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their pay, and the Officers, it is said, appropriated to
themselves the monies intended for the privates. This
regiment wa, marched into Cailao to garrison the place,
and on the 3d of February the men and non•cornmis-
sioned officers rose en waste, secured their Officers, and
the Governor of the Castle, and thus got complce pos-
session of the fort. The mutineers were headed by a
serjeant of their own corps, and their first demand of
the Government of Lima was for 100,000 dollars in
money, and vessels to convey them to Buenos Apes.
This was refused; a negotiation was attempted, but
failed; and the insurgents having liberated about tea
Spanish Officers, a Colonel Casa•Riego took the com-
mand, and the Spanish flag was hoisted at the forts on
the llth of February. All vessels were prohibited from
leaving the post, and one or two that escaped during
the night, were fired at incessantly until without reach
of the batteries. In the meantime British foods were
allowed to be embarked from Caiao, on paytng a small
slaty to Casa-Riego, though considerable pillage took
place, and British ves-els remained under the protection
of his Majesty's ship Fly in the harbour. The Royalist
General Rodil being at Yea, no great distance from
Lima, Casa Riego sent him a dispatch, informing him
of what had taken place.
" From Lima, Bolivar was also made acquainted with
it ; but the probable occupation of Lima by the Royalists
was not considered of sufficient moment by him to in-
duce him to alter the plan of his campaign, and be
therefore declined going down to the capital. On the
other hand, Rodil having been joined by General Monet,
with 2,000 men from Jauga, .he marched on Callao
and Lima, and took possession of both on the 27th of
February, and our accounts left on the following day.
Previously to this, Admiral Guise, of the Patriot frigate
La Prueba, who was blockading. Callao, made a gallant
attack on the Venganza and another vessel of war in
the port, and in the hands of the insurgents, and he
succeeded in entirely destroying both. expected
to meet with a friendly reception from the Spanish
Chiefs, and had no idea they would in any way molest
the British residents or their property. General Can-
terac was expected at Lima.
" From Chili they wrote me, 30th of March, thus:—
This event is not considered as likely to operate much
in favour of the Royalist cause ultimately, for, to re-
tain possession of the castles, they must weaken their
main force; and the fate of the country will not be de-
cided by who has possession of Lima, but by a general en.
gagement. Many speculations are afloat as to when this
may take place, and sanguine expectations are entertained
is to the result, from the very respectable force Bolivar
has now at his disposal, and from his talents as a leader.
On the 21st or 22d of February, Congress was dissolved,
Torre Tagle deposed, and Bolivar named Dictator.—
Bolivar has been proclaimed Dictator; Torre Tagls
appears as if he meant to remain, notwithstanding the
approach of the Spaniards; at any rate his family moves
not. Bereedoaga, Secretary of Finance, is confined to
his bed to-day, and a good many of the Congress are
also remaining. This appears like a defection from the
cause. Captain Martin, of the Fly, in answer to a note
from Admiral Guise, intimating a blockade of the coast
of Peru, refuses to sanction the nominal blockade of any
port, as he can consider none in such a state which has
not a vessel of war at its entrance for that purpose • and
a dispatch from the Spanish General Rodil to the Com-
mander of the Spanish privateer on the coast, orders
him to respect all American and English merchant-
vessels, such being the will of the Viceroy, La Serna:

" Such are the details of our last advices from Lima,
and so far they are snore favourable to the Royalists
than to the Patriots. But on the other hand we have
late accounts overland from Upper Peru, which entirely
change the face of the Royalist affairs. The internal
divisions which formerly raged among the Patriots, now
appear to be in full play among their enemies. La
Serna, Canterac, and Valdez, the great Spanish leadei s,
are all staunch Constitutionalists. Olaneta, the Com-
mander of the Spanish forces in Potosi, and who has the
entire sway of Upper Peru, is a bigotted adherent of
Ferdinand the absolute. The three former deposed, of
their own authority, the late Viceroy Pezoelo, as a ser-
vile, and they have not the slightest reason to hope for
favour from the Government of Spain as now consti-
tuted. Olaneta, inferior in force to the Constitutional
Chiefs, acted with them till he received accounts of the
final discomfiture of the Constitutionalists in Spain, and
then, throwing off the mask, he proclaimed the King
and the Catholic religion, denounced the others as
rebels, accused them of having kept back the King
Commission nominating him to the Viceroyalty, and
promised to crush them altogethei, and restore the lac('
to Ferdinand. This bravado is contained in a Piocla-
mation issued by Olaneta, at Potosi, and republished
here; and private accounts state, that he is makirig ex-
ertions to oppose La Serna and Canter ac, in conse-
quence of which he had upwards of 3,000 men in arms,
averred,that Valdez, the Revolutionist, was at Oturo, pi e
paring to march against Olaneta, and that our next ac.
counts must bring us the detail of some general action.
_Though there is no doubt of the fact of this division
among the Spanish Commanders, it is to be observed,
that we canna entirely rely on the details which ne it-

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