An insurrection of a formidable nature broke out in Buenos
Ayres on the I Ith of October, occasioned by the House of Representatives having passed a bill prohibiting the journalists from inserting any poli- tical remarks in their papers. Four of the papers were consequently discontinued; but one persisted in discussing politics, rust was ordered to be prosecuted. Upon this, great crowds of people, principally butchers, collected, and had a scuffle with the police ; after which the 4. butcher cavalry" galloped out of town, and made attempts to raise the country. They soon collected a considerable for% and, headed by General PINEDO, took possession of all the strong points in the neigh- bourhood of the city. The Government relies for assistance on some troops in the interior. In this condition affairs stood when the lfist accounts were despatched, on the 26th of October.
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