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The troops Of Rosas occupied merely temporary de-
fences probably nothing more than field works, has
tiiy thrown up for the occasion. But admitting them
10 have been regularly constructed batteries, they
could 1ot be very large the four mounted only %
pieces OF cannon. But these cannon must have beet
well served for II is declared that two of the eleten
vessels had no less than 2ll cannon balls in their
huiis, and third completely r:dded. II Is
alleged, too, that the French discharged 1900 balls
The English fired probably as many. making 800 in
all; and it is admitted that the loss of the allies in
killed and wounded was l23


II Is pretended that The defenders of the batteries
were all blacks, and that when they attempted TO y


hey were driven back at the point of the lance by the
cavalry OF Rosas. The inference meant TO be drawn
Is that they fought unwllingy for Rosas. But how
was II known that the cavalry drove them back! IF
this was seen from the ships the cavalry must have
been within reach Cf the ships guns why were no,
The guns turned upon the cavalry! Moreover if the
blacks fought UNIV lingly, why id they noturn their
own guns upon the cavalry, or at least cease firing
upon the ships They had this Iar of the game IN
theIr own ands. And We told, moreover, that
wien the firing from the batteries had ceased and the
allied troops were landed, they were received with
sharp tirc OF musketry odd kind of welcome from
men who were fighting only on compuls!on and who
should rather have received The landing troops witt
open arms, their deliverers.


And after all, were there % guns in the batteries
The bulletin tells that ten were conveved on Ioar6
the ships and the rest thrown into the river. Woulc
The conquerors be likely 10 throw away II pieces Of
cannon. If they were worth any thing. when tliey
had plenty of time TO them all For it is ex
pressly said that the allied troops rena ned on shor,
all the next day, without molestasion There s room
to suspect that the ten guns oil tlat tic bate.
ries contained but that the conquerors did not ketc
confess hard fight cf six hours and a loss
OF l23 men, IN a contest Of 80 guns against TO-


The account Of this battle would reach England
about tie time assigned for the opening of Paramen,
We cannot help thinking that some member will b.
apt TO rise and ask Sir Robert Peel for what England
is at war in South America, how long the war
likely to continue and how much it will COST Judging
from this specimen of its beginning