The Sun.
London, England, 1828-12-20 00:00:00

PUBLIC OF TBII UNITED PROVINCES OF THE RIVER PLATE

2. The Government of the Republic of the
United Provinces concurs in declaring, on its part,
the independence of the province of Monte-Vidco,
at present called the Cisplatine, and its being con-
stituted into a free and independent State, in the
form declared'in the foregoing article.
3. Both High Contracting Parties oblige them-
selves to defend the, independence and integrity of
the province of Monte.Video,_ for the time mid in
the manner that may be agreed upon in the defini-
tive treaty .of peace.
4. The existing Government of the Banda
Oriental; immediately upon the ratification of the
present convention,' shall convoke the representa.
tives of that part of the said province which is at
present subject to it; and the existing Government
of Monte-Video shall, make sitnultaneonsly a like
convocation of the citizens residing within the city,
. regulating the number of deputies by that of the
_ inhabitants of the
,province, and using the form
adopted in the election of representatives in the last
legislature.
.5. The election of deputies for the city of Monte-
Video shall take place indispensably extra mares,
without the reach of the artillery of the city, and in
the absence of a!l armed force. .
6. The representatives of the province being as-
sembled at a distance of at least ten leagues of the
• city of Monte-Video, and any other place occupied
by troops, shag establish a provisional Government,
which shag role the whole province, until the in-
stallation of the permanent Government, to be
created as the constitution shall direct. The exist-
ing Government of Monte-Video and the Banda
Oriental shall cease immediately after the installa-
tion of the provisional one. •
7. The same representatives shall betake them-
selves afterwards to the formation of the political
constitution of the province a Monte-Video; and
the constitution, previously to being sworn to, shall
be examined by commissioners from the two con-
tracting Governments, for the sole object of seeing
that it does not contain any article or articles op-
posed to the security of their respective states.
Should this be the case, it shall be publicly and ca-
tegorically set forth by the said commissioners; but
should there be a want of common accord to
these, it shell be decided by the two contracting
Government's
8. Any. inhabitant of the province of Monte-Video
shall be at liberty to leave the territory thereof, tak-
ing with him• his chattels, without prejudice to a
third person, until the constitution be sworn to, if
he does not wish to adhere to it, or if it so suit him.
9.. There shall be perpetual and absolute oblivion
of all political acts and opinions whatever, done or
professed previously to the ratification of the present
convention, by Elio inhabitants of the province of
Monte-Video, and of the territory of the Emperor
of Brazil which had been occupied by troops of the
Republic of the United Provinces.
10. It being a duty of the two contracting Go-
vernments to assist and protect the province of
Monte-Video until it be completely constituted, the
said Governments agree, that if previously to the
constitution being sworn to, and daring five years
afterwards, its tranquillity and security should be
disturbed by civil war, they shall lend the necessary
aid to maintain and support the lawful Government.
After the expiration of the above term, all protec-
tion which is by this article promised to the lawful
Government of the province of Monte-Video shall
cease, and the said province shall be considered in a
state of perfect and absolute independence.
11. Both the high contracting parties declare
most explicitly and categorically, that whatever
may happen to. be the use- of the protection which,
in conformity to the fOregoing article, is promised to
-the province of Monte-Video, it shall in all cases be
limited to the restoration of order, and shall cease
-immediately that the object is attained.
12. The troops of the, province of Monte-Video,
and those of the Republic of the United Provinces,
shall evacuate the Brazilian territory in the precise
term of two months from the date of the exchange
of the ratification of the present convention, the
latter passing to the left bunk of the river Plate,
over the Uruguay, with the exception of a force of
1,500 men or more, which the Government of the
aforesa;d Republic, if it deem fit, may maintain in
any part of the territory of the province of Monte,
Video, until -the troops of his• Majesty the Emperor
of ,brazil completely evacuate the city of Monte-
Video.

13. The troops of his Majesty the Emperor of
Brazil shall evacuate the territory of the province of
Monte-Video,including La Colonia del Sacramento,
in the precise term of two months from the date of
the exchange of the ratifica.tion,:, of the present con-
vention, and return to the frontiers of the empire, or
embark, with the exception of a force of 1,.500 men,
which his said Majesty may maintain within the city
of Monte-Video until the installation of the Provi-
sional Government of the province,. under the ex-
press obligation of withdrawing this force in the
precise term of four months first following the instal-
lation of the said Provisional Government at the
latest ; delivering, in the act of the evacuation, the
city of Moute-Video in statu pen ante bclln:,t to
commissioners competently authorised, ad hoc, by
the lawful Government of the province.
11. It is understood that neither the troops of the
Republic of the United Provinces, nor those of his
Majesty the Emperor of Brazil, which, in confor-
mity to the two foregoing articles, are to remain
temporarily in the province of Monte Video, must
in any wise interfere in the political affiiiis, govern-
ment, institutions, &c., of the said province. They
shall be considered as merely passive, and on obser-
vation, kept there to protect and guarantee public
and individual liberties and property, and they •can-

AND TILE EMPIRE OF Int Amt.
In the name of the most holy and undivided
Trinity.
The Government of the Republic of the United
Provinces of the River Plate, and his Majesty the
Emperor of Brazil, desiring to put an end to the
war, arid establish, upon solid and durable principles,
the good understanding harmony, and friendship
which should exist between neighbouring nations,
called by their interests to live united by the ties of
perpetual alliance; have agreed, through the medi-
ation of his Britannic Majesty, on a preliminary
treaty of peace, whiCh shall serve as a basis to the
definitive treaty of the same, which is to he cele-
brated between the high contracting parties; and
for t his purpose they have appointed their plenipoten-
tiaries; to wit--The Government of the Republic of
the United Provinces, Gen. Don Juanßamon Balcarce,
and Don Tomas Guide--His Majesty the Emperor,
the Most Illustrious and Most Excellent Marquis of
Aracaty, Member of his Majesty's Council, Gentle-
man of the Imperial Bedchamber, Councillor of
Finance, Commander of the Order of Aviz, Senator
of the Empire, Minister Secretary of State in the
department of Foreign Affairs; Dr. Don Jose Cle-
mente Pereira, Member of his Majesty's Council,
Chief Judge of the House of Supplication, Dig-
nitary of the Imperial Order of the Cross•hearer,
Knight of that of Christ, Minister Secretary of State
in are Home Department, and ad interim of Justice;
and Don Joaquin Oliveira Alvarez, Member of his
Majesty's Council, and that of War, Lieutemant-Ge-
neral of the National and Imperial Armies, Officer
of the Imperial Order of the Cross-bearer, Minister
Secretary of State in the Home Department of
War, who, having exchanged their respective full
powers, which were found to be in good and due
form, agreed upon the following articles :
Article 1. His Majesty the Emperor of Brazil
declares the province of Monte-Video, at present
called the Cisplatine, separated from the territory of
the empire of Brazil, in order that it may constitute
itself into a State, free and independent of any na-
tion whatever, under the form of government which
it may deem most suitable to its interests, wants, and
resources.