, 1877-07-18
PERIL.

T1tE FloHr WITH Ttrn HuAscAn--rEau DE-
MAHDiSG RrpAkss AND An APOLOGY PROM
THE HNlTisn GoyHRSMRNT.
PANAMA, July IA correspondent Of tho
Fana,ua Star aud NtraM writes from Lima,
Junc ~, rs fulows:
t1on, that Immediate rcdrcas woufd be demanded
fur tic proceedings o! the Shah and AucthYet,
Is being sonplicl With Au important circular
Mldrcssc.i by tho Minister Of Foreign Affairs to
,ssntatiycs abroad has been made public.
Tho Minister states that, although the
it1iaacar declined tn otny the constitutional
authorittcs, sho rms nevertheless a national
weasel: Tbs power of the Government to yan-
qnlsl! her was provcd at she combat Of ptsqua,
Whcre aho Was forced to tly bcfure the squad
r''ti. !hla circumstance was Instantly cotltnu-
tleatcd to tho diplomatic corps In Lima. AL
led the rapture Of tho rcbol by third party,
this could not refer to auly foreign force NJ such
interference would be In direct contrarentton Of
International right; and tho very fact Of offer.
thu eotn1uand'r Ut any foreign mAn-of-war
fron, taking part In the atIulF. The otter OF
sr"utl WIS made principally with the object Ut
trcatirS counter movement on '>oarl thu vca-
&c! ttself. IllS IluAsc1r WIS attacked in PERU
y!an watcr*, = IL clearly proved from tue shnt
and shell discharged bT tho BEaAh and Amethyst,
which passel nYcr lhc Atnscar, foil III the VII
laro OF raeocla, nnd even caused damage.
~ thu alleged outragca on British lntc1ests werc
t!sproyta. The. Minister having nlade these
statements, declares that tho proceedings Ut
Admiral Dc Hnrsey were III contrAycnaIon uf In
tcrnntloual lax, cunstttnto M outrage agninst
the sovereignty ot the Republic, nnd IN tmtue-
tllato demand for Ee,ircss and apology will ba
made to tic Cabinet of It. Jasnes.'
The Star and lltrsM has eosnc further tntclit-
Ccncu respecting tho battfe between the English
fo:se|s sn the l!uasear, derived from. the olllcer
on lsuarl tho bhaft which weasel, at last Hdrtcc6,
WAS about leaving Fayta for either lanan,a Or
Bail frauuisr., The statements arc to tho eucGt
that the eighty skuts Tired by tho fuaseaF weru
productive ot no further damage to her uppo-
iIcnt, the Shah, thsn that af cntthg away some
ol ller upper rigging. During tho action one of
tho celebrated Whitehead torpe<iocs was dr.
tachctl trvu. tho Shah a,ld sol,t against tho
lluascnr at the r.tu Of about niue kn0ts
this fInastnr then stcslalng nt abt,ut clcrcIl-
firing, advancing nnl retiring. The route at
tls torpedo WIS At right nAGlcs t0 tle Hun
SEARS etIl1rse, ~ that At given lUiut the two
would tncct. But 1t seems that the4e torpc-
docs, although pEocecdlny sotlu two Or three
lcet under water, cause 4 disturbance uA thu
t4u ncoplc on hoard the ltuasear, n her course
was Instantly cl.auKc,t. a1l4 thu torpedo passed
fur from Aar side. Tho Engilsl, officers sre
unanimous III their complimentary remarks a
~ thu handling at,a fighting Of tho IluA~1r.
She on!y druxs fourteen Iget of water. while
the Sllah a4l Amethyst draw over twenty.
ieucc ehe Ituascas kept tn shore, hoping to
induce hcr Gpcnics to clter stallow water and
then haxs them a the mervT Of hsr powerful
struck seyeuty-two times, but, ~ stated In
former dispatch, only one shell entered thu
th!p through port tho remainder falling "
penetrate 1er &stloT.