We received yesterday let...
lVe received yesterday letters from Valparaiso (Chile) of the 21st of May. From these we colfct that the cxpe- dition against the island or' Chiloe, by General FRFYRE, has miscarricd, as several. of the ships engaked as trans- ports to attend it had returned, and apprehensions are expressed by the incrcantile letters f6o the safety of the remainder; No public notice on the subject hd, howeverx been issued by the Government. Intelligence had reachdd the Chilian capital of the departure of the Asia and the otlher ships of War from Cadiz, but no tidings. hal arrived of their having passed Cape loin. Mr. Rowcaorr, the Consul-General for Peru, had arrived at Santiago, after having crossed the South Ameriecaa. continenxt from Buenos Ayres, with considerable danger and difficulty. He was to proceed to Lima forthwith in His Mvajesty's bhip Canzbridge. The accourtsjfrorn that city only come down to the 18th of April, at which time the Spaniards were in quiet possession; and should that occu- pation continue up to the period of the Consul's arrival, it would place him,: without 'doubt, in a very delicate aisd embarrassing SitUiuoll-Mnat 01 ueterminin, W.WLIUL --dU- "' thorities in Peru"' his credentials were to be presented. The $psniards in Lima had treated the commercial interest with some degree of forbearance, well aware that their cof- fers would have a better chance of being filled by duties thlan by Seizure. Oin goods in store at Lima, a duty of 12 per cent. had becn imposed; antl by the new tariflf articles of importation in general were adinitted at a duty of 36 per cCtlt. IVine and brandy paidi 4s per cent.; flour, 8 dollars the barrel ; and wheat thlce dollars the fanega On goods cntered for exportation, a transit duty of 10 per cent. was imposed ; but, as if conscious lhow precarious their tenure wvas of the city, no goods were allowed to remain longer than two months in the custom-house, without payment of the full tuty. The principal export diutics vere-silver, five per cent.; gold, 2- per cent ; and tiie general prorltce of the country, 12 per cent. No inovements are mentioned tb have taken place on the part of`thcColonnbian Presid5nt, whlo remainecl in his lhead-quarters at Truxillo.