Believe me, my dear M. de Vidal,
Always your sincere faithful Friend,
J. H. MANDEVILLE.
To his Excellency D. Antonino de Vidal, &c. &c.
P.S.—Although I transmit this document to you officially, as I feel it my duty to do, I would rather that it be not published until we have the resolution of the Sala. In Europe, these papers are never published until some time after they have been delivered, which we consider as by far the best mode of conduct.
J. H. M.
Buenos Ayres, October 26th, 1842
My dear M. de Vidal,—Neither you nor I were, nor could be surprised at the wretchedness of our negociation, or rather of M. de Lurde's and my attempt to make this Government accept the mediation of Great Britain and France, to put an end to the war, and I am happy to think that when I was last at Monte Video, I prepared her Majesty's Government for this result.