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NOTICES TO COBSESPOlTPEyTS . Ifo notice can be taken of anonymous correspondence Whatever is intendedfor insertion must be authenticated by the name and address of the writer ; not necessarily for publication , but as a guarantee of his good faith .
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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 friendly 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 nan 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 lays down an admirable rule for the conduct of botli States .
" There may be mutual co-operation where there are no written engagements ; and , gontlemcn , where the heart is wanting , there may be written engagements without mutual co-operation . All , then , that I wish to say ia , 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 mutual counsel , and whereby they will be able to avoid those one-sided resolutions and those startling announcements which are apt to disturb the confidence of commerce , and calculated to excite the sensibilities and jealousies of two high-spirited nations . "
r lhis is the very policy which wo have recommended— co-operation . With co-operation between the red cross of England and the star-spangled banner , the two countries might—not 'flog creation , ' a very profitless employment if it were practicable—but dictate to tho world the measures best suited to advance civilization and tho welfare of individual citizens as w , ell as of states .
We accept this statement as authenticated , because Lord PaIjMeubton Hoizod tho occasion of a question by Mr . Wyld 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 Palmebston declared that the United States had only applied { for redress for the past and . security for the future , ' and he expressed regret that the Government of New Grenada , * which is not celebrated for accurate recollection of duty or performance of obligations , ' refused compliance . Iu order to appreciate Lord Palmerston ' s declaration , however , we must know the sribiect in dispute
between the United States and New Grenada , New Grenada being one of the states of Central America . In April , 1856 , a body of Californian passengers were stopping at a railway station at Panama . 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 was 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 tho 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 coxirse , 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 INew 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 , and 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 or the particular dispute , as demand compensation on account of the property proved to have been taken , and security for the future , both 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 , tho 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 each sido of tho railroad , tho Unitod States Consul being empowered at his discretion to take command of tho police of tho district or to call in the naval and military forces of tho United States for its protection ; the United States to have tho power of modifying or extending tho railroad charter at pleasure , and the exclusive right of granting any other charter within tho district ; tho nominal sovereignty of New Grenada to remain , and tho neutrality and freedom of tho transit route to bo guaranteed , othor nations being invited into tho compact . ' .
_ .. „ . , 2 . That Now Grenada should cede to tho United States iu full sovereignty , for an ample consideration , tho two clusters of islands in tho Bay of Panama for a naval station . . The reply of the Now Grenada Ministers is insolent and impertinent . Like Yi : ir , Governor of Quang Tung , they allego _ the predisposition of tho inhabitants of Panama theset
against California emigration ; .. y up a complaint of filibustering and annexation , —matters entirely foreign to the question ; they complain that the American Consul was rude ; and in . retaliation they aot up a counter-claim for damages . Herb tho dispute breaks off , and tho United States Government despatches a strong squadron to tho coast ot Now Grenada , compriaing Bovon war ships
disclaim any desire to occupy or take possession of any portion of the territory of New Grenada , or of th e railway . That which they are naturall y entitled to expect is security for their citizens in passing and repassing th « isthmus by railway ; and they naturally also requira some redress for the injuries which were sustained upou the occasion to which I have referred . I am happy 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 . "
sent to Asp in wall , and three to Panama , where there is already a considerable force . Now we can appreciate the declaration from Lord Palmerston , 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 isth mus I am happy to say that the United States Government profess the most just and honourable intentions . They
We 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 ao , 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 aa the submarine cable .
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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 . Mathew Tat . bot Baines , but recently by Lord Grajstvii / le , and still more recently by Lord Harrowjby / . 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 hy the question—who is interested in keeping up the mystery ? All we can tell ia , that an enormous revenue is deposited Heaven knows where , disposed of Heaven knows how , for the benefit of Heaven knows whom . Wo say the revenue is enormous , although it does not appear so in the returns ; but that is one of the dark corners of the subject . These oxtensive estates are represented as yielding only 4 « l , 048 J . per annum , or less than the revenue of the Temple . Nearly fifty per cent , of this amount is Bet down as the cost of
collection and disbursement , including certain questionable benevolences ; the other fifty per cent , flows into the privy purse of the QujckW . There seems to be some jugglery here . Ordinary landlords do not pay nearly half thoir rents to stewards , but two or three glances at the estimates explain this part of tho chluculty . The Chancellor has 2000 / . a year ; his clerk has 1342 Z . ; tho Bight Honourable Lor d Watkupark , " axo-boarer , & »«¦ master of tho game at Needwood Forest , receives 2001 . a year for bearing nn axo lC 0
that has never boon soon , probably , f ]' tho days of liomN Hood ; but tho Clork ol tho Crown is content with twenty-two h ' " lings per quarter , while tho throe learned Oounaol of tho Palatine divide only 8 / . . 'is . * " botweon them—that is to say , they arc Mupposod to divide only that amount . liul uou is ' it that-public lands , forests , and . »»» cl yield loss than private mines , toroaU , mi « lands ? Or aro tho accounts jobbed t vy » noblemen hold estatos undor tho y v Do thoy pay a proper rental , or are they on-
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There is nothing -so revolutionary , because there is nothing so unnatural and convulsive , as the strain to "keep things fixed when all the world is by thevery law of its creation in eternal progress . —T > u . Ansoi . j ) .
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SATURDAY , MAT 16 , 1857 .
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470 ^ THE , IjE ABE R . [ No . 373 , Saturday .
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Leader (1850-1860), May 16, 1857, page 470, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse2.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2193/page/14/
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