Record

Document Reference	Bu 45/70
Title	Copy despatch from A. Buchanan, Madrid, Spain, to 3rd Earl of Malmesbury [J. Harris], Foreign Office, London; 15 Dec 1858.
Date	15 December 1858
Extent	3 ff
Level	Piece
Content Description	Discusses the proceedings of the Congress; Mr Martinez de la Rosa was re-elected President; they discussed General Prim's condemnation of the war with Mexico, and the issues of whether Mexico had fulfilled her treaty obligations, and of Mexico's debts to Spain; they discussed Mexico's insolent treatment of a Spanish minister in 1856; relations between the two countries increasingly worsened and then a revolution in Mexico resulted in a government hostile to Spain; then after the events [assassinations] at San Vicente the Spanish mission from Mexico was removed; General Almonte and Mr de la Frage made abortive missions to Mexico; Mr Collantes argued that the naval forces that had been sent were on a peaceful mission to protect Spanish subjects; General Prim's amendment was voted for by himself alone.
Term	politics, Spanish, foreign policy
	foreign policy, Spanish
	Mexican affairs, 'Mexican Question'
	navies, Spanish

Persons

Code	PersonName	Dates of existence
NA7461	Rosa; Francisco Martinez de la (1789-1862); Señor; Spanish politician	1789-1862
NA7423	Prim; Juan (1814-1870); Marquis de los Castillejos and Count of Reus; Spanish general	1814-1870
NA6255	Collantes; Saturnino Calderón- (1799-1864); Señor; Spanish Foreign Minister 1853-63	1799-1864
NA7422	Almonte; - (fl 1858-1859); General	fl 1858-1859
NA7462	Fraga; - de la (fl 1858); Mr	fl 1858
NA136	Buchanan; Andrew (1807-1882); 1st Baronet; diplomat	1807-1882
NA6098	Harris; James H. (1807-1889); 3rd Earl of Malmesbury	1807-1889