The Sun.
London, England, 1830-01-12 00:00:00

COLOMBIA.

The following letter of Bolivar contains matter
of great political importance :

COPY OF A LETTER FROM HIS EXCELLENCY THE LIME-

RATOR PRESIDENT, TO GENERAL O'LEARY, DATED
GUAYAQUIL, AUC. 6, 1829.
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MY DEAR O'LEARY,—I have received at the
same instant, your two valuable favours of the 9th
and 15th July, and pay due attention to their con-
tents. The news which these contain has gratified
me exceedingly, particularly your remark that I
ought not to go to Bogota during the Meeting of
Congress, lest it be said that I have influenced its
deliberations, or oppres=ed it with my power. The
remark is extremely judicious, and you do well in
communicating it to me. Before now, however,
many persons of repute have advised with me on
the same subject. My own judgment, indeed, has
counselled me more than any body else; but the
body of the people, never contented with any security,
nor capable of taking an expanded view of matters,
represent me as posting on wings to Bogota. I
desire and beg of you that you will endeavour to
circulate your remark, as your own opinion and that
of sensible men. The fact is, if they wish to tighten
me too far, they will plunge me even deeper into
despair than I am at present. There is an idea afloat
which I should wish you to turn over in yourown mind
and examine well. Would it not be much better for Co-
lombia, for me,and for the national respectability, that
a president be appointed, and as for me, that I sink
into a simple generalissimo ? I would then go
round and round the government as a bull goeth
round his herd of cows ; 1 would defend it with all
my efforts, and with all those of the republic. Such
a government would be stronger than mine, ipso
-
much as my force should be added to the in-
trinsic force of the government, and the endeavouis
in particular of the person who might serve it. The
principal part of the administration would be
always in a state of completeness, without
decay of authority and right. The govern-
ment would be strong in itself, and also from
the support which I should give it. It would have
unity, stability, and duration. It would not require
to be dancing about like me, leaving immense voids
behind. Instead of whirling about the administra-
and all therewith connected in its progress, as hap-
pens to me every moment, a regular system of action
would be organized, moving forward without turn-
ing to the right or to the left, and without passing
through so many different hands as is the case at
present, a circumstance that stains every thing with
a different colour in the oddest way imaginable. I

would then bustle about the departments I would
suppress disorders; I would take the field without
requiring to leave the cabinet. My attention would
be dedicated wholly to the army, and to the applica-
tion of our own armed force. My locomotiveness
would be just the thing for hastening with alacrity,
and in the nick of time, wherever danger or necessity
might require. By these means all insurrections,
all sudden attacks, would be avoided ; the govern-
meant would sit steady in its seat, enjoying the
most complete tranquillity, fully assured that I would
make myself present everywhere, like a wall of de-
fence round about, within which public quiet and
domestic peace might sleep secure. The adminis-
tration would be going forward without impediment,
the citizens would be tasting the full benefit of the
laws, and my opinion be reccieering the taste it has
lost. Thus should Colombia gain much and I
glory—freedom—happiness ! But if this measure
be not adopted I am lost, or Colombia is lost; and
in either case we all go to the dogs. I cannot live
beneath the load of ignominious suspicion which
weighs me down. Nor Tan Colombia be faithfully
served by a desperado, whose mental stimulus is
gone, and whose hopes of tranquillity are for ever
levelled with the (lust I For God's sake, O'Leary!
for the sake of Colombia, for my sake, forward this
suggestion. lasitmate it well into the minds of
the Legislature, and of every body ; and further, I
authorise you to print a circular, full of force and
eloquence, proving the utility which shall arise from
the adoption of this measure.

" De Marquet has arrived, and brings me very
satisfactory accounts from General La Fuente and
that batch of friends. You may see, in General
Urdaneta's possession, more copies of my communi-
cations from La Puente and Gallium, as I have no
time to say any more. Indeed, as I am still very
weak from the sickness I have had, and on account
of which I am now recruiting myself, I salute your
wife with the greatest kindness, and am your friend.
(Signed) " BOLIVAR."

REMARKABLE CIRCUMSTANCE.--A few
days ago, a gentleman of Fortrose received a letter from
ROBZRT CLARr, Esq. surgeon in Harris, one of the
Western Isles, from which the following is an extract :
" Aim:Ls:Ali in the Black Park is a widower ; his wife
was lately delivered of a child, in all respects natural. In
about four hours thereafter she was delivered of another
child, with four arms and four legs. The features on
one side of the head were pretty perfectly formed, but on
the other there was an eye with four angular membranes,
nearly meeting on the centre of the ball, resembling four
eyelids. She had a third child, but it died before she
could be delivered. You are at liberty to publish this.
I have preserved this natural curiosity, and intend sending
it to the Glasgow Museum." It is but right to add, that
the gentleman to whom the letter is addressed as well as
many other respectable individuals, can bear ample testi-
inony to the veracity of Dr. CLARK, and to his steady,
meritorious, and active professional exertions, in that re-
mote corner, in which PAOTIDENCE has been pleased to
cast his lot,—Aberdeen Observer,

In passing along the Trongate a few nights ago,
our attention was arrested by a crowd of people
collected round a shop near the foot of Hutcheson-
street. Anxious to divine the cause of this congre7
gation, we made the best of our way vi el armis,
or rather elbows, into the focus of the multitude,
and here our ears were assailed by the most piteous
cries proceeding apparently from the vaults beneath
the said shop. The cries appeared to be those of a
person in great agony, and now and then a few
words were audible,imploring the compassionate inter-
ference of the bye-passers. After we had stood a few
minutes in anxious suspence, one of the crowd, of
gentlemanly appearance, stooping down to the iron
crating below the shop window, humanely inquired
into the cause and nature of the sufferings of the dis-
tressed individual. Judge of our astonishment,
when a murmured reply in the shape of groans and
lamentations broke forth apparently from the centre
of the pavement. The humane inquirer proceeded
immediately to the spot from which the sound cow
seemed to arise, and renewed his questions. An
answer of a similar nature was returned from a spot
still farther from the window. Thither again repaired
the inquisitive gentleman, and this scene was con-
tinned for some time, the captive complainant re-
ceding, and the compassionate inquirer following
towards the centre of the street, when the watch
came up—the crowd dispersed—the sounds of mi•
sery ceased—and the inquisitive gentleman disap-
peared. Perceiving a friend in the crowd whom we
had Lot yet noticed, we made up to him and anxi-
ously sought a solution of the mystery, when it
turned out to be one of the amusing tricks of a yen-
triloguist.—Glasgow Free Press.