The daily union., 1846-04-30
GLASGOW, April 8, 1916.
To The Editor Of the Union:

To The Editor Of the Union:
DEAR SIR: | with pleasure dedicate few leisure
moments in giving you the outlines of the a-ab-
sorbing subjects that agtate the British public a,
this time.
Great Britain and .4merica-All here are fa-
vorable, and anxious for permanent continuance
Of friendly relations with the United States. The
commercial intercourse between the two countries
is constantly increasing, and the great commercial
measures now before each government, if consum-
mated, will give new and powerful impulse to a
reciprocal and, no Doubt mutually beneficial trade
There is not at present war party in Great Britain,
in or out Of Parliament nor do believe there can
Justly be said to exist such party in the United
States. Men no doubt honestly differ with regard
| TO the extent Of claim to Oregon. The President is
honest beyond all question in his view of the sub.
ject and doubt not large majority Of the Ameri-
can people are of his opinion. No one who knows
President Polk would question his integrity, moral
or political. When such men as Mr.. Adams and Mr..
Gallatin differ so widely upon the Oregon question
ren who have been in public life ever since the SUBJ
ject has been agitated, and long before, holding
situations that necessarily required their counsel
upon the subject--how is it to be wondered at that
men less favorably situated should also differ upon
the subject of boundary The evidence adduced by
Mr.. Secretary Buchanan, seemed TO place the Amer
lean title good beyond all question to $40 4V Yet
Great Britain persists in contesting it. This then,
appears TO be the position of the two governments.
What is to be donei Continue to negotiate, and ad-
just the question without in the least affecting the
honor or dignity Of either government, but great
ly promote the interest Of both. - q,
India wg.--No subject Of late has ELECTED 80
much interest and anxiety throughout the kingdom
the result Of the war in India between the British
| and the Slkhs. The battles on the Sutej, of the
18th, 2lst, and 22d December last, resulted in i'm
mense loss Of human life on both sidea. The loss
| to the British, in killed and wounded, (by official
| returns,) amounted TO one hundred and fifty six
officers, and three thousand four hundred rank and
file; when the loss Of the Sikhs computed at near
double that number: No victory achieved by either
party, both retiring in confusion and disorder from
the loss Of their leaders. On the 10Th Of February
another battle took place Sobraon, near the bridge
at Hureekee, upon the Sutlej, when the Sikhs were
defeated, with the loss Of some ten thousand men,
and most of their ordnance. The Sikhs capitulated;
are to pay the expense of the war, one million FIVE
hundred thousand pounds-equa to seven million
| two hundred and sixty thousand dollars, together
With portion of their territory, giving the British
far better boundary than they before possessed;
the British to have military occupation until the
| money is paid.
am induced to believe that the triumph Of Brit
| 18Th arms on this occasion has not been sued by
those excesses against the persons and property Of
the enemy which they have too often indulged in.
Time cannot efface from our recollection the burn
ing and destruction of the Capitol at Washington,
together with its records library &c. From the Glenn
ency of the British officers in this victory over the
Sikhs, the immense wealth Of Lahore and I'm.
rtslz has not been sacrificed. All the official de-
spatches Of British officers to the home government
accord to the Sikhs great bravery They fought
with desperation seldom equalled, never surpassed
but by British discipline or Yankee valor and pa
| trotism.
Rio de "a Plata.-The interference Of the Brit
ish and French governments in the nfTars of Mon
| tevideo and Buenos Ayres is wrapt in mystery. II
appears impossible to find out here the real object
Of either government Sir Robert Peel being asked in
Parliament, few evenings since, il the British were
at war with Buenos Ayres, answered, he had not
heard Of any declaration Of war. What the precise
| object Of the intervention itself was cannot be
shown, for il was never defined in any convention.