The National Register.
London, England, 1821-11-19 00:00:00

By the Goal Intent, arrived in the Downs, letters
and papers to the sth of Sept. have been receive
from Buenos Ayres, communicating the important
intelligence of the fall of Lima. The following are
extracts from private letters received by that eon.
veyance:—
" BotNOS MIRES, SEAT. 2.-I have hardly time
to acquaint you with the glorious news of the capture
of Limn by Gen. San Martin.
" The official accounts are not yet arrived, in con-
sequence of a heavy fall of snow in the Andes just
after the express had passed.
" The capture of Lima by force of arms being
announced, may create some alivm to persons in-
terested in that city : 4 ought, however, to be ob-
served, that Lima is not a fortress likely to be taken
by assault ; but that it is much more probable that
tit,: obstinacy of the Spanish authorities forced Gen.
San Martin to approach Lima, when a last attempt
would be made by the troops remaining under the
banners of the Viceroy, to repel- the Chilian army:
this having failed, the latter would march into the
city without resistance and without a previous capi-
tulation. It is, however, to be hoped that strict
discipline was observed, as the great mass of the po-
pulation of Lima would receive the Chilians as
fr;ends and liberators; and as it always had been the
object ()lithe Government of Chili, and of Gen. San
Martin, to preserve Lima front a violent transition
to independence, and from the commotions attendant
on a temporary suspension of law and policy in a
town in which the lower classes arc dreaded by the
wealthy."
" BUENOS ArRES, SEPT. 4.—On the 2d inst.
we received the important intelligence of the cap-
ture of Lima by the forces of Gen. San Martin, by
a letter from Santiago de Chili, dated tali August ;
and although the details have nut yet arrived, still
no doebt is entertained of the tact from the previous
well-known distressed state they were in from want
of provisions, the divisions that existed, and from
San Martin having refused to prolong the armistice.
The ofh.ial rhiails are hourly expected; the Mar,
will sail for Liverpool in the course of the week, and
by that time we probably shall have the fullest in-
formation."

fidlowing extract from a Buenos Ayres
Gazette of the t29th of August, conveys some inter.
esting details of the previous state of Lima, which
acquire additional value, in the absence of the official
account, from the increased probability they give to
its actual surrender. In a question involving corn-
Inertial interests of such high importance, too much
caution cannot be exercised in forming a correct
judgment of the real situation of Asks:—
" SANTIAGO DE CUM, JULY 17.—1 n consequence
of the arrival of the English frigate commanded by
Capt. Spencer, at Valparaiso. we learn by an extra-
ordinary courier, who arrived here on the 15th, at
seven at night, the following news, which is con-
firmed by the papers published at Lima, and by
private letters, viz.—That by virtue of the armistice
concluded between the Viceroy Laterna end Genorai
San Martin, prolonged fur nine days more, the fin--
mcr proposes to the latter that all the towns which
are now in the power of the army of Chili shall
remain under the command of General San Martin ;
that Lima shall continue in its present situation
ytithout any change in its government ; that both
parties shall name their respective deputies, who
shall proceed to Spain to obtain the ratification of
independence, for which purpose there shall be an
amnesty fur the space of 18 months, reckoning from
the date of its conclusion ; the fortress of Callao, of
which San Martin's Llama have obtained possession,
remaining a pledge until the return of the said
de-
puties; trade and communications to be in the mean
time free. That San Martin, who did not agree to
these propositions, demanded the surrender of the
capital, upon which being clone, he would allow a
tree communication, and wait for the determination
of the deputies who were to go to Spain ; that
during the time of the negotiations, San Martin had
permitted the necessary provisions to cuter Lima ;
that his troops were advancing from soma points
which they occupied upon the capital with the design
of besieging it more. closely..