The Sun.
London, England, 1839-04-17 00:00:00

HIGHLY IMPORTANT FROM MAINE.

Governor Fairfeld's message has at length been acted
upon. The Senate are in favour of the withdrawal of the
Maine forces, but the Lower House is composed of men
whose disposition on the subject is far different, and their
doings show the determination of Maine on the question.
They have passed resolutions unanimously recommending
or requesting the general Government to send immediately
a special Minister to Great Britain, and have the line run
according to the treaty of 1783 ; and if England will not
do this concurrently, they recommend the United States to
run the line herself and take the responsibility. The parties
are again dividing, and the probability is there will yet be
warm work in Maine.

(From the Morning Herald, March 26.)
HIGHLY IMPORTANT FROM MAINE.

We are gratified to find that the nullifying resolutions of
the Maine House of Representatives, on the Boundary
question, have been negatived, and that those of the Se-
nate, couched in a moderate tone, and acknowledging the
paramount authority of the general Government, had a fair
chance of being adopted. The following are the resolu.
tions of the Senate :

" Whereas, in consequence of the recent movement in
this State, the national Government has seriously ar.d ear-
nestly entered upon new negotiations.for, the adjustment of
the north-eastern boundary ; and whereas this State, ar-
dently desirous of a speedy settlement of the long-delayed
and agitating question, will do nothing to impede or em-
b3rrass tic general Government in bringing it to a happy
conclusion. Therefore,

" Resolved, that the Governor be, and he hereby is, au-
thorised and requested to withdraw from the disputed ter-
ritory the military force of this State, on being notified by
the authorities of New Brunswick that the British troops
have been, or will be immediately withdrawn, and that they
will not attempt to exercise exclusive jurisdiction over it
during the pendency of negotiations.
" Resolved--That the Governor be, and he is hereby
authorised to enter into an arrangement with the Governor
of New Brunswick to protect the property on the disputed
territory from depredation."

These are moderate, and we trust will be adopted.
" AUGUSTA, AlAscii 22.—The conferees on the part of
he House have reported to agree with the Senate, upon
he resolves.

"No news from the East this morning. The soldiers
on the Aroostook arc suffering from sickness more than
formerly.

.. General Scott still continues at Augusta."

(From the Boston Atlas of Saturday )
IMPORTANT FROM NEW BRUNSWICK.
By the St. John Weekly Chronicle of the 15th inst. we
are furnished with the correspondence between Sir John
Harvey and Mr. Fox, the British Minister ht Washington,
on the subject of the " Memorandum." We have not room
to copy the correspondence in full. The following extracts
will show the construction which is put by them on the
agreement, and the manner in which the Lieutenant-Go-
vernor proposes to carry it into effect :
Extract of a letter from Mr. Fox to Sir John Harvey,

dated Washington, Feb. 27.
" You will perceive from this correspondence that the
American Government is now prepared categorically to
deny the existence of an agreement to the extent as under-
stood by us, respecting the exclusive exercise by Great
Britain of jurisdiction over the disputed territory, pending
the negociation for the settlement of the boundary.
di
" The two Governments are thus placed pointe y at
issue upon this subordinate branch of the boundary ques-
tion. It is only by direct negociation and free discussion
between them, that a definite understanding upon the point
at issue can be arrived at.
" In this state of affairs I think it best becomes us, as
the servants of a Sovereign, whose generous forbearance is
unequalled in the history of nations, to refrain from further
action until time shall have been afforded to her Majesty's
Government to attempt the adjustment of the difference by
friendly means.
" Governed by these feelings, I have this day signed,
with the Secretary of State for the United States, the
enclosed memorandum, containing terms of accommoda-
tion, which we have agreed to recommend to the adoption
respectively of your Excellency and the Governor of Maine.
.‘ The duplicate of the enclosed memorandum is for-
warded to the Governor of Maine, who, I have no doubt,
under the recommendation of the President, will comply
with the terms proposed, if your Excellency shall be
willing equally to accede to them."
Extract from a letter of Sir John Harvey to Mr. Fox,
dated Frederickton, March 6.
" Yielding to circumstances, which I admit with your
Excellency to constitute a sufficient justification for a de-
parture from the strict letter of the instructions from her
Majesty's Government, under which it is mace my
duty to act in reference to the territory in dispute
between Great Britain and the United States, my
measures shall accordingly be confined to the protec-
tion of the communication between this province and Lower
Canada, through the valley of the St. John, and of her
Majesty's subjects of the Madawaska settlement:,
These documents, with the resolutions of the Maine Le-
gislature, show what is the posture in which the several
parties are placed. The American Government and the
British Minister have entered into an agreement as to the
course which Maine and New Brunswick shall pursue.s
Maine refuses to comply. The Governor of New Brun
wick agrees to comply until he shall receive the orders of
his Government; but in the meantime takes stronges-
session of Madawaska and all the disputed territory northP
of St. John. Maine, not content with opening this new
ground of controversy (which is precisely what the British
Government must have wished, if they felt that their former
ground on the point which was in negotiation was weak),
takes this opportunity to declare the right of that State to
exclusive jurisdiction over all the disputed territory, and
" that no agreement which has or may be entered into by
the Government of the Union, can impair her prerogative
to be the sole judge of the time when, and the manner in
which that right shall be enforced I"

LEGISLATURE OF NEW YORK, tx ASSEMBLY,
SATURDAY, MARCH 23.
NORTHEASTERN B9UNDARY.
Mr. Taylor, from the Select Committee to which the
subject was referred, made the following report :
" The subject referred to them, in its possible conse.
quences, involves interests of the highest magnitude. On
the one hand, integrity of a State of this Union, and on the
other, war with that nation with which, of all other on