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

POSTCRIPT.
(Cor Tspo dense of the New reran Gazette.)
WASHINGTON, Fan. 26.—The roost popular and the
easiest theme of declamation is war. We have had a
dozen or two of regular war speeches in both Houses LIP°
the message reative to the boundary difficulties.
The message was read in both Houses about 2 o'clocK
It was found to be a sensible, conciliatory, and moderate
paper, but still sulieiently tenacious of the honour and in-
terests of the country. It does not approve of the rash pro-
ceedings of Governor and recommends to Maine
to withdraw and disband her forces. The President says,
ly,vever, that Great Britain has no title to exclusive juris-.
diction in the territory in dispute, and he does rii°l
think she will persist in asserting it. Ile Prer;:
first to try the pending negotiation, and if t"",„
fail, he will propose the reference of the disput
to the arbitration of a third power. But should this
authorities of New Brunswick persist in their aggressions,
and in asserting and maintaining exclusive jurisdiction over
the territory, he will then deem it the constitutional duty
cf the Executive to repel the invasion. He refuses to
comply with the demand of Governor Fairfield for aid from
the United States under present circumstances ; but, le
an anticipation of the occurrence of such an emergency 0
will render the interference of the General Government
necessary, and to obviate the necessity of calling an extra
Session of Congress, he recommends it to Congress to
make proper provision for any contingency.
Mr. W. Thompson, of South Carolina, first spoke,
and eulogized the message in the warmest terms, as
manly and patriotic. He gave his unqualified approbation
to the whole course of the Administration on this sub-
ject. Ile deprecated war, and knew that its consequences
might be disastrous to us, and that it might be made n
pretext by England for seizing upon Cuba, but still, in
a matter of national pride and honour, be would net
stop to count the cost. The right of the United States
was not a question ; that had been decided unanimously by
both Houses of Congress heretofore. The question 00W
to be decided was, whether we should passively submit $?
the insults and aggressions of England. The tone of Sir
John Harvey's letters he thought insolent in the extreinc'
Sc. Ile moved the printing of 20,000 extra copies of the
message and the documents.
Mr. Evans, of Maine, followed in a long speech, exhib,it.f
ing the present position of this question. He complainea°
the past neglect of this subject by the General Government'
and remarked upon the former conduct of the Administration
as " pusillanimous." Ile expressed himself as being pleased
with the assertion by the President that, in case the aggr—os'
sion should be persisted in, he would aid Maine. But be
maintained that Maine was now entitled to the support of tbue
General Government. All hopes of an adjustment throu"
negotiation would he found delusive. The temper of ti.be
people of New Brunswick, of the people of illainc,of tue
determination evinced in the letters of Governor Harvey'
Mr. Fox, and Governor Fairfield, showed that matters
would be pushed to an extremity. He called upon td°,ll:,
gross to provide at once the necessary means for a id'eq
Maine; and he insisted that the state of Maine would 0°
flinch from the position she had taken, whether she 09
supported in it or not.
Several gentlemen Messrs. Adams, Cushing, Lin,.,Tlll'
and Sergeant, supported Mr. Evans's views. The 1'1.:
went the whole hog in both Houses. They threw V"'''"
quiet message quite in the shade.
Mr. Clay was for giving the President men and nweeni;
The Committee on foreign affairs will soon report 0
the subject.
The House is still in Session (10 o'clock) on the Civ'
and Diplomatic Bill.

(Correspondeneo of the New York Express, Feb. 27')
CLOSING SCENES OF THE SESSION;
VERY IMPORTANT NEWS—FRONTIER'

TROUBLES. tot
Between six and seven o'clock this evening an irtiPt-„2a
message was received from the President of the
States upon the subject of our north-eastern trou.'"o
The message is but a preface to an important letter (r°,
e
Mr. Fox, the British Minister. Mr.-Fox and Mr. or
fit,
syth, it seems, have come to an amicable arrangerne,Ty
which will probably prevent hostile movements, if ITsif,
movements have not already been engaged in by the ue I
gerent parties of Maine and New Brunswick.
The following are the documents referred to :-- 50
'6 TO TILE HOUSE OF REPItESENTATIVES OF THE (751-
1.

STATES.
" Washington, Feb. 27, 1839. a•
I transmit to Congress copies of various other cinctie
merits received from the Governor of Maine relating t°,4o
dispute between that State and the province Of or
Brunswick, which formed the subject of my mesnageduto
the 26th instant, and also the copy of a Memorau te§
signed by the Secretary of State of the United Staid
and her Britannic Majesty's Envoy Extraordinary
Minister Plenipotentiary to the United States, 01.04
terms upon which it is believed all collision can be av°,los
on the frontier, consistently with and respecting the on e.
on either side. As the British Minister acts without sPea
cific authority from his Government, it will be obscrlai.
that this Memorandum has but the force of reeonline° 01
tion on the provincial authorities and on the Govern::
of the State. M. VAN BUR.E.o.

(Memorandum.)
" Her Majesty's authorities consider it to have been do
derstood and agreed upon by the two Governments that.ol
territory in dispute between Great Britain and the Vt
States, on the North-eastern frontier, should remain.o
elusively under British jurisdiction until the final salt
merit of the boundary question. r Lod
" The United States Government have not uneA e-s 00
the above agreement in the same sense, but consider'oer
the contrary, that there has been no agreement vvha:ta"
for the exercise, by Great Britain, of exclusive J..'-of,
diction over the disputed territory, or any portion thereos
but a mutual understanding, that pending the negocianier
the jurisdiction then exercised by either party °,
i
small portions of the territory in dispute sbould nc);i00
enlarged, but be continued merely for the preservaiae
of local tranquillity and the public property, both 4,
bearing, as far as practicable, to exert any autheripi
and, when any should he exercised by either, Placer
upon the conduct of each other the most favourable
struction. tlO
" A complete understanding upon the question JO
placed at issue of present jurisdiction can only be arrilto
by friendly discussion between the Governments °log,
United States and Great Britain ; and, as it is cf. Os
cloudy hoped that there will be an early settlement er of
question, this subordinate point of difference can be el
little moment. rteA
" In Ise - f
:he meantime the Governor of the province oil.
Brunswick and the Government of the State of MajP,ener
act as follows:—Her Majesty's officers will not seek —boil
pal by military force the armed party which WA° oe
sent by Maine into the district bordering on the
0101 r
took River, but the Government of Maine wilt 'fa the
tartly and without needless delay withdraw We° 000
bounds of the disputed territory any armed fereew fat
within them; and if future necessity should sr:" ore'
dispersing noto.ious trespassers, or protecting public :0S
perty from depredation by armed force, the Or 00'
shall be conducted by concert, jointly or separatelk)iioe
cording to agreements between the Governments of
and New Brunswick. f
" The civil officers in the service respectively' e,,todi
Brunswick and Maine, who have been taken into ewi
by the opposite parties, shall be released. eat°
" Nothing in this memorandum shall be constrn 010
fortify or to weaken in any respect whatever the neutrti
of either party to the ultimate possession of the d'se
terr
Ttory. 000
" he Minister Plenipotentiary of her nr,,its so!
Majesty having no specific authority to Insj`eool)
arrangement on the subject, the undersigned can,
recommend, as they now earnestly do, to the G°dulsti
merits of New Brunswick and Maine, to reV,
their future proceedings according to the O"
hereinbefore set forth, until the final diedsettlement
territorial dispute, or until the Governments of thew 011;
States and Great Britain shall come to some defim—.oo"
elusion on the subordinate point upon which they sr'
at issue. "JOHN FORSYTH, ateo°C
" Secretary of State of the United St
North America." o%'
" H. S. FOX, Her Britannic Majesty's En/°`
traordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary'
" Washington, Feb. 27, 1839." c.snat",,in
A most important debate sprung up in the 00.1
soon as this paper was read. Mr. Williams, 0' „oft,
expressed himself dissatisfied with it, and belie"iiteb
Maine would be dissatisfied with it also. Of rig le
ought to complain, and the General Government to
and redress her wrongs.

FROM MAINE. fortiler
The eastern mail of yesterday furnishes some ea
news in relation to the border difficulties.
The e
e
The resolutions that had previously passed theocres,j°
for an appropriation of 800,000 dollars, and for the pest:if
of the military force on the disputed territory, havrnv fe oe,l
the Senate, and the Governor has ordered the,: kee
draughts of the militia throughout the State;
and soldiers, when detached, to severally hold tra 014
in readiness for an immediate call into the ourvjecafs,"o
State, armed and equipped as required by law
74; artillery, 451 ; riflemen, 548; light iufantrYt f
infantry, 7,481 ; total, 10,343. Gofc-
reie
Colonel Rogers, who had been despatched by ousts Di
Fairfield to New Brunswick, had returned to Autpr'aseclor
company with Mr. M'lntyre, the land agent, rei'r.
the Provincial Government on his parole of buneual the
ders ders had been sent to Bangor for the release ia,g
M‘Laughlin on the same condition. Col. Rogerson
aJ
bearer of a letter from Sir J. Harvey to Govern be
field, containing the following propositions :- hlivi d,
1. That the provincial.land.agent, Mr. MiLauf.eicostbe
released on the same terms that Mr. M'lntyro scan re
2. That the trespassers be given up to be Vie
d British laws. 'ol33°3l'.
3. That the force on the disputed territory be 1 the
atelv withdrawn. ou
tr
At the latest dates Captain 'lines was as 14% tio e orila
Aroostook, with seven hundred men, all in ne tb
iler°
General Hodsdon left Bangor on the 21st, wit-b-a
ot-
sand Kennebec troops, to join Captain Bina, oa
to, were to follow in a day or two.
Four companies of Riflemen passed through ,iitel4ll-10.70.
the 20th, for Bangor, and a slip from Jeromeo ouldi
Bangor, states that a party of Quoddy Indians
the Maine troops. t f
te
otb, sta
An express from the Aroostook on the 2 t Pier,
the Solicitor. General of New Brunswick senr or off
truce to Mr. C. Jarvis, the land-agent ad int,% drivel'alee
Mg him to leave with his force, or he should %) 1,00
immediately, as he had 200 men with 11411, and
under
0
ready to march to his support.
One thousand men of the Kennebec divisiedndit7olt°ttelir
orders to march to Banger on Sunday, in Aisnotee
one thousand men now on their march for the
eun.
ritory. The new draught will be minute In
04
SOUTH AMERICA-
_c foto 13“thel:ec
By an arrival at Philadelphia, intelligon'4 about it sp'
Ayres and Monte Video has been received Ayres,,ewhio
weeks later date. The blockade of Buenoshe
pears from the accounts published in the p_.ute:
papers, continued ; and that Governor li..);ron dlf:ti
ciously refused to listen to the terms of sul
by the French squadron. He had scut_ of. k
packet a Minister Plenipotentiary to gl7