The Madisonian. [volume] (Washington City [i.e. Washington, D.C.]) 1837-1845, 1840-08-21
THE MADISONIAN.
THE EUROPEAN NEWS,


ARRIVAL OF TWO STEAMSHIPS, THE PRESIDENT
AND THE ACADIA.
The steamship President, Capt. Fayrer, ar
rived at New York on Monday evening, about
four O'clock, from Liverpool, which port she iett
ON the first OF August. She had fair compile
ment of passengers, and from five to six hundred
IONS Of valuable freight. On the morning OF the
same day the steamship Acadia, the second OF
Cunard's mail line, Lieut. Edward G. Miller)
arrived The Boston Atlas says, .She came
up to Cunard's wharf at East Boston, IN gallant
style, at about nine o'clock. Her arrival was
welcomed by salute from the cutter, ana 'he
cheers Of our citizens, assembled on the whafyes
10 witness her arrival, and by the air "God save
the Queen,n from the band on board the Column
bus. She left Liverpool on the 4th, at hall past
three in the afternoon, and was IN the bay al
FIVE this morning, but owing to the density OF
the fog could not come up until eight.
she had fine passage, having made the
shortest tripyet accomplished across the Atlantic
One of IL days and II hours-and beating the
President by at least four days.
The intelligence brought by these noble steam
ers is highly interesting and important We
make up from the New York papers (chiehy
the Courier and the Commercial Adyertiser) the
following summary
GREAT BRITAIN.
The Earl of Durham, late Governor General
Of Canada, died at Cowes, in the Isle of Wight,
on the 2sth of July.
The demise OF this distinguished parsonage
created a great sensation in the Metropolis, and
throughout the Kingdom.
From the Liverpool Mil
DEATH OF THE EARL OF DURHAM
IL is our deeply painful duty to communicate the
death of the Earl OF Durham Ii will be received by
sorowing hearts in every town and village of the
British Empire From the hour of his lordshp's arr-
val al Cowes there appeared hopes Of his recovery
and he has been daily getting weaker but his medical
attendants considered he not in immediate danger
that the disease had been changed into the
chron indeed he had no medical man IN attendance
for some days and his amiable lady and family had
been lulled into false security. His ordship had
eaten any thing for week past excepting little
fruit and had taken only beef tea. On Sunday and
Monday he did not rise even to have his bed made
his lady was his sole and constant attendant night
and day; no else went into his His
ordshp had taken great fancy to the town, and to
the last was very anxious to purchase OF take on
lease Of fourteen or twenty years large house for his
family, and Mr.. Moore had applied to the Earl of
Belfast, Sir Thomas Tancred, Mrs Goodwin, and
others for that purpose, his lordshp considering him
self better and that he would AT five O'Clock
Tuesday morning he was taken worse and MIR Z.
Day was, for the first time, called in he attended i'm
mediately and pronounced him dyng-that he could
not live five hours. At ten minutes past nine his
lordshp expired. L was terrible and unexpected
blow his lady and children for if husband
doatcd on by amiable and afectionate wife it
was John George Lambton, Earl Of Durham. Lord |
Durham was sent for to his father few minutes be
fore he died His ordships daughters were also with
Lady Durham. The whole family in the greatest
distress.
John George Lambton Earl Of Durham Viscount
Lambton and Baron Durham, of the city Of Durham,
in the peerage of the United Kingdom was born April
~, 1892 and married. first, the first of January 1872
Miss Harriet Cholmondeley, who died in May, 1878
and secondly, Lady Louisa Elizabeth Grey, eldest
daughter of the Earl and Countess Grey His lord |
ship had issue by his first marriage three daughters
all of whom are dead; and by his second five chill |
dren, two and three daughters. His second son,
George Frederick Viscount Lambton, (the Hon
Chas. William his eldest son. having died at the age
of succeeds to the family honors
NORTHEASTERN BOUNDARY
The report Of Col. Nudge and Mr.. Featherston- |
haugh had been communicated TO Parliament, form
ing volume of 80 folio pages 1t had not yet been
published, but the Times OF July 81 has long and
bombastic article about it, from which we learn that
it goes the whole figure in supporting the preen-
sions of Great Britain and even sets up claim to
portions of what has heretofore been recognized,
without dispute as part of the State OF Maine We
ought to be thankful doubt, that the whole OF
New England is not set down British ground by
the modest commissioners Messrs. Nudge & Feather
stonhaugh,
The following paragraphs are given as the conclu-
sion of the report
We report that we have found line Of high
lands agreeing with the language OF the second art
Gle of the treaty of 1888 extending from the north
westernmost head of the Connecticut nver to the
sources of the Chaudiere, and passing thence IN
north -easery direction south Of the Restook, to the
Bay OF Chaleurs
!" We farther report, that there does not exist IN
the disputed territory any other line OF highlands
which in accordance with the second article of the
treaty of 1888 and that the line which is claimed on
the part of the United States the line Of highlands
Of the treaty Of 1888 does not pass than from
40 to so miles of the norhwesternmost head OF the
Connecticut River and therefore has pretension
be put forward the line intended by the treaty
Of 1888"
The Times gives the subjoined as the substance OF
the result arrived at by the commissioners
They have satisfactorily ascertained by a strict in
yestigation of the face Of the country, by an indus
trious peTusal and comparison of charters, treaties
transfers of territory and other historical records
the absolute and indsputabe conformity between
the intent and spirit OF the treaty of 1888 and the
demarcations of territory originally commended Tor
by Great Britain that no portion of the disputed
districts ever could under the authority of that
~ or with any color of justice, have been claimed
by the United States that the award of the King
OF Holland which transferred to the republic about
three-fhhs of the disputed territory was founded
on erroneous data and entire ignorance Of facts
which have been subsequently developed; that the
award of that Sovereign If accepted by the parties
could never have been executed under any circum-
tbc otru Of he fFy into