Buenos Ayres.
The Times, 1824-07-06T00:00:00

*' The clection of a new Governor for this province took place in the early part of this month, and Don Gregoio ide las Heras was chosen by a large majority of votes. This lias given very general sitisfaction, as he isa man of excellent character, and likely to fol- lo^w up thc plans of, as well as to retain in office, the precent 2llinis- ters *but in the electin that has sincc taken place of representatives for the Junta, (the opposite.perty), or,as they are called here, the 'i Auarquistas," have been successful and 12 of their friends have got seat. in thatassemnbly. It is nucis feared that this unfortunate concen will be the mcans of overturning the present system alto- gethet: and should this be the case, the rapid improvement that the provinceof Buenos Ayres has been making for some time past, inwvery branch, wvll be put a stop t, and it will again'fall into that state of confision and mismanagement which so- long crippled its re- sources, and injured its comnercial prosperity. Government funds, notwithstanding this unfavourable aspect of affairs, maintain a high price: alarge'sumn of 6 percent. was sold a few days ago,at 46: and'as there is-vcry liule now in thc hands of ncedy people it would be im- possible to make purcbascs of ady amount even dn these tems. "'i'heBank otBuceos Ayrcs goeson very prosperously: it paid '0 per ceat. on the deosited capital in the frst year; and the whole amnountofecapital fix6d by the original charter, say one million of dollars, hasnow beensubacribed, and a share.coull not be purebased under 10 to 15 per cent. advance at this monient. There are at pre- sent four English Directors, and five Spaniards and Creoles, and the Bnitisb must hold about oIce-half of all the Bank stock.". EXTRACTS FROM THE ARtGOS OF BUENOS AXRES. BUENOS AYRES, APRI{L2. Veste dts being the day for electing the Governor-Geaeral,Don Juan Gregorio de las'Heras was clevated to that dignity, by a majo. rqh oF 26 voterg Dut of 30. the Bepresentatfve of the province addresed a vote of thaniks to the late Governor and Captain-Gencral, .IMartin Rodriguez. APRIL 10. PACXETs.-The Government having considered the proposals presented by the Consul of'blis Britannic olajesty fbr the regula. tions of packets, has decrecd as follows:- 1. 'bhe Captains of the British packets may land with the mail (correspondence) without waiting for the visit of the officer of the pott 2. Tifeysaust, however, on landing present themselves first of all to the Captain of the port, that he may take those sanatory mea- sures from which no vessel is exempt. 3. The Captains sball go with the whole of the correspondeRce to the office of the British Consuls, where they will lea'e the official despatches, and will then proceed to deliver aHl the private letters to the General Post-office. 4, The postage of a single letter shall be two reals instead of three ,.jbich it has been hiitherto. Double letters in proportion. ,5. Every packet shall rcenain in port ten days after its arrival, unless detained for some fxtraordmnary reason by the British ConsuL 6. The British Consul-Gencral may establish in his office a box to receive from the English merchants the letters which the packets are to take back, the captains of which shall receive them without the intOrvention ofthe General Post-office. 7. The other letters which the packets are to take for the mer- chants in general shilla be delivered to the respective captainis by the Director-General of the Post-office, without which no one siall de. part, giving notice of his departure the day before. 8 The ettern of the Government for England, or for any other part of Europe, sball be Laken on board the packets free of postage, with the sole condition that those for England shall be delivered to the Post-offce ic n London, and those which are intended for any other part of Europe shall be tinder cover to some correspondbnt in England. 9. The British Government packets are exempt from aU port du- ties, but the passengers and crew are subject to the regulations and general police of the country. 10. Tiree days after the arrival of each packet a mail shall bs despatched for Chili. I1. With relpect to which no change shall be made in the' p e- sent Practice till an agreement is made with thC. GoVerlmemt of Chili. 12. The offitlfal degatikhes for the public agents of the. Govexv- tnent of his Britannic Majesty in Chili and Peru shall be taken by thernils from~ thig capital postage frees it being'taken for grantea that nose bat te letters in the serviCe of the said Government shall enjoy this exemptior: the Co!asulGeferal of Buenos-Ayres -may put them, into a separatec bag and seal it. 13. This decree shall be gent to those whom it may concern, and inserted in the offlcial Register The paper of the 14th contains the news of the arrival of the Spa- nish shins Asia and Aquoies in the Pacific. An express. was imme. diately eatched to Chili and Peru with all the particulars that bad bcen learned respecting those vessels; and the direction they appear- ed to take. ArnIL. 17. Y9.sterday arrived the first English packet-boat, the Cosnutess of Chichester, which sailed from Falmouth on thie 8th of February; it hadl on board I1. Pousset, the Vice-Consul. The second packet was to sail en the 20th of the same month. It was on the 5th of April that A. Parish and Mr. Griffiths were firg received by Don Bernardino Revadavia, Binister for Fereign Affairs, and delivered their credentials as Consul-General and Vice- Consul: which credlentials signed in due form by the Right Ilon. G. Canning, and a letter of introduction, of which we have obtain- ed a copy, and whiclh we insert with the more pleasure, as it is the first official document from Europe In wlhicli the Government of the country is addressed in a direct manner. and conformably to the character which the coUntry lhas been endeavouring for 15 years to acquire. TIIE ItI'3T HON. GEOltGE CANNING TO DON BERNARDINO RtEVADAVIA. T n Foreign-offlce, Dcc. 15 1823. " Sir,-The King, my master, having determined to take mea- sures for the effectual protection of the commerce of his Mlajesty's subjects at Buenos Ayres, and to obtain accurate information of the state of affairs in that country, for the purpose of adopting such (measures) as may eventually lead to the establishbnent of friendly relations with the Government of Buenos Ayres, has been pleased to nominate and appoint MI. Woodbine Parish to the office of his Majesty's Consul General in that state. " M. Parish will deliver this letter to your Excellency, and I must request you to be pleased to grant him what is necessary, that, as being duly qualified he may enter on the exercise of his functions. "r have thelhonour to be, Sir, "Your Excellency's obedient humble servant, (Signed) " GEORGE CANNING. "To hio ExceUcncy the Secretary of the Goverrlment of Buenos A res." It appears that on the same day Alr. Parish was recognized in form, and that on Tuesday, the 6th, he presented to Senor Reva. davia Air. Thomas Rowcroft. Censil-General for Peru, who pro- ceeds by land to his destinatiol. It is said that M. Funes, lChargg d'Affaires from Colombia, is authorized to negotiate at Buenos Ayres a loan of from 300,000 to 500,000 piasters, for the use of Peru, under the guarantee of General Bolivar, either with the Governmewt, with the Bank, or the mer- chants separately. These papers contain the account of the insurrection of the gar- rison of Calla., and the eeclaration of General Olaneta in favour of the Royalists, dated Potosi, Feb. 21. A letter from San Jago de Chili or 12th iMarch, mentioning this mutiny of the garrison at Callao, says, " The Liberator remained at Patavilia, recovering from a serious illness which attacked him in January. The Colombian force was 9,500 men of all arms; the Peruviass at Truxillo under La Afar, a little more than 3,000, and were to be doubled. Miore Colombian troops were expected, but it was not known the Liberator would take the field. The enemy seerned to have-iianterac at Jau3a, 4,500; Valdez at Arequipa, 4,000; Laserna at Cuzco, 500; Olaneta,2,000; and at IIca, 1,t;00. BUENOS AY4IES. EXTRACT FnOU A LETTER DATED BUENOS AYRE:S. APnRI. 2.