South America.
The Times, 1824-12-27T00:00:00

I LFIobi the Ar,us ef Bueneot Avrp.e tho qth at h I fo - alu o1 v7ar ntung out at Valparalso to join the maritime orce of reru hadi not yet sailed from that port in the mid. dle of September, but the equippient of these vessel.s war carrying on with redoubled ardour aince theappearance of the Asi. On the 15th of that month the elections wefe to take place in Santiago, the capital, for deputies to the new Congresi convoked by the Directory, whichi was to meet at Quillota, a city of inferior rank, which has, howeveYr, 10,000 inhabitantsl. Private Ictters wiorthv of Implict cre- dit say, that the Liberal party witl certainly iriutmnh in the elections.. Sener Zanartu~ has bcen appointed1inister Plenipoten- tiary tjo the United Stat?s of North America iR the room of Senor Caxpfno, who has been hindered by irheath from proceeding on BUENOS-AVYR3S. The Government hsa uc-it to the Chamber-of Rcpresentativeo the following note and project of law :_ - "BuE-os-A-rnEs, OCT. 0, 1824. "'The piovine3iof the Rio 4ela Plata have already th glory of having abolished the African slave-trade by a sDesial lw, and fay. .mng thus revented the country from having-to b nsh for the sacrifice of new victimns. They tmay also boast ofhaving. laid in the interior oid foundatlons for the general emancipation of the nlaves'; but the Govemment of Buenos Ayres considers that the sanction of thc an- nexed project of law is indispensable to complete this greal work, due to the revolutlon. The Government believes itelf to be sup- -poited by the decided opinion of each representative, and this in- ucest to iope that the .ar.ction of the law which it propmoes will be due to tourth Legislature. The Goveinme4t renpectfu11l salutes the hotneurable renreRen. tative3. 'JUAN G&EGORIO DE LAS HERAS. * "M.ANUEL JOSE GARCIA." PROJECT OF LAW. 1. The African slave-trade is declaredttobe piracy. 2. Those Citizens of Buenos Ayres, who after the pubication of this law haU engage in the slave-trade, shall be punished as pirates. -BUENOS.AYRES OCT. 20 The Chile mail, -which arrived on Mgonday, brings nto recent in- formation respecting the operations of the Liberating army against th3t of- Cantarac; becauee no vessel bad arrived after that which brought the newrs of the defeat of the enemy's cavalr; * and though there are in this city two letters dated from Santiago de Chile, which afflftn, that at the time of the sailing of the above-mentloted vessel a oiumunication was made by a mesienger who followed it, that ifewg'had just been received from Truxillo of a second defeat .U5- taned- by the enemy'r. arrmyl wve however think it prudent to suspeniur opinion till we receiye more positive infbrmataio. I he miatl frbm Salta, which arrived here on the 13th, brought news of the entire evacuation of Upper Peru -by the Conmtitutional General Valdez, and consequently of the triumph of the Royalist General Olaneta in big pretensions to thecommand of the-provinces from Potosi to the Desaquadeso. ? vwas pretty certainly known, that the precipitate retreat 'ildez Was hypositiveandre- peated orders of La Serro, gromnled on t,-imminent danger int which he and Canrarac were of being ovirpswered by the great force of General Bolivatr, and the advantages gained by him over the Royal army. Valdez left Potosi at the beginning ofSeptember, havingfirstsent acommunication to Olancta, in which he Permits hin to occupy the said -froinces,and maken him responsible to King Ferdinand, in case he does not preserve thems against the power of the American Gorernments, which he calls insurgents. Olaneta entered Potosi on the 4th of September, with a force considerably reduced. _ SSALTA. The vangard organizittg in this province dailv improves in num- berand dscipline. Abover50 nen, mostoof therdfcorporalsandset geants, have cocte over from the armny of Olaneta. They nffirm that those tho form the Spanish force are disposed to abandon co- lours which are ,played only in favour of pefsonale snterests, and of despots more -cruel than Ferdinand VIIL himtself. OcTOnElt 23. Tn our preceVding number, we alluded to a report of the defeat of the Constitutional General Valdez, bY Aquilera of the Serv'itle party (that of Olaneta.) WFe find this report to be founded on the following extract of a letter trom a merPchant in the province of Sals:a " The late eveuSs-n Peru are eftavery fiatceisng nature. On the retrc.,t ef Valdex, .sent for by &a Serna,on account of the danger which he is in from General Bolivar, Aquilera, in concert Wh,h the Barbar-echo, attacked him in the envir6ns of Potosi, and completely defeated him, Valdez being wounded in one foot, and Carratala killed; hence Olaneta is master from illojo to the Desaquadero in- clusive, who, unitinig all his forces, except the smnall garrisons, has commenced his march dispensing protection to his distressed rivals, thoughi nobody knowvs his secret views." The Chile paper El Liberal of Sept. 4 contains_. 1. A note from the Mlinister Prenipotentiarv ofthe United States to the 31inister for Foreign Affairs, dated Santiago, August 4, in 'which he complain tlhat the subjects of the United States and other foreigacds are urohibited by the laws of Chile from the free exer- cise of their religion, and even the rites of burial, and he therefore, aording to his duty,-calls the attention of the Governent of Chile to the necessity of remedyin-ththis grievanoe by a la of which shalle ensure them the enjoyment or the privilcges to wvhici they are accus- tomed, and thus remlove all grounds for future complaints. 2. A letter from Mr. Canning, dated April 23d, to the Consul- General in Chile, desiring him to require from thec Government of Chile, for the stibjcets of Hlis Britannic Afajesty, not only the enjoy- ment of civil rights. but the frcedom of rehgious worship: these civil rights are, freedom of pertens and property, against every act of the Governrnent emanating from political. relations wvith otber countries, or political dissensions at home; and principal exemption from personal military service, and from every impost which does not fall on the general mnas. The free exercise of their religion, and the decent celebration of the rites of sepulture, are equally in- dlispcnsable to the tranquillity end welfare of the members of a Christian community. On the other hand, His Majesty's subjects are to avoid a'l osten- tatious diaplay of the religious worship-.to behave in a peaceable and orderly manner-to respect the laws, castomng, and civil and rellgious institutions of the Government under the protection of which thev live; and the Government of Chile may be assured, that anv of hfs subjects acting otherwise, and in a manner offensive to the Overn- nment and people of Chile, willUineur HisAlajesty's serioLs displea- sure. SO9t67p. ..4azzrC4, ml- .. _ - - ICHILE.