New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1860-02-25
Important Treaty.

the treaty between her Majesty and the Republic
Of Honduras. II appeared in the Honduras Ga
zette, and copy has been furnished US BY . gen
teinan In every way reliable.
II We fear this IS too good to be true. 1t will b.
seen BY the sfipulations Of the treaty that Grea
Britain gives up al control oyer the Hay Islands
and also the protectorate over the Mosquito Terri
j tory. The considerations for her 80 doing il SCI
4 forth iii the treaty. The American people have
b been cheated into belief that the Clayton and
D fnlHer treaty precluded England from making any
| | acquisitions iii Central America. We deade our
selves TINT there Is such q thing as the Monroe
doctrine in practical operation.
III John Bnll retgns supreme in the waters Of the
y Caribbean sea and on its coasts, aud the below o.
: lis ganboats are the terror of our Panldngs and
DaFises, who Turk about these partsin order to de
s feat any movement calculated to advance the in
terest of Americans. By a letter from Ruatan we
= learn that the Islands contain gold and are rich III
all the minerals. The export trade Of Ruatan alone
I last rear amounted 10 900. With climate un
q equaled for sslubrity and health we know Of nc
i, field more inviting to those who love adyen
/. turuus lie Is variety I
n TREATr BETWEES HER MAJESTY AND THE REPuB
Lie or HoSDuRAs.--Her Majesty, the Queen of the
United Kingdom of Great britain and ireland, and
in D friendly manner, certain questions in which
they mutually interested have resolved to con-
81 cluae treaty for that purpose, and have named
n their Penipotentiaries that y 70 say His t-
celency, the President of the Republic Of Hondu-
ras, Don Francisco Cruz, political CHIEF OF the de-
Fl partment Of comayagna, and Her Majesty the
Queen Of the United Kingdom Of Great Britain and
Ireland, Charles l4ennox Wyke. Esq. companion OF
the most honorable order OF the Bath, Her BrItanc
q Majessy's Enyoy Extraordinary and Minister Pleni-
poientlary, On special mission 70 the Republic Of
Central America, who, after having communicated
70 each other their respective powers, found IN
Il good and due form. have agreed upon and coaelud
\ cd the following articles:
ARTICLE {. Taking into consideration the necu
liar geographical position OF Honduras, and IN or
der ID secure the neutrality OF the islands adjacent
thereto with reference any railway or other line
Of interoceanc communication which may be con
strncted across the territory of Honduras on the
mainland, Her Britannia Majesty agrees TO recag-
nze the islands Of Ruatan, etianaJa, Elena, uiiie
Barbarat and Morat known as the Bay Islands, |
and situated in the Bay of Honduras, as part of |
the Republic OF Honduras.
The inbabitants Of tho said islands shall not be |
disturbed in the enjoyment of any property which
they may have acquired therein, and shall retain
perfect freedom of religious worship and belief,
public and private, but remaining in all other re-
spects subject to the laws of the Republic If any
OF them should wish to withdraw from the islands,
they shall be at full liberty to do SO, and to dispose
of their fixed or other property as they may think
fit, and to take with them the proceeds thereof.
A The Republic of Honduras engages not to cede
The said islands, or any Of them, or the right of
sovereignty over such islands, or any Of them or
any part Of such sovereignty to any nation or state
whatsoever
Il Art. II. Her Britannic Majesty engages, subiect
to the condition and engagements specified in the
present treaty. and without prejudice to any ques
tioH VI boundary between the Republic Of Hondu-
ras and Nicaragua, to recognize as belonging to
and under the Republic Of Honduras, the country
hitherto occupied or possessed by the Mosquito
Indians within the frontier Of thar Republic what
ever that frontier may be.
The British protectorate of that part of the Mos |
quito Territory shall cease three months after the
exchange of the ratification Of the present treaty
in order to enable Her Majesty's Government to
give the necessary instructions carrying out the
Of said treaty.
Arr. II.-Thc Mosquito Indians IN the district
by Article II Of this treaty as belong
ing to and under the sovereignty of the Republic
OF Honduras, shall be at full liberty to remove,
with their property, from the territory of the Re-
public, and to proceed whithersoever they may de-
sire. Such Of the Mosquito Indians who remain
within the said district shall not be disturbed in the
possession of any land other property which
they may hold or occupy, and shall enjoy as ma.
privileges enjoyed generally by the natives Of the
Republic. The Republic of Honduras, being desi-
rous of educating the Musquito Indians aud i'm
proving their social position III the district occu
pied by them, will grant an annual sum Of five I
thousand dollars, in gold or silver for the next ten
years for that purpose, to be paid TO their head |
man II said district; the payment Of such annual |
sum being guaranteed to them by a mortgage on I
all woods and other natural productions (whaIever
they may bel of the State lands in the Bay Islands
and the Mosquito territory. The payments shall |
be made in half yearly installmens OF two thousand
five hundred dollars each, the first OF which pay
msnts shall be made six months alter the exchange |
sof the notifications OF the present treaty.
E ART. wv hereas British subjects have, by I
grant, lease otherwise, heretofore obtained from
the Mosquito Indians interest in various lands sit
in hp ncprI.
ing article, the Republic of Honduras engages to /
respect and maintain such interests and it is fur
Their agreed that Her Britannia Majesty and the Re-
public shall, within twelve months after the ex-
change OF the ratitcations of the present treaty /
appoint two cemmssioners-one to be named by /
each party, In order to investigate the claims OF /
British subjects arising out OF such grants or leases
or otherwise-and all British subjects whose claims
shall by the commissioners be pronounced well |
founded and valid shall be quoted the possession
Of their respective interests in the said lands
ART. v. 1t ID further agreed between the con-
tracing parties, that the commissioners mention
ed In the preceding article shall also examine and |
decide upon any British claims upon the Govern I
ment Of Honduras that may be submitted to them |
other than those specified in that article, and not
already in train OF settlement; and the Republic
of Honduras agrees to carry into effect any agree
ments for the satisfaction of British claims already
made but not yet carried into effect.
ART VII. The commissioners mentioned in the /
preceding article shall meet in the city of Guate-
mala at the earliest convenient period after they I
shall have been respectively named, and SHALL be- |
fore proceeding to any business, make and sub
scribe = solemn declaration that they will impair
tally and carefully examine and decide, to the best
of their Judgment, and according to Justice and I
squity, without fear, favor affection to their own
country, all the matters referred to them for de-
,ision and such declaration shall be entered on
be record Of their proceedings.
The commissioners shall then, and before pro-
;eeding to any other business, name some third
lerson to act as an arbitrator or umpire in any
ase, or cases. in which they themselves may
iffer in opinion.
If they should not be able to agree upon the Sc
scti0n of such person, the commissioner on
ither side shall name person; and in each and
very case in which the commissioners may differ
opinion as to the decision which they ought to
i've, ii shall be determined by lou which Of the
vo persons SO named shall be arbitrator or um- |
ire In that particular case.
The person or persons to be chosen shall, be-
,re proceeding to act, make and subscribe a
oemn declaration, in form similar to that which
hall hare already been made and subscribed by
he commissioners, which declaration shall also be
inferred on the records Of the proceedings. In the
went Of the death, absence or incapacty of such
1erson persons or of his OF their emitting or de-
Ginning or ceasng to act such arbitrator or UNI
pre-, anotner such person or persons shall be
chosen, as aforesaid, TO act as arbitrator or umpire
IN nus or their place and stead and shall make and
sunseflne such declaration as aforesaid
her Britannic Majesty andthe Republic az Han 9
auras hereby engage to consider the decision of Q
the commissioners conformity or Of The arh,rator
or umpire as the case may he Al s;nai a,,a .,.