Herald of the times. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1830-1846, 1839-04-18
From the n. Y. Com. Advertiser Of Monday evening
The Great Western arrived.
FIFTEEN DAYS LATER FROM
ENGLAND.

/
we'd early this morning She departed from
Bpistol on her regular day, the 23d!pf March
and as will be seen by her journal in another
column, had n very boistcrous passage. Our
London dates are to the evening OF March
y2d, Liverpool the same, and Bristol I'D, oil
inclusive.
The Grent Western made her passage
home in lj days.
BOUNDARY QUESTION.
H The proceedings in Congress on the boun.
| dnry question. with the memorandum ngrccd
upon by Mr. Fox and Mr. Forsyth, &c; &c,
II were received in London by the packet Eng
/ land. on the Goth of March. So lar as we
can Judge from hasty glance at The papers
before us, the temporary adjustment OF 'he
i the dispute appears to have gwen gcnerai
/ satisfaction, and even the most ultra OF the
| anti. American journals have manifested
| degree of moderation on the subject which
we hardly expected.
II The Herald. il is true, recommends the
immediate sending Of 10000 men and 10 sail
| of the line to the North American coast ; and
| The Standard ofrms that no diplomacy but
| that of cannon and bayonets can be relied on;
but the Tlmcs-thc ihunderer of the British
| nress- discourscs Oh the mnter ~ the iol-
| lowing moderate and reasonable manner.
Il We have heard from high and grave au-
| tborities in the United States, men whom wo
believe to have been really conscientious IN
| their allegation, that there could he not
| shadow of doubt as to the right oi Maine 10
the whole of the disputed territory these
persons at the same time in'imating strong
! conviction that tho bone contendcd Tor was
| not worth TO either country dozen huinah
| lives
/ II now appears that, however the JOINT
| memorandum of Messrs. Forsyth aud Fox
/ NAV be calculated to avert (and God grant
| it may succeed in doing SOY any immediate
appeal to violence and bloodshed, the tone OF
1.-The senators who have spoken upon the sub
icct corresponds minu,cly with that OF tho
Senate, which put aside the arbitration OF
1880. 81, and insisted that England had no
right to the least portion of the soil contend
! ed for. Although, therefore, measures hu-
name and consideratc have been pursued on
this occasion for posiponng the armed con-
nct, and saving the irregular and precipitaie
effilsion of blood, nothing has taken place 10
encourage The least hope that by any expc-
dent but surrender Of the ,rhote subject in
dispute, will this country be able 10 calculate
on a more than transient CLEAN OF rcposc for
her provinces in North America.
II in this journal we have repeatedly thrown
out n suggestion, which with a due sense of
our own very humble prrtcnslons to he heard
where great national interests are concerned
our unaffected and cordial love Of "pcace, in
the spirit Of peace" now inclincs hs 10 re-
produce. viz: that as most national msun-
derstandngs are best healed by cBch party
sacrificing something of its extreme rights,
for the sake of showing good will and good
neighborhood, England should frankly offer
to the state of Maine that large section of
/ country which has always been m nn9ueS-
TONED and recognized part Of New Brunswick
ll-viz that portion Of il which lies West of
| The town of st. Johns, along the shore of the
Bay of Fundy, until it meets the present
/ Maine frontier or Passamaqnoddy Bay, IN
| GLIDING the whole of "Charlolte county" ex-
| tending North TO what is called in tho maps
the "military post" on the st. Johns river
and thence along the Southern cxiremiiics
| Of the highlands of which "Mars HIP forms
a part, until it strikes tho meridian, close TO
that old landmark.
Il This scheme of compromise We recon.
| mcnded in the Times journal six or eight
months ago. |, would be better for both,
| parles--lst for England, because it would
/ leave in her possession the whole OF the dis
| putcd territory, and her inicrprovlncinl COM
i munication between Fredericton and Quebec
unbrokcn I'd, and eminenily for the state of
H Maine. inasmuch as she would gain for it
II fine country, to which she has never dreamed
| of putting forth prctcnsion definite and
/ profitable water frontiers on the West, form
ed by the st. Johns River and the Bay OF
Fundy. a greater compactness and round.
ness of territory than ut present, and con-
siderably more IN point q! surface than Eng
land could in the way Of mutual ccssion bc on
any fair principle called upon TO relinquish,
being even in superficial miles considerably
beyond one half Of the space disputed. Wo
cannot for our parts comprehend on what
prctcxt the state Of Maine should object to
settlement so true and beneficial. Nor, in
the case of any man but Lord Palmcrston,
does it appear tn us that any English minis
ter could throw difficulties 10 the path ofsuch
proposal.
Remember, this is no yielding on our side
TO compulsion. We declared this opinion
more than eight months ago. We did SD
from an honest anxiety for national peace
and human welfare. There is through this
temporary convention of Mcssrs. Forsyth and
Fo& CLEAN of light, and the only one we
see, and if well employed, it may conduct us
through the labyrinth. But with such in.
ducemenis to nctivi,y, and sucl, materials Of
compromise. and such repeated warnings to
prepare for the worst, what must this man,
Lord Palmerston, BE- made of, who would
1 neither negociatc through the ordinary meth.
1 ods of diplomacy, nor recocct that an armed
negotiation is among the most approved and
inialliable means of prevailing upon an in
attentive adversary to give an ear 10 reason
II THE BANKERS CIRCULAR.-We hive tho
London Bankers Circular of March 22d--
the latest and probably only copy in this
country, as il was sent of at Z O'clock on The
evening Of that day. Its leading article is
temperate, and, (ior that side oI the wntrr.)
very intelligent review Of the border diff
culiics between Maine and New Brunswick.
The writer understands well the character of
the border democracy, and Of Governor Fair.
field, and likewise the motives which promp-
cd his windy action. Not the least idea OF
war is entertained.
II PARLIAMENTARy yPRoCEEDiNGs.-Thc great
| question of the corn laws excluded almost
every other topic, in both houses, through
out the week ending the lG,l of March.
Il BOUNDARY QUESTION.
II in the House OF Commons Sir s. CaNSiSG
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