The Sun.
London, England, 1810-08-07 00:00:00

BUENOS' AJ_UtES.

On the of May, the Cabildo of Buenos Ayiei;
with the, consent of the Viceroy, held a,general
meeting of the, inhabitants,
.to de:-liberate upOn the
proceedings to be adopted in, consequence of the
melancholy. accounts just received from 'the mother
country. The reSult.of their deliberation-3 was, that
the supei int- Government of the Province, previous-
ly exercised by hi, Excellency D. Baltasar•Hidalgo
'De Cisneros, shoUld be transferred io.the Cabildo,
until the ap,pointinent of a provisional superiOr Junta,
Which latter body should carry ou the Government
according to law, and in the name of Ferdinand
VII.• until a general Congress could be convoked of
Deputi,s from all the:Provinces in /the Viceroyalty,
for the establishment of such form of Go;errinient,
tnight be deemed most convenient.
On the 24th the Cabild6 issued a Prcielarnation,
constituting a certain number of personS a superior
Junta, and notifying theji appointment to the people.
A considerable body of
.the, Mint respectable of the
inhabitants, including the Commandants and Officers
of the Volunteer Corps, expressed themselves.dissa-
tisfied with the elution made by'the Cabildo.: The
consequence was', that the Proclamation- of thfe.24th
was revoked,. and a .general meeting of the
tants was held on. the '2llll, in front of the.. Town--
house, to receive a freSiPlist of Members.:
Tile,Cabildo, afier some deliberatton; made their
appea:atice in the, balcony of the Town-house; -and
propOsed to the people that tke-provisional superior
Junta should consist of D: Cornelio Saavedra, as
President, and Military Commandaot-Genet4i Dr,•
.1). Juan Jose CaStelli, Dr. D. M:inuel -BtlgraniY,
Miguel Azcuenaga, Dr. D. Manuel Alverti, D. Do-
mit.go. Mato), and D. Juaa Lime; as. Ordinary
Metnlxts ; and Doctors D. Juan Jose Passa, and D.
Mariano MOreno,'asSecretaiies., Tie people; upon
the proposition of the Cabildo, agreed upon the fol-
lowing articles :

1. I:hat a new Junta of Government be appointed,
to consist of the names in the list then read, and to
exercise the poWers of Govermbent ,until the esia'-
Nishment of a General Junta fur the Viceroyalty.
2. That the said persons forthwith present them-
,elves in the 'Townhouse, and take-ati oath, well
and faithfully to discharge: their functions,•punctually
to observe the laws of the-kingdom, anti' to.tuain,-
lain
.the integrity' of that part of the dominions of
America in favour of their beloved Soverign Ferdi-
nand
VII.

3. That upon taking the said :oaths, 'they be in-
stantly retognis'ed, and Universally obeyed as the
Depositaries of the superior .Authority, until the
meeting of the general junta, under the usual pains
and.penalities.

4. That ;hey appoint to, all offices vacant by 're-
signation; death, ahSence, sickness; or removal.
5. That thepeople reserve a right of superintend-
ing their proceedings, and," in case of failure in the
'discharge of their duties, of proceeding to-their de-
position, for.which sole purpose the Cabildo shall
resume the po(er conferred on it by thepenple.
6. That the Junta are responsible for the -preset-
vation of the'public ptQce and good order.
7. That tbe-Julira' shall exercise no a& of judicial
power, but that the same remain vested in the ILIA-
Audience, with regard to all processes to which the
Government is not a part: •
• 8. That
.the Junta, on the first day. of every
month; publish a detailed statement of the adminis-
tration of the Royal revenues.'
9. That no import or burden whatsoever, be laid
on the town or inhabitants without the Previous ad-
vice and consent of theCabildo.

10. That the Junta forthwith send circular Orders
to the Magistrates in the interior to iissemble the
most respectable and soundest pat tot- the inhabitants
in their respective jurisdictions for the election of
Deputies; who are to repair without delay-to Bue-
nos Ayres, to consult abouta suitable fiirm of Go•
vernalent;

tl. That the Representatives be provided.'-with
full powers, signed by the Electors and Magistrates
of the diffe.rent cities a, d foWns, to be produced on
their arrival in thee capital; which' instrurnents.shall
contain a solemn engagement to recognize no othe'r
for their Sovereigns than Ferdinand VII. VII. aitd his
lawful Successors, and to obey such Government as
shall lawfully represent the save.
In In Addition to the above articles, it was tinder-
stood between the Cabildo•and the people,
,that the
Junta-.should have in readiness, within a fortnight,
a force of 500 men, to proceed into rhe interior;
the expellee- of the levy and expedition to be de-
frayed by the salaries of D. B. q. De Cisneros, and
such public boards as the JUnta might think- fit to
'reduce; care however being had, at tlie:express
sire of the people, that' holie: of:: the said officers
should be wholly unpruYidt.d for.
The Members of the new Gdvernment entered
upon office 'on the 16th of May, and announced
their installation -to the inhabitants by the fol-
lowing r..