5 MAY 1832, Page 11

Disputes have again arisen in Colombia between the Governor of

New Granada and the province of Ecuador, which claims for itself the same right of settling its own affairs, independent of other states, that New Granada has claimed and been allowed. One ground of com- plaint against Ecuador is honourable to the new state. It is disposed to treat the priests with the same impartiality as other subjects. The restrictions on their power is decried by the Popayan journals, as an interference with the power of the Pope !