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,'ity by the following Edict, issued by the Cabildo 011 the 22d of May : in the most Noble and most Loyal City of the Holy Trts nity, Port of St. Mary of Buenos Ayres, on the Sid of. May, 1810. The Members composing the Cablldo, vii (Here follows the List of the Members.l Inasmuch as the General Congress held on the ted of the prey sent month has resolved, by a plurality of votes, to suppress the superior power which his Excellency Senor D. Baltazzar Hidal go de Cisneros exercised over these Provinces; and to plate the same in the hands of the said Most Excellent CabildN provision ally, and till such time as a Superior Junta is forthed which !s to e xercise it, subject always to the paramount authority of that which governs in the name of our Lord Perdinand VII. This is made known to the Public through the Medium of this present Edict, for their information and government, and to do away all the apprehensions which may have been excited by the late un fortunate news from the Peninsula. It it in the mean time understood that this most Excellent Ca bl,ll shall immediately proceed to create a junta, which is to as sun: e the Supreme Power, till the Assembly of the Deputies who ere mix , convoked from the interior Provinces, to establish that Icon of Government which may seem most fit. (Signed) &c. &c. Ste. When the powers of the 'Viceroy had ceased, we fncl, by a Band° or Proclamatioh of the 25th May, that the Government had been vested by the Cabildo in the hands of the following persons— Don Cornell° de Saavedra, President of the Junta and Captain General; Dr. D. Juan Jose Castelli ; Dr. D. Manuel Belgrane ; D. Miguel Ascuenaga ; Dr. D. Manuel Alberti ; D. Domingo !data; and D. luta Larrea— wh° were to exercise all the powers of the Viceroy, taking an oath to renounce all Sovereigns but Ferdi nand I 11. or his legitimate successors. TIT election of this Junta was celebrated by the, fring of guns and other demonstrations of joy. It's first act was to issue the following Proclamation " The Junta has thought proper to order and determine what it contained in the following Articles s All the Corporations, principal and other inhabitants, slull assist At the solemn mass, which is to be celebrated in the Cnhedral Church, on Wednesday, the Stith instant, to render thanks for the installation of this Junta, and for the happy termi onion of the popular agitation, caused by the series of misfor tunes experienced in the Peninsula. " 2. The chief basis of the tranquillity now so happily restor- ed being the confidence which the people ought to place in their Magistrates, and the respect for, and strict obedience to the man sates which they may issue ; it is ordered that due submission be End to the new►established authority; for it is to be understood, that they will exert the greatest energy to preserve the sacred trust reposed in them by the people, and to punish with severity all those who may betray want of confidence or fears. 1, 3. They wiU punish with the same rigour whoever would leek to impair the union which ought to bind together all the in habitants of these provinces, or sow dissentious among the Euro pean and American Spaniards, a conduct which is so fatal to the tranquillity of individuals and the welfare of the state. " 4. All the inhabitants of this town shall continue to display their veneration for the respectable person of his Excellency 13 Baltazzar Hidalgo de Cisneros, en account of his distinguished patriotism, and the tender which he has renewed of his services* on whatever occasion they may prove useful. " S. 'The Alcades of districts are to see the aforesaid measures tarried strictly into execution, apprising the superior Magistrates of their reipeetive districts of the most trifling contravention.— (Here follows the formula of publication.) " Done st Buenos Ayres, 26th May, 1810. (Signed) CININELIO SAAVIDIA. MANVRI.BICLCIANO. 4. MIGUEL VE ASCIJRNAGA. " DR. MANVit • " JUAN LAMA. " DR. MVRIANA 114ORZNO, See It then ordered that five hundred men should be sent into the interior to produce uniformity of action in the provinces. On the Ist day of every month, the Junta bound itself to publish a statement of the finances in the hands of Government. On the 29th of May a fresh Edict appeared, di recting the organization and augmentation of the na tional force, and the vigorous press of all men between eighteen and forty, with no apparent means of living. The battalions were to consist of 1016 men each.— On the 30th all the people attended mass, and the installation of the new Government was celebrated by great rejoicings, and the day concluded with a gene ral illumination. It appears, by a Manifesto of the Government and Municipality of Monte Video, dated May 25, that the news of the revolution had reached that town, where it had created a determination among the inhabitants to remain peaceable and circumspect, and at last to abide by the fate of the capital. ANOTHER ACCOUNT. • On the 22d of May, the Cabildo of Buenos Ayres, with the consent of the Viceroy, held a general meet ing of the inhabitants, to deliberate upon the proceed ingt to be a d o p te d i n consequen ce of the melancholy accounts just received from the mother country. The result of their deliberations was, that the Superior Government of the Province, previously exercised by his Excellency D. Baltasar Hidalgo de Cisneros, should b e trans f erre d to t h e C a bild o , unt il the appoint ment of a Provisional Superior Junta, which latter I )3dy should ca r r y on th e Government according to , and in the name of Ferdinand VII. until a ge neral Congress could be convoked of Deputies from the Provinces of the Viceroyalty, for the establish ment of such form of Government as might be deem ed most convenient. On the 24th, the Cabildo issued a proclamation, constituting a certain number of persons a superior Junta, and notifying their appointment to the people. `1 considerable body of the most respectable of the inhabitants, including the Commandants and Officers of the Volunteer Corps, expressed themselves dissatis fied with the election made by the Cabildo. The consequence was, that the proclamation of the 24th was revoked, and a general meeting of the inhabitants was held on the 25tb, in front of the Town-house, too receive a fresh list of members. The Cabildo, after some deliberation, made their appearance in the balcony of the Town-house, and propoied to the people that the provisional superior i Junta should consist of D. Cornelio Saavedra, as Pre- Adent, and Military Commandant-General ; Dr. D. Juan Jose Castelli, Dr. D. Manuel Belgrano, D. Mi. gi!el Ascuenaga, Dr. D. Manuel Alverti, D. Do ming() Mateu, and D. Juan Larrea, as Ordinary Members ; and Doctors D. Juan Jose Passa, and D. Maiiano MGM% as Secretaries: The people, uPen the proposition of the Cabildo, agreed upon the fol ' lowing Articles 1. That a new Junta of CievertiMent be oppetoteg, to mud% of the names In the list then resul, and to =smite the powers of Government Until the establishment of a General Junta for the Viceroyalty. 2. That the said persons forthwith present themselves in the Town-house, and take an oath Well and faithfully to discharge their fractions, punctually to observe the laws of the kingdom, and to maintain the Integrity of that part of the dominions at Ame rica in favour of their beloved Sovereign Ferdinand VII. S. That upon taking the said oaths, they be instantly redog nixed, and universally obeyed as the Depositaries of the Superior Authority, until the meeting of the General hints, under the usual pains and penalties. 4. That they appoint to all offices vacant by resignation, death, absence, sickness, or removal. 5. That the people reserve a right of superintending their pro ceedings, and, in cue of failure in the discharge of their duties, of proceeding to their deposition, for which sole purpose the Ca bade shall resume the power conferred on it by the people. 6. That the Junta are responsible for the preservation of the public peace and good order. 7. That the Junta shall exercise no act of judicial power, but that the same remain vested in the Royal Audience, with regard to all processes to which the Government is not a part. 8. That the Junta, on the fint day of every month, publish a detailed statement of the administration of the Royal revenues. • f. Thatno impost or burden whatsoever be laid on the town or inhabitants without the previous advice and consent of the Cabildo. 10. That the Junta forthwith send circular orders to the Ma• gistrates in the interior to assemble the mess respectable and soundest part of the inhabitants in their respective jurisdictions for the election of Deputies, who are to repair without delay to Buenos Ayres, to consult about a suitable form of Government. 11. That the Representatives be provided with full powers, signed by the . Electors and Magistra.es of the different cities and towns, to be produced on their arrival in the capital ; which in struments shall contain a solemn engagement to recognize no other for their sovereigns than Ferdinand VII. and his lawful sue oessors, and to obey such Government as shall lawfully represent the same. Ia addition to the above articles, it was understood between the Cabildo and the people, that the Junta should have in readiness, within a fortnight, a force of 500 men, to proceed into the interior ; the expence of the levy and expedition to be defrayed by the salaries of D. B. H. de Cisneros, and such public boards as the Junta might think fit to reduce ; care, however, being had, at the express desire of the people, that none of the said officers should be wholly unprovided for. The Members of the new Government entered upon office on the 26th of May, and announced their in• stallation to the inhabitants by the following PROCLAMATIONS TPZ PROVISIONAL GOVZRNINCI PINTA 07 TER CAPITAL Si TIM r. RIO DR LA PLATA TO Till INHABITANTS TNCIL/017, AND 01 Tea PROTINCCS WITHIN ITS JURISDICTION. " You have now established that authority which removes the uncertainty of opinion, and calms every apprehension. "General acclamations manifest your derided pleasure, which alone could overcome our timidity, to take upon ourselves the ,serious charge to which the honour of your election subjects es. Fix then your confidence in us, and rest assured of our Intention,. " A sincere disposition, an active zeal, a lively and assiduous ♦i gilance to provide, by all possible means, for the conservation of our holy religion, the observince of the laws which govern us, the common prosperity, and the maintenance of these pos sessions in a state of the most constant fidelity, and at tachment to our greatly beloved King and Lord Don Ferdinand VII. and his lawful successors to the Crown of Spain—are not these your sentiments ? The same are the great objects of our efforts. Rely upon our vigilance and activity. Leave to our care every thing connected with the public cause, that depends upon our means and powers; and be It your solicitude to cherish the strictest union, and a reciprocal concord in the effusions of affec. don. Extend to all the provinces within our jurisdiction, and, if possible, to the ends of the earth, the persuasive influence of the example of your cordiality, and of the genuine interest, with which one and all of us should co-operate in the consolidation of this important work. This would establish, on the most solid foundation, the general tranquillity and happiness, the objects of all our wishes. (Signed) " coatiztto Di SAAVCD&A,&C. &C. " Royal Fortress of Buenos Ayres, May 21, 1310." The same day the Junta issued a proclamatio n for forming the infantry, already in arms, into regiments of 1116 effectives each, and making an additional levy throughout the Provinces. They lay down the princi ple that every inhabitant is a soldier, but remarking that the public safety requires that there should be a permanent regular force, consisting of such as can best be spared for that purpose, and extended in the present instance to all persons between 18 and 40 years of age, without any visible means of livelihood, or unemployed in the public service, or the exercise of mechanic - any _ art, trade or profession. They inform the people that they have taken measures to procure a supply of arms adequate to the increase of their force. 4 , The nations of the old world," observes the proclamation in question, , 6 never witnessed a specta cle so affecting as that which we have exhibited. When your spirit was supposed to be completely exhausted by the afilicticfn you were plunged into by the melan choly situation of the Peninsula, you, by an heroic effort, resolved to avenge so many misfortunes, and to teach the general oppressor of Europe that the American character opposes to his ambition a still stronger bar rier than the immense ocean which has hitherto set bounds to his enterprises." Another Proclamation of the same date orders the performance of a solemn mass on the 30th, as an act of thanksgiving for the installation of the Junta, and the happy termination of the alarm excited by the news received from Spain. It further denounces the severest punishment against all persons guilty of dis obedience to the Magistrates, or of sowing division b e tween the American provinces respectively, or be tween the Spaniards of America and those of Europe. It also directs, that the highest degree of respect should be shewn to their late Governor, not only on account of his known character and patriotism, but also for his handsome offer of serving under the Junta in any capacity they might think fit. The inhabitants of Monte Video had resolved to adhere to the proceedings of the inhabitants of Buenos Ayres. The latest accounts flom that settlement are of the 25th of May, at which time the utmost trail , quillity prevailed there. THE EVENING STAR. LONDON. TUESDAY, AUGUST 7. PRICE OF STOCKS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK/ S per Cent. Cons. mone6B4.—acc. 6811. S per Cent. Reduced 69 4 }-4 per Cent. b 5 to 85j. Navy I per Cent. 941 .:chequer Bills 2s. to Is. pr. Bonds 225. to 25.. prem.—Omnium 1+ dis. PRICE OF STOCKS YESTERDAY. Bank Stock Omnium 112 11 dis. 3 per C. Red. 69itt 69 India Stock 182 S per C. Con. 62fle India Bonds 20s. 21s. pr. 4 per Cent. 84j 85 Esc. Bills, Is. Ss. prem. .5 per C. Navy 99111, Lottery Tickets £22. 15s. Long Ann. 18 7-16 5.16) - Cons. for ace. Mt) WAR BETWEEN AMERICA AND FRANCE. The intelligence received yesterday from New York, via Cork, of the determination of the Americans to avenge the insults, and injuries heaped upon them by the French, has received a considerable degree of con firmation this morning. By the Princess Amelia packet, which has arrived at Falmouth in 23 days from New York, dispatches have been received by Government, which are gene rally understood to bring accounts of War having been actually declared by the United States against France. On this subject the following letter was this day posted at Lloyd's : " FALMOUTH, AUGUST 4. ee Arrived the Princess Mary packet, Captain Po e' coot, direct from New York, in 23 days, without " calling at Halifax. She has brought dispatches " which were immediately landed on the vessel en " tering the Harbour, even before she had time to " come to an anchor, and were forwarded with the a greatest dispatch by express for London. They are " reported to be of great importance, and to relate to " a Declaration of War against France by the Arne " rican Government." EXTRACT OP A LETTER mom NEW - YORK, SLYLY 11. " I write this day by the Princess Mary packet; " she is ordered by Mr. JACKSON to proceed direct to " Falmouth. Mr. J. left here on the 3d for Phila " delphia, returned on the 7th, and ordered the packet " to be ready for sea on the 11th. " It is reported that our Government has lately " issued instructions to the Commanders of our Navy a to repel by force any innovation on our trade, et committed by the Belligerents. Notwithstanding a this, our Administration is acquainted with BONA " PARTeS Decree of the 23d of March last." " Twuvz O'CLOCK, LLOYeSe—The above is just posted, in contradiction to the Falmouth letter, and is more entitled to credit." The Public Funds improved a little in consequence of the general expectation that America will actually engage in hostilities against the common• scourge of of mankind. REVOLUTION AT BUENOS AYRES, By the Mutine brig, from South America, Govern ment has received the important intelligence that the inhabitants of Buenos Ayres and Monte Video have followed the revolutionary example of the inhabitants of the Caraccas, deposed the Viceroy, and estabFshed a Provisional Government. It is impossible to cal culate the consequences which may result from this movement. One thing appears certain : whatever may be the result of the contest in Spain, South' Ame rica can never now come under the dominion of No poLsow, or of his Brother. In consequence of this change in the Government, some regulations favourable to commerce were esta blished. The duties on the export of hides were re duced about nineteen per cent. as were those on tallow twelve per cent. The duties on other articles are pro portionally reduced, but t& scale was not settled when the vessel, (the Muntm) that broug bt the dis patches, came away. LINIERS, who made so conspicuous a figure id the history of the expedition under General WHITLOCIM has continued in the interior of the country, at a great distance from the theatre of revolution, and has appa rently taken no part in the late changes. Don M. de EBROOtti is appointed Deputy or Ambassador to this Court, and is now in London. To the preceding accounts of the state of affairs on the eastern side of South America, we have added, from some Spanish Papers, others of a very different character. They consist of letters from Mexico, the one by the Archbishop Viceroy to General VENEGAS, professing the determination of that establishment to preserve its connection with Old Spain, under all its misfortunes; and the other from the Consulado of the same Capital to the Governor of Cadiz and the President of the Junta, expressing the same sentiments of attachment to the Parent Country. The People of Mexico have raised a contribution of four millions of dollars, for the support of the war, which is to be transmitted to Europe by the first convenient opportunity. A Gottenburgk Mail arrived this morning, and German Papers to the 25th July. Dr. Rossi, suspected of having been in some way accessary to the death of the CROWN PRINCE, has been banished for life. The Countess of PIPER has been honourably acquitted. On the 23d ult. the Swedish Diet was opened at Orebro with the usual formalities. On the 80th, a large fleet from the Baltic, under convoy of two sail of the line and two frigates, arrived. The German papers contain accounts from the frontiers of Turkey to the Ist. ult. The progress of the Rogan army has occasioned apprehensions et an insurrection breaking out at Constantinople. Some fears are expressed in some of the letters for the satity of Mr. ADAIR I but we find by others that an English frigate arrived at Const uitinople in May, to receive his Excellency on board. These papers present nothing else of the smallest importance. This day we received Lisbon Papers of the 24th ult.-•-one day later than those received yesterday... They add but little to our former accounts. The following is the only article we have met with, that deserves any kind of notice : LISBON. JULY 14. Intelligence has been received frr m Cadiz, of the 14th instant, up to which day nothing of importance had taken place either in that city or in the South of Spain. But numerous slight actions, fought in Biscay and Navarre, chew that the insurrections in those two provinces become every day more formidable. Several accounts received from Italy state, that the French entertain strong apprehensions of another at tack on the isle of Corfu by the English, and that the pretended expedition of Murat is merely a stratagem, intended to prevent the English from engaging in any serious operations against that island, which is, in truth, the key of the Adriatic. NAVAL 11VTELLIGENC8. FALMOUTH, AUGUST 4. Arrived, Princess Mary, 23 days from New York. Put back, the ZENoBIA, with the Indefatigable, Fame, and Urania, transports. The WOLVERINE Sinop of war, and convoy, is still here, wind bound.—Arrived the brig Segar from the river Plate, with the loss of her fore-top-mast.—Wind variable. PLYMOUTH,_ AUGUST 3. Arrived the PassmaNT frigate, from Portsmouth ; she is ordered up harbour, to have a thorough repair. Arrived the FANCY hired cutter from Rochef'rt, the WISAZLE schooner from Falmouth, and the PEACOCE sloop from the Downs. Sailed the ESPIEOLE sloop for Torbay, the CONSTANT gun-brig for Basque Roads, and l'Ainut frigate for the French coast—it is re ported she is going to the East Indies. Went nut of harbour to Cawsand Bay, the SAN DOMINO°, 74, Captain HILL ; she will receive the flag of Sir R. STRACHAN, and will sail for the Cape. PORTSMOUTH, AUGUST 6. Arrived his Majesty's ship Mose from a cruise off Havre, DIANA frigate from Lisbon, OSPREY sloop of war with a convoy of about 40 sail from the Down?. Sailed his Majesty's ships DONEGAL, CONQUESTADOR of 74 guns, and the Cociurrra sloop of war, for off Cherburgh. His Majesty's ship MuTINE, which ar. rived yesterday, brought over from Monte Video, a Gentleman, as Ambassador from the Spanish Co. lonists. DIAL, AUGUST S. Sailed the PROSPERO bomb on a cruize off the Scheldt. Arrived a few ships from the River, and remain.—Wind S.W. YARMOUTH, AUGUST 6. Yesterday evening arrived the Earl of Leicester packet, Capt. HAM/410ND, from Heligoland ; and this morning arrived the Auckland packet, Capt. Matra, with Mails from Gottenburgh (no passengers) ; also arrived from the Baltic the LYNX and GLUCRSTADY sloops of war, CRETINS'. and WRANGLER gun-brigs, and remain in these Roads.—Sailed the RICHMOND gun-brig, on a cruize. The FISGUARD frigate has sent in the Goppa Mathias, HURDXN master, lade* with coffee and cotton, bound to an enemy's port.— Remain in the Roads the Roebuck, Havoc, Chanti. deer, and Britomart.—Wind S.S.W. Some vessels arrived front France yesterday, by which we learn that an embargo had been imposed in the ports of that country, which was to take effect on the Ist instant. The Prince of Wawa arrived at Brighton on Sun. day morning, about two o'clock. Married, this day, at St. Margaret's Church, West minster, Lieutenant-Colonel WAIAH, of the 9th regi. ment, to Mrs. HOPKINS, widow of CHARLES HOPKINS. Esq. and daughter of the late Colonel BiLLINGHAM, of Ardagh, near Drogheda, in Ireland. BREAM—This day there was no Court of Alder. men, and the Lord Mayor, after inspecting the re• turns ordered the present prices to continue. Siu.two MATCH.—Yesterday the cup and cover given annually by the proprietors of Vauxhall Gar ' dens, was sailed for by three pleasure sailing boats rot exceeding nine tons, subject to the rules and re xulations of the Cumberland Sailing Society. Each boat was distinguished by a white flag with blue balls. The following were the candidates for the prize : Boats. Owners. Where living. Spits. St. George, - Capt. Gunston, - Paul's Wharf, - 1 Caroline, - J. Rion, - Lambeth, - - Mercury, • J. Astky, - - Lambeth, - - - The boats started about five o'clock to proceed up the river round a boat stationed off Putney-bridge, and return by the Surrey shore, to a boat at Vauxhall. stairs. They were favoured by the wind, and the St. George, which carried a very large mainsail, raa a-head. She was closely followed by AsrLar, in the Mercury, c •.sequently, a very fine contest en. sued between these rival veterans in river exploits. The St. George and Mercury were nearly together at Chelsea Hospital, but the St. George had the advan. tage in sailing. The wind died away when they reached Putney, knd all the boats camel a press of sail, but on their return a fine breeze sprung up, and the St. George ran a considerable distance a-head.— She preserved this advantage to the last moment, and arrived first at Vauxhall, leaving the Mercury, which was the second boat, a quarter cf a mile astern.— The Caroline was last.—The prize was of course won by Captain GIJNSTON, who received it with the usual triumph. Every part contention appeared covered tiful women and other Bands of music were fine weather added to scene. Vauxhall was , occasion. rt of the river near the scene of :overed by boats, bearing bean. her well-dresseci spectators.— also stationed on the river, and o the pleasure derived fro m the Ls spleudidlT illuminited on the i • l , 1 I