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SOUTH AMERICA.

[From the Culoustriawo of Nov. 4.
CARACAS. Nov. 4.
By an extraordinary post, which left Bogota on the 26th Sept.,
the Intendant of the Department has this moment received the fol-
lowing interesting information :
Sonora, SEPT. 26.
The Intendant of the Department of ihe Equator transmits, on
the 2d instant, to the Commander-in-Chief of Cauca, a communi-
cation made to him on the 2ilth of August, by General Selom, in
Cuenca. in the following words :—•4 I have this moment received
the following agreerble news, which 1 hasten to transmit to you."
Los*. t:. 25.

A courier has this moment arrived from Penl,;iii;neWaJiihe
triumph of our 3TTOS, on the Pith instant, in Las Pampas de Reyes.
Our cavalry, under the command of Gen. Necochea, made dreadful
havoc of the enemy ; be himalf received seven slight wounds in
the action. Cantarac fled precipitately, and a strong corps of the
army pursued him. The number of killed and wounded, together
with those who have passed over to us, are considerable, insomuch
that the enemy is disappearing before the brave troops of Colom-
bia, who, in one single action, have inspired them with the greatest
terror. I join you in eungretulations on occasion of the satisfiz[ion
inspired by the triumph of liberty.
I From the Cirtltagesa Gazette of Oct. 23.]
Who, looking at the immense advantages which were gained for
us by a single victory, the memorable action of Junin, will doubt
for an instant that nor destinies are already irrevocably fixed. and
liberty and independence secured far ever ? %Vim, on seeing the
rapidity with which our victorious army marches, does rot believe
that the campaign will be finished in a iew months, and that before
the end of the year ail Peru will be free? Front the lith of August
to the 22d of the same month, Terms, Jat..,a, Pampas, Iluancave-
lica. Huanta, and Iluamantta. have been gained. The enemies fly
in dismay, and scarcely 3.000 men, without courage, and without
remain oat of that brilliant army which insulted us wien
'so much daring. All is dissipated like smoke when a furious wind
agitates it. Let our present state be compared with what it was six
months ago, after the infamous intrigues of the t astles (of Callao r.
In Match, without forces or resources, we trembled for our exist-
ence; and in August we are triumphant and powerful. In May
Ids Excellency the Libertador arrives at Maras; in the beginning
of August he passes in review the anny a: Pasco ; on the 11th he
beats and destroys the enemy at Junin ; and on the 22ti his van-
guard enters Huankanga in triumph, amidst the blessings of all the
people. Immortal glory to the hero, who, like another Cztsar,
comes, sees, and conquers l Everlasting glatitude to ;he brave
men of the united army !

THE QUARTERLY THEOLOGICAL RFI7EW
AND ECCLESIASTICAL. RECORD. No. I.
Minton.

If the diffusion of genuine piety, and the increase of
public and private virtue, kept pace with the progress of
theological learning and the faithful labours of the Estab-
lished Church, the friends to truth and Christianity would
have little cause to complain. Our Establishment has un-
questionably produced Biblical :chairs of the very first
rank—men whose taste was equal to their erudition, and
whose lives were an ornament to the religion they professed;
and if infidaity has made great strides,—as it is reported
to have done,—of late years, it cannot be ascribed to any
want of exertion on the other side to oppose its progress.
It was to be expected that the increase of knowledge, and of
that spirit of inquiry which is the necessary consequence,
would inevitably lead, after a time, to a severe examination
of established doctrines, and a scrupulous investigation of
received opinions. Pure religion has nothing to fear from
this scrutiny : the cause of moral and practical Christianity
will be a gainer by it. Free discussion on all subji ets is
favourable to truth ; prrsecutiwz crinilms is the last re-
source of Eaton. A new periodical work has just ap-
peared inalcr the title of " The Quarterly Theological Re-
view and Eedesiastical Record," and we hail its appearance
as an earnest that religious (minions and doctrinal publica-
tions will in future ho brought to the fair tribunal of criti-
cism, and not into a court of criminal lute. Falsehood
cannot be2r up against confutation, but it eon bear up
against fine and imprisonment. Truth may always safely
be left to the support of her own evidence; and we trust
that this Theological Review will add one snore to the
channels of free discussion, and enlarge the sphere of can-
did inquiry. The inoispectur contains the following outline
of the plan of the work, and the principles upon which it
is intended to conduct it.

" To the Clergy, more especially, of the Established Church of
England and Ireland, and of the Episcopal Church of Scotland
but, in general, to the Laity of these kingdoms, who nre scarcely
less concerned than the Clergy in all spiritual mottos, it is designed
to furnish an accurate and impaniul register of facts relating to the
Ikclesiastical Institutions of the country ; many of which, though
of vital importance, are now overlooked amidst the variety of sub-
jects which occupy the political and literary journals, or ars for-
gotten in the rapid succession of events, which, for a slay only,
arrest the attention of the public.
" As a Compendium of Theology, this Review will aspire to no
tither distinction than that of being eminently useful ; and in order
to attain this end, no proper means will he neglected to render it
emducire to its avowed object—the pmmotion of right feeling
among those who are brethren of one liounduild, together with the
diffusion of such knowledge as may lead to a judicious, thin, and
enlightened adherence to the principles of the Established Church ;
and to a temperate, charitable, and effective defence of them in
time of need.

..... _
To the younger members of the clerical profession, it may, in
some degree, supply the want of experience ; serving them as a
monitor and guide in the discharge of their pastoral duties, whilst
it will supply them with much necessary information, and direct
them in the choice and pmgress of their studies.
" Even to those who dissent from the doctrines, nntl reject the or-
dinances, of the Established Church' it may not be unacceptable.
Such persona will see the arguments adduced on both sides of the
many controverted questions which divide the religious world, fairly
stated, and treated without superciliousness or acrimony.
" In the pages of the Quarterly Theological Review there may,
and probably will, be discovered the natural effects of early strong
impressions in favour of the doctrines and discipline of the Episco-
palian Chureh„ which forms a part of the Constitution of the coun-
try. The undisguised expression of such feelings as must necessa-
rily spring from conscientious confo .... ity, will have its place ; but,
assuredly, there will not be detected any want of reasonable tolera-
tion towards the honest differences of persuasion, the hereditary
scruples, or the candid opposition, which may, in the course of cri-
tical examination, become the subject of remark. Against the
writings of the Intidet, the Seditious, and the Profligate, alone, will
this Review direct its unqualified an fearless censures: in the con.
detonation of such writings, bemuse they arc subversive of every
thing that is dcar to man as a religious and social bring, will no
lenity be shown."
We arc willing to consider the term " reasonable tolera-
tion" as an oversight, because to " honest dfferenees or
persuasion," and " hereditary scruples... we rhould he
sorry that the conductors of this Review, whoever they
may be, should consider any degree of toleration as ilia 'n-
amable. The duty of Christian forbearance and charity
annexes no fintit, that we are aware of, to endurance
in such case. IYe should, moreover, feel inclined to inquire
beforehand, when toleration is to cease, what weapons are
to be resorted to? We offsv this observation en passant,
having no doubt but that they will furnish sufficient re-
GOMM!, in their own powers of reason and argument, to
preclude the necessity of calling on any irregular re-enforce-
mcnts.

nnt•rn. DEC. 21.—The wind having got in the old
quarter again, and blowing hard at south-west, has shut
up the communication between this country and France.
There have been no arrivals from, or departures to, Calais
since Sunday. This morning, about eight o'clock, when it
was blowiii,t a smart breeze, the ship Palmyra, Captain
Thomas 11,•ynolds, from Hayden (St. Domingo), bound to
London, tudertunately got ashore near the Mole Rocks,
when, the wind increasing, every efibrt to get her oft'
proved unavailing. and she now lies in a dangerous situa-
don, with her back Nolan. The weather having this ,
evening moderated and the water fallen, exertions will be
made to land her cargo, (-Insisting of 4,000 bags of coffee,
and several tons of Ingwood. _

Tuesday a Court of Directors was held at the East India
Meuse, when the following Captains were sworn into the
command of their respective ships, viz. :—Captain William
Hope, Herefordshire, for Madras and China ; and Captain
Thomas Baker, Lowther Castle, for China direct.

AETTIONOSI le Al. ALT.— he accent) visible star of the
constellation Pleiades, has been of late found to be a perio-
dical and revolving star, which accounts for the constella-
tion being described by some writers as consisting of six,
anabysnol
,5 some as
6;diiiiig composed of seven stars, to which
Ovid alludes-a" erto rut Wei, sex (amen rare ',dent"
ItrESTA 1M Pori-ay.—'l he young, po./ Pushkin has com-
pleted a new production, which, though of no great ex-
tent, surpass-s, in the unanimous opinion of the critics, an
his former productions. The title is, " The Fountain
Baktchissaria ;" and M. Ponamareu, a bootseller of Mos-
cow, has given him 3,004) roubles fur the copyright. The
poem contains about 600 lines ; so that hve roubles per
line have been paid for it, a thing unknown before in 11
Itoossia.—Literury

The London Northern Rail Road Company have deist-
mit,,,t upon one line, which wi!! go i:irect from Birming-
ham to null, passing by Derby and N.ittinghssn, and thus
uniting these places togetlisr.