Lynchburg daily Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1852-1861, 1857-02-28
Great britain aud the United States.

upon the relations Of the! government with tins,
touching matters of dispute in Central America,
drew forth from the statesmen participating
many friendly expressions towards the govern.
me at and people of this country. The possibili.
~ Of the rejection. by onr Senate, of the treaty
arranged between Mr., Dallas and Lord Claren-
don. does not seem to have occurred to them
We give brief extracts The Earl of Cork allu-
ded to a passage in the Queens speech, and
said
After the differences which last year had threatened
to disturbed the amicable intercourse with that gov
ernment 1.-THE United States,) their lorishps must
all rejoice that the impending misunderstanding has
been happily avered, and that there was every pros
meet of successful issue to the negotiations aunoun
ced which would cement friendly ties with that
great nation--sprang from the same origin rs orr
selves sharing onr language holding many OF our
opinions and closely connected With whom SO many
of our interests must ever remain bound Up.
The Earl Of Derby also alluded in kindly
terms 10 this country, and asked for information
concerning the situation of Central Ameriea.-
The Earl Of Clarendon, in reply, made this stute-
ment:
With respect to negotiations with the United States
and Honduras think the noble earl has rather o. er-
rated the difficulties which may lie IN the way Of "A
thorough settlement Of the matters 10 dispute IheTe
i no reason TO doubt that the objects 81 the treaties
into which we have entered vii be realized, aud that
they will fulfil all those points to which the nohe
earl has directed your attention Your lortshiPs
will find that ali those engagements which We are
bound in honor 10 maintain will be maintained,
while all the rights Of territory which Honduras pos
sesses will be secured to that State These two
treaties are now in way connected with each other
The treaty with the uited States has merely refer
enee the dispute that has arisen with respect TO
the protection OF the Mosquito territory With ref
erence to Ruatan Y hich was supposed to belong TO
Honduras we have made that island over in such Il
way ns that il shall bc under the Sovereignty of Hon
duras There is proposal for the construction
of a railroad these territories aud this believe
will be found 20 be the right aud practical mode OF
establishing communication between the two
On both sides Of the Isthmus there magnificent
hafbors, and no doubt all the powers of the world
who would avail themselves ol this means of com.u-
nicaiou would have taken exceptions 10 any arrange
ment by which island almost At the entrance Il
it. should have been lett in the hands OF any one
power II has been placed under the sovereignty Of
Honduras without her having the power OF giving II
up to any other government Hear. believe,
therefore that these treaties will be found fully Il
answer the purpose which the governments OF Eng
land and the ned States had IN view, and that they
will have the effect OF preventing any future misnn-
derstandings between the two countries on this qaes-
ton. Hear, hear will only further add on this
point that agree Win llt NOME tAl pppthttt Nih'
We have no interest whatever in Central America be
yond that of assessing free transit across the 18th
mus and cannot any reason why, upon that
question there should In future arise any difficulty
between US and the United States
In the House of Commons Mr.. Gladstone spoke
in strain of much good feeling in reference To
the United States, but said that he was afrnid the
treaty made with the United States, the substance
Of which he approved, had not been drawn will
all the care that was desirable, because, insteat
of making a surrender contingent upon the as
sent of Parliament. the island of Ruatan ha
been absolutely LANDED over TO the State of Hon
duras.
The whole spirit of remark. in fact, in boil
houses of Parliament in relation to the Unite(
States was friendship aud peace, was open ant
candid, and breathed a confidence that all trou
bles between the two great nations of the worlt
were near an end.