Lincoln telegraph. [volume] (Bath, Me.) 1836-1846, 1839-04-25
FOREIGN NEWS.
FIFTEEN DAYS LATER FROM
INCtLAND

ENGLAND.
The long looked for Great Western ar
alyed early on Monday 18Th. She depar-
,ed from Bristol on her regular day Nhe
2 Sd Of March. Our London dates are TO
The evening Of March esd, liverpool the
same, and Bristol 23d, all inclusive.
BOUNDARY QUESTION.
The proceedings of Congress en- the
Boundary Question, with the memorandum
greed upon by Mr.. Fox and MIR. Forsyth,
DC, &C.. were received in London by the
England, on the goth of March. So far as
we can Judge from hasty glance at the
papers before us, the temporary adjustment
of the dispute appears to have given genef-a
al satisfaction and even the most ultra OF
he anti American journals have nantes
red degree Of moderation on the SUBJECT
which we hardly expected
The Herald, it is true, recommends tue
Immediate sending % 90 800 men, and ten
sail ofthe line to the North American coast;
and the Standard aiiirms that no diplomacy
but that Of cannon and bayonets can be
relied on.
The London Times says :
''Itnow appears that the joint memoran-
dun Of Messrs Forsyth and Fox may be
calculated TO avert (and God grant 1t may
succeed in doing SOY any immediate appeal
10 violence and bloodshed, the tone OF the
Senators who have spoken upon the subject
corresponds infinitely with that OF the
Senate, which put aside the arbitration OF
iS3O-9l, and insisted that England had
no right to the least portion ofthe soil con-
rended for Although, therefore, measures
humane and considerate have been pursued
IN this occasion for posiponing the armed
conflict and saving the irregular and pre-
,.ipitate effusion Of blood, nothing has ta-
ken place to encourage the least hope mat
by any expedient but Surrender q The whofe
subject in dispute, will this country be able
10 calculate on a more than transient CLEAN
of repose for her PROVINCES lii North A
,nerca"
The Times also recommends comprorn-
i4e to Give TO Maine, that portion Of il which ,
lies West Of The town of St. Johns, along |
The shore of the Bay OF Fundy, until 1t
meets the present Name frontier or Pdssa-
maquoddy Bay, including the whole OF
Charlotte county" extending North to
what is called in the maps the "miitary +
post" on the ST. Johns river, and thence
along the Southern extremities of the high
lands Of which MARS Hip forms part
until il strikes the meridian, close to that
old landmark.
This scheme of compromise we recon-
mended in the Times journal six or eight
months ago. 1t would be better fof both
parties-las; for England, because it would
leave in her possession the whole OF the dis
puted territory and her interprovInclal
communication between Fredericton and
Quebec unbrokcn; 3D. and eminentIy tor
the State of Maine, inasmuch as she would
gain for it fine country, to which she has
never dreamed Of putting forth pretension;
definite and profitable water frontier Oh
the West formed by the St. Johns River
and the Bay Of Fundy, greater compact
ness and roundness Of territory than at
present, and considerably more in point of
surface than England could in the way OF
mutual cession be on any fair principal
called upon to rclinqutsh, beng even IN
superficial miles considerably beyond one
half Of the space disputed. We cannot Tor
our part comprehend on what preteAt tue |
state of Maine should object to settle
ment SO true and bnnclcial.-Nor, IN the
case of any man but Lord pahnerston, does
it appear to us that any English minister
could throw difficulties in the path OF such
proposal.
This is the compromise that correspon-
ent recommended in our paper some time
nce.
In the House of Commons Sir S. Can
ing inquired Of the noble lord the Secre-
Try for Foreign Affairs, whether he had
eceived any information from Washington |
it'll reference to the recent collision which !
as reported to have taken place upon the
oundary between the Stale OF Maine and
ar province OF New Brunswick. He need |
OF remark how important this subject was.
Ie was DESTROYS TO know whether the noble !
,rd had been informed Of the course which
le American government proposed to take
consequence Of this transaction. lie
SO wished to be Informed whether there
as any reasonable probability Of tie nego
iatons which had now been carrying on
# eight years, for the settlement Of this
lestion ofdsputed territory, beng brought
satisfactory termination.
Lord PalmeTston stated, in reply, that
had recaiyed bnt very inDeifeft intor-