The Statesman.
London, England, 1823-12-25 00:00:00

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110110.101t1 we mentioned yesterday as havirlig arrived
etwailllsOis Ayres respectiog Peru, are of the highest
wailers... The Royalist army. it appears, under (letters!
170-woe, which retreated from Lima io the latter port of
jor. Nei encountered is its retreat, In the begiontag of
stptember, by the Colombian forces commanded by (general
gore, when an action issued. which ended in the Ustal &-
kat of the Royalists. Cantarar, it is said, was takes
• r, sad Valdes, his second in command, was killed.
A atesd affair bad taken place at La Paz, a lard Sad
wog lowa in the interior of Peru, oteupied by a divides
d be Royalist troops, but who had been driven from that
by a detachment of use Peruvian troops commandfoll
&mead Santa Urns. The fugitives from La As. as
MU as the. remnant of the army of Cantarac, had retired
oleo Potosi. - This intelligence was brought to Boum
Ay by a special courier from Sella, who reported titet
is the whole of his route from Potosi he did n6l fall is
oitb a single Royalist soldier. The positions and force
of the Independent troops ere represented to be extremely
favourable for following up the victory gained over Can.
wsc, and completing the deliverance of Peru. Bolivar had
Wied from Onayaquil on the 21st of August, with 3,000
soaps, and the same number were collected at Arica.
These two divisions were to rendezvous at Arequipa, a
begs town to the southward of Lima, when Bolivar, who
ea. to take the chief command, would be at the bead of
12,000 men; O'Higgins, the late Supreme Director of the
Chilies Government, was to have a comm :al un ler
'kiwis. He sailed from Valparaiv fur that purpose
early is September. en board his Britannic Majesty's
brig Shelly. defiers' Freire was elected the snrcessor of
O'Higgins in the office of Supreme Director of Chile.
at,orgiag to advice. from Monte Video, received by way
of Buenos Ayres. a Brazilian squadron. consisting of one
frigate. one corvette, two brigs, and three schooners, had
arrival off the former place fee the purpose of blockading
i'. Genets' Le. or, the Brazilian commander, bad, io con-
seirtace, moved to the town with his troops, and a
smut/effort was about to be made for the expalsion of the
Pettstsele.
Is fur extracts from the French Journals in another
edema of this day's paper, it will have been observed
dose is a boast that the men of war San Pablo. San lilac,
sail three corvettes, are arming in the port of Cadiz—
dist the expedition is destined for the Picific,—and that
with this maritime succour, the " Viceroyalty" of
Pent will soon find itself in a condition to destroy the
revolutionary army of Chile, as well es the forces from
Terra Firma (Colorubi..), which now desolate that
beautiful region. The army of Cantarec, how-
ever appears beyond the reach of succour ; and that
there is s . possibility now for Spain to retrieve her affairs
What part of the world, the following authentic d etinent
will druid convincing proof, by exposing the weakness of
the military force which remains under her banners. 1 his
document is an official Return made to tit. Viceroy. La
Sans. of the whole amount of force pessessed by Spain in
Upper Pere, and of its distrihrrion to the different geed.
was. This Return was called for. and peril. ulerly the
games and description of the Oftiers who commanded,
whether Spaoiarde or Americans. in order that the Viceroy
might know precisely shot troops he had anderbis ord-rs,
and what reliance could Le placed upon their Officers. The
decooseut itself was itrercepted by Santa Cruff, one of the
Patriot G ls, who. in August tilt, wet marching spew
thediffetent garrisons here named, with a well equipped
force of 4000 men :
STATEMENT OF THE FORCES IN UPPER PERU,
At.ougr I, lad&
Infantry. Cavalry.
Pcso• •. • . lOU Commander Alvarez, a native
of Europe.
• norm, an Americus.
Lis Pas.", ISO Amtriean, emormandnd by a
Captain.
Ditto 7o—Ditto.
Oat ao .. •
of Ferdinand VIII meomand-

ed by Cobos.
Cocnanannalloll Europeans belongiog to I►e
same Corps. •nd eoursanded
by Debaser:an Asserieno.
SISTA Cava 500 Of Ibe Ist Battalion of Ferdi-
nand VII. commanded by
Brigadier Agiluenk an Arne-

tat QCIIIACA 100 Of the dd Battalion of Ve
nand VII. Captain and OM.
errs Americans.
•Bltte 2OO —Americans.
Privet
Americans.
Ditto !Ole 40 —Recruiting.
Veeps de. 600 ItiO Distributed betiveen Bt. Jago
Reams $ de Calagaytallupins, taints
y lioi s. the Ist and dd
Commandants Europeans, the
others Asterieduas
TOTAL.

Wintry +.. i • 11.000
Artiliery (four Brigades) e4oo 130
o 4llO
tinalry ss
WOOMMMIP

Her readers will easily see, upon exatnining the above
refers, that, in none of the orisons there mentioned, was
there a sufficient force to resist the intended operations of
Mists Cruz, and we may, consequently, expect thst our
ant 'driers will bring the intelligence of their succes-
sive reduction. Oamsrra, another patriot Comnsand►r,
was also marching upon Areqnips, with a force of 3000
men: asid these forces, (of Santa Gros and oamarr4.)
were entirely independent of the Lima army. With• re-
'peel to Lower Peru, the whole of that province must now
he free from the presence of any Sp4ntsh troops. And
as to t►e coast, the whole coast of Peru, from Africa, In
S, to Pura, in 4. S., is also in the possession of the
Pashas.
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Their Royal Highnesses the Dukes of York and the-
Nae 4 left town yesterday on a visit to the Kiss at
Brighton.

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The Tax Collectors are. it appears, so angmenting the
rate Outs House Tax, in various parts of the country. as
Is nullify the proposed intention of Ministers in removing'
des half of the Window Tax. The cause of this conduct
is the Tax Collectors is the same through all districts.
The Collectors of the House and Wiudow Tax have no
salary, but are paid by • p, r centage of sixpence in the
pentad, upon the amonn tot their collection. Upon the
reessval of half the Window Tax they thus lost about one
third el their annual income. They naturally desire, there•
fete, to supply this deficiency from other means. It is
must that, if they can increase the estimated vales of
homes in the same proportion by which the Window Tax
has been reduced. their per tentage urn this augmented
emissive would necessarily supply what they have lost by
the former reduction. It is upon this principle that they
I e aew paoceeding.—(Morning paper.)
We have received a number of complaints on the subject
sf the unusual deluge of surcharges, under the Assessed
Taxes, which has been poured on the whole district of the
Pottery Towne, and the extraordinary increase which has
• bees put os the House Tax. It would appear, from an
meows of cams in the Potteries. that the present charges
es window and houses exceed the old tax presents,
aetwitbstandieg the remispioo of fifty. per cent. en the
forger tax, is additiou to the said tax being taken off shop.
*1 Ids's. A great portion of the public hero. well, in feel.
lseen by the change. We take the liberty to submit
that this could sever be the intention of 0 meat, via.
elateptire by a Rack Rate, that whiCh was reui•ted with a
view to reduce the Revenue to seduce the demands of the
State, sad for the relief of the people.—(Pottery Gazette)