The Sun. — 1825-09-03 (London, England)

BOLIVAR.  [Extract of a Private Letter from Lima, dated March 161  " General BOLIVAR, or, as-he is always called, the Liberator, is 42, about 5 feet 7 inches, and slender in his person, and, as the Hero of the Equator,' which the Americans call him, might be supposed to be rather dark in his complexion. ,llis countenance always of a serious cast, yet, notwithstanding the -mustachio on his upper lip, not ferocious as many represent him; his eyes dark hazel, are expressive and penetrating. In early life he travelled through Europe for his pleasure ; he reads English, but does not speak more than a few words ; French he speaks fluently, though not correctly. Apologizing one day for my imperfect knowledge of French and Spanish, he said, 0, no matter, never regret it, your own fine idiom is the only one worth speaking, all that is liberal—all that is noble, is to be found in that. It is the language of liberty.' He talks a great deal,and with apparent frankness, and without premeditation. He seems fond of social life, and never baulks a party by going away prematurely. On two occasions I have been with him in large parties--once at a-ball and supper, where lie•staid from eight in the evening till five in the morning, talked the whole time, at supper gave toasts and made speeches, and after supper danced a-waltz with a handsome girl. At a breakfast, on Washington's birth-day, the day he selected for his.visit to the frigate United .States, which lasted from Il to 3, he gave several toasts and speeches, in one of mhich he exalted the United States, as infipitely surpassing every na- • tion of ancient and ,modern times, in . knowing how to unite the most entire liberty with the most perfect order, intelligence, liberality, .&c. His ambition appears to be of a lofty and fine description. He wishes togo down as the asserter and founder of South A merican Independence, and, satisfied with an ample fortune, disdains all accession of wealth. He refused with some contempt the vote of the Peruvian Congress, granting hini a million of dollars,. having made it his pride from the beginning that he would not carry away even a grain of sand from Peru. His favourite projects are a canal across the Isthmus, and .the establishment of a Congress at Panama, to consist of . a .grand Federative Council, -to decide on all disputes between the different States, to have an army which they will call out when either of the states or any foreiga power commits an aggression. The idea, however, seems visionary, but it is his favourite - scheme. After settling the affairs of these countries and establishing their peace and independence, it is his wish to travel through the United States and England, for both which countries he has a high admiration. ills enmity against the Spaniards,. flourished in the bloody war of Venezuela, is irreconcilable. All his connexions were murdered by them, except an uncle whom he has in Spain. Though everything has depended on his energy and talent, yet many able men have been formed under -him. Sucre, who gained the memorablehattle of Avaciiebo; .one of-the most conclusive, that ever was fought, discovered, as-the Spanish officers admit, and as Gen. Mounet told me, the highest degree of skill and promptitude. His previous dispositions were admirable. .The enemy were nearly double, but he seized the critical moment for attack, and,' said filounet to me, 4we lost Peru in half an hour.' Gen. Salons, who commands the besieging army "befcroCallaoenbout 3,500 men, is a man of great merit. I have seen none whose manners please me more. .A little over thirty; heloriks sixty,. from fatigue of body and mind, but of incessant activity. . The castles were fully invested on the Ist instant. They are establishing heavy batteries, but it is probable they will only be taken by mutiny or famine.: Rodil has placed himself in a situation where Ins ruin seems inevitable. General Bolivar:toasted him -on board the frigate, praising his valour and perseveeance, .to take a ~course in, which•-his destruction was inevitable, bitt ending with a sarcasm, that he was-like Pizarro in.the island of Gorgone, who thought with his thirteen followers he should conquer the Continent, and concluded with may he speedy join Pszarra, and give him an account of his labours.'"  '