Wheeling times and advertiser. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1839-1849, 1846-02-12
AIr. Nc Laneto NJ. Baehannr.

loSD1N, Jan. y. lSl6.
Sta l reC.iVcd ga the 22th OF Decembrr
your despatch, dated the 1911 of that month:
and on the day following, | sought an inter
view with Loud Abcpleru, Ia oidcT that. in
conformity with yoUr distractions, ! might
brng 10 his notice the wsrlikc preparations
making by Great Britain, aud. II possible, as
certain their real Character ant object.
III VIII not escape YOU that upon such . sub
ject IL ~ not always easy 10 obtain vcIy cate
gorical nSwcrs or entirely definite official
Information; and | did not doubt that frank
personal cpnlcrcucc WAS thc bvst, II not the
only IN Kle, OF obtaining any satisfactory in
formation Whatever.
ln introducing the subject. I alvcrcd at the
sanc time Ia the Information the President
had received from = variety ol SOURCES, Of the
extensive warlikc preparations making by
Great Britain, and tlr natural inference upon
his part that Ia the present pcciiic state Of the
relations ot GfcaL Rrlian with all the power,
OF Europe. they conld only look 10 a rupture
with the United States on the Oregon qrcs-
ton.
Lord Aberdeen sid very promptly and
frankly tiiat it woull be- improper to as
guIso that, with the sinCsrgst desire 10 avoid
At, they wcie obliged 20 look TO the possibili
~ OF a rapture with thc United States. thai
In such a crisis DO. WaIikc prardtiou,
now making would b. useful aud important
but hc stated al ihc same time, veTy posi-
lively and distinctly that thcy tad 40 dincr
reference 10 suti "A rupturr, aud would hav,
Dcen made in the same way, AMI to the Sam,
extent, without rgini to- tie relations @
Great Britain aud thc United States.
Tie also aiycfied To The fact that such prep
o%rations as were actually making had bsel
Commenced before the relations betycr,
the United Sb,ics aud Great Britain had b.
come as scnsus ~ they now appeared TO De-
snd thcnciutt could not al that tim. have LA,
any councxion with dIfi ultie, which h,,
STAGE grown out at the Oregon question
He thou sht, too, hat the frpTe antafinrs a
to tie extent oi the preparations must hsv
been c1accntet. IL denied that thcy re
lated particularly, ss ! h1d ben informed. {
q distauts snicti 90 hat they were maxim
buS addition to thc old iorm 81 marin, A
stated that the mast extensive aud lsru, IL
bic parts OF 'hrir pre- psfdiious were ihe ioui
i~calions 81 ne principal smi ctptscl port
Ns'a'ipns' "hich he thought coHif haril, h
trPp1rct io gddnl Hpaipsi invasion lnom Ia
United states: aud 10 the ~in,rass 1T the num
Der OF steam vessels in lieu at the old cnit
which q appeared other nations were sb,,,
To adopt. and which o. confessed hc thotgl
MATER 81 doubtful policy.
Ia slprl, D. as74mti ths preparations i,
lf"E"s7 90 bc only a part uf q Wis. and ORA
u'ht h51cm % National delcnce aud protct
tpH' ehd ct rfe laung iu time at pcscc ~
t'e c'iscnci's pi var. if should nplortn
nsiciy comes from an, quarter y,l,s,s,c, sn.
ite distinctly wPestsdht BE-, disclaimer tb., 49,
bad pnr1cuiaf az street reference to w,n,,
with ihc Omted States ou tia upgn1 o.s.
ton, Ofauy other ground.
ia rrEtm 20 M Own opinion ntv,n uis s,t
jet. which thr President has been piess.d \
destse,
II o. ltosethef probable tho, The ~,
slOiiiiy Ol other dtihruitirs from Other az,
tsrs ~ Eurupt
may have Its influence in dirtst,nv the mol
- at the extensive preparations ,n prlsr 81
~ al paris oi the Kingdom Bnd. with un,t.
tcd confidence m thr fnnkne.s anl striyh
fFfyaniueN Of Lord Aberdeen. aud witiIo.
meaning 80 lf'tfu-t iu ihr siightest degree il
sincerity ~ hls iis lain-r 30 our recent c1.
Fersaton, Do not hiiuk thought to b. assur
81 ~ any Ona STAT wadIss pr1 pamtioas ups
fuch a scsle ss that npuG which tbsy arc hi
hegIahiy pskisg here co1ll aoi have even
blhmcI T~aiefeac o. tbs possible r0auppea
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