The Sun.
London, England, 1850-08-09 00:00:00

THE RIVER PLATE.

CONVENTION BETWEEN HER MAJESTY AND
THE ARGENTINE CONFEDERATION.

The fAtowing has been presented to both Houses
Parliament:

[SIGNED AT BUENOS AYRES, NOV. 24, 1849.—RA,TIcA-
TIoNS EXCHANGED AT BUENOS AYRES, MAY 15, 1350.]
CONVENTIuN FOR RE ESTABLISHING THE PERFECT RE-
LATI,NS OF FRIENDSHIP BETWEEN HER BRITANNIC

MAJESTY AND THE ARGENTINE CoNFEDERATION.

Ber Majesty the Que, n of Greet Britain, and his Ex-
cellency the Governor and GI-Julia- General of the pro-
vince of Buenos Ayres, charged with the foreign rela-
tions of the Argentine Confederation, being desirous of
putting an cod to the existing differences, and of restor-
ing perfect relations of friendship, in accordance with
the wishes manifested by both tiovertenents; and the i
Government of her Britennie Majesty hevieg dt eared
that it has no separate nor interested object in 'view,
nor any other desire than to see securely established the
peace and independeuce of the states of the River Plate,
" 1 eeegnised by treaty, have named to that effect, as
their Plenipotentieries, viz.:—
Her Majesty the Queen of Great Britain, Henry
Southern, Esq., her Majesty's Minister Plenipotentiary
accredited to the Court of Buenos Ayres;
And his Excellency Vie Governor and Captain-General
of the proviece of Buenos Ayres, his Excellency the
Minister for Foreign Affairs, Doctor Don Felipe Arena;
Who, after having communicated to each other their
respective full pee ere, and found them in good and due
form, have agreed as folnws:—
Art. 1. The Government of her Britannic Majesty,
animated by the desire of putting an end to the differ-
ences which hive interrupted the political and commer-
cial reletions between the two countries, having on the
15th of July, 1847, raised the blockade which it had
established of the ports of the two republics of the
Plata, thereby giving a proof of its conciliatory senti-
ments, now hereby binds itself in the same amicable
spirit definitively to evacuate the island of Martin Gar-
cia; to return the Argentine vessels of war which are in
its possession, as far as possible in the same state they
were in when taken; and to salute the deg of the Argen-
tine Confederation with twenty-one guns.
Art. 2. By both contracting parties shall be delivered
to their respective oweers all the merchant vessels, with
their cargoes, taken by them during the blockade.
Art. 3. The auxiliary Argentine divisions existing in
the Oriental State shall return across the Uruguay when
the French Government disarms the Foreign Legion
and all other foreigners who may be under arms and
form the garrison of the town of Monte Yid:to. evacuates
the territory of the two Republics of the Plata,
abandons
its hostile poeition, and celebrates a treaty of peace.
ariStgaiti,ue dr,
admitted
ect dis 5a
whether
teneh e r enjoymentof
peace ora n wd
Her Britannic Majesty's Government, in the
event o
f
its being necessars , offers to use its good offices in bring-
ing about these objects with its ally the French Republic.
uniasA:iagrtatltie navigation of the river Parana to be an inland
4.0 Her Britannic M ijestirs Government recog-
nises of the Argentine Confeaeretion, and subject
solely to its laws and regulations, in the same manner as
er Britannic Majesty's Government hav-
nio
that of the river Uruguay in common with the Oriental
" that it is freely acknowledged and
d
ritdh'at the Argentine Republic is in the
u
.4 exerciser,
p osses s
eodf
by every
g
independent nation ; and that if the course of
events in the Oriental Republic has made it necessary
for the ailied powers to interrupt for a time the exercise
of the belligerent rights of the Argentine Republic, it is
fully admitted that the principles on which they have
acted would, under similar circuwstsnces, have been ap-
priuciple.
plicable either to Great Britain or France," it is hereby
°Gfotvaearnment having
agreed that the Argentine Government, with regard to
this declaration, retains its right to discuss it oppor-
hcoonpvreention on con-
tunely with the Government of Great Britain, in that
h ce
"e
Brigadiert Dsii
. partd
r e 2 li arrtwhich.ed6 .that
anr
te
virtue
rt
tewus
te)tuoul
fdt
ihtsehelai
~,,tpxn prr ltiit
itcerao tttijotoi
)in;
dition that its ally, President of
a the
indispensable condition in
Oriental Republic of Uruguay,
difierences—it pro-
ceeded 'dtois it—this being for the
Oribe, should previously
f its said ally, and having
aAorygesnrtriannegeGmoevnetrnomf enthteanexiistug
ceeded to solicit the assent o . .
upon and concluded.
convention perfect friendship he-
Art. 7. Under this , ,
lajesty s Government and the
tween her Britannic X
obtained it, the present convention is hereby agreed
and cordiality.
, mer state of good understanding
be ratified by the Ar-
-1 Art. 8. This convention shalt,
1 • Government within fittcea days after the ratifi-
cation gentle° ._ majesty's Government is pre-
Government of the Cenfeieration is restored to its for-
cation of her Britsm!
whereof the plenipotentiaries sign
Art. 9. In witness
no
seats ot their, arms thereto.
this convention, and affix I,
on
the 24th of November, in
Done at Buenos AyB-r4e9.
the year of our Lord
,r,
cz )
1 HENRY SoITTIIERN.
( • FELIPF. ARANA.
sewed, and the ratitications shall be exchanged.

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BAPTISM Is ScoiLmo). The incumbent of
Burntisland. in the diocese of St. Andrew's, has revived the
practice of baptism by immersion. In announcing it to his
r:lfi kineesie)iLligiportant a point as the
diocesan he has staten five reasons fur Si) doin, over and
ratchteicge roefa tt
heearly desirablenessci
above
the p
sacrament of baptism, viz. :-1. The good confession which
the scotch bishops recently witnessed to the Catholic doe-
triue, which gives grounds to hope for God's blessings on
any endeavour to approach nearer to the more regular and
solemn mode of its alininis,ration. 2 The bishop's judg.
ment in the Wagstaffe case. urging closer conformity to the
rubrics. 3. The fact that the Bishop of St. Andrew's has re-
cently re-sanctioned this rubric in his edition of the Scotch
Prayer Book. 4. A desire to draw nearer the Eastern
Churches, whom the Scotch Church resembles in her com-
munion office. 5. A wish to meet the strong feeling in fa-
vour of baptism by immersion as the Scriptural mode which
prevails among the of Scotch peasantry in the diocese . S.
Andrew's.