Northern Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1859-01-08 00:00:00

THE RIVER PLATE.

We yesterday published a telegraphic summary
of the news from the Brazils and River Plate, as
received at Southampton in the steamer Tyne.
The Tyne brought 73 pa'ssengers (of whom 37 were
first-class adults), including his
.Excellency Mr.
W. D. Christie, Her Majesty s Minister Plenipoten-
tiary to the Argentine Confederation, from Buenos
Ayres ; Mr. Neate, from Rio ; his Excellency Mr.
Carolus, Belgian Minister to the Portuguese Court,
from Lisbon ; eighteen distressed seamen, &c. On
freight she had specie from Monte Video, £B6 •
from Rio, £6,375 ; from Bahia, £320 total,
£6,781; diamonds, value £47,475.

From the Buenos Ayres El Nacional we condense
the following summary of events.

The Confederation of Urquizas is in the midst of a civil
war. The elements of the personal government in the
provinces are the remains of the bygone times of the
tyranny of Rosas, his old partizans mil assassins.
Urquiza's personal govetnment endeavoured to carry the
sway with the same elements in the provinces, com-
mencing- by his endftvour to place 'the four western
under the rule of liittzario Benavides, the same chieftain
that tyranised over them in the time of Rosas, who, not
content with assassinating the patri6ts Acha, La Madrid,
and Frias, but exposed their heads for exhibition in the
highways, andltis after a military capitulatiou, when all
their lives were guaranteed by fhe said Benavides. This
chieftain Of-the west found great opposition from the
constitutional government of -the province of San Juan,
therefore he had no remedy ;but to commence his work
by'attempting to overthrow 'this government. But sur-
prised ih this treacherous undertaking, and at the
'same time there having been discovered deposits of
Anis and ammunition in his house, likewise 'meetings
of ;usiikiious character, he was taken prisoner and
put''at the disposal •of tribunals. Urqinza at once
saw Plainly his personal government :in jeopardy
in • Cagg Benavides is tried, when his conspiracy against
the:rights of the people will be manifest, and knowing
thatin this, Benavides acted but as his agent and that
in-reality the blame ..would be laid at his door, he did
'everything in his 'power to secure 'the person ofThe
Renavides from the. action of the law and justice.
ls as a
ee
`Constitution of tirtluiza's Confederation-eestab
:principle that general government of 'the Confederation
`has no right to interfere in the matters'tn
of
..the
the ioc
provinces,ia
except with the object of suppor
'government of any province against i
a° disturbance.
be
an
suffocated this case the disturbance had already
suffocated by 'the local government, and the revolu-
tionary charadters imprisoned and Judged, so that there
was no call for any intervention in favour of the govern-
ment

still trquiza not only,. interferes, but does so
against the government and in favour of the revolu-
tionists. The Constitution of the Confederation sets forth
that the governors in their respective provinces, are the
agents of 'the general government for all the acts taking
place in them. But setting at defiance this constitutional
right, General Urquiza sends -a commission to San Juan
to act there as agent to the general government, mid thus
ride rough-shod over the governor of that province, and
the said commission comprises Baldomero Carera.
Accordinc, to the Constitution of the Confederation the
presidelins prohibited from taking any part in judicial
matters, but at the same !time Urquiza authorises the
Comthission to place the person of Benavides beyond the
power of the tribunals of an Juan. The province
of San Juan maintains its rights, and then is attacked
by force of arms to seoure the person of Benavides
from justice. At two e'eleEk •in the morning, after a most
tempestuous night, the ,city of San Juan is attacked in
various quarters by organised and armed men from
Urquiza's forces, who -afterwards make their way to the
prison where Benavides isconfined. In the attack on the
gab'', the Captain of the fguard, D. Mariano`Godoy, is
assassinated, others are killed and wounded and the guard
is overcome. Alma a • dozen men who defended
the upper stories of the prison where Bena-
vides was confined 4EII offered resistance, but
they are at length overcome ; then the prisoner
endeavours to escape, -when the citizens, roused by the
continued reports of 'fire .arms, run to the assistance of
the guard, kill BenaVides, and disperse the -aggressors,
who retreat, dismayed at the death of their chieftain.
Urquiza, mad at the defence of the institutions,'throws off
his mask, setting at defiance all constitutions -.and laws
declares himself the open enemy of the -government,
of San Juan, and with his forces makes an attack on the
• city. At the last dates the province Of-San Juan
remained combating the invading forces .if General
Urquiza, determined 'to-conquer or die in • the struggle.
Those are the latest -ad -ices received from the interior,
and on their result depend the future events of the Con-
• federation and the destiny,of Urquiza. •

THE STATE OF MILAN.

The Paris Dehcste has published the following
letter :

MILAN, Jan. I.—The new year has commeneed in this
city in a very singular manner. The Milanese themselves
seem stupified, and both people and garrison appear this
morning to be asking each .other if it was all a dream.
Midnight had scarcely sounded, when numeronc, bands
:began to perambulate the City, including in their swigs all
the cries of the Italian patrists—" Vive l' Italie 1."-" Vive
Victor Emmanuel !" " Vivent les Trois Couleurs r At 2
o'clock in the morning the traffic was as animated akin full
day, and the uproar was so great that sleep. was altogether
out of the question. The beads in passing before the
military posts began instantly to hiss, when, extraordinary
to estate, the soldiers jiciineld7the party, and instead of
drawing their sabres, cried in emulation, " Vive !"

I myself observed a group of twelve officers in the Corso
Francesco fraternise with a baindof twenty persons, threw
their -taps into the air and cry " Vivent les Italiens:"
The gendarmes on horseback, who patrolled two ,arid
two, ,and the guards of police drew up quietly as'ifiin
obedience to a command, and there was not the slightest
breach of the peace. If the garrison had acted differently,
we -tremble to think of what ,the consequences would
have been, for the crowds who,flled the streets from
midnight to five o'clock consisted of-the most determined
individuals, and those best capable of opposing an ener-
getic -resistance to an armed force. Happily the very
number of the promenaders prevented wtonflict. •
The Nord has a telegram from Genoa, which says that
:the agitation increases, and that a report,continues to be
circulated to-the effect that Garibaldi is about to organise
:a corps of volunteers, or is preparing to play some very
:active part.

trheilpr
7:e7sonhitioft
ne.the several
Congresspolitical
parties,
declares that it has reeeirat Nvith - " The
satisfaction the declara-
tion of the Minister of Foreign Affairs, and that it is
other
then eminentproposedmembers
disposed to give to the Government its constant support,
in order to maintain the integrity of the Spanish
dominions."

The resolution was unanimously adopted, and
ordered to be inscribed in the Archives. The
Espano, through a violent adversary of the cabinet,
expresses warm approbation of the patriotic decla-
ration of the minister, and states that in a question
which, like that of Cuba, affects the national
honour, Spaniards, whatever their differences on
other points, will always be united. The other
journals employ similar language.