The Express.
London, England, 1849-04-24 00:00:00

aptininnity of holding language with regard to the British
=llbet mesh ad never been heard of bekre. He
ll se hw
simply pine the house a skeleton of what was
Junes es the subject, because with regard to all this the,
hod se nand information. They knew that envoys had
ham nag, but they had no knowledge of the instructions
tibiae ~teasy had acted, and had been unsuccessful. All
they knew was that the representwives of the two
MSS ?mortal nations in Bernie had been treated with
llghieetty and contempt by the president of the Argentine
emolaisradon, and the crown of England had been treated
with a degree of indignity te which it had never Ukase bum
eulijeeted ta this state of tbinp they ought to have some
dadalts information. In the message of General Roses,
which reached this country a few days ago. he enlarged at
considerable length on the state of the negotiations with this
country. Hitherto the governments of England and France
had meted in harmoey, end that harmony wee their strength ;
bat mettle puma meaust it was at an sad. (The legate
mei mad tethreells teens the speech of Rout but in too loft a
Mae lobe heard in the gallery.] Lord Bowden, after his
n left Nunes Ayres dissatisfied. He went to
Monte V to the camp of General Oahe, and communi-
cated the teems of ea armistice which had been altered, and,
in feet, dictated by their =mks, and which they felt bound
to reject, upon width Lead Howden at once announced that
his intervention was at an end, sad wrote to the commodore
tonne the blockade, the very means which had been deemed
meet advisable by the Blida government to be adopted in
elder la bring about an arrangement between the coound-
ins pasties. When the blockade was raised not one
larthe feletesto et the British minister which he had gone
eat Is oast 'had been gained, and ft was timetable to
amisestemi why he had adopted seek a courts, and
tebmgthr deject of his iaterpoiltion could be when, upon the
of Meets Video objecting to an armistice dictated by
511:Pielelemindes he immediately raised the blockade. (Hear,
beer.) What was the malt at the freeent moment ? Why
that se pence trading to that country had the slightest idea
of the coarse which our goverment were pursuing. Al!
they knew was that two of the most powerful governments
ia Europe had declared their deternination to pat an end to
the war in the River Plate and Rows bad defeated them at
every point The modification of the armistice proposed by
, Resat and the non-acceptance of which by General Oribe
I led to the raking of the blockade, were, he understood, the
preliminary tents on which her Majesty's representative
I woo to be permitted to present his credentials. He would
ask, then, were we to humble eurselves before this trans.
atlantic sat ? Were we to agree to the terms proposed
41m—the payment of two millioes rilitlittLfor VIA
useseell
_by tin Buenos Ayrean getiernant, up
teem Falkland Island., ankthe other propositiv wh he'
ind-made ?He thought we were entitled, to know is what
pashba oar interests were placed at this moment. In 1642
owe Memmeres with Monte Video was three millions sterlinj,
ash mo babe it would have been greatly extended bat for
Min matest. The value of • single convoy_sp the
widen or the River Plate was 1.600,0061. 'This was
an entirely new aurae of weeltb, and if it was anormaged,
the made of *sae waters would flow into the coffees of the
of Manchester and Liverpool. (Hear.) The
earl otesindel by moving for copies or extracts of all
Mdewstisms given to her lisjetty's envoys in the River
PIM., he theirguidance in the intervention et Gnat Britain
he the of stein in that river.
The M iia of LANSDOWNE said that although be
I hit to object to the erotica, ha emailispmed to
e... 211 informatme in his power ea the welded. eh& he
Wwhoa la had explained the siltation elf the pinks at
itOmeet, the noble lard would see that it was entirely
different from the poehion in which they were in when the
Inoble earl (Aberdeen) formerly communicated the instrue-1
them which he had gives. He was prepared to state that se-
relations were now pending, sad they rested essentially. upon
Die terms contained not only in Instructions recently anted
but also upon thole of the noble earl (Aberdeen). The
I noble earl who had made this melon was not quite so unto-
formed as he teemed to be, and he approved of the been
Lid down at the time he referred to for negotiations. He
might add, that the negotiations now pending had recently
assumed a very premixing upect. (Hear, hear.) It was
tree that there were certain qualification imposed by the
tine government, but they did not go to the extent
the noble earl supposed. Mr. Oeseley was sent out
to*. River Plata in January, 1845, and carried on a system
aspirations which were disapproved of by the noble earl
then at the head of the foreign uepartment, end his successor.
Therefore, when the instructions sent to lie Otaseley were very
prooerly laid before parliament, no negotiations had atonally
been made. In May, 1646, Mr. flood wee sent out, but was
not able to bring mature to a satisfactory ounclosion. It was
certainly true that Lord Howden and Count Walowski also
subsequently failed in their negotiations, owing to the deter-
mination of the government of Monte Video not to agree to
certain points. The noble earl seemed to doubt whether the
conduct of Lord Howden had been approved by her Majes-
ty's government He only wished the noble lord was there
to state why he had raised the blockade. If he had been,
tea would have given some very satisfactory reasons.
The blockade wes raised for the *unfit of the trade of Buenos
Ayres and Eastland, and which the government of this coun-
try were cot justified in suspending whoa the necessity for
suspension no longer existed. The *telt was undoubtedly
unfortunate as regarded the interests of certain parties in
Monte Video, depriving them of the advantages of a system
of smuggling which bad been established by means of a cir-
cuitous *rime, which he had no doubt they were exceedingly
loth to loot. (Hear, hear.) He could sot but consider, how-
ever, that a direct Ecglisti trade with Buenos Ayres wee a
matter of great importance. He would not, is replying to
the noble earl, make any remark nom the principles of the
government et General Rotas ; but this he would soy, for the
whereon's of those who bad instructed the noble earl,
that at no previous ;it riod had the trade with this country
been carried on in a more ben, finial manner than it was now,
ender the authority of that pi non whom the noble earl ha
deeeribed r adverse to European gnu:ion It wee true
Mtilenthent had not been lima* nesterd es she
=delete.. of this country at Buenos Ayres ; but the proper
time (or receiving him in that co acil would be when the
treaty had been actually concluded. In the meantime, as
if for the purpose of testifying revert for the government of
this country on the part of General Rosati, there was no sort
of 'mend honour that could be paid to Mr. Southern,
whether in the made of' his landing, the mode of receiving
him, of bodging him, or of communicating with him, which
had not been manifest. d towards that Needleman, when known
lobe commlssicned by her Blejesty's government. (Hear,
beer.) The noble earl had averted to a speech recently
made by General Roses to his courted or parliament. He
scald not but thick that the noble earl overrated the im-
portance of such an address. It was from the direct commu-
nications of General Roue himself that his intentions were
to he inferred; and, judging from those communications, ha
could not fail to perceive indications of a desire to come to •
satisfactory arrangement with this country. Some sacrifices
must certainly be made on both aides. It would be addi-
tional satisfaction to her Majeure government, if, at the
same time that they concluded a convention on behalf of this
country, the French government, whose case was somewhat
ehfferent, should elso be able to *include one. Mr.
Southern and the representative of Francubed been en-
gaged in the most amicable communiestioas ;Ted though the
object now aimed at • joint treaty, yet he trued that the se-
parate treaties into which each power might enter would be
of such a nature that neither would have the least reason te
complain. On the whole, he einfidently hoped that there
would be a happy termination of negotiations in which he
speed with the noble earl the commercial interests of this
country were deeply involved.
Lord BEAUMONT said that if the noble earl wished really
to unravel the thread of his story he must en back to the com-
mencement of the enterference ; sad if he did that,,dle
would see ground for astonishment in the pruspectof escaping
from their difficulties.
Lord I.OLCHESTER thought the great error which had
been committed teas that of WA looking simply to the in
tenets of this country. In the position in which France
stood in relation to Brasil she could not pseeibly act as a me-
diator.: England lad previously always been on friendly
terms with the country to which she found herself opposed ;
but France had beea sn e different position and it was with
great satisfaction that be learned that England was now seek-
ing to obtain a stomata treaty. On examination it would be
Wand that Lord Howden had failed merely because Finch
interests had been Named up with English.
After a few words from the Berl of LIARAOwn't in reply,
the motion was withdrawn.
The house then adjourned, at half-peat 7 o'clock.

HOUSE OF COMMONS.—MONDA; APRIL 23.
Tka BPRARRit took the chair at 4 o'clock.
PRIVATE BUSINESS.
SECOND READING&—AIford and Hooka Road Bin ; Brampton
and Earl. Orurt, &c. Roods (continuation of certain Turnpike Road
AC* •; Co: rein! Road (comprising the Cannon.street Roads. the
Commercial Road, the Uorreferry Rranch of Road, the Ent India
Dco PAW, and the Barking Road) ; Monett Vent to Mating.
Turnpike Rod • vary bone and Hackle, Tomato Roads; New
North Road (Continuation Act); (*cacti end Ilasky Road (Extrn-
, arm of the Tinder and Donative Turnpike Road to Waged) ;
surrey and Beam Roods (Anisadmeat of Act sad Alionlion of
Tons) Truro Twain* Road; Pomp and Rodin% Turnpike Roads
ot Trona, Alterations of Toth, Formation of New Rads);
Wide* Chatter* Sid Gate, and Downham Bridge Turnpike Coon-
timention of act, alteration ot pavilions relating to rewr of Welder
sat Swath Bids Blahs. abandonment as to turnpike of rood over
RaOiT samtructioa d new Pima, road) ; Bpi.
00NoIDERED.—bunderland Dock Act and Ricer Wear
Cometimiomere (Amendeseat, ism) BBL
Co mpa
THIRD READlNO.—Ualverml ,Itailway Casualty Conipensition
q NIL
PUBLIC BUSINESS.

FETITIONL—By MalcalliEliolio, from Fears ; Lord MARCH,
from Bonk; Mr C. BURRELL, from Shoreham; Blr W. CLAY, orow
Mlle End; Mr. RICE, from Darer; and Sr. K. B. DENISON, from
pines (name not beard); against In
repeal of the navigate:o laws.—
Mr. MOFFATT, from Dart h, In favour ol Inc repeal or the sari.
potion laws.
SEVERN NAVIGATION BILL

Sir J. PAHINGTON, in movi ig the second reefing of
this bill, took ocessbn to cot sure the pretties of private
canvassing, which was so prevalent in both h uses of parla-
ment—a practlee which he eannde red to be alike unconsti-
tutional and inexpedient for the real interests of the country.
This practice bad been resort. d w in the ease of the present
bill, but he hoped that its effect had tot been to divert the '
attention of the house from the real merits of the 04.
o.iposition to the measure oat of doors in various quseels
bad been most actively purette4, and he deeply regretted to
have it to Ray that Capt. Bethune sad Capt. Vetch, of
the Bernier, who had been sent by the Admi-
ralty to inspect the Severn navigation in relation
to this measure' had not conducted their Investiga
Sons with that impartislity which they were boned
on all such music= to exhibit.

Capt. BERKELEY said it was out of the question to sup-
pose thattapt. Bethune or,Capt. Vetch could have been in-
fluenced by any sinister motives in the conduct thy had
pursued. He opposed the bill on public around*. because
the mane of so•ealkd improvements which it contemplated
wee eateniatei to lejare the general navigation of the
Berets. He sieved that the bill be read a second time that
day six months.
Mr. CLIVE said that on the part of the principal traders
of the &tern he should decidedly oppom the
Mr. FOLEY iupPortsd the WI.