The Washington union., 1857-06-13
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Is not expected TO live
Ii is reported that the French Russian PrussRn and
Sandman commissioners viii withdraw from the princ-
paities should the Porte persist in removing Vogorides
from his post in Moldavia.
Accounts from Bombay Of the lst state that at that
date the English regiments returning FROM Persia
At Hong Kong, the 18th April Admiral Seymour
waiting for renforcements
The Ambassador extraordinary of France TO China sailed
from Toulon ON the 2sth May
The law for the establishment of three lines of ansa
antic mail steamers has been passed by the legislative
semby The ports of embarkation left for sutse-
quent settlement
Gen Cavagnac and several other republicans WILL it is
said become candidates to represent Paris in the
Corps LegsiaG
Dispatches from Algeria mention that the French
peditonary corps had attacked Ben atten the 23d
May, from three different directions, and captured the
position after two hours fighting. The advance guard
had penetrated into Kabyla.
The Mexican envoy has not yet been received by the
Queen of Spain, and the arrangement of the differences
between the two governments has, it is said encountered
new difficulties
INTERESTING DEBATE BRITISH HOUSE, OF COMMONS
CENTRAL AMERICAN AFFAIRS
BRrrsH HOUSE OF Commons, MAY 20.
Mr. Dhraeli rise, sir, to make inquiry of her Ma
estys government respecting the onraication of the
of the United States in reference TO Honduras. should
be glad If the noble lord at the head of the government
could state to the House the why that treaty has
not been ratihed and should wish that he would also
inform whether negotiations still pending upon the
subject and whether any papers with regard to it to
be laid upon the table of the House,
Lord Palmerston In answer to the right honorable
gentleman have to state that in the of last
two treaties concluded by her Majesty's gov
ernment-the with the republic of Honduras, the
other with the government of the United States The OBJ
ject of the treaty which entered into with Honduras
was among other things, the oession to her of what
called the Bay Islands-namely Ruatan, Bonacca,
and two three other smaller islands These islands
were under the provisions of the treaty, oeded to
Honduras upon certain conditions which her Majesty's
government deemed it to be necessary to impose for
the security and webang of such British settlers
had property within them. The treaty also provides
that the islands in question should not be allowed to
fall into the possession of any great maritime power
that fertilization should be erected upon them but
that they should continue to bethat which they hhcr
to have inofensve and military stations The
treaty which concluded with the United States divides
itself into two distinct parts The first part contains the
articles of the treaty which Great Britain and the United
States to agree to propose to Nicaragua and Costa
Rica for the purpose of settling the differences which have
arisen between the Spanish American States in Central
America and for the future regulation of the Mosquito In
dans The other part of the treaty contained the cond
tons OF engagement between England and the United
States, and of these articles to this effect that
whereas convention had been concluded between Great
Britain and Honduras whereby, certain conditions the
Bay Islands had been ceded to Honduras, Great Britain
and the United States engaged henceiorward to
knowledge those islands part of the territory of
Honduras. This treaty signed by my noble friend
at tho head of the Foreign Department Gord Claren-
dom and Mr.. Dallas the American minister here.
This treaty sent to Honduras and Washington
spectvey for the ratification of those governments We
have not yet received official notice from Honduras
whether the treaty to which have alluded has been rati
fed or not by the government of Honduras. We have,
indeed, heard privately that technical difficulties
have prevented its ratification, but have official in
formation on the subject
The treaty with the United States referred, of
course to the Senate The Senate proposed several al
teraons in that treaty Some of those alterations
of considerable importance and of very great
Importance. The treaty amended sent back to
this country with the ratification of the government of
the United States and asked TO adopt those al
teratons Now, of course, the Senate of the United
States have an undoubted right to modify and alter any
treaty with which they not satisfied and which may
become the subject of discussion But the ratification Of
treaty by sovereign power that that sovereign
power adopts and aes by its signature the
taken in its behalf by authorized diplomatic agents and
to ratify treaty which, having been altered by another
power, no longer the treaty that concluded by
authorized diplomatic agent, would be against all rule
and against all the principles of diplomatic usage.
Therefore, the British government agreed to adopt
the alterations in the treaty made by the Senate after its
signature it would be necessary that fresh treaty
should be concluded adopting those changes, and that
this treaty should be ratified by the sovereign powers
of the two countries
There several changes made in the treaty,
of them, / have stated unimportant but neverthe-
less her Maestys government being desirous of not
raising unnecessary difficulties upon question which it
highly desirable should be settled waived their OBJ
ections to ali but onc and that change made not
in the treaty which the two governments proposed to
Nicaragua and Costa Rca, but in the recital of that
treaty There alterations in the draught Of the
treaty which imbodied in the convention with the
United States They far from uniinportant yet we
prepared to adopt them But in the other articles
which agreed to be directly contracted between the
United States and Great Britain there alteration
which will mention. The article relating to the Bay
Islands contained, have stated the recital of
venon between Great Britain and Honduras for the settle
men of these islands upon certain conditions and it said
.'Whereas such convention has been concluded between
the government of Great Britain and Honduras and it
has agreed to consider these islands part of the
territory of Honduras" " The Senate of the United
States proposed to omit all reference to the convention
between Grest Britain and Honduras and that the article
should simply stand that England and the United States
acknowledged these islands part of the territory of Hon
duras.
Now, the obvious effect would have been by implica-
tion, and indeed directly, that making un-
conditional cesson of these islands to Honduras dvesed
of those steps which thought necessary for the we'll
being of the colony and the future political interests Of
the country. Her Maestys government therefore,
pressed their regret that they could not adopt that aea
tion, but they proposed an addition to the article it
was amended by the United States, which would have
made the cession of these islands conclusive only upon the
acceptance by Honduras of the conditions and stpula
tions we proposed That proposal sent to the Uni
ted States and the matter is still under negotiation
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