The Sun.
London, England, 1824-09-02 00:00:00

is TO THE EDITOR.

" Sir,—Severe indisposition, which now confines me to my
bed, did not admit of my being made acquainted with the pa-
ragraph in your paper of the With inst. till yesterday, entitled
rre late fashionable Pala Pas at Naples. It' the initials L.
IV. are meant to apply to my name, I have to declare the
ai-
tiertions therein Contained to bia gross ntis-statement qf.facts•
As it is not my intention, nor do I consuiet it, under any eir.
cumstances, becoMing to entertain the public with private
affairs. I shall satisfy myself with this declaration, without be.
ing led through the medium of the public prints into any fur.
titer details, nor should I have taken this notice of the above
inis.statement, did it not involve the conduct of others.

" Saturday, Aug. 28, MIL "W. 1.. W.EIIIIESLEY•
" Hotel IVlirabean, rue de la Paix."

A letter from Madrid, dated the 16th of Aug.
says—" Whoever has observed. the proceedings'
of this Government, has witnessed the rapid
strides it has been making to its own destruction.
All, all are disgusted. Of the C randees, whose
number is from 1)0 to 100, only 15 are said to
enjoy What is called the KING'S favour. Above
five-sixths are wandering,and in exile,in various
parts of the kingdom, Italy,' France, and'Eng-
land. In two of the prisons of Madrid there are
near 800 prisoners al..cused of political offences,
whore trials seem never likely to come on. The
true 'Spanish system is, punish first, .and try
afterwards. The extreme heat and 'dose confine-
ment has engendered .the gaol fever, and th:eir^
situation must be horrid."

A line young seal was caught by a fisherman in
the Clyde last week, and is now living.

SOUTH AMERICA.
thifollowing is an extract or a private letter,
wiitteit by our Consul at Panama, MALCOLM
M‘GuEuon, Esq., and dated the 27th of June•
This letter was brought to Jamaica by his Ma-
jesty's brig Helicon, Capt. DA.wturts

" I send you an official account of the defection of the
Spanish General Olaneta, who, it appears, has put himself in
communication with some Buenos Ayreans on the-frontiers of
Upper Peru, which will act as a powerful diversion in favour of
the operations of General Bolivar on this side.
" A general engagement was expected to take place in Peru
in all this month. The appearance of a Spanish force on this
coast has prevented the arrival of some troops here, destined
for ►that country; but, notwithstanding this circumstance, I
am not apprehensive of the issue of the campaign. General
Bolivar has a force of upwards of ten thousand good troops
with him, well clothed, organised, and disciplined, and far su-
perior to any thing, from what I can learn, that can be brought
against him.

" The Peruvians are not Spartans ; they are at the lowa
ebb of moral debasement."

The following is from the Extraordinary Gazette of Panama,
dated June 3d, 1824 :

By the schooner San Francisco, which has just anchored in
this port, from Paira, in fourteen days, the Intendant General
has received the following official communication

TO THE GENF.BAL OF BRIGADE, J. 31. CORRENO, INTEND

ANT OV TILE DEPARTMENT OP.TiIE ISTHMOR,

rAIRA, MAY 19Tit, 1824.

I have the pleasure to announce to you the
tofficial notice,
which has this moment been received by me express from the
Prefect of the Department of Truxillo, referring to a communi-
cation from his Excellency the Liberator, of .which the follow-
ing is a literal copy

"REPUBLIC OF PERU.

" Tituxtr.T.o, MAY 13.

" TO THE INTENDANT or THE PROVINCE OF E PAIRA.

" Sta—By an extra courier, I have just received from his
Excellency the Liberator the following intelligence :—That
General Olaneta, who has been with a considerable division in
the provinces of Upper Peru, after having beaten General Cur-
ratala, who had followed him with an equal force, and taken
hint prisoner, he immediately consented to serve the Patriotic
cause, and cordially recognized the justice with which America
had recovered her liberty and independence.—You will be
pleased to give this general circulation.
" JOSE GAI3RIEL PEREZ."

" This unbolted-for event assures us of the establishment of
the national freedom. The Liberator, with the rapidity that
characterizes bins, will avail himself of its consequent advan-
tages, and Colombia, now in her glory, will give general Inde-
pendence to South America.
•
" I have the honour to felicitate,
" MANUEL DE TORRES VALDIVIA."

( Prom the Jamaica Courant of July 19.)

Parties of guerillas presented themselves before Lima; and
passed the walls on the sth of May. They spread themselves
over the city, and the valiant Ramairez surrounded the Con.
vent of Mercy. At length, they resolved to present them-
selves in the place of the Cathedral, where they experienced a
slight resistance, in which an officer and two soldiers of the ad.
verse party perished. The guerillas retired from, the capital
without being molested hy. the Spaniards. and without the loss
of a single man. Such is the state of Lima ! The Hospitals
teem with more soldiers than the il(tirp,eks; every thing con.
spires against the infarnOUs conspirator*.