The Sun.
London, England, 1859-09-10 00:00:00

BUENOS A YRES.

übjoined is a further communication on - the
irs of Buenos Ayres. It describes the naval
'e of Urquiza and the treacherous proceedings to
eh' he is resorting ; also his relations with Chili
the prospect of his getting pecuniary aid from
1,- quarter :
The position of Buenos Ayres, in regard to the
entine Confederation, has not improved since
last mail left this for Europe. The Buenos
can steamer General Pintos, commanded by a
)ectable Italian, Senor Muratore, when off the
lario, was the scene of one of those acts of trea-
y for which the people of these countries are
Jnfamous. A sergeant, with some 24 or 25 men,
tinied, shot the captain's son, and, having secured
father and driven the other officers below, ran
i vessel into the harbonr, and delivered her to the
rentine authorities. The veracious newspapers
ler their influence describe the sorrow of Urquiza
as quite affecting. He seas obliged to leave the
poor old father to shed tears in private for the un-
timely fate of a brave young'man How changed
must that man be who ordered and witnessed. the
murder of several hundred prisoners at India
Muerte a few years ago, not by shooting them, but
by cutting their throats. A smaller steamer, called
the Buenos Ayres, seeing the desertion of the Gene-
ral Pintos, returned immediately to Buenos Ayres,
not without risk of being sunk by Urquiza's shot
from the shore, several of which she received in
her hull. Senor Susini, a lieutenantfof Garibaldi
when he was out here, now commands the Buenos
Ayres navy. His', own vessel was very nearly the
scene of a similar act of treachery, but the leader
was seized, tried by a court martial, and shot. It
should be observed that the sergeant who headed
the mutiuy on board the General Pintos has been
ostentatiously promoted and rewarded by Urquiza.
With the four steamers of war in Montevideo,
another vessel shortly expected, and what he has
in the Parana, including
the General Pintos,Urquiza
possesses 10 very respectable war vessels, and he
may attempt to-force the passage of the narrow
channel commanded by the Island of Martin Gar-
cia. The island is well garrisoned by troops, who,
it is believed, can be depended upon, and contains
several heavy pieces of artillery. It is reported
that the buoys have been displaced to render the
navigation difficult; if not dangerous. The differen-
tial duties no longer exist. This is beneficial so far
that the markets are open to all, but the differential
duties were not strictly exacted previously. For
instance, a vessel with wine was admitted for Mon-
tevideo, and the cargo, consisting of pipes, was
despatched as half pipes by the special orders of
Urquiza. It is said Urquiza has an agent at Val-
paraiso who there receives duties on good to pass
into the provinces of the Confederation over
the Cordilleras, and so advantageOus is that
trade considered by the Government of Chili, that
they/ are likely to advance him a loan of two
millions of duros. He has gladly relieved the
Chilians of many of their revolutionists by incor-
porating them in his own forces, and he has already
some 500 of them at Santa Fe. It is said that he-has
in arms altogether about 7,000 men, although his
papers speak of three times that number. His local
loans are at at a discount of from 40 to 50 per cent.,
notwithstanding they bear a high rate of interest
and are paid with some approach to punctuality.
With all these preparations, no military operation
of importance is expected to take place before
October. The northern part of the province of
Buenos Ayres has suffered most severely from
drought. This was followed by heavy rains, suc-
ceeded by unseasonably warm weather. The grass
was blunt as soon as it sprung wp, ani it is computed
that from 4,000,000 to 5,000,000 sheep and 1,500,000
cattle have perished. If this estimate be near the
truth, the loss may be put down at £5,000,000
stering. Besides the 20,000,000 dols. which the Go-
vernment was authorised to raise on loan since I last
wrote, they have been empowered to add to the cur-
rency 30,000,000 dols. This, however, does not appear
materially to affect its value, for doubloons are net
worth more than 365 at present. The American
Minister, Mr. Yancey, it is said, is indefatigable in
his endeavours to bring about peace between Buenos
Ayres and Urquiza, but it is not believed that
he will be successful. Few people doubt that
if Urquiza could be certain that he would not
be molested after the term of his President-
ship—and his fears are for the Buenos Ayreans—
he would readily make peace. Nearly all the pro-
duce has been brought up for shipment to Europe
at high prices. The Royal Mail Company's
steamer Mersey does not give universal satisfaction.
The paddle-wheels are said to be much too small
to made headway against the strong winds occa-
sionally experienced on the passage from Rio
Janiero. It is believed the discarded Camilla
would have done better than the Mersey the last
voyage. The latter vessel is considered more
adapted to navigate in smooth water than rough
seas. Exchange 655. to 655. 6d. the doubloon."