The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser.
London, England, 1826-03-28 00:00:00

TO THE EDITOR OF THE BRITICH pnrss.

Sin—May I be allowed to offer some doubts upon the jostles of
thnsearrailines which Buenos Ayres has commenced against Brea,,
upon which subject you seem to share the general prejudice in thus
country. The superior merits of Rept:Wham Qaarrtniente Cla
afford no argument (were they superior). as i 1 is is question of com-
plicated right which might have equally arisen between two Its-
The only seaports and considerable towns of who is called La
Hands Oriental, Alonte•Video, and Sin Sacramento, *ere founded
by the Portuguese Government of Brazil ; and of it many disputa
were ceded to Spain, about IGO wears 'gm In 1869 Buenos Ayres
and all its Viceroyalty (except "Upper Peru) revolted, and became
independent. But the Elands Oriente{ remafeed to Spain under
the ill-fated Gen. Ktio, and after 'yards under Gen. Vigoelet, till 1814.
That is to say, the above-mentioned seaports did ; for the enunny
people, a very fleece and wild race. had previously taken arum
under Anigas and Fructuoso Ribere.And blockaded simile places by
bird. la 1814 Monte-Video was taken by storm, under the aus-
pices of lion Carlos Alvear, a Buenos-Ayrean General, but by the
forces of Artigat.
I cannot say if it was months, or only weeks, before Alvear wed
sent about his business, and Artigas set up an independent tyranny
in his own person. plundering all his neighlroure by sea and land.
He made frequent incursions into the lands of the Republic, seam.
tidies threatet ing Buenos-Ayres; and, on the other hand, used tet
ravage the Rio Grande frontiers, and excite the Brazilian negroes
to rev. It. Buenos-Ayres was then weak and helpless, and the
King of Portugal, by a military and naval expedition. subdued the
country and expelled Artigam. This was done, in 1817. When
Brazil declared her independence, a schism moss among the troops
stationed there; and upon that ocusida the ('abikio of Monte-
' Video declared their adhesion to the new empire, and swore fidelity
to Don Pedro. Fructuoso Klima publiphed prnelaniatiors
flaming with devotion to the House of Brsganaa, and sarcasms
upon the Buenos-Ayreans, and sent his brother, Bernaba Ribero,
to Rio Janeiro, to lay his protestations at the !bid of the throne.
1 This very mar., after eight years of peaceful submission, does, at
the secret instigation of Las Hermit Buenos-Ayres, raise a revolt
anumg the Llaneros, or wild buffalo hunters of the plains round
Monte-Video, and as soon as the revolt (think)* ennsiattnei, Go.
vernor Las Hens discovers that ht: is entitled to the coast which
the Brazilians concitered front A taigas with their swords and tbei
money, and openly joins the traitor (and can there be a beam
Fritetumo Ribero. .. .
The right to the fertitori seems very doubtful. The month,
was tounded by Portugal, yielded to Spain, passed from Spain
hands to the freebootSs Artigas and Ribera, and was conquered
from them by the arms of American Portugal, now Bra4B. Thii
is not the worst of titles ; but this at least must be plain, 1 think,
to every man's judgment, that Buenos Ayres has no' tight to in.
rade the Brazilian frontier, as it luta for nine years been consti-
tuted, without first paying up, or tendering to pay, the following.
indemnities :—First, the damages done by Amps at sea and,
land. Second, the expenses of conquering him ; and third,. the
expenses of the civil and military government of the country since
that time. No Seth offer has been made by Buenos Ayres, and
believe they are an incapable or paying for the subjugation of Ar.
tigas es they were of subjugating him. •
Lastly. what security can they offer for the future good geolert-
ment of the Province, that it may not become again a nuisances
Can they manage Fructuoso Ribero any better now than they could
then ?

The English newspapers seem all nn one side, 'treeing to run
down a country in which our stockholdus have a great Interest,
and our merchants a much greater. You will therefore do an set
of justice hi giving publicity to these rentatks.
X.
I'S. I will explain a tnistalt., which all our journalists have
fallen into, of supptiv,ing that the Brazilians of Rio Grande have
revolted. When the Oriental was annexed to Brazil it became
part of It io Onside, and 'Hien the Rio Grande rebels are *pokes
uf, Inn:tuns° and his peOple are meant.