The New Hampshire Gazette

The North Eastern Boundary.—The St. John Courier publishes the following extract of a letter from Mr Bliss, the Agent of the Province of New Brunswick in London:-

London, 6th December, 1838.

"Having seen a statement lately published in the Morning Chronicle, and purporting to be warranted by authentic information, that the question of Boundary between the Northern Colonies and the United States was on the eve of adjustment, upon the basis of ceding on our part the whole of the right Bank, to obtain in exchange the whole of the left of the river St. John, I immediately hastened down to the Foreign office to make enquiries into the foundation of so alarming an announcement. I there had an interview with the Under Secretary, Mr Blackhouse, and received from him, to my great satisfaction, the assurance that this report was entirely destitute of foundation, and that there existed not the slightest grounds for apprehending any such concession, or any disposition on the part of Her Majesty's Government to entertain such an idea.

Upon some further conversation with him, I was happy to find that that Department seemed fully aware of the nature and importance of the question in all its bearings and consequences; and I feel persuaded that no injurious compromise is to be apprehended. The offer to divide the disputed territory equally, the fairest and most honorable terms that could be made for both parties, is, I trust and believe, the extreme and ultimate concession which Great Britain will ever make. If the Americans really desire peace, they will in due time assent to this concession; if they desire war, no concession will ever avert it. I do not believe her Majesty's Government will agree to a new Commission of Survey, unless some basis of accommodation be first agreed upon, the details of which may be ascertained by such a survey. The basis can only be one of equal division.—I am aware that this suspense and uncertainty are very injurious to the Province, but there seems no better course at present than to take our stand upon this offer as an ultimatum. The American Government is believed to be more reasonably and favorably disposed than the people of Maine. Time and reflection, and the impossibility of getting more, may, I hope, induce that people to meet us half way. If not the next war, which seems too near, must decide the point. I understand that neither our Government nor the American have made any movement in this matter for some time."