The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1842-05-31 00:00:00

SEW BRUNSWICK AND THE TARIFF.

(From the St. John's, N. B. Courier, of May 14-)

no period of the history of this province were
ffairs in a greater state of uncertainty arid
me. When the world at large is
ender embarrassments in trade and commerce, in
largely partake. New Brunswick is threatened
with changes that, in the opinion of many, will go far, for a
une at least, to retard her advancement and prosperity. In
iddition to the contemplated reductions in the British tariff
duties, unfavourable to the great staple exports of our
irovince, the colonial duties bill which was under considera-
ion in parliament at the date of our latest advices, proposes
.hanges unfavourable to the North American interests. Of
he effect of these measures upon the commercial industry of
he province, there can be little doubt; the timber and deal
rade, in the prosecution of which so much capital is in-
vested, and upon which so much of our trade has hitherto de-
pended, will, in a great measure,. be at once suspended. It
is true that our largest white pine timber is expected still to
command a good price in the British market; but this arti-
cle having become comparatively scarce in the country, the
expense of procuring it is consequently enhanced, and while,
for the smaller sizes and red pine and spruce, there is to
be little or no demand at home,—it becomes a serious
luestion whether the prosecution of the trade, in one
)ranch alone, will be at all remunerating. If the Ame-
ricans are to be permitted to carry their products to the
West India markets on more favourable terms than at pre-
ir trade in fish and lumber to that quarter, latterly,
ir small, will be completely at an end. We sin-
the effect of Sir Robert Peel's measures on colo-
rce may not prove so detrimental as is appre-
I that our fears may prove ungrounded : the
ex-
is about to make is a great one, and it remains
,een how far the nation at large will be benefited by the
resni

an at the p

th
that r
~.. ,vuiltry at

le United States there is a strong feeling adverse to
itinuance of the present maritime regulations between
i the British colonies. We have made o

tract to-day from a report recently made on the
some of the statements in that document, it will be
- not borne out by facts. This subject, with the
byirlent of the boundary line, are questions to negociated
theirQsrd Ashburton and the Americanzovernment, and if, in
strictintien?ent, the interests of the colonies are not kept

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slew, the result will be
Brunswick certainly poss

the vast ext . - great advantages in
and to thnt of her excellent soil and mineral resources :
But at theseprelee have frequently directed public attention.
the subject, Which has
notwithstanding the information on
her extensive coatillt resulted from the Geological Survey,
has agriculture beenounes are still lying dormant. Neither
have been advantafermented to the extent which would
soil is good, and the le to our interests, notwithstanding the
cultivation of the aceesso'rTeate favourable, for the extens;ve
,if not of the luxuries of life.
To these subjects, therefor:
ttsnihould the energies of the Pro-
vince be directed ; and we
a corresponding feeling of
confidence in our unbounded
sroetntsoentrhei
eus will animate the in-
habitants generally, and that
g will at ouce be done
towards taking advantage of our natural advantages.

LORD ASHBURTON'S MISSION
-

el7;)erbal, have
From the New York Albion, May
`ashington, writtetnheatil:
minister
two past represented that
journals cos.
cor.
le some progress towards arranging
ission—namely, the north.eastefnebae of the
Iqe moderated tone of the Maine
Maine ~,rates these accounts, and they are now rendered almost
certain
having
certain from the Governor of the State of
called a Special Session of the Legislature. This is certainly
very satisfactory intelligence, and we trust that the effort's of
his lordship will be crowned with success.
It is stated that Judge Preble and another gentleman have
been summoned by the Secretary of State, or deputed by
their own State, to proceed to Washington as Commissioners,
in order that the negotiations may bare the benefit of their
talents and local knowledge. This we think very proper, for
alnowledge of the localities of the territory in dispute is
ac ab-
solutelyua essential to any one who wishes to become properly
thgorouintd with the subject. Judge Preble, we know, is
Haguegasythversed in the business, for he was sent to the
referred to teh American Commissioner when the matter was
has e King of Holland for his arbitrament • and he
in dispute.
otherwise shown his minute acquantance with the' matter

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a the knowledge and abilities of Judge Preble are ne-
ary to the American Government, so also are the know-
and abilities of some gentlemen on the British side,
v well versed, to Lord Ashburton ; and we dare say
a has not escaped his lordship's observation, although
Piave not heard of any one being called from New Bruns-
wick for this purpose. A gentleman combining legal attain-
nents and high personal worth—with a full knowledge of
he topography of the territory, as well as the history of the
vhole question, is alone competent to give counsel in such a
asc. Without such an auxilia
rY his lordship will—if a set-
lenient by compromise is to be made—often find himself at
suit, and he will, as a matter of necessity, be negotiating in

We know of no person so, Fompp+...
to meet Judge Preble
the Honourable the Chief Justice Chipman who is, we

believe, a native of the province ; whose father was employed
with the late Colonel Barclay, in tracing the Boundary, in
1816-17, and who is himself well versed in the entire ques-
tion in all its ramifications : this is sufficiently shewn by the
little treatise he published on the subject a few years ago,
which is the most clear, comprehensive, and understandable
exposition, if we may use such a word, that has appeared on
the British side of the question.

In the settlement Of ihislOng and troublesome question,
whether it be done upon the principle of compromise or upon
the stipulations of the treaty of 1783, it is sincerely to be
hoped that a spirit of justice will animate both parties—that
a mutual feeling of accommodation and concession will pre-
vail—and, to use the language of the preliminary treaty of
1782, that they will adopt " such principles of liberality,
equity, and reciprocity, as that partial advantages (those
seeds of discord) being excluded, such a beneficial inter-
course may be established between the two countries as to
secure to both perpetual peace and harmony."

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