Star.
London, England, 1825-02-24 00:00:00

PERU.

Head-quartersbt Chuquibanzba, October 4,1824.
TO THE MINISTER-GENERAL OF THIS AFFAIRS OF PERU,

DON JOSE SANCHEZ CARRION.
The army advances without- interruption, though
without any remarkable event since it left Huamange.
This arises from the Spaniards continuing to avoid an
engagement, though at the expense of great losses. We
are masters of the-Apurimac, whose bridges have been
carried off or b!oken down by them, with the exception
of that of Scope, at which they maintain a detachment.
It is probable that it will share the same fate as the rest,
on the approach of a party of our troops which has been
sent to occupy it. His Excellency the Liberator has
in person reconnoitred and traversed the whole banks
of that river, and has ordered the construction of some
bridges and rafts—an order which is executing with
activity. Thus will the greatest of the obstacles which
the Spaniards have been able to oppose to the advance
of the Liberator's army be removed.
His Excellency has received certain intelligence, that
General Valdez has had a very' serious engagement with
a division of General Olaneta, near Potosi; that fortune
has been equally hostile to the enemy in the South ;
and that General Olaneta is pursuing Valdez, who has
abandoned to the conqueror the provinces of Up per Peru.
But the conduct of our enemies in leaving the country
which suffered under their tyranny, is worthy. of re-
mark. They have shot all their soldiers who were un-
able to proceed from the effects of fatigue, and even
the sick in the hospitals, who were not able to follow
them. We have seen more than two hundred dead in
their line of march, and the inhahitants of this town
have informed us of the assassination of the patients of
the nine hospitals which they had here, and of other
five at Abancay.
His Excellency is highly satisfied with the enthusiast*
with which the-people receive him and his liberating
troops. His army • has everywhere received the most

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THE EVENING STAR

LONDON.

THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 24., 1825.
NIATTHILAS.
THE FUNDS
• STOCK EXCHANGE, TWELYS O'CLOCK.
Consols opened at 93i to 94, for the Account, with little doing,
They are now at 94 buyers.

FOREIGN' FUNDS.
In the Foreign 'Market, little is doing this morning; South
American Stock and Alining Shares are somewhat improved.
Current Prices: New Spanish 19, Old 231 1, Russian 971 1,
Mexican 801 1,- Colombian New 901 911, French Scrip 151 16,
Austrian 971 j. Chilian 1391 90, Brazilian Scrip 41, Mexican Scrip
all, Greek 571.181, Greek Scrip 11.
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Pasco Peruvian ditto -
Brazilian ditto
Buenos Ayres ditto -
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PAID. !RIC* 70. DAY.
£lO se
10 130 "135
10 145 150
5 38 39
37 38
5 15 16
26 27 pin
11k 12

The first draught of the Bill for suppressing unlaw-
ful Societies in Ireland, was given in -the STAR of
Thursday last; it has now been printed with the blanks
filled up, and as amended by the Committee. By
this Act every Society or other body of persons acting
for redress of grievances in Church or State, or "for the
purpose or under the pretence of carrying on or assisting
in the prosecution or defence of causes civil or criminal,"
renewing its meetings for more than 14 days, or col-
lecting or receiving money, is declared unlawful.
The passage we have put in inverted commas was
added by the Committee. All persons offending are
deemed guilty of a misdemeanour, and may be punished
by fine and imprisonment. Persons knowingly per-
mitting any meeting of such unlawful assemblies in
their houses, are, for the first offence, to forfeit the sum
of five pounds ; and, for a second offence, to be deemed
guilty of an unlawful combination and confederacy in
breach of this Act. The following Clause was added
by the Committee:
" And be it further enacted,That any society, committee, or adiar
body of persons in Ireland, assuming, or in any manner or by any
means or contrivance exercising the power of acting, for the
purposer or under the pretences aforesaid, or any of them,
which society, committee, or other body
,of persons, or the
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next preceding, appointed, authorised, employed or used by any
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or proceedings thereof had been continued or renewed by adjourn-
ment or otherwise, for a longer term than fourteen days from its
first meeting, shall be deemed an Unlawful Combination and Con-
federacy within the meaning of this Act, and the meeting thereof
shall be Unlawful Assemblies."

The Act commences ten days after it shall be passed,
and not sooner, and is to continue in force two years.

Papers relating to the Burmese war have been pre-
sented to both Houses of Parliament, and printed by
order of Government. A letter from the GOVERNOR-
GENERAL in Council to the Secret Committee, dated
the 21st of November, 1823, opens the subject by
stating the manifestation of hostile dispositions on the
part of the Burmese, their claims to the island of Shah-
pooree, and their threats to punish by force of arms
the occupation of that island by the British. His Ex-