The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser.
London, England, 1826-02-06 00:00:00

SOUTH AMERICA.

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llrem the Hampshire Telegraph]
on Tuestisy. the Tartar, 42. Capt. Thos. Brown, having corn-
-1 het Itlllll of service, arrived at Portsmouth from the South
tt(' bringing specie to the amount of 820,0011 dollars.
wean .1.111011.
11.11i01 tom the anchorage of Chorale's (about vii miles to the
le ievart I ,t the Bay of Callao) on the 11th of August; front
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~,•;,,,eciet the ell theept-ember ; and Rio Janeiro en the 28th
n;tiVie:‘,elnr. Whe Tartar left the Chorilloot, the fortoof
ta1t...0 contented to be occupied by the Spanish forcer, consisting
theme .„ 14 or rot, men., under the command of General Heidi!, whom
peCW. ,I,oClilrtler. we have before not. No
sion o doubt is entertaesses ;
ined
",. hp tens' aolornately sureender possesf the fortr
71:that he wtti held out with the tame persevering obstinacy he
}us hithcrto Omerred, utdil his provisions are totally exhausted,
s,id tie rrtisons reduced to the extreme of necessity, is acknow.
'edged M all who are in the least acquainted with his pertinacious
ersubilinal disoosition ; and we arc assured that he has still abund-
ance of amine in his power to protract the siege. The different
fens ot Callao are in good condition, having suffered no material
isjurs from the cannonading directed, at times, aglinet them by
the patriot • •
' troops, who hate not yet been able to bring their
fag forge within teal yards of the fortifications. Bolivar, with a
pot of the Republican army, was in Alto-Peru. It was expected
Mat he vitalist return to Lima about the month of November. A
honk cootent,on haying arisen between the States of Buenos
Ayres and the existing Government of Alto-Peru, as to the right
of territory of the line province of Potosi, the inhabitants claimed
the prinikge f settle g
the conicet by their own declaration, and
o
snaniniousiv deckled in favour of the latter ; en that Alto Peru is
now formed into a distinct 'tilt:Lite, and called the Kepubsic of
Bolivar. The measures pursued "y the Chilian Government are
not likely to produce tine happy effect on the minds of the people,
so desirable in Reiniblican rates, They have issued paper money
to great amount. and now exact, in payment for duties and other
tranmetisne in which they may tie engaged with 'individuals. one
third of the sum in specie, and the other two thirds they receive in
notes. This, amongst other things, has given rise to discontent and
serious complaints. An expedition was nearly ready to sail from
Valparaiso, to attack the istand of Chita.. The captains of the 1
different vessels had joined their yespective ships, and Admiral'
Blanco was dale expected to arrive to take the command of the
Chiliau tiro. It is mid that the inhabitahts of the island wished
to be attached to Chili, under the form of a federal government.
The city of True tilt,. oft the borders of the Colombian empire, has
changed its name to that of Bolivar. The fine brig Achilles, of
Ili guns. formerly Spanish. la fitting out at Valparaiso, and now
tents a pan ot the Chiltern squadron. The line-of-battle ship
Asa, fomierly Spanish, is In the gulf of Califtwnia, having been
surrettiered by time unpaid crew to the Mexican government.
It ei not true. as has been suited, that Sir Charles Stuart, Am-
bassador to the Court of Brazil, left Rio Janeiro in disgust or
Mat his Eeceilency is in disgrace with the Emperor of that tiers+.
tory. The fact is, that the Ambeiseador has completely succeeded
in the di&rent ohcte of his adman; ard that his Excellency, oo
quitting Rio for the norther parts of the Brazil*, received from
his Brazilian Majesty repeatel proofs of must courteous attention.
We enderstand that Sir Charles. after baring visited the port.
rat Bahia anti Pernambuco, will proceed to the River Plate, thence
etued ('ape !fern ; more foe the purpose of ascertaining the actual
?Ur.' Of the different Republics in the Pacific, than foracetim-
plishing any specific diplomatic mission. The Emperor of the
Brasils appears deemmined, at present, to peosecute the war for
the purpose of subjogring the Bandorian territory : but it is said
that the `• Lsherador Ilollear" has intimated to his Majesty,
that should she Buenos Ayrian Government solicit his assistance
in rescuing them from the ;Trenton caused by an unjust and
fruitless warfare, agreeably to the avowed general principle which
has regulated his conduct in the emancipation of the different
States of South America, he shall exert every means in his power
te Main this eat:. lt is presumed thes this intimation., coming
as ft does from such a man as Bolivar, of whose firm and deter.
mined character the Emperor carrion be ignorant, will have some
erect in destroying the strong desire that appears to exist in him
for an unnatural and unlawful acquisition of territory of domain.
The empire of Brazil is already eatileiently extensive; and it is
hoped that his Majesty will not, by attempting to spread his
wings too widely, fled in the end that his empire has been a
little clipped in its original lines of demarcation. On the 19th of
November she art 1,200 men embarked at Rio, on board of two
Brazilian frigates, a corvette, and several transports to be disem-
barked in tone part of the River Plate, and reinforce the Brazilian
forces engaged in the war In that quarter. The Emperoe's troops had
lately experienced an important defeat; and it is not improbable
that this reinfereement will arrive at the same fate. His Ma-
jesty's activity and unwearied diligence are generally acknowledged,
and some idea may be formed of the manner in which he conducts
the 'lairs of the nation, from the fact, that he was personally
employed In the harbour of Rio, on board a steamboat, till
sun-set. to assist in surveying some vessels. His Majesty takes
an interest in excuting personally much of the detail of the public
service.
As it is quite necessary that • British vessel of war should be
constantly stationed at toe anchorage of the Chenille*, the Eclair
arrived there on the Bth of August. to relieve the Briton frigate.
Sir Murray Maxwell, which ship made an extraordinary passage
thence to Valparaiso in eleven days: an ordinary passage is
21 days. The P.lrainom, 11, Capt. .Beechey, had arrived from
England. She was to complete her provisions at Valparaiso, and
continue her voyage to Behrings Straus, touching at Easter Island,
and Juan Fernentiee, for the purpose of surveying those Islands.
It is supposed that the Briton will not take the usual course of go-
ing to Panama, and the other ports to the northward, previously to
her quitting the South American station for England ; in winch
case she may Ge shortly expected to arrive. The Blonde. Lord
Byron, proceeds to England, via St. Helena, having landed the
hardy of the late King of the Sandwich Islands. The Mersey, 28.
Captain Ferguson, sailed from Valparaiso on the 21st of Septem-
ber, for Panama, to collect the remittances of the British mere
chants; and having perfermed.tiat service, she will leave the Paci-
fic on her voyage to England. The Cambridge, 00, Capt. Mating,
was at Concepron, expecting the arrival of the Wellington store-
ship, at Valparaiso, from which the different vessels of the squad.
ton would complete their stores and provisions; and the Cam-
bridge return to the medsteed of Callao, or the anchorage of the
Chorillos. The Wellesley, 71. (Sir Geo. Evreo Jasseur, and
French frigate Arethusa, were lying at Rio when the Tartar lett.
The Blanche frigate. Capt. Mends, had gone round Cape Rom, to
be attached to the squadron in the Pacific. The Doris frigate,
Sir John 0. Sinclair, wet lying in the River Plate. The Dia-
mond, Lord Napier, left Rio for Bahia, on the 29th September,
with Sir Cheek% Stuart on board. The merchant ship 31ercurv,
bound to Trieste. was seen near the Line on the 28th December.
An indiaman, supposed to be the Recovery, was passed on the
bib ult. in lat. about 12 deg. North. The following appointments
had been made on the station:—?lr. Mundy, Midshipman of the
Wellesley, to be Lieutenant of the Eclair, vice Sir Thomas Pais-
ley, Bart. Invalided, wko came home passenger in the Tartar;
Lieut. G. 0. S. Gunning, from the Tartar, to the Wellesley, in.
stead of Lieut. Fitzroy, appointed to the Tartar ; Mr. Gamier,
Midshipman of the Wellesley, to be Lieutenant of that ship, vire
Wilmot. invalided, who came home passenger in the Tartar; 31r.
Pearce. Midshipman of the Wellesley, to be Lieutenant of the
Cambret et, vice Ba-her, invalided as au hospital ease; Mr. Sim.
winds. late of the Cambridge, to be Purser of the Eclair, vice
Starr. invalitied. Dr. Ridgway, late Physician to Sir Charles
Stuart's Embassr, came home in the Tartar.
We must not timid to mention, that the great Lib ertedor of the
Smith Ameriran Continent, Bolivar, presented Capt. T. Brown,
of the Tartar, veldt his portrait, as a mark of his regvd and
mitten]. expressing, at the same time (through Colonel Perez, his
Secretary) hie regret, from being engaged in Alto-Peru, at not
having a personal nave:wary of taking leave of Captain 11. pre-
5i.0113 to the Tar ar leaving the Pacific. It should likewise be no-
next, in proof re. the conciliatory and equitable conduct of Capt.
B. that the Royalist General, Radii (woo now holds so perse-
veringly the forts of Callao, and who is the greatest enemy Bolivar
has), refused a n.quest Capt. Brown made, to be permitted to put.
chase some ship's stores at Callao (which he was then leaving), but
frankly and gent mu .ly Tel lied, that, as a mark of his esteem and
friendship for him, he should take whatever stores his ship re-
quired.
A letter received (hy the Packet) dated Rio Janeiro, Dce. 3,
states that the reinforcement of troops had sailed for the River
Pate; anti that greet rejoicings had taken piece on account of the
Empress being net fined on the previous day with a son, after hay.
ii:g had four daughlers.

Lettcrs have been received from the Havanna, dated
16th December. They communicate no intelligence of in•

The report that the Wechabites had defeated a large
body of the Egyptian forces, and made themselves masters
of Mecca, is without foundation.—Oracle de Bruxelles.
The Joerna/ Belgique of Friday states that, on the ap-
plication of the French Government, an individual named
Lchby, calling himself one of the agents of Macgregor, the
Cacique of Poya;s, was arrested two da,ys ago in Brussels, in
order to be conveyed to Paris.
The severity of winter has not panted sway in the Ise-
therlands as Ili this country. The Brussels Papers s:atc
that the ricer Mcrwede is frozen from Gorcum to Bois le
Due, and even beyond, which has not happened since 11s
Lazt Sunday 3 or 4000 persons were assembled on the ice.
The river Lek also was covered with ice, which was so
crong that even wagons passed over it.
A letter from an Officer on board of his Majesty's ship
Skmey, dated Trincomalee, September 9, 1825, has beon
received in Glasgow. The writer mentions the arrival
there of the 97th Regiment from Britain, a short time be-
fore the date of his letter. The Blaney wu to sail next
day for Rangoon, and the 97th Regiment was to follow in a
few days. The reports circulated at Trincomalee were,
that the Burmese had an army of 90,000 men ready for the
next campaign, which was, in consequence, expected to be
arduous and severe.

A( cording to the lam of his 'tallness the Pope, a Car-
dinal can pray a aonl out of purgatory in one hour, a
Bishop in three, a Priest in live, and a Monk in seven !
It is reported that some extensive forgeries have been
mum itted, the lona resulting from which will fall on the
Rank. The dornments forged are said to he hills of ex-
change and warrants of attorney for the sale of stock.