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A strong rumour prevailed in the City, in the early
pact of the day, that Bo LIVA R had suffered a severe de•
feat; and shortly afterwards, we received a copy of a
letter from Panama, via Boston and New York, which
we subjoin, without even attaching any credit to it;
particularly as New York Papers of as late a date as the
letter are not only silent as to the rumoured defeat
of BOLIVAR, but make him actually victoriouc.—
According to the Panama letter a great battle took
place between BOLIVAR and CANTERAC, near Truzillo,
.oa the 17th September. The forces said to be engaged,
are quite at variance with all preceding statements of
their relative amount: Bouvaa's army, hitherto cal-
culated at 13,000, is said to have only amounted to 6,000;
and CA NTICRAC,WhO,Ne were assured, previous to his de-
feat inAugust,had not more than 8,000, is made to bring
12,000 troops against the Liberator ; ssho is still so in-
judicious as to risk a battle. A whole battalion of the
Colombian army is represented as having gone over to
the enemy in the midst of the engagement; and BOLI-
VA no we are told, maintained his sang fi oid, notwith-
standing this unlucky circumstance, his having three
horses shot under him, and being twice wounded.
The writer of the Panama letter, which is somewhat
like the memorable Guayaquil letter, with which some
of our contemporaries were honed a few months ago.
afraid. lest he should throw the friends of South Ameri-
can ineependence in utter despair, tells us that the de.
fratis not so set ions as was supposed, and yet he makes
BOLIVAR retreat to Guayaquil, followed by the Spanish
General, who not only drives the promised liberator of
Peru from the country, but carries the war into the Re-
public of Colombia !
It will be seen that the letter wl.ich incloses the Pa-

name article is dated New York, December 21. ; now,
by the packet-ship Panthea, Captain HATHAWAY,
which arrived at Liverpool on Tuesday,we have received
New Yot k Papers to the 25th ult. They contain, as
usual, accounts of successes over the Royalists in Peru ;
but they are so loosely given, that little cr no depend-
ance-can be placed in them. It is, however, very un-
likely that Mr. BALL, of New York, whoever he may
be, should be exclusively in possession of news so im-
;whim as the defeat of BOLIVAR, and yet the New
York Editors be entirely ignorant of it. We now sub-
join the letter, and extracts from the Papers.
NEW YORK, DECEMBER 24.
We have just received the following from Boston :
" PANAbIA. OCTOBER 20.
"No doubt you have heard ere this of the dreadful

battle which has been fought between the Spaniards
acid the Colombian atm, near Truxillo, on the 17th of

last month ; but I am happy to inform you, that the
xestfit has not been near so disastrous to the Colon)•
i.bians as was at first represented. The schooner Liber-
i
tadora, arrived yesterday from Guaochaco; by which
we have received further dispatches:
" It appears that the action was most sanguinary.—
Both Bolivar and Camerae commanded in person, and
the Colombians would have no doubt gained the day,
but for the treachery of one of their battalions, which,
is the hottest of the action, shamefully passed over to
the enemy. The space thus left open was taken advan-
tage of by the Spanish cavalry, who immediately
charged, and made a dreadful havoc amongst the Co-
lombians; Bolivar, in an instant, rallied them, and made
good his retreat, keeping the enemy constantly in check.
Never before had the Liberator displayed more firm-
ness and heroism, nor did he ever expose himself
so much. He had three hor;ei killed under him, and
was wounded by two balls, without losing his song
froid. He had only with him six thousand men ; and
if the late reinforcements had joined him in time, the
victory would have been his. The Spaniards had
double the force, and were superior in cavalry ; they
say that Canterac is severely wounded; his loss must
have been tremendous,. for Bolivar had the command
of the heights, from whence he pouted a destructive
tire of artillery on the Spaniards, as they advanced.
—By the last accounts, Bolivar had gone to Guaya-
quil to organize his reinforiemeriTs. Canterac has en-
tered Colombia, but his victory ill be of little profit
to him, as the Colombians are everywhere in possession
of the passes, and he cannot make u e of his cavalry
in the mountains, as some of the troops lately sent
from here arrive, Bolivar will be able to take the field
again,and no doubt give a good account of the Spaniards.
I am grieved to say, both Generals Cadorva and Mi.ler
are dead—they fell gloriously in the cause of Libel ty :
here, we entertain no apprehensions.
It will be seen, says the Editor of the Boston Sentinel,
by the above, that Bolivar had retreated to Guayaquil,
about 300 miles North of Truxillo, and that the Spa-
nish army had entered Colombia. Yours, I'.

It appears extraordinary that Bolivat's force in the
battle should not have exceeded 6000, as all our former
accounts estimated it, at the lowest, at 12,000, and none
made the Spanish army more than 8000 strong. The
General Miller mentioned, was a very gallant English
Officer, who had recently joined the Columbian Army.