Fénix 10, 203-234

Since 1 dispatched rny last Lord Cochrane arrived an.d anchored ii.1 Callao under Phe batteries aad astern of the Prusba. Me is a t loggerheads wlth government aiid God lsnsws how alí l~ilPend. H e has demareded the frigate 97: liut the people here zre deterin~r~ed, it seerns, not to give her up, and, by way of n-inking use of her, three hundred infaíltry frorn the shore have been sent oa board. The admira1 sai7ed iast ~ i g b twith "c~e 07Eigg?r~s, ValdPvia arid Meii3- fczurna. The lafter he took possession of three days ago upGn her arri:íaE froatl the puertos intermedios. 'Tis not known whrre he is gone. W Depuiy has arrived from Ce9umbis by ihe n;me of 2dIosquera 80. Me appears a gentlemanly and clever fellow, and has Seen received with gieat forrnalnly. S. Da. Bernardo 81 presei-tted him t o thc? Delegado in public, aad fines speeches were madn upon the occasion. Yesterday :faz officers c i Nu- mancia gave a dinner to their countryman at which the rninisters, jefes prin- cipales and sorne merchants were present, BÁ7e spent a very pleasant day and al1 went off exceedingly well. Blanco 82 has arrived from Guayaquil. I Geiieve he is :o return imme- diately for the Venganza, and two or 'three thousand troops that Bolivar has offered to the Protector, Our army here amounts to about 4,600 effective infan.try and 1080 good cavalry. They are in veiy toier-ible order and exceílently well c'lothed. 'Tis supposed that in a fortnxght we shail rnarch té> the sierra. %nshart, it is high time we did, for there is little hard cash in tkie country we a t present occupy and P fear that in paper will lose by degrees its credit, although so far it has passed extremely well. Relative to our Caucato estate the news cannot be more unfavorabie. Paragos [ ? ] has joined the er,emy and taken, of course, al1 he could with him. I n fact nothing can wc expect to realize from this property. Unless govt. give us something else in lieu we shall not participate of their genero- sity. Forster got about 18,000 dollars clear for his houses and Sanchez has sold his for the same 83. I wouid a t present gladly take a similar amount for my share. Y shall let you know ail that passes, and what steps are taken with the concern. I gave you the particulars of Tristan's defeat in rny last. Roulet 84 is a t Chincha with 80 cavalry and has an advance in Chunchanga. The enemy sometimes advance t o Pisco. Quiros 85 and most of his party have fallen prisioners. 'Tis supposed they have shot the former. As he was a gatlant and intrepid man his loss is much to be regretted. Miss Sta. Da. Rosita is very well and often enquires and still oftener -- 7 9 . S h e Prueba. 80. Joaquín Moiquera, who negotiated a trcaty of alliance between Colombia and P+ru. 81. Bernardo Monteagudo. 82. Manuel Blanco Encalada. 83. Captain Robert Forster and Jos6 Santiago Sjnchez. For their "houses" see Par Soldán, op. cit., p. 223. 84. Lt. Colonel Pierre Raulet. 85. Cayetano Quiros. Fénix: Revista de la Biblioteca Nacional del Perú. N.10, 1954