The Sun.
London, England, 1821-03-19 00:00:00

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the recoMmerattion of thc-Coinmittee, which is that a RE-
DCYCTION of 10s. per,load of the present duty on Fo EMI G
Eft sharild ta4ce place—that a dirty of 10s. per road should
he imposed on timber imported from • nor own Colonies
in our own ships—and that.an ithportane aiteration should
be tirade in the duty on deals. We shall suspend our
observations upon this recommendonio till-to-morrow, %viten
we hope to be able to direct the attention of our. Itesaders to
the most material patis of the -evidence, arid 'point out its
bearing on- the general tpiestion ;: but every p,-actieal man
will immediately see that the Ship Owners and every branch
Of trade• and manufacture connected with them will
have toy contend with a regulation, which if adopted,
will press toOre heavily upon them than a direct ‘tax
of twenty-five shillings un Colonial Timber. . We 'shall,
1(1-111.01row, give our Headers, tit a Supplement, which we
shall present to them gratuitously, a poi lion of the evidence
subjoined to the Rep,r, and we shall continue it till We have
laid the whole before them. For, we are con'vineed, that we
cannot render- the extensive and Valuable classes of the Cory'
:nullity interested in this question, or the Country itself •a
inure important service, than • th‘at of affording, theni all the
information which we can command or procure.

Saturday morning the llyperien frigate, Cap-
tain T. Sn.i.aLE,, C. B. arrived ar Portsmouth from
the South Seas,. after a very short passage of
ninety-six days from Callao, having on board
specie to the amount-of 500,090/. belonging to
British, -merchants: She did not fall in

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With any vessel for six weeks, nor. see land
after leaving Callao until she arrived off the
Lizard: The intelligence- she brinks resPect-
ing the operations of- Lord COCHRANE and
General SAN MARTIN against Lima, is such as to
lead to a confident expectation, that long ere this
the capital .of Peru has fallen into their possession.
SAN MARTIN had taken up Such a position, within
about 16 'miles of the. place, as enabled him to cut
off most of the supplies, and where be had been-
joined by numerous parties of deserters from the
Royalists, 'including most part of the regiment of
Ninnantia, which had marched across the country
from the Caraccas, ' purposely for the defence of
the city. -
:THIS state of affairs on the land side'
was powerfully aided by the bold and successful
operations of Lord Cochrane on the coast. His
~ Lordship. had cutout the Spanish frigate Esmeral-
da , and
having gun-brigs from under the forts of Callao
and ,
appointed Captain Guise to her,
he subsequently proceeded with her and the
O'Higgins, Captain Crosby, in search of the
Preuba and Veganza frigates. His Lordship had
also recently taken two ships from Cadiz, laden
with ordnance stores and clothing. These 'suc-
cesses, combined with the daring spirit, with which
-they were executed, had very much dispirited
the Spaniards at Lima. His Lordship's attack
on the Esmeralda and Spanish force in Callao,
is represented as one of the most brilliant
achievements' ever effected: The ships were
all secured by chain moorings, defended by the
strong forts of Callao, and several tiers of old
ships, armed as block,ships, and which were
manned every night from the farts. His Lord-
ship-I
-leaded the attacking parties, which consist-
ed of about 1200 men, and by his foresight and
undaunted bravery overcame all opposition.
The attack was made iil , the night, whilst
the Ilyperion and the American frigate
Macedonian lay about two cables' length dis-
tance ; before they could get under weigh and
out of gun-shot range from the, batteries, the fri-
gate and gun-boats were captured and under sail,
proceeding out of the roadstead. Several shot
struck the Macedonian ; one man Was killed in

her. Lord COCHRANE was _ shot through the
fleshy part of the thigh, and he bad, about 25 men
killed and wounded. The Spaniards suffered
more severely. His Lordship was recovered
from the effects of the wound. The Spaniards
in the ships were all at their quarters, fully pre-
pared for the attack, and resisted nobly ; but,
on shore, the Peruvians spewed such a dastard-
ly spirit, that, on the rockets flying about,
they would have all left the city, had not
the horse soldiers been employed to prevent them.
The Macedonian left Callao on the lith Decem-
ber, for Valparaiso, at which port the Andro-
mach, Captain Sin %REPT, was lying, under repair.
The latter would sail for England shortly.—
(Hampshire Chronicle, March 17.)

SINGULAR COINCIDENCE.—ITI the course of the
Divinity Lectures on the 'Lives of the Fathers,
which are now delivering in one of the Universities,
and -which' have attracted great attention, as
well from the acknowledged talent of the Learn-
ed Professor,. as from their intrinsic merit, after
having had occasion to comment on various sects,
the Professor used the following remarkable ex-
pression :--•" The Church of-Jerusalem was per-
" fectly orthodox, until one SIMEON, a. converted
ENI6 was made Bishop !" It is impossible to
describe the simultaneous effect which. it pro
-
',zinced !
THE DEAto OF THE EMPF.ROR or
Letters dated the 11th of October have been re-
ceived from Canton, announcing the death of the
Emperor of China, and that the event had been
succeeded by a contest between two of his sons-for
the 'lmperial Diadem. Several of the.provinCesare
said to have been in a state of revolt in conse-'
quence of the dispute for the succession. To
add to the distraction of the Chinese empire from
these causes, we learn, that
,the cholera inorbis,
that fatal epidemic,. had found its way thither
from Bengal, and was producing the most fatal
ravages, the inhabitants :dying by thousands.
With every precaetiou, its of had been se-
verely felt even among the crews of the British
ships at Canton. . . •

A - -
TRIESTE.-:- An embargo and :serprestration has
been laid on all Neapolitan and. Sicilian Vessels
at this port ; but whether the embargo extended
to the ships of other countries does riot appear.
4Ay-ri.---We learn from Cape Francais, under
date of the 2.5 th of. December, 'that President
BO ER, after.haying organised -all the branches
of,the Administration in the north of the island,

has transferred the seat of Government to Port-
au=Prince. A part of the troops, who had as-
sembled from the .west and south to overthrow

the despotism of CHRISTOPIIE have returned to
their g'arrisans. The widow of ennisToi,HE has
retired with her children to Port-41u-Print e; the
President of the Republic has saved them from
the fury of the enemies of the,. tyrant. The
widow of Desgalines is now also in the same
town, undor the immediate safeguard of the Pre-
sident BO YE!t•

Last night a Meeting of the Cabinet Ministers.
took place at the Earl of LivEnrooL's house in
Whitehall.