The Sun.
London, England, 1842-07-01 00:00:00

SOUTH AMERICA.
IMPORTANT FROM BUENOS AYRES..
HORRIBLE ASSASSINATIONS.
By the barque Mason Barney, Captain Scott, we have
Buenos Ayres papers to April 16, and letters to the 20th.
They bring accounts of the success of the Buenos
Ayrean forces in the North, in consequence of which a •
great number of assassinations, estimated at 200 0r,300e. -
had taken place in the city of Buenos Ayres. These aseee:eer
sassinations are scarcely alluded to in the Buenos Ayret!,-;ila!
papers, for reasons which must be obvious to persons ace, eei
(painted with the -condition of the Press there, and the;4ea
circumspection necessary to be exercised.
Some of our readers may need to be informed that the
Unitarians" are a political party, and might with equil
propriety be called Centralists—being in favour of a cell-.
.1-1(
tral, instead of a federal government.
(Correspondence of the Journal of Commerce.)
BUENOS AYRES, APRIL 20.—The federal forces having
completely mastered and put down their opponents, the
Unitarians, in the provinces of Santa Fe and Entre ,e
Rioe, those of their party designated by
the others
elasorca,s," or, as they call themselves, .. popular
Society," procoeded to commit the most outrageous and •
barbarous atrocities upon the Unitarians, or those whom
they chose to designate as such, that were living in the,
city, many of whom were unoffending citizens, and hen
never taken any part in politics on either side. The
elasorcas themselves, together with some assassins'
being of the lowest class of the Gauchos, and others eat'
ploycd by them, began the work of butchery on the 4
night of the 11th April (being the anniversary of Gen'
Rosas' installation). They were at first prowling ,
about the streets during the night in parties of fromese'
three to ten, sometimes attended by a police carteso
and sometimes on horseback. If they met any of those
they were looking for in the streets, they put an end to
them. at once, by cutting their throats and throwing
their bodies into the cart, which took them out of the e
city. If they did not meet them in the streets, then 4s,
would take them out of their houses. In two instances a
respectable persons were killed in the presence of their, e.
families, while sitting in their entries. In other cat sirs
when they had no cart, they trailed the bodies on
ground With, the Lasso, after their horses. In 0111°1..e.
cases they placed their victims on their horses enT
and took them a mile out of the city, and there di*"
atched them, -and threw their bodies into ditches
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pits, somethnes leaving them in the open fields. SOO
were taken alive to the barracks and there dispatched
but none, that I heard of; were taken to the police.
On the morning of the 13th, the heads of two persons
were found hanging in the principal public beef-marke'
having had blue ribbons drawn through the nostrils,
and they were continued there until nine o'clock. Theseu
were seen by hundreds of people, and by masters°
foreign vessels especially, who go :here for marketing.
Neither the police nor any of the government authe".
rides took the least notice of these acts, which 'le' .
afterwards committed in open day, and on all classes 0
citizens, from some of the wealthiest merchants down t°
the poorest mechanics.
On the 18th a respectable lawyer was killed by thee:
in his own office, situated in the public square, in fr°n
of the Police-office, while writing at his desk, about t'
o'clock ill the afternoon.
Many of these assassinations were acts of private velt;
geance ; and there is no knowing to what lengths thl
might have gone even among themselves, if -it had
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been known that some had been killed b sides Fedeln •
ists. One, a barber, was killed by a rival of his, sni‘
also a cartman, who had been employed in the ev°l„
himself. Then, and not till then, did the police WV'
any effort to stay the hand of violence. Last night a"'
ferent parties from the police were patrolling the 6,1;
and to-day but two murders are spoken of as hsveeL°D
been committed during the whole night. Furtherinoll
it is reported that a decree from the Governor•hiras';
is to be soon published, in which he is said to expre'"
his astonishment at such proceedings ; that they, °E,
entirely unauthorised by him ; censuring the chief 0-
the police fur not having reported them before, and . •
dering him, without delay to take such measures as
put an entire stop to these murders, and arrest allsn"
as were suspected of being the assassins.
These proceedings, so far, have been entirely amen of
the natives .themselves. The rights and property
.„1.
foreigners have been respected, so far as I have hen,
except in one or two instances, when they have eiw-" •
secreted natives in their houses, or assisted theln In a
caping from the shore on board of vessels in the
hour. This had beCome very difficult, as there %Webs
many of the Masorcas looking out for them about ;1
Mole, and who took two out of the boats last evening:
A decree was published about a fortnight ago, oisetnnS
the trade and communication with the interior provige:l"
but denying passports to all the "savage Unitarians,
forbidding them to leave the country. Some time sinceeeek
u, A;,'
a public decree, the whole of the property of all the )
tarians (this being at least one-half the real estatest
cattle in the province) was declared to be confiseatedte„' ";
the use of the Government ; and several houses in the eni.
had been sold at public auction by order of the Gojer4 "'
merit, it being announced at the same time that they
longed to the savage Unitarians. A great propOrtie'n,W...
the estancias (cattle farms) in the provinces are alre,tsb-
in charge of persons appointed by the Government, emb-e.,t;
was then using the cattle fur the maintenance Of %-ir:`,;
troop=, and also as many of the houses of the TJniteri°
in the city for barracks as they required.
The Unitarians were escaping to Monte Video and ell;
where, as many of them as could This week over eitre7eie
got off in one foreign merchant-vessel. Others were 5e7.00•:,;
rig such protection as they could get, from foreignersie,',
the city, by secreting themselves in their houses. Th_tje.';[,
courage and spirit seem to be entirely broken down, 17,1411'i;
although many of them were well supplied with arraseete
have not heard of a single instance of any one offtn:'o';
having made the least resistance. They have suffe3X, !1!
themselves to be dragged out of their own houses,le°L.
and butchered like so many sheep; and althouglePt;rwe
bly from 200 to 300 of them have been dispatched Vin-pd,4•:'
the last ten days, not over 100 Masorcas, it is supr7e; •
have been employed in the work. de'
Our correspondent in the above letter alludes to s ate. -
tree of Governor Roses, which was expected soon t 0 700., •
pear, in regard to the horrid butchery that was 040
That decree' through the kindness of a friend, wee
enabled to lay before our readers, although it hee°,ooe.
yet been published at Buenos Ayres when the ine's
Barney left. The introductory statement exhibits ,
Government view of the case.

THE GOLDSMITHS' COMP4IIP,
Wednesday the Goldsmiths' Company gave a grand hal1„,
to the Ministry. To those who have experienced the hesPool,4
lity of this princely Company it were needless—to tholpee;r,,,
have not it were impossible—to picture the regal magno Tiatr,r,o
of the hall—the golden glories of the massive plate, the PITO IP',
ling splendours of the brilliant illuminations, or the tesj
elegancies of the entertainment. The company compel'''.
following distinguished personages : tf,s'
Mr. Prime Warden Buttemer, Mr. Warden Hay.oe,' slf,
Warden Hallifax, and Mr. Warden Ashlin, Sir It reelbet. .•
J. Graham, the Duke of Buccleuch, the Earl of 111ottot,,,P;1 01,
the Earl of Haddington, the Earl of Lincoln,, the Eat
Shaftesbury, the Earl of Ripon, Earl Jermyn, te Margbefe
Abercorn, the Marquis of Downshire, Lord Wharncliffe, Dor,
Ernest Bruce, the Bishop of Llandaff, the Vice-Cbaueedbath
Lord Abinger, Lord Colville, Lord Bexley, Lord PrPstar
Lord Fitzgerald, Lord Villiers, Lord Sandon, Sir It• Stf
ford, Sir R. Inglis, Sir G. Seymour, Sir E. Knatchhu"fre:
H. Hardinge, Sir B. Vere, Sir H. Halfoid, Sir 1%16 sif
mantle, Sir G. Murray, Sir G. Cockburn, Sir G._,,Cler.ollett,
J. R. Reid, Sir F. Pollock, Sir H. Wheatley, Sir tor
Sir M. A. Shee, Sir P. Laurie; the 'Governor and Mt,
Governor of the Bank, the Chairman of the East Ind', .
g,Ate,
pany, the Governor of the Russia Company ; Mr. G. MO'
ALP.; Mr. Masterman, M.P. ; Mr. Lyall, M.P. ; 16r
court, M.P. ; and Mr. Baring. osfe
The usual loyal toasts (it is hardly necessary to
proposed and responded to with great enthusiasm. , Robb
The PRIME WARDEN then proposed the toast, '• Sir
Peel and her Majesty's Ministers." sifl'sPeci
Sir R. PEEL, in returning his acknowledgmentSt soo
had to express his regret that he should have been Predispigl
from manifesting the punctuality which he desired tubotbe
respecting the invitations of the Goldsmiths' Compaol'oyet
knew the excuse which he had to urge would be ee,sripsn
ceived by an assembly like the present, viz., the peel. 0.1115
of public duty—( Cheers)—duty, the performance o
rather indisposed him to " much speaking."—(Heart hethat ba
a laugh.) He could not, however, avoid declaring tkr
knew of no Company entitled to more of public reslnir,
that of which he had the honour now to be the guest' oble
he considered the antiquity of their institution, the tbelY'a t"
they made of their wealth, their generous exertions ig,
of education, above all, of religious education, and the° efthi, ;1
endow ments—( Cheers)—he felt the highest regardeu...o44_S
for this association, the favour of whose constant Orr see'''',(o.
cordially appreciated—(Cheers)—and in carrying_Athigfefortfa44ll:
sures which the Government believed were reqtlo7,,iee.rof.
national welfare, the greatest support they could e,e'loe, ti
the confidence of those respectable and enlighteneupepteje
whom this Company might be considered the most g
representatives.—(Cheers. .
half be h
jte.,pee,,
.
The Bishop of LLANDAFF returned thanks on
Church, which (his Lordship said) strongly felt the Peocsow-peo,
vantage derived from the munificent support religious
received from this Company.
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The Earl of HADDINGTON returned thanks for
. itbefl,..i
and Sir 11. HARDINGE for the Army; the Mr.°1,%.41110,',
CLEUCH for the House of Peers; and Mr. Recoegeo fOrP ff)1:,
Attorney and Solicitor-General having previously 'e 11407111
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Judges and the Bar.
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The PRIME WARDEN then gave " Sir James -
dna Ili-
the House of Commons." rd) /1
Sir J. GRAHAM (who was very indistinctly het; tioll
isbei
derstood to say, that in the presence of so ma"!
Members of the House of Commons, he felt nosa,lo, bersl m
tion in returning thanks on behalf of that bedY,'„ bis /i
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tion was, however, to some extent diminiskea "d fti
belief that the present House of Commons pess"h7r; to ita, ,#l,
confidence of the people. It would not become t nerbel/soii:
trast the present with preceding Parliaments, buf ebotlidied 0
might be allowed to say, that the existing House °fleteotile, tOOl
as compared with former Houses, had quite as 01124001/
charged its functions, and had as fully entitled Loud nbeeite,
the support and gratitude of the country---cd rritl Abity 41
Many most important changes had been intraa;,3 affected
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prospect of relieving the distress which unhaPPl'Y would lot 1 4{l
trade and commerce of England, and the ColoP ctstie*
with him au earnest hope, if not a confident lead been hhesq
those changes would produce the results which
ninted in1;0,07
cipated of them. If, however, they were diser'll Pas
anticipations, and the sequel turned out not r. t;,,5 fareoitivei
now they had reason to believe, that assembly the 0_ 00 •
the whole country, he trusted, would still do justicettnited Tory
by which her Majesty's Ministers had been asfeeriog fully
measures they had proposed, and to the Terse ons
conta 0 0
and unremitting exertions of the House o „ure6' soy'
considering and in cautiously adopting those taf
.0 corer
Sir 11. PEEL gave, "The Prime Warden eau
ea
which was received with great warmth. ir ft. peel
...ret
The company (who, in consequence of S 'elect) sers-01°18
arrival, did not sit down till near half-past 8 ?e,..„ that
shortly before midnight, the general testing D,vielt
splendid entertainment could not asibly beg • St
aff
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'jrofC doer
ELECTION COMPROMISE COMMITIT-•"; .. iswiffi
ford O'Brien, in pursuance of the pledge Idle gs apperioe
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day night in the House of Commons, tee :or watc,..ehes, 4,;
the Committee-room yesterday morning-
least inter. witp,iJtd
proceedings for some time, without t n nentieniede,4B
any member of the Committee, the Hare',Zned WE, 0., A
drew, having thus asserted his right, and ex' , g"ocipfr3,7o
—Tory Paper. frora . g C'l%
letter . Quo!
The King of Sweden, says a lino"' -gtrklt!i'"
holm, JIII4O 14, has published an onto t
adhesion to the treaty of July, IEI4I, for closing
the Dardanelles. • ma"'