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couraged, and will, I have no doubt, even- 

 tually cease. 



On the morning of Christmas-day, the 

 bells of all the churches, monasteries, &c. 

 rang out a loud peal ; and about ten o'clock 

 the cathedral v^as filled by the inhabi- 

 tants. The Te Deum was sung, thanksgiv- 

 ings offered to the Almighty, for the mer- 

 cies he had shewn in aiding the endeavours 

 of the people in their struggle for liberty, 

 and an appropriate sermon was preached by 

 Mariano Bernal, rector of the college of San 

 Buenaventura. 



After this, the new National Library was 

 opened to the public ; this, by a decree of 

 the executive was placed under the charge 

 of the College of San Bartolom^, the rec- 

 tor of which. Doctor Jos6 Maria Esteves, 

 has done a great deal towards forming and 



