The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1854-09-08

pOputeup0, whose lntefcSt6 6rc
largely Identified With those OF American citi
than with the people OF any other country,
tDsn leaving the place 20 its fate. Without
att+npt even to ascertain the amount Of 6su
United States Is to inouce us TO relinquiph the
tetto,ste long exercised by tois country ON the
quito coast (Which we have certainly no dssir|
ietai,) tfey have strangely mistaken their COZ
Of policy; for, although we bave no wish to 10
ftre in he affairs Of that settlement, cannot d
the withdrawal OF our support to be made the
text for buccaneering attack, not preceded b
declaration Of war nor followed by any measure
respoI sibe authority. The relations Of the
quito territory to this country are somewhat ami
Rous TO those we bad with Tahiti when Assailod
the French. Neither country forms part OF
British empire, nor has any positive ca
governments were strongly connected with %
hes Of long standing. NE trust, therefore, that
Nc,esfy's governtrenf sciH obtain from fAe Usi
States IN this instance separation mot inferior
that gtrtn by France in the case Of M,. Pruehsso
namely, censurs of the officer BY ,ch0m these xnid
fil acts re1s committed, and compensation to
parties Those property or iHferesfs hace suffer
Deeply as we value our relations with the people
the United States, and anxious as we azs TO steng
en- them by every honorable means, we cannot ap
different rule Of conduct to the strong and to
weak; and we are bound to show that interests Sd
AZ we have in all parts OF the world must be respe
ed. Our chief hope that this unl9easant occurred
may be brought 10 speedy and smicahle termiI
ten lies in the fact that American interests ~
Suffered as much as our own, and that the boAnba1
ment Of Greyy0wn is az strongly condemned ct M
York ~ it can be in London.
Captain Gibsons Claim ON tho Dutch Govsg
mrnI.
prom the Echo Universal Of the Hagus.l
Seversl newspapers having reported circumsta
ces having relation to the sojourn in the Nethera1
Of the American Captain Gibson, we think 1t rig
to rectify or complete them by details the authe
ITCHY Of which, TO judge Of them by the source Il
which they came. appears to place them beyod
COZ testation. Il is known that Mr.. Gibson was 9
tons with the Sultan Of Djambi at Sumatra, a1
condemned under this charge to twelve years ID
prisoDment by the court at Batavia.
During bis preventive captivity, Mr.. Gibson so
ceeded in efecting his escape, in the costume Of
police agent. He wss received on board . vesse
and some weeks after be found himself among 81
country In South Carolina The Ameri IAN prt3
imme diatey laid hold tf his adventures meetin(
were held to hear from Mr.. Gibson's own lips hI
impressions of voyage in the Indian archipelago
and soon on al sides demands were made for the III
Prevention Of the central power for the redreas d
his wrongs. In the month OF June the Washingts|
papers announced in fact, that . corresp 4
dence WIS established on this subject bet Heel
the federal govern ent and that Of the Low Cou|
tries, and this news was accompanied BY
report Of . numerous meeting. which, alta
eagerly listening to the speech Of Captain Gibson
unanimously voted q resolution 81 to support II
demand Of interference on the part Of the centrs
! government, and to express at the same time tn
most energetic indignation at the dishonor inflicted
on the American flag In the person Of oitizen q
| South Carolina
Four weeks had scarcely elapsed before Mr.. Glib
son arrived at the Hague with dispatches from tn
Cabinet at Washington FOR the Charge d,Affxirs =
the United States. Mr.. Belmont immediately d
marded, in the name of his government, from th,
Netterlar DIS government an indemnity Of $l00, 900
| csc, 000f.) as compensation to Mr.. Gibson. ana
the restitution Of some private documents remitto(
to the authorities at Batavia to prove his identity
Mr.. Belmont urged, amongst others things, in sup
port of this document, that the in tfciary power Il
the 1t dies was not independent, inasmuch ~ tn
| government reserved the faculty Of dismissing O
changing the personnel at will; that it Appeared
! from the proceedings that the Indian govern mem
had exercised In this affair certain pressure o
the Indian judge; that Gibson has constantly denee
and stu Senss his being the aut1 Il
charge against him; that this letter was written
high Malay and in Malay characters, acd tnat Glib
son denies his having known that language 1t The
Of the snS Ssp s o4dr the letter
| The government, through the medium Of N. Vas
Hall, Minister Of Foreign AfHAirs, replied to thh
demand that be WIS not disposed to award the ieas
! compensation, but that be would not oppose TIL
restoration Of the documents asked for. MI. Gbso,
received In consequence, through the American lie
cation, packet Of papers; butin pla of the doom
mepts in question the packet contained al the Cd
ginal papers Of Gibsons trial. including the c0nvio
tion, reports marked secret, and very secret, aAl
addressed by different Indian colleges and authod
ties to the government 1t appears that the coiouia
Minister had sent to his colleague OF Foreign ReA
tons the complete documents relating to the affair
in order to cradle him to discuss with perfect q
quaiL lance Of the ia to the pretensops Of the AM
rican Charge dAHaises, and that N. Van Hall haa
given up these papers without even opening tn
| packet containing them. The stupidity coming 4
light, q claim was immediately made FOR the d,a
| ments thus sent in error to Mr.. Belmont. The u.
| ter replied that he had handed them to Mr.. Gibson
who, in bis turn, pretended no longer to have then
In tie meanwhile, n. Belmont has communicated
| the refusal Of compensation By our government &
his Cabinet, with request for Interior Instructions
and for authority to demand his passport II on
Gespatches were sent away. the American Charg
d'Afaires left for France, and it has been decides
that during bis absence Mr.. Gibson viii sojourn Q
| Brussels, or in some other foreign city.
facts, sustaining for the moment from everything
like commentary from the same feeling that pre-
vented us from disclosing them before the publioa
ton OF erroneous or incomplete versions Of them.
spain.
! A despatch from Bayonne, August FL, says -
" The last number of the Madrid Gazette contain
nothing important. The situation of the capita
| modification Of the Cabinet was conaidere
probable. Queen Isabelle left the Palace on Il
18th, and drove on the Prado. Few exclamation
greeted her. The republican Union Club" pre-
sided over by the Marquis dAlbsida, is extreuel
active, and Is pressing the administration with me
MORALS demanding freedom Of labor and other Dc
sirable objects. Emigration continues MN. Nc
and Collantes have left. Queen Christina is d
concealed in the Palace with the Duke de Rianzaxs
Her children have Quilted Madrid; three haN
already passed through Bayonne, and the other
were expected: The Pope's Nuncio has threat
ened to leave Madrid If the last concordat shal
be either srnulled or modified without the concur
] renee Of Rome. The people express Themselves D
perfectly Indifferent whether he goes or stays. 4
! is. positively asserted that commission win T.
named to examine the accounts Of Sa1to1ius and Il
colleagues, with the view Of impeaching them befor
| the C0ltes.
| Roman Santillan, formely Minister of Finance,
! appointed Governor OF the Bank of San Fernando
O'Dornells division fof insurgents) was to max
tfiumphal entry into Madrid, in course Of day q
| two.
| Tranquility prevails throughout Catalonia Anf
] the other provinces.
PARIS, Thursday Evening, August u.
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