The Sun.
London, England, 1856-09-04 00:00:00

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TliE °ERMAN PWV-
GESTION for " WEED' A rr" the POLICE.

We are informed by certain of those new-fan ;led
Ecglishinen _who are c eacerned in the ruin Of the
Empire, and who are content to be " guard-d" by
foreign mercenaries againo, foreign f es and them-
_ selves, that the " British" Foreign Legion has been
carefully "weeded." There is nothing now save
flowers'in. that Jager Corps. Let Britannia wear
this expensive, but not very fragrant bouquet of
exotics in her bosom proudly and carefully. She
has certainly not hitherto exposed it to any very
great danger. The Scotch thistle, the Irish sham-
rock, and English rose, she has remorselessly scat-
tered on the ground. Many leaves and blossoms
have been trampled in blood and mud upon Cri-
mean soil. But these German battalions are now
" weeded"—they form England's chosen and pecu
liar nosegay, and should she not be persuaded to
retain the sweet smelling expensive luxury herself,
urged by the representations of the generous crea-
tures of the Jenkyns class, who would crawl on
bands and 'knees into the antechamber of any Co-
blireCourt, we shall present it full-blown to the
people of the Cape—while plants of British growth
wither and die for want of bare sustenance and
_ culture, and are trampled in the dirt, even as
'paupers are thrust into the shallow graves of star-
vation, suicide, and despair.
We are about to send these " weeded" German
troops to the Cape, each man with an Enfield rifle,
a camp equipage, and a wife. Those who are not
married are to take unto themselves English
maidens. Dedea Redanies was in too great haste.
It is evident that he has missed a chance. He is
not, however, a German. Celestina Somner is
Why cannot she have a tree pardon, and a passage
to the Cape ? We do not learn where all the
" weeds" have been cast that have been rejected
from the Legion. Are they left to grow wild in
England We will answer for it that they are not
sent back to father-land. They are handy fel-
lows these Germans. Look at the creditable neat-
ness and ingenuity displayed in their camps. So,
therefore, we know that some have gone into the
engraving (of Bank of England notes) line, and
others probably have set up, with the British
bounty accorded to them, in various other branches
of trade. All this is, of course, highly favourable
to science and art. We are such an ignorant
people. We want Teutonic instruction, and it
seems we are to have it, from the highest as well as
the lowest professors. But must we lose our brave
defenders, our protectors, our champions against
Russia, the warriors who fought through the ar-
duous campaign of Heligoland, the heroes of the
siege of Shorncliffe, who may inscribe on their ban-
ners Aldershot, Malta, Corfu, 1855 6, and whose
glorious career wound up with the gallant affair of
Browndon, under Field-Marshal Prince Albert,
the battle of Wyvenhoe Park, and the storming of
the fottress of Gurdon Rebow ? Must we be de-
prived of this " national" guard ? Supposing that
there should be a riot from high prices and low
wages, on whom could we so well depend to put it
down ? Suppose that it were found necessary to
break up that ill-working machine, the British
Constitution, which for all practical purposes is
useless, and, rococo, likely to become as much out
of date as " puddling" iron, or, to make use of a
simpler comparison, as backsword and wrestling
forb:d ten in Windsor Castle pastimes ! Must we go
to the espewe of purchasing another foreign army?
Must head-money be supplied to Baron Stutter-
heim again ? Must fresh sets of Jagers be con-
tinually bought and given away to hybrid Anglo-
Dutch colonies, leaving our "fair side all un-
guarded," save by "drunken Highlanders and 41st
men ?" Forbid it, Homburg and Hesse easel !
Forbid it, Tour and Taxis ! Forbid it, Baden !
To prevent this unnecessary expense, we too have
a plan. We propose to repopulate the Highlands,
instead of colonising the Cape. We can march the
Legion up to the north, quartering them in
English towns, and getting them married en route.
If the Court were to set the example, with
the powerful aid of the Duchess of Sutherland, this
suggestion might be adopted and carried out with
the utmost ease. The tenure R ould be, of course,
military service. The " camp equipage" might be
dispensed with, and the money saved expended in
marriage dowries, model cottages, musical instru-
ments, and materials for the cultivation of science,
animal-stuffing, high-farming, and the arts. The
German language is as musical as Gaelic, and for
deer-stalking might be substituted battues ala
Royale. Even the wild boar might be cultivated
as well as the stag, and every barren spot where
ejectment has taken place, that the stalking ex-
ploits of the aristocrat might be recorded in the
Morning Post, would become a smiling "little"
Saxe-Gotha, with sporting attractions after its
kind. The " little" is a pleonasm, but we wish to
express something endearing to the British heart.
The "thin red line" of the aborigines is getting
thinner and shorter each year, and we feel that it
will hardly bear extension at a second Balaklava.
Truly the idea is promising, and bids fair to be
support:A by faihion and frivolity, more powerful
in the nineteenth century than any antiquated
ideas of England for the English, Ireland for the
Irish, and Scotland for the Scotch. Where a Pan-
mare could " hobble" his single deer, he will be
able to shoot down ten. Tue Germans will form
a ring and hunt the game into a circle, as in Ger-
many. We believe that the Duke of Athol', or
some other popular nobleman, has already inau-
gurated in Sco land that species of sport. On one
occasion, the moment of onslaught was lost by the
inopportune juncture of the Royal hour of lunch.
The Billies had all their work in vain. But in
Germany the animals are so much tamer, and the
thing is altogether so pleasantly organised, that
luncheon, or even dinner, may intervene without
causing more than a temporary prorogation of the
battue.

Warmed by our subject, and the consciousness of
the great reward that we have earned by this sug-
gestion, so much in accordance with the manners
and customs of the British in this enlightened cen-
tury, we have a second proposition to make. We
are inclined to think that the police force of the
metropolis is in great want of " weeding" at this
present time. Neither liberty nor property—to
say nothing of life—is secure from their guardians.
There is connivance in robbery—there is apathy iu
murder-cases—there is brutal violence towards fe-
males. „The married woman is confounded with
the street-walker, and the latter is subject to a
species of tyranny, somewhat resembling the bru-
talities exercised towards the nuns of Minsk.
Every one -knows that formerly blackmail was
levied iu the Highlands. It is now not unfre-
quently " collected" in the streets of the Sassenacb.
Moreover, an Englishman's, or Englishwoman's,
house is no longer his or her castle ; for we read
(vide Police Report, Bow-street, Aug. 27) that a
constable, armed with a rattle, pursues a woman
into the den, or retreat called horse, and drags her
out of bed. Moreover, the policeman seems to lay
claim to whatever money an unfortunate creature
may possess, for we find hitn coolly putting the
contents of her pocket into his own—a proceed Eng
which she and her female associates had the unpa-
ralleled insolence to stigmatise as robbery, thereby
.exciting his wrath to the attack. As if a police-
man, on duty, could rob !
Even Mr. Henry was not quite satisfied with
such conduct, and thought that the razzia in the
house was, to say the least, "imprudent." By 1
Mr. Henry, as well as to him, policemen are ac-
customed to swear, but it seems that worthy magis-
trate would place a limit somewhere to the police-
man's power. We may recur to the topic of the
partial demoralisation of the police. East and
west of Temple-bar there is a great difference in
favour of the former. Undoubtedly, the stipend
iary magistrate is more despotic, more Austrian, in
his views of the impunity of the " Force," than
its
municipal Lnrd Mayor.
We hold that the interference with the liberty
of the subject, frequently exhibited on the
part of a licentious or tyrannical policeman.
is worse, in one respect, than the impunity'
of the French or Neapolitan conservator
of "order," since the latter only enters the
domicile of the citizen upon political pretexts.Thtaut
is a state of things we are fast approaching, but
which we have"uot quite arrived. The interchange
of ideas-with Napoleon led to mutual hints for im.
provement. ..ffn has borrowed part of -the system
of Sir R. Mayne; our authorities were struck with
wlmiration at his paternal sway. The New Police
Bill was meant as a step in the despotic direction.
Only it was somewhat curtailed by Parliament of
its intended powers. As, however, the " system "
is under process of development, it would be as
wells while liere is yet time, for us poor frogs to
entieat b3necent King Stork to " weed " our own,
blue-coated;.and domestic " Legion." Kaffir war-
fare is crueli unrelenting, pitiless. We could spare
a few well-drilled, active, and intelligent men awl
officers out of the army f Peel, to prosecute the
savageries of that border strife. The moral effect
of the truncheon, might supersede the baton of the
commander in built conflict. We feel penu Wed
that the Amazons of theinon arch of Dahorni
self would fly befora such practised woman-quellers
as the more sophisticate 1 portion of the London
P•
olice The wife of Sandilti would trembletvttha
species of fasCination at the Round of the Jeadly
rattle plastered with b.ood and hair, ev.n as the
bird loses its faculties when it hears the rattle of
the snake in the parched grass of the wilderness.
Let, then, body be drafted a strong front the vari-
ous divisions of the Force, which, taken asuat
which,whole
performs its " duties" so admirably, but
like the German Legion, ere it became perfect,
stands in some need of "weeding," and let es
despatch it as a gift to the borderers of the Cape.
If the German element be necessary, the Govern-

moat migiit spend a few thousands of our hard-
wrung taxes in imp rting German brides. When we
c u,sider what ,ve have Expended on the Germs n Le-
;ion, and the iropor anee of to pore-dating 'Le High-
lan& with a more "sober and industriou " and a.t
the name time a dis,:ipiUnid, body of one we feel
how much our coluatrytnetkre indebted to us I.)r-the
plans we have laid down. There is nothing like con-
sistency in all things. Nothing has hitherto been
more consistent than the conduct of the British
Court and Government, and, by sufferance, of the
British nation towards the German levies and our
own army and people. We trust that these pro-
positions will go far to redeem this journal from
the charge of a vulgar, English, anti-German spirit.
If we be guilty of stealing a march upon our con-
temporaries in thus recommending a plan which
might more naturally be expected to adorn their
columns, all we can say is that they are welcome
to pursue the idea without acknowledgment. We
only steal. by anticipation what might well be theirs;
they are m the habit of first opposing our views,
and when the time comes for realisation they pro-
pound them as original, and maintain them as
their own without a blush.—Morning Advertiser.

THE DUKE OF BORTHUMBERLANLIS
PREMIUMS TO PRIZE FARMS.

The beautiful and fertile district around Stanwick-
Park, the seat of his Grace the Duke of Northumberland,
in North Yorkshire, has this week been the scene of an
interesting competition for prizes given by his grace for
the best managed farms on the Stanwick and neighbour-
ing estates. These prizes were originated last year, and
consisted of 301. for the best managed farm exceeding
200 acres, and of one of 151. for a farm not exceeding
200 acres, but more than 20 acres. They were announced
to be open to all tenant farmers residing in the town-
ships of Stand wick, Aldbrough, Melsonby, Gayles, Dal-
ton, Forcett, Eppleby, East and West Layton, Caldwell,
Barforth, Cliffe, and Manfield, and to all tenants of the
Duke of Northumberland in Yorkshire. It was intimated
that the award would be given for good cultivation, state
of fences and gates, roads, water courses, buildings (as
far as depends on tenants), live stock, implements, best
kept accounts, use of artificial manure, or the cohtrary,
and including everything connected with. g )od hus-
bandry, and to be aojudged by three competent judges,
when the crops were near maturity, but before cutting
had commenced, probably in the month of August. It
was stated that prizes under these conditions would be
given for three }ears, namely, in 1855, 1850, and 1857,
and that the successful competitor would nut be entitled
to gain the prize i❑ two successive years. Competitors
were requested to signify their intention to compete on
or before the 13th May, addressed to Mr. Arch. Moore,
agent of his Grace the Duke of Northumberland, at
Stanwick. Last year the scheme opened most success-
fully with six competitors, three of whom were his grace's
tenants, and three those of other proprietors, thus evinc-
ing that the interest of the prizes was not confined to
the estates of his grace. The prizes were then awarded
to a tenant of the duke and to the tenant of the Earl of
Brownlow, neither of whose farms could, therefore, be
offered for this year's competition. This year there were
five competitors, viz. :--

FOR THE FIFTEEN POUND PRIZE.
1. Mr. George Bowes, Laytoon Moor, tenant of Edward
Kemp, Esq., Layton Hall.
2. Mr. Francis Dent, Caldwell, tenant of Lord Alford.
3. Mr. John Golightly, Grey Stones, tenant of his Grace
the Duke of Northumberland.
FOR THE THIRTY POUND PRIZE.
4. Mr. Richard Kay, Forcett Valley, tenant of John Mit-
chell, Esq., Forcett Hall.
5. Mr. John Clark, Aldbrough, tenant of his Grace the
Duke of Northumberland.
Of these entries three, namely, Mr. Bowes, Mr. Kay,
and Mr. Clark were competitors last year, the remaining
two now entered for the first time. The inspection of
the competing farms took place on Tuesday, happily with
fine weather, and the judges were J. Snowball, of Ne-
tlaer witton, near Morpetb, agent for the Earl of Eldon,
and others ; Mr. E. Lawson, of Redesdale Cottage,
agent for Lord Redesdale, Admiral Mitford, &c. ; and
Mr. R. J. Wiley, agent for the Duke of Leeds, Hornby
Castle, near Catterick. The same parties officiated as
judges last year ; and Mr. Moore, who might well con-
gratulate himself on the selection of gentlemen of un-
doubted experience and unbiassed judgment, like the
three we have named, obtained their assistance also on
this occasion. This was an arrangement in every respect
advantageous, as the pains they had bestowed, and the
awards they had given last year, tended not only to
justify the selection of his grace's agent, but to inspire
confidence in competitors that merit would in every case
carry the day; and as enabling them to institute a com-
parison between the state of the fermi- in the former and
the present competition, as well as to arrive at a more
complete estimate of the state of the farms than new
judges could have done. The judges commenced their
duties soon after 9 o'clock onTmesday morning, and were
conducted to the different farms by Mr. Sturges, son-in-
law of Mr. Moore, and agent of H. B. Pierce, Eeq., of
Bedale Hall. To this gentleman every inch of ground ap-
peared to be familiar; and the various tenants accompa-
nied the judges over their respective farms, and afforded
such information as was required. The judges first pro-
ceeded to the farm of Mr. Bowes, the occupier of 80
acres under Mr. Kemp, whose farm exhibited every mark
of careful and industrious farming. As but few cattle
were here kept, no fewer than 65 acres were allotted to
tillage, on for the most part a three years' course ; nor
had he spored either lime, guano, or other manures, so
far as could be obtained ; the land was clean, and the
fences were in a good state ; but the land appeared to he
in indifferent heart, mainly owing probably to the drains,
which bad been laid at a time when the operation and
importance of them were not so well understood as now,
not being deeper than 2i feet. The landlord, it was
explained, had supplied the draining tiles and done the
cutting, and the tenant had placed them in. Mr. Bowes
said he inspected the action of his drains once a year.
The judges expressed a wish to inspect one also, and
Mr. Bowes, picking up three spades, conducted them to
a field in fallow, and, pitching on a spot, at once due
down, and there, two-and-a-half feet deep, appeared the
tile drains, laid in most exact order, and there was seen,
on lifting one of the tiles, about a foot long, the water
flowing beautifully down in the bed made by the drain.
We may here, as before, give every credit to this hard-
working and painstaking farmer, who, once a labourer,
is now a tenant of a considerable farm, which he culti-
vates with the assistance of only a boy, who was at the
time ploughing in the field ; and although unable to
snatch the prize from farmers of larger means, greater
early advantages, and it may be richer land, appears en-
titled to every credit, and, with such encouragement as
so deserving a tenant is entitled to from his landlord,
may not despair of eventually carrying off the prize. The
judges were next conducted to the farm of Mr. Kay,
which comprises 380 acres, 270 of which are arable, and
110 in grasp, and which carries a considerable number of
cattle and sheep. It will be remembered that this farm
last year received very flattering commendation from the
judges ; and this year it presents an equally, if not more
favourable appearance with reference to the various
points specified in the conditions of the competition. Un-
fortunately, however, either from the excessive rains, or
from the land being n isv for the first time applied to that
crop, a considerable portion of the wheat bad a disco-
loured appearance, and some of the turnips had been a
failure. Tnie, however, had resulted from no fault in the
management of the firm, but from atmosphere or other
uncontrollable influences, and was held, therefore, to de-
tract in no degree from the enlightened, scientific, and
painstaking cultivation of the farm. The stock of Mr. Kay
appeared also to be excellent ; and the impression with
which
.this farm was surveyed was highly favourable
both to the enterprise and skill of the tenant and the li-
berali'y of the landlord. The last subject on ,which in-
quiry was made were the farming accounts kept, which
appeared t be very complete, with one exception, viz.,
that he had omitted the important item of expenditure
upon the household derived from the farm. Toe next
farm visited was that of Mr. Dent, a tenant of Lord Al-
ford, at Cald -yell. Mr. Dent was a competitor for the
• 151. prize, and hai a very excellently cultivated and well
kept farm of 115 acres, 33 of which were in pasture and
meadow, the remainder arable, and who had also a
capital show of stock ; the implements were, moreover,
varied and well chosen ; and the accounts were kept with
careful detail, the t dale being brought to present a re-
gular debtor and creditor account, which told the tenant
his exact pesition at the end of the year. Mr. Dent,
and his son, by whom h e is assisted, and who accom-
panied the judges over the field, presented favourable
specimens of the modero English fanner, and the gene-
ral state and fertility of ithe farm bore testimony to at
ones great Led irstaki rg, and liberal an i enlightened
farming, which dtoervedly secured the prrz 'the
firm of Mr. John Golig,htiy, of Grey S ones, was next
inspected be' the judges. It was also aco npetitor
r the 151. prize, and contained 133 ac, es, which
had been entered upon eight years ago in a very
indifferent state, and since been brought, by assidu-
ous work and ju 'icious expenditur., t o a very fa-
vourable, if not extremely fertile state. The land was
for the most part arable; and with the view of
increasing its productiveness manure had Leon very
liberally applied, especially guano, of which Mr. Go-
lightly appeared to apply to the value of 561. or 601.
annually to his land. On the whole, this tenant, who
had taken the farm in an almost wild estate, appeared,
as was said, " to have gone the right way to work," and
now, so well directed seemed to have been the labour
upon it, that no such change had probably passed up in
any farm in the district as upon this ; and, whi e it
failed to carry off the prize, the commendation accorded
to it must be encouraging as it is well deserved. The
last farm visited was that of Mr. Clark, an elderly gen-
tleman, the thriving occupier of a beautiful and fertile
farm of 425 acres,. of which 210 are arable, and a con
&rable pt.rttort of it was covered with heavy wheat
cr part cut, with every other kind of crop equally
good. A c ins derable quantity of stock is also kept, and
it appeared to be in excellent condition. This faro] ap-
pears to have been held by its present occupier for 36
rears. It presents a highly favourable specimen of care-
ful and industrious firming, and since last year has un-
dergone cells iilerb le improvement in a etirietyproesfetnet
spent..:, with a view, uriquesttnnably, to the
competition, at d of which tne judges made favourable
merOion. At all the farrne the judges were received with
the moot hearty and hospitable welcome ; and an ardu
ous day of inspect:on, during which they had carefully
g no over every part of every farm, closed about seven
O'clock. Ti.c following was subsequently given as their

award :
PRIZES FOR THE BEST 111ANAGED FARMS GIVEN BY BIS

GRACE TIIE DUKE OF NORTHUMBERLAND.

We, having been appointed to award the prizes given by
his Grace tho Duke of Northumberland, of 301. and 151.,
fur the best cultivated farms within the townships of Stan-
wick, Aldbroughu Melsonby, Gayles, Dalton, Forcett,
EPPleby, East and West Layton, Caldwell, Barforth,
Manfield, and including alll tenants of his Grace in

Yorkshire, heri_hy award to Mr. Richard KAy, of Forcett
Valley, tenant or John Mitchell, Esq., of Forcett, the sum
of 301.. being the sums to be awarded for the best culti-
vated farm exceeding 200 acres • and to Mr. Ea,neis Dent,
of Caldwell, tenant of Lord Alturd, 151., being the sine to
be awarded for the best cultivated farm not exceeding 200
acres ; thee premiums being awarded with reference to
the cult iva icra of the farm, the state of the r05.,.15, fences,
and gates, water-courses, buildings, live stock, implfa-
ments, be!t kept accounts, the use of artificial manure,
and including everything connected with good husbandry.
We think it right and to state that the cultivation
of the farm of Aldbrough, by Mr. Ulark, is very much im-
proved since last year, and his crops are most satisfactory
io consequence ; and that we highly commenrl Mr. Go-
lightly, of Grey Stones, for his industry and good manage-
ment.

Dated this 27th Aug., 1856. EDW. Laivsorr.
Jos. SNOWBALL.
• ROBT. JAS. WILEY.
The judges expressed a regret that .he competition bad
not been more general, as being acomptizion which they
considered peculiarly calculated to give an impulse to all
parts of good hu.ihandry, and improve the agriculture.'
character of the district. While this feeling will be gene-
ral! concurred in, ;t is not, in the meantime, wonderful
that a backwardness shtuld, at the outset, pre ail to enter
into this new kind f competition, in which ntitlier ex-
cellence in stock, nor any isolated branch of good farm•
ing, will carry off the prize, but excellence in all depart-
ments must be m n4usfed. But the scheme having now,
even undt r circus' stances of considerab'e disadvantage,
obtainei a footiv, it is expected to be entered up-cn very
gene ally by the tenan's with vigour, and it is under-
stood thet next year will amply realise the most san-
guine wishes of the munificent originator and enlightened
promoters of these prizes. The judges, as formerly, were
the guests of Mr. Moore, his grace's agent, at Carlton
Hall, where several gentlemen bad been invited to meet
them, including Thos. Mason, Esq , of Pallinsburn, an
enterprising and thriving agriculturist, who at the last
Northumberland Agricultural Show earned off several
prizes; the Rev. 141,. Gilpin, incumbe t of Aldbrotigh; T.
Burgess, Esq., Bedale ; B. Wilson, Esq., Aeke • T. Brad-
ley, Esq., Richmond, &c. In the course of Tuesday
evening the health of the judges, to whom he paid a high
compliment, and expressed his obligations for their valu-
able services, was given by the chairman, Mr. Moore,
accompanied by the expression of a wish that they
would next year ale) undertake the duty, to which these
gentlemen at once gave a willing consent, and expressed
their very decided approval of the beneficial influence of
this kind of competition. The chairman also proposed
the health of Mr. Mm in, as the son of an old and valued
friend ; and that gentleman proposed the health of his
Grace the Duke of Northumberland, to whose contribu-
tions to agricultural societies, and now his origination of
this prize scheme, he particularly referred. The chair-
man acknowledged the compliment on behalf of his
grace. A variety of other toasts were drunk, includ
ing that of the chairman, proposed by Mr. Snowball,
and most cordially received ; and the evening, as well
as Monday evening, was spent with the utmost harmony
of social intercourse, in which a variety of agricultural
topics of interest and importance underwent animated
and not unprofitable di cession.—Newcastle jouraal.

GENERAL IYALKEh'S CHARACTER AND

CA REER.

Seven of the soldier, of Walker's army taken prison-
era by the Costs Rican at and after the battle of Santa
Rosa, have issued an address to the citizens of the
United States (dated Punta Arenas, May 21, 1856), in
which they review General Walker's history, and his
claims to be considered a great man, and in their own
words, " prove by the eight principal events in his life,
that he is no general, no statesman, no lawyer, no judge
of human nature, and even a most ridiculous imitator of
Don Quixote de la Mancha."
The period of their imprisonment, they state, is the
only free moment which they have enjoyed in Central
America, of expressing their sincere, honest, and ma•
ture convictions, with the least hope of their communi-
cations ever reaching their destination in the United
States. The reason is that Gen. W. Walker has, for
many months past, established a strict system of espio-
nage over the Post-offices of Nicaragua, and us letter
or other communication is permitted to pass to a fo-
reign country, unless it is replete with the most fanciful
accounts of his greatness, his glory, and the unparalleled
success of his arms.
It is not to he wondered at, therefore, that the Ame-
rican newspapers teem with such fulsome compliments
to his greatness. Their motive in presenting Walker as
he is is to prevent in future (if possible) the young men
of the United States from being deluded, betrayed and
deceived as they have been, by-magnificent promises of
gain and glory, not one of which has or will ever be com-
p!ied with. Our opinions, they add, are the sober and
serious sentiments of every North American soldier in
Walker's army, every one of whom, except a few officials,
would affix his signature to this document if he were free
in speech and action. The eight principal events on which
they base their judgrnentrespecting Walker's incapacity
and ignorance, are his attack on Lower California at the
outset of his military career, with only 56 nlen ; his at-
tempt after the treaty with Gen. Corrales to reconcile and
amalgamate the conflic:ing parties in Nicaragua; the exe-
cution of Corral ; the sending P. H. French as minister to
Washington ; the seizure of the steamers of the Transit
Company; the despatch of only 240 men to take Liberia ;
the placing Col. Schlessinger in
,complarad of the army
which invaded Costa Rica ; and, lastly; his (Walker's)
neglect of an elementary rule of warfare, whence ensued
the disastrous defeat at Rivas on the 11th of April, 1856.
In reference to the attack on Lower California, the
memorialists hay :—With 56 men he invaded a country
with whose resources he must have been entirely unac-
quainted Without a map, without guides, without men,
means, or munitions of war ; without the remotest hope
for aid or co-operation among the people whom he wt
invading. Wi li 56 men be expected to conquer half a
million of men, with all the aide, appliances, and muni-
tions of war. The world is familiar with his disgraceful
and dishonourable defeat. Hist. ry refuses to present a
parallel of such idiotic folly, over which some flattering
apologists have lately attempted to throw the mantle of
charitable indulgence by ingeniously asserting "that he
was young, inexperienced, and just a little too enthusi
antic." Our own impression is that he had just arisen
from the perusal of such works as Prescot's Conquest
of Mexico, Dampier, Ovido, and Peter Martyr, where
he lad read that Gil Gonzales de Avila had conquered
Nicaragua with one hundred men and four horses, and
with a mind morbidly insane he fancied he would achieve
equal greatness with fifty six veterans. This attempt to
reconcile the conflicting parties in Nicaragua (though re-
deemed by a good and benevolent motive) was equally
foolish. To enable the reader fully to understand this
o 'jection, it is necessary to state that the two parties
now ex-sting in Nisarsgua have been conducting, for
years past, the twist bitter and uncompromising wars
against each other.
The Democrats invited Walker to subdue the Chamor-
ristas, and when these were put down we naturally sup-
posed that to the victors belonged the spoils. Imagine
then their utter surprise, mortification, and lasting in-
dignation, when they found William Walker, instead of
giving them the fruits of victory, actually dividing the
best offices in the Government with their hereditary
foes, whom they had paid him to subdue. While he did
not, by this step, conciliate the Ch imorro party, as has
been conclusively proved since, he disappointed awl
alienated the Democrats.

The deep-rooted prejulices of years, whether religious
or politica!, never have been, and never will be eradicat-
ed in a day, a year, or even in a generation. The man-
date or the policy of no man living can obliterate them.
It is the slow moving finger of titne alon combined
with mental improvement, that can ever extinguish
them. The hvstility at present subsisting between the
democratic and Chamorro party of Nicaragua is as pro-
found, as unrelenting, and imperishable as the heredi-
tary Vendetta of the Corsican.
It required no profound knowledge of human nature
to be aware of the fact that these conflicting portions,
composed of material utterly discordant and antagonts-
tc, were far more substantial than the crystal fabrics of
the morning frost. The Jew will sooner have dealing with
the Sa,maritau than a Chamorrista with a democrat.
We will next call the public attention to Gan. Corral's
execution. For the sake of argument we will concede
that he was guilty. Even admitting this, his execution
was uncalled for, 'in a ise, and manifestly impolitic. His
conviction and incarceration, or his conviction and ban-
ishment from the country, was the dictate of sound dis-
cretion and sound common sense. The unanimous sen-
timent in Nicaragua, with all parties, was a deep and
strong opposition to the execution of Curr.d. An i yet,
notwithstanding the earnest prayers of the entire clergy,
regardless of the forcible petitions of the chiefs of both
parties, uninfluenced by the agonised cries of the mother,
wife, and chil lren of General Corral, this would.be mu-
der , Brtrans ordered his execution, and thereby alien-
ate r from him and his cause kr ever the most opulent,
urestpoweiful firniiies in the country. We say it with-
out tie re ,r of contradiction, he is now most c)rdially
deies ed by beh the Chaarorristas and the masses of
democrats. If his Government is popular, why is it
that he has not one volunteer among the privates in
the native army ? Why are his native troops all
forcibly presß,.! 1 at the point of the b ayonet into the
service ? We defy s tphistry itself in answer t ) the
question. The song of " Tne Death of Corral "is the
only one upon which all parties now unite. The next
reason we must urge for asserting tha`. Walker is not
entitled to be cusichoted a man of even conmon sense,
is his sending Parker 11. French as minister to Washi.:g-
ton clay. Had Walker sent any native of the country,
for instance Dun Mat uel Bermudez, or Don Pedro Sika
(an aceomplished /led p dished gentleman), or Padre Vijil,
the Ileited States G.,vernarent would have found itsell
placed in rather a delicate position. The best friends of
Walker Lace characterised this act of his as disgustingly
stupid.

But Walker's crowning folly undoubtedly was the
idiotic seizure of the steamers of the Transit Cornp•u y.
The constant ant interrupted continuance of the Tran-
sit Company was his sole and only dependence for the
reception of men, money, and ninuitions of war ; an 1
yet, knowing this t ) be the fact—knowing that at the
different ports of the Atlantic and Pacific there were
hundreds, nay th usands, of deluded victims inno
cantly waiting to )it:rifice themselves upon the altar
of his unhallowed, insensate ambition, he wilfully and
madly denies] himself the aid which his necissities at
that tune so imperiously required. Had be blown up
his powder magazine in Granada, er troken the locks
from all his muskets, it would have been scarcely
an act of more unequivocal insanity, and what augments
the stupidity of this'unparalleled exp'oit is the fast that
the !apt eti a•ner, before the seizure ut the boats, brou:zbt
no le-s than 400 men to swell the list of dupes in Gra-
naeta, with the information that thousands more were
anxiously waiting for a conveyance to arrive.
And for v‘ hat was this done I To insure the payment of
money which has not, and doubtless never will be paid.
Could he not have seized the steamers eight or ten
months later, as at the time he did I He would not then
horsiest the battle of Santa Rosa, eves with Schlessin?

ger, as commander, nor wouid he have had to retre,
le:tvirg hi, dead and woun'ee from Riva., on the
Tt is non.ei,e, i = ju,tofie..tion of th, B,ivire of tlus,•
heat=,- to say that in. WAter had trale n;raiiv3rnenr,
with ancth?r ,et mete for another line of 4.earror4,
that they di,:nppointe i. hirn. Per Richard has a pro
vnb, \.s commoo snore, he wool Lave r,
membered—'`A bird in the hand is wor.h two in the
bush."

Gen. Walker sent 240 men to rake Liberia (Guana-
caste on the maps), a place which at that time no 1,000
men on the face of God's broad earth, of any nation or
clinic whatever, could possibly have subdued. The road
to it is a narrow mule path, in very few places more than
13 inches wide, over elevated mountains and through
deep gorges, in which the sunshine seldom penetrates,
and when you ride your feet press painfully against the
abrupt sides of which tower 20, 30, and even 60
feet on either band. Between San Juan del Sur an,i
Liberia there are thousands of places where ten resolute
men could have checked effectually—no, literally crushed,
the entire army of Col. Schlessinger. The world is now
familiar with the shameful stampede of Santa Rosa. The
surprising party were surprised, and Col. Schlessin-
ger, the gallant Hungarian and friend of Kossuth, led
the van in the ignominious flight.
Walker must have been hopelessly crazy, and shame-
fully ignorant of the immense resources of the country.
As fur Gen. Schlessinger, he was scarcely a day without
some insult being offered him by the soldiers—some
indignity by the officers ; the officers hated hem ; the
privates despised him. And yet, knowing his personal
unpopularity, knowing that soldiers cannot fight unless
they have confidence in their commanding officer, Gen.
Walker, with that mulish obstinacy, which is one of his
predominant characteristics (and which his wily ayer
phants fancifully call Roman firmness), persisted in
placing him in command of the troops, although his sage
Mentor, Edmund Randolph, advised the contrary.
There is no necessity to say more on this head. The
stampede at Santa Rosa is a strong confirmation,
" strang as proofs of Holy Writ," that Col. Schlessinger
was both an imbecile and a coward, and the placing of
him in c Inmand of the troops, contrary to the will of
the entire army, is evidence conclusive that Gen. Walker
is no judge of competency or character.
Lastly, why was the battle of Rivas lost ? That it was
lost is appar?nt from this f2.ct —he went to take Rivas,
and he did not do it. If more evidence is wanting, we
adduce this damning proof—he left his dead and wounded
on the field, the former were buried by his enemies,
and the latter, at least as many as survived their wounds,
are now prisoners of war. We repeat the question—
Why was the battle lost ? For negleeting an elementary
rule of warfare—one which is urgently insisted upon by
every military writer from Xenophon down to Scott :
and that rule is, never to despise your enemy, but to
march against Lilliputians as if each man of them were
Goliath of Gath. Yet 'Walker sent his soldiers a
tance of 20 leagues, without sufficient food and ammu-
nition, to fight an army 2,000 strong. When several of
his officers urgently pressed on him the necessity of
taking more ammunition, he answered, " I think we
shall fire one or two rounds, and then take the place."
Yet the battle lasted 18 hours.

The memorialists proceed t• state that since the 10th
of March, neither the officers nor privates of Walker's
army have received a cent per day ; that the former
have to go about daily with bags, haggling and quarrel-
ling for their rations ; that the motives which led
Walker to Nicaragua were merely mercenary. For
62 000 acres of land, Wm. Walker, like another roving
Dugald llalgetty, sold his blood to the democratic party
of Nicaragua. It-member, reader, Walker was influenced
by no high, no elevated, no ennobling principle in thus
engaging in the politics of Central America—it was simply
a matter of dollars and cents. Had the Chamorro party
offered bin 100,000 acres of land, be would, with far
greater facility, have enlisted himself on their side. It
might' be asked if Walker were not a great man, how
could he collect 800 men around him ? On this it is ob
served that the first few who were cajoled to go out were
shown that they were not enough to hold the country,
or to get out of it, and that, being "all in the same
boat," they must. keep up the humbug by sending to Ca
lifornia and the States the most wonderful reports, so as
to persuade others to join them. As for his soldiers,
though they dislike and despise him, self-preservation
keeps them from revolting. He has conducted the burn•
bug in comparative safety thus far. Their position is ex-
tremely critical. They are surrounded by enemies on
all sides, and, should they dethrone the " Little Acci
dent," each captain of a company would be an aspirant
fur the office of the dictatorial commonwealth.
They would then be an army of Kilkenny cats, and
each would destroy the other.
The memorial concludes as follows

" The und.ri,ned prisoners further say that they are
now prisoners through William Walker's criminal stu-
pidity and ignorance. That they were decoyed from
their comfortable homes in the States by splendid pro-
mises of gaip and glory, not one of which has been or
can ever be complied with, and they earnestly beg and
implore the young and thoughtless of the United States
not to suffer themselves (as 800 men have been) to be
deluded by promisee, more unsubstantial than air, more
unreal than dreams.

Jostx C. ArMAHON, Desota County, Missouri.
JAMES GREY, England.
T. F. FORTMEIER, Germany.
WM. T. JOHNSON, New York, Drummer.
CHRISTIAN FECHT, Germany, Gunsmith.
JOHANN MANTES, Germany, late of N. Orleans.
Joiry T. Die; New York.
Consulate U.S.A.
Republic of a)sta Rica."
I, the undersigned, do hereby certify that on the day
of the date hereof, before me personally appeared Joh'
C. M`Malion, James Grey, T. F. Fortmeier, Wm. T.
Johnson, Christian Fecht, Johann Maurer, and John T.
Dick, and severally acknowledged the foregoing to be
their signatures.

Given uLder my band and seal of office at the port of
Punta Arenas, this 31st day of May, A.D. 1856.
(Sea') MARQUIS L. Hum, U.S. Consul.
copia fiel del original remitido a este Ministerie
bosj el Bello del Consul de los Estados Unidos en Punta
Arena. CAM).
San Jose, Junio 14, de 1856.