The New York herald., 1850-04-29

" Honorables which attended at this "council," !"
or are supposed to have attended, were Is he ver-
dant enough to imagine that any of them were
"Moequitos p Porter, lngraham, and Dixon,
were common English sailors, who were strolling
about the coast and "Hon. James Green was
and is British Vice Consul and at present awgiver
and dictator at the port Of San Juan
The only one who was native of the coast, was
| the so called President of the Council, the Hon.
Geo. Hodgson. His father was Rob't. Hodgson, a
Colonel in the spanish service, and duplicate Of
still exists among the archives of Nicaragua. His
mother was native OF the country. From this,
one would suppose that Hon. Geo. IIodgson
owed his allegiance to Nicaragua. However,
we find him now Senior Counsellor to his Magnh-
cence Quaggo l., and therefore it is reason
able to suppose Mosqr'fe s"9iect. Not so!
stalled this man as "Govenor of the Port"
/ Sood after, however, the Nicaraguans came down
and captured Governor Hodgson and his staff.
And then, what does the world suppose the COM
| mander OF the British forces demanded, when he
made his piratica expedition to the Lake of Mica
ragua! First, "he surrender of the persons of tco
B!,i,sh h,,j subjects, v's: George Hodgson aad ~
imaginary Council to which we have referred. So
the Senior Counsellor of the Mosquito King, and
every one OF his associates, were Englishmen.
But does any one suppose that any Council was
held, as is ,purported by the above document
Nothing of the sort. The whole thing is an i'm
position, as is testified by the same "Hon George
Hodgson;"' After he was taken prisoner, he was
III,
record before me, signed by his own hand, dated
January Il, lsIs, from which take the following
passages.
The original copy of the document above quoted
was shown him, to which the name of "George
Hodgson" is appended. Being asked if that Was
his signature, he answered il not, that he was
not in Bluefelds at the time, and could not have
signed il.
Being asked in whose writing the note appeared
and in whose hand was the signature, he said,
:" The body of the note is in the handwriting of
Mr.. W. Scott, secretary. TO Mr.. Walker, and the
signature is i1 Mr.. T0iker's otrrp hand"
Being asked if he ever saw any notes, or heard
Of any directed by the so-called Mosquito King to
the government of Nicaragua, he answered in the
negative.
Being, asked if the occupation of San Juan had
been ordered by the person called "king of Mos
quito" he answered. that the King without
the mental capacity 10 dictate any measure; that
the whcie affair was conducted by Mr. Walker
without consulting the King, any Of the other
natives; that Walker had gone to Jamaica in the
preceding month, and, upon his RETURN had said
that the Governor Of Jamaica would send troops to
take San Juan, but that the people OF Blueiieds
need not be alarmed the troops mouid not hmt
h6m That Walker had taken him TO San Juan
known the object of Walker, he would not have
gone. That Walker had made him Governor, but
gave him no commission, nor any instructions fur
iher than 70 DO as Mr.. Lite should tell him.
lie testified further, that he had several times
been compelled TO sign papers without knowing
what they were; that Mr.. Walker once showed
him communication from Lord Palmerston,
instructing him TO inform the king that the
British government had decided that San Juan
belonged TO Mosquito; that the kingdom Of
Mosquito had no written laws that he was
aware of-had no treaties with England, any
other country and that he, nor any one slse, on
the Mosquito shore, knew anything of British
protection, further than they were told by Mr..
Walker. who transacted all the business that was
done on the shore. That, so for as he or any one
else on the Mosquito shore knew the port Of San
Juan had always belonged TO Spain and Nicaragua:
and that all that was known about Mosquito
kirgdt IN was derived from the English.
This Is a single specimen only. The whele Mos
quito affair II made up of just such transactions.
There are people, no doubt. who, in their inno-
cenoe, suppose that the port OF San Juan Is
not now, nor has there ever been, a Mosquito
residcnl there. Once in while, II il true, u
miserable, naked Mosquito savage makes his ap-
pearsnce With turtle shell, TO barter for aqua ar
dicnfc, or Jamaica rum. The Mosquitoes proper are
few in number, and probably do not muster five
hundred. all told. There are other tribes the
shorc, but they have no relation with, depen-
dence ON, the Mosquitoes In fact, they allow no
intercourse or neimarriage with the latter, under
pain Of death, in consequence OF kind Of faint
leprosy which has seized upon almost every Mos
quitC-the result OF mixture and licentious inter-
course with diseased blacks and Jamaica traders
This tant is much more widely spread and more die
gusting than II Is among the Society Islanders.
The sole authorities in San Juan are English
men. The English Vice Consul, Dr. Green, is I'm
pcTator. lie governs with absolute sway-there is
no law but his word-sells land and receives the
money, receives the duties, Nc, &c, and all in
/ bis capacity as British Vice Consult All the OIL
cial employees are Englishmen-gcnerally ad-
yenturcrss from Jamaica--and the so-caled king
has more 10 do with affairs than the king of the
| Cafirs. The flag which is flying is the English
| hae
When last in San Juan, passed across the har-
Dor TO place where there were two or three huta,
| formed by resting poles against tree, and piling
over some oose palm leaves In neither was there
single utensil except an earihen pot. quantity
Of aligafors flesh, which had been thrown into the
/ fire and burned as black as a COAL was piled in
one corner, and this was the sole stock Of provi-
| sons. Within were two or three naked figures. and
wiihered, loathsomc old man. lie could speak
little English, and said, "Nle amral, me-" and,
sure enough, this was one Of the Mosquito naval
establishments and the reader will find his name in
/ the list Of Mosquito dignarcs published by the
/ British Permanent. This Admiral Lee
/ The poor savage had not the slightest conception
! Of what sort Of an animal admiral l., and still
less Of the use 10 which his name has been put by
Christian men, in this the nineteenth century Of our
/ Lord =.
Our San Juan Correspondence.