New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1859-01-17
EUROPEAN PROJECTS on AMERICA
4 PIRATE Lets,r oc~.sniodtet Jv The TSrbrse
Bosp STREET, Loudon, Dec. 2s, 1873.
OBSERVER

4 Pm ate Lefi,r cor nt1fe9 JT The IrroHn-
Bosp STREET, Loudon, Dec. %, 1853.
MrDEAR SIR: Before this bitter reaches America
you vii d. ubts. have heari OF the infection OF her
Mjs stys Government 10 transfer Lord Napier 10 the
Hague. acd 10 seni DOT 10 his place a, W ishirgton
Lac Lyols, now her M-je.y's SIost.r ct Florence
Tie public net yet sPpi-ed of the motives OF tol'
charge; la by iessoa Of sorne persoaa re sions
the most CO, 6deBris character have come ioto p7s
e.sisn Of al, or rstter tie procipal considerations
which have brought sbost this result.
TIE discovery of god 10 v-Saledoois hiss given
rev spring to Brtish ambition of colonial and pr-pon-
6eraing ct pire on the North American Continent,
ard has cons, qusrtly originsted new TRANSATLANTIC
policy The Bri.ieh Colonies which lie to the north
and east of the United States possessio 10 De
united under common vioe-ressl government. Rail
WAYS are to be extended from the Atlantis to the Pa
cifc aud formidable attempt by that meaos is to be
uace to comuand the travel an trade Of tie East 10
al articles which sill bear so ling land transit from
Cbns, japan, and mos. Of the Pacific Islands aud
Austlahs through Ca ada 10 England. But it Is per
c,ived that the frozeo regions Of the Lower s.. Lay
renee New Brurswick and Nova Scotia presett gre at
embarrassment. to the cauyirg out of the object in
view.
A rev scheme has been suggested by Lord Palmer
who have been oufdenally suited on the sapjec'
by LoId msl1,esbory concur, which will obvists al
difficulties and lay the fouooation Of British Colo
risl Eupe to tho north and east Il the Uoed States
more formidable, psrhaps, than that Of the mother
c,uItry itsef.
The scheme to Which have referred consists ia the
acquisition of the State of Maine by Great Britain,
ana IN constituting it q member Of the confederation
.xta frou Npncouyrrs Island
10 Newfoundland, sui north of the Amefi-
can lire b. the Arctic Regions The St,te of
Maine aboULds in good soaports, accessible at
all seasons Of the year, and ID consequently
tire mot EIof schoo fcr sailors in the Mes World.
Is proxin ily to New. Brunswick, Nova Scotia, NeS-
four dan and otter islands is thought to present an
obstacle the befcre-mentore Cd pl-n OF
pre go well to be dangerous to the co nmerce likely
to flow forD il. BIS there already established "A
! EpgieL railway fom POltlsld ~ Montreal Its ter
nj, US at Portland is Icing filed up win Eos fami-
lies I,pfeseLts Of important Canadian and Brit
ish iftefests These iuter,s s the Imperial Govero-
uett has decided 20 protect aud enlarge by fair and
hoes, uesns If possible. But the possession Of the
State OF Maine is considered essent al to the devel
opmert Of the projected Canadian empire as well ss the
s.curity Of the uac. between it and the Bdtsh West
Iudes ard Europe that it has believe, been decided
to take il by force, II the representations
Of the Et glsb Government to the Cabinet at Wash
irgt.p backed by The offer Of liberal peconiAry in-
dsmuiiy, should fail To carry out this policy at
| WasbiI ltor, IT becomes Necessary to have new
msr-frn able and perseveriog; and the man for the
wok is y ought to be Lord Lyons. This i, the secret
Of tie charge which has been decided in the per-
soAA,l Of the Biiisn Legation. It seems to be be-
l,ved that iIcon.icersble portion of the people
Mair I post acily unite IL mt asure which vi
oIeu all the ports OF the Bi,sb empire. in every sea,
10 the free admission " the vast amount 81 timber to
I've export. d from it, Portland will bee ,me-to
some extent at leasl-the riva o. Ner-York 10 COM
mere Il importance and the growth of that city will
have favorable effect upon The general prosperity of
the whole S,a'e, i. is believed TIE entire population
III finally concur in desire to witness tie realization
Of tie object. Liberal peouUary means are a.
che command Ct the Mini Try to overcome,
| by corruption, any refractory opposition that
nay BE- encountered at Washington or in Portland.
Lord John Russell gave his bearty approval Of the
| pan, If am correctly Informed, and suggested the
name Of Lord Lyons the Ioost soitabe agent TO
cary i. our. Although the Hague Is not, in certain
Ie,pects tigh in point OF rank ss Washington, yet
il is more desirable for of family account OF
its proximity TO London. For TINS reason Lord
Nsbisrs tran SER 10 Holland will doubtless he very
Acceptable to him.
II appears pretty clear thsi The French Emperor is
endeav orirg to stimulate the Spanish Government to
Iresert bill Of osims to the Cabinet at Washington,
f expenses incurred during the last I've or elk years
10 keeping up large military and naval armament to
resist the nstan threatening invasion Of hbusters
from the United States. lie has gone far as to
Intimate TO The Mrister at Madrid that Il has good
gcurcs to claim TIE possession o. East Florida, on
secouut Of s proximity 70 the gem OF the Ise' and
the cortrol which that Peninsula must always have
from its geographical position over the commerce Of
| Cuba with Mexico ard the Old World.
You may be assured that Napoleon the Third is 70
friend to America. He is doubtless coIoocting 10 his
fruitful brain oil sIts Of plans to ebarrass And thwart
I the Cabinet al Washington Ferdinand Bsrro', Of
TIE most talented astue ard sycophantic devotees OF
the Emperor has Just been to Madrid 10 stimulate
the Goveirueut TO prosecute these schemes, and to
induce il to sustain the AngloFrereh policy IN the
New World, especially in the waters Of ae1i'o and
Central America.
The who's country tss been lately sgitsted by Mr.
Brgfts plans Of reform, bat the ministerial add con-
terva,ive pariss are r.joced to fud Irresistible
a gumert agairst the adoption Of the spprshended
universal saFrsge in M Buchansns letter to his
Pittsburgh felos citizens. The coruptioos wh CD il
Acknowledge, as the resul, Of popular government,
encs 10 give he ease TO monsrchica forms IN the
! Old World.