The Express.
London, England, 1846-10-01 00:00:00

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the question Las been dependidt, together with the repeated propositions propositions on both sides, the tau Rork ....
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cornest,
could not have been reasonably expected to , w
amicable arrangement without some rauttisl 0),,,,,44,
their former demands,
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I " If, on our side, by dividing on the ff,th paria!
Strafe' of Fuca, we yielded the southern cape of VII ep- ,„ths
Island, Great Britain surrendered her previous claim In'
jurisd:ctiou and %reoccupied territory the the 49i
rallel and the Columbia river. At the same time
effected a material modification of our former off;r4-...,
surrender of the perpetual navigation of the Colarnhit Rh:
to British ;retie and British suljects generally.
from deference to the views and opinions of others,
was no less my wish than my duty to cc sped, I earn
Val f
deavoured to effect a settlement upon the basis of esel
the navigation of the river to the general trade for a
of 20 years ; nevertheless, when that, from csuees to need not now particularly refer, proved to be imp,. . • e
in suggesting and urging that it should be restricted to
Hudson's Bay Company, I thought I was effecting bi
an o ecc
even less objectionable.
" It Sel ms to me that, in the present state of eo
it is not only the interest, but the practice of nations, iede;
pendent of some inveterate notions of ellonial Dee,.
already yielding to more enlightened viess, to allow
greatest freedom of rivers and ports to the trade ort
world; and it may be observed that, until the United/Ai._
and Great Britain shall determine to aleindorl Pie ree,pc7
secured by the existing commercial convemlB4, the !Nets;
Oregon treaty confers fewer privileges of navigation thae
may be claimed and enjoyed luster the commercial cornea
tion. I felt confident, moreover, that long before the ee...
governments would desire to alter their existing conenereiri
freedom, if indeed they should ever desire to do so fiu
the continuance of peace, the Hudson's Bay Comma,
would cease to have any occasion or motive to navigate .4
a river as the Columbia is known to be. It would me be
easy to imagine any use they could make of it, during, gate
of peace, inconsistent with the commerce and interests e'
our own citizens.
" Universal satisfaction at the adjustment of a diffwalty
complicated and inveterate was scarcely to be expected, seed
yet it is a source of satisfaction to knew that its [pang
aceeptahleness to the country at large affords a sure gum.
tee of the continuance of our future peace. The twine
temper with which the negotiation was conducted, is their
several departments, by both governments, huvelisence,
ditable to their wisdom and moderation, am lave tee*
served to elevate our own in the opinion of other 1111ilik
" I sincerely believe that these effects cannot be too kid*
appreciated ; and if any portion of our fellow-citirms,
any section of the country, should feel that they lure ea,
obtained all the territory or advantage's they had expected
to acquire, it may be hoped they will nevertheless be seta
fled that the national honour, so far from suffering, he
really been elevated by the result, and that, iq keesen*.
the blessings of peace, anal keeping our country ttfadily lac
career of glorious prosperity, they will be amply ci.rapea.
sated for any disappointment they may have experienced,
and gain far more than an equivalent for any tioahtfol stt
vantage to be sought only through the instrumentality
war.

" Having now effaced, upon honourabl3 terms. the a._
cause that threatened the peace of two people of kindred
origin, and associated by commercial relations more ens.
tireand important than subsist between any other twoaatiab
of the globe, may we not now hope to begin a new caner of
international intercourse, and by the uninterrupted puma
of commerce and the arts, extend and cement our relatims:
It ought to ba considered as fortunate that these rem%
have happened at a moment when, by the wisdom a.,
courage of British statesmen, a new and important sup
been taken in the enlargement of commerce, by es hal,
trade of different nations must be vastly extended, and _
motives of harmonious relations indefinitely multiplied;
as, between the United States and Great Britain especially,
the causes which ought naturally to aaociate the tw a peopi,
upon an honourable basis, and contribute to their mutual
prosperity, may now have fair play, and our competi'iumi
future be confined to a generous rivalry in all that eau a
yance the happiness of the people of both countries sad
mankind at large.
" I would do injustice to the occasion, if I should omit
state it as my opinion that, in the country and among th
people I have just left, these expectations begin to be mt.
, rally entertained ; and that the settlement of the Grease
question will soon come to be universally regarded as do
knell of those inveterate jealousies and feuds which, it may
be apprehended, have so long exerted a mischievous influence
over the people, if not over the councils, of both countries.
" I may say with certainty, also, that whatever may '
thought of the result by some respectable portions of
countrymen, the terms we have ultimately obtained, no le►
than the vindication of our rights and the ultimate amoral
of an honourable concession, have added another refutation
to the charge of undue ambition, and to the imputation two
our national faith and stability, not unfrequently made
some quarters of Europe.
" If these advantages be properly appreciated, the time
not remote when all will be ready to acknowledge sad
juice in the result.
" The occasion may not be inapt to bear my testimor.y
the sense universally entertained abroad of the emenmse
and punctuality of the commercial classes of the time'
States, and to the influence it has exerted in sustaini-
American credit, in defiance of causes which 1 too deeply
deplore to attempt at this time more particularly to allude
to. I will add, too, that even these causes are beginning r
feel the influence of juster views and a brighter hope;,
that little more than a perseverance by some of our
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Fovernments in the exertion% to mainiain the pubic credit
is needed to elevate our country to a proud and enviable
among the nations of the earth."

BUENOS AYRES.—The New Yolk men
by the Britannia contain accounts from the River Flate ts
the 20th of July. The following docarnent is cited in the.,
which has not yet bran noticed, if received, here, althmuji
we have adrices from the unse quarter direct to the 27111

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YoKaiw: Amalie% MilmitreTaiti Or Ma. ale% IWernm. • Srffiv.
11. E. Same. Acura, bat, &t.—S3 it, —l;ke Queen, fr
sovereign, sincerely desirous of rumoring every cause 4.1
luttlentanding warn her mweenmera and the mweriunent of
Argentina. Confederation, and of reducing the relations of the
countries to their eadennary footing of friendship and ccriliality,
teen pleased to direct Thomas S. Hood, Esq., who for several
discharged the office of her Maja,trweaneul.gets sal at Monte Vs.
towet out inotocenntely for Buenos Ayres, for the punks. of MEOW-
ukating with year Excellency and the Argentine gm ernment. Mr.
Ilemal is charged so transmit conftdenthille to your Extelleney mum
minpowithens ea the part of Greut Britain and France, funded
in a great meusure on those communicated to the he
powers on the 2,ith of October, 1845, by the goverment
of Buenos Arm, with a view to the arrangement d dm
iliflicultiew twisting in the Rio de 4 Plata. I trust that the ptepth
thaw which Mr. Mood will make known to your Limllosicy, mg
are dictated by the moot anxious desire of putting ea end to
auto of things highly injurious to the interests of allponies, sel
appear NiMaptable to the govenunent of Buenos Ares. lie. licol
likewise bearer of similar propositions from the French movements
which he will deliver to your Excellency. From the thsrouxh kii ',f-
ledge which Mr. Hood palanmes of entathing relating to the inte
rests of the two conntriea. I trust that thechoice that Jim 6exn nade
of him for this service will be agreeable to the Goverment of i:UtOal
Ayres. 1 request that your Excellency will receive him in a frondly
manner, and give entire credit to whatever he may communied,*
mu on the part of the British Government. 1 flitter myself tlut the
Government of the Argentine Confederation will recognise in the My
thus taken he the Governments of tired Britain and France the
strongest ream* of their anxiety to cultivate a good and frical
understanding with the Confederation. 1 have the honour tote,
with the highest consideration, Sir, your Excellency's mod obedient
bumble servant, . Abl
The Argentine News, commenting on this later, salt:
",It was certainly high time that the ' peaceduakers' should COI.
mire a doubt an to the propriety of their course, after 5,000 lama
lives have been immolated, and such enormities so thane reLani
another column hare been perpetrated with frightful frequency, ere
since the rekindling of a war that had cedied was, in an era bog,
resolved upon."
It then gives in detail the atrocities committed by the pirate'
and banditti acting in concert with England and France and
the monster Rivera : houses robbed, men and children mur-
dered, women violated car carried off, churches plundered,
&c. Christianity and civilisation weep over the atrocities of
France and England and their allies on the shores of the Rio
Plata. Peace hat come too late to restore the lost one's. or
to save the cross of St. George and the tri-color from
those dark stains which the blood of outraged innocence
and virtue have indelibly fixed upon them. History
will record the burning shame; and, ages hence, the
'records of this century will unfold in their
.bloody pages, a horrible evidence of the injustice of two of
the most enlightened nations of our time. Mr. Brent (the
late talented and patriotic representative of the United States
at Buenos Ayres) left Monte Video in the brig Mary Jane for
New York. Mr. B.'s son, in company with Mr. Graham.
U.S. consul, went up to Paraguay, to mediate between that
state and Buenos Ayres.
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IMPORTANT FROM SOUTH AMERlCA.—Propositions for
peace have been submitted by Mr. Hood, the English corn-
missioner, to Buenos Ayres, and the career of the monarch-
ists and pirates of La Plata will probably be brought to a
termination at an early day, leaving the Argentine Union
and the Uruguay to progress in their republican carar—
the former under the patriot Roses, and the latter
under Governor Oribe. A more infamous war than
that waged against these two men by England
and France, with the aid of a collection of au•
from the banditti of all nations, could not well be found fa
the annals of British aggression. And now, after in vain
trying to force limas to yield the navigation of La Pis,
the British at Monte Video put on a long face and deeb.
that the project is relinquished, simply because its taus •
would form a precedent that would enable the United ,1 •
to claim the free navigation of the St. Lawrence, the
tines having territories on both sides of La F! ••
other words, if this country had only couitte
aggression, it might have enured to her futur.
at the sacrifice of our cherished ii • '
non-intervention, which European intrigue `" •• '
to have us abandon. But let ns nut •.. 1., .•
an England the meed of praise whit I' •
earned by the abandonment of the interven ••
nounred the aggression, and we now applaud
of a returning sense of justice,which those two p • • ••
in abandoning their infamous alli ,nce against rc,
Our ids ices by the Black Hawk extend to the •
from Monte Video, and to the 13th from Buenos . •
contemporaries of the Argentine News will please
thanks for their favours. Mr. Hood arrived at But • - • •
on the 3rd of July, in the steamer Devastation. TI .-•
tine minister in London, on the eve of demanding I. vast-
ports, had a conference with Lord Aberdeen, whih was
entirely satisfactory. England and France had both con•
curred in favour of pence.

COLONIAL.
CANADA.—Our files of Canadian journals ex-
tend from the 29th of August to the 12th of September.
They are only remarkable for their utter barrenness of nt w.
The intelligence of Lord Elgin's appointment as Governor-
General was received with equanimity by all but the / Woe,
which protests that it matters not who is governor, the pro