Star. — London, England, 1819-12-29 00:00:00

• • .•• ••• ` 7 . • ' ...SPINBH AMERICA. ► 4. . s 4 4 • MOND OPPICIAL STATRIARNT RRLATINO TO TEMA!. PAIRS 01 MIMIC° UP TO WHICH, 1819. 84 The activity of the new Magistrate, Don Igna cio Gonzales, Member of the Congress in 1815 and 1918, tor the province of Guanazoato, has prbduced the best results, under circumstances of a most try ing nature. He acts completely in. concert with Pa . ther Torres, Cacique Bautista, Huerta, Gutierez, and two foreigners. commanding corps of light cavalry, and who were among Mina s companions: A greater degree of concert and arrangement has been estab lished among aH those acting in the Patriot cause; this has given fresh life and rigour to all oueopera dons. These measures have brought about the cogs. ,plete revolution of Mechoacan ana part of New Gal licia, from the mountains of Zacatula as far as Co- lima. All the Royalist detachments within the above range of country have been successively dislodged, and dispersed, so that our people have there been able to collect in all 10,000 men, one-half of whom only are armed and acting under the orders of Don Gonzales, whose chief position is in Pasquaro. In one of their excursions, they entered the city of Val ladolid, after a severe'action, and in the month of February attacked the cities of Guanaxoato and Qderetaro, though without success, as the Royalists in both places bad assembled a large,force. " Some attacks had been combined with General Victoria of the North, who has under' his orders 15,000 men, though not all armed, including the dispersed Guerillas, who acknowledge bim as Chief. Vergara, bis second in command, has moved on to the province of Potosi, and observes the movements of the President of Guadalazara, who has turned his attention towards Zacatecas, although, in conse quence of the Revolution in Fierra Caliente., and the division of Pena in Atstonilco, he cannot advance, and he has, besides. been 'compelled to detach a strong party, to prevent a surprise in Chapala, which place was threatened by the Patriots. General Vic toria has since abandoned the coast of Vera Cruz, and posted himself in the Sierra Madre, where,, owing to the nature of the ground, his good arrange ments, and the love of the people and troops at tached to him, he can brave all the Viceroy can send against him. The firmness and patriotism of this Officer can never be forgotten. The Viceroy made laint the greatest Offers, which he rejected. His con stancy also has been an example to others. Clergy men- being at the head of parties has a great effect; they are followed by the people, who often have no other arms than slings." FROM TUE CARACCAS GAZETTE, JULY 7. The particulars of the engagement on the Unare have been teceived, and amount in substance to the following On the 2d of June, the column com manded by Lieutenant-Colonel Don Eugenio Arana, composed of 702 foot, And 112 horses, proceeded from Onoto, where they were quartered. On the 6th, they arrived at San Nlaria de Ipire, in the en virons of which they surprised, r.ld made a few pri f loners. Here they were informed, that four days previously 150 men of Zaraza's infantry had passed through that place to San Diego de Cabrutica, where Marino, Cedeno, Monagas, - Tomas, Montilla, and Rojas were posted—that is to say, half a dozen Generals, with a body of 1300 men. On this day, Anna directed a party of his cavalry to take a good observation of the enemy, while he commenced hii march, and on the 7th arrived at the field called De Zaraza, where he was joined by the same party, with four prisoners made in the town of Zueta, one a Lieutenant-Colonel, named Cesareo: by the declara tion of this latter, he ascertained that the concentra tion at San Diego, of 900 infantry and +OO cavalry, was now certain, as the enemy had rallied all the parties, and brought from the Orinoco every man capable of bearing arms, and 200 from Maturin. —Arana then moved towards the Pao, where he learned that 200 of the enemy were stationed with a troop of 600 horses ; but he could not come up with them, although he marched night and day, and ar rived 'there on the 11th ; as they had previously fallen back on the main body of their forces, and car ried away theirhorses. The same day Arena marched towards Chaparro, and the next, on passing the field of Cantaura, he met, formed in an extensive plain, a large squadron of the enemy's cavalry ; two com panies of the battalion of La Reina, under 'command " of Captain Don Pedro Casals, which, supported by olir small and fatigued cavalry, were suf f icient to dislodge and cause them material loss, especially that of the famous Colonel Francisco Barrosa. " After this operation, Arana examined the field, and at the distance of gun-shot, on the declivity of a hill, be discovered three squadrons of horse and a large column of infantry. Pondering over the re markable superiority df those forces in comparison with his, and the disadvantages of the ground, he re solved to give them battle, forming his infantry, visit the cavalry in the rear ; and covering the whole ex tent-Of the column, with small parties, which he de tached on the flanks, front and rear. In this situation, and causing considerable havoc in the enemy's cavalry, who oftezi attempted to break through his column, he traversed a whole league of the plains until be arrived at the river Unare, to the right and left of which (the drain being dried up) he detached the battalion of La Reina and the Militia or San Matteo ; at this time the enemy's infantry had come up, and an obstinate battle ensued, which lasted seven hours, until half-past four in the afternoon, when the enemy, perceiving the dreadful loss he had sustained, disappeared, while Arana retired towards Onoto, where he arrived on the 15th, with all his vrounded and baggage, and without meeting any impediment on his way. " Our loss, compared wish that of the enemy, is trifling ; that of the latter, although the field hal not let been explored, may be inferred from their having ost four Colonels, Barrosa, Sotillo, Mire, and Mo racho ; and from the length of the battle, during which the King's troops expended 50,000 cartridges. ' RETRACT or A LETTIR DATED MARACAIBO, JULY 29. * 4 ‘ Respecting what you mention to me about the Insurgents, I can only say that these people wish to destroy every thing. - The troops of has Catholic Mar testy, near Cucuta, have found themselves much barrassed, having been defeated by those command of Donato Perez, on the 13th, 146, Ifirk of this month ; and this cursed fellow wait have entered the city, if he had sot 'tucked ar from Bolivar to march to the kidgdom ofbit* . , - -.. . - 7 - where he directed hill coarse with 200 infante, ad' two squadrons of horse. Owing this Calflaire they did not enter arid mak" stacend — of all those "be survived the Obstinate action +phi& took place, but of which the particulars are not yet known." DUTCH MAILS. STUTOARD, DECEMBER It. It is affirmed, that the Budget of the Kiegdom is , to be the only subject of the deliberations if the As. sembly of the St4tes, which is to meet in Januar", and that when this is concluded, the Assembly wan be prorogued, and be called together again in the. month of May. HANOVER, DECEMBER 1 The reduction about to be made in the" Hanoverian Infantry is very considerable; before the invasion of the French, when the population of Hanover amounted to 800,000 persons, the Infantry consisted of thirty nine regiments; now that the population of the Kingdom amounts to 1,300,000-persons, the Infantry is to consist of only twelve regiments, or twenty-four battalions, being just the number of troops required; as the contingent to the Army of the Confederation; { The Prince Regent having purchased the County! of Spieselberg of the Government of the Netball's*, a loan is opened to raise the purchase -palmy. . - t , STOCKHOLM, DECEMBER 18. A very important question has been discussed bt the Royal Beard of 'quade. The Goveramtnt OF North America and of - -the Netherlands knee !sods* made application to our doverntnent for the abolition of what is called the " Bill of Productions." This Bill is an Ordinance of , nearly 100 years standing, prohibiting the subjects of foreign States frnot irn !porting into the Swedish Ports any goods except such as may be considered as productions of their own country. The Beard of Trade, in the Report which it has drawn op, according to the orders given to it, de. dares that the maintenance of this °Ordinance is of the utmost importance to the kingdom, and that it is the palladium of the Swedish commerce.' On the er hand, Baron Edelcrantz; PrAident of the saint Board, declares himself individually to be of n dip., seedy contrarfaapinion. He sees in this Ordinance an Injurious obstacle to a free and national commer cial intercourse, and remarks, that if by this con straint some advantage accrues to ship-owners, which Fbe, however, does not concede • yet this advantage. !must not be founded upon a tax laid oo all the com mercial part of thenatton. This Memoiial of Baron Edelcrantz is distinguished as well by the solidity of the reasoning, as by the fine style which is peculiar to him. This affair is now laid before his Majesty, fox his opinion and decision. HAGUE, DECEMBER 19. l, We learn that the King has introduced farther re du ct i oils In the expenses of the. War Department. ... r - . Bask Stock 117 • • . • • THE FUNDS. • !MCI OW STOOKS bin DAY AT Ma O ' CLOCIL t 3 per Cent. Rehmed 498 f 67i 67 S per Cent. Consols that • le per Cent. 751. I, 6 per Cent. 83k 34 BSI 8 per Cent. Navy shut . Bank Long Annuities l7f 7.18 India Bonds Is. Ss. dis. Exchequer Bills (2d.) 4s. 7:. <lis. • Commercial 28 26 discount COnsols for Acct. 681 i i. The idea of liquidating the National Debt, which has more than once been thrown out in the STAR, but which has received more notoriety from being suggested in Parliament by Mr. Ric taro, is now becoming - a topic of very general discussion is the Periodical Press. It is a subject which cannot be too much canvassed, if it be a desirable thing that people should be made acquainted with their aunt Circumstances—their means, resources- - amt dhl, methods for rendering theta available for their comforts and the general welfare of the community. As to those who hold it good to be in debt, and who, consequently can see no bet efitivas likely to rook from being relieved froM the load, they need not trouble themselves with the argument as it relates to others; for nape can hold such opinions but those who will always have the power to bear the load, though perhaps in another shape; or ratMr, those only who trouble themselvesolore to get i n debt than to pay their creditors, will ever maintain.that a constant drain upon the industry of a community, in the shape of taxes, to pay interest for borrowed money, is the way to make a people wealthy, happy, and contented. —We will not, therefore, waste our time in answering the arguments of those whb are in prinkiple rogues: but there are others of different principles, whose ob jections are founded in ignorance, or who, looking only at the immense weight of the load that oppreises the Nation, eye the proposition as visionary, and, despairing of relief, consider every effort as vain, and therefore can hardly be brought even to look at the question. To these some deference is due ; and the object is one of such vast importance, that every pains should be taken to enlighten the public mind, and bring the community to examine the quasi. not only with some degtee of care,, but with an anxiety equal to the interests which the discussion must necessarily embrace. The Funding System, or& est efgetting a Nation in diek ,is but of a modem date. When the present Reigning Family came to the TbrOne, the whole National Debt, after the long, and, we may say, the glorious war carried on by Queen Ann*, was only about fifty millions l—a less sum than the Nation is law obliged to furnish annually I Is this a matter to viewed t with indifference?—ln a hundred years the Debt has increased from J./1y to eight hundred writ , I!—sixteen fold I I Can such a system be per silvered in without involving the Government and the country in absolute ruin? Some people may console themselves, and many dO, with the idea that when things _ come to Me worst, they will mend of necessity. " Come to the wont r—. 3 4, men consider what they say when they make use of .such a term ? " Comet° the worst r • Caii any one tell what is the maximum of -evil to himself or his children involved in such an expression ? Those who peak thus are infinitely more foolish than the thoughtless spendthrift, who will. not look into his affairs, or suffer others to do it for him, but actually les himself with the idea, that " let the wont come to the worst," he will be maintained by the Parish. The result is far otherwise with National distresses. They attain their maximum when the Community cannot maintain its paupers (high and Itror), and when those who did furnish the znainte itoino mince to all who were distressed enough, or shame , less enough to receive it, can no longer maintain the idle—ansi will aot l' What can follow such a state of things? But We shall not enter on the terrible detail. Oas To! longer .go on as you have done f or th e last hundred years ? Impossible: for , you have not only anticipated the surplus gains, but are now pay ing the itoutest with that portion of the price of la bour that aught to go ants the bellies of the labounitit sod w'-buses. And what is the a** late moo yitatescled economists? wiledeee your isle ladon P Admirable economy indeed I Let us try WI system by the rule of common sense. You have a Pertain sum to par . — sod this is to be drawn flan the industry of the cootmunity. You have . millions of moods ecesoming the artfillis by / esseasoptioa of which yes levy your Ind - UM Redoes them to ten millions, and whet wilt be the i ilia? win more or less products be Seed antk winemited ? If less p mut Att Par ' he mobsead _ . cllintted ; a proof that there is something Thr ic -i n the general system. To reduce your pc is to increase the burthens of those who unless yen reduce the Debt. Emigration,th should not be encouraged. " But we ca t !ploy our idle /lards." You have not yet made trial: and to say you have, while sn many t' acres of land lie uncultivated throughou t the I{ l awn, is either a direct falsehood, or dreadful k•. But if you could instantly devise means to em p on your idle hands, is it 'sound policy to contio debt whili in . its operation mom Amu dovii csi price of every article of human sustenance and bas !sugary? Would it not be sound policy rat h er osie to annihilate the debt, by borrowing fulfi l l Stockholder (who in this case would be comp e te look out for private ban avers) the sums ne ce , 4 for individual contribution, at legal littered, ILA pay, as we do at present, more than fitly p er ct of the whole expenditure of •the population yeah taxes Nor is this the only comparative benefit .1 would result from the measure. Income; and fruits of industry, 'being freed from the presettl cessent drain, would become a rapidly increai capital, and the actninulation of National wea would go on with acceleration not to be calci • We gave, yesaerday, an extract from a Letter fre It. Thomas's, dated 29th October, stating chat L I badoes had been nearly destroyed by a dreadful h.. risme and earthquake since the 21st of the se month ; but we were only enabled to add in pan our impression, the gratifying information sub, I.llllllllltly received, that these are letters in own tin from Barbadoes itself, of a much later date titan t one from St. Thomas's, which make no mention any such calamity. Barbadoes was slightly affect • by.the great hurricane of the 21st October, whi did such damage to St. Thomas's, Tortola, &c. z it is, doubtless, to en exaggeration of this circa Stance that we owe the present rumour. - The French Fundy have of late risen remark The following Extract from a Private Letter, d: Path, 25th December, will sufficiently explain cirtdmitance to which this is owing, and may g to :hew the alarmists amongst us What sort of their lahOUts are producing • PARIS, DECEMBER ft r a The rise in the Funds here has been totally to expected,' even by the Minister, and two or the houses are said to be lit a very tottering state; iu oz sequence, Ministers naturally attribute the rise to ti confidence of the PUblic is the new men and tie measures; lout as these circumstancd produced contrary effect, *e cannot suppose the same cane produce a rise or fall. The fact is, the London M nistaial Press, forgetting drat all Europe has her e!1 on England, hu exaggerated infinitely the causes Alarm : in consequence of vihich all Europe regard England as on the eve of a revolution. They wit. draw their capital in the English Funds, and tenor has extended to the native holders; and these Gentlemen never willingly suffer their cap Ito lie idle, they looked around, and found the Fretx Funds offer 'a degree of stability and advantage rat to be fooad elsewhere On Monday, onehouse alov teteired orders from England to purchase Stock cl the amount of £600,000; and if the present condor of the English Goverement and its Press goes on slink longer, there will not be a shilling of foreign capiti 1* in the English Funds." We have given in a pending column some si• ditional extracts from the American Papers receini yesterdify. We have to-day a further arrival d Papers from Chides:at, to the 26th November, from which we learn that the Governor of St. Lucie issue/ it Proclamation en the 21st of October, of which tit following are the principal ft:finest -.6 The post of Casaba is open far the space Stine ?jag fr ill this date, to the weasels of an madams its amity with Grew &, Ida• s‘segraelmes, beside es above speeillsol, may istrodo iAm pis pert of Castries, fries , / se tegmge ar bf ope dollar per too), Hoe grabs, cora, lour, Segetablee, eth" loads of provisions ; bone, maim heal r, sad mulish le building. It is persoisted w vseetis braising with 'pa'id articles, to reload WWI any quantity of eektdal goods de+ choose, subject to the dudes raid 1--alalr livers per kern' of ram, lit lime per hogshead of swalasses, two ism per le' 41 " 111148 Of thous Mips per linad;ed roods ci cc& two Wares per hundred pounds of cocoa, Amu lime per bun& ponds of cotton." IZ?IACT 01 A LlVlrilt PROM 111tW irOkk, 1101. 29. 4 . The NY:owing I glee you from the very be t a salthoritP — Cannes Will pass.. law to take powneeka of the Florida , there win be no war du dike account. The Preach Ministerde- loyal ids imparters • foetal* es soma of this subject; Wm= tits Emperor At sad tito Itriof Plummet rhea 'Wen the beet Poen& lidinellidble, bOth of whop on ad' isles to say ware' We learn by the following letter train Manchester. that of theyelevea persons lately arrested there on a Cbarge of seditious prectites, ten have beta commit' ted-to Lancaster Cattle, fot , trial at the 'flatting Assizes' DEttlanut ti • -41 111 dine persona who' were apprehended to tglinday last at ihe Sic Sydney. Smith public-hoots. Who are Delegate pitiless In this neigh. THE EVENING Ma; wrong lation, LAND N. 11(4 or • fakie, sl WEDNESDAY, /MeV= It 29. .1.8111. 117P142] PRUSSIA. • VIENNA., DECRIEBER Is. The day before yesterday, the assembled German Ministers held their fifth Conference: The Commit tees appointed in one of the previous Sittings for the different objects of the Congress, meet daily, in Or. dor to ourodito the 'moult of amirld.ours. Nothing , certain is yet known as to the duration of these Con.; ferences ; but it is probable they will continue to the end of January. What some Papers, however,- say, of several Deputies to the-Congress having ens gaged houses for tep Months, is completely ground less. Equally unfounded is the report that .tbe Counsellor of Legation, Schoen., is here on the part of Prussia,in the same character as the Court Coun sellor, Von Gent; on the part of Austria. Herr 'Schoen is not here, but L employed in the Office of the State Chancellor, at Berlin. The keeping of the Protocol, it is well-known, is confided to a Commit. tee, composed of three Members of the Congress ; but the digesting of it is exclusively consigned to Von Gentz. The Saxon Minister at this Court, Count Von Schulenburgh, and the Danish Minister, Count Von Bernstorff, (brother to the Prussian Mi nister for Foreign Affairs) have both been for some days indisposed. AUGSBUR9, DECEMBER le. The ilhoresebstrg Corespondent contains the fol. lowing Article relative to the affairs of Prussia : " The investigation relative to treasonable prac tices, is prosecuted with the g&%atest activity by the Commission appointed for that purpose. This Coni !mission, which, according to the prevailing opinion, 'waists ef the most upright men, experiences general 'confidence at*Berlin ; and the only wish is, that the real truth may be brought to light. This confideoce is founded on the persuasion, that thetommission decidE according to jaw, and thus that slant: and dread which outs before entertained for such a Napoleonic Judicial Commission has vanished. See viral persons, who wore among the first arre s ted, have been set free. This has happened with respect to the two students Lieber and Ulrich, and also Dr. Jung. Whether these names are right, see ate OS certain ; but this we know, that the student Wessel hat, of Jena, is bloomed. .The prisoners were very well treated during their confinement, and will, doubtless, when the investigation is completed, oh; tain a public declaration of their honourable ac quittal. The investigation relative to Jahn is not yet finished. As the public proceedings here are not yet commenced, we can report nothing respecting the -n Jahn, &Hanna, and Yon Muhlenfels, are in Berlin. The wife of Jahn is allowed to visit him. in the course of the investigation the old relations of the formerly 'hown Tugeabund were reverted to, on mount • which many individuals were accused. If, on one band, this greatly prolongs the hams. on other, so %blemish an inquiry lute all aeon* stances is very praueivorthy ; his Iva or innoeendl i I will, thereby, certainly bis discofired. , 4 That the ILting and the Pei*, have an equal inr. terest in this affair, is so obvious as to require no ftubi beer observation. It is, therefore, mantel that the dttentiou not only of the Prussian radial, but of GermagitPubersny should be directed 10 due Camisole's, 64 " •. . • .~ • • • perms apptithehatd • Court Hoi* have befote a Bella thte kavi bed Of ammo to usis Commission, tames lot redttead la the ease propottloo ?.... in POltrlbeet r Mdllll= and eh° .C 1; ry 4 1; A M . 1 6 . ' who ‘"" :e m leasbers euumui vrill have to establish fer it in int aea ger worka nt a . promos tie gds dm _ wt fr o* t h. var i ous . DlSllleti der the fishable sante ia Aka". 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