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London, England, 1818-09-11 00:00:00

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SOUTH AMERICAN IiATRIOTS.

IfTIACT Of Lail'lll !ROM WINOS ATILI4 DAM
MAT rim 19nr.
I take the liberty of inclosing he a circumstantial
relation of the victory of Maipo, in which the last
royal expedition froml.ima was totally.annihilated,
of which you have undoUbtedly long ago got the news
in London. lam sorry to say, thatusiiit much
the
conduct of the French Officers is not liked. and
that the Chief of General San Martin's Staff, the
well-known General Brayer, was dividend from hie
employment a shoit time before as last victory. I
should have ascribed this to a prevailing envy against
foreigners is general, were it not spoken in the highest
terms of the British Officers who assisted inthe battle,.
amongst which, a oung artillery *Seer, Mr. Miller,'
and the General's • amp, Major O'Brien, are
particularly mentioned. The conduct of this brave
Irishman, who bad served six campaigns in Arne-
rim, reflects hamar upon his native country. Inds
pendent of taking k colour from the enemy in.the
heat of the battle, and of making prisoners several
officers .of high rank; amongst them the Lieutenant-
Colonel of dukbravel regiment of Burgos, he found,
when pursuing tlis. ferny, a postmanteau laziFt
can o
the ground. ttintrig 400 ounces of gold
dollars.) Poor hirhe erlils, having lost every of
his baggage iodic defeMotTalca, llyye !nought instandr
this portmanteau to his beloved General (however
might be coo:Wood his own property as spoils of war.)
The General offered goo co the spot to take as much
money as he wanted for limsel& but O'Brien con.'
standy refused, saying,,,that ,as loog as he knew the'
country to be in on, urgent necessity*. money he,
would not touch a farthing ef it. The last war in
Germany offered, as far as I know, no-instances of
the same kind.
The Spaniards ate at present in possession of nol
other place in the north of Chili than the fort of Tal-
cahuano, which is immediately to be besieged. But
to the south of the province of Ariuco they still keep
.Valdivia and the Islald of CU& The blockade of
Vafparaiso is 'raised, and the Patriotic man of war,
,E 1 Lamar* (formerly the British East Indiaman the
,Windham), armed and equipped in that harbour,
gave the &ace to the blockading Spanish frigate, la
Esaieralde, and the brig of w..: Ptzuela, that ac-
her-

*llll-ULCT 01 A LATTA* DAT= ANGOSTUAA, LAT•

Tilt slid OV J.USIL

General Bolivar arrived herely near three weeks
ar, end is likely to remain here for some time. I
hare had many interviews with him, and like him
much. Re is frank. affable, well-bred, and tolerably
well informed, bat by no means, in my opinion, pns-i
sasses those transcenfent abilities which many give
him credit far. lit is disinterested, devoted to the
after of independence, and is represented by all to be
punctiliously honourable; but either as a Statesman
of a Geiser:l. I ant moth mistaken if his talents are
not of a very mediocre Glass. Forttumtely for him-
self and for his country. his opponents are still infe-
rior; and I am firmly persuaded that 2,000 British
would clear the country, and subdue Royalists and
Patriots united.

“ I do most conscientiously believe that the Patriot
Government intends to net honourably towards us,
sad that every thing will be eventually paid, but
their means and resources have been grossly erar
gerated and over-rated, whether wilfully or igno.
rantlY I know not; foe, the fact is, that the executive
have comparatively nothing at their immediate corn.
wand, and however honest and honourable their in-
'ten.ians may be, it is quite clear that where funds do
not exist, they cannot be had. Many of the British
officers in this country art highly dissatisfied, and no
wonder: they were assured that each, on arriving,
should receive 200 dollars for his passage-money,
but in no one instance has that assurance been ful-
filled. Many of them, therefore, are without a far-
thing, even to par their washing, for ne pay has yet
been issued. There are rations of beef, but nothing
except beef, beef; beef; and every animal eats beef
in this country, even the little birds. The deceit
practised on our countrymen, whether wilful or other-
wise, cannot but injure the cause of American eman-
cipation in a most material degree, and Bolivar feels
it exceedingly. He has repeatedly expressed him•
self to me in the strongest terms on the subject, and
it was quite evident he felt what he said. It would
really appear that no attention has 'been paid to the
situation of affairs here ; perhaps fees on military
cneamissions were exacted as well as on commercial
speculations; on the latter subject the Government
has received a broad hint. Since the commencement
of the rainy season, fevers, diarrheas, and other dis-
orders, have become frequent, and in several in-
stances fatal. One of the English surgeons was called
in to seven fresh cases this morning,
” When Bolivar arrived here, his wardrobe was
reduced to a most miserable state. Not a stitch but
what was on his back, having lost all his baggage ,1
when so disgracefully surprised by Lopez. Every
one lives here in a miserable way--eternal carne,'
earne—no vegetables, though in so rich a country.
The leading people are ashamed to ask one to dine,
for they have no furniture for the table, and nothing
to offer to eat or drink, but came and horribly bad
spirits; and, therefore, altheugh i*imate and on ex?
cellent terms with them air, all hospitalities are
bounded to a segar sad .a glass of water. There is
no amusement earthly, end, of course, no books, as
few can read in this pug of the world; the heat or
rain which now falls in lesonceivable torrents, con-
fines one almost entirely to the house. Aar English
newspaper would posiuxely be a lusury beyond idea.
Many is the time and oft it would be md from the

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EXTRACT Of A isrrul 'pox Tajzimep, .71/14 16,
" By the best inform*. 'As I have been able to pro.
eve since my arrival hail, the Patriots are voting on
In a very uncertain Way, and seen destitute of these
funds and, resources wlich ark really requisite for
carrying on the contest; they have been partially
successful, but at presser want arms, men, ammuni-
tion, and money. Bolivar has been appointed to the
cd'U administration of affairs, and has been succeeded
by Paez, a man of tried courage and some abilities,
bat of no education. They wish to hold what they
bite, but the native Spaniards are not to be depend.
e 4 on. The followers of the army are three times
'store numerous than those actually Sghting, a cir-
cumstance that may give you some idea of their pa
triotismb and plunder seems their chief object. P.