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

.st India royal mail steamer Trent, Captain Miller,
Halifax on the 15th instant, with mails from the
)rts. She had sailed again for New York and the

BRUNSWICK AND THE TARIFF.

(From th

t St. John's, N. B. Courier, of May 14-)

no period of the history of this province were
L 1 affairs in a greater state of uncertainty a Aci

acq
the
Ile
ref
has

When the world at large is
r embarrassments in trade and commerce, in
ely partake. New Brunswick is threatened
hat, in the opinion of many, will go far, for a
.0 retard her advancement and prosperity. In
contemplated reductions in the British tariff
avourable to the great staple exports of our
denial duties bill which was under considera-
nt at the date of our latest advices, proposes
able to the North American interests. Of
measures upon the commercial industry of
'an be little doubt; the timber and deal
'ition of which so much capital is in-
so much of our trade has hitherto de-
be at once suspended. It
.e pine timber is expected still to
ae British market ; but this arti-
tively scarce in the country, the
onsequently enhanced, and while.
.ed pine and spruce, there is to
at home,—it becomes a serious
)secution of the trade, in one
11 remunerating. If the Arne-
to carry their products to the
e favourable terms than at pre-
timber to that quarter, latterly,
'ompletely at an end. We sin-
Robert Peel's measures on colo-
,ve so detrimental as is appre-
ay prove ungrounded : the ex-
is a great one, and it remains
large will be benefited by the

measure,

the present tirri

there is a strong feeling adverse to
resent maritime regulations between
British colonies. We have made o
from a report recently made on the
ttements in that document, it will be
out by facts. This subject, with the
a-y line, are questions to negociated
the Americangovernment, and if, in
crests of the colonies are not kept

II be dee

detrimental to us.
ssesses great advantages in
It soil and mineral resources :

have frequently directedthpe informationu licattent
nioon.
't time notwithstanding
h has resulted from the Geological Survey
,
al mines are still lying dormant. Neither
leen prosecuted to the extent
h which
would
tageous to our interests notwithstanding the
the climate favourable, for the extensive
e accessories, if not of the luxuries of life.
ts, therefore, should the energies of the Pro-
id ; and we trust a corresponding feeling of
ir unbounded resources will animate the in-
ally,
nand that something will at once be done
atage of our natural advantages.

D ASHBURTON'S MISSION

'verbal, have
From the New York Albion, vr
special minister
, —ay 7 )
nts from Washington,_ written -(1--
irnoilboundary
• two past represented that thearl-p
ade some progress towards arranging
mission—namely, the north-eastern one of the
le moderated tone of the Maine
Je accounts, and they are now rendereradah cony.
the Governor of the State of Maine almost
i a Special Session of they egislature. This is cerZinall
satisfactory intelligence, dwe trust that the efforts 01
)rd,hip will be crowned with success.
is stated that Judge Preble and another gentleman have
summoned by the Secretary of State, or deputed by
own State, to proceed to Washington as Commissioners,
der that the negotiations may have the benefit of their
Its and local knowledge. This we think very proper, for
,owledge of the localities of the territory in dispute is ab-
itatYtessential to any one who wishes to become properly
roughly
with the subject. Judge Preble, we know, is
;ue
as the American
in the business, for he was sent to the
rred to the Kin
Commissioner when the matter was
King of Holland for his arbitrament; and he
otherwise shown his minute acquaintance with the matter

tes the

n from

lui if the knowledge and abilities of Judge Preble areonwe:
mry to the American Government, so also are the kn.
;e and abilities of some gentlemen on the British side,
ally well versed, to
t this has not escaped Lotd Ashburton; and we dare say
hislordship's observation, although
have not heard of any one being called from New Bruns-
for this purpose. A gentleman combining legal attain-
its and high personal worth—with a full knowledge of
topography of the territory, as well as the history of the
le question, is alone competent to give counsel in such a
Without such an
is to his lordship will—if a set-
lent by compromise to be made—often find himself at
t, and he will, as a matter of necessity, be negotiating in
tt'otkz_

LT-a-Irovf no person so compete ut tip meet Judge Preble
ittable the Chicf 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 this long 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."

SECOND EDITION.

Standard-office, Ten o'clock

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