The Sun.
London, England, 1857-09-03 00:00:00

NICARAGUA.

The following is a translation of an address issued
by Don Patricio Rivas to his countrymen on the
occasion of his retiring from the Presidentship of
the Republic of Nicaragua, and printed by order of
that government : _ _

Leon, Juue 24, 1857

Nicaraguans, —I this day withdraw from the Presi
dentship of the Republic, which will be vested in Generals
Senor Jerez and Senor Martinez. They are resolved, in
the t xerci:,e of the supreme power, to conciliate parties,
to maintain the dignity of the nation, and to cause the
political and civil guarantees of the people of Nicaragua
to be re.pected. Let all unite in good faith, rally round
the new governors, and lend them that co-operation and
assistance which each may be able to afford.
titi In the abdication of my office was proposed to
me, I resigned without a moment's hesitation. "If civi'
war continues," I said to myself, "it will bring deaola
tion upon one of the finest States of Central America.
This consideration appals me. I perceive how much
better it will be if I cease to command than insist on the
fulfilment of the convention of the 12th Sept., 1856. To
be the cause of a renewed conflict I dread more than
death. Impartial history will determine whether the
acts of my Government had other objects in view tbar,
the welfare of Nicaragua. With tranquility I await this
judgment of my conduct."
Fellow-citizens,--You have witnessed the days of bit-
terness I experienced during my administration. I have
shrunk from no sacrifice to save the independence of the
country, and to rescue it from the stormy sea of anarchy.
To the many citizens who have with me participated in
these sacrifices I offer my most heartfelt thanks.
Fellow-countrymen,—More than two-thirds of my life
have passed, and to the end of the few days that yet re-
main to me the privacy of domestic life is my only aspi-
ration. M. heart, however, will always be with Nica-
ragua, and with my last breath I will pray to hr a ven for
her happiness. PATRICIO RIVAS,

TUB RED SEA TELEGRAPH..

Mr. John Marahman, Chairman of the Red Sea
Telegraph Company, writes the Editor of the Times
as follows :

Sir,—ln reference to your City Article in the issue of
yesterday, on the subject of the Red Sea Telegraph, I
beg to submit to you the following brief obseryatione•
There is no time for rivalry. Circumstances are too
serious for such trifling. Though the scheme of the
Red Sea Telegraph was submitted to the
public more
than a twelvemonth before the Euphrates Valley line,
which has received the patronage of the Tree ury,
yet
when the intelligence from India became morejapPilill4
by each succeeding mail, and the crisis more imam-
nent, we proposed for the consideration of the 00'
vernment the construction of an alternate line'
In our late letter to the Chairman of the East India
Company we said :—" Without reference to any w rings;
n en's which have been already made on the subject of
telegraphic communication with India by her MajeetYs
Government and the Hon. the Court of Directors, and
repudiating any intention of interfering with them, or d
diverting its support from the scheme to which it has
been granted, we feel confident that the present (mew
gency justifies us in asking the Hon. Court to consider
the propriety of encouraging an alternate line, which
is capable of being immediately carried out." We
have thus anticipated the very judicious remarks wide'e
you have made this day :—" A better course to meet
the difficulty seems, however, to present itself. If both
lines are practicable both should be completed, and each
should be encouraged to compete with the other to see
how soon the first link can be realized." The two lines
are, therefore, not antagonistic, but subsidiary to the
all-important object of establishing telegraphic OM;
munication with India at the earliest practicable logic"'
For our own part, we have done all in our power to
obviate the danger to which you allude when you ear-
" Between conflicting schemes there seems a probabiliti
that the Indian telegraph which ought to be completed
in six months, will either fail altogether or be delayed
until the greatest need for it is passed."
The salient point on which the objection to the Bea
Sea line has been based is the existence of coral reefs'
Sir F. Beaufort, late bydrographer to the Admiralty',
and Mr. Bright, the engineer of the Atlantic Tele'
graph, have effectually disposed of that objection. The
coral reefs, moreover, have been surveyed, and their
position ascertained and most accurately laid down I?vy.
the late . Capt Moresby in his admire b chart of ti 4
Red Sea, and it is intended that our submarine cable
shall be placed beyond the reefs.
As to Mr. Andrews' remark about " the exceetli°s
irregularity of the bottom, in consequence of which tue
line would in many places be unavoidably suspended
across submarine chasms and on sharp rocky edger Firls
which it would speedily chafe through bythe force of id
own weight," the statement rests on no experience a° ,
no survey, and is therefore as gratuitous as Mr. Andrew's
other assertion, that Pharoah's chariot wheels were made
of gold.
I will not intrude further on your patience than teo
state that the only object of the Red Sea Telegrall
Company is to assist in supplying the great want ct
the day—communication with India at the pros*
awful emergency at the earliest practicable period. `to
should rejoice to find that a vigorous effort was made
lay down both lines concurrent)y. The national .
terests would, we think, justify the encouragement °oto
double line. As to the support we may expect fr
Government, there can be no doubt that it will be gild
not as a concession to importunate suitors, but in "rt,
*spirit of a just appreciation of the paramount itoFic to
ance of this undertaking at the present time, and he
such an extent and on such terms as shall secure y
confidence of the public.