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ST. JOHN, N. B. MARCH 24. Mr. Forsyth to Mr. Fox. - . Department of State. Washington, March 6th, 1840.

By the direction of the President, the undersigned Secretary of State of the United States éommunicates to, Mr. Fox, Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipoten-

‘ tiny of Great Britain, the enclosed copy of a report made

to the Governor of the State of Maine, by the agent com- ’

missioned on the part of the authorities ofthat State to ascertain the precise character and extent of the occupa- tion of parts of the disputed territory by troops of Her Britannic Majesty, and of the buildings and other public works constructed for their use and accommodation.

By that report, and the three depositions which the undersigned informally communicated to Mr. Fox, a few days since, he will perceive that there must be some ex- traordinary misapprehension on his part of the facts in relation to the occupation by British troops of portions of the disputed territory. The statements contained in these documents, and that given by Mr. Fox, in his note of the '26th of January last, exhibit a striking discrepancy as to the number of troops now in the territory, as compared with those who were in‘it when the arrangement between Governdr Fairﬁeld and Lieutenant Governor HarVey was agreed upon; and also as to the present and fOrmer state or the buildings there. The extensive accommodations prepared and preparing, at old and at new stations, the "works ﬁnished, and in the course of construction, on the Iand and on the' water, are not in harmony with the assu- rance that the only object is the preservation of a few unim- portant buildings and storehouses, for the temporary tprotection of the number oftroops Her Majesty’s ordinary service can require to pass on the road from New Bruns- wick to Canada.

’ The undersigned will abstain from any remarks upon {them contradictory statements, 'until' Mr. Fox shall have had an opportunity to obtain the means of fully explaining " hem. “How essential it is that this should be promptly one, and that the steps necessary to a faithful obser- zucdpon the part of Her Majesty’s Colonial authorities, of the existing agreements between the two governments, .shouﬂ be immediately taken, Mr. Fox cannot fail fully to ~ 1 stand. . f undersigned avails hinﬂf of the occasion to renew - i " his high consideration. -‘ '- JouN FORSYTH.

Washington, March 7, 1840. The undersigned, Her Britannic Majesty’s Envoy ’Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, has the honor to acknowledge the receipt of the ofﬁcial note of ,yesterday’s date, addressed to him by Mr. Forsyth, Secre- tary of State of the United States, to which is annexed a copy of a report from Mr. Benjamin Wiggin, an agent employed by the State of Maine to visit the British military ,post at Lake Temiscouata; and in which reference is . made to other papers on the saute subject, which were informally communicated to the undersigned by Mr. Forsyth, a few days before; and the attention of the un~ dersigned is called by Mr. Forsyth to different points upon which the information contained in the said papers is considered to be. materially at variance with that which ‘was conveyed to the United States Government by the tundersigned, in his ofﬁcial note of 26th of last January. The undersigned had already been made acquainted, ‘by the Lieutenant Governor of New Brunswick, with the circumstance of Mr. VViggin’s visit to the military post at ,Lake Temiscouata, where the ofﬁcer in command very properly furnished to Mr. Wiggin the requisite informa- tion upon all matters connected with the British station, ‘which he appeared desirous to inquire about. The alleged points at variance, after deducting what is V fanciful and conjectural in the reports now produced, and

after comparing what is there stated in contradiction to -

other reports before produced from the same quarters, do “not appear to the undersigned to be by any means so ma- terial as they seem to have been considered by the Govern- ment of the United States. The British military detach- ment stationed at Lake Temiscouata, which the agents employed by the State of Maine had, in the ﬁrst instance, V with singular exaggeration, represented as amounting to two regiments, is now discovered by the same parties as (amounting to one hundred and seventy-ﬁve men, which, instead of two regiments, is something less than tWO com- panies. It is indeed true,should such a point be consider- .ed worth discussing, that the undersigned might have "used a more technically correct expression in his note of «he 26th of January, if he had stated the detachment in question to consist of from one to two companies, instead »of stating it to consist of one company. But a detach- ment of her Majesty’s troops has been stationed at the .‘Lake Temiscouata, from time to time, ever since the winter of 1837 and 1838, when the necessity. arose for .marchi-ng reinforcements by that route from New Bruns- wickto Canada; and it will be remembered that a tem- gormy sight of using that route for the same purpose, (was expressly reserved to Great Britain in the provisional agreement entered into at the beginning of last year. It is not, therefore, true, that the stationing a military I force at ihe Lake Temiscouatalis a new measure on the part of her Majesty’s authorities. Neither is it true that ithgtmeasure’ has been adopted for other thanto ‘maintain ‘che‘recurityof'the customary line of communication, and ‘10 protect-the buildings, stores, and accommodations pro- retried for the use of her Majesty’s troops, when on a march “By that route; and it was with a view to correct misappre- IlierisiOi'is which appeared to exist on these points,'and thus to do any with one needless occasion of dispute, that the undersigned conveyed to the United States Government 458 information contained in his note of the 26th of Jan. ” With regard to the constructltm of barracks and-other emailing, and ‘thé'pre'serving‘them in as efﬁcient state of

CHARLOTTETOWN, SATURDAY, APRIL 18, 184.0.

I this Province and the Parent State.

' our political sentiments upon the notice ' » having a much higher object in View, but we cannot fail to

repair and defence, a similar degree oferror and misappre- hension appears still to prevail in the‘minds of the Amo- rican authorities. , ' ‘

The erection of those buildings within the portion of the disputed territory now referred to, for the shelter of her Majesty’s troops while on theirﬁiiarch, and for the safe lodgmeut of the ,stores, is no ne'uti; act on the part of her Majesty’s authorities" . The buildiiigsi‘nquestion have been in the course of construction from if period antece- dent to the provisional agreement of ,last year, and they are now maintained and occupied along the line of march, with a view to the same objects above Speciﬁed, for ‘which the small detachments of troops also referred to, are in like manner there stationed. v .

The undersigned will not refrain fr ‘I here remarking upon one pointofcomparison exhibited .in the present con- troversy. It is admitted by t_lie,.United?'States authorities that the armed bands 's'tatiot'i‘éd’ibyy-ﬁé Government of Maine in the neighbourhood of the Arestook River, have fortiﬁed those stations with artillery; and it is now ob- jected as matter of complaint against the British authori- ties with reference to the buildings at Lake Temiscouata, not that these buildings are furnished with artillery, but only that they are defended by palisades capable of resist- ing artillery. It would be difﬁcult to adduce stronger evidence of the acts on the one side being those of aggres- sion, and on the other of defence. '

The fact, shortly, is, and this is the essential point of the argument, that her Majasty’s authorities have not yet altered their state of preparation, or strengthened their military means within’ the disputed territories, with a view to settling the question of the boundary, although the attitude assumed by the State of Maine with reference to the question, would be a clear justiﬁcation of such mea-

' sures; and it is much to be apprehended that the adoption

of such measures will, sooner or later,; become indispen- sable, if the people of Maine be not-bompell‘ed to desist

, from the extensive system of armed aggression which they

are continuing t . any on in other parts of the same dis- puted territory. ‘ p The undersigned aimils himselfofthis occasion to renew to the Secretary of Stage of the United States the assurance of his diitinguished co sideration. , . ‘ H. S. Fox. ‘ —__L_

NOVA SCOTIA. ’

aliﬁtx Guardian, April I.) t, philtical eveg‘s have happened in Halifax, which’ are'rather “of‘unusua " happy, and loyal, and contented colony. We allude, at present, not to the prerogation of the Provincial Legisla- ture, a public ceremonial which always takes place once a. year, in the 'ordir ary course of events, but to the proceed- ings of the popular branch of the legislature before the prorogation,‘and to the transactions of two public meetings which have since been held. , The House of Assembly having thought ﬁt, in the exer-. cise of its legislative wisdom, to pass an address to Her Majesty, setting forth the grievances with which it had to

contend, and ascribing these grievances to the inﬂuence *

of the Executive Council, and the conduct of His Excel- lency the Lieutenant Governor, whose removal from his present oﬂicial station the Address recommended, as the only remedywhicli can now be applied to establish liar-

‘ mony between the Executive and the Legislature of the

Province—a public meeting was called, and held at Ma~

- son Hall onSaturday last, for the purpose of allowmg the

inhabitants of Halifax to record their disapprobation ofthe censure contained in the Assembly’s address upon the conduct of our worthy Governor. A numerous and res- pectable body of the citizens assembled on that occasion. Resolutions were introduced, supported, and unanimously adopted, sincerely deploring the Address of the Assembly, approving of the conduct of the Lieutenant Governor du- ring his administration, and pledging the Meeting to rally round His Excellency, and satisﬁed withlthe maternal care of our most gracious Queen, to testify their yeadmess'to support'her’ throne, and maintain the connection between An address founded on these Resolutions was then read and adopted, and soon after presented to the Lieutenant Governor by the Meeting in an assembled body.

On Monday last, another public meeting, called by the Representatives of the Town and County of Halifax, was

, held in the same place, to hear the explanation ofthe Town

and County Members, who had all voted in favour of the

‘ Assembly’s Address, and to allow them an opportunity of

justifying their conduct in so doing. This meeting was also numerously and respectably attended; a numberof

. able and eloquent speeches were delivered by the members

themselves, and by others friendly and unfriendly to their measures. Much diversity of opinion appeared to prevail

_ in the minds both of the speakers and auditors ; two dis-

tinct sets of Resolutions were proposed, seconded and supported, but such was the crowded state of the meeting, 39 great was the number of persons, not free-holders, who had gained admission, and the consequent difficulty of forming an exact division, that neither of these series of

, Resolutions, we understand, were considered as adopted,

although it is not at all improbable that both parties will

claim the victory. . , Such, we believe, is a brief outline ofvwhat actually took

place at both of these meetings. We very seldom obtrude 'of our readers,

express our regret, in alluding to these meetings, that any

» event should unhappin occur to interrupt the concord and -.harmony of the population of this town, and engender angry .

and party feelings among the members of this peaceful

a community. Extrememeasures should never .be resorted V to, if they can possibly be avaided ; and pertainly nothing r is so much to be deplored, as an open cothion between the "diﬁ'erent branches of thetPr‘ovincial Legislature,to which

' will probably see you on his way.

: . Thesecond. 93in is_ this. training, for. particuﬁrmarrservi ,

we all, as good subjects, wish to look up, with the greatest respect and deference. ‘

This dispute, like‘many other serious controversies, has arisen from avery small beginning—the-mere verbal expla- nation of a harmless public document; and no one can be so well qualiﬁed to give this explanation, as the person by whom it was composed. We are only sorry that the Home of Assembly did not wait, after His Excellency had cour- teonsly agreed to transmit their Address to Great Britain, till an answer could have been obtained from Lord John Russell himself; which, thanks to the liberality of the Imperial Parliament, might easily have reached Nova Sco- tia, by Mr. Cunard’s ﬁrst Steam Packet, about the middle of May, or in less than two months from this date.

, (From the Halifax Guardian, March 18.) Extract ofa letter from Dr. BURNS, to one of the Minis; ters of this Town. Paisley, 31st Dec. 1839.

My Dear Sir,—I congratulate you and the Synod of New Brunswick, on such an accession as the Rev. J. M. Brooke, of New Richmond—of-whose arrival I have just heard—and of whose usefulness as an able, active, and pious minister, I entertain no doubt. On opening a cor- respondence with him, you will ﬁnd him ready to every good work ; and 1 hope that our excellent friend Mr. Ste- ven, of Restigouche, and he, will go on, most successfully, together, both in the direct work ofthe Ministry, and‘in the superintendence of Christian Schools. I

I congratulate you also on the recent appointment we have made, 'of the Rev. Robert Williamson, Minister of the Parish of Croicli, Sutherlandshire, to be successor to Mr. M‘Kenzie, at Pictou, and of which due notice has been given to the people there. He sails in April, and He is an able, and po- pular. and decidedly pious Gwlic Minister, and his wife

- (he has no family) is a very clever and goo. , woman. Mr. W. is doing what he can to get a Minister r St. James’, _ N. B., and possibly be may prevail on so other young

preacher to’go along with him. In the meantime, I have to mention two things which will please you. Mr. George M‘Donnell, who at present labours as Scotch Missionary at Manchester, has offered his services for Nova Scotia, and, if he does not change his mind, will sail, perhaps, with Mr. WilliamSon in the Spring. I will give you notice again; but in the meantime I have to say, that his residence in England as Tutor, and his present labours, (which are decidedly Missionary) will form a good apprenticeship for any situation you may assign him.

We have had under our Wag—man of the name of Finlay Campbell (Garlic) to be a Teacher in Prince Edward Island, under the chargevofthe Perth Ladies’ Society. He has been at the Normal School in Glasgow, and has been making progress. We would pre- fer his settling in Pictou, or some other Highland district,

where there may be schools and teachers already, and - > where a neglected station might be usefully occupied by

him, we (or the ladies) paying him a small salary, (say £25 a year) and his outﬁt. He isrpious, and would suit very well as a Catechist among his countrymen, besides an ordinary teacher. Please let me know, on receipt of this, whether you have openings for such a person, and also what is your opinion ofthe kind of man that we should send to Prince Edward Island. ‘

Remember us in your prayers ; we do not forget you—

‘- alasl for the apathy of our preachers, otherwise no lack

would be on my part: Mrs. B; unites in the best wishes of

the season.

' My dear Sir, faithfully yours,

ROBERT Bums.

The Colonial Committee of the General Assembly ofthe Church of Scotland, has lately voted from its funds, the sum of £200 Stefling for the Synod of Nova Scotia, in aid of its members. This is an additional, and we may also add, a very gratifying evidence of the continued and deep interest which our National Church feels for the comfort ofher Ministers, and for the prosperity of Religion among the numerous adherents to the Church of Scotland through- out the Provinces of Nova Scotia and Prince EdWai-d Island. '

DR. ALDER’S VISIT T0 BRITISH NORTH AMERICA.

x (From the London Watchman.)

We have great pleasure in laying before our readers the following extract from the Minutes of the Committee of the Wesleyan Missionary Society. ‘

Dr. Alden-on his return frOm his recent visit. tothe So- ciety’s Mission in British North America, favoured the Committee, at two successive meetings, Wth a very,‘able and highly interesting Report of his various travels and

' exertions in promoting the interests of the SoCiety, and the

important objects for which he was deputed by the;Com- mittee, on which it was— , _ ' .V “Resolved unanimously, That the Committee'feel it

‘ their pleasing duty'on this occasion to accompany their

cordial welbome of Dr. Alder, on his return to‘ this country,

and to his regular ofﬁcial labours among us, by the devout '

expression oftheir gratitude to Almighty God, for the pre- servation ofDr. and Mrs. Alder, during their long absence from home—fer his blessing on Dr. Alder’s VlSitfantI la- ;bours—and for the successful result of his able and judi—

' ,‘cious endeavours to secure the rights and interests of the

Indian Tribesconnected with us, and to. obtain'from the Government of Upper Canada the payment which ‘had for 8. while been suspended ofthe largegarrears the pecumv ary grant due to» the Society on. account of its Indian and other missions in that Prov:nce.. . . D

“That the Committee also feel it their gratifying duty to present to Dr. Alder, together with their 'most sincerei congratulations on his return’to England, their coi'dia

' [No. 142.

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