By the William Thompson, ...
The Times, 1824-11-08T00:00:00

By the Wfilliam Tlsonpson, arrived at Liverpool from New York, papers to the 16th alt. ware reeeived yesterday. We subjoin such extracts as appear worthy of attention, It ouglht not to escape n9- tlice,that the fabricators of false intelligence respecting South Ameri- ca, probably after ha-ing exhausted the credit of the Madrid Ga- zette, have obtained the assistance of some of the New York jour- nalistb. Our concluding extract from the Mercantik Advertiser has all the appearance of being from the same manufactory as those by which the public ha-re been so frequently deluded :_ " NEW YORK, OCT. 13. Colonel Ihns;, Aide-de-camp to General Paez, whoge arrival with Commodore Danielsat A iladelphia we mentioned a few days ago, has furnished information, that when he was at Porto Bello on the 30th of August last, o$7cial accounts were received at Panama from Upper Peru, confirming the previous accounts, that General Bolivar had marched from Truxillo to attack the Royalists; and adding, that on hearing of the approach of the Liberator, the Spanish General Canterac, who was then at Pssco, retreated to the strong entrenchments of Jauja, in Upper Peru,- where he fortified himself; but General Bolirar, after, having blockaded Callao, and left in Lima the battalion of Zulia, two squadrons of cavalry, and the guerillas of the country, pursued Canterac, and forced him from his entrenchmnents. Canterac again retreated precipitately into the interior, leaving some prisoners, who declared that he had no more than 6,000 men, whileBelivar's army consisted of 14,000, of which 10,000 were Colombians, with which force Bolivar was pursuing him. The prisoncrs were sent to Guayaquil, and fresm thence to Panama in the corvette Santander, wlhieh arrived at Panama on the 9th of August; and they were, at the time of Col. Lima's departurc, confined inthe Castle of Chagres.Among them were 4 SpanishColonels ard a number of subaltern officers of various ranks. Thus are the accouents of the triumphs of the Patriots in Peru, and of the discom- fiture of the Royalists, substantially confirmed. The Bosrtn Adver- tiserof Mondaystaias, "That the Spanish Consul, Mr. Chacon, has received intelligence of the arrival ef the Spanish squadron at Callao, and of some successes of the royal arms."-Whatever these pre- tended succemses may be, it is apprehended that they can have no influence on the movements of Bolivar, or retard it the least his victorious career. It is likely that the intelligence said to be re- ceived by the Spanish Consul may rest on no better authority than the statement which has recently appeared in some of our papers, that Lima,whiCh was some months ago re-ocetpied by the Patrioms, had never been out of the possession of the Royalists. " OCTOBER 14. The following extract of a letter received in Baltimore, from an oilicer in the expelition under Commedore Daniels, with auxiliary troops for Peru, ic published in thie Baltismlore Federal Gazette EXTRACT OlT A LETTER, DATED LITSON BAY, SEPT. 5. " When we sailed from Porto CaveUo it was pretty generally un- derstood that we were to debark at Chagres, but Commodore Da- niels, who comtnands the squadron. had of course his secret in- structions, atd on the 3d inst. we ibund ourselves off this Bay, which is about ten miles eastward of Chagres. It is, I believe, very little, if at all, known to mariners ; and before we could venture to enter, it became necessary to round and survey the whole of the bay. Th is arduouis service the Commodore with his accustomed activity had performed in two days, under his personal direction, in open boats, though it rained incessantly the whole of the timc. The fleet then entered, having found it to be a fine bay,with good shel- ter and safe anchorage for a large fleet. The surrounding. country is wbolly destitnte of inhabitants, the entire sstrface of the land clothed witli a forest of cocoa-trees, so thick and interwoven as to be consi- dered impenetrable, and indeedl ever foand to be so, till the genius of Bolivar penetrated this barrier of nature. Though battling in Peru, his fine nmilitary eye is every where; and within three months he bas had a road cut for nine miles through this forest, broad enough for four men to march abreast, and which will bring us in a march of iS miles to Panama. This tn itself is a little revolution, or ra- |ther a great revolutionary improvement in the communication be- tween the tvwo seas. We anchoredl within half a mile of the shore, commenced debartation atone o'clock, and here again the activity sind judicious arrangements of our Commodore were such, that by evening we were all, about three thousand five hundred effective rmien, on -land. Wfe encamped for the night and mnarclted for Panama in the morning. WVe ate under the com- rmand of an excellcnt officer, Colonel Mlanega, who has the first bat- talion of Venezuela, and second in command a no less able officer, Lieutenant-Colonel BroSkle Your,g, who has the'second Ve,ezuela battalion 900 strong, and both as fine troops as ever stepped. Boli- var wrote for all the British officers, and we have several. He patti- cularly desired that Liutenant-Colonel Young should be sent to him, and as Young obtained the unusual perrmission of selecting the subaltern office.s, you may suppose he has corps not easily to be dis- comnfited. Besides, we all start, officeres and men, wIth six months' pay in advanco, and three suits of clothes. If the Liberator should net havo cut up the Spaniards before we arrive, we shall enable him to settle the affair in gosd style. The fleet will sail to-morrow. We are the more desirous to furnisit asple details of what ap- pears authentic intelligence from South America, that we are in- formed by our correspondent at ILiverpool, uador date of tle 16th ult., that Ithe arrivals of the New York packets have within the last two months become events of considerable interest to the political world. Expresseg are not unfrequently sent off to London with the papers brought by them, for the guidance of the speculators in the Mexican and South American Securitie.. So that your press has the means of promoting or checking speculations in this species of stock.' We have alsospeculators here, who make it their business to disguise and misreXesent South American news. But although they have some- times succeeded in their object, and creatad doubts as to the final triumph ofthe Patriot, vre never entertained the least suspicion that they would fail in aesetting their Independence; and every day's arrival shows that our anticipations were correct. (From the IAfercanttile Advertser.) Our last Jamaica papers contain the following statement, fur. nished by gentlemen arrived there, who passed Panama and Chagreo about the Ist of September. "IGeneral Bolivar, by the last advices received at Panama, Nwas occupying the departments of GItayalr,s artd Truxillo. The forces under his command, at these places nod the vicinity, were 8,000 Co. lombian soldiers and 4,000 Peruvians. The Republic of Chile had sent 3,600 men,to be under the comniand oF the late Presidett Riva. gutro; but so soon as the Government was informed that he had been superseded by Bolivar, they ordered the troops to return forthwith. "'The provinces of Buenos Ayseaemtaing pxe ton for a war. The Spanii annDy eon4sltsoV kpYwardg df O0,0` mit iiahd notwiitbatandl,ng thi genera nloen of the Peruvians is hodr the country, its destruction will be dlic ult and ,sasRtrdcos, as ite pro. vinces of La Plata ard, C;hle heve absolutely reftasel to send any suceours toBolivar, and the Peruvians hate the natlie of Colombia, more than that of the deptc Perdinand VIL Th- governments of Peru, Chile, and Buenos Ayres imagine, that after Bolivar be6o6e theb irstman in the veido, by hies tyranny, he will endeavour to imitate the example of Iturbide; and conquer ant assume the title of $irig of the above prdvinces. " The contluet of hifit vho astyles himself Libettor Co la has manifested itself in too dcar a manner to be doubted by the anarchy which he has fomented between the President Rivaguero and Torre Tagle, and by forcibly establishing himself as Dictator. Bolivar has demanded more troops from Colombia, stating, that, in Peru he can only depend upon his bayonets and he pre. tends to conquer Peru, and even Colombia, by the force of his arms. * In theprovince of SantaredeBogota,twoColonels and a Lieut.. Colonel have been shot, for stating that the Constitution of Colombia prohibited their making ariy conquest, atd that Bolivar intonded no less,and that it was for that purpose he would wish to raise a nume. rous army in Peru; that they were sacrificed at the shrine of Hi. berty, but that they neither could nor would assist in a war which was contrary to the Constitution they had swvorn to serve; that it was only ~p satisfy the ambition of Bolivar; and. that the troops he had with him were suflcient to cerve as auxiliaries in Peru; that the 3,S00 men who were under thie com4nq4 of General Sant Mar- tin (the only force that could bedrawn from Chile) would be sufficien t to give 15berty to all Peru, allowing that even the Spanish army was more powerful than pt rijrUy is; because in the capital of Lima alone were 8,00.9 soldiers hardened and habituated to war. 'That the Republic of Peru was in favour of theSpaaishOovern. ment; that there existrd an army of Peruvians, and a maritime force, in aU the i1dependent departments, whence they may draw at least 15,000 mon. 'In Buenos Ayres a-id Chile they arerecruitingfor forces to op. pose Colombia; this Republic being regarded by all the others as a common enomy. No news has as yet been obtained as to the men of-war, Asia and Achileo, having arrived at Cnllao."'