The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1847-09-24
MoSrEvIDEo, Aug. II, lsl7.

much excitement here and In Buenos Ayres The first
thing the English merchants of this city did upon the ar
rival Of the honorable Lord was to call citing
and send committee to pay their respects his lord
ship the time asking his but his lord
ship informed the committee that he could not receive
them their petition his mission In the river was
ended. This conduct exasperated them much, for if
his mission ended he could in the first place have
received them and then politely informed them his
position but as 1t they pocketed the insult well
they could hoping that he would leave and give
for more worthy to represent their govern
ment 6ut what was their surprise when they learned
After few days he presented to this government the
fruit Of bis abors for their sanction which viz that
Gen Cribs should agree TO amnesty Of six months
furnishing the city with 500 head of cattle at
able price per month the English and French their
part raising the blockade Of all the ports both sides
Of the river which would leave Montevideo besisgsd
and bad Us blockaded This government, matter
starvs to death therefore refused the amnesty upon
which his lordshp gave orders to Commodore Herbert
to the blockade and all hostitiss and left
for Rio Jsneiro without any kind Of settlement with
Bu-uos Ayres Oribs. This course of conduct exas
psas,d every one and parousry the The. EnS,sh they
clared they would disown her. Some burnt their pro-
tsc.ions; others gave them up One was sent to Lord
Howden with the following note:-
Mr. LoRD,-After twenty years residence in thi
try and always retaining the proud that
perty would be- secure fnd myself by your proceed
ngs reduced in obedience to upright and honorable
conscience to enclose certificate Of nationality
which henoeforward would be to me- dead letter,
never will trouble myself by asking protection from such
men as q w hitelock. q Msndervle or Howden.
am my Lord, with due respect,
To the r. H Lord HowDEN.
To show and preserve his dignity his Lordship made
the iohowing repiy'- -,
H. M 8. RALEIGH, July I6, ls47.
have received an impertinest letter, signed Henry
Sparks" This is to give notice to him. that II at any
to me personally ssn s h'r''"hp him ''i HokSDEN
Here we have a specimen of the noble blood of old
England much too high to receive the respects Of one
Of the most respectable body Of merchants In South
America at the same time willing to stoop so low as to
dshonorabe and unheard Of course) he has almost
duced from auence to povert but at the present day
may look for anything but honor or fair dealing from
England her representatives in this question From
the bsginong there has been nothing but foul intrigue
Vaudeville " set the first example, 'Owsley" followed
Defends, upon his arrival opened private oorrespon
with Rosas stating that he wished to settle the
dencs publishedthen, without declaration ofwar
captured the Buenos Ayrean feet of the hsrbor Of Mon
taking forts and killing hundreds Of innocent persons
bockading Buenos Ayres and ut the same time having
at with Buenos Ayres and now to close the scene
they that Monevdeo is in the hands Of Foreigners
consequently she cannot act as she would her
protection aud leaves without making any settlement
with either party. France has been more consistent
and still to act and enforce the blockade but
she may think best to do az England has done, con-
Guiding that there is plumber for her Why do
the United States remain quiet seeing Of the finest
countries constantly drenched with blood all caused by
the meddiing OF the crowned heads of Europe
Accompanying this, send you file Of papers,
rid question in baud and make honorable settlement
am, dear sir, yours, OLD OTSEGO
We give, in addition to the above, the follow
ing important correspondence between the Ame-
rican Charge des Afaires and the English and
French minister's
MR.. HARRIS TO LORD HowDEN.
LEGATION OF THE UNITED STATES,
Buenos Ayres July !, l647.
Rumor had prepared me to anticipate, what the obi
just confirmed Your joint negotiations with the Ar
senine government have ended, without any definite
arrangement Of tho difficulties which have long exist
ed between your respective governments This Indeed
termination Of your labors which most deeply regret
be Extensively detrimental the commercial
interests of England and France themselves 1t will be
deeply and vitality nj urous to the Provinces OF the Con
fedora tom and preudica to the last degree, to the
lawful OF all neutral nations This has indeed
biockod has in no respect accomplished the end for
which 1t avowedly established. 1t has only tended
annoy and ritate those whom It was meant to eoerce
Another practical effect has been that whilst destroy
ed all lawful and open commerce. 1t has forced sort OF
spurious through the port of Montevideo OBJ
ging it to pay both an import and export duty which
was levied the support of the anomalous
ia that city The chief benefit, however even Of this
system did not enure to the Governments Of England
and France or to people at large Of those govern
mens conessedy and VIGOROUSLY to the advantage
of a few persons in Monevdeo and still smaller number
in this CITY may safely state that such has been
the chief practical effect of this biockade-a blockade
which has been kept up at an immense expense
to the governments Of England and
France
In regard to the question Of policy assumed and act
ed by your government, in connection with that OF
France with respect the affairs Of the River Plate,
your lordshp is advised Of my opinion and of the OPT
a o1 be- snS to that the
uniform policy OF the government OF the United States
from It's foandstion 20 the preseni mas been
the internal Of other governments IL leaves
pursue that line of policy aud to adopt that sys
tenn of measures which each may deem best calculated
20 promote interest to secure its happi
Acting upon this principle, therefore and with
consistent adherence to its just policy it could
sanction the Intervention Of one more governments,
as of right or by force, in the affairs internal
principles perhaps could be the less tolerated by it,
shen the attempt to enforce this continent made
by those governments, whose constitutions or political
that the people the true and only legitimate source
Of all political power.
nv government upon principles; and, notwithstanding
il could not Approve the attempt Of the OF
England and France to enforce contrary doctrine by
hostile measures upon the governments of the Plate,
yet has judged it best to conform for time at least to
that which they have thought proper
to adopt This it has done, for period Of nearly two
years but which has been done however, a. your lord
n. sas sssy Of Sssn
blished by the Intervening governments In the River
Plate And your lordshp will permit me TO express the
opinion that should the question Of the legality of this
blockade hereafter raised In any court Of admiralty
either Great Britain France or the United States,
where proper scrutiny into the facts and rigid APP
pication the principles of international law shall take
that have been acknowledged and esta
blished by Great Britain herselfthat such court viii
decide against its legality Such judgment would fol-
low, less from the principle upon which this blockade
was founded, than from the manner in which |
it has been conducted. This last aspect Oh
the case will be abundanty apparent to your |
lordshp, when state to you the fact, that from |
the 23d Of February 1896 to the end Of May 647 the
aggregate number of vessels which have entered and
sailed from tho port of Buenos Ayres has been four
thousand and twelve. state this from the regular
monthly returns which have been made to this legation
and which are before 1t Ia true that these
we're chiefly vessels small size passing in and out in