, 1860-06-29
European News.
THE SAN JUAN AFFAIR.

In the House Of Commons of the British
Parliament Mr.. Fitzgerald asked the Sec
retary OF State for Foreign AalTairs wheth.
er he was prepared to give the House any
information as to the present position of
the negotiations between this couRtry and
the United States with reference to the
Island Of San Juan, and whether he had
any objection to lay the correspondence
with the United States Government on
that subject upon the table Of the House
He wished further to ask, although he had
not given notice of his intention to do so,
what was the present condition of affairs
as to the occupation Of, aud jurisdiction in
the Island Of San Juan, in consequence of
the arrangements made with Gen. Scot.
He also wished to know whether the noble
lord had received any counter proposition
from the United States, and whether he
had made any other proposition to the
United States in consequence Of the com
promise which he proposed having been re-
jcctcd. Would the noble lord also state
what!was the nature of the compromise that
had been rejected by the United States.
LORD j. RussEIL-As to the last qnes-
tion, cannot properly give an answer at
present, for il would not BE- convenient to
explain now the nature Of what the honor
able gentleman calls the compromise we
proposed, which we think was fairly in ac-
cordance, with the terms of the treaty of
lS46 The present state of the question is
this: We made proposition in August
last, which was refused by the American
Government, they stating over again their
Claim to the channel which they had origi
nally claimed soon after the treaty. We
intended to reply to that, and there was
some question whether the American gov
ernmeut would give any rcfly TO cur dis
patch, but the last intelligence | received
was that Gen. Cass expected to receive Or
ders from the President to prepare an an
swer to our dispatch. IL depends upon he
terms of that anspey phetAey can lac he cor.
resp0ndeRce on he table, or lcAeihey some fur
her reply on The part of Her MaJesfys Cor
erament aoW mol Be necessary. As to the
state of the occupation Of the island ofSan
Juan, the House is aware that Gen. Harney
thOHght it necessary to place eight hundred
men and battery Of guns on the island.
Gen Scott was sent there with orders from
the President to use his own discretion. on
the basis Of Mr.. Secretary Marcys dispatch,
which is well known'to all Of US Lieut..
Geh. Scott, acting in the spirit Of that dis
patch, Immediately sent away from the
island all but one hundred men, and declared
that neither party ought to have exclusive
Jurisdiction while the question was pending.
He also sent away the guns, and informed
the Governor Of Vancouver's Island and
our Admiral Of what he had done. The
Governor Of Vancnuver's Island did not
consider himself authorized to enter into
any compromise or agreement with Gen.
Scott, not having had any orders from
home. Orders have since been sent to the
Admiral to land 100 marines--,he same
number of men as the United States had
on the island. We said at the same time
that it was fairly in accordance with what
the American Government had declared
Mat there should he DO exclusive jurisdic-
lion exercised in the island. There had
been some doubt in the mind Of the Gov
ernor Of Vancouvers Island whether we
should have q magistrate on that island
lest it might create confusion. How that
has been decided l cannot say, but such
was the state Of affairs at the date Of my
last intelligence.
PRIZE FIGHr GOSSIP.
Sayers has written letter to the Lon
don Times, in which he says;
at is not for me to pass any remark
upon my late struggle, when the New
World was pitted against the Old but
one thing can say in honcsty-that | did
my best for the land Of my birth and dear
est affections. / had opposed to me one
worthy Of me, and one whose activity, ra-
pidity aud pluck it was no small task to
encounter. Sprung from our race, the
Americans inherit our best qualities and
as our conflicts with them have, in the
progress of time, ended in peace, SO may
every bitterness engendered by the late
struggle for the championship pass away
forever"
Sayers arm is still painful. 1t seems
that the casing Of the large muscle Of the
forearm is rupiured,. and that it will be
some time before this will heal aud recover
its toue. Heenan's nose is permanently
broadened, and Toms sign manual is indel-
IDLY imprinted upon his left cheek in scar
very much the shape of an inverted capital
T. A few well healed scratches on both
heroes alone remain to tell Of their doughty
encounter.
At the Heenan Testimonial meeting,
held in New York, the proprietor, an Eng
ishmau, turned off the gas. Much excite