The daily exchange. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1858-1861, 1860-06-27

We stated few DAYS ago that the Government
of Great Britain had officially notified the people
of Ruatan and the adjacent Islands-commonly
known as the Bay Isands-that those depeiiu-
encies were about TO be turned over to Honuufas'
As a large majority of the inhabitants h"u pre-
vousy vehemently protested against tiie leuooes-
SION when the terms of the transfer were cohciuu-
ed they unanimously resolved neither 10 ac-
knovIedre the jurisdiction of Honduras nor 10 ac-
cent in lieu of their present possessions free
Grant of crown-lands in the West Indies. The ac-
count then given of their proceedings of their de-
mand of guarantees from President GUARDIoLA
and of their invitation to American adventures 10
settle on the Islands and assist in their defence, has
been confirmed. The entire population of the Bay
Islands, white black and mixed-the two latter
classes largely predomnating not exceed
two thousand persons. These, however,
chiefly in the occupation of Ruatan, the principal
Island of the group and also the most deensible
The spirit of disaffection there has risen to
such height that resistance has been resolved
upon and Independent form of government
will, in all probability, be organized imme-
diatey on the withdrawal of the British au-
thorities. A circular, now before us, de-
clares incorporating opposition to the trans
fer. "Shall we permit ourselves" eXclaims
the writer ''to be handed over like herd of cattle
''to the tender mercies of the most brutal and des
''potic ruler in existence We will not, he in
dgnantly declares, accept the offer made by the
British Government, of free passage and grant
of lands in places where the last holders have |
been starved. We will hold on TO what we have
acquired 'stand shoulder to shoulder, and set the
Err. l,Go ylnT clo Iorc
can offer of themselves but feeble resistance there
is, it is ntimaed, "a chivalrous people not far off
''who are able and willing to assist them" and
whose presence among them shonld be encouraged
by free grants of lands, and by generous provi-
sion for their wants. until their cearings made
productive. In the spirit of this circular, emil
grants have been invited to Ruatan, and few of
thes 'chvalry," who still have some confidence in
the star of General WILLIAM WALKER, have re-
sponded TO the call. There are schooners plying |
at intervals between the Gulf ports and Ruatan,
and by this mode Of transport the fiibGsters have
been conveyed, by twos and threes, to the Island,
until they are now said to number one hundred
men. WALKER himself has since followed
''The arms of the celebrated Susan are
safely deposited at Ruatan ready for use and
AbhEIN ttoseit lOT an
other descent upon Nicaragua are already well
advanced. These rumors carry with them, at this
time, an air of credbity. The events that are
now Transporting, both in the UNITED STATES and
off the coast of Central America are peculiarly
favorable to WALKERS long-cherished, though fire.
quently- balfied, designs. During the next few
months, shall be plunged in all the hustle, and
noise, and turmoil, of hotly-contested election,
when, it is quite probable, that the vigilance Of
the government authorities will become somewhat
relaxed and that violations of the neutrality laws
which, at other times, Nould be promptly exposed,
will pass almost without comment. In the mean
time, Great Britain will have formally completed
her surrender of the Bay Islands to Honduras, in
accordance with the terms of the Convention of
1856, and withdrawn from her protectorate of the
Mosquito territory The independence of Ruatan
being already determined upon by its inhabitants,
that Island may readily be made the base of ope-
ratons to be conducted on the mainland, from
which it is separated not more than thirty-fve
miles. Unless, therefore, some unforeseen accident
occurs to break up the schemes of the ilibusers,
WALKERS prospects, which have been overloaded
for the past two years, again Frightening, and
We may hear before long of new invasion of
Nicaragua, and, perhaps, of Honduras also.