The Sun.
London, England, 1839-04-11 00:00:00

if: AT
I. 4 NG. EDITION.

LATEST tiEWs FROM AMERICA.

y the _
have roe eivcd New York Papers to the 15th ult.,
b packet ship Westchester, Cap!ain Ferris, which
-ached packet
yesterday.
A rerY mee4;erate amount of busitrss in exchane hsd
been transacte d for the packet. It was confined to g a few
sales on Lorii.on at 9 to 9i
'\l°neY, it !is stated, conti per cent, prem.
were nued very scarce, and the banks
b, dif:coutithig very sparingly. Two or three rn:n:,r
an4ing Corr .panies, in different parts-of the country, had
IngPendqd Priyments. The unsettled state of atf.irs oo the
eastern front ier had seriously affected the New Yurk Stock
and Share !Markets. Previous to the sailing of the picket
S had rallied slightly. The shares of the Lri:ited
the States Ilan'k bad been as low as 114, but were quoted, on
1 .
Tli,gtlls.

FROM THE NORTH-EAST.
We le FROM
from the correspondence of the Bangor IVhig,
,
that t"0 ecncipanies had been despatched from Mutton,,
under the
cu
PY the oinnmand of Captains Maxfield and Fish, to ec-
'position about twenty-five miles frOm that place,
and erect v,oine temporary defence to protect the troops in
111-I'l.6'l'M through a provincials ich is within ixty rods of the .ine °f 1783. The p are in considerable force in
at iretnediate vicinity. Four companies have been tiered to march to the Aroostook, and the remainder were
to folksy, in a few days.
jolt is stated that despatches have been sent by Sir
omutritand
th -4
COibOrne, placing five regiments of the line at
e (Eposal of Sir John Harvey, with instructions to
eth° their services whenever they should be
!atiogut necessary. .. Notwithstanding the represen-
na of the Blue Noses," says the Whig, ~ the feet
isii tiAt Sir John Harvey is making ye and energetic preparations for a contest with Maine.
He •
te determined to take military possession of a part of
Dun territory. He will, unless we move at once in the
!light direction, command the St. John." The Biitish
forces are concentrating at Madawaska, and the Americans
at the Aroostook, both on the disputed territory, but both
within th legitimate •- • ' • Go-
e inns Itettoa of their respective
Yernments. ..
.1 .-3:x companies left Bangor on the 7th for Moulton. At
`ue same date the troops of Augusta amounted to 1,000,
and additions were hourly arriving.
c&lsir• Senator Williams addressed a small number of the
ens of Portland on the Bth instant, at the District
hurt. room. In reply to the question whether the special
l!onMtniste . r would be appointed immediately, end what iie:.c-
et country he would probably be taken from, M. Ns 11-I.l.anls
1.1.anIs observed that no appointment would be made until
time was allowed for Our present doings to reach F.tigland,
rastd intelligence received
from our Minister already there ;
e fit_e,t when the appointment was made some one out pf,
w' England would probably be selected as the Minister.
---Cour• • lc) Gni Inquirer.

tttl ie s FROM THE FRONTIER.
ni,cr t h.e
We have no further intelligence of interest from the
r.asteit,,,n,,afrontier. We extract the following from
.e e2d inst.or ( New Brunswick) Courier of Saturday,
.--
crei
r: :ear Nuilao,jasty's ship Crocodile,
ved this morning feo:n Halifax, havin on heard six offi-
Captain Steuart, ar-
" The troop:erbiroof the 69th Regiment, under the corn_
roand of Major Brooks. She sailed on Sunday.
avrsetrederstand they will proceed to Fredericton as soon
necessary conveyance can be procured.
,69th,
" The trans ore Eliza, with another detachment of the
sad front Halifax on Monday last. The Numa,
irom Bile do
uaes, with the remainder of ti-e regiment, was
spoken near Halifax on Saturday, and may also be daily
expected here.
the drafts made form the regiment of city militia, re-
ceived Orreare for dut
ders this morning to
ppy, and are to ,
go into barracks immediately.
t` In the ceiv Provincial Legislature a message had been re-
ed from the Governor, stating that circumstances had
rendered necessary the calling out, for actual service, of a
anaadportion of the militia, and that he had ordered drafts to be
eof 850 men, to be held in readiness as emergencies
alight require. Of these about 500 men were actually
erabOditel, for whose pay and subsistence immediate provi-
sion was 'requisite, until arrangements can be made by her
Majeate's Government.
" We understand that on the day following the House
responded to Isis Excellency's message, by placing at his
disposal the sum of 10,0001. This, with the sum of
1.0001., liberally voted by the Corporation of St. John,
shows that our authorities are disposed to provide at once,
on the present unexpected emergency, for the persons
Whose duty to their Sovereign and their country requires
their services.
" The sum of 5001: has also, we learn, been arorid
by the Legislature for the equipment of a corps of Light
Dragoons."
The following extra from the office of the Plattsburg
Whig throws some light on the rumour which was current
here on Monday, that Plattsburg had been taken by a body
of Indiats. The fort alluded to was built during the last
War,
and was fennel afterwards to have been located
aviatlin the British territory, when it was abandoned, and
lience . gone to ruin in a great measure. The fort is
,orsenmonly known by the appropriate designation of Fort
'Blunder.
Pieresnuire, NEW Yorte,. MARCH s.—By a letter re-
ceived in town last evening, and also from a citizen direct
from the east side of the lake, we learn that the British
authorities in Canada have taken formal possesaion of the
strip of land in dispute on this frontier, including the site
of the old fort at Rousc'e Point, by erecting a flag and sta-
tioning armed patroles within the jurisdiction of this State,
as heretofore acknowledged, and what is still worse, have
embodied 400 Indians on thit line.
(Correspondence of the Hertfird Courant.)
Springfield, March 9, 1839.
lSy Springfield, OP Were—Twenty-four brass field-pieces are
leaving here to. day, for Maine. Twelve of the, number
itntZ, yesterday from the arsenal at Warervleit, New
A and the remainder are from the factory of N. P.
e. ea and Co., all bright and nice. They are well
0-4"nte the d on carriages, and are in charge of Lieut. Talcott,
Ordnance department.
Letters from (By the Eastern Mail.)
~, m hate Bangor
ceiv'ed
to the 9th inst. te that by an ex.
l'l.Qaa just arrived from Houlton, information had been re-
that t Governor Harvey was
t4e Possession of Mars-kill, and had sent forward men to
making preparations to
.eductta°..L4t‘a
()road. to that. place. Eight companies had been
proposed
fr_ril',tl n•this service, two of which bad already 'reached
'1 Fredericton. It is further stated that the 11
rot:hett is to be made on territory that is indisputably
rout Owe. Verbal advices of a contradictory tenour
are
'atprobablbY
tha passengers from the East. It is altogetherr
je t the report is true to its full extent. Si
an Harvey will be likely to govern himself by a more
discreet regard to the agreement of Mr. Fox and Mr. For-
The than Governer Fairfield seems disposed to exhibit.
Conintercial Ali vertiser of yeeterday evening ac-
;l_,c.clnare,irseesetie:!::gtehosertliiheerepeei receipt, b special messenger from Fre.
--oyial Garetatpe extra, published at that
6tb inst•, containing a report of some interest
from Mr. iiPLaughli.n, tie Warden, dated February 27, im-
mediately after his release and return from Maine.
The rort commences with an explicit denial that the
trespassers have in any w been ged or counte-
baneed by the British Government orencoura the provincial autho-
rities, and then sets torth-:
, leas" That since 1829 the Warden has been employed
in preventing depredations, whether by British or
Americans.
That as the ra-st effectual means of prevention he has
everY year seized all the timber which could be ascertained,
,°I.
y"ea suspected, to have come frcm the disputed terri-
tory and either condemning it or levying heavy prohibitory
es, the proceeds of which have paid over to the Re-
ceiver General, on special deposit, to be hereafter paid
over to the Government in whose favour the final adjust-
?neat of the dispute shall be made.
" That for the better prevention of depredations, in July,
1837, a proclamation was issued by Sir John Harvey, for-
bidding all persons to cut timber on the disputed territory,
which WAS extensively circulated ; and more effectual
measures were sanctioned by the Lieutenant-Governor for
seizing and condemning such timber as should come down,
either to Fredericton or St. John, which was done.
~ That notwithstanding these measures, great numbers
of trespassers, both American and British, have entered
of them actually having, autho-
aPen the territory during the present year, the former pre-
tending to have, and many
h•usetttse,mb,y which many British
h under the idea that
titY from Maine and Massac
subjects were induced to
the lumber would be
for the unusual number
)'remits so granted, which accounts .
protected from confiscation under the
the present winter.
to
of trespassers upon the territory during
I'hat during the last fall the
all timber coming from t disputed
n two ar Sr i
tdirected n
the Bt. Jehn, to which endarrantgheem
l'iaeing a boom at the mouth of Aenrtososwtoeurke, tno'adseecuforer
ail timber that might come down in the spring of 1139;
Ned, fieally,
make a •
I h the territory during the present
" That the Warden was directed by Sir John Harvey to
wi journey through
discovering the resorts of tr.'s-
, "ter, fur the purpose of , break up their operations;
ra,aers, and devising means to orea
upwas made prisoner
111 the fulfilment of which duty he
an", "ken to Bangor, where he wasws
"4 nis parole of honour." detained until released
1837 a report accompanied by
II
The re is
~.,, , forbidding trespasses, and threatening depredators
with the severeat measures of punishment.
imore truth than
"is en rent in the City that there -5 tir
Was At fir ,I,s_ st suppreed, in the rumour.
England. It is said
til".r.`"otteent to the special mission in
d artment, and
that
Chambrelene will succeed him in the department, of 11Ir. yr oodhary:s
ogee Moore 13
to receive aberth at Pali `"
eat ashington.
The f (From the Journal of Commeree._ch
leases
no
doubt a ollevring w letter is from a source which
i
ei ~ f the accuracy of its statements. Whether Mi.
anein •
is correct is another question :
" A letter
Hamlin,
foraieri_ er has been received here from
aid to General
" BoxToN, MARCII 12..
Iled„s.,Y_ land agent of Maine, but now a
' A nropcsal
is
~,? "o, dated 'at the scat of war, which says,
~.
Icieut
t° be made to the State of Maine by Sir John
givrve ta, which is this—that the British Government will
(4EI alaine the:right of navigating the river St. John and
Jo," eeeivelenta, for the land which lies north of the St.
the•l7,to the high lands,' which you know is according to
Ni .4'l'7.
trier Holland's line, Intelligent gentlemen here think
Marne
will accept this proposal at once, should it be made.
7e_trsaelitisetts and Maine have both been engaged for many
Bt,
is
oilit endeavouring to secure the right of navigalti.mg the
tie, tact. It is aloe stated in the letter, that Sir John told
Lombard, of Bangor, that he had been too hasty in
:013,proclamation end uied language which was too strong,
,e„"_,tbat he felt sorry for it, and would es soon as possib!e
teuu a Committee cf the Assembly to make the abeve.rne
Ll:enes! proposals to Maine. The letter from Hamlin bar:
.eit,a n eoranmeicated, as I understand, to Governor Eve-
,
Niitnt, is our painful duty to announce the death of the Hon.
1.1,.,11,41 el O'S.ulliran, Chief Juatiee of the Court of Queen's
t yest ' i i'' r this district, which lamentable event took. enlace t ~,,,, e'caY mernine et half-past 11 o'clocto. Mr. 0 Slt 1. 1 n,,":'.14 aepointed by Lord Durham to the office et Chief
r ...Lice, „, the: retirement of Chief Justice Reid, in No-