The daily Madisonian. [volume] (Washington City [i.e. Washington, D.C.]) 1841-1845, 1842-03-15
FOREIGN NEWS.

FOREIGN NEWS.
From the extras forwarded to us by the New
York Sun, Philadelphia Ledger, and Baltimore
Sun, we extract summary of the most import
ant items of news brought from England by the
Acadia. The Caledonia, concerning whose
safety 50 much anxiety has been felt, left Liver
pool on the 4th Of February, but having been
materially injured in violent storm which pre-
vailed for several days-beginning on the fourth
day after her departure, il was deemed prudent to
return. She arrived in Liverpool on the night
Of the l7lh, and the Acadia was Immediately
got in readiness TO bring over her mail and pas
sengers-and arrived at Halifax on the Sth inst.
The principal items Of news furnished are
the opening of Parliament, the Queens speech,
the resignation of the Duke of Buckingham, Sir
Robert Peefs proposed change in the corn laws,
the movement in Parliament concerning the
case of the Creole, and the refusal Of France to
ratify the great treaty for the suppression Of the
slave trade.
Sir Robert Peel's project in relation to the
corn laws received the sanction Of the House OF
Commons by majority Of 1913.
No allusion whatever is made in the Queens
speech to The subjects in dispute between Great
Britain and the United States. But we find
the following notice OF the Creole case in a
London paper:
THE CASE OF THE CREOLE
On the l4th of February the Earl Of Aberdeen an
nounced in Parliament the determination Of the Co.
vernment to berate the mulineers and murderers Ia
ken from the Creole. Trouble will grow out Of this
We greatly fear
Lord Brougham pursuant to notice, brought under
consideration of their lordships the Of the Creole
by moving for copies Of any correspondence upon. the
subject He had he said considered the subject since
he had first named the matter in that house, and the
result of the consideration was confirmation of the
opinion he had formerly given .He was of opinion
that for the purpose of good neighb rhood
there ought TO be law amongst nations giving the
power TO each of surrendering criminals seeking
fuge after condemnation in other countries There
was however such law in existence, and no power
on the part of this country 10 comply with any such
demand
The Earl Of Aberdeen said that some communica
tons had taken place upon this subject with the Go
vernment Of America but he hoped the noble lord
would not press fol them, if he informed him of the
course which the Government intended to pursue
After receiving all the legal assistance they deemed
requisite the Government was satisfied that, by the
law of this country there was no authority to bring
/
Tiny or murder still less deliver them up tc
dealn them in custody Instructions had accordngl,
been sent fol their iberaion unless 1t should APP
pear that there any colonial law under which the,
could be brought to trial. He not, however
/ aware of the existence of any such law.
| These views were generally concurred in. No on,
| opposed them.
The Weekly Chronicle remarks upon this subjec
as follows
Equity and moral feeling confirm we think, III,
legal decision in the case OF the Creole yet
reason to believe hat the Americans Will SIT dowr
nen,ed with the issue They have too many posi-
tive interests involved in II, and those interests arr
mixed ny with too many angry passions.
"Wc fear, therefore, that this matter can hardly b.
brought peaceable settlement. There is some
thing that ourages every feeling Of justice and huma
to our protection, and who have committed no crime
that we should ourselves have though jus,ifiabe
had we been placed under similar circumstances. w,
| cannot and shall not abandon them But ord A, h
burton vii have no easy task to convince the unet
| States OF the reasonab eness of This decision
Lord Ashburton sailed from Liverpool on tn,
10th Of February, in the steam trigate Respite
which was obliged, by gales, to put back ant
remain till the 18th, when she again started.
A. b. No work being done in bur office on thu
Sabbath, our Mondays paper goes TO press al
WAYS on Saturday night The news brough
by the Sunday mails, consequently, could not
in this instance, appear till our Tuesdays pape