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tioi! by the State of Nicaragua of the territoiyof the King; and that these 

 representations have not only failed to procure redress, but have remained 

 iinnoiiced. After due deliberation, and the necessary communication 

 with the government of her Britanoic Majesty, the ally and protector of 

 this kingdom, it has been determined that the King, with the assistance 

 of her Britaniiic Majesty's government, shall now maintain and recover 

 his ancient hereditary rights. 



The King, in council, hopes that his Excellency the President, and the 

 government over which he presides, in order to insure those friendly re- 

 lations between Mosquito and Nicaragua which are so important to their 

 mutual benefit, will give orders to remove the Nicaraguan establishment 

 from its present position at the mouth of the rivei San Juan. 



The King, in council, desiring to act harmoniously and courteously 

 towards Nicaragua, will allow the State of Nicaragua till the 1st of Jan- 

 uary next for the removal. After that date, notice is hereby openly and 

 expressly given that strong measures will be employed to maintain the 

 King's sovereign rights. 



I have, 6cc., 



GEORGE HODGSON, 



Senior Member of Council, 



Government House, 



Leoiiy November 8, 1847, 



Sir: Your communication of the 25th of last month, in which, under 

 the title of senior member of the council of the pretended King of the 

 Mosquitos, you require, in his name, the removal of the estabhshment at 

 the mouth of the river San Juan del Norte, appointing for this the 1st 

 January next as the latest term, and threatening that thereafter strong meas- 

 sures will be employed to maintain the rights of the said King of tfie 

 Mosquitos, was presented to my government, which has ordered me to in- 

 form you that the subject of the territorial liaiits, and the acknowledgment 

 of the kingdom and King of Mosquito, is actually under arrangement 

 with Mr. Frederick Chatfield, her Britannic Majesty's consul general iii 

 Central America, who, as he avers, is sufficiently authorized to conclude 

 it; but that if the acts respecting the occupation of the port should be 

 proceeded with by the threatened force, the government of Nicaragua is 

 prepared, as it has already manifested to the said consul in the communi- 

 cation of 14ih October last, of which I send you a copy, to employ all its 

 power to defend the dignity of the State; and in such event the hostilities 

 which may ensue will have originated solely on the part of those who at- 

 tempt the occupation of a territory which belongs, and has from time im- 

 memoiial belonged, to Nicaragua. 



Receive, <fcc., 



SEBASTIAN SALINAS. 



