The Sun.
London, England, 1846-09-10 00:00:00

COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE.

" CORRIENTES, MAY 15.—0 n my first arrival here,
the prospects were not of the most flattering kind, but
little by little they have improved, owing partly to the
arrangements which we English made amongst 'pur-
-1 selves, and partly in consequence of the parties who
brought up small facturas having retailed them them-
selves or otherwise disposed of them, thus leaving the
market open to those who had any quantity of goods,
and who were not over urgent to effect sales ; but
the greatest mischief was, in the first instance, done by
those of the convoy who arrived first; they knowing
that more goods were coming up, and fearful of being
undersold, disposed of their goods at the best prices they
could obtain. This for a time kept prices low. Those
who arrived afterwards soon found out the state of the
case, and the greater part then took shops, which kept
the goods out of the hands of the dealers. I was all
along under the impression that the dealers must even-
tually pay us good prices for our goods, or else do with-
out them; but as it was necessary to be doing something,
without pushing sales, I sold whenever I could obtain a
price to leave a fair profit. You will be aware of the
prices from the notes of sales I have sent down, and
which I trust will be satisfactory. The dealers hero
are for the most part young men, who came
up from Buenos Ayres with fact eras, by the
former convoys from that place. They esta-
blished themselves here, collected hides, &e.,
and are now sending down part to pay for the goods
they brought up; the remainder they have sold to raise
funds for purchasing goods here, and having but small
capital they can only buy in proportion to their means.
Some few of the dealers have been established here for
a long time ; these complain of bad times, and it is evi-
dent they have to make way for younger and more active
men. I trust you will be satisfied with my proceedings
in having taken a shop, for I see it is the cheapest way
I have of collecting produce at the lowest prices ; being
in small lots they can always be bought cheaper than in
larger quantities, and the extra profit on the goods will
far more than cover the additional expense. The amount
or value of the goods purchased by the Paraguayans in
this market, from my arrival to the present time, I cal-
culate at 6,000 dollars; or at most 8,000 dollars ; they
would have bought more had they brought more money,
but the export duty of 10 per cent. on specie out of Pa-
raguay is a great drawback to money being extracted
from that republic. The Correntine Government have
not yet arranged the duties on imports, and the Congress
is not sitting. I spoke to-day with the collector, who is
also treasurer, and he will regulate the duties as soon as
he has a little leisure ; he is at present quite occupied
with the accounts of the imports and exports.
" I wrote down on the llth, with particulars of some
goods which I consider will do well here in the course of
two, three, or fuur months hence ; and it would be well
to have them ready, especially if we determine on
establishing a house here. Several persons have gone
down, with the intention of returning with articles suit-
able for the market.

" Hides have fallen in price to 24 to 26 reals, and I
expect to buy very soon at 20 reals, as there are now
scarcely Opy pucliosers, I mild by §ure 91 ycar

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sending up a letter of marque, with salt, comestibles,
and a general assortment of goods, such as grey and
blbached calicoes, prints, baizes, sewing thread, hand-
kerchiefs, and shawls, &c., I would go down to the
Bajada in two months hence to meet the vessel, and I
might there be able to dispose of the cargo, or a part of
it, to advantage; or, if not, I could come on here with it.
The goods for Paraguay will be away in a few days ; one
small vessel is already laden, another begun with, and I
have a third ready in case of need.
" Captain Hotham has said that he cannot give con-
voy to single vessels ; now I do not think that it has
ever been the intention of their Excellencies the Minis-

ters Plenipotentiary of England and France that a
convoy should be given to vessels to come up the river,
and then that they should be left here because they can-
not be ready laden by a given time. They could not
suppose that we can get on so quickly here, where every-
thing is out of order, out of place, where there are so
many impediments, and so many vessels to be got
ready, as could be done did the commerce flow in its
proper and regular channel ; and I feel convinced that
when their Excellencies are made acquainted with the
particulars, there will not be any detention, for want of
convoy, of the vessels now left behind.
" Political affairs have taken a very favourable turn,
much more so than I anticipated; this is so much
more favourable for us in the sale of our goods. On
the Ist instant we .had notice that General Juan Mada-
riaga, with five others, had made his escape from Entre-
Rios, and was at that time in communication with the
captains of the naval forces who were then off the Es-
quina. The escape of Don Juan from Entre-Rios must
have been with the connivance of Urquiza ; for I heard,
some five or six days previous to that, that he was ex-
pected to arrive here in the city on the Ist, which
proves that they were aware of his coming. The Go-
vernor, Don Joaquin Madariaga, had been already at
Esquina, to see the commanders. Since that time I
have heard from various persons that all is finally set-
tled between the Madariagas and Urquizas ; but upon
what terms or conditions is not exactly known, though
there is a report in town that the treaty will be pub-
lished on the 25th instant. I have just been informed
on good authority, that communications have been re-
ceived to-day from Captains Hotbam and Trehouart,
containing the conditions upon which the peace is to be
established, viz. :
" Entre-Rios and Corrientes to act together against
Rosas and all parties.
" Corrientes and Entre-Rios to be two separate pro-
vinces or republics ; to be in all respects independent of
Buenos Ayres.
" Urquiza to take the command of the combined armies.
" Paraguay to have the option of entering into the
league, upon condition of not allowing General Paz to
have anything to do or say in the matter."

(From the Pay aguayo lndependiente.)
The press has, in many places, long since discovered
and exposed the gross imposition by which the policy of
Rosas is sustained; but truth labours in vain where
blindness and vice hold inflexible dominion; "none are
so deaf as those who will not hear."

History shows that in different communities or govern-
ments certain fixed views or passions have always
directed their tendencies. Rome adopted conquest as
her principle of government; Greece conferred crowns
on her wise men, and raid° of philosophy and the
sciences an idol; Tyre, Venice, and the United Pro-
vinces of the Low Countries gave all their application
to commerce ; Spain and Portugal were led on by the
spirit of discovery; England pursued maritime predomi-
nance; France glory; in a word, each has its peculiar
passion or ambition, its favourite ruling principle.
Rosas, right or wrong, is a Government; consequently
must have, and has, in fact, the attribute. As the moral
course of human affairs is ever consequential—that
which, at times, appears to our imagination to be dis-
order not being disorder, but the natural consequence of
certain principles and antecedent acts—it is evident that
he must manifest some tendency singular and harmoni-
ous with his system.
His flags fluttered forth the imprecation, " Death to
the savage Unitarians ;" from that moment his soldiers
were armed with knives, and,became expert cut•throats.
He called the civilised Argentines savages ; Gauchos
from the Pampas then became the representatives of
civilization. He styled himself " Hero of the Desert ;"
what more consentaneous with the title than the wish to
reduce the city of Buenos Ayres and all the Confedera-
tion to one grand universal waste, by that means to
strengthen and enlarge his claim to the coveted glory?
A principle of death and destruction was set up, and it
has been strictly followed.
Inspired with such ideas, and the insatiable thirst of
conquest, it was still impossible for him to openly con-
fess and defend them. He must then have recourse to
falsehood—altering the signification of words, calling
crime virtue, ambition right, cruelty justice, and madness
reason. Falsehood had necessarily to become his prin-
ciple of government; and it is so.
Now, falsehood, extermination, and a desert, ar©
things irreconcileble with civilation ; Rosas must, there-
fore, be hostile towards all who raise the standard of in-
telligence. What wonder that he is at war with his
neighbours, the Orientales, the Paraguayans, the Boli-
vians ? Who can feel astonished that he is at ,war with
the English and French? " Hero of the Desert!"—how
could he consent to neutrals navigating the Parana,
which he wishes to preserve a desert for ever?
But his most scandalous falsehood is that political
blasphemy which he has just committed in his last mes-
sage to the Legislative Chamber of Buenos Ayres—that
Paraguay would unite herself with the confederation !
And his Gazette, which says nothing except by his
order, adds that Paraguay would make common cause
with this most humane and just dictator!
While he was uttering these fraudulent words, there
was resounding over every hill and valley of Paraguay,
through her capital, on her mountains and plains, one
universal shout of war against him.
He had no ground whatever for advancing the false-
hood ; and his only motive in telling it was to mislead
and confound, his aim being to inculcate an idea of his
superior power, to impose upon his enemies, to screen
the effects of his nefarious policy, to divert the attention
of the general coalition, which his crimes and folly have
called into existence, and to ward off the blow which
now threatens him.

But of what use is such a miserable expedient ? It
lasts but for two or three days, and then follows the
solemn and bitter contradiction, the voice of truth, the
conviction, whose only fruit is dishonour and infamy.
Let Rosas go on so if he pleases ; but let him con-
vince himself, if possible, in time, that all his plots and
falsehoods, nay, his hostilities too, will never prevail
against Paraguay. Here he has the well-wishes of Re
one, absolutely no one ; still he talks about American
sympathies ! How does he expect to impress us with
an idea of his power, if he thus exposes to us his mi-
serable weakness ? Let him continue if he pleases; but
instead of coming out conqueror, he will see that even
the city of Buenos Ayres will at length escape from his
fangs. Yes, she shall arise from amid the ruin and
ashes of her murdered children, and the sun of inde-
pendence and liberty, the moon of security and repose,
shall yet dawn upon her walls.

PUGILISM.—On Tuesday Bostock and Thomas
settled their claims to pugilistic superiority. The par-
ties left the metropolis, attended by a good muster of
the " milling fancy," for Rainham, Essex, and after a
quick fight Thomas was declared victor.
FATAL ACClDENT.—Yesterday afternoon, about
two o'clock, the following fatal accident occurred to a
respectable lad, named James Forty, aged fourteen, re-
siding in 'Union-street, Lambeth-walk. About the time
above mentioned, Forty and several of his schoolfellows
proceeded to the water side at Lambeth, for the purpose
of bathing, and having undressed themselves, went into
the water. They had not been bathing long before
Forty got out of his depth, and cried loudly for assist-
ance ; one of his companions endeavoured to reach him,
but in vain. The poor fellow continued to struggle for
a few seconds, and then sunk to rise no more. The
drags were soon procured, and every endeavour used to
find the body, but in vain, as the tide was running up
very strong at the time of the accident. The boy's
clothes were taken home by a policeman.
VAUXUALL-G ARDENS.—The attractions announced
for to-night at these gardens are upon a scale of un—
rivalled splendour, the occasion being for the benefit of
Mr. Holt, the treasurer and manager of the " Property,"
which, under his adroit and enterprising superintend-
ence, is enjoying a prosperity scarcely before paralleled.
The miscellaneous amusements comprise an aggregate
of all the attractions which have been produced during
the season ; bnt the grand feature, it seems, is to be
the pyrotechnic display, involving an exemplification of
Captain Warner's shell and the destruction of the John.
o' Gaunt.

DETENTION OP THE EXPRESS 'TRAM ON THIES
NORTH-WESTERN RAILWAY.—The express train front
Liverpool, which usually arrives at the Euston station
of the North-Western Railway at eleven o'clock, P.N.,
did not arrive till half-past twelve at night, being one
hour and a half behind its time. The cause of the
delay we understand to be the breakdown of the engine
at Coventry, and being compelled to send back to Bir-
mingham for a fresh engine. Nono of the passengers
were injured.
FRIGHTFUL DEATH.—Yesterday afternoon, an in-.
quest was held before Mr. Bedford, at St. George's Hos-
pital, on the body of William Ellis, aged 39, a shepherd
in the service of C. Lynn Stephens, Esq., of Grove
Farm, Roehampton, Surrey. It appeared from the evi-
dence, that about seven o'clock on Monday last, the de-
ceased, in the absence of the cowman, had driven a fine
bull into his stall, but had neglected to take the very
necessary precaution of fastening the animal's head to
the manger before tying him up ; and whilst he was
stooping to fasten a collar round the beast's neck, it sud-
denly turned and gored him about the body in a fright-
ful manner, and at last it was only by using extreme
violence that the animal was made to relinquish its at-
tack. The deceased was at length extricated in a
dying state, and, by the advice of a neighbouring sur-
geon, he was conveyed to the above hospital, where he
3xpired from the injuries three hours after his admis-
sion, having sustained a fracture of the cervical vertebrae,
fracture of the sternum, and numerous other internal
injuries. Verdict—" Accidental death."
BIRTH EXTRAORDINARY. Lately, as a poor
woman of abandoned character, near her confinement,
was proceeding across St. Woolos-churchyard, New-
port, to the workhouse, she was taken in labour, and
safely delivered among the green grass which waved
over the mouldering remains of the dead. The mother
and infant are now both doing well at the poorhouse.—
Liverpool Courier.
CHILD STEALlNG.—lnformation has been received
by the police, that as a girl named Ann Williams was
walking in Samuel-street, St. George's in the East, with
an infant twelve months old in her arms, she was ac-
costed by a woman who induced her to give up the child
while she went to purchase some sweetmeats. On her
return the woman had absconded with the child and has
JlVt bincoo been heard 9f,