The Sun.
London, England, 1844-11-16 00:00:00

" We are, Sir, your obedient humble servants,

" To Adolphus Turner, Esq., her Ma-
jesty's Charge d'Affaires."
(Copy of the letter which accompanied the representa-
tion to Mr. Turner.)
" Monte Video, Aug. 23.
" Sir,—We have the honour to wait upon you with the
accompanying letter, addressed to yourself by various
British residents in this city, and respectfully requesting
your attention thereto."

(COPY OF REPLY.)
"Monte Video, Aug. 24.
" Gentlemen,—l have to acknowledge the receipt of
your letter of the 22d inst. (received to-day), in which
you protest against two of the decrees of this Govern-
ment—one confiscating the real and personal property of
all absentees (natives or Spanish), also all rents due or
to become due from such property ; and the second im-
posing a new monthly tax qn the doors, windows, and
balconies of the houses of this city. I have to inform
you that according to your desire I have caused due
note to be made of your protest in her Britannic Ma-
jesty's Consulate-General in this city, which may be ex-
tended at any time you may require it. I regret that I
cannot comply with your request that I should permit
you to deposit in her Majesty's Consulate-General the
full amount in cash of all and every claim which the
Government may make against any of you under either
of the decrees above stated, or that I should guarantee,
that in whatever change which may take place in the
politital circumstances of this country, you should at no
future period be compelled again to pay the sum exacted.
"I do not feel justified in authorising you to resist the
operation of a law which has been passed with the usual
formalities required by the Constitution of the Republic,
and I cannot depart from the usual practice observed by
her Majesty's diplomatic agents abroad, by giving 1a gua-
rantee with reference to possible future contingencies.
" I consider it to be my duty to state to you that I
cannot approve of the language of that part of your letter
which refers to the contest which is unfortunately being
carried on in this country, as I consider it to be highly
desirable that her Majesty's subjects residing here should
abstain from any public expression of sentiments which
might be viewed as indicating a desire for the success of
either of the contending parties. I have transmitted a
.copy of your letter and a copy of this reply to her Ma-
jesty's principal Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs.
" I am, gentlemen, your most obedient humble servant,
(Signed) " AD OLP fIUS TURNER.
" P.S. I have to request that you will furnish me with
a copy of the first of the two decrees referred to in your
letter."

* Referring, we believe, to some loan.

DISPUTE BETWEEN THE TWO

DUTCH CHAMBERS.

We have just received the Handelsblad of Wednes-
day, which contains an account of two sittings of the
Second Chamber of the States-General, and of the
discussion concerning the rejection of their address
by the First Chamber. During the first sitting, Ileer
Thorbecke, Ileer Witwerf Sterling, and others, argued,
with some warmth, that the Second Chamber was
competent to present a separate address in answer to
the Speech from the Throne, and that it was even
bound to do so. This will appear a bold statement
after the official notification by the Minister of the
Interior, Baron Schimmelpenninck, that the King
must decline receiving a separate address. In the
evening sitting of Tuesday, after several members had
spoken, it was put to the vote whether the document
transmitted from the First Chamber should be received
as a notification, and it was decided by a majority
of 29 to 25 that it should be rejected. The second
question, whether the Second Chamber alone should
present the address to the King which had
been drawn up by it was resolved in the negative,
by a majority of 35 to 19. The third question,
whether the address adopted by the Second Chamber
should be laid before the King, with an additional
one informing his Majesty that the First Chamber
had not thought proper to coalesce with it, was also
resolved negatively by a majority of 32 to 22. The
fourth question, whether the King should be merely
informed of the reasons which prevented the States-
General from presenting an address this year, was re-
solved in the negative by a majority of 39 to 15.
Finally, the fifth and all-important question, whether
the adopted address should be presented by both
Chambers of the States-General with a notification
of the difference of opinion on the 15th paragraph,
respecting a revision of the fundamental law, was put
to the vote, when there appeared an equality of num-
bers-27 on each side.

According to the rule of the Chamber in such a
case, the decision of the question must be referred
to the next sitting of the House, and it was conse-
quently resolved that the Chamber should take it
into consideration on the following day, Wednesday.
—Herald.

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