Doe. Noi 15. 



Thirdly. That for this reason the creditors must co-operate with Nica- 

 ragua in supporting the claim, or resign themselves to wait for the pay- 

 ment of the part allotted to that State, until by an act of justice the said 

 port shall have been returned to her Avith an equitable compensation for 

 the damages sustained since its occupation. 



Fourthly. That the declaration of her Majesty's government alluded to 

 in your excellency's communication cannot be considered as definitive;, 

 having protested as I did, and again do protest, against it and its conse- 

 qiiences, as prejudicial to the rights of Nicaragua, humiliating and de- 

 pressive to her government, and contrary to the practices used amongst 

 nations that owe each other mutual considerations. 



This language, which your excellency might use, situated as I am^ 

 cannot but prove the frankness and loyalty that have been the basis of 

 the relations esfabhshed between the two countries, and cannot alter the 

 good intelligence and friendship I wish to cultivate for the benefit of both 

 countries. 



And persuaded, as I wish your excellency to be, of the rightfulness of 

 my intentions and the sincerity of my wishes, do not doubt, my lord, of 

 the sentiments of friendship and esteem with which 1 have the honor to 

 be your excellency's humble servant, 



FRANCO. CASTELLON. 

 His Excellency Lord Palmerston, ^c, ^c, tj'c. 



London, Ju7ie 28, 1849. 



It is a literal translation. 



FRANCO. GAYERETTE, [l. s.] 

 Private Secretary of the Legation. 



No. 10. 



Mr. Cobden wanted to know what we had to do with the President of 

 Lib' ria, that the country was to give him d^lOO. Secondly, he wanted 

 to knoAV what was the meaning of the sum put down as expenses of the 

 King of Mosquito and suite on a visit to Jamaica? 



Lord Palmerston said that the King of Mosquito's business at Jamaica 

 was to be crowned there, as the previous King of Mosquito had been. It 

 had been considered proper and politic to convey him to and from Jamaica 

 in a ship of war; and the item of which the honorable gentleman com- 

 plained, was the charge always admitted on the occasions of personages 

 being so conveyed in (Queens' ships. As to the President of Liberia,, 

 after a visit to this country last year, connected with his office, he had 

 requested to be conveyed to Liberia in a ship ©f war, and it had been in 

 like manner deemed politic to comply with the request. 



Mr. Cobden said, that as to the King of Mosquito, the United States 

 regarded with jealousy any setting up of monarchical States on the coast 

 of North America; and he considered it extremely injudicious on our part 

 to be putting ourselves forward in such prominent connexion with this 

 aboriginal savage, as to fetch him over to Jamaica, crown him there, and 

 then carry him back again and instal him in his kingdom. There was 

 another item for thecharge of maintaining certain Mosquito Indians. Were 

 we to keep the subjects of the King of Mosquito as well as the King him- 

 self? There was an item for the payment of some advances or other to 



