The weekly Minnesotian. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1852-1858, 1856-03-15
SAINT PAUL, MINNESOTA, SATURDAY MARCH IS 1856
FOREIGN NEWS.
Additional News by the Atlantic and Asia.
Parliamentary Debates on the AmerScan Question.

Additional News by tho Atlantic and Asia.
Parliamentary Debates on the Amerscan Question,
In the House of Commons on The 9th inst.
Mr.. Golden asked Lord Palmerston whethe
it was the intention of the Government Il
lay upon the table the correspondence will
the Government Of the United States in res
pect to the Central American question, ant
that concerning the enlistment for the Fore
Ign Legion in the United States?
Lord Palmerston apprehended that thu
correspondence relating to these matters was
not completed. Whenever it was, her Ma
jesty's Government would probably have NJ
objection to lay upon the table such portions
as would put the House IN possession of the
facts.
| In the same House, on the 9th inst, Mr.
Golden again asked the Government whe.
ther there was any objection to lay on The
table the correspondence relating to our
present relations with America. His reas.
ons for repeating the question was, that he
did not think the reason the noble lord gave
when he last put it, viz: "That the cores
pondence was not completed" was founded
on fact: There were two questions of differ
ence with Ameeica-one upon the English
and American Guarantee Convention for the
construction of canal across the Isthmus
of Darien, which was signed in 1850, and
had given rise to differences ever since, and
the other was upon the matter of enlist
ment. Now he had reason to believe that
the correspondence on the first subject was
concluded, as it had been made public in
America and had been published in pamph-
let in England. 1t had been stated in the
United States Senate that the correspon-
dence has been concluded, and Lord Claren-
don, in his last note to Mr.. Buchanan on the
subject, made a similar statement. Upon
the subject of enlistment in America, Mr..
Golden, after commenting upon the folly of
sending to a fine climate, where men were
earning four shillings a day, to endeavor to
get men to enter our service to do duty in a
bad climate for one shilling day. remarked
that in this case the Government had ad-
mitted its error, and it was absurd, there
fore, to countenance the dispute. He SUBJ
mitted at the question might be discussed
in that House, and that way might then
be peaceably found to settle the question.
He thought the question of our relations
would be better in that House than in the
Government and the Press. If war broke
out with America (and no worse calamity
could befal this country and the world,
whatever party was victorious,) the public
of England would not enter upon it willing
ly, and such state of things could only be
brought about by secret diplomacy or by the
incitation of the public press.
Lord Palmerston, in reference to the first
subject of difference with America, explain
ed the treaty of 1850, observing that its
words were quite clear and distinct. At the
same time the American Government wished
to put construction upon it at variance
with that originally intended. Some corres-
pondence had taken place, the consequence
of which was that the English Government,
while holding its own construction to be
just was willing to refer the matter to the
arbitration of any three Powers. To this
proposition America had not yet made any
reply however, he was willing to lay all
the correspondence that had taken place on
the snbject on the table.
With regard to the subject of enlistment,
the English Government was led to believe
that there was great many persons in
America who wished to enlist in the service
of this country, and In consequence, depot
was formed in Halifax, and several hundreds
of Germans were enlisted. But it being
found difficult to continue without giving
umbrage to the United States, orders were
given to discontinue the proceeding. After
this came representation from the United
States on the subject, to whom it was re-
piled that the enlistment had been discon-
tinued. Another dispatch was received in
England at the time of the meeting of Par
lament; but the subject was exceedingly
voluminous, and it wauld be unjust to Amer
lea to publish the former correspondence
without this dispatch; and it was unjust to
England to publish that dispatch without the
answer of the British Government to it. He
GUS than war with America, but he believ-
ed that if both parties met with an equally
conciliatory spirit, an amicable arrangement
might be made.
After some remarks from Sir De Lacy
Evans, the subject dropped.