coRO. 521 



Callao, finding circumstances not then fa- 

 vourable in Peru, retired to Guayaquil. Bo- 

 livar, as I have already mentioned, has since 

 again entered Peru, and the result of the 

 expedition has every prospect of success. 



The report then alludes to the hostile dis- 

 position of the inhabitants of the province 

 of Coro, w^ho refusing in 1810 to join in 

 the cry of liberty, had continually afterwards 

 been the cause of bloodshed and disasters to 

 the patriot arms, by their obstinate adhe- 

 rence to the cause of the Spaniards. An 

 absolute and entire amnesty, however, had 

 been granted to them by the patriot autho- 

 rities ; but when, after the opening of the 

 campaign of 1821, it became necessary to 

 withdraw from Coro the patriot division 

 which had for some time remained there, 

 the inhabitants by, as it were, a general 

 spontaneous movement declared against the 

 patriot cause, and delivered themselves up 

 to a Spanish officer, who had, till then, been 

 concealed in the woods. 



