The Sun.
London, England, 1846-08-17 00:00:00

THE RIVER PLATE.

'From the River Plate important advices, datel Monte
Video, June 14, had been received at Baltimore by the barque
Creole, arrived from Corrientes. We extract the following
from the Baltimore Patriot:—

" Monte Video, June 14.
" On the 4th instant, at nine o'clock in the morning, the
fleet weighed anchor about three miles above the Burancas
of St. Lorenzo, in the river Parana, where there were placed
25 pieces of cannon, belonging to Buenos Ayres, to stop the
expedition from passing. At half-past nine the fort opened
a fire on the five steamers, the English steamers Gorgon,
Firebrand, and Electra, the French steamers Gacende and
Fulton, which took their position abreast of the batteries,
whilst the English brig-of-war Dolphin led the van of the
merchant-vessels, amounting to 100 sail.
" From the time the Dolphin passed, being the first vessel,
at half-past ten o'clock, to the time the last vessel of the
convoy passed, after sundown, made seven hours and a half
firing. It appears very singular that in such a large fleet
of vessels, in passing so many pieces of cannon, and within
musket-shot of the infantry, which played their part,
not a man was either killed or wounded; and still more
strange that uo accident should have happened of either
killed or wounded on board any of the vessels of war,
amounting to twelve sail, especially the five steamers, which
were under the fire from the batteries eight hours.
"The only accident that happened was four vessels getting
on shore abreast of the batteries, which the English and
French naval commanders set on fire to prevent them falling
into Roses' hand, one being the English barque Caledonia,
of Hull, the other three being schooners from Corrientes;
their cargoes consisted of amber, hides, wool, verba, and to-
bacco.

" There are as yet but a few of the convoy arrived at
Monte Video; only the large vessels. The weather being
boisterous, all the smaller vessels were lying at the island of
Martin Garcia.

" There is not such a large quantity of hides come down
as was expected, but there is a larger quantity of verbs,
tobacco, and wool. Salt hides none. Small quantity of tal-
low, packed beef, one cargo horse hair, a great deal of tim-
ber, &c.

(From the Philadelphia North American.)
The following is an extract of a letter from General O'Brien,
dated Monte Video, May 26 :
" General Gilarte, accredited Minister from Bolivia, is now
here for the sole purpose of attempting to arrange a free
communication with that extensive and important country.
You are aware that though by nature Bolivia has the means
of communicating with the Atlantic, by being permitted to
make use of her own rivers and those they fall into until they
reach the Plate, she has never yet enjoyed anything of the
kind, but has been entirely isolated from the rest of the world,
save and except by the poor port of Cobija, on the west coast,
whence all goods have to travel over a desert of 500 miles,
without a drop of water therein existing.
" The Minister's instructions are to build or procure four
iron steamers drawing three feet water, to be sent out (with
false keels) for the purpose of navigating the rivers Vermejo
and Pilcomayo. If this be effected, the trade of Bolivia,
which is now little more than a trifling addition to that en-
joyed on the west coast of South America, would become
really valuable by its natural channels, and a.most important
advantage to the trade of the River Plate.
" Our own Minister, Mr. Ouseley, will doubtless have kept
his Government well-informed upon this subject, but I have
thought it well to let you know what is going on ; I fear that
Rosas may be too strong for us. He unfortunately can issue
as much paper money as he likes. His enemies on this side
are toe poor for him."
(Extracts from letters dated Monte Video, May 15.)
The state of the war and the undecided character of the
intervention are bringing ruin and misery upon all, and I
don) know how or when it will end. It seems to be the
plan of the interventionists to carry out the object by means
of shipping alone. This is a great error. Rosas and Oribe
will defy them, and do as they like, if nothing else be brought
against them.
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An English officer, Wardlaw, was assassinated in a most
barbarous manner by Roses' people. He was cruising in a
boat on duty near to Ensenada, and was driven on shore by
a storm ; as his boat got aground, they fired at him, and then
beckoned him to go ashore : he then hoisted a flag of truce,
which was apparently answered in a friendly way. He
went on shore to them with the white flag, when they made
him a prisoner, and commanded him to order the boat's crew
on shore. However, in place of doing that, he ordered his
men to take care of themselves, and get away as well as they
could, telling them that he was a prisoner. Rosas' people,
finding the men would not come, sent an armed whale-boat
with ten men, and ordered the crew to surrender, firing some
shots at them. The crew had loaded a small swivel gun
with a round ball, and tilled the gun up to the muzzle with
musket bullets; they waited till the whale-boat carne within
20 yards, when they fired and killed eight men; the other
two fled, and the Racer's boat got away undisturbed. Poor
Wardlaw was afterwards deliberately murdered with most re-
fined cruelty, being cut, scored, and mutilated in a most
dreadful manner. Mr. Lodge, the English chaplain at Buenos
Ayres, applied for his body, but did not succeed in getting it.
I fear many scenes of this kind will occur before the war is
over. Rosas has just issued a decree declaring all English
and French officers and men incendiaries, and ordering all
the commandants of the different districts to take them, and
instantly apply the punishment appointed by law against
that offence, which is death, so that condemnation is pro-
nounced upon them all; and they only require to be
caught, and without further process put to death. Although
the intervention is so miserably dilatory, they are daily
getting deeper into it; and it is evident to every one here
that they cannot withdraw from the contest if they wished.
It is incomprehensible to all to see how much the two Go-
vernments are misled with regard to the local circum-
stances of this war. If they had cane forward boldly with
an overwhelming land force, the war in the Banda Oriental
would have been over now. But they seem to think that
partial means will do, and thus they are losing the sympa-
thies of the people, who begin to think the intervention will
end as the French question ended in 1840. There are re-
ports in Buenos Ayres of strange doings in Corrientes and
Entrerios; it is said that the Maderiagas, with the Corren-
tinos, have leagued with Urquiza and the Entrerianos. and
they have discarded Paz, who is gone to Paraguay, with the
troops of that country. The coasting vessels that have
arrived here from Entrerios all state that the league or
new order of things in Entrerios and Corrientes is to esta-
blish peace. There is no official news from the vessels of war
in the Parana, therefore nothing certain is known of what
has taken place. But the report which gains most credence
here is that Corrientes and Entrerios have declared them-
selves a separate state, and independent of all parties, and
resolved to maintain peace if possible. What gives great
weight to this report of peace is that Urquiza had dis-
banded a great part of his army, and had liberated all the
Correntino prisoners. The people in Entrerios are marking
their cattle, and pursuing their rural occupations; there is
also a free trade between Monte Video and Entrerios,
from whence a great deal of produce is arriving here
every day. There is now a convoy of 50 or 60 vessels (mer-
chant) loaded with produce, on its way from Corrientes. By
the last accounts they were at the Bajada, waiting the de-
struction of a battery that Rosas has constructed at San
Lorenzo, which is so high (300 feet) above the water, and the
river at that part so narrow, that the vessels of war cannot
touch them with their shot. It is understood they are going
to attack them by land and destroy them. I hope they may
soon succeed, and bring down the convoy. Rivera left this
some time ago ; he was taken by the Apollo to Colonia with
from 500 to 600 men. The first essay of his new campaign
was successful, having taken 1,500 horses and 1,000 head of
cattle from Oribe's people. He will have very good assist-
ance and great advantages from the squadrons, and is ex-
pected soon to have on foot a respectable force in the interior.
May 26.—We observe more activity in business, particu-
larly in the produce market. The supply of produce from
Entrerios is very extensive, chiefly dry hides, and this causes
a visible change in business generally. As regards politics,
we remain in the same painful state of suspense, without
advance or retrocession, and nothing has occurred worth
noticing.
May 27.—We have no further news to communicate, ex-
cept a rumour that negotiations for peace are going on be-
tween Oribe and the interventionists, on a basis independent
of Rosas. This wants authenticity; but, if true, we may
soon expect a satisfactory settlement. At present we only
mention this as a report. The convoy has not arrived from
Corrientes. Rivera has commenced operations at Las Vacas,
but nothing of importance has yet taken place.

MURDEROUS ASSAULT AND DARING ATTEMPT AT
Ronamtv.—At one o'clock on Saturday morning, two men,
apparently labourers, called at Mr. Film's, proprietor of
the White Bear, Ratcliff-highway, and had a pint of half-
and-half, for which they tendered a sovereign in payment.
The landlord, not having sufficient change, brought down a
money bag, containing about 15/. in gold and silver. In a
few minutes after, two men, in the garb of sailors, who,
beyond doubt, were in league with the others, entered the
house, and, taking possession of the bar parlour, called for
some beer. Mr. 'man told them that he did not allow
strangers to occupy his private apartment, but they per-
sisted in remaining, and he was obliged to use force in
putting them out. They resisted, and one of them knocked
the landlord clown by a heavy blow, whilst the other gave
him a severe kick on the face, which rendered him insen-
sible for a considerable time. As Mr. Finan supposed, the
thieves must have been disturbed by some persons passing
by, for they decamped without their booty ; and though very
severelyinjured, Mr. Finan, on regaining his senses, wasglad to find that his money bag remained untouched.
DESPERATE HIGHWAY ROBBERY.—On Saturday last
information was forwarded by route to all the metropolitan
police-stations, respecting a most desperate highway robbery
committed by two men, in the vicinity of Lomans-street,
Gravel-lane, Southwark, under the following brutal and
daring circumstances :—lt seems that about a quarter
to
twelve o'clock, on Friday night, two gentlemen, residing in
the Blackfriars'-road, were returning home, through some
part of the Borough, when they were followed by
flanly-looking fellows, and when they reached a dark spot.,
two
facing the the George public-house, in Gravel-lane, the robbers
suddenly seized the two gentlemen and felled them to the
ground, and afterwards jumped upon them until they became
insensible. In the meantime they robbed
.them of a very
valuable gold watch, with a rich chin and its appendages,
together with money and other things,
, leaving the gentle-
men lying on the ground insensible. Several persons ran out
of the peiblic-house opposite, but the villains had effected
their escave. The police were called for some time, but none
could be fon.qd. Large bills were posted on Saturday round
offering a reward for the recovery of the
property,
metropolis,
tbe apprehension of the robbers.
FATAL ACCIDENT TO A TRADESMAN IN THE STRAND.
and
—On Friday evening, about eight o'clock, Mr. George Buck-
ley, a paper stainer, of No. 329, Strand, expired in King's
College Hospital, in consequence of injuries he received about
six weeks since under the following circumstance :—lt ap-
pears that the deceased at the time of the accident was
standing upon a ladder at the rear of the above premises,
when a scream, both from his wife and child, suddenly as-
sailed his ears; the child had hurt her hand between the
door, and the scream produced a similar ebullition from the
mother, and in hastening down the ladder to their aid lie
fell and broke his leg near the ankle, the bones of each being
splintered in a most shocking manner. The medical gentle-
men of the above institution, into which he was at once re-
ceived, recommended, as a means of saving the patient's
life, immediate amputation of the limb. He, however, re-
fused to undergo so painful an operation, until at length
urged by his friends he consented; but it would appear that
it was .then unhappily too late, as, although everything
which human skill could suggest was had recourse to, he
continued, as before the operation, gradually to decline, and
expired on Saturday, as above stated. The cause of, as well
as the unfortunate accident itself, has, as may be con-
ceived, plunged the widow of deceased into the most poignant
grief. It has been stated that an inquest will be held upon
the body.
GAME 'IN THE ROYAL PRESERVES AT WINDSOR.—
Game of all descriptions, especially partridges and phea-
sants, is more plentiful this year in the royal domains at
'Mildew than at any former period.

CAPTAIN G. SMITH'S PADDLE
BOX SAFETY BOATS.
Latest testimonials in favour of Captain G. Smith's Paddle-
box Safety Boats, with the Parliamentary Report of the.
Select Committee on Shipwrecks.
United Service Club, Pall-mall, May 14, 1846.
My dear Smith—•l am sorry to find it has been assert., d
that paddle-box boats cannot be easily and safely got intt.'
the water when the ship is rolling much ; now the contrary
of this was most apparent in the Growler, as well as the
Penelope, Eclair, and Hecate, off Shebar and Gallinas, on the
coast of Africa, where I have seen them used by each of these
vessels, at anchor on the open coast, and underweigh at times
when it would have been very inconvenient, and attended
with considerable risk as well as much loss of time, to have
hoisted out the pinnace, or other boom-boat, by the fore-yard
or other means; added to which, a paddle-box boat carries
nearly twice as much as a pinnace. I recollect ..‘n instance
of our supplying the Ardent with provisions and stOres, while
rolling heavy off Shebar, by means of our paddle-b,gx boats
(with which she was not fitted), in the course' of an
afternoon so as to enable her to proceed that evening, Ltistead
of being detained till next day. Many similar opportuni-
ties of benefiting the service, and, consequently, of proving
the value and importance of these boats, occurred on that
station. At Sierra Leone, for instance, coal-lighters could
seldom be obtained, and it often became necessary to ship
100 or 200 tons of coal in these boats only, while the pin-
nace and other boats were watering, &c. Without the
paddle-box boats the steamers would have been detained a
week or ten days, instead of two or three, which, in the
sickly season, would probably have cost some lives. On one
occasion, while rolling off Shebar, we received coals front
the Penelope without difficulty ; on another, we supplied
the Hecate with them under similar circumstances,
or rather, when rolling still more heavily; in short, with-
out these boats, the service must have been delayed.
and some of the operations could not have been attempted'
It would be superfluous to advert to their vast utility,
might say, infinite value, in cases of fire or shipwreck,
and in carrying on war-like operations, lightening the ship
when on shore, laying out anchors, carrying gums, &C.
Finally, I do not see a single objection to their being univer-
sally adopted in all sea-going steamers; and they possess
advantages from their form and size which could not be de-
rived from any number of smaller boats that could be e,..,r-
-ried by them ; and, as I have before observed, my experi=-
ence (of nearly four years) has proved to me that they arer
much more readily and safely got into the water than any
deck boats carried by steamers, as they only require being
turned over into the water, which is done by a few men.
I should have stated that the boats so frequently used by
the Penelope, are enormous boats: one of the Growler'scould
safely carry 85 men, though considerably smaller than
Penelope's.
Believe me always yours very faithfully,
CLAUDE 11i. BUCKLE, Capt. R.N.
FROM CAM'. HALL, It. N., LATE OF THE NEMESIS.
Junior United Servie Club, June 1, 1846.

My dear Captain Sinith—My opinion of your paddle-box
boats is, that no steam vessel, large or sn:all, belonging to
the navy or merchant service, ought to go to sea without
them. Very faithfully yours,
WILLIAM H. HALL•

The Brussels Opera company left London yesterday
(Sunday) morning for Antwerp, by the steam-ship Soho,
Irons Brunswick Wharf, Blackwall. As they performed At
Drury-lane Theatre on Saturday night, and were so en-
gaged until midnight, the time allotted for preparation for
their departure was very small, and as their theatrical
wardrobe and effects were delivered to them in bulk on

their arrival here for professional purposes, without payment
of the duties, under protest that they should be again ex-
ported to Belgium within a stated limited period, it became
necessary for the director, on the part of the troupe, to
make application to the revenue authorities for their exami-

nation fo take place at a very early period of the morning of
yesterday, previously to shipment and their departure, n]
order to relieve the parties to the bond from the onus which
had devolved upon them for the general convenience of thin
gifted company.

MUSICAL liossw.—Paris.—The Italian Opera has
published its programme; it will re-open on the Ist of Oc-
tober. Grisi, Persiani, Marietta Brambilla, Mario. LabiAche,
Ronconi, Corelli, Cullini, Tagliafico, Peppina Brambilla,
Angiola Albini, and Coletti, are among the engagementf
announced. The theatre continues under the direction
of M. Vatel. A new opera, La Caquet du courant, the
music by Henri Potier, has been produced at the Opera
Comique, with considerable success. The success is traced
to the performers, Madame Potier, Mdlle. Marie Lavoye,
and St. Foye, rather than to the music, or the book, which
is the production of MM. Planard and Leuven. A dramatic
version of Clarissa Ilarlowe, after the form given to it by
Jules Janiu, has been produced at the Gymnase Dramatique,
with brilliant success; the names of the authors are MM.
Dumanoir, Leon Guillard, and Clairville ; the first and last
of these have had little to do in the work, but M. Leon
Guillard, the real author, to insure its production, was'
compelled to avail himself of the names and prestige of others
better known, if not clever than himself ; this is the system

in Paris. M. Guillard is a cousin of Massol, the singer.--
Vienna.—Liszt, the pianist, after giving about a dozen con-
certs here, and a great number more in the Austrian pro-
vinces, was attacked by an inflammatory fever which raised
apprehensions about his life. Under the care of M.
Loewe, the famous homoeopathic doctor, he recovered
entirely, and will shortly repair to Italy. The Album
de Sainte Cecile informs us that on the 1I th of July the
inauguration of the monument to Gluck took place.
Mozart's Requiem was executed.—lt is stated that
Jenny Lind has refused the offers made to her from
the Imperial Theatre at St. Peterburgh—viz., forty thou-
sand silver rubles for live months, and one thou-
sand rubles extra for each representation. Among the most
interesting features of the forthcoming festival at Birming-
ham is the 93d Psalm, to which Moscheles has set music.

High expectations are entertained of this first essay of
this master in the ecclesiastical style. Balfe, the new chef
d'orchestre of her Majesty's Theatre, has signed a renewed
engagement with Mr. Lumley for two years. He has adopted
the poem of Halevy's Mousquetaires de la Being for his new
opera at Drury-lane Theatre. Leopold de Meyer, the pianist,
promises to return to England in May. Miss Messent has
concluded an engagement with Mr. Bunn to fill the situa-
tion of seconda donna at Drury-lane Theatre. A chorus
written by Rossini, to celebrate the recent Pontifical mark
of clemency, has been much talked of. Some ;say it is ori-
ginal, others that it is from one of the finales of the Donna
dcl Lago, others that it is from some less known work; but
no one seems absolutely to know anything about it, not even
the Bolognese, who regard every movement of Rossini with
so jealous an eye.—New Italian Opera.—This bubble has
burst effectually, Persiani, the original proprietor, having
withdrawn from the speculation.—Musical World.

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1,245/., viz., the reserved rents (numbering 60), 587/. 10s. Bd. ;
the " lines" which amount to two-thirds of the rental,
3911. 12s. Id. ; sale of wood and bark, 116/. ; and dividends on
stock in Consols, 1471. This income, the average of the seven
years preceding 1836, may be reckoned as being what is at
the present time realised ; but investigation has proved that,
by a more equitable mode of rental as much as 3,0001. may
be realized annually for the benevolent objects of the charity.
A year ago the matter was entered into by a young man re-
sident in Stamford, who has since had communication with
the Bishop of Lincoln, and had his Lordship's cordial concur-
rence in the desire for an extension of the charity" to the
ample extent which the estates may be made to ensure. The
Bishop, with the consent of the Archbishop of Canterbury,
has the power to alter the statutes relating to the hospital;
and from a conversation the other day which his Lordship
had with the applicant (Mr. G. Burton), it seems that the ne-
cessary steps for running out the present leases, and effecting
better arrangement of rental, will forthwith be adopted by
the authorities of the hospital, certain powers being sought
from the Court of Chancery. The proposals submitted to the
Bishop were, the adopting of a more just mode of determin-
ing the rents, the discontinuance of the "fines," and the •
addition to the charity of as many out-pensioners as the
augmented funds will allow—each having an allowance of
clothing and six shillings a week. It appears that four other
persons in Stamford have had communication with the
ishop of Lincoln on the subject; and there is at length a
hope that the statutes of the institution (which have been for
ages withheld from public view) will be promulgated; and
that the disgraceful malappropriation of the large means
given for the benefit of the poor, by one who intended to be
a liberal benefactor to the town (but whose perverted means
have done little more than add to the thousands of other
examples of the danger of entrusting to the clergy the admi-
nistration of charities) will cease within a short time, and
that the benefits of the Bede-house will be extended, as they
ought to be, to 150 persons, instead of fourteen.—Stamford
Mercury.
EFFECTS OF FREE TRADE.—The weaving, trade in
Scotland has sensibly improved since the passing of the
Corn Bill. From many of the weaving towns agoodtiviillgg
the reports are favourable, the weavers being
ices.—Xtan-
plentifully supplied with work and at better p
chester Examiner.
THE CHAMPIONSHIP OF TBE Tl!lADlES.—Coombes and
training Campbell are in close for this match of Wednesday
next. The latter is the favourite at five to four. Both men
are first-rate scoffers, and besides the stakes of 2004 a very
litre sum of money in bets is pending the issue.
CLASPER AID NEWELL. —Newell has published a.
letter, in which he states that he is willing to row Clasper on
the Thames, five miles, or any further distance be pleases, for
200/. aside.—Durham Advertiser.
ILLNESS OF THE DUKE OF MARLBOROUGIL-131R-
UINGIIAI,I, SUNDAY, ONE O'CLOCK.—This Turning a special
messenger arrived here by the mail train from Liverpool, to
procure the immediate attendance of Dr. Hodgson, M.D., and
J . W. Whateley, Esq., solicitor to the above nobleman, who
is now lying very ill in his yacht, Wyvern, at Beaumaris.
His Lordship left Liverpool on Thursday afternoon at three
o'clock, for Cowes, but was taken ill, and the vessel, was put
back and medical assistance instantly obtained; but his
disease increasing, the Duchess ordered a messenger to be
dispatched for the above-named gentlemen, who will leave
here at two o'clock for Liverpool.
The Marquis of Lansdowne left town on Saturday
afternoon for his seat, Bowood Park, Wilts.
AMERICAN PRODUCE.—The following supplies com-
prise the principal portion of the most noticeable arrivals
which have taken place from the United States of America
anti Canada during the past week. The Jane, from Mon-
treal, brought 1,540 barrels of flour, and 8,415 minots of
wheat ; the Metoka, arrived at Liverpool from New York,
brought 1,062 barrels of flour, the large number of 11,370
bushels, and 745 sacks of wheat, 520 tierces of beef, and
1,790 bushels of Indian corn ; the Alliott, at the same port,
also from New York, 1,000 barrels of flour, 9,613 bushels of
wheat, and 4,101 bushels of Indian corn; the Prince Albert,
from Quebec, 4,045 barrels of flour, the produce of Canada;
the Arabella, from New York, 3,900 lianas of flour; the
Robert and Ann, from Quebec, 2,981 barrels of flour, &c.;
the Undine, from Quebec, 2,144 barrels of flour and other
articles ; the Calliope, from Quebec, 7,070 barrels of flour,
and the large number of 14,282 staves for coopers' use. And
the following, comprising the latest arrivals at the port
of Liverpool, all took place in one day :—the Paul Jones,
from New York, 7,450 barrels of flour, &c. • the Monon-
gahela, from New Orleans, 1,925 sacks of' Idian corn;
the Yasoo, from New Orleans, 3,572 sacks of corn, &C. ; the
Fidelia, from New York, 3,104 barrels of flour, 186 barrels of
lard, several packages of hams, tongues, &c.; the Laura,
from New Orleans, 4,207 sacks of wheat, &c.; the John
Cumming, from New Orleans, 2,225 barrels of flour, 1,582
sacks of wheat, and 3,565 sacks of Indian corn; the Eliza-
beth, from Montreal, 2,683 barrels of flour, 136 barrels of
pork, and 105 kegs of butter; the Queen of the Tyne, from
Montreal, 7,649 minots of wheat, 1,070 barrels of flour, and
140 kegs of butter; the Lavinia, from Montreal, 3,617
barrels of flour, &c.; the Mary, from Quebec, 1,576 barrels
of flour; the Coverdale, from Montreal and Quebec, 2,160
barrels of flour, 34 barrels of pork, several of hams, and
4,584 bushels of wheat ; the Jane, from Montreal and
Quebec, 3,350 barrels of flour, &c.; besides numerous vessels
from the provinces of Canada, St. John's, New Brppswl od
ck.
and other ports of North America, laden entirely wall
goods of American p/oduce. tots! amount stow
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