The Statesman.
London, England, 1821-11-17 00:00:00

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SURRENDER OF LIMA.

The important news we communicated yesterday of
the surrendekof Lima, was brought from Buenos
' Ayres, is lettMaind papers to the Sib of September.
• 'Cu tigdesstatad46 tletailss`eb.join%d„itia,proper to ob.-
••••0„...1 serrMiliae after Ibe arinisthe; oftweitchi iee.jiad been
apprized, bad beigh.concleded for the purpose of ne-
N.„, •gociatlng a treaty thivkisis f thyiVependence
of Per *he Aritsetsialk_of Nostilitire 4ii been ex-
-6 a per' ion of 'eiglitiran aloe lot -.lanerder to
obtb4p time for deputies to proceed to Spit to obtain
the rallfisktion of iodependence. The blockade, how-
ever, appears to have continued with vigour; and the
supplies being cut off by the activity of Lord Cochrane
by sea, and the vigilance of San Martin by land, the
,provisions of the town became nearly exhausted, and
the majority of the inhabitants came to the resolu-
tion of girl's' the General the prompt and uncon-
.ditional admittance within theii walls. This appears
.to be the meaning of the General's taking the place by
;force of arms. Thus another vast empire is separated
.froth Spain, and without the ceremony of waiting for
its concurrence ; for it cannot be supposed that after
the surrender of Lima, which lays the whole of Peru
at the feet of the Patriots, the task of adjusting the in-
dependence of the latter will be transferred to the
Inotlter country, instead of being settled on the spot.—
The following are the details to which we have re-
ferred :
Evtract of a letter from Buenos Ayres, dated Sept. 4 :
—" We received the very interesting news of the fall of
Lima, on the 2d instant; and I inclose the Gasette,
which contains the only particulars we are acquainted
with, but of the truth of it-there is not the least doubt.
Many persons here are already preparing to depart tot
/hat quarter. We are now all Idler, and shall remain
so, ,I think, for some time. The present Government
gives general satisfaction, and are makin?• reforms daily.
Bides are hardly to be met with at any rate, althongh
we have expected they would decline in price."
The following is an extract from the Gazette referred
to in the above letter :
" Although our Government have not yet received
the official despatches of the entrance of San Mar-
tin into the capital of Peru, they can with confidence
announce it from the tenor of the following letter from
a respectahlr English resident in Santiago, to his cor-
respondent in this city :
" Santiago, August 13, 1821, one p. m.
" 3fy dear Friend—We have lust received the glori-
ous news of the fall of Lima ; the Montezuma having
arrived in port with the official information that Gen. I
San Martin took the place by force of arms. Give to I
the bearer of this 150 dollars, should he be the first to
bring you this intelligence."
" BUENOS AIRES, SEPT. 2.—1 have hardly time to ac-
quaint you with the glorious newsofthe capture of Liana
liv Gen,tral San Martin.
• ."I'he official accounts are not yet arrived, in conse-
quence of a heavy fall of snow iu the Andes just after
the express had passed.
"The capture of Lima by force of arms being an-
nounced, may create some alarm to parties interested in
that city : it ought, however, to be observed, that Linia
not a fortress likely to be taken by ; but that
it is much more protiable that the obstinacy of the Spa-
nish authorities forced General, San Martin to approach
Lima, when a last attempt would be made by the
troops remaioing ander the banners of the Viceroy. to
repel the Chilian army : this 'leaving failed, the fatter
would march into the city without resistance and with-
out a previous capitulation. It is, however, to be hoped,
that strict discipline was observed, as the great mass of
the population of Lima would receive the Chilians as
friends and liberators; and as it always has been the oh-
jeer of the Government of Chili, and of General San
-1%11 srtin, to preserve Lima from a violent transition to in-
dependence, and front the commotions attendant on a
temporary suspension of law and police in a town in
which the lower classes are dreaded by the wealthy."
" BUENOS AYRES, SEPT. 4.—On the 21 instant we
received the important intelligence of the capture of
Lima by the forces of General San Martin, by a letter
from Santiago de Chili, dated 13th August; and although
the details have not yet arrived, still no doubt is enter-
tained of the fact from the previous well-known distressed
state they were in from want of provisions,the divisions
that existed, and from San Martin having refused to pro-
long the armistice. The official details are hourly ex-
pected."
" SANTIAGO De Cum, Tutor conseguenee of
the arrival of the English frigate commanded b'y Capt.
Srencer, at Valparaiso, we learn by an extraordinary
courier, who arrived here on the 15th at seven at night,
the sellowiug news, which is confirmed by. the papers
pnblisheil at Lima, and by p • irate letters, viz.—That by
virtue of the Armistice con luded by the Viceroy La-
verne and General San Ma, tin, prolonged for nine days
more, the former proposes to the latter that all the
towns which are now in the power of the army of Chili
shall remain under the command of General San Mar-
tin ; that Lima shall continue in its present situation
without any change in its Government; that both par-
ties shall name their respective deputies, who shall pro-
ceed to Spain to obtain the ratification ofindependence,
for which purpose there shall be an amnesty for the
spare of 18 months. reckoning from the date of its con-
elusion; the fortress of Callao, of which San Martin's
forces have obtained possession, remaining a pledge
until the return of the said deputies ; trade aad commu-
nication to be in the mean time free. That San Martin
who did not agree to these propositions, demanded the
surrender of the capital, upon which being done, he
would allow a free communication, and wait for the de-
terasination of the deputies who were to go to Spain;
that during the time of the negociations, San Martin
bad permitted the necessary provisions to ester Lima;
that his troops were advancing from some points which
they occupied upon the capital with the design of be-
sieging It more closely."
Wotenans !—Mr. Barth, of Strasburgh, has pub-
lished his discovery of a barometer, which is to an-
nounce every change of the weather thirty hours be-
fore it happens. and to give notice of thunder storms
twelve hours before they occur. We should nut won-
der if an instrument was next annoinced which would
indicate phenomena that never appear.
One of the first experimental chemists of the present
day asceibes the great increase of sudden deaths in this
ceentry, to the noxious ingredients employed in the
manufacture of many of the articles of life. The nu-
merene cosvictions in particular, that have taken place
ea amain of the use of deleterious drugs in beer.
render it highly necessary, that beads of families should
tr. and against the mil eossequams attending the ue
of as alawboiesense beverage. We are assured that
the Air. Table Ale. and Table-beer, brewed by Mr.
Chapman. et the liagaigge Wells Brewery. is from
gmeiae malt aed hops. sat water may. The mar
raiment he hes esperieurd eaSeleatly formes the
servierity of his ankles, sad we have as desk will
to hiss that eltellsint patronage he has hi-
deservedly eajoyed.—Ali knees mast he

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