The Sun.
London, England, 1821-03-22 00:00:00

SO UTII AMERICA..

V.XTRACT 6F A LETTER FROM THE SIIIIGEOY of TAM
GENERAL SAN MARTIN, DATED CALLAO BAY,
DEC. 11, 18'10.
44 I. embrace the opportunity of his i3ritannit.
Majesty's ship Hyperion of writing to you.
did not till this Poment know of her sailing soy
soon, otherwise I shotild have wrote to you alerts
fully.

'arrived all safe in Pisco, which is onry-
-50 leagues distant from Lima, and met-with a.fa-
vourable reception from the inhabitants of the
neighbourhOod, many of whom joined us in arms ;
wad most of the villages in the.neighboarhood swore
the independence of Peru. We left in• Ica, The
principal' town in the neghbourhood, a Li'ent.
Colonel,. to be Governor of the province, and
Commander of the troops, with about 200 sol-
diers, who, by the last accounts which. we have-
had from him, was very successful in recruiting.
troops. General San Martin, at the same tialf,?, --
sent the first division of the army, which consisted,
of about 1000 or 1200 infantry and -cavalry,
under the command of General Arenalis, into the
interior of the country, for the purpose of
cutting off all provision from the South, from Lima; '
in both: of which he has. completely. succeeded.
We had dispatches from him a few days ago, giving • ,
an account of an engagement with the enemy,.
which. he completely defeated, all o-f whom are
prisoners or killed. The General is advancing.
towards Lima, by an. order from: Gen. San Mar-
tin.; he is noW within 30 or 40 leagues of it. We
embarked the remainder of the troops at Pisco„
and sailed for Aucou, where in. two days we ar-
rived, and remained 4 short time, for.the yarpose -
of deceiving the enemy. We then sailed for
Guacho, at whiCh we arrived after a few days' ,
sail ; disembarkation or the troops inanediately-
took place, and,head-quarters established ; they .
are now at Iluaro, four leagues distant from
Guacho. We 'have met the same 'teceptiort
here as at Pisco, and in fact much better.—
In this neighbourhood the • villages have.,
declared to maintain their independence with' -
their lives. We had, while laying at Ancou
schooner from Guayaquil ; she brought us dis-
patches of the Revolution there, and. its- having
declared from the Spanish yoke. The principal
heads of the Spanish Government there were oft
board', aft,' these we have exchanged as prisoners:
of war, for ever, at Lima. The subsequent:
:day- we had' dispatches from. his Lordship
(Cochrane)",. of the culang out of Callao the
Spanish frigate Eimeralda, by the boats of the
'squadron, under the immediate command of his,
Lordship ; a most brave and gallant ent,-irprise,' •
and one which was sufficient to have placed his
name, bad he never done any thing. wonderful be-
fore, among the first in the age.. lie who has
seen the batteries, forts, castles of Callao, I am
sure can scarcely give credit to his success; how-
ever, it is not the less true: His Lordship was se.'
verely wounded in the thigh by a pistol ball, but is
now nearly recovered. We have dispatches, a few
days ago, from General San Martin of the most
favourable nature; the Vice King's Regiment of,
Numancia have passed over to the Patriot flag,.
Officers and Men indiscriminately. This is the
.only regiment in which the Vice King put ans, -
confidence, and which formed his advanced guard.
We have almost every day joining us Officers and
men who have deserted from his Vice Majesty's
army,"

Jokts KEATS, ESQ.—The admirers of poetry
will regret to hear that this gentleman died at
Rome, on the 23d ult.; at the age of twenty-Eve-
His work, entitled . ENDYMION, displays strong
proofs of imagination, Inhpregnated with know-
ledge and .genuine poetical spirit. This work
induced Messrs. TAYT.OR and JIESsET to bring
forward a Volume of his Miicellancons Poems,
the chief of which are.entitled LAMIA,rSADELLA,
TUE EVE OF ST. AONES, and a fragment entitled
HYFERION.—Mr. KEATS possessed aw.-V, OTscri:-:
tive powers, which are so strongly manilesteA i. 14
the fragment of 11.YrEraoN, - that thcro is addi-
tional cause for lamenting that the ingettioug
author did not, live to conclude it. -\Y should
not mention Mess:-s. TA-1-Lon. anft HE3sIT -frith-
out a tribute of praise to their taste, libera-
iity, and benevolence, in drawing the talents
of CLARE from rustic obscurity and hopelevi
drudgery, enabling him to support his aged
Parents, and placing him in a state of. hum:4l!
independence, which affords him the !Reims of
his mind, and of giving full expansion
to the powers of his genius. This conduct bold' -
forth a goad example to the higher ranks, who
might do honour to themselves, and, by encourag-
ing- unfrionded•talents, augment the literary WO
of their Country.

There is an old man living at this time of the • 't
name of Aloanis I).avns, with his Iv ife at
Llewyn fledw, in Carrnartheushire, who have
alive one hundred and thirty-four descendattu)
viz. 10 children, 66 gra;,_,-children, and 56 great
grand-children ; one of the great grand-children •
is '2O years of age, and another IS. The vettg.
rable pair have beep married G 4 ,Te3rs,