The Sun.
London, England, 1858-12-31 00:00:00

THE SUN, LONDON, FRIDAY EVENING,:
.DWEIVII3fR. 31, 1858.

She was found to be in all respects regularly
cleared, her passengers unexceptionable, and she
was, therefore, permitted to enter the river. Under
other circumstances, the Washington would have
been, as you justly infer, prevented from going in.
A friendly visit from a boat from your ship after the
Washington had anchored would never have been
made by me the subject of complaint. But
the inquiries which were propounded by the
boarding officers from your ship looked at
once into a thorough investigation and examination
of the ship, and to the manlier in which the United
States officers had performed their duties. This I
considered as exceeding what would be characterised
as a friendly visit, to which I called your attention
and which I am constrained still to consider as un-
necessary on the part of the officers under your
command.

I trust, however, from the frank and friendly tenor
of your letter, and which I assure you in no one
point exceeds my own, that we shall have no inter-
ruption to our friendly relations in the execution of
our respective duties.—l have, &c.,
JAS. ITINTOSII, Flag-officer
Commander-in-Chief, Home Squadron.
Sir, W. C. Aldham, K.C.8.,
Commanding ll.M.'s steam frigate Valorous.

United States ship Savannah, San Juan del Norte,
Nov. 20, 1858.
Sir,—On the 17th inst.l had the honour of in-
forming you that I had called upen Sir Wm. Gore
Ouseley, and that he had stated tome that he should
sail for Aspinwall in two or three days. He now
informs me that it is uncertain when he sails, and
I have therefore thought it best, as the Jamestown
was going to sea for a short time on account of the
health of her crew, to send her to communicate
with you.
Sir-William appears to be very busy in diplomacy,
but we have not been able to ascertain what about.
He appears to be in constant communication with
Mr. Green, her Britannic Majesty's consul. Mr.
Banuel, the reported consul for Nicaragua to this
place, was received on board the Valorous with
seven guns.
On the 18th, at one o'clock, the Washington
steamer arrived from New York, with 330 passengers,
bound to California. Her clearance, &c., is perfectly
correct. At 5.30. p.m. Colonel Childs proceeded up
the river San Juan in the Catharine Maria, bound
to Nicaragua, to try and obtain permission to carry
them over the transit to San Juan del Sur. Should
he not obtain it, the Washington on the 26th will
leave this port for Aspinwall. At midnight the
Catherine Maria, not finding . water enough, re-
turned and went outside to the Colorado River.
There was- a town meeting-held at Greytown on
the 18th _ inst., and certain resolutions ' passed,
a copy 'of which I am trying to obtain. I herewith
send yr.ou. a copy of a letter received from Mr. Cot-
trell upon the subject of the town meeting.
At 4 p.m. of the 18th the Leopard sailed from
this place and stood to the eastward, and the morn-
ing of the 19th returned and anchored here. Capt.
Wainwright informed me that he was on board the
Catherine Maria in the Colorado river. At about
9 p.m. of . the 18th, Capt. Aldham came on board
and asked -me what I thought of the steamer Wash-
ington. I told him I had no doubts of her being
engaged in a lawful pursuit ; that her clearance,
&c., was all correct. He said he thought so too ;
that he had heard a report that she had landed at
the Colorado River over 200 men, under the com-
mand of General Henderson. I told him that I
did not believe a word of it—that it was all hum-
bug.
He said he agreed with me.
The Leopard sailed to-day on her way to Eng-
land

Our sick list is on the increaSe, and I shall take
a cruise on the return of the Jamestown, unless
otherwise ordered by you. We have 21 with inter-
mittent fever, 1 with remittent, and 1 with scurvy.
The cases generally are very light. I cannot ac-
'6o"unt for the increase. For the last fortnight there

would have been in the present case highly incon-
venient to some of the passengers on board who are
English -subjects, one of them, indeed, a British
functionary, proceeding with his family to one of
her Majesty's possessions on the Pacific coast, and,
unless in case of actual warfare, such prohibition
of intercourse appears quite unusual. None such
now exists on board her Majesty's packets with
respect to foreign men •of-war, either in this har-
bour or elsewhere.

I have to thank you, sir, for imparting to me the
gratifying nature of your instructions respecting
the filibusters, or others illegally attacking nations
with whom our respective governments are in
peaceful relation ; such an honourable course was
to be expected from the well-known disposition
and declaration of the United States Government;
and it is highly satisfactory to me to acquaint you
that my instructions are to a similar purport, and
are actuated by the same spirit.
"In order to convince you of the perfect frank-
ness and cordiality. with which I am desirous to act
towards you, I will, if you will allow me to tres-
pass on your time, lay before you at once, and
without waiting till you communicate to me form-
ally the reports on the subject which, as yet, have
only reached you verbally, a clear statement of the
circumstnnces under which I direeted Capt.. Wai-
nwright, of her Majesty's ship Leopard, to proceed
to the Colorado river.

Having received a notification from the authori-
ties of the Nicaraguan and Costa Rican govern-
ments that a hostile force had landed, or were about
to land, in the River Colorado, with a request that
I would aid in preventing it, I immediately de-
spatched Captain Wainwright, in the Leopard, to
ascertain if such was the case.

Captain Wainwright left this port late in the
afternoon of the 18th inst., and, it being dark, mis-
took the entrance to the river, and anchored two or
three miles to the southward °lit. At daylight he
weighed, and anchored off the river, and in his own
boat, accompanied by two others, pulled into the
river, examining the banks on either side, to see if
there were any traces of landing having taken
place. In proceeding up the river he observed the
Catharine Maria at anchor, and as he neared her
perceived some persons on board with whom he was
acquainted. He immediately went alongside in his
own boat only, and, going on board, requested to be
informed if they had, heard or had seen anything
resembling marauders or filibusters in the neigh-
bourhood ; and, being answered in the negative,
Captain Wainright left the Catherine Maria, and
returned to his own ship, weighed, and was at
anchor again in this port by noon of the 19th.
I trust, sir, that this frank explanation of the
circumstance to which your letter alludes will con-
vince you that I have acted in no spirit of inter-
ference with American merchant vessels, and have
not arrogated to myself any right which is not con-
ceded by universal custom to the commanding offi-
cer of the naval forces in a port belonging to, or
placed under the protection of, his own nation.
I have the honour to be, sir, with great respect, ,
your most obedient servant,
W. CORNWALLIS ALDUAM, Captain.
Flag-officer dames Mclntosh, Commander-
in-chief Home Squadron U.S. ships.

Flag-ship Roanoke, off San Juan del:Norte,
November 29, 1858.
Sir,—l have the honour to acknowledge the re-
ceipt of your communication under date of the
28th inst.
As a justification of your act in sending officers
from your ship to visit and examine American mer-
chant vessels entering the port of San Juan del
Norte, you inform me that " this port is under the
protection of Great Britain." lam not, however,
aware that my Government ever acknowledged such
prOtection. On the contrary, my Government has
always repudiated it. The first article of the
" Clayton-Bulwer Convention" distinctly disavows
it. I quote therefrom Agreeinq that neither
will ever erect or maintain any fortifications com-
manding the same, or in the vicinity thereof, or
occupy, or fortify, or colonise, or assume, or exer-
cise any dominion over, Nicaragua, Costa Rica, the
Mosquito coast, or any part of Central America."
If her Majesty's vessels board our merchant
vessels for the purpose of examining the papers and
cargo of those which enter the port of San Juan del
Norte, as the officers from the Valorous did, then
you " assume" to " exercise dominion," which the
" Clayton-Bulwer Convention" distinctly disclaims.
Such construction I cannot for one moment recog-
nise until further advised by my Government ;
and, consequently, I must act under my present
instructions, the tenor of which was communicated
to you in my letter of the 26th instant.
I beg to express to you my entire satisfaction
with your explanation in respect to the visit of
Captain Wainwright, of her Majesty's frigate
Leopard to the American steamer Catharine Maria,
in the Colorado River, and of which visit I Stated
to you that I was but imperfectly informed; but
which I find, from your frank and clear represen-
tation, and for which I thank you, was very much
exaggerated.
I regret, however, to find that I am misunder-
stood by you as objecting to a:friendly visit from one
of her Majestys ships-of-war to an American vessel
in this or any other port. Such is not my objection,
for I am aware that it is customary to make such
visits by the vessels of war of all nations, and they
are constantly made to her Majesty's mail-packets
by the ships of my squadron ; but they are simply
acts of courtesy, with offers of services, &c. The
Washington has been boarded by an officer from
the United States' ship Savannah, in obedience to
my instructions to Captain Jarvis in relation to all
American vessels bound into the river, or that
should appear.off this port, and she was strictly
examined, particularly as to improper persons who
might be forcing themselves into Nicaragua and
Costa Rica.

has been remarkably fine weather for this place.:
I am, &c., JOSEPH IL JARVIS.
Flag fficer James M'lntosh,
Commanding Home Squadron.

value of these coins fluctuated all through the Sul-
tan's dominions; and contending that_ Mr. Cairo
corcsi, being a foreigner, con Id not comprehend this
being an infraction of the English.law.
- -The Recorder;-having sent -the case to the jury,
in the course of his observations gave it as his opi-
nion that the Turkish Government had taken a very
lenient course 'in refraining from prosecuting the
witness Dipple.
The Jury, after a short consultation, returned a
verdict of Guilty.
The Recorder then asked Mr. Adams if the.
recent prosecutions in such cases had put a stop to
these transactions ?

Mr. Adams replied that he could not state pOsi-
tively, but he thought, from the instructions he had
received, that they were still going on.
Sentence was deferred until this morning, both
Moss (whose sentence, was deferred from last ses-
sions) and Calvocoresi being allowed to go •n their
bail. The court was crowded to inconvenience dur-
ing the hearing, many gentlemen from Manchester
being amongst the audience.—Manchester Guardian.