The New York herald., 1850-01-17

tion had been turned TO Nicararne alone, and to
the port Of St John on the Atl6ntic side, and of
Real. 10 on the Pacific. as the h0ot adapted as ter
N nj of ship canal But Sir Inward Belcher, r.
N who surveyed the boasted por OF Realejo, de-
scrbes It to be execrably bad, I'D only enjoying an
count Of !, in 'he Modern Tssvelrr. book Of
some repute in the United States, He recommends
the Estero Real, in the Gulf Of enseca as an inf
nltely superior outlet TO the Psctic. better and
essier hne is not unlikely be found In Costa Rica
by proper and careful survey ofsuch avenues as
may seem afford for the execution of SO important
project And looking to the character of its pOpu-
lauon, 1t would certainly ofiera preferable pros
pect, should British enterprise be finally led to un-
derlake its accomplishment, A serious responsi.
bty would be incurred did such an opportunity
present itself, and were it lost to this country AT
present The public Is not suliciently informed on
the subject Of the questions which It involves, to be
awake TO all its magnitude end importance to US,
in national point OF view. There can be no
doubt, however, that the British government is
fully so, and as far as their acts are known. they
deserve 10 be lauded for the enghte foresight,
entrgy. and frmness they have exhibited.
The British government was the first to recog-
Mise the independence of the Central American
States, and has evinced the most friendly dis
POSITIONS towards them. After the death Of Mr..
Walker, a gentleman who rendered valuable
services to Mosquito, Mr. Christie having succeed
ed as her Majesty's Agent and Consul General in
Mosquito, was sent In September, lS4S, on special
mission TO Costa Rica and Nicaragua, for the promo
ton of the common interest and mutual friendly
intercourse of those countries. He was received
by Nj Castro the President of Costa Rica, with
every consideration, the whole population of the
capital turning out to welcome the British agent.
Far otherwise in Nicaragua. Mr. Chrlstle was
met, on his arrival at Leon, by letter from the
Minister, the superscriptiOn of which did not re-
coguse his official title, and the contents informing
hlm that, as an accredited agent to Mosquito, the
government would not recognise him officially, but
would pay him all the attention due to dlstn-
gmshsd British subject. Mr. Christie, in reply, de-
clared he would quit Leon in three days, except
this decision were reversed; and second letter
beng addressed to him In answer, with a similar
superscrpton to the first, he returned 1t unopened
and left the place. Costa Rica has since then sent
an Envoy to England, M. Molina, with a view to
promote closer ties of amity with this country.
But 10 return to the projects OF communications
between the two great oceans. The United
States have already got three available routes to
rtoIy, to San Francisco, on the Pacific; second
across the lsthmus of Tehuantepec, for shipping;
and third across Panama, for general raffic-is
desirable, is ii sate that they should nOnOpose
the fourth also, the shipping way by Grey Town!
They have exclusive advantages and privileges by
the three first they are in the hands of their own
cIizeRs; and by the stlpuatIons made for the
Panama project, we see how their controlling
power is likely to be used in giving preferences
their own shipping and traffic Thus In the con-
tract with Nicaragua, and the vague and general
clause adverted TO, we may perceive how easily
such changes and additions may be :. hereafter "
porD {" throw into the warehouses and shipping of
the United States the entire commerce OF the Pa
cfc ocean,"
/, is clearly, therefore, a necessary and para
mount interest of Great Britain and Europe at
large, that independent route should be OBJ
taine d-a route which, while equally open to Uni-
ted States Shipping and all the world, should re-
main free from her arbitrary control
AS regards British connection with Mosquito, II
may be briefly stated, to date from an early period
subsequent to the conquest Of Jamaica by Crom-
well; suspended In the year 1856, II was thirty
years afterwards officially renewed. The rights
Of Spain having long before lapsed, through the
failure Of her plans, and the abandonment of her
efforts, official relations were renewed with the
Mosquito king by SrGeorge Arthur, then Governor
OF Honduras. From that time down to the present
moment the independence and separate existence
Of Mosquito has been recognised by all British
authorizes. In 1913, at the solicitation of the
King, and with view to the developement among
his people OF all the blessings of civilization, her
Msies,y was advised, under Lord Aberdeen, to
revert TO the system which prevailed before l7S6,
and appoint resident as her representative
The King. Thus the mutual obligations OF Great
Britain and Mosquito became confirmed and
strengthened; and, taking review of the whole
of the facts, we must say, II the Mosquito Indians
have no ttle to their indepen ndence, after having
maintained II tor two centuries, and part OF the
time against one of the most powerful nations of
The globe-then there is certainty security in
those rules of int national right, which have hith
erto been deemed sacred and inviolable by the
tons OF Europe, ana Wnlcn nave Deen nOnOFed IN
the practice of the statesmen, and adorned by the
writings Of some of the most illustous citizens Of
tbs United States.
PosTscRIPr -Thursday, 18th December, 1919.
Since the foregoing was first published, de-
spaich of Mr.. Chatfield's to the Nicaragu go
vernment has reached this country. in which the
fact OF Spain not having recognised the indepen-
dsnce of the Central American States is noted; it is
thus placed beyond question, that none OF them
can derive rights through her.
This morning, a mail from New York states
that party Americans wrecked on the Mosquito
shore, had proceeded 30 miles in the interior, aud
burnt an Indian town, on account OF wrongs al
legged TO have been done them on the coast The
king had gone 10 the spot to obtain particulars Of
this wanton and lawless act
Intelligence has also arrived of the island OF
Tyre, In the Gulf of Fonsecs, the Pacific side,
and IN a commanding position on that coast, hav
ing been ceded by the State OF Honduras to the
United States. The argument used To induce this
cesslon, Mr.. Squer avows to have been, that 1t
was about to b. appropriated by England in pay
ment Of debts due to British subjects! So much
for the motive-ss regards the act, il seems
strangely inconsistent with raising any question
ss to The rights Of Eogand on the Mosquito terri
tory, derived too, as these are from the aboriginal
posssssors