The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser.
London, England, 1825-02-24 00:00:00

SOUTII• AMERICA.

Yesterday tv,: received -Buenos Ayres Papers to the
4.. h of December. Thoy contain a great deal of authentic
and intereating news from Peru. The course of Boli-
var's success appears to have been rapid and uninterrupted.
Cantarac was retreating upon Cusco, with a force much
diminished by casualties and desertion. It was supposed
he had crossed the Apurimac, with a view to effect a
junction with Valdez, who was marching through La Paz,
to meet him. Fourteen Provinces have been delivered from
the Spanish power. The following is the official account
of the progress of the Colombian army since the battle of
Junin:-
- The 911 it occupied Tarma, the 11th Jatija, and the 14th
Ilietnceyo. The enemy retired by the read of limb:mime, break.
ine down the bridge (there) and eluting away the font others on the
.une river. Ones pummel their movement by Pempos, having
re-rstab:ished the bridge at Maine, by which we pasted. The
72,t we entered Htiontia, and the 24th occupied that capital. De-
nrral Cantarac, who then-remained at three leagues thence, imme-
-4:lstely hastened his retreat. without reconnoitering those who ma-
ned him. No doubt he fears to meet a hew Junin. and to terminate
his csrntrtigi'bY making a second reconnoissance. In his morell-
o:I, were * great number of tlese-teis. arms, ammunition, and
cede. The r3tll, his Excellency entered Htiamangft, anti on the
30 the Mamma, Moyftno, with the remains of his battalion, the
Roy.,
p,aerived at Qtticimaehay. Col. Otero had orders to tie-
stnir R...„,agftliet:!,,tl he could not aceomplieli it, he dispersed it with-
• out ditlivolty, taking twenty men, three officers. arms, and homes,
Crenertil Cant:wee sent two spies—to a priest anti to the wife of a
tOrmer intendant of a province—who acre all sent bark to the
any whit a note. The enemy precipitated hie retreat on the tkh
inst. teen Pampas to Chincheros, and passing through Andagitay-
las. his directed his march towards the river Apurimac. On the
11.40 Sept. pan of the enemy's cavalry abandoned St. Geronimo,
two leagues beyond Anclagnavifts. On the 13th Col. Career Itith
3 detachment of huesure of Colombia, entered that town. Colonel
Otero, with the Ist regiment of Peru, has pursued an enemy's w-
him in the direction of ('nngsyo (marked in our snaps. Cangallo),
and has i itcrnreted himself between them and the head-qoarters of
the enemy. trhis bold operation fn&ntened them, and they con-
tinued their retreat precipitately. Fourteen P;oviDees, which the
enemy before necupied, are free, and will be so for ever. The
Commandant, Mahn. brat, on the iTth of last month, at Canete,
as enemy'. party. which was cempleely destroyed.
" The Ilth, 15th, anti 1011, different eorpsOf the army marched.
The last proceeds to-day in pursuit of the enemy. The army con-
tinues to march in ternore brilliant condition than when it merched
Vam Tnizillo and Cajamarca. At this moment the enemy must hare
eased the bridge of the Apurimac. This operation will decide his
&shay .for ever. The total loas of the enemy in his disastrous
march cannot be less than 3 000 men, and his effective force will
scarcely teach that number.
" ANDRES SANTA CRUZ. Chief of the Shill:
" Head-quarters, Iluamanga, Sept. 18, 1824."
A letter had been received at Buenos Ayres, from the
Colombian Commissioner in Chili, inelosing the copy of a
commurication from General Olaeena, declaring his inten-
tion to co-operate with Bolivar in the liberation of Peru.
The Colombian officer, Colonel Urdaneta, by the last &c-
-ounts film Lims, was within four leagues of that city.
We subjoin a translation of the letter addressed by Gene-
ral Olaneta to M. D. F. O'Leary, Aid-dc-Camp to the
" Liberator" of Colombia, and his C(

ler in

Citiii :
•• My newt SIA-1 have hail the honour of receiving your
esteemed cominuntrations. as also those enclosed from his Excel-
lency the • Liberator.' You may assure his Excellency, that it has
bog been my intention to co-operate with his Excellency in com-
pletive the liberation of this beautiful portion of South America.
I entn.su you will have the goodness to forward to the head-quarters
of iii Excellency the etas:used answers. Accept the assurances of
my highest cram.
" Your obedient Servant.
••PEDRO ANTONIO OLANETA.
" Oruro, Oct. 10. 110`2.4."
The Buenos A )res Papers announce tlizt on tl:e 12th of
December, the National Assembly of the United Province'
of La Plata was installed at Buenos Ayres with great so..
lemuity. On the 13th, General Don Juan Grer,orio de
Las Floras presented an Address from the Government to
the Assembly, in which the prospects of the New State
arc described most favourably.
The most important passages of this Address are these
(heat Britain. released from compromises with the Allies, hey
adopted towards the States of America a noble comluct, worthy or
the most civilizett--most free—and, on the whole, most powerful'
nation of Europa. The solemn recognition of the Independence
of the new Republic, will he a consequence of the principles she
his proclaimed. And you may believe, Senora, that this import.
ant .vent, as far as relates to the provinces of the Plata, depends
chiefly on their showing themselves as a substantive nation f rare po
dr neiov) and with the capacity of maintaining the good institu.
vons they already possess.
The Catholic King has annulled the preliminary conventi,in
which his Commissioners concluded with the Government of this
province, an/ through its intervention with most of the Union, the
the 4th of July last year. He has declared that the language in it,
that he is King of a free people, is not, and cannot be his own.
Bat his absolute authority is a curse to Spain. and his name only
passe to this part of the world to serve the interests of some chiefs,
who make war on their own account in the interior provinces of
Peru. like the adventurers who first conquered it.
" But for the unfortunate dissensions which have crippled the
provinces of La Plata, this war would have b-en ended. It has com-
promised too long the honour of the Allied Republics of the Con.
taunt, but every thing announces that it approaches the hour of
es termination. Already the illustrious Liberator of Colombia
hastens victorious towards the very centre of the power of the op.
prawn of Peru. The republic of Chili has moved its naval forces
to close them from the Pacifle. And the Government of this Pro-
vince, uniting its efthrta to those of Salta, prepares the elements
which may serve u a basis to the national power of a more ex.
tended plan of operations."
The following are extracts from the Buenos Ayres'
Argos:—
According to the official notice in the Truxillo Gazette, the
Government of Peru had received official communications, en.
enlacing that there were at Panama 11,00',/ Colombians, under Gal.
Pan; that in Guayaquil 2.1100 men were ready to embark, per
well armed a.td disciplined, with the assurance, that in De-
cember Peru may depend on the aid of 10,000 or 12,000 brave
nen. accustomed to humble the Spanish pride.
We have seen a statement of the naval force of Peru, and of the
Sprinnl4. at Callao, which we thing worth publishing :
Prarrtast SQI•ADROX. srANtsit SQUADRON.
Wessels Guns. Men. Vessels Guns. Men.
Praha . 46 400 Asia . . 64 600
31""ionia - 11 100 Aria - - 28 120
itapido ... - J 2 100 Aquilee - 20 120
Pinebincha . - 16 100 Pezuela - - 18 100
teraborato - . IS 129 Cobstante - 9 75
liwaralu::era . . 16 106
Total - 119 937

Total - - 3 1311 1013

We are happy to Lear that Miss M. Tree is likely to re-
sume her professional duties next week, after a most severe
indivposition.
The Lessee of the Dublin Theatre, it is said, has offered
Miss Foote one thousand guineas to perform fourteen
Lights in Dublin.
The ifereiez Poet says—" The Managers of all the
Pleat provincial Theatres are on the alert to secure Miss
Foote—in, many cases the terms proposed exceed fifty gui-
neas a night."
Sir William Purees Rime Campbell, Bart., of March-
no:witlistanding the improved state of agriculture,
liaa continued a reduction of ten per cent. to his tenants,
ma' all his estates in the county of Berwick.
Ericuaism.—" To read while eating (says Rousseau)
sccs always my fancy, in default of a tete-a-tete. 'Tis the
LlPPlement to society I want. I alternately devour i page
ael a p:ece: 'tic as if me book dined with me."
A No Too Lcrw.—Ft:equent and bloody were the quar-
rels of our Saxon ancestors over their wassail bowls. To
soften these, Dutstan advised that none should drink ex-
cept fram cups pegged so regularly within, that from peg
to Peg should be reckoned a legal bumper. Such pegged
vessels are still to be seen in the cabinets of antiquaries ;
and to this regulation we owe the expression of a man be-
!NI a Peg too low. Priests are directed, by a council held
'n 110% not to drink to pegs—Nec ad pima:: bibant.
A Gentleman, who lately lost a puree containing fifty
sovereigns, setting more value upon the purse than the
old it contained, offtrA a reward of nineteen shillings for
7i:ch sovereign brought back, provided the purse was also
turned. The purse and the whole of the money were
in cnsequenee brought back on Saturday, and the finder
teemed the proffered reward.
no Saturday a serious affray occurred at Croon : a farm
44 out of lease on the death of Mr. Cooper, and the lands
'ere let a few days ago by the Earl of Dunraven. Uu
Poceeding to till the ground, a number of men, amount-
Z. to nearly three hundred, assembled on the lauds, broke
,the Ploughs, and beat the workmen in a moat unmerciful
kr,--Limtrick CAroniele.