Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1857-07-10
IMPORTANT DIPLOMATIC DESPATCH FRO
THE BRITISH GOVERNMENT

IMPORTANT DIPLOMATIC DESPATCH FROi.
THE BRITISH GOVERNMENT.
We learn ircln the Washing; ;oh ''Sales," tha NJ
Important despatch has been received from Lor,. Cu
rend'n in regard 10 the which have prevailed
from lime To linn" "f The nccIniiioD By England ~
al Island in the Bay Gi Panama. However sach
riIh"r may have originated Lord Clarendon
llrns The contradiction of il, which lnd already b-en
gwen ny thr British minister in Washington.
Ihs contradiction referred particularly To the report
oi ctssion o m island To Great Britain in payment
OF Tbs Mclnto.h claim. Since that time, another re
port li's prevailed thai the sovereignty OF the island
h"d been hypohrca,c security Tor the aymnnt ot
The Mcintosh bonds the Island i,s,il being tho pro
perty Of private Individuals.
But Lard Clarendon expressly disclans any inou
tlcn on tile part OF The British Government to acquire
another foot o! territory this continent. A.
an illustration and proof OF this policy. he mentions
that The British Government ad declined the prottc
tosate Of the ChmcIa islands, though il was offered
by The Government OF Peru, and would have been
gratifying to fhe agricultural interest of England. AZ
ter thIs unqualified discaner, it is to be taken for
granted that np island in the Bay OF Panams, or else
wiere near this continent is TO be acquired by Great
Britain.
This disclaimer IS, however, said to be- accompa
ncd by adoc!araion that Great Britain would not,
without concern, witness an u,tempt by the United
States TO exclude her from The of tie sthnus coin,
municaliors between the Atlantic and tho Pacific
1t appears from late accounts, which appeared III
the States" that the l,itish travel and commerce
across the ls!imue Of Panama are increasing.
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HANOVER PRESBYTERY.
lMroRrANr ACTION ON TUE SLAVERY QUESTION.
AT u meeting OF Hanover Presbytery, held at LII
bsrty, Bedford county, Virginia. the lst inst tho
committee to whom referred the circular address
Of the Southern delegation in lie late General As.
semb!y held at Cleveland, Ohio containing an &C.
count of the action Of sad Assembly on tbe subject
Of slavery, and call Tor Convention to be held in
Washington on the 27t! OF Auguat next, with view
TO the organization of nm Assembly OH clearly de-
fined basis preeuding all agitation of the subject of
slavery, submitted the following resolutions which
were unanimously adopted
|. Resolved, That this Presbytcry heartily ap.
proves of the action Of our Commissioners the Rev
j. W. X. Handy. and PeGchy X Grattan, Esqs, in
the late Assembly, md that we endorse the protest of
the non.concurring members Of that body in relation.
10 lis action on the subject of slavery
.. Resolved, That We approve of the withdraw al
Of our Commissioners, in common .tiih others, from
the Assembly, after the fna. yote was taken ON the
subject OF slavery-lEGsInuGh it is obvious that
our cOnscic ,ous opinions and constitutional rights
were 30 ongur respected nor protected in that body
6eiiaying, as We do that the relation of master en
snve as existing in the Southern States is uci o.; il,
self sin in the sight Of God, or "Gn o,=n0s' in the
proper meaning of the Consiitcti.a OF our Church.
3. Resolved, That wh..l. we deeply regret the ne.
cessiiy Of scpa.hi.on irom nur br.tbren for any
cause We aatis.d that the interests OF religion,
a.. A.
churches in the saveholding Sh,es with the Gcrs.1
Assembly should be dissolved in 1nct, -; lac &c.
tion of soii Assembly they have el.aaay been vr;u
ally exsciud-d by denial t. thsir constitution 81
rights and privilege,
4. Resolves. Tnst lresbytery approve Of the
Coa.o o..;ian proposed TO be held on the 9TH Of Au-
fgnOt next, aud hereby appoint the following dele
gates Rev Messrs Isaac w Handy, J ID Mitchell,
e II kead, d ID, W II Mathews. las Il G i.scl, y
y, E II Culnpson, j MoAa!:oa, 4 w Adams, Robt
Gray Bryce Ma:tin, w Leybarn, 2 Ledoux,
Ro Anderson, Il :. Osborn, j McDcarmln, 4 j Lea
venwos,a. .ud Sloan; Ruling ElGers-Messrs p
Il ,!rnttsn, j + johnson, Chas l. Mosby u l' Payne,
RI l. Le,twich. $ ID Morton, Benz Allen. jas .a,ii.
."n, Elisha B'snton, CIV ilenlerson,J , .timunis,
VIM Muyo Samuel NJ Price, II -gl E!air G b VII.
liaus Alex Kerr, IL Arlp:a,va,i, E"bt Howard Alb
ner Anthony, Jr, IL. Galloway, DR. & Pollard.
Dr w = Ci.inas, Ihos Gardner, DIR rJ II Lazy, DE- 5
q, Christian, Sam Il lIart, DR. Ed Young. X McCan-
dsh jog Renuis T!ias SaIGpsor, Jane, A.mis;.-L.
Capt Miller, Capt Benz Allen, } VeaalIs, Melvin
Johns.
Rev Messrs Mitchell CnlaY,,an and IIauay, were
| appointed Committee Us correspondence 10 consult
with such Con4tacs as may be appointed by other
Pressyteries or Synods, with regar 10 the general III
ter 'ts OF tn" Churches in the South.
THE BOMBARDMENT Of GREirOTN.
by the last Liverpool .:caIaer we received iuli
report o! tho debate which u"k place in the British
Iio;se OF Commons On the la ui.. the BON.
bardment of &reytown. Ia reply 10 the interrosato
rir. Of Lord Hamilton to " what steps her Maies
| tvs Government had taken TO nbsin compensation
ioT The british subjects residing at Greytown when
thai town was bolnbarded in Sli, Lord Palm r-ton
said
'Iic was bound to say TINT The transaction! WEs Cmc
which must ba characterized y..J violent and
cruel proceeding. 1t wns howeYs., authorised by the
| Government ol the Ur;,e- STATES though whether
they ine9nt it 10 Eo IIied with such severity rs
took place. t rhDher the uliiaer lwho he believed,
was I :;i-iTsuished and honorable officer in the
United States servce) nistook hs instructioSl he
could n1t say but lie WIS bound To sts'a that the
| s.v rty which wa. exercised reil-.tyi credit Oil
the Government which ordered of 0n The officer which
executed it. Hear .e-r.f But the question which
her MriGstys Government had Ia consider was tue
infer. ..rnaa law which bore upon that point. Nov,
t,t waa an nnques,iolable principle Of ;usfational
law that when one Government deD.:ed 1t right TO
exercise acts Of hostility ngalr any part ni the ter.
rnry of another power. lao snklccia or cItIz0ns ui
third pnwer wha Yiish; happen To he residents hi
the place co attacked, had no claim whatever U!oa
tie Gnvprnnrn; which, III the exercise u ia natural
..tts committed those acts ot beet ,hy When, tor
instance it wns deemed neco..aiY by Gs to destroy
the town of Sebasopn although tnere might have
been there Germans, Spa,iards, Portuguese Aueri
cans, ncns OF those parties had any ground what.
aver upon which to found claim Other upon the
English or the French govern;ae.t for ooinps,isa'
ton tor the losses they nis have sustained Those
-tal n
which might beigll that country. il they had any
Claim at ~. It must he upon the country IN which
tnSy wore; hut they ind certainly M clam upon the
government which Thought it right to commit the acts
of hostility, Her Mnje.iys government had, there.
fore, boen advised (and he thought rightly that Brit.
i.h subjects had no ground upon which claa coald
be made upon the government of the Ca!sa STATES
for compersaun for the injuries wlaE they had sui-
fered in that attack upon Gfeytown fhny might
tink that that attack wsG moi justified by the
which was ass me. iUi il; hu. wo had 10 right at an
independent State. to Judge OF the motives winch
might have sctaatea G0iher independent State to rs
sp-. rights or 10 vudlGaic injuries which lie citizens
,r sutjects might have been supposed to have sus-
tanned. There nothing, uo, i'll the relation be-
tween Great Britain and Greytown which gave us al
exceptional right 10 interfere. Greytown ~. = part
of the Mosuuto territory, which WA u.,1s9 Our pro.
trc,orslp. That WAS protecors.,ip which carried
with it HI obligation to pfotSt lhe country from con-
quest. but it did no. give us right 10 Interfere IN
any dispute wca might arise between that country
and l.i ,,t.lnr. lHtrt were t"p eor's VI
tor.hips There WAS one 0f the kiAd which,
we exercised over the Ioniau islands, where nc;
thing was cone except by the advice and
counsel of British Representatives. IN Gaze
like that, W. ere were responsive Tor everything
done We were entitled 10 require relress tor any III
iuries, and % vinlalto any attack Not 20 with re,
gard to G,sr,cwn. Grey,own WAS administered ny
scl(co-.iled and self elected municipality consist
ing Of Americana Eng!.hmrn, Frenchmei, ltaiiaas'
and Germans. They acted upon their own Ie.pnlsi'
bli,y: and they must, therefore, be oonaidered re-
sponsible, and not we for my dispute IN which they
might be involved WE'LL there was dispute be.
tween two rival American t.Gasit companies one OF
which wss pa,roniZed by the self'consued govern
men, and the ct!.er by the governmen; OF the Uni
tad States and out of tho rivalry Of those two Ame-
rican companies arose the transactions TO which the
had nm,