The Northern Daily Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1856-01-15 00:00:00

It is difficult to understand how it should have been
supposed that troops could be raised here by Great
Britain without violation of the municipal law. The
unmistakeable object of the law was to prevent every such
act which, if perf)rrned, must he either in violation of the
law, or in studied evasion of it, and, in either alterna-
tive, the act done would be alike injurious to the sove-
reignty of the United States.
In the meantime, the matter acquired additional impor-
tance, by the recruitments in the United States not being
discontinued, and the disclosure of the fact that they were
prosecuted upon a systematic plan devised by official
authority, that recruiting rendezvous had been opened in
our principal cities, and depots for the reception of re-
cruits established on our frontier, and the whole business
conducted under the supervision and by the regular co-
operation of British officers, civil and military, in the
North American provinces, and some in the United
States. The complicity of those officers in an undertak-
ing, which could only be accomplished by defying our
laws, throwing suspicion over our attitude of neutrality,
and disregarding our territorial rights, is conclusively
proved by the evidence elicited on the trial of such of
their agents as have been apprehended and convicted.
Some of the officers thus implicated are of high official
position, and many of them beyond our jurisdiction, so
that legal proceediogs could not reach the source of the
mischief.

These considerations, and the fact that the cause of
complaint was not a mere casual occurrence, but a de-
liberate design, entered upon with full knowledge of our
laws and national policy, and conducted by responsible
public functionaries, impelled me to present the case to
the British government, in order to secure not only a
cessation of the wrong, but its reparation. The subject
is still under discussion, the result of which will be COM..
municated to you in due season.

BRITISH RELATIONS (SEVERALLY.
I repeat the recommendation submitted to the last
Congress. that provisions be made for the appointment. of
a commissioner, in connexion with Great Britain, to sur-
vey and establish the boundary line which divides the
Territory of Washington from the contiguous British
possessions. By reason of the extent and importance of
the country in dispute, there has been imminent danger of
collision b-tween the subjects of Great Britain and the
citizens of the United ptates, including their respective
authorities, in that quarter. The prospect of a speedy
arrangement has contributed hitherto to induce on both
sides forbearance to assert by force what each claim as a
right. Continuance of del y on the p irt of the two
governments to act in the matter will increase the dangers
and difficulties of the controversy.
Misunderstanding exists as to the extent, character, and
value of the possessory rights of the Hudson's Bay Com-
pany and the property of the Paget's Slum] Agricultural
Company, reserved in our treaty with Gre it Britain rela-
tive to the Territory of Oregon. I have reason to believe
that a cession of the rights of both companies to the
United States, which would be the readiest means of ter-
minating all questions. can be obtained on reasonable
terms ; and, with a view to this end, I present the subject
to the attention of Congress.
The colony of Newfoundland, having enacted the laws
required by the treaty of the sth of June, 1856, is now
pladed on the same footing in respect to commercial inter-
course with the United States, as the other British North
American provinces.
The commission, which that treaty contemplated for
determining the rights of fishery in rivers and mouths of
rivers on the coasts of the United States and the British
North American provinces: has been organised and has
commenced its labours; to complete which there is needed
further appropriations for the service of another season.