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fesOAcsting this extraordinary and inter
est >g in tttcr.
There bl I *>eeo a oreat meeting at
Livernool, at which resolutions were pas
se 1 n favor of opening the trade to In
ch i, ease of the renewal of the East
India Cos nnanv’s Charter.
'hnrl'ftnn t f'--rury March 8.
From the Liverpool Mercury of Jan. 21*
1 rreit rtf M'/V Connell.
We oarticul-arly regret that the space
we h ive in reserve this week, precludes
the noss'hilitv of offering such remarks
uoo ) the arrest of Mr. O’Connell and
sieii • of h s assoc ites, as naturally arise
fro ii sucli extraordinary proceedings.
C - nunstanced as we are, we must ae
ff>- trilv he very brief. We have else
where ventured to express the oninion
tli it the recent conduct of the Irsh Gov
errnnent appears to us to exhibit more
zeal tha t prudence. If the Government
had lot forcibly suppressed the meetings
ot the a it -Unionists, a time might speed
ily have arrived when they could, with
more propretv and justice, have resorted
to their proclamat o « and arrests. Mr.
O’Connell is called a firebrand, hut a fire
bra • 1 is harmless where combustible ma
ter ds are not at hand. The iml unable
ingred eat is a long protracted svstem of
misrule, nrhi-h has guide Ia whole nation
to the verge of despair and revolt, and
tli - (rover line it ought not, ii our opin
io i, thus abruptly to h ive closed the safe
ty v live of constitutional discussion and
re no istrtnee. They should have recol
lected the saying of SwTt, that here was
no .ation o;i earth where the subject was
not ;»erm tted, to roar as loudly as lie
pleased when put to the rack.
jArrcst af}f-. O' ' mint !/, Mr. Steel, Hr.
Jiarrett, Mr. John lleynolds, and Mr.
Lawless, on a charge of conspiracy to
evad" thi' proclamation act.
O i Tuesday morning, the house of
Mr. t’ConueH, in Merrion square, was
vis e l by Mr. Farrell Chief Constable,
and U ace officer Irwin, who, upon be
ing idin.tte J• to th it gentleman’s pre
■cn ■■■:, st ated tli it lie hid a warrant a
gt ist b in, issu and from the Head-office,
on i charge of conspiracy, to evade the
proclamations recently promulgated hv
the Lord Lieutenant. After a long con
versation, which we have not space to
notice, Mr. O’Connell entered into the
re in site securities, himself in £I,OOO,
ni l two sureties of £501) each. Mr.
Burivtt, Mr. Steele, Mr. Reynolds, ami
Mr. i.ntdess were all served with the
same processes, and all gave hail.
We shill offer no decided opinion on
this proceeding, until we know some
th ig uore of the nature of the alh dged
od ice. At present it appears to us that
tli" Irish Government lias shown more
Zeal than prudence in the aftn r.
From the fiindon Morning Chronicle
Jan. 2d.—We received lust night Ham
burg papers to tin* 1 4th of January. The
aecoiats from Poland, professing to
gi'e an account of the fel lings of the
people, arc evidently deserving of little
ere It. It would appear that movements
are t iki ig place i:i Hanover, as wa ll as
other parts of Germany, the following
are extracts:—
Warsaw, Jan. fi—A letter from Bres
pol of the 23 lof Dec. says—“ Twee as
in my soldiers are being levied in Russia
as was at first ordered.”
“ Fie subscription for the equipment
of •> -rsons unable to hear the expenses
th ’mselvcs amounts to 60,0'M) Polish (lo
rn S xty Jew’sh famd.es have given 1
tog tlier 28,405 iloriis. Princess Vies-|
a (r i Sophia lias sent 60,000 florins, i
n ! ! ■ I ired at the same time, 1 1 1 it, if I
n ;v- . irv, she would give her w hole for
te to the country. Prince Y! an Czar-,
tor -i his aga n sent 50,000 Polish flor
ins, i id others have seat large sums.”
Prussia, fan. 4. Verov lug to cred
itable accounts Gen. Chlopieki has re
voked nil the Ordinances which tend to
a separation of Poland. Hopes are still
en rtaiaed that every thing will he set
tled amicably. A conviction gained
ground that the insurrection proceeded
from the great Nobles, and has not yet
a v ied great zeal among the peasant
ry —This opinion is confirmed bv tin' ill
su ■ -of the arming of the peasantry in
in v farts of the Kingdom. It is a fact,
th tar b istin ido is ordered for those
w » • -stile to take up arms, Some
and * m iv he entertained respecting the
p sin vvh ch requires such means to
a - > b The fear of compulsory nipa
sar 4 already caused miaierous eini
gr i ■- ro our Polish and Prussian frontier
provme s.
J/ nharg, Jan. 1 Uh. —Some distur
bances have taken place a’ Gottingen
and Osterrode, in the Kingdom of Rah
ov r, which, as far as one can judge from
til" oeeui ir and not very intelligible ac
co i its published in the papers, h tve been
supur”-.- ‘il for the present. V? Gotti ig
g-‘ i, however, a declaration hv which the
p' *" - fliemselvi's were to form a Na
te > ul Liard, ami huinhlv to petition the
L gto gri it them a representative Gov
ernment, with genuine and nncontroled
ch* *tio is Isas received 2d'!)') signatures of
tin* ah ib t ants, an 1 500 of the s 'fn hmts.
Th- -x sting Constitution of Hanover,
♦ho’ a • important conecssio i, w hen gran
ted, has been at ill times looked uno*i, if
U’e are not mistaken, as of oligarchical
character.
We received the P iris patiers of Mon
day, and the Messeger de* (’hamhres and
Gazette de France dated Tuesday.—
Morn. Chronicle.
Fie feeling in France seems to be
Strong i | fawir of interventio » in hell df of
th-* Poles, and union wftb M hrbim •.and
jf iv II »• im* ■■ ti >-|y • * *'?••)!♦ fur lon *
P*!* to r 's ; st ?h< * irr< • » ’Vf). y.
to tfm diplomatic intrigue-., Intv* 1
ing evidently for its eJqect To retain that
country for the Prince of Orange, have pro
duced an effect unite different from w hat
was intended. The Belgians, di?turl**d
in their commerce hv the Dutch, and
suffering in their manufactures, are thrown
lin spite of themselves on France. This
' is tolerably well explained in an article in
the Journal des Deliats. The freedom of
| choice of a K ng and Governement must
! remind the Belgians of Beaumarehnis’s
witty account of the liberty of the Press
nadir a despotic governiueut.
As to Poland, much is to he said for
die generous svmpany of the French ; and
if the Russians should succeed in crush
ing the Poles, the Government of the
Citizen King, would with difficulty sur
vive the shock.
rt'-ussch Jan. 15. — \r length Maes
trielit is surrounded on all sides. Gen
eral Daiite lias at length fixed li s head
quarters at Hoeht. The-village of Smecr
! macs is fortified hv the case of Col. Ponte
eoulauf, and has la coin® a formidrble t»«>-
sition. General Millinent v : sited Gener
al Daine on the 12th; and now that we
are threatened l y the Prince of Saxe
Weimar, these two Generals concerted
measures to repel every attack, and to
! give a final lesson to our enemies. De
\ serfers sav that the garrison of sfa» -t
--riclit is in great distress, and anxious for
| the long expected arrival of the Dike of
Saxe Weimar.
NEW-YORK MARCH 1.
/. I TEST FROM 1.1 VERPdof..
Yesterday, the packet ship Silas Rich
ards, Captain lloMridge, arrived from
Liverpool, Swinging us Liverpool papers
to the 26th of January, London to the
25th, Lloyd’s and Shipping Lists to the
22d, and Liverpool Price Currents to the
25th. The Silas Richards sailed on the
26th.
The mos’ important article in the pa
pers, is the declaration of the Polish
D et, on the subject of their own inde
pendence. In our judgment, it is one
of the most interesting documents that
we have met w ith at anv time. Its style
is manly, hold, and dignified, and thp
sentiments such as do honor to the source
from which they proceeded. The detail
of oppressions under which the Poles
have suffered, is long and formidable;
and of a descripton that would justify a-
ny people in a hold, even a desperate
struggle? for their emancipation.
There appears to he a good deal of
difficulty among the Belgian councils to
determine who shall he their Sovereign,
no individual having been selected for
that office at the latest advices.
Mr. O’Connell lias been arrested, and j
held to bail in ttuhlin, upon a charge of a
conspiracy to weaken the effect of the j
Lord Lieutenant’s Proclamation, This
seems to us somewhat of an undefined of- ■
fence, one that will he difficult to punish.
It excited a good deal of feeling inDuhlin,
and has furnished materials for much
newspaper speculation.
The London Morning Herald of the
35th of Juuuaiy, says—“ The Russian
army is at length upon its inarch, and a
very few days must now bring intelli
gence of real operations. The Cholera
Morbus made its appearance at St.
Lett l'shurg, and this drcaful plague pro
mises to befriend the Poles as much as
the snow did the Russians in 1812, a
gainst Bonaparte.”
The Austrian Observer remarks that
letters of the 24th of December, were re
ceived from Prince Lubecki, in W arsuw,
and that as yet the Polish Deputies had
merely had an interview with Count Nes
selrode. The Emperor had not received
them.
The Russian police is closely watching
the students of \Vilna.
Disturbances still continued in Swit
zerland.
*B.x thousand Piedmontese troops have
! arrived in Savoy to garrison the strong
places. A thousand are stationed from
, Montineiilan to Moutiers. The garrison
ot Ci sun fiery will be 5,000 strong.
I’he'report ot the death ot Don Miguel
proves to have been nothing more than a
stockjobbing manoeuvre.
A jLoudun paper of Jana try 24th men
tions, tnat “a vessel lias arrived from
Tore urn’ with the Marquis of Uulmella,
it is said on hoard.” ‘ , .
General Cloony has been arrested, in
Ireland, tog eonspirt >g with Mr. .O’Con
nell, and others, to evade the l'roclaina
tious. It is also said there is a warrant
for the arrest of Mr. Costello. All the
persons arrested are to be brought to trial
about the Ist of February, unless they
wish to postpone them.
The Cambria Racket, with the Siam
ese youths tin board, had sailed from
Portsmouth fur New-York.
Trade had improved in England, and
an advance of w ages had taken place in
several mauutaeturing towns. Trade
had also improved m Scotland.
The London Morning Chronicle, of
tlie 25tli of January, notices the increase
of incendiary attempts in different
of England. The following is tlie com
inenci nient of a long editorial article on
tins painful snject.
We deeply regret to learn, on undoubt
ed information, that the tires ofthe incen
diaries, in the agricultural districts, are
certainly extending into two parts of the
country hitherto free from their visitation,
if not increasing in number. On Mon
day week, tin- h i v stacks of a Worches
, tershire firm, the Wilderness, a ti \v miles
from Birmingham, were tired. Wheat
and burly ricks were fired at two farms in
Staffordshire, a few miles Iron Dudley,
and under remarkable circuinst inces.
Great mystery involves the origin of these
'•N, which h ive ben in iinnv counties,
mi irlv and 'met from rie < against ma
; chiller/ and cmitiVs for h.’g' tT wage?.
Meetings for rrioftn h id been, held in
! m niv of the counties of England.
Francis Jeffrey has been elected to
Parliament, from the Perth District of
Burghs. Capt. Ogilvy, brother to the
Ear! of Airlie, was the unsuccessful can
didate. The votes of Dundee, Perth, &
; ‘ , 't. Andrews were in Mr. Jeffrey’s favor.
It seems that a mob w as collected to hiss
j him, and that the tow n clerk, whose bu
j si ness it was to declare tlie result, was
I struck with a stick.
The Hamburg papers announce the
j restoration of tranquility. at Gottengen, i
i and the termination ofthe attempt at re-1
volt, without the shedding of a drop of
blood.
Brussels papers arc to the 22d of Jan
uary. Tlie National Congress were shll
discussing the election of a King for th.'
vacant throne,’ but had not as yet come
to any conclusion.
Among tla.* candidates for the throne,
whose names have Ik a brought forword 1
e ; thrr l»v mein! rs of the Congress, or;
petition from the people, are, Prince '
Charles (the Arch D.ike Charles of Yus
-1 tria); the Prince of Prince
Poniatowski; Gene r and Sehastiaut; Vis
! count Chateaubriand; the Prince of Savoy.
Car: man, mid the Duke of Eeucliten
inrrir; another would have Col. Toliv er
ippo!rit.'d Dictator. Trance, England,
and all the allied powers, support the
Prince of Orange.
la Paris, there has keen established un
d« rthe tuspicesof Laftvette, ;i society for
promoting the cause of Poland
; Accounts from Barcelona, to the 10th
lof January, state that a more formida
ble mvas (v.i was feared by the Rovalist
party in Spain,than that which they live
so lately succeeded in re repelling no less
than a threatened intention of tin* f r neb.
to march into that country'. In conse
quence, the province of Catalonia lias been
called to furnish 10,606 men, and the o
j liter provinctsof Spain 70,000.
The I rince of Or ange had offered
, liinisi If as a Sm reign for Belgium, and
his mlherents were sanguine of his elec
tion. He expressed it as his determina
tion to doom tlie past to oblivion.
The London Chronicle of the 25th,
says:—“We are assured, and we firmly
hel eve, that Ministers really intend re
medial ineasu.es for Ireland of undoubted
value.” It must he recollected that the
Chronicle is the ministerial organ.
It is stated in a London paper that Mr.
O’Connell had expressed an intention of
holding his meeting in a steam boat,
moored beyond the jurisdiction ofthe !-
risli Government, and il.-p at Liverjiooi.
The Prussian State Gazette ofthe 176i 1
Jan. contains extracts from the Warsaw
papers of the 12th. Among them is a
report of an officer, denouncing a conspi
racy of tlie suppers to overthrow the Gov
ernment, and an account of the arrest of
some ofperson? said (o have been en
gaged m t: but tlie vi hole affair- seems to
have becn of very little importance.— Vo
tive preparation* were ms! eg tor theo
peniitg of ‘lit Did. The vv rr * xpi idi
ture is calculated at 160,600,000 of flor
ins.
llelgium and Ifvlland. —The protocol
ofthe ministers of the five great pow; rs,
nssciidfled i l London, It is b. en published.
It insists that tlie King of the Netherlands
shall open the Scheldt, and that the Bel
gians, on the other hand, shall withdraw
their land forces to their original position.
The docum nt Ins been made known to
the National Congress, who are highly
incensed at it, and deny tlie right of the
ft ve Bowers to interfere between the two
countries. This they have formally de
clared. It is said the King of the Nether
lands vV 11 not comply, hut whether or no,
the English consul at Antwerp lias an
nounced, that after the 20ih, no inter
ruption of the navigation wdi be.tolerated
by the five [lowers. After two days de
bating in cougn ss, on the choice of n sov
ereign, nqtwitTistanding all the artifices
1 efforts tli at have been employed, the
live of Leucliti burg has been rejected
by a majority of six votes.
.A co rence of thi (Minister of the
Great Bowers, on the affairs ol’ Belgium,
was held in London on Hie 24t.h; it-tlie
Foreign Office. It vVas attended hv Br ice
Lsterliazy, the Austrian Ambassador;
Prince Eleven,.the Russian Vinbassdor;
Prince Talleyrand, the French Ambassa
dor; Baron Bnlow, the Prussian Minister;
the B iron de Wcissi nhurg, Count Mat
i oii.-inw it/„ and Viscount Balmerstpik—
I T’he conference lqstcd upwards of two
hours.
The Foreign wheat which
had been imported into Great Britain,
frolu the passing ofthe kite corn act,
(9?h Geo. IV. ) 15. ii .’uly, li**2B; to the
dose of'the yearlidJJ, is about three irtil
j lion and a half of quarters!
Bv tlie letters from Par's of Jan. 22,
Iby festafette, we find that the Money
| Market there sustained itself with more
firmness than was expected, from the
present equivocal state of affairs abroad,
j The panic among tlie meroantile interest,
i too, was less severe ; and a hope is ex
j pressed, that without some new feature
j in politics, the lapse of two or three months
I will tend greatly to restore confidence
It is said that the government are n
liotp to prohibit the distillation from grain,
in consequence of the advance of corn.
The sugar market will, therefore, be very
brisk if this report be true.
The Dutch papers which arrived this
morning, contain an important commu
nication from the King of Holland to the
State-General, on the subject ofthe pro
tocol ofthe five Powers. The King re
luctantly and ungraciously consents to the
opening of the river Seln-ldt; but his
consent to the separation ofß< Igimn from
llnll i" I is •••.vet only corn! : o "dlv, and
the conditions are such that he may t a
ny time during the discussiou on the ar
ticles of separ ition, r< -assert bis cln m
over the revolted pro\ inces. The eom
miiuication is calculated to increase the
feeling of hostility against the Nassau
family, in Belgium, and is, we think,
singularly ill-timed for the attempt which
the friends of the Prince of Orange are
making. If after this communication
from the King, and w ithout a formal re
nunciation of his right to tlie throne of
Holland, and of all the connexion with
that country, he should succeed in his
pretensions to the crown of Belgium, the
separation of the two countries w dHie one
of name rather than reality, and the elec
tion ofthe Prince of Orange mav be fair
ly considered as the commencement of a
counter revolution in favor of the late
sovereign. But the question is not vet
settled, and as notwithstanding the out
ward show of sincerity and good will hv
those who are supposed to have an in
flta ..cn over the King of Holland, in
trigues have probably been in motion to
prevent such a frank abandonment of bis
claims to Belgium, as would ensure a
satisfactory result to tlie negotiations;
and, as the temper of the Belgians is
much ruffled, we fear that many difficul
ties mav yet arise to prevent the restora
tion of tranquillity and the establishment
of order in Belgium.
[Courier, Jan. 24.
The London correspondent of the
Liverpool Courier, w rites under date of
the 24th, as follows:
“The rumoured prohibition of the ex
port of corn from Russia, which was
in circuhftion on Saturday, >s believ
ed to be merely an internal regula
tion, to keep up the supplies for the
service of the Russian armv, hv pre
venting its passing the frontiers. It
docs not refer at all to its exporta
tion to foreign countries.”
Accounts have been received from
tie Russian capital to the ?Vh of Jan
uary, which communicate the news of
the breaking out of the cholera mor
bus in that city. Ten temporary hospi
tals lmd been established with one
hundred and fifty beds, but it was
stated that 780 cases of cholera had ex
isted. The Board of Commerce had
taken precautionary measures to pre
vent the increase of the disease hv con-
t iffion, through the means of merchan
dize, The advices from Moscow are
to the 2d. On the 31st of Decem
ber there were eleven new cases of
cholera, and on the Ist of January 87
person# were ill, of whom 14 wi re ex
pected to recover. Since the com
mencement of the disease 6,305 persons
had been attacked, and the deaths had
been 3,533.
M. J. Lafitfe & Cos. of Paris, had ad
dressed the following circular to the
correspondents of the establishment, un
der date of Paris, Jan. 19.
“The functions to which I have been
called hy the confidence of the King,
compel me, though with regret, to re
linquish my banking business, which
will be hence forth. carried on for the
purpose of liquidating all outstanding
accounts. One of my partners, M.
Baigncres, being dead, and the other
Mr. Thomas Phillips, desiring to re
tire, the liquidation will be carried on
by my nephew M. Tcrrere Lafitte, as
sisted, in case of need, by persons du
ly authorised, and whom I shall here
after name. Until more favorable cir
cumstances shall admit tlie renewal of
an establishment to which some hon
orable recollections are attached, my
•nephew has formed a provisional house,
in order to continue that connexion
with my old friends, which 1 shall he
happy to see him cultivate. I therefore
solicit in his favor a continuance of
those kind sentiments with which you
have honored me; he is worthy of them
from lus talents, his prudenqe, and in
tegrity. I quit w ith regret a Career to
which I had intended to devote iny
whole life. May I, hy my feeble ex
ertions, contribute to the public good,
and then 1 shall be consoled. “Receive,
sVca
“LAFITTE.”
The London Courier says that he is
understood to be barely solvent. A report
of this nature, says the editor, has been
afloat for some weeks, but it has only just
transpired officially that the fact has turn
ed out as w e stated if. M. I aititte’s loss
es have arisen chiefly, if not entirely,
from his having been a very large holder
of stock in 1825, which he could not
safely get rid of after thy fall, uml the
late depression after the Revolution in
July, has completed his misfortune. The
report of M. Lafitte having speculated
dishonestly, is w ithout the slightest foun
dation. His conduct has, we believe,
been irreproachable; but, as it would be
improper, in the present state of his af
fairs, for him to remain at the head of
tlie French Government, lus resignation
mav be expected.
Another London paper observes, the
well-known M. Agnado, banker of the
Spanish Court, becomes a partner in the
bouse en commanditta, —that is, with a
limited resposibilitv to the amount of 2(H)
0,000 francs, or £BO,OOO st< rluig. The
capital ofthe house will of course be con
siderably smaller than during the period
of its great commercial celebrity.
LONIX >\, Jan. 24.—The ntonev mar
ket has been to-dav, but it is
said a considerable quantity of stock lias
been disposed of. It is conjectured that
the principal sales were on account of
the Scotch banks, the agents of which, it
is said, have sold to-day tin 1 amount of
£150,001). Frees however, have been
m lint.urn and, and the variations have not
■mounted to more than an eighth per
cent. Conspl? for the account opeue J
tins morning at 81 1-4, afterward? fell to
1-e, a..d finally left off at 81 1-8 1-4.
They are quoted at the same price for.
Money. ’I lie heavy stocks have var.ij
but little. The foul's are at 99 5-8, and
new Three andahulfper Cents atj)9 1-8;
and these arc the only prices quoted.
Exchequer lulls closed at 35, and India
bonds at 16.
There is very little to remark relative
to the Foreign Market. The Norther*
securities appear to be quite unaffected by’
the warlike accounts from the continent.
Russian liondsfor the account are ;it 93
to 93 1-4. Danish have advanced o
60 1-2. Brazilian Iwads are also rathtx
higher. They were last done at 54-3-4.
State of the country. —Tlie country if
far from )***iug in a nuiet state, Th»
Manclieste Guardian .-..--vs—“We regrif
to state that the and spates between the cot
ton-spinners and their workmen contin
ues without any appearance of adjust
ment; and though the present week hap
not afforded'any instance of a crime >#
dreadful as thy assassination of.Mr. Ash
ton, there lias, nevertheless, been mury
than one attempt at assassination, a i
several outrages of avery daring charac--
ter, m different parts of the lies< iiix)t;r—
hood.
r l he commercial letters from Holland
are notour sanguine in their expectation
of a speedy settlement ofthe differences
with Belgium, in consequence of the
King’s message to the States General.
The Dutch lands fell about 1 pr. eenty
The only .hope seems to be that the Con
gress at Brussels will become so unpopu
lar as to be put down by force. In the
present tempi r of that assembly, nothing
like conciliation is to be looked for. Tlie
party in favor of the Prince of Orange
are, consequently, in high spirits, and [ire
diet with greater confidence, his bein*
e.ijieil to the vacant throne.
[From the Journal de Pflrt.t.]
W e learn that Gen. Clausel has arrived
at Marseilles, and is now at tlie La/.erctto.
it is said that he will be appointed com*"
mnnder-in-chief of a camp of 10()JM)8
men; which is to be formed on the fron
tiers of .Savoy.
It was stated in an English paper
received by the Canada, that Gm.
Lafayette hud gone to the K -g of
the French after he had given in his
resignation, to state bis will bigness,* to
remain nt his post. In relation to
th s statement, the Loudon Courier
says:—“We are assured, frflm direct
authority, that there was not lb; slight*-
est foundation for such a statement.
The General makes no secret of die
motives which induced him to resign,
and in conformity whith which it was
quite impossible that he could havo
subscquenly offered to remain in
(lis resignation was the result of dis
appointment and dis-itisfaction.”
WASHINGTON, March 4.—T!t&
twenty-first congress was closed, by t'uj
adjournment ofthe two lioasdfc last even
ing, between 7 and 8 o’clock.
By a suspension ofthe joint nt! , whieS
forbids the presentation of any lull to the
President for Ins approbation, on the 1 tst
dffy several additional bills were jinally
l acted on and became laws. Ti s was
the more gratifying, as some of them pro
vided for private claims.
The President-approved and signed all
the bills w hich were • presented to Sim,
although a rumor prevailed, in the after
noon, that one or two, embracing inter
nal improvements, would not he appro*
veil.
At the expense of some trouble, we
were enabled last evening to ohlma a full
list ot the acts of the Session, which will
be found in another part of Hie paper.
Both houses took a recess from 4to 6
o’clock. A'at. hit.
TlieJVwrth Ku&tern Boundary, —The Ed
itor olAtie Baltimore Patriot ims men
favored with the following letter from
an intelligent merchant, formerly oi that
place, but now a resident of Amsterdam
It gives the decision of the King
of tlie Netherlands relative to tb«7
disputed boundary line between the IT.
States ami Great Britain, to whom both
parties bad referred the question, and
whose decision is to be final. The letter
says— ■
The boundary line goes from Monu
ment on the source of the river Bt.
Croix, due north to the tßt. John, whieb
it crosses three uiiles%bove the great
Balls, it then follows the St. John about
(50 miles: from thence it passes along
the river St. I-'rancais, to its souther
most source; here it meets the A eri
can line, along which it follows to the
St. Lawrence to the point where both
lines (claims) unite, and to the Connec
ticut, where they combine to the Brit
ish. This is the Island most important
point.
2d. About the northwestern head of
Connecticut river. The King has ta
ken that which maintains, the 'name
and excludes all tributary streams, that
were already known in 1772, under dif
ferent names.
3d. The 45th degree of north latitude
has to he stipulated anew agreea'-fe to
the treaty of Ghent, or whether the old
line which in L 772 was drawn between
the provinces and the United States
was to remain. Decision says, that the
line must b* drawn afresh. The Amer
icans confiding in its correctness had
built a fort on Kousse’s point, and thu
fortress is to remain in their possession,
with so much territory thereof as is u
*ii.tl (say one Cliiliinctroque.) The ter
ritory which is awarded to the United
States by tlie Ist point, is by for the
beat anil most extensive, but England
muintuins a ec„ iiimicatlon with her
Provinces. Tim territory which they
get w ill la* of little value. Tue !-uate of
Maine gets the b»-t end nearly all that
the/ w ish. Connecticut river is of no