John C. Spencer has acepled the ofice oi secre tary of War
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The following Is the cloing paragraph oi letter in lhe LondoS Times, sined N. Napier, tby the way this cannot be the ali,or of the History oi the Penlnsular War--hs nam is w. r. r. Napler) |" Mr. Roebuck. The latte gentleman in hIS commit mlcation, says that the prsenI position ol the me Lcod difficulties Is mol o,ing to the disposition oi national government, kt To defect m It's con stituton. He says, therefore, Great Britain should take its intention for the ted, and by patence' &c ' assist il otl of the strait He gives utterhnce |" some strange notions ofiihls country

 "But both sides have pu themselves so much ln Ihe wrong, the English Mhg Government on one part and the American people the other, thal u has De come Gordan knot oOlS he cut by the sword ; that s, unless, what never happened yet Doih si"es agree to acknow ledge their errus and make huiu''i amends. For if Mcleod k put to death, England must a,euge the wrong or be degraded as na'lon' And if the Americans, admitting the defect m tnelr constitution, should proceed remove It as offensive to civilization. that must take tune, and England Is dishonored every hour that she perms one oi nef sp lects to anguls m prison, in constant lear oi an iS nomnous death, because he obeyed hla orders as n military man. If Mcleod be acquitted, winch VIII happen or not would appear, the power ot cer- tain faction predomnates, his imprisonment and sui ferIngs and trial will still remain an insult To Eng land, and violation of international law, passed q" the assumption of right of international regulation al variance with sense, because opposed to CIV ilzation So also the affair of the Caroline will re- main a violation of international law our part, nit gated, however, by the provocaton. Amends may indeed be made Mcleod personally; the faulty in situations of the Americans may be pleaded in apolog, 10 heal our wounded honour, and the correction Of the defect will give weight to that apology and afford q security for the future; but until the attack on the Caroline is atoned for it hardly he expected that the Americans will remedy their faulty institutions te relieve England from the difficulty and disgrace brought upon her by the misconduct of her Canadian Government War, therefore, look upon certain sooner or later. Thanks 10 Lord John Russell and his celebrated Canadian resolutionsl