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and was agreed to ; but with a reservation, 

 that it should not be carried into effect 

 without the consent of the British govern- 

 ment. Much discontent arose from the 

 adoption of this project by the Congress, and 

 that probably produced a state of feeling 

 amongst the inhabitants of La Plata, which, 

 in some measure, led the way to the unhap- 

 py dissensions already noticed. The project 

 itself was afterwards altogether abandoned. 



At Monte Video, where the Portuguese 

 had continued to hold the ascendancy, an 

 assembly of deputies met in July 1821, when 

 it was determined, that that province should 

 form a part of the Brazils. 



Tranquillity was in a great degree restor- 

 ed at Buenos-Ayres, and in the provinces of 

 La Plata, in 1821 : Ramirez, who was in 

 arms at Entre Rios, and had made an at- 

 tempt upon Cordova; Guernes, who ruled 

 in the province of Salta, and had com- 

 menced hostilities against the neighbouring 



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