§ Sir Howard Douglas, referring to the Papers recently laid before the House, explanatory of the proceedings of the Commission under the direction of Lieutenant Colonel Estcourt, engaged in laying down the Boundary Line, as established by the Treaty of Washington, between the British Provinces of Canada and New Brunswick, and the United States, would take that oppportunity of expressing, in strong terms, the satisfaction with which he had read those proofs of the ability, intelligence, and energy, displayed by Lieutenant Colonel Estcourt and his party, in exploring, cutting out, tracing on the ground, and determining, astronomically, the several portions and stations of a frontier, extending over no less than 526 miles, in great part through the virgin tangled forest; by which uncommon exertions, and extraordinary activity, that important service had been so far effectually executed, as to show that it would speedily be brought to completion; and thus evince the real economy of having provided that intelligent, scientific, and excellent officer, with a staff, and means of execution, sufficient to enable him to act with his well-known intelligence and vigour.