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to make to the Argentine republic, should be exclusively
reserved for the diplomatic agents. That the com•
manders of the naval stations should in no case be en-
trusted with them. and that proper instructions should
be given to that effect.
" 1:3. That the satisfaction and reparation due to the
Argentine Confederation for all and each of the injuries
and losses which had been inflicted on it from the time
of the refusal to acknowledge the blockage of Monte
'Video and Maldonado, during the course of the hostili-
ties, and until the conclusion of the same, should be re-
ferred to the arbitration of two friendly neutral powers,
one to be chosen by the Ministers of England and
France, and the other by the Argentine Government.
" 14. That it will belong exclusively to the legal
government of the Oriental Republic of the Uruguay to
claim and stipulate the satisfaction and reparation to
which it may consider itself entitled.

" 15. That the internal regulation of the Oriental Re-
public of the Uruguay belongs altogether to its legal
government, without the interference or intermeddling
of any foreign force or influence, inasmuch as in the
domestic arrangements that its government might wish
to make, the general voice of the Oriental citizens alone
should have any weight.
" 16. That no conference nor communication, nor
official act whatever, should take place until thee bases
had been agreed upon privately and confidently between
ther Excellencies the Ministers of France and England
and the government of the Oriental Republic of the
Uruguay, presided over by his Excellency the legal
President, Brigadier Don Manuel Oribe, to whom a
copy of said bases would be transmitted by the Argentine
government.

" 17. That in case this private and confidential ar-
rangement should be entered upon these bases, the Ar-
gentine Government would acquaint its ally his Excel-
lency the legal President of the Oriental Republic of
the Uruguay with the special mission which their Ex-
cellencies the Ministers of Great Britain and France had
announced themselves as the bearers of from their Go-
vernments, respecting the pacification of the republics of
the Plate; that, at the same time, the above-mentioned
should be communicated by his Exc,llency the legal
President of the Oriental Republic of Uruguay, Briga-
dier Don Manuel Oribe, and by their 'Excellencies the
Ministers of France and Great Britain, to the Argentine
Government, and that this latter would then unite in
establishing these same bases in public and official stipu-
lations, character, and form."

LETTER FROM LORD PONSONBY, &C.
" Rio Janeiro, August 20, 1828.
" The undersigned, her Britannic Majesty's Envoy
Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, has the
honour to acknowledge the receipt of a letter, under
date the 20th of August, from their Excellencies General
Balcarce and General Guido, Ministers Plenipotentiary
of the Republic of the United Provinces of the River
Plate, wherein their Excellencies desire to be informed
if the undersigned, in his official capacity. can give any
guarantee for the performance of the stipulations that
may be entered into in any preliminary convention or
definite treaty of peace.
"The undersigned, in reply, has the honour to state
that he has no authority from his Government to con-
tract any engagement for the guarantee of any prelimi-
nary convention or definitive treaty of peace, and he
begs leave to refer to his Excellency General Balcarce's
knowledge, that the undersigned was similarly situated
when he had the honour and pleasure to be the British
Envoy at Buenos Ayres.
" The undersigned has forwarded with this note a
letter in answer to certain interrogatories made by their
Excellencies, upon the question of the apparent or real
securities which may be contemplated for the strict ful-
filment of such conditions as may be agreed upon be-
tween the belligerents, touching the evacuation of the
fortresses of the Banda Oriental.
" The undersigned avails himself of this occasion to
assure their Excellencies of his high esteem and consi-
deration.

(Signed) " PONSONBY.
"To their Excellencies the Ministei..s Plenipotentiary
of the Republic of La Plata, &c."

The accounts from the River Plate (says the Liver-
pool Times), brought by the last Brazilian packet, state
that an armistice had been concluded between General
Urquiza, President Rosas' commander in the province
of Entre Rios, and Gencral Paz, the commander of the
united forces of Corrientes and Paraguay. We have
reason to know that this intelligence was believed at
Monte Video by persons generally possessed of the best
intelligence. If true, it is of the utmost importance, as
such a junction of parties, especially if supported by
England and France, would secure the independence of
Monte Video, open the navigation of the Parana, for at
least fifteen hundred miles into the interior, and would
reduce Rosas to the defensive. Urquiza's and Garzon's
influence in the Entre Rios have been the main supports
of his power for several years, as they have prevented
the union and co-operation of his enemies in the Banda
Oriental with those in Corrientes. The latter have re-
cently been reinforced by an army of 10,000 men from
Paraguay, and are therefore more formidable than
ever. If Urquiza, who has thus been placed between
two fires, has given way, General Rosas will by this
time have the united forces of Paraguay, Corrientes,
Entre Rios, and the Banda Oriental, backed by England
and France, upon his hands. What renders this pro-
bable is, that he appears to have offered no serious op-
position to the advance of the combined squadron, the
commanders of which had reached General Paz's camp
in Corrientes, and were about to proceed to Assun-
cion, the capital of Paraguay. The first division of
the army of Paraguay, 4,000 strong, under the corn
mend of young Lopez, the son of the President of that
Republic, hid joined Paz in Corrientes, thus rendering
him fully equal to any force which Urquiza cou'd bring
against him, even if he was disposed to risk all for
Rosas, which those who know him best consider hin'
very unlikely to do. Should Urquiza have joined Paz,
or even have consented to remain neutral, the province
of Santa Fe, which will then be the only province on
the banks of the Parana favourable to Rosas, will not
continue so long. For Santa Fe was for ages the great
line of communication with interior provinces, and has
been the greatest sufferer amongst the Riverine States
by the exclusive system of General Rosas, notwithstand-
ing the bribe of 60,000 silver dollars which he has paid
to it yearly to secure its acquiescence.
We sincerely trust that tke news of Urquiza's defec-
tion will be.confirmed, as it will secure the two great ob-
jects which render the struggle interesting and,important
to Europeans, and which induce five-sixths of the mer-
chants engaged in the River Plate trade to submit to
present
preserving
lossesa f w
the ith eh
independence
eerf u lnes s. T
of
Montehees
Video,
objects are
a state the
which has given a most signal example of commercial
liberality to all the states of America, and the opening
of that magnificent river, the Parana, which will in a
few years triple the trade of Europe with the River
Plate. The whole object of Rosa's anti-social policy has
been to close the Parana and to crush Monte Video,
whose rapid growth in prosperity was a perpetual re-
proach to his own selfisk and short-sighted policy.

SUSPECTED MURDER OF MR.
ASTLE Y.
Our English readers will be much shocked to learn
that it is now strongly suspected that Mr. Astley, whose
melancholy fate we communicated in a former number,
did not meet with his death by accident, as was then
supposed, but that he had been foully assassinated.
Various rumours are in circulation en this subject, but
we believe the following are all the facts that have
transpired :—lt appears that the unfortunate gentleman
had dined with a friend at his own house at Houton ;
after dinner they went together to a cabaret in the vil-
lage, which he habitually frequented, and remained there
till about eleven o'clock. On leaving the house, Mr.
Astley remained behind on the bridge for a necessary
purpose, and his companion walked on; but had not pro-
ceeded far when his name was called, not in a
tone of urgency or as in any danger, but in
the usual manner. lle, however, paid no parti-
cular attention to this, and went on to the house,
but finding, after a lapse of ten minutes, that Mr.
Astley did not return, he went back to the inn,
and, procuring a lantern, searched the banks of the
river, which was not more than two feet deep at the
sides, accompanied by the landlord's son, without dis-
covering airy trace. This, however, (lid not excite much
alarm, as Mr. Astley's habits were very eccentric, and
it was c,ncluded that he hail gone away on some sudden
whim----a riot very unusual circumstance. When the
next morning arrived without his making his appearance,
his friends became alarmed for his safety, and sent men
all over the country to search for him, and had boats out
to drag the river. But it was not until after the lapse
of two days that the body was found at a place about
three leagues down the Ourthe. It had a large
wound, seemingly inflicted by some heavy blunt instru-
ment, which had broken in all the crown of the skull,
and some slight contusions on the legs. The sleeve of
his coat was torn, and the knees of a pair of heavy fish-
ing boots he wore much abraded, as if he had been
dragged along a stony road. These appearances led to the
suspicion that murder had been committed; and upon the
examination before the tribunal at Marche, itcatne out that
two men, who h
had been drinking at a neighbouring ca-
baret, had left just about the time when the affair must
have occurred. These men were carpenters, and it was
stated that there existed a quarrel of about two years'
standing between them and the deceased, relative to a
disputed account. They avowed that they were both
too much intoxicated to recollect anything that happened;
and there not being sufficient evidence to criminate them,
they were liberated, but still remain under the
sur-
veillance of the pAice. An old man,
inhabitingi
heard cries for a
cot-
tage near near the bridge, said that h 9
help, but on going out could not
perceive anything un-
usual. No attempt at robberyseemed
made, as the watch, money, ring, to have been
&c., of the deceased
were all found on the body; a large German pipe he
carried, and his hat, being the only articles missing. The
officers of justice are still engaged in the investigation
ofthis
sad affair, but it remains up to this time involved
in impenetrable mystery. Lord Hastings came from
England to be present at the examination before the
Juge Instruction, and has conveyed his unhappy bro-
ther's remains for interment in the family vault.—Brus-
sels Gazette.

NOTICE TO MARINERS.
LIGaTIIOUSE ON THE ISLAND OF CERIGO.
An application by ship•owners and others interested in the
Levant trade, it is understood, is about to be made to the
Admiralty, for the erection of a lighthouse on the Island of
Cerigo, at the south-east corner of the Morea, which is much
wanted for the safety of vessels proceeding to the Archipelago,
Smyrna, Constantinople, and the Black Sea.
LL4IITHOUSE ON CAPE FINISTERRE.
An application, at the instance of the Peninsular and
Oriental Steam Navigation Company, has been made to the
Spanish Government, either to erect, or permit to be erected,
a lighthouse on Cape Finnis Finisterre. As this is the most
westerly promontory of Europe, and a point which vessels
generally endeavour to make, on their voyages to or from
Spain, Portugal. and the Mediterranean, it is a matter of
surprise that a lighthouse has not long since been placed
there. Had there been a good light on Cape Finisterre, it is
considered the unfortunate loss Ot. the Great Liverpool would
hot illTilloppened,