The Sun.
London, England, 1826-06-05 00:00:00

re-eleeted President, and General SANTANDIR Vice
President of Colombia. The impeachment of Gen-
eral PARz on account of his proceedings at the Car-
recces had been determined upon by the House of
Representatives of that Republic.

In our Paper of Saturday, we made some observa-
tions on the subject of Duelling, and called on our
brave countrymen who had served in the Peninsula,
to come forward and enter their protest against the prac-
tise, as being the only persons who could do so without
an imputation of cowardice. By mistake, the words
" or elsewhere" were omitted after Peninsula ; but no
one can suppose that we intentionally excepted our
gallant Navy, the heroes of Waterloo, or, in short, any
who have passed through, what BUONAPARTE called,
"le bapame de feu."

'The recent 'publication of Captain MAITLAND'S
Journal of the occurrences on board the Bellerophon,
While BUoNApARTE was in that ship, seems to have
Partly revived the curiosity of some persons to learn
every thing done or said by that person ; -at least it
appears to have inspired a laudable desire in the news-
Papers to* furnish that information, and the example
will Probably, as heretofore, be industriously followed
by Reviews. and Magazines. After the very extraor-.
diNiry part acted by the gentleman in. question, it is
not matter for surprize that there should be sot*. relish
for anecdotes concerning him ; hut we cannot much
approve the eagerness we 'have witnessed to give, and
to receive, his sayings upon all linds of subjects. We
will not quarrel with those whO greedily devour any
sort of literary food set before them, whatever preten-
sions it may have to truth or correctness, provided
it be entertaining ; but we pity any one who reads the
sayings of IIuoIiAPARTE as accurate representations.
Of his thoughts,. or more especially
.0 containing, on
his part, earlc om. of statement or soundness of judg-
ment ; and we much condemn their parts who give
quotations from those sayings, as any direction for the
public mind in regard to the character, facts, or other
subjects alluded to. What, in reality, and without
Prejudice or exaggeration, was the character of Buo-
NApA LITE himself ? As a General, it would be absurd
to question his claim to be included amongst the Mili-
tary Commanders of the very first rank; if he were
inferior to some in the prudence which guards against
defeat' or p
be possessed
resources against its consequences,
Posessed those qualities for obtaining victory, and
for carrying its results to the uttermost, which, as no
loan has every specks of even one kind of talent in
perfection, must be held as a- full compensation
fer a deficiency in the other respect. Taking
him away from the direction of his armies, he
showed in all matters, public or private, the shrewdness
of a man generally clever—always cunning—often
shallow—too positive—too undoubting, for a wise
tam. So much fur his abilities. Of his moral quali-
lien, we need s'y but little : lie was not so profligate as
llEr.moAnALus ; he was'not so sanguinary as
RONEspIERRE; he was capable, now and then, by
Way of freak, vanity, or . mere caprice, to do some
actions which tell well ; but which will always be found
to have been of a nature to cost him no. sacrifice. Of
making any real sacrifice, indeed, he does not seem
tc', have been capable ; and above all, throughout his
''Hole career, he certainly never made any to the cause
Of truth. For truth, he was most innocent of having
Shy, the smallest regard : nay, he appears, from long
habit, to have become one of those men, who,
however incredible it seems, are absolutely more ready,
without any deliberation, to speak falsely, than to
speak truly. He talked very fist, as the Widow
Belmar says of her maid, and besides his lies, de-
Signed or habitual, he very often talked great nonsense.
Is this the man, whose sayings are to be industriously
recorded and anxiously enquired after ? Is this the
nom whose reported opinions of men or things are to
be our guides? Is this the man, concerning whom it
Matters at all, to know what he said (what he
thought, none could ever know), of the General by
whom he was vanquished, of the nation by which he
Was, with cost, toil, and danger, perseveringly opposed,
and finally overthrown ; .or of any other one subject
whatever ? Yet have hundreds, perhaps thousands,
'eagerly sought for those sayings in works, of which
we own that we grudge the consequent profits ; and
these sayings will, perhaps, be deemed the most valua-
ble parts Of the publication, of a very different nature,
to-which we have above alluded, which we consider in
la other respects as• an addition to the documents for
• the history of the present age ; but of which we
decidedly hold the sayings of BUONAPARTE to be
the least valuable part. •

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Tile fallowing are extracts from the Buenos Ayres
1,4;1 received this morning :

'lustros AYR Z 4.
(PrOttl die life, aero Argentino.)
Via. 7.—Dou Bernardino Itivellavia i; elected President of the
United Provitwee of Rio de la Pieta by the Cough's'', by a very
great majority, 85 members having voted
in his favour, and only
one for each of the other three mtndidates.
FEB. 14..:—This nintiber contains au extremely long account of
the reception of the President elect in the Hotel of the Govern-
tneut. The following is the oath taken by hint on this occasion:
" I. Bernardino Rivadavia swear by God our Lord, end by the
Holy Gospels, that I will faithfully, awl in conformity with the
'ewe, fill the office of President of the Republic of the United Pro-
vinces of Rio de la Plata, which is confided to me; that I will -ex-
ecute awl cause to be executed the Constitution, whieh shall be
Nanetioned by the Government of the Nation ; that I will protect
the Catholic Religion; that I will defend the integrity and intle-
Petulance of the nation."
The President has appointed the following Ministers, conform-
4hly to the law of the 6th inst.:---To Ministry of the interior,
?Da Julien, Segundo de Aguero. Foreign Affaires, Don Manuel,
P 4 Garcia. War and Marine, General Don Carlos, Alveur.
"lance, Don Salvador, Maria Carril.
A project of law has been laid before the Congress to declare
nueuot Ayres the capital of the Republic.
The latest accounts from Monte Video announce that the Itn-
ltri4l Hag 'will not long remain flying there. The discontent of
le inhabitants, and the fears'Of this 0000 that garrison it increase
rapidly ; General Lecor intended goon to return to Rio de Janeiro
jtt the Empress frigate ,of 44 guns, and it is affirmed that the
tr:!-rel appointed to succeed is destitute of- the talents requisite
street the operations for the defence of that place. We have
information respecting the state of Brazil, which
"r't, firres an opinion that the war is carried on by the Sovereign
7 -"iiry to the general opinion of the people, who well know their
wen interest.

FEBIWA }IN 17.
Forbes, Charge d'Affaires from the United States of
Ameriw, bus published iu a very luminous note against the