The Sun.
London, England, 1846-11-12 00:00:00

THE RIVER PLATE.

NEGOTIATIONS FOR PEACE. '
(From the Liverpool Times.)
We have been favoured with a copy of a pamphlet con-
taining the official doeuments presented by the Govern-
ment of Monte Video to the Assembly of Notables, on
Sept. 3d, explaining the progress and results of the ne-
gotiations arising out of Mr. Hood's mission. It wil be
seen from the following summary of these documents,
that the Government of Monte Video has at once agreed
to the whole of the conditions proposed by Mr. Hood, in
the name of England and France, and therefore that it
is not answerable for any delay which may have arisen
in the: settlement of these long-continued differences.
The Buenos Ayrean Government had also accepted them
en mayor parte—in their principal parts—whatever that
may mean.
The first document is a message from the Monte Vi-
dean Government to the Assembly, dated Monte Video,
Sept. 3, 1846, and signed by Jonquin Suarez, Jose de
Bejar, Jose A. Costa, and Francisco Magarinos. It
states that the other documents are laid before the As-
sembly earlier than such documents usually are, because
the Government feels that " it is indispensable to calm
the anxiety of all, augmented (as it is) by the abuse
which has been made, out of the walls of Monte Video,
of this negotiation, to convert a message of peace into
an instrument of war."
The second document is a letter of inquiry, dated
Monte Video, July 5, 1846, and addressed to Mr.
Ouseley, the British Minister, by Senor Francisco Ma-
garinos, in the name of the Monte Videan Govern-
packet from England, he
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Hood's mission.
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The third is a note of Mr. Ouseley's, dated July the
6th, in answer to the above, in which he states that,
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name of the Monte Videan Government, on the 7th of
July, in which, after alluding to the rumours arising out
of the mission of Mr. Hood, and to the position of
public affairs in the republic, it is stated that the Go-
vernment is willing to assist in bringing about a pacifi-
cation, only requiring, as a .sine qua non, that" the per-
fect and absolute independence of the republic" shall be
maintained.
The sixth is a note of Senor Magarinos to Baron
Deffaudis, the French Minister, dated July 7, communi-
cating the preceding correspondence with Mr. Ouseley;
and the seventh is a note from the Baron, dated the 11th,
and simply acknowledging the receipt of the preceding.
The eighth is a further letter of inquiry as to the
object of Mr. Hood's mission, addressed to Mr. Ouseley
and Baron Deffaudis, by Senor Magarinos, in the name
of the Monte Videan Government, on the 11th of July;
and the ninth a note from these Ministers, of the 13th,
in which they state that they are unable to give the in-
formation asked for.
The tenth is a letter of Mr. Ouseley's of the Ist August,
to Senor Magarinos, informing him that Mr. Hood (who
had arrived from Buenos Ayres) was desirous to pro-
ceed with a flag of truce to the camp of General Oribe;
and the eleventh a note, signed by Senor Magarinos,
giving him permission to do so, provided the:h'rench Mi-
nister and Admiral have no objection to his doing so.
The twelfth was an application from Mr. Ouseley,
dated 11th August, for permission for Mr. Hood to re-
turn from Oribe's camp to Monte Video; and the thir-
teenth, a permission to do so.
The fourteenth is a note addressed to the Monte Vi-
dian Government, by Baron Deffaudis and Mr. Ouseley,
on the 18th of August, inviting it to agree to a pacifica-
tion, on the bases proposed by Mr. Hood. " These
bases," it states, " have been accepted in their principal
points—en su mayor parte—by the Government of Buenos
Ayres and by General Oribe."
The fifteenth is a reply of the Monte Videan Govern-
ment, dated the 27th of August, and signed by Senor
Magarinos, in which it is stated that the Government of
the republic had already accepted, " without hesitation,
on the 14th of July, 1845, the original basis of pacifi-
cation adopted by the two powers, and that it equally
accepts the modifications which have been made in these
bases, and the new propositions which have been pre-
sented by the Plenipotentiaries.
The propositions are then given separately, with the
assent of the Monte Videan Government,.
The first proposes an immediate suspension of hostili-
ties; this the Monte Videan Government accepts with
satisfaction, and proposes to extend to the whole of the
territory of the republic.
The second and third are as follows:—
Second. An armistice being established, the English
and French Plenipotentiaries demand of the Government
the disarming of the foreign legion, and all other armed
foreigners, who form the garrison of the city of Monte
Video, or who are in arms in any other part of the re-
public.
Third. At the same time that this disarmament is
effected, General Rosas shell cause to be evacuated the
whole of the territory of the Oriental Republic, by
officers and soldiers of the Argentine army.
To the above Proposition the Monte Videan Govern-
ment
he
agrees,.,struction the following terms:—
of the mediating Governments to
their
nenipotentiariee, and the repeated notes of those
Pkenipotentiaries, have regarded the evacuation of the
Monte Videan territory by the Argentine troops as an
essential preliminary, to precede all negotiations for the
re-establishing of peace. With this understanding the
(Monte Videan) Government had accepted the mediation
from the time when it was offered. Now the evacuation
of the territory forms only one of the bases of the nego-
tiation. The disarming of all foreigners is required,
and is to take place immediately, and at the =awe time
as the evacuation. Still the Government of Monte Video
accepts the second and third propositions, as it has ac-
cepLed the firts. It trusts only that the Plenipotentiaries,
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