Star.
London, England, 1824-12-27 00:00:00

BUF.NOS.AYRES, OCTOBER 20.

The Chile mail, which at rived on Monday, brings no
recent information respecting the operations of the Li-
berating Army against that of Canterac, because no
vessel had arrived after that which ipought the news of
the defeat of the enemy's cavalry; and though there
are in thii-city two letters dated from Santiago de Chile,
which affirm, that at the time of the sail:ng of the
abovementioned vessel, a communication was made by
a messenger who followed it, that news had just been
received from Truxillo of a second defeat- sustained by
the enemy's army, we however think it prudent to sus-
pend our opinion till we receive more positive information.
The mail from Salta, which arrived here on the 13th,
brought news of the entire evacuation of Upper Peru by
the Constitutional General Valdez, and consequently I
of the triumph of the Rol alist General Olaneta, in his
pretensions to the command of the provinces from Po-
tosi to the Desaquadero. It was pretty certainly known,
that the prcipitate ,reiteat of Valdez was caused
by positive and repeated orders of La Serna, grounded
on the imminent tlan:;cr in which he and Canterac were,
of being over powered by the great for c e of General Bo-
livar, and the advantages gained by him over the Royal
army. Valdez left Pt-tosi at the beginning of September,
having first sent a communication to Olaneta, in which,
he permits him to occopy the said provinces, and makes'
him responsible to-King Ferdinand, in case he does not
preserve them against the power of the American Go-
vernments, which he calls insurgents. Olaneta entered
Potosi on the 4th of September, with a force consider-
ably reduced.

1111 E EVENING STAR

LONDON.

MONDAY, DECEMBER 27, 1824.
ST. JOMN.-1101.IDAY AT THE BANE. ..
TIIE FUNDS.
STOCK F.XCHANGE. TWELVE O'CLOCK.
Consols opened this morning at 951 96 fur the Account, with

little doing.

- FOREIGN FUNDS.
Current Prices: New Spanish 151, Old 221, Butslan 95/, Meal.
can 713 g, relumbian New 88, French Scrip 14 pre. Portuguese
881 /, Alliance Shares 8/ pre. Marine Alliance 11 1 pre. Brazilian
Scrip 51 pre. Colombi in Mines 201 pre. Rio de la Plata 101, Gas
dis. A par. Greek 571, Brazil Mines 11 2 pre. -

,An Extraordinary Gazette was this morning re-
ceived from Sincapore, dated the I len July, by which
we learn, that several skirmishes had taken place with
the Bur mese, and that a number of stockades had been
carried, but with great loss on both sides.

The Court returned this evening to Madrid, amidst
the applause of the Royalist Volunteers, and a multi-
tude of people, assembled owing to the fineness of the
weather. The re-establishment of the Inquisition, for
which the Decree had been already signed, is postponed
which is attributed to the presence of Prince Maximilian,
whose journey to Spain is political. It is still the opinion
there will be a change of Ministry.
The order to halt the Fi ench troops on the Ebro has
disconcerted our fanatics, who only waited their ab-
sence to commit all kinds of excesses.
Dm 24.—French Rentee, 101 f. 80 C.

By the arrival of a Jamaica Mail, which sailed on
the 16th of November, Papers have been received at
the Jamaica Coffee-house. They contain no intelli-
gence of any interest from South America. The House
of Asiembly was opened by his Grace the GOVZHNOR
on the 2.fult. The following are extracts :
FROM THE JAMAICA-COURANT OF NOVEMBEII S.

. • .

At a late hour we received the Etoile and Constitit-
tionnel of Friday. The KING continues the pleasures of
the chase. There has been nothing of any consequence
in the two Chambers. The frigates Arethusa and
Ci,ce had left Rochlort for Cadiz. Accounts from Sr.
Petersburgh, of the 30th, state that the Minister for Fi•
nance had published a notice of the late inundations, in
which he stated the principal loss to commerce was in
sugar, salt, and potass, and that few merchant vessels
had suffered at Cronstadt. The following are extracts
from the Constithtionnel:
TRIESTE, DECEMBER a.

AustrianAn vessel arrived yesterday in this port,
has brought letters to several Greeks residing in this
town. The above vessel was visited, off Cape Saint An.
tonio, by the Greek Vice-Admiral, who put on board the
aboie letters. One of the letter s, written by theV:ce.Ad-
ntiral himself, dated Heights of St. Angelo, states as fol-
lows: 16 that the Egyptian fleet has been met and beaten
on the 12th Nov. by the Greeks, near the Isle of Candia.
Twenty transports; with regular troops on board, were
taken, and the remainder dispersed. After this event.
(says the Admiral), it is doubtful if the Vice-roy of
Egypt will make an attempt on the Morea, and it is
doubtful whether he will be able to remain at Candia."
—Augsburg Gazette.
MADRID, DECEMBER IS.
PRIVATE LETTER.

The opening of the House of Assembly took place
yesterday ; and if we may judge from the tenour of his
Grace's speech, is likely to pass over without any extra-
ordinary calls on the patience of the Members.
His Grace delivered a speech, of which the follow-
ing are the principal passages :

41 The unlimited confidence I have always reposed in
the loyalty and fidelity of the lower classes of society in
this Island, renders it more painful to me to acquaint
you, that since your last meeting, partial disturbances
have taken place amongst the slaves in several parishes,
attended, in some instances, by acts of open rebellion ;
and, it appears, by the declaration -of the principal
offenders, made at a time when there could be no reason
to doubt their sincerity, that they had been led to be-
lieve his Majesty had made them free—a delusion which
even his Majesty's Royal Proclamation, containing the
most distinct and positive assurance to the contrary,
seems not to have removed. Deeply as these events are
to be lamented, it is a consolation to reflect that the
great mass of the slave population has continued to
preserve that peaceable and orderly demeanour to
which I have so often bore testimony.

" I have received instructions from his Majesty's Go-
vernment, containing some propositions for the im-
provement of the condition of the Slave population,
which I shall make the subject of an early commu-
nication to you. I am also to acquaint you, that his Ma.
jesty has been pleased to appoint a Bishop fer this Island,
to whom is to be intrusted the contioul of the clergy of
the Church of England. The Lords Commissioners of
his Majesty's Treasury have had under.consideration the
heavy charges to which the navigation and commerce
of the United Kingdom are liable in his Majesty's
colonies, with a view of reducing as much as possible
all such charges ; and I expect to have it in my power
to communicate to you more conclusive information on
this subject ip the course of the present month."

FROU TUE COURANT, OF NOV. 4.
EXTRACT OF A LETTER, DATED CUAORES, OCT. 18.

" The victory obtained by the Republican Army, on
the 6th Se, tember, on the plains of Junia, has caused,
the liberation of six provinces, Tarma, Jauja, Pampa
Huancavelua, Huanca, and Huamanga, from the Spa-
nish yoke. On the 6th inst. fourteen vessels, one of
war, arrived at Panama frum Guayaquil, to transport
part of the five thousand men; the same day, they re.
sailed•for Guayaquil. The greater part of Peru is in our