428 SPANISH AMERICA. 



rendering himself obnoxious to the people 

 of Lima, was deposed, imprisoned, and af- 

 terwards banished to Panama. 



A patriot force under General Tristan, 

 sent by San Martin against the royalists, 

 was defeated in May 1822. San Martin 

 remained inactive ; but in July he left Lima 

 for Guayaquil, where he had an interview 

 with Bolivar : the latter furnished a body of 

 troops, with which San Martin sailed from 

 Guayaquil, and returned to Lima. The 

 Congress assembled on the 20th of Sep- 

 tember 1822 ; and San Martin having re- 

 signed his authority into their hands, and 

 declined to accept the office of generalissimo 

 of the armies of Peru, to which they elected 

 him, sailed for Chili. 



Under the direction of the Congress, 

 affairs went on but indifferently ; and in 

 June 1823, the royalist general, Canterac, 

 re-entered Lima. Bolivar has since pro- 

 ceeded to Peru, with a considerable force. 



