The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1854-09-05

local police Of the External City" goes on With its
% wOrn d me ~nDe rh o ses gass
of the treaty must operate either to exclude Great
| BritaD from her occupancy In Central Amsrics. or
TO confirm her in the possession Of what she bon
herself not to y, and thus be agreemsnt on
our part that she should ain in possession. That
1t Was intended to sanction and confirm her occupsn-
| cy, no one but Lord Palmersson or LORD Cisrsodon
ever could have the impucence to contend. Can !,
be possible that the United States have re oguled
the rights claimed BY Great Britain In tina. regio,
| and excluded themselves? Yet that Is what y eat
| Britain is claiming to-day even while the whg
press are CRY ing out that England OILY wishes 20
retire o. actfuliy" We are thankful that there is
/ now an executive at the head Of our government
who entertains no fears and no apprehensions when
| demanding from foreign COVE nments the observ.
aDce OF justice and treaty stipulations England
| will be compelled, by this administration, to aban-
don her Mosquito protectorates. In case she does
not speedily do il voluntarily. President Pierce Is
| bound 10 sweep away the network OF outrage, az.
/ eression and encIoachment which, during the last
| four years of wing imbeciity, misrule and corrup-
| ton, foreign nations have succeeded In entwning
| about our young ana prosperous nation. AMI il
win be done despite the clamor of wings and sboi
tionists and the cynical, peevish complaints of dis
appointed Office seekers.
The sins Of Great Britain, however, in Central
America are not alone sins Of omission; there are
fragrant sins of commission, and that too since the
exchange Of the convention Of 1850. We have seen
that the British government insists that the opera
ton Of the treaty to be prospective, and not
trospectivethat Great Britain was bouni by 1t not
to give up what she had claimed and protected and
exercised dominion over but that she was only
herr after to do none OF these things In other paris
the treaty was made do not sustain even that con-
structi0n. Look at this new display Of Englis1
faitl ON the American continent! A striking exem.
pcation it i. Of the desire of Great Britain ito
The treaty was exchanged on the 9Th July, 1850.
One Of the provisions OF the first article Of 1t Is
follows:-
The governments Of Great Britain and the United
or fortify colonixe exercise any domn
ion over Nicaragua Costa Rica the Mosquito coast
any pant Of Central America.
In two years afterwards the following proclama
ton was issued from the office of the BRUSH Colo
NAL Secretary of the Balize:-
OFFICE COLONIAL SECRETARY,
BALIE, July IL, 1852.
This is togve notice that most gracious Majesty
the Queen has been pleased to constitute and lake the
islands o. kusssS Bonacs utas Baroases Helen. and
The Colony of the Bay of Islands" By command Of
her Msjesty's superintendent, ,,,n,, ~
God save the Queen. Acting Colonial Secretary.
These islands are situated in the Bay of Hondu-
ras What have the wings and their nominally de-
mocratc allies to say to this direct, recent and Often
We have seen the designs Of the British govern
ment nowhere stated with so much force and truth,
and in 80 strong light, as in the following extra
from letter written by Hon. George Bancroft, while
our Minister to England, to the American Secretary
Of State, under date of March 8, l849. Referring 10
discussing this very subject OF aggression In Central
America, to the ambition of England, he says
Tho public mind in England il rapidly coming to the
conclusion that this kingdom has too many colonies that
by their excessive number they are burdensome: The
opinion Is spreading that the Canadas must be DEEPEN
| II "a 4 A
rival the number Of friends to their emancipation
would increase Yet With all this tendency to new and
Mediterranean Gibraltar, Malta and the Ienian isles
fortress at Halifax, seeks to by another 1t
Bermuda and as We are gaining greatness in the
Of Indians she has seized the key to the passase Of the
Pacific by the lake of Nicaragua and has changed the
name of the town Of San Juan dc Nicaragua to Grey
| town.
Correspondence Of the Journal of Commerce.
WASHINGTON, Ang 20, 1854.
notice that attempts are made to cover up the
fdur pas Of the Greytown affair, by connecting 1t
with pending dispute with England, on the sub
iect of the Mosquito protectorate. The two Things
had no possible connection, and to make any appar-
emit connection was an after thought. 1t was found
expedient to give the aspect of national quarrel
to very mean and cogardly transaction, because
the public mind Of this country is more tolerant OF
rasbness and imprudence than tof meanness in the
maDa2 ement Of our foreign affairs.
1t Is very true, however, that Mr.. Buchanan has
not been able to persuade the British
! acknowledge the Monroe doctrine" as VIC under.
abandon British Honduras and the Bay Islands,
accordingly. But, in regard to Greytown and
the Mosquito kingdom, the British government
has ceased to Exercise any jurisdiction in virtue
Of its proectOrate," and they suffered an American
CON munty, with American interests to grow up
I'll ere; and If our government chooses to make war
upon that community for the qualification of Mr..
Borlands csprices and malice, IL is no further the
/ hrain nj fhn tn
It is of any other government upon whose citizens
this unnecessary spola.ion was committed.
The claim Of the British government, under the
Mosquito protect0rate is nothing more, at present,
than to protect the Mosquito Indians from the OPP
| pressions of Nicaragua. Lord Palmerston refused
to renquish this claim, but offered to make Grey.
there, or in the Mosquito kingdom-it being there
by understood that Nicaragua should not extend
her jurisdiction over the country. So the matter
stood before the administration made Greytown an
example of their efficiency for conducting foreign
war; and the destruction Of the town does not In
the least alter the state Of the question. Both
governments may be disposed to settle all questions
relative to Central America; but Mr.. Buchanan has
certainly made no progress in that direction and
as he is soon to come home, at his own request it
is not probable that he will do so.
Correspondence of the Courier and Enquirer
ascertain that an important correspondence has
occu' red between MIR. Buchanan and the Brit
ish Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs. Claren-
don re- asserts the British territorial claims Cen
trail America founded on the Mosquito protectorAte
Buchanan denies them in two elaborate notes, and
demands an unconditional REIMBURSEMENT of the
! prote ctorate.
| Ii is understood that our government has deter
mined to adopt decisive measures to obtain the
complete evacuation Of Central America, as stipu
lated by the Clayton and Bulwer convention.
I United states Commlsslonerss Court.
Before Geo. w. Morton, Esq.
REVOLT IN THE HARR0R-CoMMITTAL OF THE Mu-
4 TIMERS.
Ser. 4.-The United States rs. James Mcdonald,
George Price, Joseph Clark. James Smith and Geo.
Snith.-Wm. A. Sands, master of the American ship
John Rutledge, examined by Mr.. james Ridgway,
ants were part of his crew; shipped them here to
go 10 Liverpool; the mems names called yester