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; count of the connexions which may have subsisted between the said 

 Indians and the English; and his Britannic Majesty , on his part, will 



. strictly prohibit all his subjects from furnishing armS;, or warlike stores, 

 to the Indians in general situated upon the frontiers of the Spanish pos- 

 sessions. 



Art. 15. The two courts shall mutually transmit to each other dupli- 

 cates of the orders which they are to despatch to their respective gov- 

 ernors and commanders in America, for the accomplishment of the pre- 

 sent convention; and a frigate, or proper ship of war^ shall be appointed 

 on each side, to observe in conjunction that all things are performed in 

 the best order possible, and with that cordiality and good faith of which 

 the two sovereigns have been piea&ed to set example. 



Art. 16. The present convention shall be ratified by their Britannic 

 and Catholic Majesties, and the ratifications exchanged within the space 

 of six weekS;, or sooner, if it can be done. 



In witness whereof, we, the undersigned, ministers plenipotentiary of 

 their Britannic and Catholic Majesties, in virtue of our respective fuli 

 powers, have signed the present convention and have affixed thereto the 

 seals of our arms. 



CARMARTHEN, &c. 



DON BERNARDO DEL CAMPO, &c., &c» 



July 14, 1786. 



No. 2. 



British Consulate, 



Leon, October 24, 1842. 



Sir: A complaint has been made to the government of her Britannic 

 Majesty, by the State of Nicaragua, against her Majesty's superintendent 

 ' at Belize, in consequence of certain proceedings on the part of the latter, 

 which took, place at San Juan in the month of August, 1841, when an 

 officer of the Nicaragua government was removed from that port, taken 

 on board her Majesty's ship Tweed, and subsequently landed at the 

 Cape Gracias a Dios. Nothing can be further from the wishes of her 

 Majesty's government than that the conduct of any British officer should 

 give cause of complaint to a friendly State; and therefore I, as the repre- 

 sentative of Great Britain in Central America, have been desirous, since 

 my arrival at this capital, to avail myself of the opportunity to treat on 

 the subject of the occurrences at San Juan, under the pleasing conviction 

 that, after a calm and impartial examination of the facts connected with 

 them, the supreme government of Nicaragua will perceive that the pro- 

 ceedings of Colonel Macdonald on that occasion did not originate, as it 

 has been alleged, in any intention to give offence to the State of Nica- 

 ragua, or rudely to interfere with its authority. The principal ground of 

 complaint on the part of Nicaragua, is the infi'action of the territory alleged 

 to belong to that State; but it is the belief of her Majesty's government 

 that the place whence Seiior Quijano was removed was Mosquito ter- 

 - ritory, and not Nicaragua territory; and it is a fact well deserving of no- 

 • tice, as tending to confirm this belief, that since the year 1831, the 

 Central American authorities have removed their public offices from the 



