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SATURDAY, MAY 16, 1857.
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CO-OPERATION OF ENGLAND AND AMERICA. The...
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THE DUCHY OF LANCASTER. Painful rumours ...
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There is nothing so revolutionary , 'because there is nothin g ; so unnatural and convulsive , as the strain to -keep things fixed when all the world is by thevery law of its creation m eternal progress . —Du . Akkold . - ?
Co-Operation Of England And America. The...
CO-OPERATION OF ENGLAND AND AMERICA . The admirable speech made by Lord Napier at the annual dinner of the St . George ' s . Society of New York seems to have been an authenticated announcement of a new policy on the part of our Government . Lord Napier himself is the first to enunciate the happier spirit which reigns on this side in the relations of the two countries ; and his declarations confirm what we have said of America , what we ventured to anticipate of himself .
" I can assure you , " he said , " that I have met , upon the part of the President of the United States , upon the part of General Cass , upon the part of all the ministers and functionaries of the United States with whom I have been brought into contact , every manifestation of that cordial and friendly disposition which animates the Government and the community of Great Britain . " " We have made the same statement respecting the iriendly feeling of the President and Ministers of the United States , and we believe we have stood alone in" doing so ; certainly , a very different impression was given by the official statements , and by those journals which accepted the official statements . We are now confirmed by the
authority of the most promising Ambassador sent to the United States in our day . " By an easy exercise of mutual forbearance and indulgence , " said Lord Napier , " no question can arise between our countries which will not admit of an easy and an amicable settlement . " The remark , that he did not intend to inveigle them into ' entangling alliances , ' the ' spectre' of American politicians , told well , and showed , at all events , that Lord Napier is not prepared to court the prejudices of our cousins ; the only entangling alliance which he proposes is the submarine cable between England and America . But he laya down an admirable rule for the conduct of both States .
" There may bo mutual co-operation where there are no written engagements ; and , gentlemen , where the heart ia wanting , there may bo written engagements without mutual co-operation . All , tbon , that I wish to say is , that our respective Governments should perpetually make an early and sincere declaration and avowal to each , other of their views and intentions with respect to all subjects which involve the common interests of the two countries , whereby they will have the benefit of mutual good offices and mutuul counsel , and whereby they will bo able to avoid those one-sided resolutions and thoBu startling announcements which are apt to disturb the confidence of commerce , and calculated to excite the sensibilities and jealousies of two high-spirited nations . "
This is the very policy which wo have recommended—co-operation . With co-operation betweon the red cross of England and the star-spangled banner , the two countries might—not ' Hog croutior > , " a very profitless employment if it were practicable—but dictate to tho world tho mensuros boat suited to advance civilization and tho welfare of individual citizens as well as of states .
We accept this statement as nuthontventod , because Lord J ? AiiMJiMt 8 TON seized tho occasion of a Question bv Mr . ' WyIj J > in tho House
of Commons on Tuesday , to volunteer a declaration on the subject of the United States , which was at once a disclaimer and a guarantee for that disclaimer of English jealousy . Lord PaI / MJERSTON declared that the United States had only applied ' for redress for the past and security for the future , ' and . lie expressed regret that the Government of New Grenada , ' which is not celebrated for accurate recollection of duty or performance of obligations , ' refused compliance . In order to appreciate Lord Pai / merston ' s declaration , however , we must know the subject in dispute between the United States and New Grenada ,
New Grenada being one of the states or Central America . In April , 1856 , a body of Californian passengers were stopping at a railway station at Pauamii . There was some confusion at the place , from the arrival of several parties at once . An American passenger received some injury or indignity , real or supposed , from a native ; it Avas some quarrel about a carpet-bag . He resented the attack , perhaps violently ; but the merits of that dispute will never be discovered . The real gravamen of the case lay in the conduct of the officials . " When the Americans came
forward to defend their comrade , and the natives took part with their countryman , the officials joined in the matter as if it were a war , took part against the travellers as a matter of course , and ultimately shared in the slaughter of eighteen Americans ; and amongst the sufferers were women and children . There had , in fact , been old grudges
between the people of New Grenada and the passengers ; the natives complained that the lower class of passengers were brutal , and frequently cruel or predatory , which is quite possible . The same classes in New Grenada are not distinguished in the world for gentleness or honesty . The old grudges had been nursed , ancl burst out on opportunity . The same disturbance afforded also the
opportunity for plunder , and the native mob ran off with a large amount of property . The Government of the United States did not so much enter into the merits of the particular dispute , as demand compensation on account of the property proved to have been taken , and security for the future , botii in preserving the peace on the railway , and maintaining the neutrality of the district through which it passed . That neutrality is essential to the commerce of the whole world as well as of the United States . Two of the four propositions laid down by the United States related to the damage , the other two , which we copy , to the security : —
1 . That the cities of Panama and Aspinwall should bo erected into two municipalities independent and neutral , to govern themselves , with a territory ten miles wide on oach side of tho railroad , the United States Consul being empowered at his discretion to take command of tho police of tho district or to call in tho naval and military forces of tho United States for its protection ; the United States to have tho powor of modifying or oxtending tho railroad charter at pleasure , and tho exclusive right of granting any other charter within tho district ; tho nominal sovereignty of Now Grenada to remain , and tho neutrality and freedom of the transit route to bo guaranteed , other nations being invited into tho compact . .
__ ... „ . „ 2 . That Now Grenada should cede to tho United States in full sovereignty , for an ample consideration , tho two clusters of islands in tho Bay of Panama for a naval
station . - »/!¦ . . Tho reply of tho New Grenada Ministers is insolent and impertinent . Liko Ymx , Governor of Quang Tung , they ullogo tho predisposition of tho inhabitants of Panama , against California emigration ; they set up a complaint of filibustering and annoxution , —matters entirely foreign to tho question ; they complain that tho American Consul was rude ; and in retaliation thoy sol ; up a counter-claim for damages . Hero tho ditiputo breaks oft , and tho United States Government despatches a strong squadron to tho coast ol Now Grenada , comprising oevon war ships
sent to Aspinwall , and three to Panama , Where there is already a considerable force . JVoia we can appreciate the declaration from Lord Paimeeston , which casts so new a light on the relations of Great Britain towards the United States . " We have been in communication with the United States Government upon this matter—a matter which evidently concerns not merely the interests of the citizens of the United States , but also those of all other nations whose people are in the habit of traversing this isthmus I am happy to say that the United States Government
profess the most just and honourable intentions . They disclaim any desire to occupy or take possession of any portion of the territory of " New Grenada , or of the railway . That which they are naturally entitled to expect is security for their citizens in passing and repassing the isthmus by railway ; and they naturally also requira some redress for the injuries Which were sustained upoa the occasion to which I have referred . I am happv ta say that their requirements are such as -would be mad ( by any Government in a similar position , and that thev entirely disclaim any intention of taking advantage of this quarrel for the purpose of putting forward any unjust or aggressive demands against the Government of
the State of New Grenada . " AVe hear nothing about the ratification of the treaties with the United States and Honduras , respecting the general neutrality in Central America . " What has happened ? Have the treaties gone by default ? If so , we trust that the new spirit will preside over the further negotiations , and that it will result in the consummation of an . ' entangling alliance , ' at which our people seem as frightened as if they were Americans , but which would be as beneficial for peace and commerce as the submarine cable .
The Duchy Of Lancaster. Painful Rumours ...
THE DUCHY OF LANCASTER . Painful rumours are abroad with reference to the Duchy of Lancaster and its administrators , who are responsible to the public . It is said that a very peculiar system is at work behind the double-doors of a certain department presided over at present by Mr . Mat hew TAiiBOT Batnes , but recently by Lord Gtranvili , e , and still more recently by Lord Harhowby . The public has long been aware that the vast national property , including some of the richest coal-mines in the kingdom , known as the Duchy of Lancaster , is a stronghold of secrecy , and therefore a focus of suspicion ; but it is perp lexed by the question—who is interested in keeping up the mystery ? All we can tell is , that au enormous revenue is deposited Heaven knows where , disposed of Heaven knows how , for the benefit of Heaven knows whom . We say the revenue is enormous , although it does not appear so in the returns ; but that is one of the dark corners of tho subject . These extensive estates are represented as yielding only 41 , 04 ) 82 . per annum , or less than the revenue of the Temple . Nearly fifty per cent . of this amount is set down as the cost of
collection and disbursement , including certain questionable benevolences ; the other fifty per cent , flows into the privy puree of tho Qukjmt . There seems to bo some jugglery hero . ^ Ordinary landlords do not pay nearly half tlioir routs to stewards , but two or three glancos at the estimates explain this part of tho-clilnculty Tho Chancellor has 2000 / . a year ; his clerk has 13422 . ; tho Bight Honourable Lord Watisupauk , " axe-bearor , ana master of tho gamo at Needwood forest ,
receives 2 Q 0 L a year for bearing an nxe that has never been soon , probably , smco tho days of Uoimn Hood ; but tho Clerk ot tho Crown ia content with twonty-hve sinilings per quarter , whilo tho t » foo 'e'lrnui Counsel of tho Palatine divide only 8 / . . is . *«• between them—that is to say , thoy oro «» P " posod to divide only that amount . Hut i " ia it that public lands , forests , and m yield less than , private mines ^ 'f ^ 'J' fc lands ? Or aro tho accounts jobbed f » noblemen hold estates under tho ¦ ^ ' ^ Do they puy n proper reutal , or are tlioy
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Leader (1850-1860), May 16, 1857, page 14, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse2.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/cld_16051857/page/14/
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