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from Colombia; and the result most pro- 

 bably will be the fall of Peru, and conse- 

 quently the completion of the freedom of 

 the whole of Spanish America. 



Guat6mMa declared its independence in 

 the latter end of 1819 ; but, from the small- 

 ness of its territory and population, it will 

 probably become a part of one of the ad- 

 jacent states. Paraguay had a revolution 

 of its own, totally unconnected with the 

 other sections of Spanish America ;— but of 

 its present state very little is known. 



I now propose briefly to notice the events 

 which occurred in Mexico. The Viceroyalty 

 of Mexico, or New Spain, was divided into 

 two Captain-generalships, — those of Mexico 

 and Yucatan ; and subdivided into twelve 

 intendencias, namely, Mexico, Puebla, Oax- 

 aca. Vera Cruz, Merida de Yucatan, Gua- 

 dalaxara, Guanaxato, Durango, San Luis 

 Potosi, Sonora, Valladolid de Mechoachan, 

 and Zacatecas : there were also the distinct 



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