The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1843-06-13 00:00:00

"To COMMODORE J. P. PURVIS, COMMANDZS"„-v coler

OF HER MAJESTY'S NAVAL FORCES ON THIS STATI°I4'

" Monte Video, 10th March, 1843..0
Sir,—We the undersigned British subjects, residing .114
thistid s capitald
7 presented a representation to John Henry ~le
vine, Esq., her Majesty's Minister Plenipotentiary to u_,
Argentine Confederation, now present in this city, a coPY u`
dert respectfully that you will be pleased to
iioiwhich we have the honour to enclose, take the liberty to 6°.-
n to the facts stated in the said representation, lir_
trusting. that you will fully appreciate the justice a 7,
Ngrounds on which our request to Mr. Mandeville is fooorle_..
of
rhefirain from adducing further arguraent to convince Pu
'm minence of the danger to which oursinterests and our
nationalrhonour are at this moment exposed•
Full convinced of the hi f B .t. b feeling by
gh sense o ri is had
which your conduct has been actuated in the steps You
t._
already taken, and deeply grateful for the rnanifests i_o:
already made by you, of concern for the welfare of her Irl e
give your canal:
jester's subjects and the support of our national honour, 11..
willow respectfully urge our most earnest entreaties that Y.O;
be pleased to adopt such further pionipt and effeettl
measures as shall relieve our persons and interests from rile:
present state of imminent peril, and remove the stiOir:
on which, resulting from a much-to-be-lamented train of c j
• tion, whilst the honour and dignity
ourm stances, does at this moment rest upon the character. to
and our country are outraged by the acts of the enemy u
this republic." of our Solerel‘i.fi

&c. &c. &c

(Here follow the signatures.)

'rite('
The Same paper contains an intelligent and
letter to the Editor, signed " A British-,Snbjec.lle.
stronglyi reprehending the conduct of Mr. Mandel:lid.
ie states, as an admitted fact, that that individtlai
dressed a peremptory and authoritative
16th December, to the respective governments Of . jog
nos Ayres and the Monte Videan republic, regal:heir
them to cease from hostilities and to retire
►
own:territories; that Rosas, in place of cornPlYtlathlis
treated this order with contempt, advanced agail's he
The war; tile
city, and continued his aggressions.
states, was not one between :two rival chiefs, Ilvisg
letter, ono;
unjust invasion of a powerful neighbour, hlvt° yid
the fate and fortunes of distinct repubiics, each °a sod
treatiesth of amity and commerce with Great Britaiejors,
erein most essentially involving her interests
they a
asks
are of importance in these regions." Ile ea ai
whether Mr. Mandeville's letter is to be considebre
mere diplomatic verbiage, or whether it rnalY direct
petted that it will be borne out by positive all°
interventionatiea
from England. He demands inf°ll3
oitY,
on this point " not"' he says, " to gratify idle curisoils,
but to serve me as a guide in my commerei4ll3o-0
—to qualify me to judge whether I shall install. owl
tire, with my family, from this late land of Plostri
and abandon all the hard-earued fruits of the ill, pd'—tife A
of a quarter of a century, and all the prosr am
vantages that were opening to me, or, whether, .00
yet, by means of British force, or of British
to expect to see the Oriental State rise over the rtilleria
the remorseless enmity of her neighbour is 001°
upon her." e3P sari
The subsequent accounts received via l' otter
state that the British Commodore was in dadY is
tation o'
of receiving important despatches fromd
his
• ,
vernment in relation to the existing crisis, an 010 tit
was thought probable that if the place held out til
l e
loner the British government would take part with
d
onte Videans, and thus secure their intlePieind Vi
lI d
d Meantime the conduct of Mr. Mandeville, sv`lslirem
one irreparable injury to his countrymen, leer'
talked of in language by no means measured. tidy
op
tainly, from these accounts, stands in an app fled 1111 s
defensible position, and will doubtless be cse-
to justify or explain a course of procee(il"sti P
ropert
ntrY—
i
have so grievously jeopardized the safety' O
dieti
of a large and respectable body of our COO