Star.
London, England, 1825-12-21 00:00:00

SOUTH AMERICA.

BROM THE BUENOS AYRES ARGU§.
COQUIMBO.
This beautify' province had its Assembly inealled
nn the ‘26th of June last, which ratifidki the following
decree:—

I. The Province of Coquimbo is an intezral and
essential part of the Republic of Chile.-2. The As.
sembly of the Province approves of the Resolutions
adopteJ on the 17th of May list by the majority of
Representatives of the last Congress, determining its
dissolution.—S. The Province recognizes and obeys the
supreme arrangements of the General Executive.-4
The Province submits to, and will fulfil the laws,
which emanate from the national representation.-5.
In the meantime, till it meets, the Assembly of the
Province recognizes the General Executive deposited in
the person of Senor 1). Ramon Frere, as Supreme
Director.-6. The Assembly reserves to itself the privi-
lege of revising the political Constitution of the nation,
and thole laws which have the character of fundamen-
tal, to ratify them or not, according as it may deem it
expedient.— 7. Yet, in case any law of those indicated
in the preceding article shall not have the approbation
of this Assembly, it shall nevertheless obtain its worth
and fulfilment in the Province, if it has passed the other
two.--8. The Province of Coquimbo shall have a De-
partm:ntal Assembly, whole attributes, number of Re-
presentatives, and their renewal, as well as the time of
its Session each year, shall be fixed by a law.-9. A
copy of this law shall be sent to the Supreme Director,
to the Pt ovincial Assemblies, and to the Deputies of the
Province named in the last Congress.
joSEPH MIGUEL SOLAR, President.
FRANCISCO RODRIGUEZ, Secretary.

An extensive forgery-has just been detected at Glas.
gow. A bleacher these absconded or. Friday se'nnight,
after committing forgeries on various individuals, to
the amount, it is calculated, of 30001.

There is at present great stagnation in the Indigo
trade, in consequence of which a meeting of merchants,
dealers, and brokegs engaged in it, was held on Monday,
at the London Commercial Sale Rooms, at which about
one hundred persons attended. The Chair was taken
by Mr, CHIATER, when, after a short discussion, resolu-
tions were ado ted unanimously, that application should
he made to the Court of Directors to postpone the sale
hied for ti e 17th of J inuary till the middle of April,
and that they should be requested to use their influence
to the same purpose with the individuals concerned in
the private trade ; also that a postponement should take
place of the prompt due early in January, on the parties
undertaking to increase their deposits, and to pay inte-
rest for the accommodation.

THE MINT.—AII is activity and dispatch at the
Mint. The Right Hon. Master (Mr. WALLACE), and
every officer of the establishment are at their posts.
The Mint has been for some time coining silver for the
supply of the It ish cut reticy. That employment is now
stepped, and nothing is thought of but a supply of
sovereigns fot the Bank. The melter (Mr.Mobet)
mentioned in his evidence before the Committees of
P4tliament, that with his improved machinery and
ordinary dilligence the Mint could coin twelve millions
in the year. This rate of dispatch is far short of what
tan be accomplished on an. emergency. If supplied
with bullion at propet intervals, and on a proper notice,
it can coin half a million of pieces in a week. On one
occasion, we are informed, 300,000 silver pieces were
struck in a day.
SINGULAR ACCIDENT TO MR. JEFFERSON.—The
A ashington Gazette mentions, that, according to the
following narra ive, Mr. Jefferson had a narrow escape
for his life : —We have received from Charlottesville the
foliose ing account of the matter :.•••4‘ Mr. Browere car-
ried letters to Mr. Jefferson, and one from Mr. Madison;
the letter had submitted to the operation hereafter de-
scribed, and represented it as nor painful; and the artist
assured Mr. Jefferson that his mode was mete easy than
that of an artist who had already taken his bust. He
Submitted to the operation. Instead of pursuing the
usual course of taking the face at one operation, and the
rest of the head at another, the whole was attempted at
mice. The placer was permitted to get toe hard, and
V.r. Jefferson was nearly suffocated : he had no other
node of giving the alarm but by stamping with his feet.
This noise alarmed the female part of the family, who
Tan into the room in a mon.ont. The plaster was so
bard, that it bad to be broken into pieces by means of
a hammer and a chisel. The strokes were necessarily
licd, and the kits exceedingly distressing. Even alter
the mould was. broken, the plaster had taken such firm
hold on the ears, that Mr. Jefferson was douttftil whe-
ther they would be pulled off, or the plaster would break.
It had to be separated from ether parts of the neck and
skin by running a knife between. This operation, in-
dependent of the suffocation, you will easily conceive,
must have been very distressing. I understand that
Mr. Jefferson says he had his arm broken, and his wrist
put out of joint at the same moment, ;it'd the pain of
setting the one, and putting the other in place, was far'
less then what this operation occasioned. Would you,
believe that this 'eccentric' artist and letter-n liter nei
they sympathised with the pain he had occasioned, nor
participated in the solicitude of the family ? On the
contrary, he was congr .tulating himself with the ex•
actness of the likeness, and unfeelingly jested about the
pain and distress. His sensibility ss as alike blunted to'
t,.e evidences of displeasure occasioeed by his untimely
hutrieur. The cortconsical letter he has written on the
subject caps the diaras of his scceatrieity." i