Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1818-10-02
SOUTH AMENsUA.


Extracts from BH,n,s irreS RersDnpcrs 10 fhe
27ih Of Juae.
Translated for the Baltimore patrietl
Official correspondence from TIE Depniy a.
BuenOs Tyres, IN (h;i, to tie Director.
Mosr EXcELLENrSIR.-The ,tlhi inst.
arrived at this port Valparaiso. the Sra
Eish Payicbot San lgnacio, or Diamante.
captured on the 9Th ofFebruary last, with
cargo OF cocoa, and sundrv articles. on
the coast Of Guayquil, 10 leagues from
The Island Of Santa Clara, by the brig
Clilene, cruiziug with commission of this
state, capt. Henry James. This very YES
sci captured two months before. the brip
Mercedes, with Il targo of cocoa, dry
goods and tobaccO--he has sustained two
battles during his cruizing in front of,
coast of J ina The first at The end Of Ia
nuary in the latitude of Caiao, wit. hi
gate and the second on iiic nth Fehru-
AIRY with a vessel of war f22 guns, which
was forced 10 an ignOminious flight. Both
were ordered by the Vice Roy, Don Joa-
qun PeZuela. on purpose TO capture the
priva,eer, for she had DESTROYED in Guu-
chaco, ~ the late days Of February, two
brigs going 10 Lima, foil ofcarn. rice aud
provisions. BY Tie middle of February,
HE Chilemo ought 10 direct his coarse 10
GuaYaquil, and il Is expected irom him
very important success, on the veSs Is
tradmghy that coast.
Tive liih anchored in the port Of Val
paraiSc, ihs Spanish mr"chant ship n. s.
delos Dolores or la ScviIiana captured bv
the priva'eer Furioso, in the river of
Guayaquil, as the ship was coming from
Acapulco. will, 2l,OUS dollars on board,
and dispatches from the Vicerov of Mex
leo, TO that of Lima. This privateer has
destroyed nlanv vessels at "a: in this
number we reckon '!ie ship Governadora.
and by The aitesia,ion of The prisoners,
the Spanish trade has suffered great
deal by the armed ship Santa Rosa, or he
acabUco.-We see by Intercepted drs.
patches, the veXalions of the merchants
of that vice-reyaliy, being oppressed wi h
contributions for the government, and
losses at sea. In their letters, they lool,
for The termination of those evils 10 The
subsection OF this country by Osorio's
troops, as their sole hope Now Your e,
cellcncy may calculate the consternaiiCa
OF the inhabitants of Lima, with the news
of the glorious battle of Maipo, and hoy
much their despair shall Increase WHEN
they shall know of the defeat OF the Es,n,-
ralda trigate, they wanting support 6r
'h| N'uihy vi INT tbOIt W fsitlld. btr
10 tender to your eXcellency my congrait-
laiions for this happy prospect, and r.
main with The expectations of being SON
able 10 announce 10 Your excellemcy, al.
cisiye events III The maritime force of tbs
Kingdoms God save your excellence
many years. -. Santiago de Chill. 2ofh
May, ISIS.-Thomss Ouida ia The su-
preme director of the United Provinces of
South America. (Buenos Tyres Gazette.
J,ne IL, 1918.
By regulation Of the LIST Of June, the
duties on The importation are reduced TO
half less than their former rate. The
two following articles are the most re-
markable: Art. 3d-For the payment i'll
10 the cusfom-homse of The importation
duties, the debtors shall enjoy forty davs
credit. from tie day III which they had
received their goods from the public stores:
halt OF lis amount payable AT 20 DAYS, and
'iie rest at the expiration of The a0.-Art.
Gth-The per cent assigned in The Sill
art. of the decree Of 20ilI March, il favor
Cf the natives OF South America, shall be
rcduced ,oY the present, only TO per
cent TIE same favor being allowed 10 Tie
ow.ers Of priya;eers. (BpenoS Tyres Ga
zette, J1Re3
"Tiie royal pardon, which, under The
date of 9th February, the Spanish king
has granted by reason of ls marriage.
and that Of his brother Don Carlos. with
The Princcsses Of Brazil, to all criminals
under arrest III old Spain under charges
OF high treason, murder, forgery, bias
phemy, perjury, &c. has been extended TO
his doniinlons III America, according 10
ils original object, but with some ad,li-
tons, and published by authority in Car
fl,, 4, efC, l.
ilclc The 4tli, IL its original { rms, relative
10 the rero,e dOmin!ons &C his Majesty,
applies this ROY al Indulgence To all kinds
of persons arrested under the charge of
Instruction. being tried or not, present
orabsenl; provided that ihcrcrime should
have preceded The PRONUNCIATION of The
pardon. BWenoS AyTeS. Ga-ette, May 10 }
On this occasion, the ministerial editor
makes Tins single remark =" To be Sure
MS majesty rs not disposed to .forgipe as the
gHGiy IF 1Idipo." And the Indepeloeat of
the South, a free and well conducted paper,
observes that at is with surprise HAT he
hasperused Tint article in the ministerial
paper, the foreign journals containing
abundant materials more interesting aud
more new tIian that ridiculous amnesty
Published by ferdinand OH his maria ge.
But my surprise increases, Che says) see
ing The commentary 10 this article only
in very short observation, which easily
may escape tie attention of those readers,
who do not pay TO the newspapers more
attention than they certainly deserve. Z.
have been greatly disappointed ia waiting
for those reflections calculated TO make
known all the burlcsque OF pardon
granted 10 people really free, in fact and
by right" { nm Of May.)
This iudicious censure has thrown the
Editor OF the Independent, probably, into
great Inconvenience, rs we find mar he
LAS bcei obliged 10 stop lis puDIica-