The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1842-10-18 00:00:00

THE AMERICAN BOUNDARY QUESTION.

(From the Spectator.)
It is gratifying to see the utter impotence of the efforts of
the War-faction to excite the nation's pugnacity, for its own
low and selfish ends. The Bacchanalian phrensy with which
a few disappointed jobbers are beating the Devil's tattoo on
their big war-drum, in one or at the utmost two of the news-
papers, receives no response; their clamour no where excites
any emotion except ennui at their tedious iteration
The burden of the song continues to be Lord Ashburton's
treaty, which the witty but too severe red-tapeman calls a
• capitulation" ; besides which, Lord Ellenborough is favour-
ed with an occasional episodical notice; and the change of
Ministry in Turkey is hailed as auspicious to that unfortunate
country, because it is an omen that " the ernpre of diplomacy
recommences."
There is no novelty in the views advanced respecting the
Boundary settlement—for to this point even the cavillers
feel it necessary to restrict their carping. Sometimes the
animating spirit touches upon the line of the St John's,
sometimes upon the posts on Lake Champlain ; but the as-
sumption at bottom is always the same—that the
lettre, andat
of
1783 was capable of being executed du pied de la
that Lord Ashburton in agreeing to depart from it has be-
trayed the rights and interests of his conntry.
The true state of the case is simply this. The treaty of
1783 attempts to describe a country which was at time (as it
still is in a great measure) unexplored—of the nature and
formation of which both the contracting parties were utterly
ignorant. In this ignorance, they agreed that part of the
boundary line should be drawn along a range of highlands
which does not exist—a range of highlands extending west-
ward from the termination of a line drawn due north from
the north-west angle of Nova Scotia, and separating the
waters which fall into the St. Lawrence from those which
fall into the Atlantic. The range of highlands which the
Americans held to be designated in the treaty does not cor-
respond with this description •, for many affluents of the St.
Lawrence rise in a range to the south of it and force their
way through it. On the other hand, neither does this
southern range, which was put forward by the British, cor-
respond to the description; for the whole drainage-basin of
the St. John, which falls not into the St. Lawrence but into
the Bay of Fundy, is to the north of it, The wretched
quibble of the war-faction, that the bay of Fundy is not the
Atlantic, scarcely deserves, notice; if not the Atlantic, it is
still less the St. Lawrence, and a river falling into the Bay
of Fundy can by no twisting of language be called an affluent
of the St. Lawrence. If the waters falling into the bay of
Fundy are not American, according to the treaty of 1783,
because they do not fall into the Atlantic, still less are they
British, because they do not fall into the St. Lawrence.
They are tertium quid, not comprehended in the treaty, and
to which neither party has any claim, or both parties have
what civilians would call a pro indiviso right.

(From Me Standard.)
The speech of Mr. Featherstonehaugh at the Cornwall
Rdytechnic Association deserves particular notice. Mr.
Featherstonehaugh was one of the commissioners appointed
by the late government to survey the disputed boundary on
the sides of Maine and New Brunswick, and he has taken
the opportunity of the Cornwall Polytechnic meeting, to lay
before his countrymen the results of his experience in the
survey, and his opinion of the late negociations. Mr.
Featherstonehaugh maintains, that though Great Britain has
insisted upon less than her right, she never claimed more
than she was entitled to under the treaty of 1783. This will
be made matter of charge against Lord Ashburton by those
who think that a nation ought to be always +extreme in as-
serting her right, though the thing claimed should be worth-
less, or even burthensome. For our part we were gratified
to know' that Great Britain never made an unjust claim, and
our gratification is not in the slightest degree diminished by
knowing, also, that she has not burthened herself with a use-
less and dangerous addition to her already too little compact
North American possessions, in a vindication of the summon
jus. This, two, is Mr. Featherstonehaugh's opinion:—
" And here, gentlemen, permit me to say, that perhaps no
human being was so fully possessed with the opinion of the
exclusive right of Great Britain to the whole of this territory
as myself ; yet, on my first interview with the Earl of Aber-
deen upon his taking the seals of the Foreign Office, I ven-
tured to recommend a compromise as the most sensible
course to be pursued ; a suggestion, however, which I have
reason to believe was quite unnecessary to that experienced
statesman. Lord Ashburton was sent out, and the treaty of
Washington is the result of his mission. Now, gentlemen,
if you will divert your attention for a moment from the con-
flicting statements you may have read in regard to the merits
of the compromise which has been made, I will explain them
to you in a few words. The American claim, instead of
being maintained, has been altogether withdrawn and cban-
doned ; the territory has been divided into equal moieties as
' nearly as possible ; we have retained that moiety which se-
cures to us every object that was essential to the welfare of
our colonies: all our communications, military and civil, are
for ever placed beyond hostile reach, and all the military
positions on the highlands claimed by America are, without
exception, secured for ever to Great Britain. On the other
hand, as the price of peace and renewed friendship with our
kinsmen in the United States, our best commercial customer,
we have released to her that moiety of the territory south of
the St. John, which was never of importance to Great Bri-
tain, and we have accorded to the Americans living on the
part thus ceded, and on the tributaries flowing into the St.
John, a free passage down the waters of that river, subject
to the provincial regulations of the province of New Bruns-
wick. But this is not what it has been represented to be—
the exclusive navigation of the St. John. The treaty gives
to American vessels no more right to be with their flag on
that liver than they had before. All the privilege that is
given is a simple right to the American settlers on the ceded
Portion to take the forest stuffs growing on their lands, free
of duty, to a British market. And, gentlemen, is this too
too srsut a price to pay for peace? Cannot this powerful
nation be generous to her own descendants, to her best cus-
tomers, without reproach? Are her Majesty's ministers,
who have to sustain this great country in its lofty position of
conservator of the peace of the civilised world, to be censured
for securing to us the greatest of all blessings, for csrryirig
out a great measure, that secures all the interests of our own
country, gratifies and completes the desires of the now
friendly Americans, and. separating them from all entangling
alliances, leaves Great Britain free to assert all that belongs
to her rights and her power with her neighbours in Europe."
(Cheers.)
_ Tnis is the truth and good sense in eloquent language.
The main point, however, is the evidence of this most com-
petent witness a man of science and talent, who had actually
surveyed the country in contemplation • f the objects of which
he speaks, to the fact that Great Britain has by the treaty of
Washington, for ever secured the means of commercial and
military communication among her North American pro-
vinces. This fact i • manifest, indeed, from Mr. Wyld's
newly published map (and every one who wishes to under-
stand the matter ought to possess himself of that cheap and
excellent little
commissionersketch); but the evidence of the surveying
reach men while it authenticates the map, will of course
who
that publication.'"Y not have an opportunity of examining

A MELANCHOLY AND IMPRESSIVE SCENE.—On the
afternoon of last Saturday, the remains of a soldier of the 64th
and a policean of this district, were interred side
regiment,
by side in the church- myard of this town. The burial of the
soldier would have passed off as an ordinary occurrence were
of the policeman's corpse, aecm"
it not that the conjuncton
paujed by the constabulary, gave novelty to the impressive
for it was so arranged by Bead-constable Odell, that
y in the wake of the former.
grave yard • ,
stcheeuleatter followed immediately
entered the
t_ smuitaneously, and the
Both coffins
the curate pe .tormed the solemn and feeling ser-
vice over both at the aarne
etimia
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vice of our
policeman and the • •
took the tis singu at
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soldier were from
to remark, that theof the
some
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life at the same ,
and departed and are buried
same day, ..—Neua gh Guaraian.
in the one gravell ELAND.-1 have
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Castle, !een a pri.
Tara QUEEN
from Windsor wherein it apeci
rate communication
t Queen Victoria, and Prince
ties that her gracious Majesy
Ireland next summer. The
visiting
Albert, are rs olved on ;s
latter end of July is understoood to be the period fixed for
to the reception which
this auspicious event. In addition
awaits the royal couple at the Vice-regal Lodge, in the Phee.
Powerscourt, and the
nix Park, the Duke of Leinster, Lord
the illustrious
Marquis of Sligo, are prepared to entertain
visiters, and with a display of genuine hospitalityway.
in the north,
characteris-
tic of the Emerald Isle. The Giant's Causeway.
and the Lakes of Killarney, in the south, form enticing at-
tractions, worthy of royalty ; and, in both provinces, many
of the
of the resident nobility and gentry will joyously
paper.
BAD Queen and her consort.—Correspondent of Dublin
BAD NEWS NOR TAILORS AND PRINTERS.—It is said
that in Nottingham and Derby the glove trade is increasing,
that the manufacturers in those places are endeavouring to
bring out coats and trousers woven in the frame, and that
ultimately it is expected they will accomplish their purpose.
Much improvement has been made since the first attempt.
It our manufacturers should be able to bring ont pieces that
will please the public, it would atrord a great stimulus to the
'trade of Leicester.—Standard. This book (` the Anatomy
saf Sleep,' by Dr. Binns ' • Churchill, London, 1842, (has
-also another claim on public curiosity, as it is, perhaps, the
'first volume prepared for the press by the patent composing-
machine, of the Dowers of which it is a creditable specimen.
—Tablet. We know net where the powers of machinery
will stop ; but it seems to threaten to make mankind either
very useless animals, or to render them in the end all ge,a-
tlemen, having little more to do than to set machinery in
motion for their pleasure and happiness, which accords with
Fourier's views ; but we fear that the interval that must
occur between the time when human labour is superseded,
and that when it will be used for the benetit of all, will be
.a very awkward one.—Sheffield Iris.

MISCELLANEOUS.

Lord Stanley, who is now at Knowsley-park, is shortly ex•
pected in Ireland, on a visit to his estates in the County 01

Tipperary.

Sir William Allan, president of the Royal Scottish Aca-
demy, is now at Brussels, making sketches of the field of
Waterloo, for his large picture of that memorable battle.
Cooper, of Leicester, was acquitted, on Wednesday night,
at Stafford, on a charge of arson, and was to be tried for
sedition.

There are numerous forged notes in circulation, purporting
to be those of the Bank of England. They are numbered
1827, and dated June 4, 1842.
The beneficial effects of the new tariff have, we congratu-
late the public, reached Bedford, by affording to us excellent
American salt beef at 4d. per lo.—Bedford Mercury.

Mr. Papineau is said to be in New York, on his way to
Canada. Mother Rumour, the old hag with a thousand
tongues, gives him a birth as Deputy Postmaster-General of
Montreal.—Halifax (U.S.) Paper.

The Musical World advertises a set of quadrilles adapted
frcm Rossini's Slabat Mater! We expect to hear of the
Israel in Egypt waltzes, and paloppes from Mozart's 12th
Mass.

A FAILING CAUSE.—Every year since the Reform Bill
passed, the liberal party have expended a large sum annually
on the Middlesex registration. This year the clubs have
" abandoned the county."
LADY SALE.—A subscriber favours us with the following:

—Akbar Khan having desired this heroic lady to write io
General Nott, desiring him not to advance to Caubul, the
heroine immediately wrote, "Advance Nott."—Cheltenham
Examiner.

The Durham and Sunderland Railway have declared a
dividend of 10s. per share, and appear to be working down
the difficulties from which it has for some time suffered. The
depressed condition of trade had much affected its traffic.
It is understood that the Rev. Dr. Butler will be appointed
to the Deanery of Peterborough, which will be vacated by
the nomination of Dr. Turton to that,of Westminster. Dr.
Butler was for several years head master of Harrow School.
A quantity of foreign pickled beef from Holstein, and pork
from the United States, has.appared in the market at Ber-
wick, both of which were eagerly purchased. The beef was
sold at 41d. per pound. the pork 4d. Good foreign pickled
pork has been sold at Darlington at 3d. and 4d. per pound
during the last week. Pickled dried tongues at 2d. per pound.
A letter from Toledo, in the Eco del Comercio of Madrid,
states that three of the band of robbers called the "Twelve
Apostles," having caught a National Guard who had given
information against them, carried him off, and having bound
him hand and foot, and confined him in a shepherd's hut,
set fire to it and burnt him alive.

We are sorry to observe that the Great Western steam-
ship is to be brought to the hammer. If this vessel
should be sold to a foreign power, it will be a na-
tional disgrace. The company have been compelled to take
the step • and they will find the Great Britain—now nearly
completed—quite enough to manage.
Admiral Sir Edward Codrington hauls down his flag, and
will be superseded in the naval command at Portsmouth, on
the 22d of next month, by either Sir Charles Rowley or Sir
John Talbot; and should a vacancy occur with either of the
present members, Sir Charles, who is deservedly popular, is
very likely to be elected a member of parliament for the
borough.
SHIPWRECK.—The Konigsberg Gazette states that an
English ship, bound to St. Petersburg, name unknown, laden
with a valuable cargo of tin and cotton, was wrecked on the
6th instant, near Cravitz. It was said that the 'vessel had
been abandoned by her crew. The leaves of her logbook,
subsequent to the 4th July, had been cut out.
BRITISH AND NORTH AMERICAN STEAMERS.—It iS
announced, in the Halifax papers, that hereafter the steam-
packets will sail from Halifax for Liverpool on the 3d and
18th of each month, whether those days fall on Sunday or
not. They, will, of course, leave Boston on the Ist and 16th
of each month.—Boston'Daily Advertiser.
AWKWARD PREDICAMENT.—On Saturday last, as a train
was proceeding on the Birmingham and Gloucester Railway,
some of the carriages became detached, and were left on the
line. The passengers in them, finding themselves stationary,
looked forward to ascertain the cause, just in time to lose
.sizkt of the engine,—and backward with no very enviable
idea of seeing another train advancing to give them a shove.
Happily their absence was discovered by the guards of the
runaway engine in time to prevent further mischief.
DISTRESSING OCCURRENCE.—A girl from ten to eleven
yearn of age, belonging to the village of Scone, while amusing
herself last Saturday, cast a few common beans into her
mouth, one of which entered the windpipe. Spasms, with a
sense of suffocation, and other symptoms of extreme danger,
immediately ensued. The girl was, promptly removed to the
Infirmary, and the delicate operation of incision into the
windpipe, with the view of extracting the bean, was perfor-
formed but without success. Her breathing was, however
considerably relieved by the operation, although little or no
hope could be entertained of her recovery.—Perth Courier
MELANCHOLY AND FATAL ACCIDENTS.—On Saturday
last, in the townland of Lower Ballyconnelly, near Ramullen,
Andrew Patton, farmer, went out with his son, a fine boy of
nine years old, to dig potatoes. A young bullock got into
the field where they were at work. The little boy ran to
drive him out, when the bullock turned upon him and threw
him to the ground. The father seeing his thild in danger,
and being at a distance, lifted a stone and flung it at the bul-
lock, whn, terrible to relate, the stone struck the child on
the head and killed him on the spot. This poor man is at
present labouring under great distress of mind bordering on
insanity. Just at the same time, near Patton's house, a
horse and cart broke off and killed another child belonging
to Patton's labouring man.--Londonderry sentinel.
MURDER AND RAPE.—Yesterday week, a lengthy inves-
tigation took place at the Waggon and Horses public-house,
Cbarlesworth, Derbyshire, before Mr. Thomas Maulers,
coroner for the Glossop division. into the circumstances at-
tending the death of Samuel Shaw, a shoemaker, residing at
Charlcsworth. The evidence of various witnesses went to
prove the following facts :—Late on Saturday night, the Ist
instant, the deceased and his wife were drinking together at
a public-house at Mottram, where they fell in company with
a man named James Ford, who resided in the same neigh-
bourhood, and lie proposed to accompany them home. To
this they agreed ; and when near Hurstclough toll-bar, about
!lair a mile from deceased's residence, Ford began to take
Improper liberties with deceased's wife ; and, on deceased
remonstrating
deegewitad down,hsehim, h
e took up a large stone and
knocked
and afterwards struck him on
, the head and face with it till he became insensible. He then
attacked the wife in a similar manner, and, having also ren-
dheerrepderhseorn.in insensible' dragged her into a field and violated
recovered
, and
arkllng this transaction the deceased somewhat
before
home, he not being aware but that his
wife had gone on b
some ore The villain Ford, having ac-
complished his purpose,eft her; and, her screams of mur-
der having brought so
persons to her assistance, they con-
veyed her home. Deceased
had received, that he was
totally
so ill from the injuries he
yunnable to leave his bed after
that night, and ultimately died on
re was considered a
consideredquiet, forty-two years of age,'
and was generally
was Saturday week, in conse-
quencc of those injuries. lie
in a dangerous state,
inoffensive man. Up
to the inquest his
and her own and deceased's features were
so much disfigured
from the brutality of the villain as scarcely to b
e ble. The villain Ford is a young marl, twenty-fourrecognisa-
age, and is a native of Lismore, in the county years of
of Waterford,
Ireland, where his parents reside. He has a wife residing in
Manchester, but no children. He is a carpenter by trade,
and was employed at the viaduct of the Manchester and
Sheffield Railway, at Broad-bottom. He was apprehended
on the day after the commission of the offence, and was
brought before Mr. John Sidebottom, at Hyde, on the
following Wednesday, and committed to Chester for trial on
a charge of rape, and cutting and maiming. The jury re-
turned a verdict of Wilful murder " against him, conse-
quently he will have to take is trial for that offence.