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262 to Mexico or to sustain a war with that country, whose troops were already marching against them. Before adequate time could be given to ascertain the sentiments of the different towns, he, as the President of the junta, together with his party who voted in favour of the union between Guatemala and Mexico, pronounced that union, on the 5th January, 1822. The province of Chiquimula immediately attempted to separate itself from this alliance: Costa-Rica and Granada, the latter of which is a part of the province of Nicaragua, were also averse to the union, and the absolute separation of San Salvador was settled by the act of 11th January, 1822.

In the mean time, the provisional junta of Guatemala was dissolved: Filisola led his troops against San Salvador, and met with a signal defeat in an action fought on the 3d July. He was again defeated by the people of that province in another action, on the 23d February, 1823: after this, having returned to Guatemala, just