We have not heard the last of the Huascar.' The
Peruvian Minister of Foreign Affairs has instructed Senor Galvez, the Peruvian representative in this country, to obtain from England "a prompt and easy reparation, which will dissipate the slightest shadow of misunderstanding between the two countries." We presume that this is a despatch written to satisfy Peruvian patriotism, which is just now fuming, and not a little sensitive and touchy, in consequence of the vigorous defence made by the Husacar ' against our two ships. Assuredly Senor Galvez will to little purpose ask, as his instructions propose, compensation for the violation of Peruvian maritime territory, and for the attack on the Iluascar."The argument of the Peruvian Ministry is that the
Huascar ' was not a pirate, but a rebel, and that a Government is not responsible for damages inflicted by revolutionists,.—a principle which may be true enough, but which does not prevent our firing into revolutionists who make attacks on the property of our subjects. The Minister of Foreign Affairs makes one or two points against Admiral de Horsey, who was a little hasty in giving the 4 Huascar ' only a few minutes to surrender, and in trying to torpedo her. But half the Peruvian case is concerned with the terrible things which would have happened had our Admiral been successful, and hypothetical damages are not yet the subject of Compensation.
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