The Sun. — London, England, 1859-10-10 00:00:00

BBL !BIA. (From the Correspondent of the Times.) VICTORIA, VANCOUVER'S ISLAND, AUGUST 18. In my last letter I reported the outrage recently committed by the armed occupation by American forces of the island of San Juan, close to Vancou ver's Island, claimed by Great Britain and long occupied by British subjects. So much of my letter was taken up with a review of the water boundary question, as yet unsettled between Great Britain and the United States, and which has given a pretence to this occupation, that I had not space to describe the proceedings of the military authorities. I will now do so. The force first landed on the island was only 66 men and a few officers, two fieldpieces, ammunition, and stores. This force was soon increased. Guns and gun-carriages, ammunition, mules, &c., were added, and quantities of provisions ; lumber for buildings, and all the material required for a per manent military occupation in a hostile country were brought in United States' Government steamers, and in hired vessels, and landed. The ca mp was shifted to a situation further inland and more eligible for defence than its first site near the shore was considered, and arrangements were made for the reception of a larger body of troops. From time to time within the last fortnight bodies of soldiers and additional quantities of am munition of war and of stores have been brought to the island from Oregon and Washington territory, which has raised the force to 400 men, besides a " Colonel and his Aids," four captains, three or more lieutenants, with a battery of eight 32-pounder guns, six fieldpieces, great quantities of powder and shot and of stores, and a body of labourers to assist in erecting barracks. _ These forces are now fortifying themselves in a strong position on elevated ground which commands the harbour on the east side of the island, called Grilling Bay, six of the 32. pounders being so placed as to " command the anchorage, and the other two turned westward, and commanding the waters be yond and in front of the United States' troops." The orders of the American General who started this expedition are, to resist all opposition, and to keep possession of the island at all hazards. The confidence inspired by the completeness of these military arrangements seems to have encou raged private enterprise into a bit of keen and prompt speculation. On American authority we are informed that, " the place already presents quite an astive business-like appearance. A beautiful site has been selected for a town, and several buildings are being erected." Land is to be had for the taking, by squatters, encouraged "to occupy the island" by the military authorities; and it is supposed " that all the avail able land is already taken up." This is part of the programme. Covering the island with a squatter population is expected to increase the difficulty of retaking it—a view which is presented to the peace loving politicians of England. This is quite a mis calculation. If Great Britain be firm in asserting her rights and in resenting this unprovoked indig nity to her honour, the squatters will soon evacuate absquatulate," as they themselves term the re storation of stolen lands. A disputed title is unfav ourable to profitable land speculation. It won't pay. At sight of resistance the squatters will fly like chaff before the wind; But to resume my detail of the famous military operations : From Oregon, the Washington papers, and other American sources we learn that soldiers are on the way and about to be despatched, which will swell the force on the island of San Juan to 2,000 men ; that General Harney, the American Commander-in- Chief, is also on his way to the same destination ; that he is speeding the " fiery cross" before him, in having "given orders to call on the Governor of Washington territory for volunteers ;" that an over land express had been despatched to California for still more troops and for two men-of-war, where (in California) it is significantly added, " there are five regiments ;" and, finally, and to crown the prepara tions, that Capt. Woodruff's company at Semiah moo, in British Columbia, will probably be sent to San Juan. This is the land boundary force acting under the commission described in my last letter, which one would suppose only a very pressing emergency would recall from its peaceful labours. We are also furnished at this conjuncture for our edification and comfort, with a list of the American squadron in the Pacific, viz., one stew frigate and four sloops of war, carrying together 114 guns, 1,193 men, and 95 officers. If the new steamer the Merri mac, which was lately at Callao, and which, it was conjectured, might have been ordered home, is still on the station, she will add 40 guns, 482 men, and 38 officers to the present force of the squadron, and which is just about to be reinforced by the steam frigate Lancaster, the Roanoake, and another vessel, which have been ordered to this coast. The American navy can hardly be said to be re presented at all in this neighbourhood at present. There are the three steamers Massachusetts, Active, and Shubrick, it is true, but the first is an old ship converted into a sloop of war and quite harmless ; the second a small surveying vessel, the chief merit of which is that she carries a gentlemanly and gal lant commander most usefully engaged in the coast survey; and the third vessel is a little boat in the lighthouse service. These vessels are very useful, however, as transports, as they are now employed, between the different military stations in the neigh bouring. American territory and the Island of San Juan, so frequently mentioned. These military stations of the United States in the State of Oregon and in the territory of Washing ton, immediately adjoining the British possessions, are six in number—namely, in Oregon, one at Fort Vancouver, one at Walla Walla, and one at Col ville, all on the Columbia river. In Washington, one at Stalacoom, and another at Port Townsend, both on Puget Sound ; and the last at Point Fran cis, in Bellingham Bay. These military posts are always kept supplied with soldiers, and within the last year they have been reinforced. They were included in the same command as California till very lately. The Ame rican Government considered them of sufficient im portance to assign them a separate commander-in chief, the redoubtable General Harney, whose late exploit in our neighbourhood I have been criticis ing with so much indulgence. So many posts were originally established to keep the Indians in check—a duty so inefficiently performed, that the Hudson's Bay Company had to assist the Americans in quelling Indian outbreaks. But there is no doubt the attention of American politicians has been directed, with sinister views, to our possessions alongside of their own since the • discovery of gold in British Columbia, and that the military posts have shared the attention of the Government to a greater degree since that - event Than they had done previously. Most persons who have read my last letter, as well as those who may read what I have just writ ten of this one, will feel sorely perplexed to guess the motive and object of all these hostile and war like proceedings on the part of America against Great Britain at a time when the mutual relations of the two countries are unusually friendly. Such pro ceedings on the part of any other nation would be in scrutable. 'We are at peace with America. The island which her forces have suddenly taken rude military possession of without a reason assigned or a provoca. tion given, under circumstance. which, as I shall presently show, brands the act with treachery, is not American territory. Its sovereignty is claimed by both naticns, although it has been occupied by British subjects for several years, and the quest ion of title is under adjustment by American and Eng lish Commissioners, to whom it has h een submitted for adjudication, but who have as yet neither arrived at a decision nor made an award. In 1855, even before this commission was named, the American Government itself, in a spirit of conci liation which was never suspected, invited the co operation of the British Government to establish a course (or position) of mutual forbearance and neu trality, by the citizens of the one and the subjects of the other nation " abstaining from all acts calcu lated to provoke conflicts," for the very cogent rea son urged by the President himself at the time— namely, that " the title must be settled before either or exerci se party should exclude th e o ther by force, complete and exclusive sovereign rights within the fairly disported limits. The President of the United States at the same time recorded the expression of sincere hope that by following this reasonable course " all differences will be avoided, until an adjustment of the line (of boundary between the territories of England and America) can be made in a manner mutually satisfactory." This friendly invitation of the United States Go vernment was accepted willingly as soon as made ; and from that time—in the year 1855—t0 this day neither the British Government nor the local (Co lonial) Government, nor any individual British sub ject has done, nor committed, nor allowed, nor in stigated, directly or by implication, a single act contrary to this understanding, or in contravention or evasion of the tacit arrangement then come to. The state of affairs which existed on the Island of San Juan in 1855 has been continued unaltered. No land has been sold, donated, or promised, and no further settlement than then existed has been made or attempted. The understanding then established between the two Governments has been scrupu lously observed by Great Britain and her subjects, although their long-formed convictions of our inde feasible title to the island have been much strength ened in the interval, as the nature of the respective claims to its sovereignty has been more closely exa mined. I assert again that Great Britain and her sub jects kept the arrangement of neutrality strictly and honourably, and it should be known, to their credit, that they did so in the face of much provo cation, annoyance, and loss during the last year from American squatters. To this assertion I challenge contradiction. We observed the neu trality. Not so, however, our more impulsive and less scrupulous neighbours. Last winter an " excitement" was got up in our very midst in Victoria among the American resi dents for "speculation" in land on San Juan, and the machinery usually applied to the settlement of new territory was set in motion to bolster the specu lation. A surveyor was despatched to the scene, a full and complete survey of the best " locations" on the island was promised, and " claims" were pre ferred to favourite spots for "homesteads," so as to secure the pre-emption rights of American citi zens when the island should be taken possession of by America—a consummation which the " specu lators" promised to be near at hand. All this was done publicly and without disguise. Nor was this all. During this present year American squatters on the island began to act with so much boldness and ar rogance towards the English subjects as created a suspicion in the minds of the latter that this high handed conduct received countenance from high quarters. This suspicion was well-founded. A squatter whose conduct was exceedingly ruffianly told me on the island that the authorities of Wash ington territory had promised him before he left that place that the United States' Government would protect him and all other " citizens" in their squatter rights in San Juan. These breaches of neutrality and other unjusti fiable acts of American squatters the local Govern ment of Vancouver's Island endured in silence, although requested to interfere to protect British property, out of respect to the understanding come to with the American Government in 1855. In this state of affairs, without any notice whis pered, without any complaint preferred, and with out waiting for a settlement of the question of sovereignty, the invasion is suddenly and secretly made, accompanied by a band of armed " citizens" of the neighbouring territory as volunteers, whom the officer in charge of the military liberally invited to help themselves to locations of land wherever their choice might lead them, and to whom he pro mised protection in their squatter rights. The officer in charge of the detachment of United States troops loses no time in explaining his posi tion. On the date of the day of his landing he issues a public notice, which in its arbitrariness sounds like a parody of one of Napoleon the Great's decrees when he was " annexing" his neighbour's territories. This notice declares the island to be United States territory ; establishes a military post thereon ; and kindly places the island under the aegis of American laws exclusively. The conquest would appear to be consummated to the satisfac tion of the parties engaged in it, by a sort of proclamation, issued in the name of a person brought with the expedition, styling himself a " Resident Magistrate," appointing a couple of " constables on and for the precinct of San Juan, county of Whatcom and territory of Washington, whom all persons are commanded in the name of the United States to obey as such." This sapient " magistrate" ignores the fact that there are British subjects on the island, who will naturally look to their own Government for pro tection to their lives and property, in preference to " the Magistrate of the precinct" or his two con stables. This gentleman would seem also to ignore the fact that there is a vast amount of British pro perty on the island, although I'll be bound he did not forget it. In fact, it was not long till he began to talk of taxing it, and all along he hal his eye on it. It needs no commentary of mine to show that all hese insolent proceedings are in violation of the arrangement made with the United States Govern ment, that " no exclusive sovereign rights should be exercised by either party; and that neither party should exclude the other by force until the title is settled ;" and that they are equally in viola tion of the law of nations, and of the usages which guide the conduct of civilised Governments towards each other both in peace and in war. I stated that on the part of any other country such inconsistent proceedings as I have described would be inscrutable. On the part of America they are not inexplicable. They are traceable to the national thirst for the acquisition of territory, and to what a clever writer in Blackwood the other day described as " the eagerness with which Americans will press forward to seize even the most unpromising districts, espe cially when these aggressions tend to bring their own Government into contact with the Crown of Great Britain." When it is added that their public men, military and civil, find their account both in creating and in encouraging these cravings, Gum. Harney's conduct is to my mind intelligible. The press of Oregon and Washington has been kept very well informed of all the proceedings in ad vance. It has been enlisted as an auxiliary of this enterprise; and a very willing aid it has lent to it. The assistance of the press was considered of such importance that a newspaper, even in San Francisco, was made acquainted with the intended expedition in anticipation, so as to prepare public opinion —an element very easily acted upon in such a case. The press frankly declares the object of General Har ney's measures to be to keep the island, and all the other islands in the Haro Archipelago. The reason is given with equal candour by some of the papers of the General's party, the Democrats. "The island of San Juan is the key to the Gulf of Georgia. We want it and were bound to have it." If thes© candid publicists would add what they know and believe, " and we can keep the Britishers out o their gold country of British Columbia and annex that and Vancouver's Island, whenever our Govern ment erects fortifications on San Juan, &c. We shall have every British ship for Fraser River pass under our batteries. We shall Filibuster a bit on our neighbour's territories ; and our own navy now fast increasing in our new dockyard in California, will protect us ; and our good friends the Russians will assist us, and in 10 years we shall bring all the British possessions west of the Rocky Mountains under the dominion of the stars and stripes," they would the-n tell the whole truth, but they think it premature to speak so plainly yet. The press gives an unhesitating and unanimous approval to all General Harney's proceedings. lie is just the man for the people, and the General for the occasion. From what I have heard of him hii character may be given in one word. He is revkle. The cnly point on which the press and private parties differ is as to whether this Geueral is acting of his own volition or upon the orders of his Go vernment. •It is idle to speculate upon this point. I will, therefore, examine the avowed reasons for his proceedings. The first reason given was that a military post on San Juan was required as a protection against Indians. This was the ostensible reason given, ani --: tOin: as o o f ti vi a e n w a , a sI efficientshoßld t a h m in e k as it ur j e u a s s t in a military _ .. about as valid a L. lis - Rugl . 1 Government to place it would be for the , -r .stminster-bridge to pre a London policeman on AN , - Kent by the Thames vent thieves from crossing into _ unnel. matters do nontem , t ht that a s e t b a e n s y t informed indian post o n this Island platea ; and even if it were, a not ß believe esides n n c u T n r s d i j o a n i s would not prevent ie. The Indians are far too well versed in strategy to come to San Juan to be bagged. The wise measure of the military post to catch In dians, reminds one of the old nursery advice for catching birds by putting salt on their tails. The reason given by one of the partisan papers was a much better one, a more politic one, than the mili tary reason. It was that the General, taking it for undisputed American granted that the island was territory, shifted one of his posts thereto as a mere ordinary matter of professional duty. Before people had got through discussing the reason we find this " Indian-incursion-reason" aban doned, and another substituted by General Harney himself, in an official letter addressed to the Gover nor of Vancouver's Island, dated at head-quarters, in which he states : " I placed a military command upon the island of San Juan to protect the American citizens residing on the island from the insults and indignities which the British authorities of Vancouver's Island and the establishment of the Hudson's Bay Company have recently offered them by sending a British ship of war from Vancouver's Island to convey the chief factor of the Hudson's Bay Company to San Juan for the purpose of seizing an American citizen and forcibly transporting him to Vancouver's Island to be tried by British laws." The General adds, in a tone of virtuous indigna tion at this rude attempt of "the establishment of the Hudson's Bay Company" to spirit away his compatriot (a squatter, of course) :—" I have re ported this attempted outrage to my Government, and they will doubtless seek the proper redress from the British Government. In the meantime I have the honour to inform your Excellency I shall not permit a repetition of that insult, and I shall retain a command on San Juan Island, to protect its citizens in the name of the United States, until I receive further orders from my Government." As there is not one word of truth in this charge ; as the acts attributed to " the British authorities," to "the establishment of the Hudson's Bay Com pany," to " the Chief Factor" thereof, are all false ; as "a British ship of war" never went on any such mission, or on any mission whatever, to the island ; and as the " seizing of an American citizen" was never contemplated, never thought of, and never heard of, this second reason cannot be the true rea son for the military occupation. I am not much versed in military matters, but it strikes me that 400 soldiers, a colonel and aids, four captains, three lieutenants, a battery of eight 32- pounders, six howitzers, many tons of powder and shot, and a body of free lances, are rather more than ordinary strategists would consider necessary for the purpose of preventing " a repetition of that insult," even if we admit, for argument's sake, that it had been intended to bring " an American citi zen" off the island. We don't seize people to try them. Had the authorities entertained an application on the pre mises, all they would do would be to allow a sum mons to issue. The whole story is a fabrication, and the general should hasten to punish his infor mant, who has befooled him. Having detailed so much of the proceedings of our neighbours, I must now in a few words state what has been done on our part. The Governor's views were embodied in the mes sage which he addressed to the House of Assembly and to the Legislative Council, of which I sent you a copy with my last letter. The House, in an address to the Governor, ear nestly calls upon him to impress upon the Home Government the necessity of demanding the imme diate withdrawal of the American troops from the island so dishonourably invaded ; of demanding redress for the wanton and insulting conduct com plained of; and of strenuously and at all risks main • taining her Majesty's right to the island in ques tion and to the other islands in the archipelago. The House has since entertained a project for rais ing a militia in the colony. The view of the Legislative Council will be seen from a copy of their answer to the Governor's mes sage, enclosed, and which I think it would be well to publish for general information, but I dare not trespass on your space so far as to embody it in my letter, already too long. The overt measures of thelocal Government have been few and simple. The Governor from the first took the view that General Harney acted without instructions from the Government at Washington. The first natural impulse would be to repel force by force. This course wculd involve great respon sibility and might lead to grave consequences, without, perhaps, leading to a decision of the point in dispute. Although the Governor might have been justified in coming to the conclusion that the amicable mu tual arrangement of nentrality had been broken on the part of the United States by the hostile action of one of their officers, yet he determined to main tain the arrangement of neutrality on the part of his own Government in its integrity, and to take no step which 'would " provoke a conflict" if it could be avoided without dishonour. This resolution was strengthened by the fact that the force at his disposal was overwhelming. In truth this circumstance of itself greatly increased his reluctance to proceed to extremities. His reasoning was to this effect : The handful of United States' troops on San Juan might indeed be sacrificed; but they must act in conformity with commands, improper and unjustifiable, no doubt, in every point of view, and repugnant to the law of nations and of reason, but the vengeance which would fall on them would not fall on the parties really responsible, would not affect the event, and would enhance the prospect and the bitterness of a war if this alternative is really sought by the United States, which, as I have said, the governor doubted. And therefore a sense of the responsibility which attaches to the autho rised movements of troops belonging to the fore most nations of the earth and the enormous inte rests at stake induced caution and control. With a firm conviction of our right to the island, the Governor felt, as most reasoning men would feel, that no filibustering could weaken our claim to it if it were ultimately decided to belong to us, while the precipitate and inconsistent action of the United States, or their General, in violation of their own engagements, would rather weaken than strengthen ther claim. And there could be no doubt that her Majesty's Government would take prompt and energetic measures to assert the just rights of the nation in due time, or that the Government of the United States would hasten to set itself right with that of Great Britain. These considerations and a desire to avoid com plications of the question at issue influenced the Governor to a course of forbearance, which it is probable may have really prevented a war between the two countries. He, therefore, contented himself with sending a man-of-war to the island to watch proceedings and to afford protection to British life and property. Later, a detachment of troops was brought from British Columbia, and added to the force already on board the Pylades, but no troops have as yet lauded. Following up his policy of forbearance, avid to evince his courtesy to the United Stater, as the General was not at hand (having never come to the island), and as the officer in command had no power to treat, the Governor despatched Captain Prevost, of hrr Majesty's ship Satellite, the British Commis sioner for settling this very boundary question, so often spoken of, to confer with this coadjutor tilt American Commissioner, at his camp in British Columbia, and to secure his good offices with Gene ral Harney to induce him to desist from his course while the question of sovereignty was still unde cided, and until the respective Governments could be consulted. Captain Prevost's mission was, however, unsuc cessful. The American commissioner would not interfere with the military department. And all that poor Captain Prevost " took by his motion" was a good deal of misrepresentation, some abuse, and more hostile criticism than so laudable a mis sion deserved from the American newspapers, which it seems are kept as well informed in diplomatic as they are in military matters in the present con juncture. The propriety of Captain Prevost's mission has been questioned. I view it in this light. The island, with the rest of the Archipelago, should have been considered as under the guardianship and subject to the authority of the two commissioners. The disputed territory may be said to have been put in trust in their hands pending the settlement of the boundary. In their official position the com missioners were justified in protesting against any action by either Government which would hamper their deliberations or complicate the subject-matter submitted to their adjudication. Therefore, as well as for other reasons, I think it was quite justifiable and proper to ask the American commissioner's in terference. The grounds of this refusal Ido not pretend to question. But having touched upon this part of the sub ject, I am compelled, reluctantly, to state that the American commissioner has laid himself open to severe animadversion for the part he has acted in the matter of the military occupation. He had been in communication with General Harney just before the expedition set out. He ac companied it. He was present at the landing on the island. He remained on the island on the occa sion from the 26th, when the troops arrived, till the 2Sth of July, when he departed, but not before the " Shubrick," which he had under his control, had first gone in search of another steamer to help her, which conveyed stores and military baggage for the troops. The Commissioner may be said to have assisted in the landing of the expedition, yet it is boldly asserted that he knew nothing of its object. If he didn't, ought not a sense of his duty to have prompted him to inquire This is not all. The following story is current: —That he offered free passages to San Juan and free gifts of land on the island, "and something besides," to all American citizens who would come and squat on lt. That he did this, representing himself in his official character as commissioner, which added weight to his offers. Those are grave charges against a man in the position of arbitrator for his country. Surely his duty was that of a peacemaker, and not of an agi tator. I am very sorry to have to give such universal publicity to charges against a gentleman who in a slight personal intercourse I found very civil and agreeable ; but his conduct is very serious, as it directly implicates his Government, and gives colour to the suspicion that the United States desired to break with England, to disregard the commission, or annul it without notice, take possession of the disputed territory ri et arias, and cut with the sword the knot which the commissioner's diplo macy had failed to unravel. The first catalogue of improprieties is incontro vertible. Ido not vouch for the enlisting of squat ters to occupy the disputed island and break the neutrality. The whole matter requires explanation, particularly if it be proposed to continue the pre sent Commissioner. Matters stood thus when General Harney assigned his second reason for his proceedings. As his charge is demolished, and as we had no design upon any " citizen" on or off the island, the Governor has called upon the General to withdraw his troops—a step which he has not yet taken, and which I do not believe he will take until he has played out his game. The colonists are unanimous in their condemna tion of the conduct of General Harney, which could not fail to stir up feelings of animosity between them and the resident Americans at a time when the most friendly relations existed. The Americans are in a large majority in Victoria. They all wish success to the General's enterprise, for accession of territory is dear to the American heart ; but most of them think he was precipitate. In case of need they would, however, sink all differences, and lend all possible assistance to his designs on the disputed territory. They held a few private meetings at which they agreed upon such alineof action,should an occasion for their services arise; and they bought up all the odd parcels of lead in the town to serve for bullets in case of need. Armed they always are, wherever they go, at home and abroad ; but, on the whole, there is nothing to complain of in their con duct. Americans visiting Victoria from Puget Sound and San Juan blustered a good deal, and hinted at the prospect of an attack on Vancouver's Island, unless the Britishers should wear their "faculties meekly ;" to all which, and to ki+dred rhodomontade, no one paid much attention. The British subjects, while willing and ready to rise to a man to resist aggression, have the good sense to commend the conduct of the Executive in shaping a course which ought to prevent a collision between the troops of the two nations. At the same time there is a very general feeling of dissatisfaction entertained against the Governor for not having landed English troops on the island "to be equal with the Americans." As a general principle this sentiment has much force and reason. People can not well endure that the Americans should he allowed to have it all their own way when they are so clearly in the wrong. Certainly, a contingency may arise in which the presence of a British force on the island would be very necessary. It was asserted lately that the Americans intended to attempt to impose taxes on the British property (which is the only pos session of value) on the island, and to extend their revenue law to its commerce, which is confined to the stock and provisions of the English owners in possession. Any attempt to do either, or to sub ject British subjects to American laws, civil or criminal, would, as a matter of course, be resister ; ansl if any such attempt be made, those subjects should have a national force at hand to appeal to for protection; and the absence of such a force might subject the English people on the island to unjust exactions and to other inconveniences However, a ship of war is always stationed at the island, and there are other vessels of war at hand which would suffice to meet either of the contin gencies above alluded to. Besides, there a-e some soldiers quartered at Victoria and an addi tional number is coming down immediately from Briti,h Columbia, which will make a force of about 160 men, besides officers, available at any moment, in addition to the company of Royal Marine Light Infantry, lately from the mainland, and besides the men who could be spared from the ships of war. In fine, we feel quite easy at Victoria, hap pen what may ; and, unless the American military authorities bring it on wantonly, I do not think any collision will take place. From all I can learn, there is nothing to cemplain of in the bearing or conduct of the American offic,rs stationed on the island They are merely carrying out the orders of their chief; and they are said to have displayed considerable tact and ability, blended with courtesy, in the performance of their duties. All eyes arc turned to the home Government, in perfect confidence that its action will effectually and for ever relieve the people of these colonies from the irritating aggressions of an unscrupulous and imperious neighbour, always ready and willing to domineer over the weak and to succumb to the strong. As our Government has the power, it would be an insult to doubt that it has the will to protect us in a just cause. After wading through this tedious detail of in civility, insult, and aggression just practised upon us, questions of serious import will naturally gc,t thLlll,ilves to the mind of an English states man. For inAance—How is a recurrence of sue!; Lug,:rous proceedings to be prevented ? Are we have grent armaments, naval and military, sta.. tic:ad on the other side of the globe to keep o ur neighb,urs in another hemisphere on their good behilviour? Will the people of England submit io taxed for the defence of such a distant appanage And, are the colonies of British Columbia and Van couver's Island worth the cost ? In my humble opinion these problems are susceptible of a favour able and easy solution. As to the value of our colonies, I would mention, hastily, 1. That our harbour of Esquimalt is considered by our naval officers one of the best in the world— easy of access by night as well as by day, secure and commodious, and so easily defended that a moderate ontlay would make it secure against all the risks of an attack. No vessel could get near its entrance if resisted, while it is well suited for dockyards, and commands the neighbouring coasts. 2. It is not only the best, but the only good har bour on the whole west and north-west coast of the Pacific from Cape Horn northwards to Sitka, ex cept San Francisco. 3. If, by any fatality, we should part with it or lose it, we should not, in case of a war, have a spot in which to repair a single ship in the whole length of the Pacific within the immense space I have just mentioned. Its value to us is incalculable, and en hances a hundredfold the value and advantages of the island of Vancouver, in which it.is, providen tially; placed. 4. Both Vancouver's Island and British Columbia aro surrounded by numerous and good harbours. Their coasts afford the best fisheries in the whole Pacific in abundance and quality of fish. They are close to the North Sea whaling-ground. And, with the growth of Victoria, now rising into im portance without any forcing of patronage, but from eligibility of situation and a free port, there is no question but that this eligibility of situation will attract the whalers to Esquimalt (the port of Victoria), and that the whaling station will remove from the Sandwich Islands as soon as a town shall arise which will affbrd facilities for the refitting of ships, the sales of cargo, and the operations of ex change. The position insures this result. 5. Both colonies have a healthy climate, abund ance of timber, for which Australia and the South Coast of the Pacific afford good markets, and fer tile soil ; and British Columbia is one vast field of minerals—gold, silver, iron, copper, lead, cinnabar, and coal ; while in Vancouver's Island the coal fields are said by competent judges to be more ex tensive than those of England. This island abounds in minerals also. Gold exists in Victoria itself. 6. Then there is Queen Charlotte's Island, one of our dependencies, lying close by, rich in gold, and covered with timber. 7. Besides the vast resources of these colonies, which afford profitable openings for the redundant population of the mother country and investments for its spare capital, their geographical position tenders them of the highest political importance to England. In fact, if sho either loses them or keeps them and does not strengthen them, she will not only lose her moral influence but she will be help less in this part of the world. With two such ag gressive despotisms on either side, America on the south, and Russia on the north, she would be swept out of the Pacific. To prevent the possibility of such a catastrophe they must be made the strong hold of her naval supremacy in this ocean. 8. And, looking into the future, if the much talked of interoceanic railroad is ever completed, it is not unreassnable to expect that much of the commerce of Asia and Europe may pass through these colonies should circumstances close the other overland route through Egypt. This expectation gains strength from the fact that a highway for such a purpose would pass from ocean to ocean through British territory. Now, if you believe with me that these colonies are worth the cost of protecting them, I trust you will bear with me while I attempt to explain, in a few lines, how I think they can be so strengthened as to be invulnerable, without much expense. Two things are wanted—first, is make Esquimalt the station of our Pacific squadron ; and, secondly, population from the mother country, and from the other colonies that can spare emigrants. Esquimalt is admirably adapted for the naval station. It is as near to England for postal commit nication via Panama, as Valparaiso, the present naval station, is. The freight of stores from England would be very little more to this place than it is to that. A great advantage gained by the transfer would be that the money now spent on and by the squadron among foreigners would be disbursed among our own people. The expendi ture would give a great impulse to agriculture and to trade, and to the settlement of the two colonies, and would be an economical way of patronising them and giving them a start by themother country. The utility of the squadron in protecting our commerce would be increased by the change of station. Our greatest and more immediate interests will soon be here, and not on the south coast. But the effect of having this the head-quarters of the squadron is what I wish to draw attention to more particularly. The effect would be to keep our neighbours within the bounds of their own terri tories, of which they have enough and to spare without encroaching on us—to keep them on their good behaviour, in short. This effect produced, our prosperity is assured. A few gunboats would be a most serviceable addition to the force ; and I believe they could be built on the spot with the timber of the island, which is said to be well adapted for shipbuilding-- a n oak of the country. This plan of shifting the station from foreign to British territory would cost little additional ex pense. Except in the one item of freight on stores, I don't see that it would cost any more, and its effect for good would be incalculable. No additional force, except a few gunboats, would be required, nor would it be necessary to keep men of-war always lying here. They would cruise as they do now; but the impression that some of them might drop in any day would answer all the purpose we want the station for. The propriety, and now the necessity of the change of location are so apparent that I believe our naval officers all admit it. I know that some of them do. The next requisite to our protection is popula tion. This is more difficult to be obtained than the other. Ships can be ordered to come, but men must be coaxed to do so. There is every reason to hope that with a radical reform in our land system men would come. The present system is so devised that it acts most admirably as a recruiting sergeant for the United States, takes all the farmers away from these colonies, and leaves the miner, in the midst of a rich soil, to eat stale vegetables grown 800 miles off in California, or go without; to fester of the scurvy, as many have done, because the land is not yet for sale, because it is not surveyed, and because, in short, it is tied up in red tape. In Victoria, with a soil as rich as the richest in England, such is the dearth of farming energy, by reason of the villany of the land system, that all our provisions come from California, Oregon, and Washington; and very fine prices the lucky citi zens of these foreign countries do screw out of us. .£l2 a ton for hay ! no, not hay either, but oat straw. I will not annoy you with a description of the present system. I entered fully into the subject 15 months ago, and suggested a remedy. That remedy was to lower the price. It is too late to apply- that remedy now. The patient is too far gone. The only thing which can now save British Columbia is a system of free grants, or at the price of survey, 6d. an acre; but say ls., which is double the cost of survey, conditional upon occupation and g"adual improvements, tillage, &c., to all British übjects. There are thousands of men in Canada ready to start for this country when they can get land ; there are supposed to be 10,000 persons in California who left different parts of the world for these colonies, but who remained in California ()ming to the bad reports. A new country which does not offer the inducement of cheap land with- holds the chief attraction. In Vancouver's Island the cvil already done can be remedied to some extent by reducing the price in ordinary cases, and in exceptional cases by free !'ants prudently- given. All the arrangements of the land department : , }could be left entirely to the local Government. All the Imperial Government should trouble itself about is to put the mutter in such a state that it emild sad• to all app'icants for land, or for informa -1 ion respecting land, " Go out; you will find plenty of good land ready for you clu Ip,—only you must work it, not speculate with it. Your farm must be a bona.fide,homestead." FRIDAY, AUGUST 27. On the 22d news of peace between France and Austria reached this place faom California. This has raised the spirits of the colonists to a high pitch, because it gives them assurance that the MONDAY EVENING, OCTOBER 10, 1859. home Government will now be more free to act with vigour in asserting the rights of the nation in this quarter. Within the last few days the American forces at San Juan have been increased to 700 men, and ad. ditional stores have been landed, and the camp has been removed to a still stronger position, within rifle shot distance of the Hudson's Bay Company's buildings at Bellevue. No further action has been taken by the British authorities. The Satellite has relieved the Tribune, and is now stationed in Grffin Bay, on the east side of the Island of San Juan. The flagship the Ganges and the Tribune are in Esquimalt Harbour; the Pylades is in San Fran cisco, whither she went with despatches to overtake the European mail of the sth inst., whence she will soon return. The Plumper is in Burrard's Inlet, cn the mainland of British Columbia. She went over to that place a few days ago, to rescue two English gentlemen who were reported to have been cap tured by Indians ; but the report was unfounded. Indians don't molest "King George men" unless they mistake them for " Bostons," a mistake which their acute knowledge of physiognomy generally saves them from. The Plumper is now making a survey on the coast of the mainland, and will be back in a few days. The news from the gold mines continues favour able. Considerable quantities of " dust " are being exported, and trade is brisk. A vein of gold-bearing quartz has just been dis covered at Victoria. It " crops out " under Beacon hill, in the public park, and extends along the shore of Fuca Straits, under the sea. Its value has not yet been ascertained. The colonists are getting up a memorial to the home Government on the subject of the San Juan occupation. LATER FROM VICTORIA. (From the Alta California.) The steamer Forwood, Capt. G. P. Lock, arrived in port Sept. 1, with dates from Victoria to the 28th ult. She was detained 12 hours off the bar in a fog. The Forwood brings 20,000 dols. in gold dust. QUEEN CHARLOTTE ISLAND.—On her way out from the harbour of Victoria, the Forwood spoke the schooner Island Queen from the Queen Char lotte expedition, which reports that the search for gold there was a failure. Tilt! Gazette publishes the following reply by Douglas to Harney : " TO BRIGADIER GENERAL WM. S. HARNEY, COMMANDING THE TROOPS IN THE DEPARTMENT OF OREGON. " Government House, Victoria, Vancouver's Island, Aug. 13, 1859. " Sir,—On the evening of the 10th inst. I had the honour of receiving your dispatch dated Fort Vancouver, Aug. 7, 1959. " In reply thereto, I must thank you for the frank and straightforward manner in which you communicate to me your reasons for occupying the island of San Juan in the Haro Archipelago with a portion of the military forces of the United States under your command. "I am glad to find that you have done so under your general instructions from the President of the United States as military commander of the de partment of Oregon, and not by direct authority emanating from the Cabinet at Washington. "You state that the reasons which induced you to take that course ' are the "insults and indignities which the British authorities of Vancouver's Island, and the establishment of the Hudson's Bay Com pany, have recently offered to American citizens residing on the island of San Juan,' by sending a British ship of war from Vancouver's Island to convey the chief factor of the Hudson's Bay company to San Juan, for the purpose of seizing an American citizen, and forcibly transporting him to Vancou ver's Island to be tried by British laws. " I will explain for your information that the agents of the Hudson's Bay Company hold no offi cial position in Vancouver's Island, nor exercise any official power or authority, and are as entirely distinc fromt the officers of the executive govern ment as are any of the other inhabitants of Vancou ver's Island. "To the reported outrage on an American citizen I beg to give the most unhesitating and un qualified denial. None of her Majesty's ships have ever been sent to convey the chief factor or any officer of the Hudson's Bay Company to San Juan for the purpose of seizing an American citizen, nor has any attempt ever been made to seize any Ame rican citizen and to transport him forcibly to Van• couver's Island for trial as represented by you. " Up to a very recent period but one American citizen has been resident on Sax Juan. About the commencement of the present year a few American citizens began to squat' upon the island, and upon one occasion a complaint was made to me by a British subject of some wrong committed against his property by an American citizen, but no atten tion was paid to that complaint, out of considera tion and respect to the friendly government to which the alleged offender belonged, and whose citizens, I think, it cannot be denied, have always been treated with m ar k e d a tt ent i on b y all the British auth or iti es i n t h ese parts. With reference to San Juan in particular, I have always acted with the utmost caution to prevent, so far as might lie in my power, any ill feelings arising from collisions between British sub jects and Americ in citizens, and have in that re spect cordially endeavoured to carry out the views of the United States Government, as expressed in a despatch from Mr. Marcy, dated 17th of July, 1855, to her Majesty's minister at Washington, a copy of which I here w ith enclose fo r y our i n f ormat i on, as I presume the document cannot be in your possession. "Following the dignified policy recommended by that eoipatr,h, I should in any well-grounded case of complaint against an American citizen, have referred the matter to the federal authorities in Washington territory, well assured that if wrong had been committed reparation would have fol lowed. "I deeply r egre t th at you did not communicate witlf me fey information upon the subject of the alleged grievance. You would then have learned how unfounded was th e comp l a i nt, and the grave action you have adopted might have been avoided. I also deeply regret that you did not mention the matter verbally to me when I had the pleasure of seeing you at Victoria last month, for a few words from me would, I am sure, have removed from your mind any erroneous impressions, and you would have ascertained personally from me how anxious have ever been to co-operate to the utmost of my power with the officers of the United States Govern ment in any measure which might be mutually beneficial to the citizens of the two countries. " Having given von a distinct and emphatic de nial of the circumstances which you allege induced you to occupy the island of San Junn with United States troops—having shown you that the reasons you assign do not exist, and having endeavoured to assure you of my readiness on all occasions to act for the protection of American citizens and for the promotion of their welfare, I must call upon you, sir, if not as a matter of right, at least as a matter of justice•and humanity, to withdraw the troops now quartered upon the island of San Juan ; for those troops are not required for the protection of American citizens against British authorities, and their continuance upon an island the sovereignty of which is in dispute, not only is a marked discour tesy to a friendly power, but complicates to an un due degree the settlement in an amicable manner of the question of sovereignty, and is a l so ca l culated to provoke a collision between the milita r y f orces of two friendly nations in a distant part of the world, —I have the honour to be, Sir, your most obedient servant, " JAMES DOUGLAS." 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The prisoner is evidently very much anoyed at the delay, as there is no doubt that when he was informed of the reprieve in the first instance he regarded it as an indication that he had succeeded in creatingldoubts of his guilt, and that the next step would be ft free pardon, and it would seem that he made a statement to that effect when the notification of the reprieve was made to him. The long delay that has taken place, however, has evidently shaken his confidence, and within the last few days he has evidently become more anxious as to the result, and as he is aware that the case is still under consideration, he appears to entertain some dread that the original sentence may still be carried out, and, although he still persists in his declarations of innocence, those about him can see th•tt he is very uneasy, and awaits the decision of the Government as to his fate with great anxiety. There is no foundation whatever for the statement that appeared in a Sunday paper, that the Lord Chief Baron was still engaged in reading the evi dence, and the other papers connected with the case, and that the final decision of the Government with regard to the prisoner would depend upon the re port made by the learned judge. The Lord Chief Baron was of course appealed to in the first instance to state his opinion with regard to the evidence, and whether he concurred in the verdict pronounced by the jury, and the reply he made was that in his opinion the jury were quite justified in returning a. verdict of guilty against the prisoner; and it may be stated on ample authority that he has never changed that opinion, or, indeed, modified it in any manner, but he at the same time stated that if the advisers of the Crown, upon a consideration of all the facts, thought it was a case in which the capital punish ment might be commuted, he did not feel himself called upon to oppose such a course, or to take upon himself the responsibility of declaring his opinion that the law ought to take its course. Since that time the Lord Chief Baron has had nothing whatever to do with the matter, and it is believed that the delay in finally disposing of the prisoner arises really from the difficulty in which the Go vernment is placed as to what course they should adopt in such a peculiar and unprecedented. case. COUNTRY MARKETS. LEICESTER—Om 8. There was a good supply of wheat to-day, with a mode rate show of other grain. Prices—White wheat, 44s to 480 —red, 40s to 44s per 36 stone; an excellent inquiry for fine barley, grinding, 30s to --s ; malting, 40s to per qr.; the oat trade was dull, at quotations ranging from 25s to 34s per 24 stone. Beans a poor at►le, at 48s to 62e per 3 8 stone. Fine flour, l 34s I Seconds, 32s I Thirds, 30s per 20 stone. NORWICH—OcT. 8. Here, to-day, there was rather a full attendance of the trade, and a firm feeling. The show of wheat was limited, and prices for both old and new were at rather better rates. The supply of barley was moderate, and prices at about late rates. Little passing in oats, beans, or peas. White wheat. 46s to 48s J Red wheat 41s to 440 Malting barley....4os to 46s I New malting barley3Bs to 440 Distilling do.. ....24s io 27s Oats.. 248 to 28S Flour, 29s 6d to 30s per sack from the-miller. GLOUCESTER—OcT. 2. At our market there was rather a large attendance, and a good trade was done. Prices were at about fully the cur' rencies of this day se'nnight. NOTTINGHAM—Our. 8. We had a small attendance at to-day's market, and a fair supply of grain. The extreme prices of last week, however, were maintained, in some cases rather higher. Malting barley a small show, with no material change in prices j grinding sorts a fai r supp l y, and is lower. Oats a mai show, and dull sale, at previous p r i ces. White wheat, new, 45s to 52s Barley, grinding.. 28s to 31 0 Red do. 4ls to 46s Oats, old, 2Bs to 33 0 Old white sos to 54s New do 24s to 30+ Red do. 40s to 47s Beans. 44s to 49 0 Barley, malting.— 36s to 44s Beans, new —2 to — 4O super. flour, 35s to 39s ; fine, 30s to 338 per 20 atone STAMFORD—OcT. 8. At our market yesterday wheat obtained no advance en last week, with a fair show, and a good attendance of the trade. Business firm. Barley went at the extreme price' of last week. In other grain not mu•h doing. CAMBRIDGE—OcT. 8. There was a tolerable supply of wheat, and, with a rather inactive feeling in the trade, white moved off at 44s to 46i; red, 38s to 41s per 36 stone. Spring corn was by no mesa plentiful. Barley, 38s to 42s per qr. Oats dull,, at 20s to 26s for new ; old oats, —s to —s. Beans in limited sup' ply, and a slow sale—new, 38s to 41s ; o ld, — s to —s per 38 stone ; tare s , 6 s 6d to 9s per bushel. NORTHAMPTON—OcT. 8. At this corn -market wheat was in fair supply, and gold slowly at late rates—prices ranging from 40s to 45s for noi► and 40s to 46s per quarter for old. There was a fair trade passing in barley. Oats, with a slow demand, quoted AS 25s to 325. Beans, old, 47s to 52s ; new, 40s to 445. Rye, 30s to 36a; malt, 64s to 665. • DUITLIN—OcT. 7. A good supply of wheat and oats, but a small supply of barley, and our market was brisk, at the prices of lad market day, prime samples of wheat bringing an advance of 6d. Barley Gd cheaper. The oat trade was , teady, ana fully supported late rates. Nothing doing in Indian corn. a. d. a. d. s. d. s. 41• Wheat, white.. 22 6t025 6 Do., new ..... 11 otol2 6 Do red .. 21 0t024 0 Bere ./ 13 0 to 14 0 Do,, tiew .... 21 0 to 23 6 I Rapeseed Barley Oats Do., black l4 otols 0 Indian corn . 29 oto3o 0 FOREIGN MAIL PACKET LIST. In the following table E signifies that letters are despatched by evening mails from London, and II by morning mails. Next DESTINATIONS. Despatch Port of Mail of Mails. Despatch. due. Australia and Mauritius, via Southampton Oct. 12, M Southamp. Oct. 10 Ditto, via Marseilles Bahamas and Havana via Ne w York Oct. 28, E Liverpool.. Oct. 27 Canada, &c. (by Canadn. pckt.) Oct. 11, E Liverpool.. Oct. 12 Cape of Good Hope, Ascen sion, and St. Ilelena China, Penang . , and Singa pore, via Southampton Oct. 20, E Southamp. Oct. 19 Ditto, via Marseilles ..... Oct. 10, E ........ Oct. 13 Gibraltar, via Southampton., Oct. 12, 31 Southamp. Oct. 10 Honduras and Blewfields Oct. 17, M Southamp. . Oct. 10 India (Calcutta) and C ey l on, via Southampton .......... Oct. 20, 31 Southamp. Oct. 19 Ditto, via Marseill es ...... Oct. 10, E ............ Oct. 13 India (Bombay), via South ampton Oct. 12, p. Oct. 10 3 1 Southamp Ditto, via Mars e ill es Lisbon, Brazils,B uenos A yres, Oct. 19 and F. Islands ............ Oct. —, AI Southamp. Nov. 5 Lisbon, Vigo, and 0p0rt0.... Oct. 17, M Southamp. 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They wonderfully assist digestion, and promote wholesome activity in the kid. neys, liver, and lungs, and strengthen the nerves. These Pills may be taken with benefit and safety by all invalids, what ever be the malady, for their purifying and harmless nature admirably adapt them to all ages, constiutions and climates. BIRTHS. EWART—On the 6th inst., at Callingwood, near Burton upon-Trent, the wife of Colonel J. A. Ewart, C. 8., 78th Highlanders, of a daughter. GRANYILLE.—On the 6th inst., at Hatcham Parsonage, S.E., the wife of the Rev. Augustus K. B. Granville, M.A., the incumbent, of a son. NicuoLsori.—O n the Bth inst., at 9, Sussex-square, Hyde park, the wife of William Nicholson, Esq., of a daughter. MARRIAGES. BAG OT — ELIOTT.—On the 7th inst., at St. John's Episco pal Chapel, Edinburgh, the Very Rey. Daniel Begot. 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