The Sun.
London, England, 1819-10-22 00:00:00

BOLIVAR.

We have often warned our Countrymen against
the alluring accounts which are given of the state
of the revolted Spanish Colonies, because those
accounts have seduced many of them into misery
and ruin. Colonel HIT'.EsLeY, and several other
British Officers, who have been the victims of
their own romantic credulity, have published nar-
ratives, for which the world 'is much indebted to
them, as they may dissipate delusion and save
many from inevitable wretchedness. The follow-
ing character which this Gentleman has given of
the great Leader of the South American Revolt
will spew British Officers what they are to ex-
pect from such a man, whatever may be his pro-
fessions :

" 1 have before said that Bolivar's personalop-
pearance is neither striking nor prepossessing.—
There is nothing about him, or belonging to him,
either in manners, figure, or conduct, to command
attention. The authorities which first placed him
at the head of the Republic, and made hint ' Sn-
orers-re Director of time Provinces of Venezuela and
New Grenada, and Captain-General of its armies,'
also gave him power to enforce obedience to his
mandates ; and, from the constant exercise of that
authority, he'has leashed not only to order, but to
enforce submission to his will upon all occasions:
Those who planted him in the situation he, now
holds, were by turns his slaves and his victims,
even under the mask of liberty, freedom, and in-
dependence..
" The smallness of his stature, and tile mean-
ness of his figure and physiognomy, would rather
create contempt than respect ; nor would he seem'
entitled to -command obedience to his orders, it
the fire of his eyes, in sudden gusts of passion, and
moments of displeasure, did not tell yon, that
Bolivar himself knew, and felt, that he could not
only threaten but execute vengeance. He pos-
sesses neither gratitode,. honour, liberality, sym.
pathy, nor humanity; yet he pretends that his
heart anti disposition are congenial to all those
sentiments, and constantly act in unison.
" Personal courage he is gifted with, even to a
fault. He has, however, never yet achieved any
action worthy of renown, or equal to the real in-
rrepiditv with which he is endowed ; because rear
sort, ju"dionent, armil even necessary discretion,
have been wanting.
" has neither talent nor abilities for a Ge-
neral, and'easiecially for a 'Conithritirier•in-Chief.
Time numerous mistakes he haS made throughout
the whole of his eampaigns•for'the last eight years
have nearly desolated the Provinces, and annihi-
lated the. population. The repeated surprises he
has experienced from the enemy (already seven),
prove my assertion, and bear me out in declaring
that any one of them .would have' disgraced
porars,guard, •
" Tactic, movements and Manoeuvre, are ii'un-
known to him as-to the lowest of his troops. All
idea of regularity, system,'or the common routine
of an army, or even a regiMent,'he is totally un-
acquainted with. Henze arise all the disasters,he
meets, the defeats he suffers, and his constant ob-
ligations to retreat whenever opposed to the foe.
The victory which be gains to-day, however dear-
ly pUrchased (of which his list of killed and miss-
iog, 'if he culls for or keeps such details, must
evidently convince him)- is lost to-Morrow, by
some failure or palpable neglect on his part. Thus
it is, that Paez was heard, to tell Bolivar, after
the action of Villa del Cora, that he would move
off his °Wit troops, 'and act no more with him in
command ; adding,. never lost a battle wherein
I acted by myself, or in a separate command ; and
I have always been defeated when acting in con-.
cert with you, and under your orders.'
"The native and black troops (freed slaves)
can, and Irv, dash on with madness, which they
call bravery, the result of revenge, hatred, and an
abhorrence againit the Royalist party. The feel-.
jags of retaliation for their brethren and fellow-
soldiers taken prisoners in the various actions or
skirmishes with the enemy keep alive all those par-
lions of inhumanity, Cruelty, and blood-thirsti-
ness; and they are more savage in nature than the
brutes that inhabit the woods and mountains of
their country.—Yet, under the name of courage,
they will rush, without order, tegulatity, or dis-
cretion, upon the enemy, resolved at that moment
•to conquer or die ; sod if in this onset they are
beaten or repulsed, and find themselves able to
go about,' and to retreat, the devil take the.
hindermost' appears to he the general cry ; for
they all continue to run limit they reach a place
of safety ; and it is alloWed by the Royalist troops
themselves:, that the patriotic army, with Bolivar
at their head, was never beaten its this respect.
" The final slaughter of the prisoners, atter time
battle, or during the retreat, is completely acqui-
esced in by Bolivar, who has himself condescend-
ed to witness this scene of butchery and infamy
yet it must be admitted that Illorillo more than
keeps pace in the sanguinary species of warfare,
the example of 'Which was first set by the Royalist
troops, and became to the latest moment a mea-
smite of retaliation, and, without (Inman, will con-
linos so, until mutual ideas of humanity invest the
ndnds of the contending parties,
• " Bolivar would williugly ape the great man—
ila aspires to be a second Buonaparte in South
America, without possessing a single talent for
the duties of time field or the cabinet. He would
be King of New Grenada and Venezuela, without
genius to command, consequence to secure, or
abilities to support the elevated station to which
his ambhion most assuredly aspires. In victory—
in transient prosperity—be is a tyrant, and dis-

plays the feelings and littleness of an upstart. He
-gives way to sudden gusts orresentmet)t, and be-
comes, in a moment, madman and (pardon-the
expression), a blackguard ;.• throws himself into his
hammock (which is constantly slung for his o'se),
and utters,curses7and imprecations 'Ton all atotin,l
him, of the most disgnsting.nnd diabolical na;ure.
In deteat, in danger, •in retreat, 'he is perplexed,
harassed, and contemptible even to
weighed down by disasters, which he has neither
skill nor strength of mind to encounter, to ligh!en„,
or to remove. In this state he appeared to we at
the retreat to and from .S.in Fernando, when lie
looked the image of misery ald despair."

TilE CO

LO WE ICCA NAD

(From the Quebec Gazette to the 6th of Sept. last)
QUEBEC, SEPT. G.—Two vessels have returned
to this port on their second trip this season. one
of which has had' only 40 days passage from Bris-
tol, but she has brought no late papers.
Letters have been received by one of the late
arrivals, which state that assurances had been
given on the part of Govervinent, to Merchants
in London concerned in the Canada trade, that
the proposed Duties on Lumber, would not take
effect on the importations of 1820.
We are sorry•to find that the Fire in the woods
which we mentioned a week ago as having done
so much damage at Rimouski, has been equally
destructive in other parishes in that neighbour-
hood. it still continues to rage with, undialinish-
,ed fury. • •
The following list of Catholic Bishops in Bri,
tiih North America, 'many of whom have lately
been appointed or promoted by the See of !tome,
is given in a French publication of the 23d May
last, viz.:—
Mr. Plessis, Archbishop of Quebec.
Mr. Puget, Bishop of Saida and Coadjutor of Quebec.
BUrke, Wallop of and Apostolical Vicar at Hali-
fax.

Mr. Gißow, BiShop Of Hyposopolis, and Apostolic Vicar at
Newfoundland and Cape Breton.
Mr. M'Eacharn, Bishop of Rosen, and Vicar-General of the
• Archhisbup of Quebec, fur New Brunswick and Prince Ed-
ward's IsiAnd.
Mr. Macduanell, Bishop of Regina, and Vicar-General of
the Archbishop of Quebec fur Upper Canada.
The same Paper states that the measures taken
by the Pope on this occasion, were coneeried.
with Mr. Ompteda, the Envoye of Lianover to the
Court of Rome.
THE WEATHEE.—The excessive beats which
prevailed in the early part of this month, were
• moderated by some thunder showers on the 12th
instant. The Thermometer, however, rose on
several days of the following week, to 90 in the
shade. On Sunday last there was a strong smith,
westerly wind, followed in the .evening and dm-ir.g -
the night, by heavy showers. Since that
tin,e, the nights have become cool, and on Tues.
day morning there was a slight frost, but not suf-
ficient to do any injuty. Finer harvest weather
than the present, was never known, and several
of the Farmers in this neighbourhood, have lions.
ed a great part of their wheat in excellent order.
The crops of this grain are fully ripe through-
out the District, hut there is a' general complaint
of want of hands.

On Tuesday last, in the Cathedral Church
of Quebec, the Lold Bishop of this Diocese, as-
sisted by the Rev. Official Mountain, the Hon.
and Rev. Dr. Stewart, Mr. S. Mountain, Mr.
Jackson and Mr. Mills, conferred Deacon's Or-
ders epon Mr. M. Harris, M. A. of Trinity Col-
lege, Dublin, and Mr. It. R. Burrage, of Bennet
College, Cambridge.
Alluding to an Article on the Timber allies,
copied from The Morning Post of the 14th June
list, the Editor says, it relates to a matter Of
general interest in this Colony, and on the sub-
ject of which much alarm has prevailed among the
numerous descriptions of persons immediately CM'.
cerned in the Lumber Trade.. We believe that
the sense. of this Colony, on the subject of the
proposed alterations of the duties o❑ Lumber from
the Colonies, is well known in treat Britain. It
hos been manifested repeatedly, in memorials
frOm the Merchants, and from the t vvo branches
of the Legislature.
.We cannot ask that Great
' Britain should sacrifice what site conceives to be
the general interests of the Empire, to our parti-
cOlar interests ;, bait we trust, that before she
takes any step which may destroy the most im-
portant branch of her trade to the northern Ame-
rican Colonies, she will be very certain that her
decision is not founded in error. Wrong mea.
sures of this nature very seldom admit of any
remedy. If the expensive establishments which
enable us, under the present duties, to maintain a
competition with the Baltic, are once destroyed,
they will probably never be renewed.. Without a.
market for aoy part of our produce, we
able to purchase nothing abroad, and must just
be contented to live within ourselves.

. On Thursday last a numerous party of Free-
holders and lunabitants of the Borough ot Peters
field gave au excellent dinner ot game, and all the
delicaci,s, of the season, at the Red Lion Inn, to
NATHANIEL ATCHESON, Esq. and few of his
private friends, to celebrate the progress which
has been.made in the cause of independence in that
Borough, ard.in the proceedings which have been
commenced against the -Trustees of 'Cburcher's
College for the investigation ot their accounts,
in order that the benevolent intentions of the
founder may in future be strictly carried into
effeet, so that none but the sons of the towns-
people be admitted on the foundation. • .1-11,:sur
CLIFTON ATKINSON, Esq. in .the Chair. After
dinner the usual loyal and constitutional toasts,
with _whets appropriate: to the occasion, were
given and drank with the warmest plaudits, anti
the company were highly amused with several
glees and duets, which were sling in the course ot
the evening.— (Hampshire Telegraph, Oct. 16.)