414 



SPANISH AMERICA. 



the Phoebe, having arrived at the time from 

 Lima, with instructions from the Viceroy 

 to propose terms of accommodation to the 

 government of Chili, a capitulation was 

 concluded on the 5th of May 1814; ac- . 

 cording to which the royalist troops were 

 to re-embark for Lima ; the Viceroy of 

 Lima was to acknowledge the government 

 of Chili ; and the latter was to send a cer- 

 tain number of deputies to Spain, who were 

 to have seats in the Cortes. Gainza, how- 

 ever, the royalist commander, delayed, under 

 various pretences, complying with the ar- 

 ticles of the treaty ; and at length General 

 Osorio arrived with reinforcements from 

 Lima, and took the command of the royal 

 army. In the interval, J. M. Carrera and 

 his brother Lewis, having escaped from 

 Chilian, and arrived at Santiago, succeed- 

 ed, with the aid of some troops, in again 

 placing themselves at the head of the 

 , government on the 23d of August 1814. 



