§ CAPTAIN PIMasked the Under Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, Whether diplomatic relations continue to exist between this Country and Uruguay; and, whether Her Majesty's Government has received any special information respecting the atrocities reported to have been committed in Monte Video on Sunday the 10th January; and, considering the unsettled state of that Country, what provision, if any, has been made by Her Majesty's Government to insure the uninterrupted security of British subjects and interests?
§ MR. BOURKEDiplomatic relations, Sir, between this country and Uruguay have been suspended since 1871. Her Majesty's Consul at Monte Video, writing on the 20th of January, reports that the elections were to have been held on the 3rd of January; but owing to disturbances which occurred that day, the elections were postponed till the 10th. On the 10th there was a conflict in the streets, in which nine persons were killed. A revolution followed upon these disturbances, and a new Government was established. Her Majesty's Detached Squadron, under the command of Rear Admiral Randolph, was at Monte Video at the time of the revolution, so there was ample means at hand for the protection of British subjects and interests.