19 MAY 1838, Page 3

The Chilian Government have been guilty of the folly and

in- gratitude of refusing to ratify the treaty of peace so mercifully accorded to his impotent foe by SANTA CRUZ. On the return of the Chilian army from the Peruvian territory, the Government declared the circumstances under which the treaty was made, to be so very " peculiar," that the treaty itself could not stand. Accordingly, there is another expedition to be sent against Peru; because of which, the Government of that country is compelled to keep up a large defensive fuice.