-door labour. The laltbranch of labour, very possibly, could not be under taken except in particular districts. But there are other sources of employment which might be suitably and easily commenced, and which would tend to ame liorate the condition, and ease the labour of a long suffering and patient race, who should not be forgotten because they do not complain.—Aberdeen Banner, AUSTRALIND.—The new settlement inWestent Australia is the point to which emigrants as well as colo nists appear to be most anxious at present to proceed. The Western Australian Company, who possess large tracts of land near Port Leschcnault, to which they have given the name of Australind, arc about to despatch thither a very powerful surveying establishment, to prepare the way for their Chief Commissioner and the first body of colonists, who are to sail in a few weeks. _ _ _ Thomas Foster and John Taylor, two lads, eight or nine years of age, were charged at Hull, last week, with stealing some apples and other fruit from a garden on the Holdernesse-road, about half.past flur o'clock in the morn ing. The prisoners were ordered to be imprisoned and kept to hard labour for seven days. ENIIGRATWN.—There ate at present at the port of London alone no Fewer f.an 23 vessels on the berth, taking in goods and passengers for Sydney, New South Wales; 8 Icr Hobart Town and Launceston; 4 for Port Philip, and 5 for South Australia ; being a greater number of emigrant ships for the Southern Hemispbcre on the berth at one time than was ever previously known. Cheltenham has been rapidly filling for the last fortnight,-the warm 'weather having indneed bundredatof fasbionables to visit the far-famed waters. HULL Cou.EGE.—The office= of Principal of Hull College will be vacant in the course of the ensuing autumn, as Mr. Burrows bas accepted the appointment of private tutor to the Duke of Sutherla n d's eld e s t son, the , Marquis of Stafford. (Extracts from Correspondence relating to the Boundary ; between 'the British Possessions in North America ' and the 'United States of America, under the Treaty of 1783. Presented to bOih Houses of Parliament by command of her Majesty, July, 1840.) VISCOUNT FALMERSTON TO MR. FOX. [Extract.] Foreign-office, June 3, 1840. I send you herewith three copies of the resort and . map presented to her Majesty's Government by Colonel Mudge and Mr. Featherstonhaugh, the Commissioners only copies within o t f h the n the reportls t and fe whwhdoe before dayshottyhr, who were employed last year to survey the disputed territory. n i t t s is ha th ve e You will immediately transmit to Mr. Forsyth two Majesty's been e ew e n n i t l itonof coursel taGhyeot Government rs n n d b mse reporte on theftethinataptilessaeyidnogctuhmaet Majesty's si a her a Parliament,r Majesty's e act j v f e sc r bto n yuu m , str e t Gen thatoy; v Govern ment respect towards the Government of the United States, that a document bearing upon a question of much interest and importance to the two countries should, in the first place, be communicated to the Pre sident. You will further state, that the British Go vernment continues to feel an unabated desire to bring the long pendirrg questions about the boundary be tween the United States and the British possessions in North America to a final and satisfactory settlement. It, is obvious that these questions must be beset with various and considerable inherent difficulties, or they would not have remained open ever since the year 1783, notwithstanding the man. - e; and earnest endea vours made by both Governments to bring them to an adjustment. But her Majesty's Government do not abandon the hope that the sincere desire felt by both parties to ar rive at an amicable arrangement will at length be crowned with success. The best clue to guide the two Governments in their future proceedings may perhaps be derived from an examination of the cause of past failure ; and the most prominent among these causes has certainly been a want of correct information as to the topographical features and physical character of the district in dis pute. This want of adequate information may be traced as one of the difficulties which embarrassed the Netherlands Government in its endeavours to decide the points submitted to it in 1830. It has been felt by the British Government, by the United States Government, and even by the Govern. ment of the contiguous State of Maine. The British Government and the Government of the United States agreed, therefore, two years ago, that a survey of the disputed territory, by a joint commission, would be the measure best calculated to elucidate and solve the question at issue. The President accordingly propesed such a Commis sion, and the British Government consented to it ; and it was believed by the British Government that the ge neral principles upon which the Commission was to be guided in its local operations had been settled by mutual agreement, arrived at by means of a correspondence which took place between the two Governments in 1837 and 1838. ,The British Government accordingly transmitted in April of last year, for the consideration of the Presi dent, the draught of a convention to regulate the pro ceedings of the proposed Commission. The preamble of that draught recited textually the agreement which had been come to by means of notes which had been exchanged between the two Govern ments ; and the articles of the draught were framed, as her Majesty's Government considered, in strict con formity with that agreement. But the Government of the United States did not think proper to assent to the Convention so proposed. That Government did not, indeed, allege that the proposed Convention was at variance with the result of the previous correspondence between the two Govern ments ; but it thought that Convention would establish a joint Commission " of mere exploration and survey,' and the President was of opinion that the step next to be taken by the two Governments ought to bear upon its face stipulations which must necessarily lead to a final settlement under some form or other, and within a reasonable time. The United States' Government ac cordingly sent to you, for transmission to her INlajesty's Government, a counter-draught of Convention varying considerably, as Mr. Forsyth admitted, in some parts from the draught as proposed by her Majesty's Go vernment. But Mr. Forsyth added, that the United States Government did not deem it necessary to com ment upon the alterations so made, as the text of the counter-draught will be found sufficiently perspicuous. Her Majesty's Government certainly might have ex pected that some reasons would have been given, to explain why the United States Government declined to confirm an arrangement which was founded on propo sitions made by that Government itself, and upon modi fications to which that Government had agreed ; or that, if the American Government thought that the draught of convention thus proposed to it was not in conformity with the previous agreement, it would have pointed out in what respect the two differed. Her Majesty's Government, however, in the present state of this question, concur with the Government of the United States in thinking that it is on every ac count expedient that the next measure to be taken by the two Governments should contain, in its details, ar rangements which should necessarily lead to some final settlement ; but they think that the convention which they proposed last year to the President, instead of being framed so as to constitute a mere Commission of exploration and survey, did, on the contrary, contain stipulations calculated to lead to the final ascertainment of the boundary which is to be determined. There was, however, undoubtedly an essential differ ence between the British draught and the American counter -draught. The British draught contained no provision embodying the principle of arbitration. The American counter-draught did contain such a provision. The British draught contained no provision for ar bitratior,.because the principle of arbitration had not been proposed on either side during the negotiations upon which that draught was founded, and because, moreover, it was understood at the time that the prin ciple of arbitration would be decidedly objected to by the United States. But, as the United States' Government have ex pressed a wish to embody that principle in the proposed Convention, the British Government is perfectly willing to accede to that wish. You are, therefore, instructed to state to Mr. Forsyth that her Majesty's Government consent to the two principles which form the main foundation of the American counter -draught —namely, first, that the Commission to be appointed should be so constituted as necessarily to lead to a final settlement of the questions at issue between the two countries ; and, secondly, that in order to secure such a result, th e Convention by which the Comm ission is to be cr ea t e d should contain a provision for arbitration upon points a s • to which the British and American Commissioners may not be able to agree. You will, at the same time, sa y, that there are some matters of detail in the American counter-draught which her Majesty's Goverment could not adopt, but that you will, by a very early opportunity, receive an amended draught to be submitted to the consideration of she President ; and that you will, at the same time, be instructed to propose to the President a local and temporary arrangement, for the purpose of preventing collisions within the limits of the disputed territory. The following are some extracts : REPORT. -offi ce , A pr il 16, 1840. requiring us to proceed to nature ' a s t ninstruc tions,dated July 9, 1839, p n ec d t is in p g ut e ' bet ween h er M y Lord—ln gn r t te o hsie your G Government e o rt r nh d mo s Lordship's and to ' report ' r e p ort ' wh i ch of the her Majesty's province o f New Brun swick, for nt the of p t u h r e United States of Amer ica, - configurationpl s B e je o s f t ym,sa Governmentlt malting g o in i t t • e h sti g a taion territorynds the e at source to the cud three following lines pre sents the best de fined continuity to er h of highland range : ~ 1. Th e li ne claimed by the Briti s h C ommissioners from the source of the Chaudiere to Ma r's Hill. the western po . The int at extremity wlinehi which h from oaf the due north line. i i tnthheee drawn Ba source y of from oo caleu rs , i ntercepts m f " 3. The line claimed by the Americans front the source of the Chaudiere to the point at which they make the due north line end. " We have the honour to present the following Re port of our proceedings, and of the results which we have arrived at, So. :--- " We have to ask your Lordship's attention to the fact, that upon reaching the scene of our operations, we learned that they were to be carried on in a wilderness, where net a human being was to be met with, with the exception of a few settlers upon the Roostuk m it e s west of the St. river, about forty John's river, and of a few wandering Indians employed in the chase, or occasionally of some American lurnberers ; and that our endeavours to procure from any quarter correct topographical information of the interior of the disputed territory were unavailing, the most superficial and contradictory opinions being entertained upen the frontiers as to the sources of the streams, and as to the direction in which it would be most advisable to push our investigations, with a due regard to that economy of time which we were Com pelled to observe. This wilderness, thus situate, had never, we believe, been crossed in the direction it was necessary for us to take by persons capable of describ ing the country w ith anything approaching to accuracy, and consequently all the maps which we bad seen proved in the end remarkably defective. Indeed, had we not been so fortunate as to engage in onr serviee two intelligent Indians, who had become somewhat familiar with the country, by having frequently made it the scene of their hunting grounds, and whose rude maps, traced upon sheets of the bark of the birch tree served often to guide us, a great portion of our time might have been lost in cutting our communications through forests and almost impenetrable swamps, upon . injudicious courses, for the purpose of transporting our provisions, instruments, and canoes. Thus engaged, we had not only to keep in view the main object of your Lordship's instructions, but to bring the general topo graphy of the country into a more accurate form, in order .that the map to be made to accompany this Re port might be an intelligent exponent of the physical geography of the country. This became an important branch of our undertaking, which had to be applied to the whole area between the Bay of Chalcurs and the south-western sources of the St. John ; thence, north-westwardly to the highlands claimed by the United States as the highlands of the treaty of 1783, in 46 deg. 27 min. ; and eastwardly thence at various points of the highlands thus cla i med by tha United States as far as the waters running into Lake Metis, in north latitude 48 deg. This last point was reached at the setting in of the winter season ; and the party on that service had but just completed their ob servations when they were compelled to hasten to the coast by very rigorous weather, ice having formed on the lakes and streams. " We have troubled your Lordship with these re marks and incidents, not ;for the purpose of showing that our duty was accompanied with a greater degree of personal inconvenience than was contemplated by us on accepting the charge we have been honoured with, but to account, in some measure, for the delay in the sending in of our Report. Your Lordship will please further to understand, that after our return to Frede ricton, in New Brunswick, with the various information acquired under such circumstances as we have described, a great part of that information had to be applied to such surveys of the northern parts of the province of New Brunswick as existed in the Crown Land-office at Fredericton, in such manner as that, by transferring the results of our labours to the accurate outlines of the offs cial surveys, a map worthy of the public confidence might he constructed ; and that in consequence of its being enjoined upon us in our instructions to return to England when the season should no longer permit us to continue our operations, we entrusted the task of filling up the outlines of the official surveys to an intelligent person belonging to the Crown Laud-office, who had been in our service in the capacity of surveyor and com missary ;* but the final result of his labours, owing to circumstances beyond his control, and to adverse winds, arrived in England a month later than the period it was expected, and it has been only by using unremitting dili gence that we have been able to prepare the compre hensive map herewith submitted with this report." . . . We have endeavoured in the preceding pages to ex plain how, from very inadequate causes the public in the United States have been led to entertain such strong but erroneous opinions of the right of that country to the disputed territory. In regard to the ancient occupation of the country, we have shown that the concessions made by the Go vernment of France in 1684, of lands lying north of the 46th degree of north latitude, were ordered to be held of the Governor of Quebec. _ . _ But the fief of Madawasca was granted by the French Government in 1683, one year before this last period, and eight years before the Charter of William and Mary was granted to the colony of Massachusetts in 1691 ; and, although that fief is held under its origi nal title to this day, the United States nevertheless claim it as lying within the disputed territory. Other con cessions of a similar character exist, and it could be proved that Canadian and New Brunswick jurisdic tion obtained uninterruptedly in the disputed territory without any adverse claim having beenup to the year put in nb r 1814, by tbeunited States. With respect to the due north line, which was run in 1817 and 1818, and which we have traced on the map, a very general misunderstanding obtains respect in.. it. That line was never intended to have any va lidity as a practical execution of the treaty, or to be anything but an experimental and exploratory line to aid in the examination of the country for discovering the " highlands" of the treaty. The j')int Commission ers, indeed, did, as we have already stated, authorise an " actual survey," of a due north line from the source of of the Saint Croix, and that survey was undertaken ; but it was almost immediately afterwards abandoned in consequence of the imperfection of the method adopted, and on account of the disagreement of the surveyors. As respects the due north line, then, nothing has been accomplished by the two Govern ments. Nevertheless the United States, acting as though the due north line had been surveyed and agreed upon by both parties, and as though any part of the disputed territory adjacent to it had been formerly ceded to them by Great Britain, have already taken possession of the country to within twelve miles of the town of Woodstock, in New Brunswick, and have erected a strong military fort and barracks at a place called Houl ton, which has been for some time garrisoned by a de tachment of the United States' army. There is yet another point to which we desire to draw the attention of your Lordship. Had the award of the King of the Netherlands been accepted by both countries, the treaty, nevertheless, could not have been executed ; for when the line along the " thalweg" of the St. John had got to its termina tion up the St. Francis, and had taken its western de parture thence, according to that award, it never would as we have heretofore shown, have come within 40 to 50 miles of the " north-westernmost source of the Con necticut River," where the award of the King of the Netherlands directs it to go. It is also to be remarked, that a fluctuating state of things, wich as existed in former times in that part of North America, of which the territory now in dispute with the United States forms a portion, could not fail to produce, at different periods, numerous maps, where the lines of demarcation between parties claiming ad versely to each other would be laid down in such a man ner as to enforce, as much as possible, the claims of parties interested in the establishment of those several lines. Previously to the war with France, in 1756, when the great conflict for power in North America began between the two nations, many maps of North America were produced in England in which the Bri tish claims were extended by lines of demarcation to the river St. Lawrence. These grew out of the war titles which have been spoken of; and new editions of such maps appeared, even after the grants made by the British Crown had been virtually revoked by the va rious treaties of peace which have been enumerated. The British Colonies in North America were especially interested in keeping the French to the left bank of the St. Lawrence, and it was probably more with a view to the protection of those colonies than for the sake of mere dominion that the British Government claimed all the country east of the Kennebec and north to the St. Lawrence. The claims of Great I Britain to that extent are recorded upon va rious maps ; but, nevertheless, we do not find that, either previously to the expulsion of the French power from North America, when the whole country fell under the rule of the King of Great Britain, or subsequently to the peace of 1763, the northern boundary of Massachusetts was ever settled. This being the case, the existence of maps published in Eng land from the peace of Utrecht in 1713, down to the present time, exhibiting the claims of Great Britain car ried out to the river St. Lawrence, or even representing a due north line, reaching to suppositious " highlands" near to the St. Lawrence, would furnish no evidence in support of the claim of Massachusetts to extend its territory to such highlands, even if such highlands ex isted at all, or if they could be traced to the north western-most head of Connecticut river, whither they arc required by the treaty to go. By the treaty of Utrecht, in 1713, Great Britain acquired by cession from France "all Acadie according to its ancient limits." These limits extended to the 46th degree of north latitude. By the peace of 1763 France ceded to England the whole of her possessions north of the 46th degree to the river St. Lawrence. The title of England had then, therefore, become clearly established to the whole of that country, whilst no evidence appears of the right of Massachusetts to any part of it. The boundary of Massachusetts bad never been settled previously to the peace of 1783, and nothing passed upon that occasion which could give to Massachusetts any reason to suppose that her boundary would then be enlarged beyond her charter limits. The policy of England necessarily changed with the acknowledgment of the independence of her old colonies, and her pro tection was now peculiarly due to others rather than to those who bad voluntarily estranged themselves from her connexion. Yet all the people of the United States, asserting claims so directly injurious to the British colonial in. terests, have not scrupled, by their legislative authori- ties, to use the most violent language upon this s ubject, calling into question the integrity of Great Britain, and representing the just assertion of her right to the terri tory in dispute as an act which dishonoured her. Im putations to this effect, accompanying s t a tements of the American claims, founded upon such objectionable grounds as we -have.exposed in this Report, have been diligently circulated throughout the United States, and in all the capitals of Europe. All the material arguments and facts which have oc curred to us being thus brought under the notice of your Lordship, we proceed to close our Report with a summary of the foregoing pages :---- 1. We have, in the first place, endeavoured to show that we should have been acting inconsistently with the information which we possess, and with the facts which we have to report, if we had adopted the ground which the official British agents who have preceded us in the investigation of this Boundary Question, relied upon as essential to the maintenance of the British view of the question ; viz. that the Boundary intended to be esta blished by the 2d Article of the Treaty of 1783, was to be a line distinct from the southern boundary of the province of Quebec as established by the Royal Pro clamation of 1763. In opposition to that erroneous im pression, we have felt it our duty to show that those lines were one and the same thing. Indeed the very definition in the point of the Treaty, viz., the coinci dence of the due North Line with the Highlands, proves that the Commissioners for negotiating the treaty of 1783, considered the " Highlands" of the treaty to be one and the same thing with the southern boundary of the province of Quebec ; for if Nova Scotia had extended further to the north, or to the west, than the point where the due north line was to intersect the Highlands, that point would have been the north-east angle of the State of Maine, but could not have been the north-west angle of Nova Scotia. For the true north-west angle would have been still further to the north or to the west, at whatever point the western boundary of Nova Scotia touched the southern boundary of the province of Quebec. 2. We have given some historical notices of the pe riods when the lands on the river St. Lawrence and on the Bay of Fundy were first discovered and settled by the French, with a view to show that it was long pos terior to the settlements thus made by the French that any part of those countries came into the occupation of the English ; that every such occupation was incidental to a state of war ; and that invariably, on the restora tion of peace, every part of those countries so occupied was restored to France, down to the Peace of Utrecht in 1713. 3. We have shown that, in 1603, the Sieur de Monts received letters patent from his Sovereign, granting him the country now called Maine and New Brunswick, to the 46th degree of north latitude ; in which letters patent the Word " Acadie" was first used as the name of the country : and that, at the Peace of Utrecht in 1713, France made her first cession to Eng land of any of her possessions in that part of North America, ceding for ever to the British Crown " all Acadie according to its ancient limits." 4. We have endeavoured to show by various conces sions granted by the French Government to its subjects, north of, and adjoining to, the 46th deg. parallel of north latitude, that the Government o f Quebec, when pos sessed by France, had jurisdiction as far south as that parallel. _ _ 5. By our Map A, we show that a line drawn along that parallel connects the head waters of the Chaudiere River, with a point not more than five miles north of that branch of the St. Croix River, where a monument has been erroneously placed, and with a point not more than forty-two miles north from the most western waters of the St. Croix. 6. We have endeavoured to show that the claims of the colony of Massachusetts Bay to extend its territory to the St. Lawrence, iu virtue of the grant of the Sa gadahoc country by Charles 11. to the Duke of York, in 1664 ; in virtue of the renewal of the charter in 1674 ; and in virtue of the charter granted by William and Mary in 1691, are without weight ; seeing that the grant of 1664 was revoked by the treaty of Breda in 1667 ; and that the title to the Sagadahoc country, accruing by the renewal of the grant in 1674, as well as the title to Nova Scotia—both of which countries were an nexed to the colony of Massachusetts Bay in the grant of 1691—were revoked by the treaty of Ryswick in 1697, which restored to France all she had possessed before the declaration of war. 7. It is shown that the Charter of William and Mary, of 1691, does not extend the grant of the Sa gadahoc country to the St. Lawrence, but only grants the lands " between the said country or territory of Nova Scotia and the said river of Sagadahoc, or any part thereof," so that the extreme interpretation of this grant would require, for the northern limit, a line pass ing between the head water of the St. Croix River and the source of the Sagadahoc or Kennebec River, which would nearly coincide with a line passing between the western waters of the St. Croix and the Highlands which divide the Kennebec from the Chaudiere. 8. We show that the northern boundary of the colony of Massachusetts Bay had never been settled ; that the right of that colony to go to the St. Lawrence was de nied by the British Government soon after the Peace of Utrecht in 1713, and has never since been admitted ; that as late as 1764, a question was entertained by the Lords of the Board of Trade whether Massachusetts had any right whatever to lands in the Sagadahoc ter ritory ; and that at the Peace of 1713 that question had not been settled. We also adduce the opinions of some distinguished Americans that Massachusetts had no claim to go to the St. Lawrence. 9. It is shown that there is no evidence of any expec tation having been entertained on the part of the re volted colonies, that they would be permitted, at the restoration of peace, to have their bouneary extended north of the River St. John ; that on the contrary, the Congress, in 1782, instructed the negotiators to have, if possible, the north-west angle of Nova Scotia esta blished at the western source of the St. John's River, and to propose that river, from its source to its mouth, as the boundary between the two countries ; and that upon the Government of Great Britain refusing to ad mit their proposition, they abandoned it, and agreed " to adhere to the charter of Massachusetts Bay, and to the St. Croix River, mentioned in it." 10. It will appear that the phraseology used in these instructions of Congress to their negotiators, in which the north-west angle of Nova Scotia is stated to be at the source of the St. John, has been transferred to the 2d article of the treaty of 1783 ; the only difference being, that in the latter, the River St. Croix is substi tuted for the River St. John, and that the highlands are directed to be reached from the St. Croix by a due north line. 11, We show that the " Highlands" of the treaty had been, as early as 1755, described by Governor Pow nall, and that he describes them as dividing the St. Francis and the Chaudicre, from the Kennebec, and from all the branches of the Penobscot. We also show that he states the different branches of the Penobscot to extend from west to cast along the southern front of the country now called the disputed territory ; _ _ _ That the topographical description of the southern boundary.of Quebec contained in the Royal proclama tion of 1763, and the description of the boundary of Nova Scotia contained in the commissions of some Royal Governors, were taken from Governor Pownall's paper; _ . _ - - And that the language used in the boundary descrip tions quoted from the secret journals of Congress, and the language used in the second article of the treaty of 1783, was but a copy of that which is to be found in the documents last mentioned. 12. We have drawn the just inference, that the " highlands" which Governor Pownall speaks of ae throwing down both the western and eastern branches of the Penobscot are the highlands intended by the treaty ; and we have adduced the contract of Jackson and Flint with the State of Massachusetts in 1792, to show that the land then granted was bounded on the north by the highlands, thus heading all the branches of the Penobscot ; and that those " highlands" were then understood by the Government of the State of Massa chusetts to be the highlands intended by the treaty of 1783. 13. It is seen that the 2d article of the treaty of 1783 can never be executed until the two Governments first agree which is the line of highlands that is to be in tersected by the due north line, since the treaty directs the execution of the article to begin at a point which can have no existence, until the due north line has inter sected highlands acknowledged by both Governments to be those of the treaty. 14. We have discovered by a critical examination of the Grant of Nova Scotia of 1621 in the original Latin, that the passage which describes the western boundary of the territory included in that grant, and which boundary was agreed, at the time of the treaty of 1783, to be the eastern boundary of Massachusetts, in conformity with the provision contained in the charter of Massachusetts of 1691, is susceptible of a new interpretation varying in important particulars from the received one ; and we show by a literal translation of the Latin, that the boundary was intended to run from the most western waters of the St. Croix to the sources of the Chaudiere ; a line which it has been seen coincides in a very striking manner with the boundary in the Sieur De Monts' grant of 1603. 15. With reference to the great errors of Mitchell's ma p in latitude and longitude, we have suggested some remarkable considerations resulting therefrom. W e have observed that if a line were protracted upon that ma p between the most western sources of the St. John and the western termination of the Bay of Chalcurs, and were adopted as t h e boundary between the two countries, the River St. John would fall to the south of that line, and be within the United States. Whereas by a line protracted between the above mentioned points, properly adjusted as to the latitude and longitude as they exist in our map, the river St. John would be left on the B r iti s h side,and to - the nortb, of the * boundary between the two countries. But, though we have referred to Mitchell's map for the purpose of showing how the mistakes in that map may have contributed to account for the erroneous opinions prevailing in the United States about the boundary question, we are quite aware that Mitchell's map is not, l and cannot be, any authority on this question ; inas much as it is not mentioned or referred to, in any man. 17. We have shown that the terms " due north line," which were originally used in the commission of Montague Wilmot, Esq., in 1763, were inserted in that instrument, because the sources of the St. Croix River being to the south of those of the Penobscot, it was necessary to direct a due north line to be drawn from those sources as far as the southern boundary of the colony of Quebec—a fact which goes far to identify that boundary with the highlands of the treaty of 1783. 18. In adverting to the proceedings of the Com missioners appointed under the treaty of 1794 to inden tify the St. Croix River, we remark upon the erroneous establishment of the point of departure for the due north line, which has had a disturbing influence upon all at tempts subsequently made to execute the treaty. Had the point of departure of the due north line been esta blished at the most western waters of the St. Croix, agreeably to a just construction of the treaty of 1783, it would have intersected highlands south of the Roostuc River; and any further protraction cf the due north line from that point of intersection could not have been proposed, the treaty directing the due north line to go to the highlands, and not to any further point. 19. In that branch of our Report entitled " The Physical Geography of the Country," we havd shown that the line of " highlands" claimed by the United States to be the highlands of the treaty of 1783, even if it were continuous, which it is not, and if it divided the waters flowing in opposite directions, which it doe's not, passes at least 50 miles to the north of the "north westernmost head of Connecticut River," and therefore could not by any reasoning be shown to be the " high lands" of the treaty of 1783 ; those highlands being re quired by that treaty to go to the north westernmost head of Connecticut River. 20. We have shown that the assumptions on the part of some of the official agents of the United States, both in relation to the continuity and to the dividing character of their " highlands," and to the elevation above the sea of the point they have stated to be the north west angle of Nova Scotia of the treaty of 1783, arc altogether unfounded in fact. That the conclusions upon which they have iested the American case, instead of being the legitimate results of practical investiga tion, arc unsubstantial inventions brought forward in the absence of all real investigation ; conveying erroneous ideas of the nature of the country ; and calculated to mislead, not only their own authorities, but public opinion in the United States and in Europe, as to tWe merits of this question. In concluding this Report, we have to ask the indul Bence of ytur Lordship if it should appear to be less complete than the importance of the subject required, or would have admitted of. The very short period al loted for our personal examinations of the disputed ter ritory, was diligently employed by us, as long as the swim permitted us to continue our investigations ; nor were they discontinued until we had made ourselves acquainted with the natural features of the country to the extent required by the important end contemplated in our instructions. We are also aware that the somewhat complicated history of this controversy might, in more able hands, have been treated with greater ability, yet we venture to ask your Lordship to rely upon the fidelity of all our statements. If we may be thought to have occasionally exceeded the precise line of our instructions, we rest our justification on the great anxiety we have felt to vindi cate our country and our Government from imputations as offensive as they are unfounded. lutimAtely allied as Great Britain and the United States are, we have thought it due to a question which has somewhat en dangered the peace happily subsisting between them, that we should frankly explain some of the causes why the two Governments have hitherto been defeated in their earnest attempt to bring the dispute to an equitable and amicable arrangement. If our strictures upon the conduct of some of the agents of the two Governments heretofore employed in ineffectual attempts to settle the Boundary Question, should give pain in any quarter, we can only say that the maintenance of British rights and the preservation of peace did not appear to us to admit of being compromised by personal considerations. We have, therefore, stated things as 'we found them to be, and have been impartial in the application of our re marks. Above all, we desire to say that we have not intended to insinuate a doubt as to the good faith of the Government of the United States in the progress of this matter. On the contrary, we have regretted to see that those irregularities on the part of some of its agerns which it has been our duty to expose, could not fail to mislead that intelligent Government, whose conduct during the negotiations has been uniformly marked by fairness. Notwithstanding the assertions which during so long a period have been confidently urged, that the United States alone can rightfully claim the territory in question, we hope to have proved that the claim of Great Britain does not, as has been alleged, rest upon vague and indefensible grounds. but that she has always had a clear and indefeasible title, by right and b) pos session, to the whole of the disputed territory : a title, it is true, which has hitherto been somewhat obscuted by its rather complicated history, and by the want of that interest which countries in the state of a wilderness, and remote from the mother county, sometimes fail to inspire. If it should be urged that the British agents, in whose hands this question has heretofore been, have sometimes taken different views of the subject, and consequently expressed themselves in a manner incon sistent with the reasonings which we have used, we may fairly attribut e it t o t h e want of that more accu rateinformation which we possess at this time. But it becomes less surprising that they should have so acted under the disadvantageous circumstances we have al luded to, when we see that the people of Maine, whose legitimate home is conterminous with the country in dispute, have not to this day examined the territory, as they might done, with an accuracy that admitted of en impartial judgment being formed, whether their claim, as they have hitherto preferred it, was or was not tin), in accordance with the language and intentions of the Treaty of 1783. It is not to be concealed, that they who were so much interested in the decision of the question, and who, as it were, live upon the spot, have contributed little or nothing to clear up the difficulties attending upon the subject. Their acts seem princi pally to have been confined to surveying the land into townships to be settled by their own citizens, and leav ing it to the next generations to assert the proprietor ship of them. Time will prove or disprove our state ments. We have had truth at all times for our guide, and now confidedtly declare that if, upon concluding our investigations, we had found reason to believe that the claim of Great Britain was, in our judgment, a doubtful one, we should have reported that fact to your Lord ship. When this question shall receive a more calm and a more careful examination in the United States, we be lieve that the American people, who are eminently capable of forming a deliberate and sound judgment upon this grave question, will be anxious that it shall be decided according to the principles of strict justice, and consistently with the reverence due to that Treaty whence is dated the independence of their Government. Finally, it gives us great satisfaction to be able to state to your Lordship, that we have carefully examined every branch of this important subject as it has come - under our consideration ; and that conscientiously be lieving that tha claims of Great Britain to the whole of the disputed territory are founded in justice, and are in plain accordance with the 2d article of the treaty of 1783, and with the physicial geography of the country; We report that we have found a line of highlands, agreeing with the language of the 2d article of the treaty of 1783, extending from the north -westernmost head of the Connecticut River to the sources of the Chaudiere, and passing from thence, in a north-easterly direction, south of the Roostuc, to the Bay of Chaleurs. The course of th a t li ne is traced out on the map A, ac companying our Report. Upon the left margin of this map we have placed a section of the country along the line as Lis as Lake Keeaquawgam; and upon the right margin a perpendicular section along the exploratory due north line, accompanying them both with barome trical elevations. We further - report that there does not exist, in the disputed territory, any other line of highlands which is in accordance with the 2d article of the treaty of 1783 ; and that the line which is claimed on the port of the United States, as to the line of highlands of the treaty of 1783, does not pass nearer than from forty to fifty miles of the north-westernmost head of Connecticut River, arid therefore has no pretension to be put for. ward as the line intended by the treaty of 1783. We have the honour to remain, My Lord, Your Lordship's most ob.mlient and humble servants, G. W. FEATHERSTONHAUGH.I Comosiisieners. RICH. Z. MUDGE. - - --- NEWSPAPER READERS AND WRITERS.—. 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