5. The recruits that may be had will be considered as making part of the standing army, agreeably to a law passed for its for

mation.

6. The chief or chiefs under whose charge the executive will place this military force, shall not interfere with the internal government of the province of Entre Rios, or any other where the army may be stationed; and should the said chief or chiefs wish any assistance, it is to be obtained only through the government of the province.

7. For the present, and until congress can attend to the measures to be taken for the maintenance of the troops, the executive is authorised to request the legislature of the province of BuenosAyres, to advance the funds that are indispensably necessary to into effect these pressing measures.

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In consequence, a note was addressed to the government of the province of Entre-Rios, desiring the legislature to authorise the expenses necessary for the purpose of strengthening their line of defence, to be taken from the funds of the province. The government of Entre-Rios has replied that the most prompt means shall be adopted to carry this measure into effect.

News from Potosi communicate information to which we attach no credit; but which, under the present circumstances, is not unworthy the attention of our readers. The following account is from this town, dated the 29th of May.

Potosi, May 25.

All is quiet here. The only thing in the shape of news that I have to communicate is, that the Brazilians have invaded Chiquitos, their advanced posts being within forty leagues of Santa Cruz de la Sierra. General Sucre thinks of sending an expedition, not only to drive the Portuguese from the Peruvian territory, but to

conquer as much of Brazil as possible. Four hundred men have already marched from Chuquisaca to Santa Cruz, where they will join six hundred more, under the orders of Colonel Vidile. We have ten thousand good troops, perfectly equipped and armed, on this side of the Desaguedero; and it is not improbable that two or three thousand will penetrate into Brazil, and be enabled, perhaps, to cause a favourable diversion, should the Buenos Ayres government commence hostilities against the Emperor's forces occupying the Banda Oriental. Nothing, however, will be decided until the Liberator arrives. He must have made his entrance into Arequipa on the 18th inst., and we expect him here the latter end of next month, or at the beginning of the following.

MILITARY OPERATIONS IN PERU.

After the defeat of the Spanish army, under the command of La Serna, in the plains of Ayacucho, the only troops that could still fight in the cause of Ferdinand were the corps of Olaneta. This general, whose treacherous protestations had for a short time deceived the American patriots, respecting his real intentions, but whose only reason for separating from the Spanish troops opposed to Bolivar, originated in his jealousy of the other royalist chiefs, and in the fanaticism of his zeal for absolute power, had, for twelve months, retired from the scene of war, and confined himself to the occupation of the positions on the confines of the provinces of Buenos Ayres. Immediately after Peru was restored to tranquillity, the Liberator declared his intention to march against this remnant of Spanish tyranny. General Sucre marched upon Potosi, the head quarters of General Olaneta, who abandoned them on the 26th of April, was pursued by a column of the independent

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army, overtaken near Tumula, by Celi, defeated and mortally wounded. In consequence of this victory, there now remained in the country only one corps of three hundred royalists, under the command of Colonel Waldes, who has since surrendered by capitulation.

This happy event produced the following communications between General Sucre and the government of Buenos Ayres.

LIBERATING ARMY.

Extract from a despatch to the President of the United Provinces of the Rio de la Plata, &c.

Head-quarters, Potosi, April 6.

It is highly satisfactory to me to be the organ of the liberating army in felicitating the people of La Plata on the installation of their general government. That event is of immense importance to their national prosperity, and the troops experience from it all that gratification which the welfare of their brethren is capable of communicating. On the 29th of March I entered this city; and to the satisfaction of occupying the last capital in which Spanish thraldom was felt, I had to add the pleasure of learning that the congress of the United Provinces had met.

General Olaneta, who evacuated this place on the 28th ult., had a rencontre with one of our columns on the 1st instant. Being completely routed and wounded, he died on the 2d. A wretched corps of 300 men, straggling and flying, is all that now molests the country, and it will be destroyed in a few weeks by the forces which are pursuing it in every direction. In consequence of these fortunate events, our communications with your province are open; and I am happy to have the opportunity of performing the agreeable duty of congratulating you and the illustrious people over whom you preside, on the termination of the

war of independence. Having, on my part, exterminated with the liberating army the last remains of the Peninsular tyranny, and as it belongs not to me, as an auxiliary soldier, to interfere in domestic affairs, I consider my commission concluded; and as my military duties call me to the spot where the great body of the army is, I shall accordingly, at the end of this month, proceed to the other side of the Desaguedero, leaving strong garrisons in these provinces, in order to avert from them the evils which the spirit of party and ambition might produce, until the Liberator arrive and take upon himself the management of their affairs. I have the honour, &c.

ANTONIO JOSE DE SUCRE.

The greatest preparations were making, at the end of May, to reduce by force the castle of Callão.

The squadron of Guayaquil had completed its repairs, and was on the point of sailing. Two thousand two hundred Colombian troops had left this port, with two national corvettes, a sixty gun frigate, and two eighteen gun schooners, to assist in the bombardment. The squadron of Chili and two ships of war, from Colombia, were in view from Callao, waiting for the arrival of re-enforcements, to commence operations. The fortress was closely blockaded on the land side by the troops of President Bolivar, who had determined, at all events, to carry it by storm; and, considering that the surrender of this place was comprised in the capitulation concluded at Ayacucho, between General Canterac, commander in chief of the Spanish army, and General Sucre, commander in chief of the liberating army, and that consequently the governor of Callão, by refusing to conform to it, had forfeited his right to be treated according to the law

of nations:-the president published the following proclamation.

1st. The enemies who occupy the fortress of Callão shall be considered as having separated themselves from the Spanish nation, and all other nations.

2d. They are, with respect to the republic, cut off from the rights of nations.

3d. All vessels, their captains, supercargoes, or owners, who shall in any manner afford assistance to the fortress of Callão, shall be prohibited from entering any of the ports of the republic.

4th. All persons who, by land, render aid in any manner to the said fortress, shall suffer capital punishment.

5th. All persons are excepted from the second article who, complying with their duty as capitulated Spaniards, in good faith fulfil the compact to which they are legitimately subject.

6th. A copy of this decree shall be sent to the commanders of all forces belonging to the neutral powers stationed in the Pacific.

Sucre, the commander of the Colombian force, hadi forwarded to the president, as a testimony of the attachment felt for him by the army, five standards belonging to the oldest of those Spanish regiments which for fourteen years had borne arms against the independence of Peru. Among them was the individual standard with which Pizarro, three hundred years before, had entered the capital of the Incas.

Some unfortunate misunderstanding having taken place between the government and the vice admiral of the united squadron, it was decreed by a council of war held on the 7th ult., that the latter should present himself before his excellency the Liberator, as the