25 JUNE 1864, Page 3

The Spanish Government has announced that it intends to retain

possession of the Guano Islands belonging to Peru until its original claim, justice on certain assassins, is satisfied, and the Government of Lima has cleared itself of complicity in the attempts to aeee.sinate Don Mazarredo. This resolution involves, we fear, the temporary bankruptcy of Peru, as neutrals are dot likely to interfere, and Peru possesses no fleet, and is not likely to grant the required concessions until compelled.