wing extract will shew the nature of
this proclamation:--

"On my entry into Lima, I will punctually pay to all foreign
seamen who shall voluntarily enlist into the Chilian service, the whole
arrears of their pay, to which, I will also add to each individual,
according to his rank, one year's pay over and above his arrears, as
a premium or reward for his services, if he continue to fulfil his
duty to the day of the surrender of that city, and its occupation by
the liberating forces."

(Signed) JOSE DE SAN MARTIN.
"COCHRANE."

This proclamation had the desired effect, and the crews of the ships
were immediately completed.

The Chilian force amounted to 4200 men, General San Martin, to the great
disappointment of General Freire, being nominated Captain-General--the
force under his command was designated the "liberating army" _(Exercito
Libertador)_. Whilst the expedition was in process of formation, the
Supreme Director had apprised the Peruvian people of its object, and
lest they should entertain any jealousy of its presence uninvited, had
declared his views in a general proclamation, from which the following
is an extract:--

"Peruvians--Do not think we shall pretend to treat you as a
conquered people? such a desire could have entered into the heads
of none but those who are inimical to our common happiness. We
only aspire to see you free and happy; _yourselves will frame your
own government_, choosing that form which is most consistent with
your customs, your situation, and your wishes. Consequently, _you
will constitute a nation as free and independent as ourselves_."

This, and subsequent proclamations, will require to be borne in mind, as
the result by no means corresponded with the intentions of the Supreme
Director, whose honesty of purpose was afterwards set at nought by those
in whose estimation Peru was only a field for the furtherance of their
own ambition. The Chileno officers, both native and foreign, certainly
believed in the sincerity of their leaders, but were subsequently doomed
to be miserably disappointed as regarded the chief of them.

On the 21st of August, 1820, the squadron sailed amidst the enthusiastic
plaudits of the people, who felt proud that in so short a time the power
of Spain had not only been humbled, but that they were enabled to
despatch an army to liberate her principal remaining State.

On the 25th, the squadron hove to off Coq