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264 provinces of their federation, and it is not inserted in that of Guatemala, yet it is certain that, from the time alluded to up to the present, the matter has been considered one of great question, and representations of a friendly nature respecting the right of proprietorship are still going on between the two republics.

The disquietudes which had occurred in San Salvador having been allayed by the deposition of Iturbide, in the first instance, and further settled by the effects of a friendly understanding with the seat of government, it would be unnecessary to detail them. Some skirmishes also took place in Nicaragua, but not of sufficient interest to require comment.

The barriers opposed to a federal government having been thus broken down by the deposition of Iturbide, the old Spanish and, afterwards, the Imperial, party was confounded, and became too much alarmed to give any further vent to their opinions. The constituent assembly was,