We understand that the si...
We uud&rstaind that the sittinigs of the Brazil and Por- t,g'&eze Commissioners have commenced, aud that the dis- cussious have turneft, in the preliminary meeting, on the point whether the differences of the two countries should be settled by rmediation, or by the arguments of the re- spective Commissioners without ai3y mediation. The latter course would be preferred, it is said, by that country Mwhich has most reason to lhope that the influence of England will be exerted in its favour, bu- is, on the other hand, so im- pressed withl the importance of a speedy decisioni, as to de- precatc any course likcly to cause much delay-a circum- stance inseparabla from mediationi.