The Sun.
London, England, 1827-09-21 00:00:00

SOUTH AMERICA.

EXTRACT OF A LETTER., DAUM CARTHAGENA, JULY 26.
The storm that commenced in Lima has at length
subsided :" but it has left traces of its ravages, and
the terror it excited still exists in the breast of every
'over of his country. '
Two of the guilty Colombian battalions have al-
ready arrived-.--tbe -one at Panama, the other here;
these two battalions, 'the Vencedores and Apure,
irho were from 800 to 900 strong when General
Bolivar left Lima, are now reduced, the one to 150,

the other tQ 137 men. Such must ever be the con-
sequences of insubordination. The rifles, and the
regiment of Caraccas, with the hussars, by placing
themselves under the orders of General Flores, and
arresting Bustamente and the forty officers, his ac-
complices, as soon as they were aware of the trai-
torous designs meditated by these leaders, have in
part obliterated the memory of their crime.. Ge-
neral Flores, at the head of these battalions and
his own forces, has entered Guayaquil, from whence
Bustamente and twenty officers, bregking their
engagements, have escaped to Peru, to carry with
them, however, nothing but increased consternation
into the councils and camp of the Peruvians, by
whom General Lamar has been elected President,

through the intrigues of the Canon of Arequipa,
Luna Pizarro, an ambitious, clever, intriguing fanatic,
who formerly governed the Congress of Peru, till
obliged by Santa Cruz to name Riva Aguero Pre-
iident. He then lost his power, and became the
implacable enemy of Santa Cruz. Vidaurro, who
is deposed, is a lunatic, and only dangerous when
the people are seized with a momentary fit of insa-
nity, as was the case in January last.
General Sucre has marched his army to Puno, a
province of Peru, to demand satisfaction for Peru's
invasion of Colombia, by sending there Bustamento,
with the object of annexing Quito, Guayaquil, and
Cuenga to Peru; and before tha expiration of a I
year there is no doubt the Liberator will see the
anarchists expelled from the territory they seek to
usurp and despoil of liberty, though 2,000 leagues
intervene between the walls of Carthagena and the
summits of Potosi.

The battalion of grenadiers, and two squadrons
of cavalry, in all 1,400 men, have already marched

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tinder the orders of General. Salem, to unite them-
' selves to General Urdaneta in Cucuta, who has
already 3,000 collected, when they will proceed up
the Magdalena to Ocana. The Liberator and staff
leave this for the same destination in three or four
days. As to General Bolivar, he rises in adversity,
and when every thing appears to be lost, he then
displays most energy ; though the mutiny of Peru
has wounded him, like the ingratitude of Lear's
daughters.
The Senate has passed a law convening the Na-
tional Convention, and it was expected the Repre-
sentatives would do the same. The Senate had,
moreover, unanimously refused to grant General San-
tander the full powers for which he had asked, in
consequence of the representations of the officers of
this garrison (Carthagena) to General Bolivar,
against the authors and accomplices of the Peruvian
mutiny. When the mail of the I4th of July left
Bogota, the. Proclamation of the Liberator, dated
Caraccas, in which he resumed the Presidentship,
had not arrived there.

The following proclamation was issued the day
preceding General Bolivar's departure from Cartha-
gena, where he had been received with enthusiasm
by all classes :

" PROCLAMATION.--JULY 27.

" Carthagenians,—The reception you have given
me has filled my heart with joy. Your kindness
has overflowed in proofs of the purest attachment to
I did not expect so much, because you owed
me nothing, while, on the contrary, I owe every
thing to pct. If Caraccas gave me life, you have
given me glory. With you the liberty of Colombia
commenced. The valour of Carthagena and Mom-
poz opened for me the gates of Venezuela in the
year 12. These motives of gratitude were set-
cent to authorize my professing a most just predilec-
tion for you. But now you have been pleased to add
new ties to my grateful friendship. At this epoch
of falsehood and crime your fidelity have served as a
bulwark against traitors, who threaten to cover Co-
lombia with ignominy. Your brave city has saved
the country. You are her liberators. Colombia
will one day address you—Salve Car\thagcna re-
dc-ntord.

BOLIVAR."

Ws have moreover seen a letter from General
Bolivar, dated Carthagena, the 25th of July, which
leaves no doubt of his intention to direct the affairs
Of Colombia through her present difficulties. He
writes—
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" My resignation, personally I must grieve to say,
has not been accepted, and I am obliged to continue
at the head of the Administration of the Republic,
in the most difficult moments of its career. But if
any thing could animate me, it was these very diffi-
culties, and the confidence with which the people
have favoured me. These, indeed, have been the
principal stimulants, and I eannot be so ungrateful as
to abandon my country in these circumstances. For
this object I am come to this city, and am about to
proceed to Bogota, where I hope to arrive very
speedily. Placed at the head of the Government, I
trust I shall effect some good.
(Signed)

" BOLIVAR."

A KNOWING ONE FOILED.—On Thursday
week last, a tall, gentlemanly-looking man, visited Wigan,
and }Lindley, and the neighbourhood. He appeared to he
about forty, and was well-dressed. He professed to be en-
gaged in several businesses, but eatried no goods with him.
About noon on the above day he called at the house of a
respectable tradesman in Hindley, who was from home,
and offered to the lady of the house some French brandy at
158. per gallon, which he had in large stone bottles. Ile
was very importunate to sell, but she would not bay. He
called again, however, towards night, with a large wooden
cork, through which a small hole had been perforated.—
" Taste and try, Madam, before you buy," and out runs, in
the real cogniac itself ; but the
a delicious, purling stream,
good lady, suspecting that "all was not right within,"
would have the) cask drawn, and sent a man for a gimlet,
to remove this barrier between her and—not bliss, but the
brandy. The agitation of the brandy merchant now be-
came manifest. He abruptly took his leave, saying that
" he would call again to-morrow," when the husband was
at home. The cork was extracted, and it was then disco-
vered that a small tin can, that would contain about a
noggin of brandy, was fastened to it. It is almost need-
less to say that the other part of the bottle was filled with
water. The tall, gentlemanly-looking man "has never
more been seen !"..-Blackburn

LONDON,
FRIDAY EVENING, SEPTEMBER 21, 1817.

We received‘this afternoon, by express, the
Gazette de France dated Thursday. On the
26th of August Constantinople was tranquil,
but nothing further was known of the disposi.
tion of the SULTAN. The news from Spain,
becomes daily more important—the rebels carry
every thing before them :
(From the Gazette de Prance, Thursday, Sept. 20.)
ODESSA, AUG. St.

We have news from Constantinople, .of the 26th instant,
although the Ministers of the three Allied Powers have
notified to the Porte the treaty of. the 6th July, and it is
known to all Mussulmen, that the term of the Ultimatum
expires on the 31st August, the peace of the capital has
not been disturbed. No one knows the resolution of the
Sultan, but it is presumed, he will adhere to his declaration
of the 9th June. The Ambassadors of the three Allied
Powers have conferences every day, and it is thought that
they will avert as much as is in their power a rupture.

VIENNA, sErr. 10

The Austrian Observer contains two long letters,
but of very little interest, on the troubles which took
place at Napoli di Romania in the beginning of July.
The Governor of Griva was obliged to lire the artillery of
Fort Palamide against the quarter of the town occupied by
the seditious. Admiral Codrington offered his assistance
to the Greeks who wished to retire from this scene of
disorder.

13ARCP:LONA, SEPT. 9.

The rebels continue their excursions without any
obstacle, and levy contributions on the towns and villages.
Our place is to-day a Babylon, and the rebels occupy all
the mountains, the camp of Taragona, and all the coast of
the Levant. Orders have arrived at Barcelona for the
troops to march against the rebels.
The Universal Gazelle states, that the Emperor of
Russia appeared on a sudden, on the 27th of August, in
the Senate. This is the first time since the death of the
Emperor Paul, that this body has enjoyed this honour.
FRENCH RENTES.—Five per Cents. 1011. 40c.; three
per Cents. 71f. 90e.

The.town of Toka, of Russia, in Asia, celebrated for its
mines of copper, has been nearly destroyed by an earthquake.

By his Majesty's packet brig Magnet, a Lis-
bon mail has been brought to Falmouth, by
which we have received Lisbon Gazelles to the
Bth September. They contain an official order
from the War Department, for the trial by a
Court Martial, of our gallant countryman, Lieu-
tenant-General THOMAS WM. STUBBS, late
Governor of Oporto, for having caused to be
presented to Tier Royal Highness the PRINCESS
REGENT, a repre,entation to induce Her Royal
Highness to replace Major-General SAL-
DANHA in the office of Minister of War. It
must be admitted, that any act which can be
considered as an interference on the part of an
Officer holding high military rank and command,
with the nomination of Ministers by his Sovereign
Prince, is a breach of duty and propriety, which
ought not to be admitted to pees unpunished in
any State which possesses the force of a Go-
vernment. How far the act which General
STUBBS was guilty of; amounted to such inter-
ference with• the prerogative of Her Royal High-
ness, remains to be proved ; and at all events it
appears to us, that taking into consideration his
character and services, the removal of this Offi-
cer from his command might have been consi-
dered a sufficient atonement for his offence, with-
out subjecting him to the disgrace and probable
punishment of a Court Martial. The party,
against whose acts General STUBBS had ven-
tured to remonstrate are, however, in power,. and
their desire to punish him probably does not arise
from a wish to uphold military discipline, or the
just prerogatives of their SOVEREIGN, so much as
for the sake of gratifying party feelings against an •
opponent, who with the honest feelings of an
Englishman, and the frankness of a soldier, in-
cautiously overstepped the bounds of duty in
zeal for a country which he has gallantly and
meritoriously served. The following are extracts
from the Gazettes:—

(OFFICIAL.)
WAR DEPARTMENT, Alla. 81.

Lieut.-General Thomas William Stubbs having caused
to be presented to her Serene Highness the Infanta Regent
a representation that her Highness might replace in the
office of Minister of War Major-General JAN Carlos de
Saldanah Oliveira e Daun, whom her Highness has dis-
missed, making use of the right which the Charter gives
i haevr,inign
aArritg.
h7t4t,osiecn s,tteiorifiere in a matter of so mut., import-
ance, no person in authority whatever
h
because to her Highness alone belongs the norni..
nation of her Ministers; and the interference in this
point being the more criminal when committed by
officers of the army, who, by all the laws and regnlations
concerning them, are bound to a blind and prompt obe-
dience,te miliCsttaornydittlo'ial Charterliine'ad(in addi-
tion
tn pttheecediu basisg lia),,lv all
b)
determined in the first part of Article 115, that the mili-
tary force is essentially obedient ; her Highness order,,
in the name of the King, the said Lieutenant-General to
be tried by a Court Martial, the letter which he wrote to
this Department of War, and the representation above-
mentioned, are to serve as the corpus delicti. Her High-
ness has named Members of the Court Martial,

RESIDENT.
Lieut. General Agostino Luiz da Fonoect.
Mimnaas.
Lieutenant Generals Ignacio Xavier,
Palmeirirn,
Joao Manoel da
Antonio Hyppolito Costa,
Luis de Rego Barreto,
Visconde de Beire.

AUDITOR.
Francisco Luiz da Silva.
(Signed.) Conde DA PONTE.
LISBON,asSEPT. 4.—The Wellesley, of 74 guns, Capt.
Maitland, and the Warspite, of 74 guns, Captain Ritilard
f have arrived in this pot t to-day, in three days from
Portsmouth.
SEPT. 7..-.. The Gazette contains in the official part, a
Rescript from the Princess Regent to the Minister of WWI
d