The Sun.
London, England, 1820-12-19 00:00:00

BU ENOS AYRES.

(porn to Ha nipshirt Tai gric9kl
PORTSMOUTH, 'DEC. 16.—The following ex-
tract:fronr a. letter (with which we have been
favoured), presents 'an interesting view of .the
state- of Iluenos-Ayrean affairs, as they were up
to the• Ist of September last
" BLTUNcw. AIRES, SEPT. 1, 1820.

" On•en otendower, ('apt., the llon. IL, C. Sr ENCF
the temporary tlag-slop at Buenos ,-kyres trout Ja•
hoary 1361 io the present datel,she is soon to be relieved by
of Hie stfutllrr vessels tot the station, and Hilt proceed
forthwith to Monte Video and Maldoriado to tent, prepard-
:ory to a trip to. St. Helena with money, after, which she will
return to-t Rio Plattoo re-vict and proceed rotted Cape
Horn. ahoot DeceMber or January,. to relieve the' A 1,40-
Inaclic", Capt. Sheriff, at. Valparaiso. This Ilitenos MreS is a
t,tiant;e place ;—aoot the otatowrs of the county: people, the
vevititius and inconsistent chaoges of the
_Go-vernmecit, anti

he.apparent ,apathy a 941 enee to the great cause
which they have • continued in so long—theiCeumacipation
fromahe yoke of Spain, make tiwitc appear contemptible in
'lse eyes of all who have lo.skt:it upon sheen hit hest I with any
sentiment of. liberality and commiseration. What the alte-
ration will he, after all the struggles fair power which we have
witnessed during the. last eight months, no one tknows.
lice Limoges of Got. (gators and of Ouvernments have in
that time amounted to a number past all belief, acid
s..arcely one csit. the many changes has produced a leader
Cebu has been solely actuated- by 'zealous and real pa-
lriutii Whoever - lets
_obtained the scat of Di-
itector
_has been sure to fill his • cekets,—the Revenue,
which is the only source of heir present Ways and _Means,
Las always been the first object ,of the new Goveroor to
thin to his -own advantage and that of his mends. Track
has been almost at a stand, and the Commercial negociations
of the interior have, been occasonally suspended for months.
industry lots been pa rallied by the people being constantly
rated to-work themselves as militina• corps; and it is feared
neither the peasant or mechanic will be able to return again i 0
his .work ; with the same feelings as before. Here, you see de-
votionwishout religion; an affectation of high minded prin-
ciples without a sense of honour ; patriotism reduced to lieen-
tioosness; anal independence to lawless robbery ; theTrovince
of Buenos continuing a land.fertile and rich, capable of being
cultivated to the aeons of advantage, where industry has
only to show itself in the very infancy, and it will be richly
rewarded, where the wiginal mantic-re of the people are con-
stantly good, their habits quiet, and a system of regularity
winds is rarely to lie met with ; ftiosi is particularly
cheap, compared with other civilized countries, and Where the
productions oft he globe may be obtained at prices scarcely
exceeding What you pay in the different metropolitan cities of
Europe; and, where the people by a general voice relieved
.theniselves from the greatest -oppression possible; yet, this
eel:). Province, alter having preserved itself free for ten year's,
during which time, it is worthy of remark, it has never, hid a
foreign enemy to contend with ; this Province has been for
eight or ten years a prey to the wildest and most tut butent
COMIC/CI that could be evinced by ,man.
" Since..fantiaiy, 1842 Q, the city of Buenos Ayres has three
times suffered tinder all the horrors of a siege by their bro-
thers, the country laid waste, villages sacked, murder and
robbery in the noon day ; and for what ? merely to -support
the intibitious vit ws and pusillanimous conduct of six or eight
people, who distrust each other, acid alti. ksep tip a talc table
;ipiccarcincc ctoy by command of money, acid from the igno-
rance of the lower class of people.
" The... Federal Army of Santa Fs.,, assisted by the discon-
tented under the command of Don Carlos Lek, and some
Chilians under Don. Jos, Mrjuel Cassese, made war against
the. Government of Buenos Ayres, acid approached so near
the town as to interrusa the daily communication between
the city and its subjects; each sheet was guarded with can-
min ; the tops of hintses taken possession of 14 the military;
houses and stores shut up ; the churches appropriated to the
reception of winmat and children; every body obliged to sleep
with piStols and sWords by the bed-side, In short, we seal cely
recollect to have witnessed such real misery and distress. These
scenes are more lamentable, when, in the midst of them, you
see the leaders of the Government. cutting each other's throats
for power and command; the M ein be rs oftbeSenate,renowiied
for apathy and want of talent ; their Generals wantiug not
only common prudence but common courage, and neither
F circler our subordination atnong the troops (this picture
is not overcharged), until alusut July last, when a Colonel
Dorrego was appointed Acting Governor and to coma-mad the
Army. He succeeded a General Soler, (a poltroon), acid
has succeeded its making the Federal army nett eat, beat them
in sonic. skirmishes, scan in a great number of prisoners, and
eventually pursued the enemy to within
.16 leagues of Santa
'Fe, and apparently going on well, putting quite a new feature
Upon things. What think yon is likely to he the reward of
this said gallant Colonel, who has retrieved, income measure,
the honour of the Buenos A yrian arms, beaten the enemy. raised
the seige, restored to commerce a portion of its securities? Why,
at this very moment, during his absence, a party is making
in the very essence of the Government, to place another Offi-
cer over Dorrego, in rank and power ! You will scarcely be•
lieve it,' perhaps, when 1 say` I have witnessed the very soldier's
selling their arms and accoutrements during the siege, and at
the very moment when, by an order of Government, every one
had been called upOn to furnislfone male servant and one horse
for the use of tile Slate. I say att his very monamt I have had
ainissitecoutrements and horses offeled'ule fur sale, at a price
that Would hardly afford the vender a day's.food.—A conunis
_situ). has been nominated to try the Offieers, 44 in number,
who have heeti sent in as prisoners (most, of them inhabitants
of this town), and, this very commission is afraid to act—
afraid to do its duty. A gale of width came on on the 19th
tilt. from 'the S. W. add lasted three days; 45 vessels, fiord
or less, were destroyed and injured, fifty-six lives lost, the
Whole coast covered with wrecks ; several English ships
lost, anonigst them the ship' Hercules: brigs Trafalgar, Argo,
Rover, 2Schilles, Ann, Dispatch—a lutist distressing and rain-
one Sight. 'flue River Plate rose fourteen feet higher titan
liSnal, the mole washed away, several bodies washed aWay,
and the laud fur miles itsondated."

The following is an.F.xtract,of.a.Letter from
Barbadoes, dated Sept. 13,- 1820:---" We were
last week roused by thearrival.Of the Rev. Mr.
WiLsoN with an account of a revolt in a company
of the 2d West India Regiment, that had as a
temporary measure been sent friam Trinidad to
Tobago, and industrious reports soon magnified
it to an insurrection of the Negroes, and an at-
tempt .to- burn the town; however. there really
were grounds sufficient •to induce Sir F. 11013 IN-.
sON to embark immediately with two companies
of the Fusileers. Whilst am writing, the Lady
Combermere (army vessel) has come in from To-
bago ; she lfas brought up' the 'two companies of
the 4th Foot.from, that Island to convalesce. ~As
might" be imagined, all issquiet at Tobago; the
company of the 3d Wegt. India 'Regiment .has
been sent .back Trinidad after due examples
being made of the instigators of the disturbance,
.
I do not .believe that any .capital punishments'
have been found necessary."

•
A snake was killed on the turnpike-road, on
Thursday last, in the Parish of Peyhembary, in
Devonshire, which measured four feet in, ength,
a circumstance never known Wore at this season
of the year.