410 SPANISH AMERICA. 



de Penco, is situated between the Andes and 

 the Pacific Ocean ; and is bounded on the 

 north by Peru, on the east by the provinces 

 of Rio de la Plata, and on the south by 

 Arauco, from which it is separated by the 

 river Biobio. 



The captain-general, Carrasco, having been 

 compelled by the inhabitants of Santiago, 

 the capital, to resign his command on the 

 18th of July 1810, the Count de la Con- 

 quista was appointed to succeed him. — 

 A plan for a revolution was then developed ; 

 and a new government having been esta- 

 blished on the 18th of September 1810, the 

 count was nominated its president. A Con- 

 gress was assembled ; but some disputes 

 having taken place with respect to its for- 

 mation, it was agreed, in September 1810, 

 to re-model it, — and thus a new Congress 

 was convoked. Its power, however, was 

 not of long duration : three brothers of the 

 name of Carrera, having succeeded in ob- 



