I beg you to believe that I share with you all the disagreeableness of the suspense which the silence of the British Government to my despatches of the 4th December last causes to us both. To me it is only a matter of a little personal inconvenience that I ought not, nor do I, regard; to you it is very different--and all that I can say to you on the subject is, that the moment that I hear from England respecting it, I will not lose a moment in communicating it to you--of this be assured, as of the sincere esteem and consideration with which I remain, My dear M. de Vidal, always truly yours, J. H. MANDEVILLE. * * * * * (PRIVATE AND CONFIDENTIAL.) _Buenos Ayres, June 8th,1842._ MY DEAR M. DE VIDAL,--Although I have not received any official answer to the proposals which I transmitted by your Excellency's desire to her Majesty's Government, on the 6th of December last, as a basis for the conclusion of a Treaty of Amity and Commerce with the Republic of the Uruguay, I am led to believe and know that they will not be accepted, for the reasons which I stated to your Excellency at the time these proposals were made to me--namely, that the acceptance of this offer would be at variance with the policy and practice of her Majesty's Government, whose wish, in matters of commerce, is to stand on the same footing as other nations, and to enjoy no advantages but such as would, upon similar terms, be conceded to any other friendly power, and that accordingly her Majesty's Government have no intention of availing themselves of this proposal. I therefore again most pressingly renew, to your Excellency, the proposals I made when I first had the honour to see your Excellency, to negociate with me a Treaty of Amity, Commerce, and Navigation, upon the basis which was presented to the Monte Videan Government by Mr. Hamilton, in the year 1835, and brought forward by me at a later period. I am enabled to assure your Excellency that Her Majesty's Government is not indifferent to the welfare and prosperity of the Republic of the Uruguay, as your Excellency will shortly see by the measures which will be taken for its preservation, and to which I am sure you will be a willing party, and I beg your Excellency to believe that nothing will strengthen these good intentions on the part of Her Majesty's Government so much as a frank and cordial acceptance of the terms of the above mentioned Treaty. I have the honour to be with the highest consideration, Sir, Your Excellency's obedient humble servant, J. H. MANDEVILLE. _To his Excellency, Don Jose Antonino Vidal, &c. &c. &c._ * * * * * (MOST CONFIDENTIAL.) _Buenos Ayres, June 10th, 1842._