Star.
London, England, 1828-10-02 00:00:00

The following article is extracted from a Supplement
to the (Jacek .de Colom6i4 of the 4th July, and is sup-
posed to be the official exposition by that Government
of the pounds on which war has been determined on
against Peru:
41 Ti ke documents we publish ought to raise indigna-
tion in the breasts of all those who have any regard for
our national honour, exposing, as they Jo, the conduct
pursued by Peru in return for what that country has
gained through our services. Happily for mankind,
history does nor, to the ;resent moment, furnish in-
lances of a conduct equal to that of Peru. It would
be superfluous to recapitulate the sacrifices we have
made, and the privations to which we have exposed
ourselves, in order to enable our neighbours to ob-
I raid possessiokof
,their tights. They are written in
the finest pages ichich record the contest we have
been 'staged in during eighteen years, and it would
be difficult to meet with,acts of a more perfect dir
interestedness than those-which were signalized dup.
ing odr persevering efforts in Peru and Bolivia
What has been the reture_ mode to such exertions?
That the world as well as; posterity may appreciate and
hold in all the execration,whi4esuch acts canuit tail to
excite in geoerous minds, we shall rapidly enumerate
the series of grievances with which Peru has sought to
provoke us, •and to hasten g rupture with a country
towards which, with singular perfidy, it continues to
profess fraternally sentiments of friends!iip and alliance.
By disseminating corruption, it seeks to demoralize an
army which till now have passed as models of virtue
and subordination. Not content with subverting disci-
pline, it arms our soldiers against their native country ;
and by means of intrigues and seductions, it induces
.certain individuals, who have proved unnatural chit.
dien of their country, and who, relying on perfidious
promises, have sought to detach from us our mai.
dional 'provinces. So far have been divulgedlifie
projects which occasioned the treason of the thirddiii.
sion, and so conclusive has been the evidence as to its
alio, that we think we may be permitted to dispense
with the task of adducing proofs for what no one doubts.
This attempt was followed by the expulsion of our di
plomatic agent.' We have authority to state that there
leas not the slightest cause forthis insult offered to the
Republic, and that neither the smallest fact or most tri-
vial document could be produced in justification of so
'Manifest a violation of national rights. Not having
:Imitated to trample on the laws acknowledged by ci-
vilised nations for the better regulation of their reci-
procal relations, it has been found still less inconvenient
to infringe the stipulations contracted between Peru and
Colombia, for the mote especial observance of their
friendly union and the defence of their independence.
Iry virtue thereof, Colombia dispensed with all kinds of
precautions, and the only returns it has yet exacted has
been in requesting that the Peruvians, who, according
to explicit stipulations, wete to replace the vacancies
caused in our ranks by the enemy in the course of the
war, should be received in exchange for the Colom-
bians, who had assisted in the recovery of Peru, and
who made loud "complaints against the disloyal con-
duct of the Peruvian Government, and the unwilling.
ness of,the competent Authorities at Lima to pay them
their arrears.

40 We will not speak of the insults offered to several
of our Officers, who, sent on important missions to Peru,
were exposed to all kinds of outrages and vexations.
" Continuing the system of machinations against our
peace and prosperity, in the enjoyment of which Co.
lombian interests were so deeply affected, our very sol-
diers in Bolivia were raised against us. No one can doubt
the part taken in that business by the Government of Li-
ma, after the proposal submitted to the Peruvian Con
greys by Mr. Mariategui, to declare war against Bolivia ;
a proposal which was not then acquiesced in, because it
was submitted that the mutiny in question had been
merely among a few soldiers, and was insuntly quelled.
Nevertheless, what was not deemed convenient to be
done at that time, was reserved for execution at a more
favourable opportunity. Nu sooner was General Ga-
mma made acquainted with the insurrection of the
18th of April, than with protestations of the most dis-
interested intentions towards the people of Bolivia, he
introduced himself, at the head of bis troops, into the
heart of that Republic. Another corps was at the same
time, raised in the southern departments of Peru, under
the orders of General Lamar. The navy received orders