Weekly national intelligencer., 1850-10-19

ntenden Hodgs0n and that the British dag waved over the
Black river fort until the esy Of peace Of l763 what does
i the seventeenth article Of that treaty require
ellis Britannia Majesty shall be demolished all
the fortcatons which his subjects shall have in the
bay OF Honduras and other places Of the territory pain IN
that Of the world four months alter the ratification of the
present treaty And his Catholic Majesty shall not permit
his Britannia Majesys subjects, their workmen be dis
turbed molesed any preence whatsoever in ad
places in their occupation Of cutting loading carrying
away iOgwood and for this purpose they may build without
magazines which necessary for them for their families
and their effects and his Catholic Majesty 70 them
BY this article the full enjoyment OF those advantages pow
the Spanish and territories above stipulated
Immediately after the ratification Of the present treaty"
Macssgor acknowledges that pursuant to This stipulation
me British Government gave orders for demoshing the fort
Black rve and Withdrawing the garrison to Jamaica He
does not hesitate add however They soon after
convinced OF the impolicy Of this decision Sand
anough they declined Immediately the country into
psn province, was considered desirous to encourage
and promote its commerce." Confessions like these sane
comment.
Their effect in strengthening or weakening the British title
% inc country or the claim sovereignty up for the
quito kng may safely be left to the judgment of mankind
nc BRUSH nag was thus voluntarily struck al the only part
the Mosquito country where had ever been hostea as an
emblem o. sovereignty. Loswood and mahogany however
were SIM cut and carried thence British subjects under the
protection OF the treaty Of Paris Of l763 and some Of the set
tiers may have made attempts 70 cultivate lands alleged 10
have been purchased of the Indians Neither that cultivation
nor these purchases however, IN the least degree war
Britain and Spain. ls86, is5sA f asi
Passing the intermediate period between l7ss and
l717 appears from Macgregor that in the latter year the
British the coast who had enjoyed the right of cut
ting dyewoods and mahogany, having become alarmed by
urers Of intention the part of the Spanards expeI
them requested Of the British Government another fort arms
cannon, munitions, and soldiers for their Defence In return
to this aPpcaton Lord George Germane transmitted
despatch to the Governor of Jamaica the 4th Of June
l77 severely rebukng the superintendent for having made
the request as being direct contradiction 10 the nth
article Of the treaty Of Paris" &at
The Of the British in their encroachmens on
the coss Of the grievances forth by Spain as
motive for her war against England commenced in 1880.
during this year attack upon the Spanish settlements ON
Lake Nicaragua ordered by the Governor Of jamaica
The expedition did not reach further than the castle Of San
Juan the river Of that name hirtywo miles below the
lake Macgrego himself acknowledges that was aborive.
Lord Nelson, then very young man, accompanied it, and
displayed that gaanty for which he afterwards SO much
renowned. His biographer says:
The project to take Fort San Juan, the river Of
that name which flows from Lake Nicaragua into the Atlantic
make himself master Of the lake itself of the cities Of
Grenada and Leon and thus of the communication Of the
Spanards between their northern southern
America Here is that canal between the may
easily be formed work more IMPORTANT in its consc-
quences than wch has yet been By human power
BY the sixth article of the de6nive treaty Of peace
tween Great britain and Spain Of l7s3 i Is declared that
The intention Of the two high contracting parties being
prevent much possible all the causes o and
heretofore occasoned the cutting wood
for dyeng or ogwood and several English settlements having
been formed and extended under that peene upon the
Spanish continent n expressly agreed that his Britannia
carrying ogwood in the district Here the lines
toned They include part Of the Mosquito coast And
his Catholic Majesty assures to them 1.-THE Engl.h] the enjoy
ment Of all that is expressed the article provided
that these spulatons shall not be considered derogaoy
in apywise from his right Of sovereignty Therefore, all the
the Spanish continent any whatsoever dependant
on the aforesaid Spanish eonnent and for whatever
which has been above described"
Notwithstanding this stipulation, Mr. Macgregor proceeds
to sayth it determined by the British Government
after the most deliberate discussion Of the subject retain the
Mosquito shore under their protection and sovereignty The
only reason be assigns for this determination is that the word
SpanisR and not american continent used, with
the design as he nsinuaes Of aorang preex for further
questioning the Spanish title.
That this forced construction acquiesced in by
Spain is manifest from the fact that fresh disputes between
the two Crowns regarding the Mosquito Shore
after the conclusion Of the treaty ol7S3. These again
adjusted de6ntivey doubt aspan hoped by the treaty
OF JULY 1885, The first article of that treaty spulates that
his britannc Maesys Subjects and the other colons who
have hitherto enjoyed the protection Of England shall
ate the country Of the Mosquitos well the continent in
general and the islands adjacent without exception, situated
beyond the line hereinafter described, &C. This line pro-
vlded or extension Of the limits within which the British
were allowed 10 cut woods and gather the natural fruits of the
earth but the stipulation never to be used Pretext
for esabshng any plantation since lands question
being tadisp10by acknowledged to belong Of right to the
Crouss 0rSpoia settlements of that kind hepopu0-
tion sch tootId oloU, could be GAOsued Nearly every
saIuCie Oh treaty admlts kne spanish the
strongest terms. British subjects Spanish
territory land they do not his Britannia Majesty far
from aording them the least succo protection, will
disavow them in the most solemn manner he will equally
do those who may hereafter attempt settle upon the terri
tory belonging 10 the Spanish dominion. BY the l4,h
article Catholic Majesty prompted solely by motiseso Of
humanity, promises to the King of England that he will not
exercise any severity against the Mosquitoes nhabig in part
the countries which to be evacuated by virtue of hepre
sent convention, account Of the connexions which may
havs subsed between the said Indians and the English and
his Bstanne Majesty, his part, will strictly prohibit all
his subjects HOm furnishing wae stores 10 the In
disns,' Sc.
Amoos made in the British House Of Lords that;
hsss Of the convention with Spain, signed in July 1885,
did not meet the favorable opinion Of this House, But
was negatived. The parliamentary document Macgregors)
adds " From September, l76 until July, l7S6, the re-
peotve claims of England and Spain to the Mosquito err-
tories discussed and the 18th Of July, 766, was
announced that the tsroy to be delivered up the
Crown Of Spain. This abandonment of the country and It's
inhabitants considered the time by the British people
proHigate surrender Il was with the most painful
reluctance, and only in obedience to p0sua orders, that
the British settlers slowly ANA disconenedly e their plan
tasions" Yet Lord Palmerston, in his Of the Eth
of May, ls4s to heNicaagua Minister, says Of Mosquito
that is "a State which, for than century, has
been acknowledged and protected by Great Bsitain"
British writer of ability in the Quarterly Review, {vo
%, 1922 1928, l59, speakng Of this claim 10 the Mos
quito territory and the treaties Of 1883 and l786, says
sNohing clearly establish the sole right Of Spain
toned. We nscer had any business there" :. y elf
(he adds) treaties be considered all binding is
quite clear that have the right the pes
aiop If Nho ard ruf