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\ Dccifion, which only takes Cognifance of Matters of Mo- 

 ment, or fuch as have been before decided in other Courts, 

 unlefs it be to the Royal Council of the Indies, 

 rhe city Leifer Matters are decided in the Council-Houfc, which 

 Cmncii. jjj <c t [ iat c f Conception is compofed of two Alcaldes, a 

 Royal Enfign, an Alguazil Mayor, or Head Serjeant, one 

 Depofitory-General, and fix Regidores or Aldermen, the 

 one half whereof areEncomendctderos, or fuch as have Indians 

 committed ta them, others only Inhabitants, and others 

 call'd Proprietors, becaufe they have bought their Em- 

 • \ ployments, the Badge whereof is a Wand fix or feven 

 Foot long, 



Trefidem. Tho' the Prefident is fubordinate to the Viceroy of Pe- 

 ru, the Diftance very much leffens the Subordination $ fo 

 that he may be look'd upon in Chili as a Viceroy himfelf, 

 for the feven Years his Government lafts. He that was 

 then in the Poft was call'd Von John Andres Uftaris, for- 

 merly a Merchant in Sevil, who, tho' he had changed his 

 Condition, had not changed his Inclination or Occupation j 

 for notwithftanding the Laws of the Kingdom, he traded 

 publickly with the French, who have confiderably rais'd 

 his Fortune by the great Credit they have given him. It 

 is true, he has fairly made Satisfaction, a Thing to be 

 commended in a Country where a Man may abufe his Au- 

 thority, where they borrow with more Eafe than elfe- 

 where, but do not pay fo well. 

 church Go- The Ecclefiaftical State, as well as the Secular, has a 

 vernmmt. Dependence on Uma, the Metropolis of Peru ; but the 

 Bimop's Power is very much circumfcribed ; firft by the 

 Laws of the Country, which do not allow him the Difpo- 

 fal of any Cure ; he has only a Right to prefent three Pcr- 

 fons, of whom the Prefident choofes one in the King's 

 Name, whatfoever Month it is in ; fo that even the Pope 

 has not: his Turn, as in Europe: Secondly, the Religious 

 Men pretend to encroach upon the Funftions of Curates, 

 which the Jefuites think they have a Right to perform where- 

 soever they pleafe, not to mention an infinite Number 



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