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vernment, with the supreme authority vested in his own
person. We find no other notices besides this of the
Royalist army, and no advices could cf course be ob-
tained from Lima through the district which they occu-
pied. The intelligence from Lima and Lower Peru at
Buenos Ayres was all obtained by way of Chile. and
dues not come down to a later date than the departure
of the United States' ship Pranklin from Callan. We
learn therefore few facts not previously known It is
stated that the Montoneros, or light native cavalry,
attached to the army of Bolivar, were so numerous and
active is the neighbourhood of Lima, that the Spaniards
were unable to convey provisions for the use of the
garrison of Callao, without employing an escort of two
or three squadrons of cavalry.
The port of Callao continued. as before stated, to be
blockaded by the Peruvian fleet, under the command
of Admiral Guise. At Valparaiso, great exertions were
used to equip La Isabel, formerly the O'Higgins fri-
gate,.of 4.5 guns, and to dispatch her to reinforce the
Peruvian squadron before Callao. With this addition,
'1 was hoped that a capture might be effected of the
',vanish sl ys of war the Asia, shottly expected to st-
rive in those seas, but of which, although an anxious
look-out bad been kept, no tidings could be obtained.
Due gratitude is expressed to his Catholic and Apos-
tolic Majesty, for sending so fine and useful a s. ip there,
to augment the strength of the Patriot -quadron. The
Chilian Government was also raising trooos, and equip-
ping transports, for au expedition in aid of the Colom-
bians in Peru. Besides the captute of the Quintanilla
privateer, there had been taken by the brigantine Coo-
grew,. on board of which was General Miller, the
Spanish armed ship Vijia, fitted out at Choice, and in
which were found 150,000 dollars in specie. General
Freyre had not arrived at Santiago, but was daily ex-
pected there when the post left for &limos Ayres. A
Senor Pinto, who held the Government of •Coquimbo.
had been appointed Chief Secretary 1.1 State, bus hod
expressed an unwillingness to accept of that office,
General Benevente. had left the capital, to persuade
him to take the charge upon hies, and. to succeed him
in the Government of Coquimbo.
The Government at Buenos Ayres was employed in
organising and increasing the force to be stationed at
Salta for the protection of the frontier, in the event of
any successes being obtained by the Royalist forces in
Peru. The measure was not. however, considered ne-
cessary, but rather an excess of precaution on a point
that involved the security of the Provinces. Well-in.
formed merchants in Buenos Ayres felt persuaded that
the Spanish cause was lost in Peru from the period
when the dissensions took place among the Commanders
of the Royalist army. The only danger, and that ap-
pears to be far from a formidable one, with which
Buenos Ayres •
was threatened, was an incursion of the
Indians. TwO persons who had been carded off by the
natives, but escaped after a captivity of some weeks,
and arrived on the frontiers of the province on the 10th
of July, made depositions before a Magistrate, or Judge
of the First Instance, that during their detention they
had overheard the Indian in whose custody they were,
discusng a plan for a general invasion ..f the province
,of Buenos Ayres, to be made within " three moons" by
the horde to which he belonged. They were able, how-
ever, to give no information of the numbers of these
savages, nor of their state of preparation tor such an en.
terprise. The Government thought it eight, neverthe-
less, on the credit of these depositions, to take all possi-
ble measures of precaution.
The Government Securities and Bank Stock at Buenos
Ayres, had undergone very extensive fluctuations, but
continued to maintain very nearly the high value to
which they had risen on intelligence that the negotia-
tion for a loan in England had been almost brought to
a conclusion. The extreme point to which these secu-
rities had risen was 95 for the 6 per cent. stock, and
2,700 for the Bank actions of 1,000 dollars each ; the
first subsequently fell to 87, and the last t 0,1,950, but
at the period of the packet's sailing had recovered about
3 per cent. of that depression. The great question which
has been so long pending in this part of South Ame-
rica, as. to the place where the General Congress was to
assemble, and which was to form, therefore, the centre
of the Federation, has been decided, according to the
private letters, in favour of Buenos Ayres. The repre-
sentatives of the province of Buenos Ayres, in order to
encourage the navigation by steam-vessels of the Rio
de la Plata' had passed a• decree exempting that class
of vessels front port duties for ten yeats, from the Ist
of January, 1825.

EXTRACT 01 A :ITTER FROM VALPARAISO, MAT 14..
,4 His Majesty's ship Cambridge, 82 guns, reached
the harbour of this port on the 3d of this month. after
a very fine passage of only thirty-five days floor Monte
Video. This large ship proves to be an excellent sailer,
and a good sea-boat. She will, probably, be at Callao
by the Ist of June.

The late accounts from Lima, by his Majesty's

brig Fly, Captain Martin, report' that General linliii
was moving to Truzillo southward, to meet General
Canterac with an army of 12,000. men, full ~t cote&
dente, and depending on a support of 6,000 m le, all
or mostly Colombians. The force with Canterac is not
estimated so high, but that officer is considered to be
the better tactician. Some rencontre decisive of the in-
fluence and party to prevail ,tor a time in Peru, is ex-
pected in the present or ensuing month. •
" The names of Bolivar, Miller, Canterac, Valdez,
Olaneta, and Rodille, will now be heard of, and make
for a time some figure in the story of• Peru. The
Royalists told the Independents (or Corstitutii.nalists)
have each some differences of opinion, and of personal
interests or rivalries.
" General Rodille, the Commandant or Governor of
Lima under Olaneta,- the Viceroy appointed by the
King of Spain, has recently expressed to the British mer-
chants at'Callao his dispositimi to cultivate an inter-
course with Great Britain, and to protect her traders, '
and favour their•commerce. He cannot do better for!
the comfort, interests, and advAnta4e of the country`' •
which will receive from them much more in value an4l
utility than they can return.
' " The King's Speech to the two Hansel of Farlita
meat was received here yesterday, and read with treat'
interest and much satisfaction by all the British iubj
,herep and with little less by most of the fottligliere au