Daily evening star. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1852-1854, 1854-08-10
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wASHn0T0H NEWS AND GOSSIP :
The Very Last Phsss Of tbs areyeovn AZ
taif --Itseems from New York advio.s received
yesterday morning that Captain Tipklepaust
Is mistaken in his understanding Of the atts
,uds assumed BY the commander Of the B titish
squsdrun now lying Of Greytown He Ia.
formally taken possession of that settlement,
and has also assumed to hold Puuta Arenas q.
being in dispute; the Mosquito King claiming
1t a. being embraced within his pretended d,
minions In his proclamation, however, he
expressly declares his intention to protect the
business and property of the Transit Compan,
from molestation from any quarter whatever
including ary claim on the part Of the Grey
town people for indemnity for the act of Capt.
Hollins. He gives the unprotected state Of the
people Of Grsytown As his reason fof his act,
their property remaining being at the mercy
Of thieves and plunderers, and many of them
being Bdsith subjects. lie further expressly
states, that his act Of taking possession is not
20 DO construed into an interference in the
final settlement Of tho affair as an issue be
tween the two Governmelts-the United States
and Great Britain.
We doubted the fact Of the taking possession
yesterday, not only on accoun: Of tho absence
u dispatches from Mr.. Fabens, which was cur
rently believed among the diplomatists here
but because We took it for granted that thu
British an horities In the West Indies arc
fully aware that Mr.. Buchanan and Lord CIar
sndon have nearly completed a new treaty OF
Central American questions for the most part
which has, for some time, been q subject Of
familiar oonv ersation among foreign minister
and their aida resident here. We expected
and continue to expect, that within the mex,
thirty days treaty, as above referred to, vii
DO concluded, in which Great Britain will very
ssnsibIy relinquish her ridiculous pretensioni
20 territorial authority In that quarter.
However, We really rejoice that the DOM
nsnder Of her West India squadron has taken
step which precludcs aIy possibility that
Britain may much longer delay q full and
final settlement of the question of her right in
thai quarter. even though the expected treat,
may not turn out a. we hope. He has thus
brought affairs there to a sudden and full issue,
which is not to be shirked BY either Govern
msnt. Britain Is hereafter to have, acknowl
edged, sovereign rights on the coast of Central
Americs, or she Il not to- have them. We are
hereafter to acknowledge them to be sovereign
rights; or she is to disavow all such pretensions
A thorough knowledge of the history of her
miserable attempts to flch territory in that
quarter, leads as to conclude that in the ex
pectsd treaty she will renounce every point
she has 80 far seemed to gain by them. In
ruth, she has no legal right to q square inch
Of coil on the coast of Central America I'm
der three treaties with Spain and Mexico. sh.
acquired the right to cut log wood at Balise
acquire no territorial right whatever through
them. The next step was the act OF her roy;
map makers, who committed a deliberate
fraud In calling Balise, British Honduras,
whom il Vas notorious to all the statesmen and
seographers Of both hemispheres, that i. was
no moro British than Peruvian or Gillian, bu,
. part Of Yucatan-that is, of Mexico Her
next step was to 81 cal that portion Of the pro
since Of Vera Pas an in, egral portion of the
Repablic of Guaemala) lying on the ooas,
Her thisd step was to steal the adjoining corne'
Of the Republic of Honduras. This lsst.pea-
toned theft Is the original and genuine Mos
quito Protectorate.
Now comes the final act of meanness and
mend n oua theff ~hich Ia fh;, rnda,,.b;,c, -,
the commander Of her West India squdron, to
extend the authority of the miserable breec
less savage Of Blew Fields hundreds of miles
of-so as to cover the mouth Of tho river San
Juan Del Norte. This last attempt to stea'
territory in that quarter, is in positive viola
ton Of the Clayton and Buluer treaty, and is
fri and fai, e4Sass of aclr to ns, if justified
by the Home Government. She may cheat
the debility of Spain and Mexico, by violating
DER treaties with them. She will not, however
be permitted to ehest the United states or W.
greatly mistake the purpose of our Govern
nent to carry out to the letter. the Monroe
doctrine, and to accord to England not an inch
more than her rights in that quarter. as guar.
| ~ 0eeey' ~ u0I CoMiAouu0f - tuSii
fed by his Government, that act will make /,
question between the United States and
Britain; not between Britain and Nicara-
gua-a plain violation Of the plainest letter OF
the Clayton and Buiwer treaty. She will very
soon, in such case, b male to comprehend the
difference between violating treaty mad,
with as, and one made With debi,i.sted Spain
or imbeei!e Mexico. Indeed, this whole bust
neas of her doings in San Juan, is precisely
what Lord John Russell long since proclaimeo
1t to bs-s miserable trick Of Lord Pal,aers
toms.
Insurance On Public Funds and Accounta.
bility Of Disturbing 0ficers.-A disbur,jns
officer Ut distant point drew on the Treasur,
for . certain amount to be RENTED to him il
specie, on which he Effected insurance 10 cove
risks on its shipment from New York to the
place Of disbursement. It was held that al.
though the of6osr was charged on the book,
Of the Treasury with the amount of tho requi
'itions in his favor as they were issued, yet
he could not be held accountable for the money
until II came into hia hands and II ~ h al ho.x