The Express.
London, England, 1847-09-11 00:00:00

six months, each party retaining It.' respectire positions •
and 2, that General Oribe should supply the town with
1,500 head of cattle per month to relieve it from its
.present
state of destitution 7 And who can divine wist it is iu these
apparently very inoffensive propositions that could make
them so obnoxious to the party which your correspondent
advocates?

Still, sir, there was a very good reason for their not being
admitted, which I can explain ; but, to do so, I must crave
permission to make use of a familiar illustration. Suppose
that, in a country town where hitherto there have been two
grocery or drapery establishments, one of them be shut up,
the other will doubtless get all the business. Or suppose
(which it is difficult to do) that the Times could have put
you down, it would then have had its own readers and yours
too. So, in like manner, so long as Monte Video can
manage to keep Buenos Ayres blockaded, and shut out from
trade with Europe and North America, will it monopoles
the whole trade of the River Plate to itself, and continue to
regard any terms as " inadmisaible " which lead to the
raising of the blockade.
Lord Hoyden appears to have thought that as this
blockade had lasted nearly two years, the Monte Videaus had
enjoyed their monopoly of the trade long enough, and that
it was time to raise it. Thereupon the writer of the state-
ment (not very patriotically if he is a British subject) con-
trasts his conduct with that of the French agent, from whom
he says " as assurance has been obtained " (by whom)," that
ho will continue the blockade," and" whoaeconduct " there-
fore " has the appearance, at least, of " greater consistency."
M. Walewski no doubt knows the views of the muter he
serves; but I must confess, air, that it rather goes against the
grain with me to see an agent of King Louis Philippe ex-
alted in your columns for endeavouring to ruin British
interests in the Plate, and a representative of Queen Victoria
reviled for upholding them. Whether M. Walewski will
fulfil the "assurance " which the writer of the statement, or
his principals, had " obtained " from him, is not so certain,
I think, as the writer affects to imagine; but the animist
which prompted his remarks remains the same, whether his
French friend prove true to him or false.
Following le Conte-Amiral le Predour (French authori-
ties all !) the writer of the statement pretends to regard Lord
Ifowden's negotiations with Gem ral Rosa as utterly fruit-
less ; whereas, in fact, everything was arranged, excepting
one point, respecting which it was thought necessary to re-
fer to Europe for further instructions or explanations. With-
out saying, or, for aught that appears, even knowing, what
the point of difference was, the writer lays all the blame of
the delay upon General gnus. This free and easy way of
disposing of matters so as best to suit his ease is a good cri-
terion of the amount of dependence that ought to be placed
on his other statements. It would occupy too much of your
valuable space to go thoroughly into this part of the
subject; but thus much I will say, namely, that if H.
Walewski had been as desirous of eettlir.g matters as Lord
Hewden was, there is little doubt everything would have
been settled. If you will refer, air, to your own leading
article of the 16th of February last, in which you alluded to
• similar defeat of Mr. Hood's mission by the then agent of
France in the Plate (Baron I/ ffaudis), you will be reminded
that, not only were you fully alive to the working of French
intrigue in this matter, but that you even prognosticated
with great exactuess the course it would take. Matters have
come now to the pass you predicted, and we must trust that
your influence will still be exerted, much as it may disap-
point the writer of the statement, to combat the evident
views of Louis l'hilippe upon Monte Video for a French
colony, or au addition to the appanage of the Princess de
Joinville.—A MEacutarr.