The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1856-09-01
Settlement Of the Central American
Question
THE BAY ISLANDS CEDRD TO HONDURAS.
The Musquito protectorate Abandoned.

The Musquito protectorate Abandoned,
The telegraph Saturday announced that III,
New Ysrk Herald stated the fnal settlement Of
tae CenTai American question as far as Honduras
is Concerned. The London eorrespondent of ths
Herald says Lord Clarendon and Don Victor Her
ran, plsnipotenhary of Honduras have c,nciudaf
certain treaties He says:
The treaties drawn mp by these negot.ator.
nave aiready been signed and consist
Ist VI general amity and commerce. Cd
Of convention for she sdjustmen. of all claims OF
British subjects on the government of Honduras
and for the extinction of any Indian (Mosauitc)
iees Within the territories recognized rs pertain
ing TO honduras; and Sd. A convention for the ref.
,oration to the sovereignty Of Honduras Of the
Bay Islsnds
The convention for the restora ton of the Bay
Islands ia that which, from the circumstance OF
their occupation and colonization by Great Bri
tain. having been regarded In the United State.
a. hagrant violation of tho Clayton and Bulver
convention, first claims attention, and will excite
much interest. The convention restores these
islands to the Sovereignty of Honduras onIv
stipulating, on behalf of the people who have es
tsbished themselves there under the British oc.
cupancy, the perpetual epjoymen. of certain
rights and privileges. The ground upon which
the restoration is made ia the Importance of pre-.
serving neutral tho route of the proposed inter.
oceanic railway through Honduras. Art sets
forth Taking into consideration the peculiar to
biographical position Of Honduras, and in order to
secure the neutrality of the islands adjacent there
to, with reference to the proposed inter-oceanic
railway across the territories of Honduras &c
&c therefore these islands are placed by mutual
agreement under the sovereignty of the republic
OF Honduras.
The Inhabitants already established there arc :
l. To govern themselves by means of their own
municipal government to be administered by le-
gislative, executive and judicial officers of their
own election, according to their own regulations.
2 Trial by jury in their own courts. 3 Perfect
freedom of religious belief and worship, public
and private. Exemption frsm all taxation on
real estate or other property, except such az may
be imposed by their own municipality, and collect
ed for the treasury of the aame, and to be applied
TO the common benefit. 5. Exemption from mill
tsry service, except for their own defence Ths
republic of Honduras engages not to exercise its
rights of sovereignty in any manner to violate the
rights and immunties specified In this article. The
republic Of Honduras also engages not TO erect.
permit to be erected any fortifcations on said
islands, any others in the Bay Of Honduras, nor
esde such islands, or ary Of them or the right of
sovereignty over them, any part of such sove-
regnty, to any nation or State Whatsoever Arti.
Gle ii. The contracting parties agree to communi-
cate the present convention to all other maritime
Powers, and to invite them to acceds to It.
This is the total of the convention touching the
"Coony of the Bay Islands, which thus disappears
from the list of British Colonies aad devolves it's
legitimate owner, Honduras The stipulations
concerning religious freedom and trial by jury
thus forced on Honduras, and furnish the germs
from " hich these eminently AnElo-Saxon ideas or
institutions must soon spread to the main land
the sooner the better.
The second convention provides for the estab-
lshment of board Of arbtrators--one to be named
by the EnElish Government, the second by that OF
Honduras and the third to be chosen by the two
thus named. He must not be British subject, s
citizen Of Central America nor of the United
States. This commission 10 to hear and decide on
all claims as between British subjects and the
public of Honduras, and its decision is TO be final
and without appeal
The limits of Honduras recognized as ex.
tending to the Cape Gracios Dios, and the Rio
Wapks or Legoria on the south; but il the Gem
missisn of arbitration find that there any Mos
quito Indians in the territory above that river they
are TO decide upon the timc when such Indians
shall Withdraw from it, and the amount Of the
annuity meantime to be paid to them in conside-
ration of sueh withdrawal
The treaty of amity, commerce and navigation
contains the usual stipulaIo of such treaties,
with an additional article guaranteeing the neu-
traty and protecting the independence of the pro-
posed great inter.scesnic railway through Hondu-
ras.
The writer further says:
1t should ba observed that this government of
France has agreed to ths article guarantying the
Honduras Railway, IS An appendix to the treaty,
with Honduras, already existing 1t is we'll under
stood that these guarantees secure amount Of
public interest in the railway which ensure it's
speedy construction.
In respect to the remaIaing Issues in the Central
American complication, it has been agreed be-
tween Lord Clarendon and Ar. Dallas that the
port of San Juan dc Nicaragua (Grsytown) shall
return under the sovereignty Of Nicaragua, subject
however, TO the same stipulAtisns with the Bay
Islands The Mosquito Sovereignty, called,
is to disappear forever and the Mosquito Indians
arc to concentrate Themselves within = certain
defined territory, within which they shall have,
for term Of years, such posscssory rights rs are
accorded to the Indians on the American Indian
reservations" Meantime they are to enjoy small
annuity from the State of Nicaragua, to be fixed
by arbitrators, who TO be appointed in tn 9
same manner with those charged with similar du.
ties in Honduras
MADAME VEsTRIs-The death of Madame Yes
iris in London has been published She was the
daughter Of BRrtolo2zi the celebrated epgraver,
was married to Armand Vestris French dancer,
whom she afterwards quit. The n. York Herald
says:
She made no sensation till 1921 when Eliston
| brought out Moncrieff-s burlesque "Don Giovan.
nj" in London Vestris playing the roue in all the
glory Of magnificent understandings, clothed in
irreprsachaoe silk tights. She became famous at
once. Her picture was in every shop window and
the piece had great run. Soon afterwards she
took the Olympic theatre and made it the most
fashionable house in London. Nearly all of
Planche's earlier pieces were done here originally
Her connection with Mr. Charles Matthews CON.
menced about 1880, and In 1888 they were married
With Mr. Matthews abe crossed the Atlantic. and
opened at the Park theatre, in this city, on Mon
day evening, September 18th, 1898 She played
Praise, in the Introduction" sort Of piece doc
casion and Clarissa in The Barrack Room "
She closed this engagement, the house not being
full Oh any night after the rss the ID Of Octo,
Der. and then went to Philadelphia, where she was
equally unsuccessful Her failure was ascribed 10
three rcasons-one, the arrival Of Celeste, who
acted at about the same time at the National thea.
tire, and was better managed; another, that she
played in nothing but vaudevilles, and old ones at
that; and a third, that there was rumor that
Nine Vestris had behaved badly at some watering
place. Her failure was entirely owing to the bad
management Of Mr.. Price, who then controlled the
Park theatre.
After the Philadephia engagement NINE YES,
iris returned to New York, and played the Old
pieces over again at the Park. to almost empty
benches. She said the Americans were a cold
people," but their enthusiasm for Celeste and Miss
Sheriff, who were hare at the came time, evtdenced
the contrary. She had her farewell benefit at the
Park on the 9Th of November, but they did not
leave till the 18th, when Mr.. Matthew's made q
long speech assigning the cause of their failure