The late arrivals of Sout...
The Times, 1824-07-07T00:00:00

The ]atb.aEivals of &utk American papers' arpe,alculated .to excite to,nsidera,blet in'tires,t' lot, ,only 'f,or 'the eitida'f io.' sition', o Peru, -.but. with regi7rd .toitbe.prospeetofi mdre in- 'tin'ate relAtions bet*een- Gre-ae)3rifin and' those of the provinces 'Winch :have: a!rieac. coisumimate their Mude- Ir[t would.be unfarir6 -uise froimiour readers, that, the recovery'o Callao by, the Spaninr'ds, drawin'afte it the :r,e, eC%Ptuiton of bu,insa, i.s' &i,serto&i'eviI to thie; nauonal?Fcause- 'of Pdht----The P-eruvImns.were-previouily b'4t lan,igud and siug gPi tibt3' t1irquarr'eI 'was 0upporje,moere,by b e eftlitug othrWeW Chilhin tivd Coldobian-Allies han'by.: their OW,. this last sutke of N,o ra Vtreaely,ey gitect ky -tbe>Milc,gaes'; ,te,frtiwril,s; of OrlT aind. TAmS,: each- of, sybsi,o, VQ, h band 'orf ;fiolowes,mut av rouee&a\sx 'aisjcrsinfluente omnhe un,etx4epswng?spnlt'of';tbe co,tzrv,p- ,Wi hi&.!tiu, t aL,am,onih.e, Xtroiips compo3s,mc.the Indpea?f$ dent Army of Peru, not more than two thousand of tifej'cople of. that province ar,e enumerated, five. parts ouV of six-of BOL1VAR' s force being 6ectced from Chill hnd'Colo'mbia; but of them the much larger proportion from: tlh latter state.: The armyDof C,vNTBAC is described as more, umerous than that of the Repuiblican General: |the SpIniard'is likewise in possession of all the coast from Lima southwards, and of nearly the whole interior of the province. Against this formidable antagonist there is no- thing to oppose but the genius ard virtue of BoLIVAB; his ascendancy ovei the troops wwhom he has so often led to' tvicory , and their unitedI confidence in the fortunes 'and in the cause of freedom. It is said to have been from the first the object of BOLIVAR to negotiate withiCANTERAc, rather than to fight him. CANTERAC'S attachment to the Spanish Constitution, of which he is generally stated to be a par- tisan, may in some degree predispose him to listen with respect to the -overtures of BOLIVAR, as coming from a patriot and a freeman; but it. is not because at home ihe was a Constitutionalist, that we should be inclined to augur any readiness in CANTERAC' to favour the indepen- dence of South America. The retention of the colonies is not a party but a national question in the Peninsula. The warmest lovers of Spanish liberty duiring the government of the Cortes, were most eager in their enforce'ment of the principle of colonial suibjection: nor could FERDINAND, with all his dexterity in the art of acquiring hatretd, com- mit any act so universally odious to Spaniards of all de- scriptions, as that of signifying his consent to the final emancipation of the colonies from the yoke of Spain. Bo- LIYaS, indeed, may have some personal knowledge of CAN- TERAC'S dispositions, which leads him to hope for his con- version to the common cause of America; but on the mere tendency of his home politics, we have no idea that such an expectation can be securely founded. A few weeks, it. is probable, will qualify us to judge with more confider.ce of the result of this crisis, whieh owes, perhaps, its gloomy character asmuch to the seeret intrigues of France, car- ried on by her emissaries at Buenos Ayres, in correspon- dence. with the reravian leaders, as to any ether human agency. But, whatever may be the state of things in Peru, there are some facts communicated from other parts of America, whichl, taken together, seem to contain materials of grati- fying interest. There is already.before our readers a report of the reception of Colonels XAMILTON and CAM1PBELL at Bogota, and of the speech delivered by the former gen- tleman, indicative of anly thing but reluctance on the part of E;ngland to cultivate the friendship of the newv States. Three occasions have since occurred, on which a similar spirit has been manifested by English gentlemen exercising public functions under the immediate control and direc- tion of Mr.CANNING; and on one of then) by the Right Ho- nourable Gentleman himself. At a complimentarv linner, given on the 25th of April to our Commissioners at Bogota, Colonel CAMiPBELL and Mr. HENDERSON made speeches expressive of the most cordial attachment to Colombia, and of the deepest reprobation of the old tyran- nical Government of Spain. Oti the 22d of February, at Panama, an entertainment was given to our Consul, Mr. M'GaEGoa, when that gentleman formally gave as a toast, that the " independence of Colombia might be ac- " knowledged by all ;" and that " a solid alliance" might be the fruit of our existing friendship with South America. Again, on the presentation of Messrs. PARIsH and GRIFFITHS, at Buenos Ayres, Mr. CANNING'S credential was addressed to "His Excellency" RiVADAVIA, Secretary of "11 the Government" at Buenos Ayres. Of the Spanish Government? No; but of the Republican Government, to the exclusion of the Spanish.