On the way over the Romer overcame a heavy storm. The Cork Harbour was reached on March 10, 1846. Monroe Gale went to Liverpool with his mail and Tribune dispatches. The Romer returned to New York on April 11, 1846. On June 15, 1846, Secretary of State James Buchanan and British Minister Richard Pakenham signed a treaty that settled the Oregon boundary dispute by agreeing upon lat. 49 N. as the boundary-line.
