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AKSWER.

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Lima. Sept. 5, 1841.
MOST ExcEctix: Sett,—l have the honour to reply to 'ern
letter of yesterday, in which your Excellency has been pleifthl
to express the sentiments of the Sovereign Congress towards the.
‘Vhen the deputation from the IRgislature of Pau proceeded to
Columbia to make me the glorious invitation, in the name of this
nation, to come and direct the war. and reestablish eonaiitutiord
order, so uchappily shaken since the occupation of this capital by
the enemy, I then had the satisfaction of tendering my services to
these gon!len:en Deputies from Pero, i❑ conformity with their
lively solicitations. I imagined that it was rather the social 'Taint
tier the war which required a support capable of sustaining the
Peruvian Republic. On touching the shores cf Callao, I leant
wiili indescribable pleasure, that the Congress of Peru hail nobly
and boldly re-establish-Wits sovereign power, and named a govem_
mcnt of its own free choice. From that moment I imagined the
principal end of my mission attained ; and j directed my attentlaa
arid thoughts from thenceforward to the only object of my life, us
American war.

I have deputed from Bogota, excellent Sir, to seek the enemies
of America wherever they may be fond; and they now exist in
the territories of Peru. I abandor,ed the capital of Colombia, f tr.
lag (as I may say) from the exercise of the civil government. Illy
repugnance to devote myself to the administration of govemmeat
far exceeds all expression, and on this account 1 have renounexl
for ever the civil power, when not intimately connected with mu.
tery operations—l should rather say. I have reserved to myself the
portion alone of the government, which, like artillery, continues to
the destruction of the enemy.
Under this iinprestion, I repeat to the Congress of Peru the
offers of my active co-operation in the salvation of its country; but
this offer can extend no 'farther than to the co-operation of the
sword. The representatives of the Peruvian people may, however,
i rely on the efforts of the Colombian anus, o erainle them to deli.
berate with unbounded freedom ; thus protecting the national re.
presentation, I shall have rendered Peru the greatest civil service
which a man can render a nation. 1 likewise tender my services to
the executive power to the utmost of my abilities. This, most ex.
cellent Sir, is the extent of my most anxious desire for the happi-
ness, glory, and liberty of Peru ; and is all which at present occurs
to me to submit to the wisdom of the Constitutional Congress.
God preserve your Excellency many years.
SI3ION BOLIVAR.
To his Excellency the President of
the existing Congress of Peru.

The Constituent Congress of Peru, making use of the ordinary
and extraordinary supreme power with which they are invested,
and taking into consideration—
First—That they would betray the trust which the nation has re.
posed iii them. if they were not to secure by all means within their
power the liberty of the country, threatened with instant ruiu by
the catastrophes the Republic has undergone.
Second—That a dictatorial power, deposited in a strong hand,
capable of carrying on the war m a way proportioned to the obsti-
nacy of the enemies of our independence, is the only one from which
the accomplishment of the wishes of the nation can be expected.
Third—That for the reasons taken into consideration, the power
conferred on the Liberator, Simon Bolivar, by the decree of the
leth of September last, is not ample enough for the attainment of
the object in view.
.

Fourth—That the proceedings by the Constitution would weaken
extremely the measures required by the public welfare, which
cannot stand, lest thost measures start from one centre of unity,
which is inconsistent with the exercise of different supreme authu.
titles, in spite of the extraordinary exertions, and of the eminently
patriotic virtues of great Marshal D. Jose Bernardo Tagle, Presi-
dent of the Republic, to whom she is indebted in a great measure
for her independence, and whose wishes, perfectly uniform with
those of the Congress, are exclusively directed to the welfare of the
nation, have found proper to resolve, and do resolve,
Firstly—The supreme authority, both military and political, of
the Republic, is concentrated in the Liberator, Simon Bolivar.
Secondly—The extent of this power is such as is required for the
salvation of the Republic.
Thirdly—As soon as the Liberator accepts of the authority men.
tioned in the above articles, the exercise of the authority of the
President of the Republic shall be sueproded till the object that
gave origin to this decree is attained: stet it is attaLed, according
to the judgment of the Liberator, the President will resume his or.
dinary functions, and the time of this suspension shall not be com-
puted in the period of his Presidency.
Fourthly—The articles of the Political Constitution. as well as
the laws and Dccroes inconsistent with the salvation of the Repub-
lic, are by this Decree suspended.
Fifthly—The Congress is closed, and it will be left in the power
of the Liberator to assemble them whenever he shall find it conve-
nient for an extraordinary occurrence.
Sixthly—The zeal tha. animates the Liberator for the mainte-
nance of the national rights, is eagerly charged for the convocation
of the first Constitutional Congress. As soon as the circumstances
will allow it, and by such installation, the actual Congress shall
be dissolseJ.

Let this be so understood; and let every necessary measure be
taken for its fulfilment, causing it to be printed, published, end
circulated.

Given at the Congress Hall in Lima, on the 10th Feb. 1821.

THE Pasco PERUVIAN MINING COMPANY.—A Trost
unwarrantable (though perhaps unintentional) attack bay-
ing been made on this Company in one of the Morning
l'apers of yesterday, the public are informed that it is
intended to publish, in the principal Papers of to-morrew,
a statement respecting the nature, extent, and value of the
Pasco Mines, which will be sufficient to satisfy the most
sceptical, that in what has been already stated in the Pros-
pectus, the importance of these Mines was rather dimi-
nished than exaggerated.
CltTl.l.—Extract of a letter from Santiago de Chili.
dated in S..ptetuber last:—" Of the revolution of the IAI
of July last, I believe I have intnrmed you. Sines that
period the new Government has done more in the wok of
reformation than has ever been effected before. The llishep
and three priests, who were said to be inimical to the Hier-
tics of the country, have been banished the capital : all the
Dominican friars nave been ordered to become priests: the
number of feast-days reduced to eleven, exclusive of Sun-
days ; and public processions, except that of the Hest,
abolished. It is the intention, I believe. of the existirq:
Government, not to stop here, but to make many other
salutary changes operate upon the bigotry and superstitie:.
of the day, and which holds.prineipally in check the pros-
' perity of the country. All these proceedings, I understand,
are to be submitted to a Congress, to be convened in Oe•
tober next, fur their ratification and rejection, and who are
to form a new Constitution, and otherwise act upon the
general interest of the nation.
Yesterday a Court of Directors was held at the East In-
dia House, when the following Commanders took leave et
the Court, previous to departing for their respective des-
tinations, viz.--Captain Henry Cobb, Kent; Capt. NCI
It. Newell, Sealeby Castle, for Bengal and China; Car.
Edward L. Adams, KeUie Castle; Captain &maid Serie,
Inglis, for Bombay and China ; and Captain Wm. Craid-
shaak, Farquharson' for St. Helena, Bombay, and China.
Captain George Probyn was sworn into the command of
the Minerva, consigned to Madras and Bengal.
The plan of building a tish-market on the site of what
was formerly Hungerforil-market, is not novel; it wi.s pro-
jected by the late Mr. It. Dodd, twenty years sine:, when
it created a strong sensation among the dealers and others
interested in Ilillingsgate, and was abandoned in conse-
quence of an intimation at the first moeting of shareholders
that it would be violently opposed by the then Duke of
Northumberland. Hungerford Market, as it is called,
though now it has no pretensions to the name, has been
for many years in a disgraceful state of dilapidation, and
its being converted to any useful purpose could not but be
an improvement to that neighbourhood.