Letters were received yes...
Lettcrs were received yestprday from Valparaiso, dated the 28th of May, wvhbich contain intelligence from Limna of the 4th of that motntli. The Captain of a merchant-ves_. el,.vhiclh left Callao on the ,9th, had brought information that the Indeperident troops had advanced on the 4th to >7itbill a few leagues of Lima, and that a general cngage- ment was expected; but this statement is not fully borne out by the contents of the letters of that date from iLima, which mnention that BOLIVAn, according to thle latest ac- counts of him, continued in his head-quarters at Truxillo. It appears likely, therefore, that the troops seen in the vi_ ciuuity of Linsa were only his guerilla parties, wvho are men- tioned in the last Panama papers to have been ranging the country, andl even to have enteredl Lima itself witlh impunity. The Lima letters add, that tthe gene- ral engagement between BOLIVAR and CANTARAC, on whicli the fate of' Peru would dlepend, was expected to take place in the course of the month of June. It ap- pears that the port of Callao was vigorously blockaded by the Peruvian squa-dron un(ler Admiral GuisE, whose ships, in bravado of the Spaniards, often advanced witlhin reach of the batteries, and fired shots at the castle. 'l'he Valparaiso letters state, that the Quintanilla schoo- ner, a piratical vessel, which had long been committing depredations off that port, hadl been brought in, detained by La Diligence, a French corvette of war. She was taken o2f Quilea, on the coast of Peru. The Commander of f is Britannuic Majesty's ship Cainhridge hatl previously re- ceived communications from the British merchants at Val- paraiso, complahining of the injury sustained to their com- merce by the Quintanilla, to which the following reply was given, addressed, for the merchants, to the English Consul for Chile:- " His Majesty's ship Cambridge, Valparaiso, Mlay 24, 1824. Sir,_I have this moment had the honour to receive your letter of yesterday's date, respecting the seizure of the Bruce by the Spanish armed vessel the Quintanilla, and therefore requesting protpcticn for the Brisislh vtssels trading to the intermediate ports between Cal. lao and Valparaiso. " In reply, I am happy to be able to assure you, that I have al. ready taker nieasures for the recovery of the Bruce and detention of the pirate, antd taken such other means as are mnost likely to give securitv te British property on this coast in future. "It is not in my power at this moment to spare a ship to be ex. clusively employed at Qaiilca, but by the arrangement I have made of men cf war, one will be off that port every 15 or 20 days, both for the purpose of giving protection to the trade, and of embarking such remittances as you may from time to time have ready to embark. I have the honour to be, Sir, your most ohedient, humble servant, i' JAM ES MA}AING. " To C. RF Nugent, Esq., llis Britannic Mlajesty's Cousul-General fr Chile."