The Express.
London, England, 1864-05-30 00:00:00

THE SEIZURE OF THE CHINCHA ISLANDS

BY SPAIN.

The Panama Star and Herald, of May 7, gives
the following acoouut of this occurrence :
Oe the snivel of the lest mail we publisbedjthe fact
that the Spanish Commissioner had not beset received et
Lime, aid had sided from Callao on the 13th to join the
Squish fleet. On the mania( of the 16th H.0.1L frigates
kesolocius sad Trine*, aid CeradoeVl mede their
apses:thin &pin is the bey ofCallsounder &full head agleam,
and it was soon secertained that their Witham' MVO hostas
to the piece. Tbe day previous they had takes
of Übe Chinch& Ithands, hoisted the Spanish flag,
primmer, of the (overate sad odious of the bland, sad
raptured the Panariss triansport Iquique with Inc Withers.
Thence they proceeded to Canso for the purposes of ear
prising the Pennies squadroa in that port ; bat this wee
fertonately fretheated, se the fleet had time to gel up
steam sad more ender the prone:aim of the pen of the
castle before the foreign anarchist meek could be moved
out of the way of the operaticsn of the Spaniards. The
Spanish beet sailed from Callao ea the aiming of the 18th
probably for the Chinch& Island., The Pantries steamer
Timbal left Callao on the morning of the 17th, to watch the
anovesteets of the Speen/de. At the time the EsampAor
left the pietist exoitemeat prevailed in Callao.
On the 16th, after Dews was received of the seizure of the
Chinches, the President of Pisa limed a proclamation, of
which the followiag is a scansion= :

"11111 PALSIDINT 07 Tag "'PUBLIC TO TNI NATION.

" A¢ inainentli scandalous act inijusihe;:perpeiretel
in the waters of the Pacific by the Spsaish squad:op wader
commend of its admiral, D. Leis H. Pieria. Oar guano
Meade have bees occupied by foreign forces, which Lave
tetrad a national vsesel of war sad hoisted, as well ore ikon
as at eta, the flag of Orilla. Seek an act, sus ented without
any previous derilantioa, without any legal motive that
would authorise it, makes its authors aggressors of
the territory of our eounta7, violaters of Mims-
Usual law, sad gratuitous demotion of foreign property.
"The arrinl of a pretending Spanish diplomats, with the
character of commistioser, whets title alone mean outrage
to the dignity of Pent, charged, sa is believed, with exag-
gerated reclametioos, has been the signal of this unjuitifiable
promidieg, which 1, fulfilling an austere duty, make known
to the republic. The goverment has fulfilled its miens
defending the hoover of the country against the preternoe:
of an envoy who be answered to the regard shown to him
with outrages to the tattoo, the law., and the government.
All the dotemeets of this ask will he pithlialed at mime
in order that you easy judge of my sad my (aliases
behaviour, which op this occasion, ea always, has heed
worthy of the natioe's mafideees.
1 believe that the govereesset of Spain is foreign from
these aggressive acts of its deputise on the shores of Peru ;
bat it they should, unfortunately, be authorised by it, we
will never commit to the hunaliatioe which those same
ople went to imsees upon us, who in Ayacucho did not
knew how to fight, nor had the courage to defend the pee-
mesioo, held for centuries, of the imequeet The 10•11111111.
meat is Mimes these aware' of *Karig, which the Meisel
eireemeteeree we find ourselves in do require, and seeking
mean to vindicate the sacked honour and to save our
treacherously and violently robbed reins. Still freak are
the memories of the war of tedspeadreee ia which 1 wee ea
solar, however smalL I will repeat those old services, not
excepting the smith* of my life, which belong, mainly to
the gesenius amain that to me who sot deserved it gave
its votes to occupy the Oat post of the nation.
"GILo, April 16, 1861.
"Joan ANTONIO Pim."

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A lugs body of foreigners, some ono hnudred and arty,
held a mooting is Callao, and pared the following
hltiol2ll
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--;l"That ham domiciled in this port we cannot view with
Indifference the vandalic cooduct pursued by Admiral
Pinson. Consequent with our ideas of justice, we offer to
the orientry of our adoption our assistance, and we pleas
ostrielves at tee disposal of the supreme government to
fight for the intlepandeace of Pern.—Vitia.ws D. COORSAY,
President. Jowl Nownsa, Ekersinty."
Active preparations were hang made by the authorities
to resist say attack—tbe batteries on the fort beteg placed
in fighting order, boats equipped and armed, An. The
masters of foreign meals had yolked to their respective
minimum for isatnietioas hew to act. The Spanish gunboat
Covadooga had gene aloes up to the mole and taken pos-
session of the ship Hared* which bad on board naval stores,
provisions, and coal. Several Spanish resideuto in Callao
had embarked on board of Spanish yawls in the harbour.

IRISH ONIINCIL-A thick return his been pro-
moted to ILarlisursent, giving partionlan of every parish is
mined. The ascend result is that there were et the last
emus 693,367 memben of the established chetah is In.
land—am, tresses, sad children—sod 596,820 protestant
dissenters •' and that the gross income of the bisbopris%
dignities, and beisp of the established church is Ireland
anteents to 586,428 t., and the net booms to 448.9421.
Camas. Pmaca —Sava, Baum:Nos AND SIX-
PENNY DAT.-BArtruktr, ILT 28.—Aphoisises se pep
most 4,449; aittobe season tickets. 8,750; total, 14199.
lioanutan's Ma is cboioe seed strong, moderate
Is price, sad wholesome to use. Theseactesattyreshowl sneered
for this tee • renteal pretension It is seta In whets *

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