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FROM THE MORNING CHRONICLE.Great alarm prevailed yesterday in the city, ijV consequence of the rumours in circulation respecting Colombia. The intelligence brought by the Flora from. Buenos Jkyre of .Canterac’* lt;defeat, turns out less satisfactory than was anticipated. We do not believe, however, there is any foundation for the account of Bolivar’s defeat or death, which was confidently circulated. We suspect, indeed, that a good deal of pains have beeu taken by a combination of jobbers in this country and France, to create, by means of fabricated letters and otherwise, a belief in the arrival of disastrous news from Colombia ; and one reason we have for believing this is, that we yesterday received the fol-lowing* letter, addressed “ To the Editor of The Moming.Chro-nicfe, ijondon, via Liverpool,” with the post mark on it “ Ship Letter Cowes.” The signature is an English name, but the hand is that of a Frenchman endeavouring ta**vrite like an Englishman, and we suspect it to be a fabricaiidB: —^ “ Santa Martha, Nov. 14, 1821.“ Sir-~The cause of Colombian liberty and independence, I am afraid, is lost. There seems to be now no longer any doubt that Bolivar has been.entirely routed by Canterac, though nothing is published by the Government; but the gloomy silence around us more than confirms it. The last private letters from Bogota state, that in the last action fought, the Colombians were completely cut up and dispersed, Bolivar himself escaping, only with a hundred men, dangerously wounded. Sucre fortunately saved a division of 2,(XX) men, and is in full retreat on Popoyan. Guayaquil, Quito, and Pastors, are said already to be for the Spaniards, who have entered Colombia with an overwhelming force. At Bogota, it was whispered, that the Congress was going t# be transferred to Maracaibo. All this looks despondingiy; but still 1 have some hopes that affairs may yet be retrieved. There are numerous passes in the interior, which can be defended by a handful of men, against powerful numbers, and if the Colombians be but true to themselves, they may still come off victorious, which God may grant!“ Trade is completely at a stand, and nothing doing, as you j naturally may suppose. !“ I have thought this information important enough to com- j municate to you by first opportunity, and am, with regard,“ Sir, your obedient humble servant.” ] The following extract from a Mendoza Paper of the 28th of j October, gives the substance of the information brought by the J Flora JJVhcs from pt*ru—Communicated from the city of Santiago j by Sen or Don Juan de Dios Vial del Rio, President of The : Court of Appeals, in a lei ter of Don Rafael Ruiz de Arbulic, f in the vicinity of the Andes: — , , J“Santiago,' Oct. 7.—We have just received the news oF the I sanguinary battle which has been fought between Bolivar and j Canterac, on the plains of Jauja, and which, in America, has j never yet been equalled; it was contested for four hours with j the bayonet. The loss of Bolivar amounts to 4,000 xnen ; that of the enemy to 6,200. Bolivar had marched rapidly towards j Cuzco, in order to tali upou the Viceroy Laserna, who was there { , in full security, not expecting him. Let us give thanks to God, to whom we owe all these advantages! The ship which brought this news oame from Callao, and we learn by her that 1the enemy’s troops had abandoned Lima, and shut lt;themselves up in Callao; in consequence of which, the jpeople of Lima in order, to. prevent the city from being quite sacked, had solicited the commander of the English ship, Cam- «lbridge, to land 100 men, to remain there, and protect them from ]their troublesome neighbours. I“ Every moment we expect intelligence from Truxillo, from ]whence we shall have the details. Canterac declared before the ,battle that he would give no quarter (la giterra a muerte), and ‘Bolivar did the same, not so mufch by the wish of his army, as ;because it was necessary to follow the example of the enemy. 1This, without doubt, was the cause of the great slaughter. lt;“JUAN DE DIOS DEL RIO.” ]
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London St James Chronicle and General Evening Post
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Tue, Jan 18, 1825
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