The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1849-12-19
ARRIVAL OF THE HIBERNIA.
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Important Intelligence Relative to
Nicaragua.
THE PLETHORA OF GOLD In ENGLAND.
The Trouble between Austria and
Prussia.
Another Speech from KOsSuth,
&c, &C., DE.

&C., &c., DE.
The steamship Hibernia, Capt Stone arrived at this
port about eleven o'clock yesterday morning. from Liv-
erpoo and Halifax with the European mails to the LIST
inst
The details are of conside able interest.
1t has been stated that a. Simonet, at present the
French Consul at this port had been appointed Charge
de .s6aires and Consul General to Venezuela We now
learn that M. Loeve-Weimars has received that ar
pointment and has already left France for Caracas
Important In Relation TO Nicaragua.
From the United Service Gazette, Nov 24l
We have heard, from good authority that Lord Pal
merston is determined TO allow of American nterfer-
ence in Nicaroguan affairs and that, at all events
British interests shall not be monaced either the
West India side the Pacific side of Nicaragua His
3ordship, informed has acted most promptly in
the matter and that in order to forward dispatches to
the der in. chief in the Pacific on the subject
the West India packet detained for some hours at
Southampton on Saturday last. Rear-Gdmiral Horaby
1t is said is ordered up Nth his squadron cruise N The
yeighborhood Of Pomona and be tciiin eau of the Br-
irish Charge d'.9Dairs at Ncaragua.
From the Lendon Globe Government Organ)1
he Times Is mistaken In the general mpression it
seems to have derived from the American papers that
Lord Palmerston has invented the Mosquito shore and
the British relations towards that territory 1t is
equally mistaken in It's positive statement that
our traditional proteetorse If once renquished, has
IL may suit our versatie contemporary to affiliate
on the present Foreign Secretary whaoyer point Of
policy 1t Is It's humor Of the day TO disike but this will
not do, regards the poiut in question. What
ever may be the merits dement's of British policy
regards relations with the native government of
the Mosquito territory those relations have most
tainy been renewed since the between Spain
and her American colonies, many years before Lord
Pslmerston conducted our foreign administrations and
not less certainly the official act which most decidedly
marked recognition of the native government and
the relations which desired to maintain with it,
the appointment, by Lord Aberdeen, In 1874, of a
British agent or consul general to reside at Buefelds
ment by the treaty with Spain of 1850 of the protec
Sora rights had exercised since the days Of Charles
L., with the consent OF the native inhabitants
those inhabitants and our own settlers.
We call our abandonment Of our forts and settlers
that territory at that date grauous because the
ceesions affected to be made by Spain by Of elui
valent, were usory. and amounted to nothing but q
right to cut log wood and all other weod where the
Spsnards had never been able TO prevent from cut
ting vood, and moreover building forts for our
protection and that Of the native Inhabitants which,
Spain ceded to us territorial rights over British Hondu-
equivalent Tor the rights Of settlement and
Proteoi,on which we had 60 Long made good on the
ed by the Tunes, in order to make II appear that
really obtained guid pro gao for what We abandoned
For this purpose the Times quotes only part Of the first
article Of the trenty stops the territory giant
cd by his Catholic Majesty to the English"granted
fed the third article OF the present convention
which uses simply consisted In cutting wood, rs the
English had done than a century aud exclud.
ed the rights Of self prote elton and Of the
Natives Which they had hitherto exercised The trea.
ty in short, conferred nothing, and took away that
which had possessed before, to the great and well
foun not less the British settles than
the native inhabitants. Nothing but gross negligence
and Ignorance tnot unexsmpled In our diplomacy
could have caused its conclusion.
what is material no seyer, to observe is that
while Spain ceded to us territorial rights by the
convention Of l7s6-we ceded none TO Spain. The
clauses In that convention, referring to the Mosquito
the Mosquitos" and farther dsscbs the Indian inba.
bitsnts IS Situated Upon the frontier Of the Spanish
possessions" What we agreed to do was to eVaeuats
the country Of the Mosquitoes well as the continent
In general and the Islands jacent 30, and there
by in effect conceded to Spain the protectorate
had hitherto exercised in that country The Spanish
colonial administration, however never obtained any
oting there and when Spain lost all her dominions
the American continent her protectorae Of course,
lspsed along with them che had lost all power to
AS matter Of fact, the Mosquitos continued. from
that epoch to maintain their independence aud as
matter Of fact likewise they renewed from that epoch,
their claims on our protection AS regards the latter
IRON Sir George Arthur the Britih Superintendent Of
Honduras, to the then King Of Mosquito, dated Belize
Jan Il, 1916 ." Your request 20 be crowned In the
settemen in presence Of your cbiefans AMI such Of
your people as are assembled here shall most cheer
viii not be Disappointed in the advantage you expect
to derive by Its being derstood that you In
tioular manner under the protection OF the Britsh
The separate existence and dominion OF the Mosquito
tsritsry farther indicated By such facts as (smongst
otbers the mission from the Colombian government IN
1925 Of certain NJ. Goidot trenchInsu, who after
wards served in Central America, TO the Mosquito
sbore with Colombian colonel TO persuaie the Mos
autos TO declare themselves dependent on Colombia
The King told them that the Spsuiards had
quered the country and that tue Mosquitoes we're not
tion be must refer them TO the Governor OF Jsmscs
In Roberts Narrative, published In C0Hsisbss Mis-
ceiisny, occur the following passsges;-
"Hsyng in the year 1913, visited the western world,
resided upwards ~ seven years among the free tribes
soat red along the east coast and during that period
traded at every sttssnt between the Gulf Of Dsrien
and the Bay OF Honduras 30 -, ,
"Rsturning from the coast q san Bias, we passed
Porto Belle and procssiei to Chiriqu Lagoon, which
although far to the southwark Is considered part OF
ihs Mosquito shore under the jurisdiction Of the Mos.
quito king. who, Notwithstanding that the Spspisrds
consider Il part Of the province of Neragus New Ora
nsds) annually SENDS his admiral to collect tribute
Besides the Mosquito claims British protection,
which have been successfully recognised By the British
authorities spp.sied to- SIEGE the era Of Spanish Ame
rican Independence contending claimants Of the Mos
quito territory the (assuned) nhertsnce OF spain,
have favored in manner to obtain the sanction
OF Great Britain to their pretensions MIR Chatneid
states in despstch to Lord Pslmerston, dated Apr To-
The government Of New Granada, in soliciting
Her Nnjesty,s government TO entertain discussion
with upon the boundary Of Mosquito evidently Aims
at obsnog the DO rerful sanction Of Great Britain to
Territorial preten.ons Ct considerable magnitude, en-
brscing an extent Of upwards OF eighty leagues OF
sea board from Cape GIselas D,9s S ~
Costa Ics sieng the entire Atlantic coast with view
to place under the control Of New Grsnsia the n.t
cation of the river St John and consequently OF the
lake of Nicaragua and the intended ship csns 90 as TO
render impossible fer any ons a. any tim. 70 under
connection Of the two oceans By means OF the
iv,r Sc John and the lake Of Nicaragua without it's
previous concurrence and co. operation"
on the other hand. Nicaragus has commended that
the prompt recognition Of her Independence by Great
,rrtsin-which "was, perhaps the hrst 70 salute san
Juan de Nicaragua and to enjoy the benent OF It's free
co,nmeroe- ust be held to have tscty included the
recognition Of "tbe territorial limits Of the copfedsrs-
fep and Of each Of the states composing it or these
two rival claimants (seting sside, for the moment,
Costa Ricnl late Consul General Mr. Walker, wrote
,.s follows TO Senior Rivss, on Sd January lsts:
Assur,iuu for the cake Of argument that the kin
aof Mosoutol right could be disputed and that the
spsnsh soveeisns hsd right Of domiuon, from ablo.
Cute possession, over the territory IN question: Noua
anr.sr frat that right devoved upon New Granada,
siber than upon Central America, for under the COLO
NAL rule over this territory after pc
ING with frequency from the viceroystJ OF
.sw Granada to the captain genetsshp OF Uussena.
ls-now an lately republic 81 Central America and
,,e, r,v.g ard ct time from that of both THESE
soors 20 the captain geberalship OF cuba vas hnsiy
restored TO New by royal letters patent dstes
10th Nov 1scs Therefore " the right o. tns spsn.'