The Statesman.
London, England, 1823-12-09 00:00:00

PERU.

The Oievoto Herald of Friday last mentions the arrival
of a new dad in the Clyde, on the preceding Wednesday,
sir. the Atahnalpa, a Peruvian vessel, which had sailed
direct (rola Callao, having left that port August RI She
came in ballast, but had on hoard a Mr. Paris Robertson,
who was landed from the Atahnalpa on the Skerries island
near Holyhead, and from thence proceeded directly to
London. This Gentlemen, it issaid, has brought with him
foil powers to complete his arrangements for the Peruvian
Loan. The folioning are extracts of private letters re-
caved by the Athaoaipa :-
4. Urn, AUGUST:! —Affairs here still continue to wear
a bettt.r prospect, and every day increases the confidence
of the people.
" The oil Spaniards, or rather the Spanish army, now
begin to feel the ha i off. sag of their visit to Lima. Gan•
terse bits beets obligeJ to divide his army loth three diri•
tient, and send them by different roads, in order to retreat
with celerity; bar, by the last accounts irons Pisco, we
learn that they are all at a stand, and not likely to get on
rinlekly far want of cattle, &c. and principally on account
ordt constant state of embarrassment they are kept in by
the Patriot Montomsroe. There are at present ;visaed, of
9000 Patriot troops in the Interosedios, in possession of
that rich part of the conntry which the Spaniards left an
foolishly; and here and in Truant° there are ;towards of
2000; so that, as to numbers, the Patriots considerably
'tweed the Royalig„ who have only 64100; and as their
reitonrces are much greater, and they have almost every
advantage over them, there is but little doubt of the war
being broaght very soon to a conclusion."
Retract of a letter from a gentleman is Callak to his
friend in Irvine, dated July 35, 1823, ria Panama and
jamaira:—" I suppose you tootthave heard ere this that
the Itnyalitts have made a descent noon Lima. I thit,ie,
however, that this will be the first intelligence of their
itaving evacuated it after having remained in the city Live
er six weeks. During their stay they behaved like gen- I
tiepin. Ail British property was so far respected that
there was only a duty of 15 per rent. levied on it. From
the inhabitants there was a demand made of 30000'
diollars, together with soma woollen cloth and some !leen
forthe soldiers. The greater part of the demand was
complied with, and every attempt to plunder was punished
seterely.

• EXECUTION OF Ott. CASTAING.
Pats, Dec. Castaing was executed to-day at
tno o'clock, in the Place de Breve. A prodigious crowd
had assembled to witness the exeention. The prisoner was
imposed at five o'clock this morning irons the Bicetre to the
Conciergerie, the prison of the Palace of Jnstice. About .
italf past one. he was brought otte to be transported to the
place ofexecution, befeartne Hotel de Tulle. He seemed
extremely dejected, his mental resolution appeared over-
power/4, and his bodily strength entirely prostrate, appa.
ready unable to spport himself, He leaned his head on
the shoulder of the Priest who accompanied him to admi•
ulster the consolations of religion. Though the whole of
the immense area of the Place de Greve was filled with
spectators, and the interest of the public in the demeanour
of .the unhappy man was excited to the highest 'degree of'
intensiv, no accident happened, and no other feeling but
that of curiosity was manifested. Castaing protested his
innocence to the last, diodes with less vehemence than on
the delivery of his sentence. •The faculty speak in very
harsh and utimeasorable terms of Dr. Penman, who
neither described with care and sccnracy, what he himself
observed on opening the body of Ballet, nor gave anent
the noses of foiming an opinion themselves, by bringing
to Pads the intestines of the deceased. The physicians
join the test of the world in ascribing Ballet's death to sub-
Menem administered by Castaing, but they regret that cri-
Nisei jostles could not, owing to the negligeoco or igno•
ranee of Pellatan, obtain more satisfactory proofs of the
crime. Beyond his own confessions, contradictions, and
admissiooh there was confessedly no ground to convict
Castsiog's father has resigned his place under the
Ooverneneet. -His brother bad previously given up his
=lesion at Captain in the Huard.. So this man's crimes
reined as well se disgraced his whole
Mr. Blacemore, the aciLMFetiancer. who exhibited at
Mr. Uoyd'e Circus, Cheltenham, was killed a few weeks
ago, by falling from the tope.