their honorable career-far be it from me; I speak of what I know, and testify that I have seen: I have shared in their sufferings, and returned unrewarded-but of the causes which led to my return, they will appear in the course of my Journal. A plain and simple narrative of the events to which I was an eye and ear-witness, is all that I pretend to; and whether labouring under mental or bodily agony, or enjoying the progress of liberty, under the command of the indefatigable Bolivar, each event shall be faithfully recorded. Attached to no party, I am not the advocate of any, and shall, therefore, confine myself to those facts which I have witnessed, and which, it is almost unnecessary for me to say, will be fully vouched for by the united testi monies of such as have persevered in the cause, in which they embarked, and from which they are, in all likelihood, about to reap a golden harvest.

It may be asked by some-why the publication of my Journal has been so long delayed? To this I answer-that upon my return from Columbia, party spirit, at least so far as the South American cause was concerned, ran amazingly high; and a prodigious portion of unfounded abuse and calumny was poured forth against General Devereux, by those who had returned from Marguaritta; I then, through the medium of the public press, exerted my feeble efforts, to stem the torrent of invective, and disabuse the public feeling, as to the powers of the General; and, from my own knowledge, speak of the authority with which he was invested by Bolivar. The Journal, which I had constantly kept, was not sufficiently detailed to refute the various and unfounded calumnies which, at that period, were superabundant its publication was, therefore, delayed, until the smoothing hand of time had levelled the asperities which misfortune had raised; or, until some one, who had equal opportunities, and greater competency, would undertake the task. I also feel, even at this distant period; that I have a sacred duty to perform to the relatives of some of my comrades, who, less fortunate than myself, have sunk under the accumulated miseries of fatigue, want, and their concomitant attendant, disease :Miseries which are inseparable from a warfare similar to that

on the South American continent, and to which every adven turer, with the smallest share of penetration, must have looked forward, as the precursors of those advantages and honors, to which he aimed, as the reward of his toil. If, in pursuance of my object, I shall remove one blot from the character of the praiseworthy patriot, or satisfactorily detail the fate of an unfortunate companion, whose body rests on a distant sod, but whose memory still lives in the bosom of his friends, the ends I have in view, in the publication of my Journal, will be fully attained.

W. J. A.

JOURNAL, &c.

In the month of July, 1819, I became attached to the 2d Division of the Regiment of Lancers, which General DEVEREUX was raising in Ireland, in support of South American independence; and immediately afterwards sailed from Dublin, on board the Hannah, under the command of Colonel Aylmer. This division consisted of 75 officers, and about a similar number of non-commissioned officers and privates; the officers, for the most part, were young and inexperienced, which was the cause of considerable discord and

dispute upon the passage outwards. The ship's stores were not only scanty in quantity, but of a very inferior quality: the only allowance, for men and officers, being Rice or Oatmeal Porridge and Molasses for Breakfast, and Pork or bad Beef and Black Biscuit for Dinner, with an allowance of two quarts of water per diem each,

a privation which was the more acutely felt as we approached the torrid zone: During the early part of our voyage the bad quality of the provisions was in some degree unknown to the officers, as each had provided himself with a private store, which, however, was soon exhausted.

Light breezes, throughout which a small boat might have ridden in safety, gradually wafted us to our destined port, while the time passed in uninteresting tranquillity, save when disturbed by the quarreling of my youthful companions, or less. savage amusements of Shark and Dolphin Fishing, which we exercised to satiety. About 5 o'clock in the morning of the 24th of September, a cry of "Land, Land," from an officer on the quarter deck, made us, one and all, shake off our slumbers, and hasten to gaze upon the gladsome sight; a short time soon convinced us of its reality. A light breeze having sprung up, about 1 o'clock we were off the island of Tobago, presenting to our view as we passed, in a southerly direction, a rich, elevated country, agreeably diversified with cottages, villages, plantations, and extensive tracks of fertile, well cultivated soil. Passing Tobago, a few hours brought us within view of Trinidad,bold and majestic as it rose from the ocean; such was our distance, that the outline was only perceptible, and we were unable to discern any thing of the actual appearance of the island. The sight of land, however, of any description, gave a new impetus to our spirits,