Alexandria gazette & advertiser. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1822-1824, 1824-06-12
LATE ANpiMPoRrANT FROM PERU.

LATE AND IMPORTANT FROM PERU.
BALrIaoaE, May l0.-The schooner
Express, Captain Cbaytor, arrived here
yesterday moraisg in the very short pas
sage of eleven days from Jamaica to the
Cspes. By this arrival the editors OF the
American have received from their cores
poudents of tue Commercial Reading
Rooms al Kingston, Jamaica, the Public
Advertiser. Kingston Chronicle, Snd ia
ma,ca Couran, To the 26tb ult inclusive,
t,om which is extracted The following news
OF The tail of Callao into the hands ot tue
Ruyallsts. The news was brought 10 ia
mai. a by the cutter GrecIan from Cartba-
gena and Santa Martha; and in addition 10
the intelligence contained in the papers,
we learn tna, a despatch was received at
Jamaica from the British Consul al Colour
bia mentioning that Lima had actually
been taken, az well as Caiiao, by 'he roy,
alists. The Royaist force was computed
, at a5out 5000 men, being 20UO more than
The force OF the Patriots Another engage
.ment was shortly expected TO take place,
and fears svsfe entertained oil The defeat oil
thu Patriots, Troops Were collecting a,
long the coast at Carthagena, &c TO send
b. 80, u Pasana TO the South as last as
The British frigate Pyramus sailed from
Jamaica three days before the Express,
with MONEY tor New York, to touch at
Havana ,
The cutter Grecian brought upwards OF
loo. 600 10 Jamaica, from the Spanish
Main.
Extracts of Letters.
The Peruvian Republic has sustained
= loss M CsiIaa, by the machihations' BE
Sn,,;.a prisoners, Who were confined I'D
the principal castle. They succeeded III
seduciDg part o, The garrison, WHO "ele
Porugese, to revolt, with promise OF
beng sent 70 the River Plate. where they
( b. inuged; the consequence was mat Inc
Spsnisa dag was boisled on the 9th INST;
Fortunately, by the vaior and activity, oil
AdlnIrs; Gaes, The vessels 10 the baroor
wee enabled to escape, although tre'
meudous FIRE was opened on them from the
batteries OF the castle
PANAMA, April ~s7--G.neral Bolivar
wa. a; IIuxiilo-bis advanced guard al
Paiiy;lca: he has under bis command 5000
Colnrob,ans and 1000 Peruvisns. The
rey,men, of Tacidoris 1000 stroDg) SAIL
60 from This port on the 25tb, for Guaya-
nn,i: thew were accompanied by spare
transpor,s. in order to take 10 1000 men
that were at Guayaqull. and would pro-
ceei iGm. diately afterwards Tor iruxiiIo'
SANTA MARTHA, May ss-Csllso has
asa,n ,ai,en INTO the hands OF the opaaiards
through treachery Troops are sending
off from all parts for Peru, and | tear The
affairs of the Patriots do not appear TO
NM. Feb. "a, lS24.-The fortress Of
f,.Ilao was then under Peruvian colors,
b,t On the 9th the Spanish Gag was hoisted
and Casa Riego, Spaniarj, who held
the rank OF Captain in the Kings army,
and had been imprisoned by the Patriots,
snnsared as Cove rnor, and Mayano seem>
cd 10 be only second Gen. Rodil, from
P;sco with about 1000 men, is expected
At CalIao about the 26th. The Peruvian
Admiral Guise, 10 The frigate Protector
formerly Prusva) arrived on the 18th and
= blocksding the barber There is no
longer any President OF the Peruvian he
public, or any Congress; the lauef Trans,
ferred all power 10 Bolivar as Dictator;
he (Bolivar) accepted the Office, and ap,.
pointed Gen Nicocbea to De GoVenor oil
Lima: there is not iorce sufficient 10 de-
iend 1.-THE regular soldiers, civlcos. &c
amount TO about loo; some goods were
.binped op.the seventh but on the 9th
d;s,nn,,nued; an arrangement was suose-
onsnily made with Casa Riego, to ship
English property, pay ing duties amounts.
inc In lb3 Der cent, in consequence Ship
n;ng goods commenced on toe lib, but
Was prohibited, on the 18Th, and has con
timed so in consequence OF the appear
,ner of the Peruvian trigaie Piolector'.
General Rodil stated, in conversation win
An E,uglishman at Pisco, that The British
property would be respected. We do not
exUsct confscatiop as threatened by tie
neral Canterac last July, but heavy duty
of about 35 per cent. In THIS disagreed
bic state oiaffsirs all business is az a stand
Extract of another letter from Lima, OF
, latest date.
Al present there il little or no business
doing here, on account OF the Poliicai
stale Of the country, which appears 10 be
drawing near a crisis, but oil what nature
il is impossible to say fhe opaniards,
owing TO their late successes are every
day increasing their forces; one DIVISION oil
their army is now not more than 100 mile.
from this city, and there is no doubt but
that they mean to pay Lima another visit
Gen, Bolivar is now in the province OIL rug
lilo. about 90 miles from this, with from
5000 to 1000 men, but he is much in want
of money, and this government IS not a.
bic 10 assist him A deputaiion was DIS
patched three weeks since to the Spanish
Camp by this Government, with proposals
for arranging matters amicably, but II has
returned. aud, we are informed, without
success We are now in state OF alarm,
oecasioaed by about 600 OF the Buenos Ay-
res troops, who were doing duty 10 the