Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1858-12-16

las CAUSED some little delay In this work, bat
Capt. Msigs still expects to have water In the
city in the month of December.
TIE BRIrIsH, FRENCH AND SPANISH IN THE
GULF OF MEXICO Tho message Of the Presi-
dent sent to the House yesterday, was this
morning ordered to be printed, without being
read at length. hasty glance Of II and the
reports of the Secretaries Of Stats and War
accompanying it, informs us that the Govern
ment here have as yet no official information
whatever concerning the recent alleged British
outrage on the steamship Washington. Also,
that Mr.. Dallas has reported to the State De-
partment conversation with the British Min
lister for Foreign Affairs, lat the latter's re-
quest,) wherein he Lord Malmssbury) declared
that 0usley is instructed TO negotiate treaty
with Nicaragua terminating the Mosquito
professionals, and to exert himself to obtain
the ratification of the Cass-Irisarri treaty;
that England harmonizes with this Govern
ment on the matter Of Walkers plans. Eng
lands naval officers had been ordered to land
forces at the request Of the Nicaraguan Gov
eminent to protect that State against flibus-
tiers. If they Culture flibusters there) proved
to be Americans, these instructions directed
that they be handed over to the nearest United
States authorities.
His Lordship further added, that on the
ratification Of the Glass; Irisarri treaty, there
would be an end to such interference on the
part of England; and that England had ex-
erted herself to prevent Spain from adopting
L.
was much irritated at Mexico 8 failure to set
tie Spanish claims on her, and it was with
much difficulty that England had restrained
her so far. To that end, as we'll as to influence
the prompt settlement of her own outstanding
difficulties with Mexico, an English feet had
been ordered to Tampico. Lord Malmesbury
emphatically denied that France dreamed of
sending feet to the Gulf to cooperate with
those Of England and Spain, and also repudi-
ated, on the part Of his Government and
France, any backing of the Belly contract
whatever.
Mr.. Dallas had replied to his Lordship that
the instructions given to the naval officers of
Britain amounted to vesting in them the right
to determine who might be tho Nicaraguan
government, and also the right of designating
and treating any parties as ilibusters whom
they might choose to pursue, though the latter
might in reality bear no such character. He
intimated further that the United States gov
eminent could not admit the propriety of any
such orders; that there were two parties in
Nicaragua, and that these orders involved au-
thority to the naval officers of Britain to inter.
fere by force in behalf Of one of tbem-or, in
other words, to settle tho internal affairs of
Nicaragua by force Of British armss
Sundry communication from Minis er Dodge
to Secretary Cas- were also embraced in the
budget, treating of the purposes of Spain-her
official declarations, &c.,-with reference to
Mexico, which time did not permit us to ana
lyze in the hasty glance we obtained of the mass
of papers. They however seem to bear out the
statement of Mr.. Dallas that Spain is greatly
irritated with Mexico, but is only aiming to
obtain payment from her. We shall see what
we shall see
The WArRoUs CAsE.-The proceedings to
inpeach Judge Watrous terminated in the
House yesterday, by a majority of twenty
votes In favor Of not committing the case to
trial before the Senate. There were ninety -one
votes in favor of an impeachment The case
is thus left in a somewhat singular position;
for with so large a vote against Judge Wat
rous, he must undoubtedly stand before the
country under such circumstances Of odium
and suspicion as greatly to impair his judicial
character. With such q vote endorsing the
charges against him, and demanding his trial
tor high crimes and misdemeanors no one Ger.
tainly will contend that the House in it's action
yesterday gave Judge Watrous an acquittal.
III innocent, he has now a convenient opportu.
NIFTY to virdicate his character, by placing
himself, OF his own motion, on q full and final
trial 1t guilty, he cannot expect the deter
mination of the case yesterday, with ninety
one votes asserting his guilt, to clear M his
long furnished reputation, and protect him
from further prosecutions.
ANADvocArE FOR THE RIGHT OF SEARCH
The an,mns of "Ion's'' letter from this citv.
published in the Baltimore Sun of Yesterday.
is so decidedly English as to strike the at
tention Of the most casual reader. He goes 50
far rs to attempt justification of the outrage
on the steamer Washington by the officials of
the Valorous and Leopard, and to DENY the
riSnt OF this Government to complain. He
seems to forget that the Washington is an Amer
lean vessel, and sailed publicly, with proper
clearances, from New York, and that her passer-
gers who were to stop on the Isthmus were fur
nished with passports by the Nicaraguan Minis
ter to this Government; ALSO that she was in pur-
suit of a lawful trade, carried on under contract
stipulations, between the Government of Nicar.
aqua and citizens Of this country. The circum-
stances are more aggravating than the outrages
committed on American vessels by British
cruisers last spring, instead of being less 50, 90
Ion" contends. This writer's position to tn.
company, in whose service the Washington is
employed, on account of its rivalry with other
interests, seems to have made him forpctful of
the rights of his country
SENATOR SUMNER Letters have recently
been received here from Senator Sumner, which
state that his physicians, in Paris, held CON.
sultatiop to his thu ra,rIt If -h;.l