CHAPTER XXXIII.

THE PROTECTORATE OF PERU.

1821--1822.

The Captain of the Army of the Andes--Royalist Expedition for the Relief of Callao--The Defile of Espiritu Santo--Outburst of Enthusiasm in Lima--Manœuvres in Front of Lima--Retreat of Canterac--Feeble Pursuit of the Royalists--Capitulation of Callao--Reforms of San Martin--The Order of the Sun--Deterioration in the Spirit of the Army--Subsidy from the City of Lima--Conspiracy in the Army--Monarchical Ideas of San Martin--Monteagudo and the “Patriotic Society of Lima”--Mission of Garcia del Rio to Europe.....277