with which the Government of Costa Rica will meet the views of that of Her Majesty, by promptly joining in the adoption of measures for the mutual benefit of both countries, which it will be the duty of the Undersigned to propose, and which will draw still closer the ties which have long united Great Britain and Costa Rica. The Undersigned, &c. Señor Toledo. W. G. OUSELEY. No. 146.-Sir W. G. Ouseley to the Earl of Malmesbury. (Received March 4.) MY LORD, Leon, January 18, 1859. THIS day the Treaty of Friendship, Commerce, and Navigation,* proposed by Her Majesty's Government to that of Nicaragua was signed by Señor Zeledon and myself. I hope shortly to have the honour of transmitting a draft of this document, showing the modifications, additions, or alterations that were adopted, with explanatory remarks on the same. I am assured by the Nicaraguan Government that they will employ every effort to secure the prompt ratification of this Treaty by the Assembly, before which body it will be laid to-morrow, should it meet so soon. The Convention will, at all events, be forwarded this day to Managua, and be, I am assured, taken into consideration by the Assembly on the first day of their session. The Earl of Malmesbury. I have, &c. W. G. OUSELEY. No. 147.-Sir W. G. Ouseley to the Earl of Malmesbury. (Received March 4.) (Extract.) Leon, January 19, 1859. BEFORE I left New York it was confidently asserted that the Treaty between this Government and The United States had been ratified, after some modification had been conceded by The North American Minister. Finding, on my arrival, that there was no chance of the ratification of The United States' Treaty while its Articles XV and XVI (corresponding to Articles XXI and XXII of our Treaty) remained unmodified, except as the result of ulterior stringent coercion by The United States, authorized also by the tenor of the instructions that I had the honour of receiving in your Lordship's despatches of the 14th and of the 26th of October last, not having at that time received the despatch of the 10th of November last from the Foreign Office, I agreed to certain modifications to the effect of those proposed to The United States by the Nicaraguan Minister. Not ratified. This was coupled with the addition to Article XX (giving us every right and privilege allowed to the most favoured nation), copy of which I have the honour to inclose. The Earl of Malmesbury. W. G. OUSELEY. (Inclosure.)-Modification of Article XX in Treaty with Nicaragua signed on the 18th of January, 1859. AND, generally, the Republic of Nicaragua engages to grant to Great Britain, and to British subjects, the same rights and privileges, in all respects, in regard to the transit, and the rates of transit, and also as regards all other rights, privileges, or advantages whatsoever, whether relating to the passage or employment of troops or otherwise which are now or may hereafter be granted to or allowed to be enjoyed by the most favoured nation. [N.B.-The words printed in italics are those added to the Article.] No. 148.-Sir W. G. Ouseley to the Earl of Malmesbury. (Received March 20.) (Extract.) Leon, January 19, 1859. THE day before yesterday I received from Señor Cortez, Secreof State at the head of the Nicaraguan Ministry, the letter of which I have the honour to inclose copy and translation, mentioning that the officers of The United States' frigate Saranac, had reported, at San Juan del Sur, on the Pacific coast of Nicaragua, that an immediate attack on a point in Mosquitia was intended by Walker, for the purpose of entering Nicaragua from that quarter. Similar reports have for some time been current. Copies are inclosed of my reply to the note of Señor Cortez, and of my note to Señor Zeledon to which that reply refers, as also of his reply, this moment received. The Earl of Malmesbury. SIR, W. G. OUSELEY. (Inclosure 1.)-Señor Cortez to Sir W. G. Ouseley. (Translation.) National Palace, Managua, January 14, 1859. Ox the 12th instant, at 5 o'clock P.M., the American frigate Saranac anchored in the Bay of San Juan del Sur in this Republic; her officers informed the Commandant of that port of the bandit Wm. Walker, the Chief of the filibusters, having sailed from Mobile, with 500 men, for the coast of Mosquitia, from whence he would penetrate into the interior of this Republic by the River Misco, which takes its source in the jurisdiction of the Department of Chontales. The designs of modern filibusterism upon all Central America, and especially upon Nicaragua, being well known, my Government is taking the precautionary measure requisite to prevent its gaining a footing here; but, as your Excellency is aware, the mouth of the above mentioned river Misco is in the territory of Mosquitia, over which the jurisdiction of the Executive Power does not for the present extend; and as it is certain that your Excellency's illus trious Government is disposed to destroy, by force of arms, any freebooting expedition which seeks to carry out its designs of fire and pillage, by interrupting commercial relations, and delaying, at the same time, the establishment of the transit route, his Excellency the General President of the Republic thinks it right to acquaint your Excellency, through me, with the intelligence given by the officers of the above-named frigate to the Commandant of the port of San Juan del Sur for his information. Sir W. G. Ouseley. SIR, I have, &c. ROSALIO CORTEZ. (Inclosure 2.)-Sir W. G. Ouseley to Señor Cortez. Leon, January 18, 1859. In reply to your Excellency's letter of the 14th instant, I have the honour to state that reports had already reached me, by other channels, similar to those brought by the officers of The United States' ship Saranac, to which your Excellency refers. I have already communicated their substance to Señor Zeledon. The Commanders of Her Majesty's naval forces have been instructed for some time past to prevent the landing of Walker and his piratical followers, as far south as Greytown,-in short, along the whole extent of the territory under the protection of Great Britain, and, further, to aid the authorities of Central America in effecting the expulsion of these lawless invaders from the territories of Nicaragua and Costa Rica, should the cooperation of Her Majesty's forces be required and requested for that purpose. I have to beg that my respectful thanks be conveyed to his Excellency the President for the information that he has caused to be communicated to me. Your Excellency will further oblige me by mentioning that the object of your Excellency's letter has been anticipated by the general orders already given, but further, that I am about to communicate the latest intelligence to the Commanders of Her Majesty's ships on the coasts of Nicaragua, so that measures may be taken against the attempts of the filibusters. I avail, &c. Señor Cortez. copy of the Decree authorizing Don Pedro Zeledon to negotiate with me. At that time I was so ill as not to be able to leave my room, and it subsequently escaped my memory. W. G. O. (Inclosure 3.)-Sir W. G. Ouseley to Señor Zeledon. SIR, Leon, January 17, 1859. WITH reference to our conversation yesterday, I now forward a summary of the information that has reached me from different quarters as to the movements of the filibusters. I cannot vouch for the accuracy of these reports, but think that they ought not to be neglected. I take the liberty of suggesting that notice should be sent to the Commandants of the various districts most likely to be the points of attack, and that more especially the local authorities should be instructed, if any hostile vessel or force be discovered in their neighbourhood, to forward without delay expresses to the Government, stating all the facts; and that all arms and munitions of war should be inspected and put in the best order, and placed in the readiest posts or stations for the use of the regular troops or the militia. I shall take every opportunity of making known to Her Majesty's forces on both coasts of Nicaragua the reported hostile movements of the enemies of Central America. I have, &c. Señor Zeledon. W. G. OUSELEY. (Inclosure 4.)—Summary of Intelligence lately received from England, The United States, Greytown, &c., on Movements of Filibusters. Leon, January 17, 1859. From The United States.—That Walker had left Mobile with from 200 to 300 men, intending to enter one of the rivers of Mosquitia (the Segovia or one of its affluents), and thence invade Nicaragua. From Greytown this is confirmed as to the sailing from Mobile, but saying that his destination is Panamá. From English Officers.-From Washington and New York it is said that the Chiefs and others of the filibusters give out that they have an understanding secretly with a political party in Nicaragua, and that they are in constant correspondence with persons of this party, who invite their presence and wish to see the Government of this country in their hands (probably these may be North Americans or others formerly in relation with or employed by the filibusters). In the opinion of persons likely to be well informed, the true attack is intended to take place from one of the small ports of the Pacific, which would bring them at once close to Chinandega, Leon, &c., and that the filibusters intend crossing the Isthmus by the Panamá railroad as passengers, meeting the steamer Hermann, now expected from San Francisco with munitions of war and volunteers from California. This seems to be the most vulnerable point. I should, therefore, think that no descent is really intended on the coast of Mosquitia, whether by entering the Segovia river or any other, and that this assertion is either entirely without foundation, and made public as a feint to draw attention from the true point of attack, or that it will be made by a few men only, so as to cause a division of the troops intended for defending the Pacific coast-by this diversion leaving that coast unguarded against the real attacks of the filibusters. I hear that the steamer Fashion, formerly in the service of Walker, a schooner called the Sarah (Susan ?), and a barque called the Alice Painter, had all been engaged for or by Walker. The United States' Government had assured Lord Napier that a clearance had been refused to the last-named vessel (which is now confirmed by the local newspapers), "but that the filibusters were very pertinacious and determined," as the Secretary of State informed Lord Napier, "and would continue their attempts by other means." From Mobile it is reported that the Susan sailed on or about the 5th of December with 175 passenger emigrants, i. e., filibusters. The Susan and party are under the command of the so-called Colonel Anderson. It is said that their rendezvous is somewhere on the coast of Florida. The Fashion is also full of filibusters, and is to meet the steamer Washington, and probably other vessels. The Washington is the same steamer that was at Greytown lately. The point of invasion is still said to be Greytown, or the River San Juan by the Rio Colorado. Colonel Anderson is the same who surprised Castillo Viejo. The steamer Fashion had a large cargo of warlike stores, and her passengers were reported to the authorities as proceeding to Texas. Colonel Bruno von Netzoner, formerly at the head of Walker's Commissariat, accompanies this expedition. Walker, it is supposed, will join it separately, and perhaps Henningsen also. MOST EXCELLENT SIR, W. G. O. (Inclosure 5.)-Señor Zeledon to Sir W. G. Ouseley. (Translation.) Leon, January 19, 1859. I HAVE had the honour of receiving your Excellency's esteemed communication of this day's date, and the summary of intelligence respecting the movements of filibusters which your Excellency was good enough to forward with it, and which I this day communicate to the Supreme Government, who will appreciate duly the good |