The Sun.
London, England, 1846-09-01 00:00:00

SEPTEM BER 1848„

1:- -• COURT CIRCULAR.
1 The Queen and Prince Albert drove out in a carriage
on ;Sunday afternoon.
•
Their Royal Highnesses the Prince of Wales, Prince_
Alfred, the Princess Royal, the Princess Alice, .and the
Princess Helena, took airings in the pleasure grounds of
Osborne House on Sunday afternoon.
Yesterday morning her Majesty and her Royal Consort
took their usual early walk.
Her Majesty the Queen Dowager, accompanied by
her Royal Highness the Princess of Prussia, arrived at
Osborne House at half-past one o'clock yesterday on a
visit to the Queen.
In attendance on the Queen Dowager and the Princess
of Prussia were the Viscountess Barrington, Countess
Haack, Earl Howe, the Earl of Denbigh, and Count
Puckler. Lord Adolphus Fitzelarence also attended the
illustrious party.
Her Majesty and his Royal Highness crossed from
Gosport in the Fairy, and landed at Osborne Pier.
A dejeuner was served to the august party at Osborne
House soon after the arrival of her Majesty's illustrious
visitors.
The Bi,hop of Oxford left Osborne house yesterday.
Iler Majesty the Queen Dowager and her Royal
Highness the Princess of Prussia, took leave of the Queen
and Prince Albert in the afternoon, and re-embarked
on their return to town, attended by their respective
suites.
The royal children took their accustomed exercise
yeterdcy on the sea-beach.
The Hon. Miss Kerr, Maid of Honour in Waiting to
her INl,jesty, arrived at Osborne House yesterday after-
noon, having crossed to the Isle of Wight in the Lighten-
ing steam-packet.
The Queen Dowager, and the Princess of Prussia,
attended by the Viscountess Barrington, the Countess
Haack, the Earl Howe, the Earl of Denbigh, Count
Puckler, and Lord Adolphus Fitzelarence, left Marl.
borough House at nine o'clock yesterday morning for
the terminus of the South-Western Railway, at Nine
Elms, and took their departure by a special train for
Gosport. Her Majesty and her Royal Highness and
suite returned to Marlborough House at ten minutes be-
fore eight o'clock yesterday evening, having travelled
from Gosport by a special train.
Mr. John Thornton, Deputy Chairman of the Stamps
and Taxes, had an interview with the Chancellor of the
Exchequer yesterday.
Mr. Kay Shuttleworth had an interview with Sir
George Grey yesterday at the Home-office.
The Milbank Prison Commission held a meeting
yesterday at the Penitentiary.
Dispaches were received yesterday at the Colonial-
office from the Governor of the Mauritius.
Dispatches were sent off yesterday evening from the
Colonial-office for the Governor of New South Wales,
and also for the Governor of Van Dieman's Land.

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THE RIVER PLATE.
FALMOITTrI, Arc. 30.—Her Majesty's packet Express,
Lieutenant Herrick, came in this afternoon with the
Brazil mails,-haititigi left Rio Janeiro on the Ist of July,
Bahia the 12th, and Pernambuco the 20th. She brings
on freight about 40,0001. in diamonds and gold, and
several passengers.
The Express left at Rio her Majesty's ships Crescent,
Grecian, Peterel, and Renira, the last awaiting the
arrival of the Seagull packet from England to take her
mails to the River Plate.
Mr. Hamilton, the British Minister, had quite re-
covered from his late attack.
This vessel brings no more recent intelligence than
was brought by the America. Business continued
limited as regarded imports, which was, in part, attri-
butable to the holidays ; but the primary cause of the
prevalent dulness was the fact of the market being
superabundantly supplied with almost every description
of goods.
Discounts continued without change, and the wants of
the market were fairly met.
The exchange at Rio when the packet left was at
27d., but accounts three days later had been received at
Bahia, previous to her leaving that port, which quoted
271.
Freights at Rio were as follows:—Antwerp, 305.;
Channel, 355. to 405.; London, 455.; Trieste, 325. tO-10s.;
United States, 50c. to 60c.

The Express spoke on the 24th inst., in lat. 46 14 N.,
long. 16 22 W., her Majesty's ship Orestes, from the
Mediterranean, and parted company on the 29th, off the
Lizard. Spoke on the 26th, in lat. 47 23 N., long. 14 26
W., the barque Pearl, from London for Montreal; and
signalised, on the 28th, in lat. 48 30 N., long. 10 20 \V.,
the barque Atlas, outward bound.
The Emilia from Liverpool, and Thorwalsden, from
London, arrived at Rio, June 30.

MONTE VIDEO, MAY 30.—0 n the 23d instant Mr.
Ouseley formally presented his credentials to this Go-
vernment, as Minister Plenipotentiary on a special mis-
'ion to the Oriental Republic of the Uruguay. Mr.
Ouseley delivered the following speech, wherein the
views with which England and France entered upon the
intervention are declared to remain unchanged:—
" I have the honour to present to your Excellency the
credentials which the Queen, my august Sovereign, has
been pleased to Entrust to me, accrediting me as her Ma-
jesty's Minister Plenipotentiary on a special mission to
the Oriental Republic. In fulfilling this gratifying duty
I am directed to assure your Excellency of the esteem
and regard of her Majesty, and of the hearty wishes en-
tertained by the Queen for the welfare and prosperity of
the Republic of the Uruguay.
"On arriving at this capital I had the honour of de-
claring, conjointly with the envoy of France, the object
of the joint mission, in these terms:—' The object of this
mission is pointed out by the treaties of 1828 and 1840;
that is to say, the complete and absolute independence
of the State of the Uruguay. But to render this inde-
pendence real, neither the Argentine troops, nor squa-
dron, nor other controlling influence, can be permitted
to remain in the country; but the Oriental people must
be left at perfect liberty to elect the chief to preside
over their destinies, in the mode pointed out by their
constitutional laws.'

" Further, that no desire of exclusive advantage, no
wish for undue influence, nor the remotest idea of terri-
torial acquisition, actuated the Governments of England
and France. The restoration of peace and the security
of the independence of the Oriental Republic were the
objects of the plenipotentiaries. Those views remain
unchanged.
" A resort, by constitutional means, to free election
for the highest office of this Republic, or a return to
that state of peace essential to the welfare of all the
states of La Plata, that would at once render the pre-
sence of the representatives, and the employment of the
forces of the intervention unnecessary, is still unhap-
pily prevented by the continued invasion and occupation
of the interior by a foreign army.
" Much as I deplore this state of things, to it I am
indebted for the honour of being charged with a mission
to the Government of the Oriental Republic, and of
presenting my letters of credence to your Excellency."
The reply of President Soarez was studiedly meagre,
finding nothing whatever for congratulation in the affair,
except as regarded Mr. Ouseley personally, who at
least has won general confidence by his honourable sin-
cerity of conduct.

BLit words alone will neither raise the siege, nor ac-
complish any of the ends of the special mission. In
their face Rosas is " as unbelieving as a Jew;" they
are rather his security that, after all, it will not come
to blows. And while, perhaps, recently awed, and
struck with savage wonder at the exhibition of so much
forbearance, allied with boundless power, he safely raises
his laugh, and hurls his ribald decree at the moral
mediators.

The appearance of a few thousand European troops,
comprising cavalry soldiers and artillery, to co-operate
with the national army here, would almost instanta-
neously effect this country's independence; without them
the struggle may last for years.
JUNE 2.—lntelligence of an important victory gained
six days ago by General Rivera, at Las Vivoras, over a
division of the invading army, commanded by Montoro,
reached town this morning by a vessel from La Colonia.

A bulletin was published early, containing the follow-
ing particulars, communicated in a letter from the Com-
mander-in-Chief to the Minister of War. The ringing
of merry bells which ensued, and the joy felt in every
heart and pictured in every countenance, had long been
strangers to Monte Video.

Itiera's genius for stratagems is proverbial. During
this brief campaign we have already seen him putting
one into practice. Even on the very night of his disem-
barking, by means of which he employed the enemy for
some time in cannonading a place that they found, on
entering, to contain nothing but a few fires and rockets,
he succeeded in rescuing GOO poor people whom Mon-
toro had impounded in Las Vivoras.
That which he has just executed has been perfectly
successful.

According to an intercepted letter from Montoro to
Oribe, Rivera was shut up on the coast, " hermetically
sealed," with nothini, to depend on but his boats and
their" gringos." Montoro' had, for days, been lying be-
fore him, watching his every motion, and quite ready to
pounce on him. On the 27th, Rivera made feint of pre-
paring to evacuate Las Vacas ; called in his advanced
posts, and towards nightfal, ordered some of the small
craft to get under weigh and sail out of the port. Mon-
toro, on receiving this intelligence, went tranquilly to
bed ; but, before many hours, he had, poor man, lost
everything, including his flinger de campana, and only
escaped himself with his life and shirt.
Private letters from Colonia, and communications
from the British vessels of war stationed there, corrobo-
rate the extent of the defeat. The country, from Las
Vacas to Colonia, is now entirely free.
The following is his dispatch :
GLORY TO THE REPUBLIC !

General Quarters, Las Vivoras, May 28, 1846.
I have to inform your Excellency, for the satisfaction
of the Government and the public, that on the night of
the 27th the brave division under my immediate com-
mand obtained a complete victory over a division of the
enemy's force, in number 1,100 men, of the three arms,
commanded by Montoro. For upwards of ten days the
enemy had lain in front of us, his lino extending from
Curupi to the village of Las Vivoras, where the said
chief resided, surround by a small battalion of infantry
and six pieces of artillery.
Having obtained an exact knowledge of his position,
and placing the'utmost confidence in the zeal and courage
of my soldiers, I conceived, and, in conjunction with my
officers, arranged the plan of a rapid and decisive attack
on his advanced posts, to terminate on his very intrench-
ments and guns at Las Vivoras.
At half-past 6 o'clock in the evening orders were given,
and at 8 our column was in motion. Colonel Baez was
directed to lead on the attack in our front, with the spi-
rited battalion of Vascos and 2d Lancers, under the com-
mand of Espihosa, protected by Colonel Lebandera's Ist
battalion, and the piece of artillery commanded by Cap-
tain Heley.
Our left was composed of a company of dragoon &a-
dores, Miranda's escort picket, and the Guias picket
under Paunero, and was under the orders of Commander
Mora.

In this order, about 9 o'clock, the advanced guard of
the enemy was encountered. The Vascos, rushing on
them, drove them in on the reserve, and without halting,
then again were driven back on the main body, which
consisted of about 300 men, commanded by Jose Mari
Caballero.

—After some resistance, the whole took to flight, aban-
doning their horses, and throwing down their arms.
Nothing impeded the rapid march of our column, which
at once threw itself upon Las Vivoras, and then Colonel
Baez, with his Vascos, obtained a complete triumph for
the Republic. Regardless of all resistance, and despis-
ing the heavy discharge of musketry and. grape shot,
they wect in and bayoneted the artillerymen at their
guns. _ _

At 12 o'clock the rout was complete in all directions,
and everything belonging to the enemy had fallen into
our hands.
It is 8 o'clock in the morning. We have already col-
lected 80 prisoners, 2,000 horses, 6 pieces of splendid
artillery, with abundant munitions, 2,000 stand of arms,
and an immensity of materials besides.
On our side we have had no other loss than one man
killed, an officer wounded, and another bruised, all be-
longing to the Vasco battalion.
This, most excellent Sir, is the result of the second
operation of my division since our re•embarkation at
Colonia ; add to which, the important position of Las
Vacas, garrisoned and fortified with 17 pieces of artil-
lery, :including those now taken. Within it are more
than a thousand souls, of families rescued by us, a por-
tion of whom were driven from their homes, and cooped
up in Las Vivoras, like a herd of beasts, by their bar-
barous oppressors.
I strongly recommend to the consideration of the Go-
vernment the officers, troops, &c.

FRUCTUOSO RIVERA.
It is hoped that Rivera's success may at length secure
a hearty co-opration on the part of the Intervention;
for by that combination alone can the independence of
this state be really secured, or matters brought to a
happy or honourable issue for foreign interests.
JUNE 4.—To-day the joy-bells of Monte Video are
celebrating another victory obtained by the army of the
Republic over a detachment of the invading army. Ga-
ribaldi sallied out from Salto on :the 20th ult. with 150
men of the Italian Legion, and 200 cavalry; and, at
four leagues' distance from the town, fought the parties
of Lamas and Verrara, in number from 500 to 600.
After a brisk fight the Italians were left masters of the
field and of the enemy's materiel, including all his
horses—the most important acquisition in this warfare.
The dispersed bodies fled across the Arapey, in the di-
rection of Rio Grande; and Colonel Centurion pro-
ceeded in the same direction on the 24th, with a strong
cavalry force, with which ho will interrupt Oribe's com-
munication with that province.
The note addressed by the Plenipotentiaries to the
Government of Buenos Ayres, on the 14th of May la“,

is ealeniait;d ci4ar----a; .IToTrirTZFilitiiiiitA
1 most cunning weapon—falscheod.
To vilify the Intervention, to throw ridicule on its
agents, to fix the odium of pirates and incendiaries on
our naval officers—this is his great aim, for he thereby
at once works on the passions of his countrymen and
plays on the credulity of people at a distance. And
what meang so powerful for its accomplishment as his
furious tirades, first thrust on the Minister, to acquire a
face of truth, as diplomatic communications, and after-
wards disseminated far and wide in the columns of his
newspapers. Henceforth, no communication will be ad-
mitted which has not in view the pacification cf the
Plate, a necessary preliminary to which is the evacuation
of this territory by the Argentine troops.
JUNE 6.—The French war steamer ChimCre, arrived
yesterday morning from Toulon. She brings accounts
of the ill successes of M. Saratea, Rosas's agent at Paris,
in his application to have Baron Deffaudis recalled from
his mission.
From Rio Janeiro we have London papers, with re-
ports of the speeches in the 'louse of Commons on the
23.! of March.
It is a matter of wonder here by what means the
British Government expects to effect the independence
of this state in the absence of an adequate expedition
from Europe.

AMERICAN AFFAIRS.
NEW YORE, AUG. ]3.—Peact, is now the word in the
United States. The President has dispatched a mis-
sionary to .Mexico. lie is, it way be presumed, a demi-
orricial, but without any power—a kind of pulse-feeler,
and sent for the purpose of ascertaining, through some
confidential channel, how a Minister or a Commission
would be received and treated. It is raid, but there is
some doubt on the subject, that this Government has re-
ceived from one of its Consuls an assurance that Mexico,
in his opinion, would readily make satisfactory arrange-
ments on the subjects of boundary and the American
claims, and that for a quid pro quo she would transfer
California.

Now, au impression has been made on the American
people, that this suggestion by the Consul is authorised
by the Mexican Government. This Ido not believe. I
have no doubt that the Mexicans desire a peace, and
would willingly make sacrifices to obtain it ; but they
have not authorised any agent or public functionary so
to say.
You will find in the American journals a message of
the President to Congress, asking an appropriation of
two millions of dollars to be placed under his control
to enable him to negotiate a peace, and also the pro-
ceedings of the Senate thereon. The Whig members,
generally, were opposed to permitting him to expend
this sum of money at his discretion. Several of them
avowed their want of confidence. In the House a Bill
was reported, and an amendment to it was offered and
adopted, declaring that in no part of the territory which
might be acquired by the contemplated negotiation
should slavery ever be tolerated. Thus amended, it
passed the Ilouse ; but the amendment prevented a large
portion of the south from supporting the Bill, and pro-
bably was the cause of its defeat in the Senate, to the
great mortification and disappointment of the President
and his Cabinet.

It is said to be now in contemplation to send out to
Mexico a commission consisting of three distinguished
individuals. This is done with a view of controlling
Mr. Slidell. who is proposed as one of them, and who is
of a warm temperament, and by no means a favourite
with the Mexican Government or people.
Whether, after the defeat of the President's
2,000,000 dollar scheme, he will consider it his duty to
send a commission, is somewhat problematical. Accord.
ing to his opinion, nothing could be effected without the
money ; with it any and everything. lam informed by
a gentleman who has an opportunity of knowing, that
the army in and about the city of Mexico are paid daily,
and that a neglect or incapacity to pay them would dis-
band them.

In my last letter I stated that Paredes was about to
take command of the army. All recent accounts tend
to prove that he dares not leave the city; that if he does
an immediate revolution is inevitable. But it cannot be
supposed that a Government thus hampered on all sides,
and at war with a nation far more powerful, can long
sustain itself.

That this war in the United States is extremely un-
popular, and daily growing more so, is certain. But, in
addition to the war clamours, we have the tariff and the
sub-treasury, both of which are unpopular measures,
and well calculated to excite the people against the
Administration, and all it does, right or wrong. In
times of great popular excitement the masses combine.
and each pours out his grievance. Although opposite
as the poles, yet they unite in denouncing those who
have done them a wrong, real or imaginary.
Already a large quantity of goods are deposited in
public store, there to remain until the Ist otDecember,
when they will be entered under the new tariff law. I
have referred to this subject in a former letter, in which
I expressed an opinion that many of the shipments to this
country would prove most disastrous adventures. I re-
main of the same opinion, especially if the actual cost is
correctly given. Thousands of dollars will be entered
fraudulently, that is to say, invoiced 10 or 15 per cent.
below the cost ; and as the duty is ad valorem on such
entries, that amount will not pay duty, and consequently
the fair and honest dealer can stand no chance with the
fraudulent merchant.

Congress have adjourned in a very bad humour with
the Pre.Adent. The passage of the Tariff, the Sub-
Treasury, and certain other Bills has given great dis-
satisfaction. The veto of the River and Harbour Bill,
and the Bill to pay certain claims for spoliation by the
French prior to 1800, have added greatly to the excite-
ment which seems to pervade the whole country. Ia
the approaching political contest everything will be
swallowed up in the Tariff question. That party have
taken as their watchword—Repeal, Repeal ; and it will
not be used without effect.

The President was authorised to issue and procure
money for 10,000,000, or any part thereof, of six per
cent. stock ; or 10,000,000, or any part thereof, of Trea-
sury notes, provided that the amount of money thus
obtained shall not exceed, in the whole amount,
10,000,000 dol. As yet no money has been borrowed
on stock, nor any Treasury notes issued. Out-door
financiers predict that by the Ist of November the Go-
vernment will be embarrassed for the want of money.
The money market at present is calm, and it eau be
procured, on satisfactory security, at a reasonable rate
of interest. Confidence, however, is shaken.

There is every prospect—l may say, certainty--of
more than average crop of bread stuffs. The demand
for flour for shipment is limited, at a fraction less than
4 dolls. per barrel, say 3 94-100 to 4 dolls.
The potato crop, in several parts of the country, will
suffer from the prevalent disease, but not sufficiently to
affect the market value of bread stuffs.