The Sun.
London, England, 1841-04-01 00:00:00

ADDITIONAL AMERICAN NEWS.

(From the Boston Advertiser of March 15.)
Ms. AV Leoro.,So far as the question relates person-
ally to M'Leod, it does not appear to us to be one which
involves serious difficulty. A natural, and as appears to
us a proper solution of it is suggested in the remark of
Lord Palmerston, in reply to the inquiry of Mr. flume.
The American Government ho said had " treated the af-
fair of the Caroline as one to be considered an affair of
the Government, and not to be left upon the responsibility
of individuals. Until therefore the British Government
disowned those persons, as the American Government
disowned their citizens in the other case, they have no
right to change their ground upon the question." Such
being the state .of the case, we cannot suppose that our
Government will suffer M'Leod to be brought to trial, be-
fore a local tribunal, for an act which is the subject of
negotiation on a claim made by themselves. The Local
Court has no proper jurisdiction of the case. This be-
longs to the general Government. As they are charged
with the whole power of negotiation with foreign Govern-
ments and with the duty of maintaining amicable relations
with them, they must necessarily have jurisdiction over a
question of this sort, and power to prevent the local autho-
rities from proceeding in a course which, if there were no
remedy other than their discretion, would tend inevitably
to involve the country in war. The trial of M'Leod, we
believe, is appointed to come on before the Court at Lock-
port to-day. If the view which we have explained above
should be taken by the Government, we presume that the
trial will not take place, but that a nolle prosequi will be
entered, and the prisoner discharged, or that the trial will
be prevented in some other way.
The question as between the two Goverments, in regard
to the destruction of the Caroline, will still remain to be
settled. This too, although a question of great delicacy,
on account of the excited state of popular feeling in regard
to it, does not appear to us of any great real difficulty.
The attack upon the Caroline in our wz.ters, and the de-
struction of the vessel, accompanied with the loss of the
life of an American citizen, was a violation of our
sovereignty, and a ,gross outrage upon the rights of
our citizens. It was such an outrage as the Govern-
ment could not overlook, and thereby leave the parties
aggrieved to seek redress against the individual perpe-
trator. They accordingly made complaints of the out-
rage, and a demand of redress. This complaint and de-
mand were met by the allegation of outrages upon British
rights, and the British territory, committed by our citi-
zens, and by this very vessel and its owners ; and that the
act was committed as an act of retaliation and self defence.
On this complaint and counter complaint, a negotiation is
still pending. We do not believe that a war, or a long
continued acrimonious negotiation, can grow out of an
affair which has its origin in border excitements, and
where the real grounds of complaint are so nearly ba-
lanced on both sides.

THE AMISTAD.
(From the Boston Courier.)
TRIUMPH OF LIBERTY.—The Supreme Court, on Tues-
day last, decided the case of the United States against the
schooner Amistad, &c., appealed from the Circuit Court
of the United States for the District of Connecticut. Mr.
Justice Story delivered the opiuion of this Court, affirming
the decree of the said Circuit Court in this cause in all
respects, except that part ordering the negroes to be de-
livered to the President, to be transported, and reversing
that part, and remanding the cause to the said Circuit
Court, with directions to dismiss the said negroes from the
custody of the Court, and that they be discharged from
the suit, and go thereof quit without day,
The following is an extract of a letter from the Hon.
John Quincy Adams to the Committee in New York,
who acted on behalf of the Africans of the Amistai
:
WASHINGTON, MARCH 9, le4l.—Trze CAPTIVES ARE
FREE I—The part of the Decree of the District Court,
which placed them at the disposal of the -United Statei,
to bo sent to Africa, is reversed. They are to be
charged from the custody of the Marshal—free. The
rest of the decision. of the Courts below, is affirme 1.
" Not unto us—not unto us," &c.
J. Q. ADAMS.