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probity and honour, and the tnildness of his charac ter. Among those people the greatest tranquillity prevails, and various tribes of wild Indians from the, interior have entered into communication with them, and carry on a small traffic, which, without doubt,. will be considerably increased, when they receive the European merchandise carried from Angostura by some individuals front Rio Negro, in return for vari ous valuable productions, which have stimulated the merchanti of this capital. It is truly deplorable, that the t want of proper velivels calculated for this navigatuni, will not for skapreeent allow us to give the necessary impulse to the relations of commerce with a country which 'offers so many natural pro ductions, aud from which great advantage might be derived to European arts and industry, to the mutual benefit of both Continents. Then we should soon see the great benefits of which the world has been de prived through the egotist indolence of the Spaniards, their criminal monopoly, and the barbarous prohibi tive system, which was, carried to such an extreme,. that the hidiarli of one mission were ~not allowed to communicate with those of another, although they were both•governed by the same Monks ; and Attlf, rica is to be entailed to that slothful nation; because, forsooth, they do not chuse to work, but retail the labours of other people t But no, this fault does not rest with the nation, which, deserves a better fate; but with their Government, who, from proscribing, strangling, or burning alive all those who dared to think, has succeeded in depriving them of 'their in tellectual faculties and of all vital action, compelling them to follow the impulse of its caprices and imbecility. " Spaniards of the Peninsula! Your Government is your real enemy. We, on the contrary, arc your natural friends : ' Un here eat nn amltionni ps la Nature.' It is not with you we carry on the war, but with the mercenary assassins which your Government throws on our coasts, with the foolish project of consolidating at the same time your slavery and outs. Threatened with the same evils, victims of the seine oppression and of the same tyranny, why not unite at once—why not embrace, and be all free, and again call ourselves brothers? Peace with Spain, and war with her 60.: verr.mer.t, is our motto, and is the cry which now resounds throughout America." , , . 1.. . 1 i , . i . i ,3 . E I I 1 4 ..! I t 1 I 1 ' I . .... I I , ; ') • \ t i ;'. i ) 1 I -, a . .. ' t I y . I: i . .., EITRACTOP A LETTER FROM TRINIDAD. " Pbrt Spain, July 9, 1819- " MY DEAR SIR—I inclose you authentic docu ments, to chew you the result of the campaign in Ve nezuela, viz. the possession of the important post of San Fernando, with the peaceable occupation of the rich Province of Barinas, and all the Llanos of Ca racas. I sent you before the particulars of the action at Guayahal, where the whole of the Spanish force,' consisting of 300 mounted CaTabineers of the sing, were killed or taken, except the Commander and four men. ------- . " There has been no innovation whatever made in Republican Government on the Main. Ge.teral Bolivar is in the peaceable enjoyment of his situation honours, a; Supreme Chief o. the Republic, orld Captain-General of the Armies of Venezuela and NT.'W Granada, &c. &c.; and in perfect union with I' tez, Marino, and all the other Generals. In a word, there is a regular Government established, and order restored as far as the Independentsoceßpy at present. " All the Colonies are receiving large supplies of mules from Guayana, and we have received a consi derable number here. There will be soon a fine crop of tobacco in Guayana and the produce of Barinas ;' so that it may be fairly said, the Independents have retrieved their resources at the point of the bayonet and lance, and will open the next caMpaign under very favourable circumstances as far as relate to means, military skill, and public opinion. General Paez is General Commandant of the Llanos (plains), and has displayed the greatest mili tary talents. Marino and Bermudez remain near the City of Cumana, the former occupies Cariaco, and the latter Puerto de Madera, three quarters of a league from the City. The Spanish vessels are, it is said, at Puertocabello. The Patriots Nonato, Perez and Padre, Colonel Marino, koep their ground, and arc increasing their means in New Granada. " The brig Sarah is safe arrived at Angostura. " The Patriot Intendant Cea (who is an excellent botanist) has discovered in Gil , yana the vegetable scarlet dye, or plant called Chapi, which is likely to .prove a very valuable article of trade. If you refer to TEct Viagero Universal, you will see the na tiral riches of that country, which arc now thrown open to the researches c.f the enlightened and indus tnous world. Bat the most valuable plant is the tree of rational liberty, which extend:, and thrives won slzrfnlly throughout Ver.ezuela, and under-whose shade the people enjoy a new moral existence." VETACT OF A LETTER TRW! TOBAGO, 11TH JUIN. " I arrived this islai:d a few days ago, from Avfgostura, where I had been for upwards or two. inCtufis; and shortly after leaving that city, I recti.- ai `front the Supreme Chief, by express,.a-few tit pies of the first namlser of the Correa del Orinoco, of which I beg - to inclose one. You will observe, that it contains some important documents ; and, in addi; eon, I have sincere satisfaction .in informing you, that at the mouth of the river I fell in with Admirall Brion, in the Victory, formerly the Emerald, on his. •ay up the Orinoco, with a part of the squadron un der bit command, having on board 10,000 muskets, and a large quantity of gunpowder and other mili tary stores. No occurrence of such vital moment to American emancipation has taken place for a length of time as the arrival of these supplies; for I can con fi _featly assure you, 4000 stand of arms were not re snaining in the whole country. " When General Bolivar commenced his ora tions in December last, he had not more than 1900 in his possession, and until now all attempts to procure others had failed ; frequently was he obliged to send away recruits, from the want of means wherewith to arm them. The difficulties he has had to combat would have proved insurmountable to a common mlad ; jealousies to overcome, prejudices to over come, and with resources of the most trivial extent - at his command, and these even scattered over im mense regions. Exaggeration is not at all necessary to excite a feeling in favour of the patriotic efforts of that oppressed and insulted people. From the best authorities, I can vouch for sacnfices of private inte rest, and devotion to the public weal, having beet evinced in a manner which would have done honour to the most renowned patriots of any country. It has been generally believed in Europe, and the idea, has been indistriouslyclittilated, that American in dependence is sought and fo4it for by those only who have nothing to lose atisFiornething . to gain by the change; but be assured the'reverse is the case, for there-is scarcely a native • in these coun tries who hat 'not taken egdeci ed part against his oppressors. Bolivar was himself one of the richest proprietors in the Caracas, I.ortl of theVallies of a Aragua. He has, like many of his associates, sacri ficed every thing, and on all occasions shared in the , privations of his meanest followers. Never will the Spaniards be able to reconquer Vengguela ; the spirit against them is fell and deadly. The.country may be rendered a.disart, and- the po pulation- annihilated; but never will the former ty ranny be re-established. The conduct of the Gods, as they have been styled, has been horrible, and the consequence is, that the war has become Indium inter pasumem. At the commencement of the campaign, Gisseral Aolivar issued an order, prohibiting, under severe penalties, the execution of Spanish prisoners, Mead as a proof of his sincerity, sent -back safe and sound a number he had taken at the battle of (Abu "mon. Morino, in a subsequera affair, captured se veral of the Patriot army, all of whom, and all those who have since fallen into his hands, he caused to be butchered in cold blood. Neither age nor sex afford protection from their cruelties ; and is it to be won *red at that retaliation should follow? " Many whose nearest and dearest relatives have been abused, tortured, and massacred, by the invete tate foe, now wreak their vengeance on every Spa niard they meet with. The attempts of Spain to re gain her former dominion, serve only to show her weakness, and to prolong the miseries, the dreadful Iniseries, - arising from such a warfare. No force, no pretence, will ever bring the inhabitants of these re gions under the government of Ferdinand: as above mentioned, they may be destroyed, but cannot be subdued. How magnanimous, how generous, were Britain to lend but even akmall portion oilier mighty aid. Repeatedly have 'I heard the Supreme Chief declare cordially—' Let but Great Britain afford us protection, and make us independent, and we will adopt any form of Government agreeable to her!' — It is evident that the independence of South America., will be productive of the greatest advantages to our native land ; an extensive market will be opened for her manufactures, for which no scarcity of returns need ever be apprehended, and where no rivalry can ever exist. The products of these regions are of the first necessity in Europe—cocoa, indigo, cotton, to bacco, coffee, drugs, the precious metals, and a va riety of valuable dye and other woods. British in dustry and capital would soon render Venezuela an earthly Paradise. " the soil is luxuriantly rich, and but a trifling' portion of labour is required to produce an incredi ble return. Hitherto the oppressive hand of Despo tism has almost randered of no avail the bounties of nature. The clima:e is healthy throughout, with per haps two or three exceptions; and New Granada, and in the upper provinces of the Caracas, an eternal Spring reigns; and all the fruits of the temperate, as, well as of the tor. id zone, are to be found in over whelming abundance. " The river Orinoco is of itself a wonder in na ture; for, although many rivers are broader, no known stream carries down suet an immense body of water. At Angostura, about 400 miles from the sea, it-exceeds in the dry season above 90 fathoms in depth; and 1200-mile's further up it is still naviga ble, and commands an easy and direct communica tion with the fertile regions of Varinas, Caracas, Carinaro, New Gtenada, the country of the Amax-ins, and even to the vicinity of Quito. It is connected with many other immense rivers, such as the Apure, Rio Negro, &c. For six months its waters rise regu larly' and for the other six falls. Within the last six weeks there has been an increase of full forty feet, and when at its height the Orinoco will, like another Nile, overflow and fertilize all the low lands. " FOr -the present all military operations are sus pended, the plains in the upper cnuatry are under water, -and both armies have suffered much in the many desperate actions fought since the capture of Guayana. The Spaniards have lost most of their best troops, and some of their most experienced Ge nerals. They have retired to the mountains, where for a while they arc secured ; but unless some con siderable reinforcements arrive speedily from Europe they must in the very nature of things be annihilated. , " On the other hand, the Patriots have suffered severely also, particularly in their infantry, and until the arrival of the Admiral, there was - an absolute want of arms and ammunition ; they ha . ve, however, 'the possession of all the plains, and the navigation of the Orinoco and Apure. lam confident that no force which can be sent from Europe can drive them from the strong military position oiGuayana, cover ed as it is by those immense rivers. Now that arms and ammunition are in abundance, the campaign, as soon as the rains ivill permit, will re-commence with aigour ; and not a shadow of apprehension do I en tertain of a favourble result. Religious liberty is in separable from civil. Universal toleration exists wherever the Venezuelan banner waves, and a Mis sionary from Europe might exercise his functions without danger or molestation. The influence of Priestcraft is gone for ever, and the trammels of superstition are following with rapid strides. " Notwithstanding the highly indecorous conduct of several of our countrymen, who in leaving their homes seem to have left behind every thing that ought to make a man respected and respectable, the British character is admired in preference to that of every other nation, and is on all occasions held up as the most brilliant proof of what a people loving their country can do. Britain is considered by all as the natural protector of liberty, and I hope to GOD that the cause of freedom and the best interest of our beloved native land will for ever be inseparable. e Much obloquy, I have no doubt, will be thrown on the Venezuelan Government, by the disappointed officers and others returned to Europe; most of them never made their appearance in the Independent ter ritory, having given implicit credence to the mali cious stories related to them in the Islands, particu larly in the free ports, such as St. Thomas's, St. Bar tholomew's, Trinidad, ttc. In those places interest bears a mighty sway, and well do the inhabitants know, that when once American Independence is established, a direct aarnmunication with Europe will THE EVENING STAR. LONDON. MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 7, 1818. TfIE FUNDS. PRICE OF STOCKS THIS DAT Af TWPI.VE ski° tic Bk. Stock shut—Redu. 'shut —Cogs. 751—for Ac. 7.51 31 per Cent. shut-4 per Cent. shut 5 per Cent. Navy 10.5t—India Bonds 76 pre. Uranium 3A disc.—Exchequer Bills 17 19 pram Consols commenced this morning at 7544 ; but the ma:lca appeared very flat, and but little business tloinz„. It ioeported that a Secret Committee, corn posed principally of the Jewish persuasion, daily as semble in the neighbourhood of the Stock Exchange, after the hours of business, where the state of the Stocks, and the financial situation of the country is fully discussed ; future operations are then decided upon, and, according to circnnv.tances, the agents are instructed to act the following day ; and it is said, that immense purchases made by those Agents, or Brokers, are merely artificial, to keep up the price, and consequently there is no real foundation for the sudden advances which so frequently occur in the market. We are happy to state, that letters from Co'umbel, dated March 30, have been received, which make no mention of any such event as that of the surround ing of General Bnow•sstco and Staff by a body of the rebellious natives, which, according to the report at Lloyd's on the Ist instant, must have taken place at least a whole month, previous to the date of that letter. The following extract, however, from a letter from an Officer at. Fort George, dated the 7th of March, confirms the fact of an express having ar rived there from Ceylon, stating that affairs in that island were in a most unpleasant state, and that a body of troops bad accordingly been dispatched from the Presidency for its relief:—" An express arrived here the day before yesterday from Ceylon, with ad vice that affairs there were in a very unpleasant state, and requesting that some military aid might be sent thither. In consequence of this earnest request, the 15th Regiment of Native Infantry has already been embarked on board the bitaa):, of 74 guns, (which brought the dispatches), and• is expected to sail to morrow." *The Flanders 'Mail of this morning brings accounts that the GRAND DUKF of lirsse DARMSTADT . has just issued an important Edict for his Dominions on the Left Bank of the Rhine. Renewing.his promises topiesavve to that country all its institutions intro duced by the French GoVernment, And which are conformable to the spirit of the age and to public opinion, he ha's prescribed the mode in which the Primary and Electoral Assemblies are to be com posed, and has given them authority to elect the Members of a General Provincial Council, which is to deliberate on the concerns of the People. The following letter from Savannah appears in the Antwerp Journal: " S4V•201•11, hrl 96. The Aid-de-Camp of the Viceroy has this mo ment arrived from Vera Cruz, on board the Sybil, Ca ptain Malcom ; he brings dispatches relative to an expedition which is priparing at Galvestow•n, un der the orders of General Lalamand and his country men. It will be composed of above 5000 men, com manded by Bonaparte's best Officers. It is supposed to be destined against Mexico : that country is the rendezvous of all nations:* A Letter from Flushing says—" Captain M. Bak ker, commanding the vessel Di Liefde, bound frcm Cette to Antwerp, was attacked off Alicant by two armed luggers bearing the English flag. They for cibly opened the hatches, and took from him" two barrels of wick, leaving on'tlre deck by r:av of ment, some articles of small valise." BRUSSELS, SEPT. 3. Among the latest arrivals here, are sever a l sians of distinction, as well as English ; of the Int er we notice the Duchess of Devonshire with her lama. and suite, Lord Calthorpe and suite, and Lcrd cl ar ;„ Carty, Ambassldbr from his Britannic Nlajestr. It is reported that a letter of his Excellency cretary of State, dated Jul/ 11, addressed to Ministers and head of public offices, says, «d w future there shall not be addressed to his Majesty ; projects of Decrees, except such as are siran o the Dutch language, with the permission to add French translation, if it is thought proper." A z even for the Southern provinces, they most male a r of the Dutch language, which is almost entirely z known there. Before this, the Ministers of foe 1,1 terstaat, of the Finances, and of the Interior, used e., French language, in all affairs relative to Bel z :,„ . —Hitherto it has always been supposed, th at best way of making one's self understood b' a nati o: , was to address it in its own language ; biit it se tt , that this is a strange mistake. ANTWERP, SEPTEMBER t. Last Sunday them was found in a pasvd c - m2v. zine, in the citadel, a lighted match, which had ors burning for some tine, and which it might he a l, culated would require but a few hears to co.totri. cate to a barrel of powder, to which it was appli e d . It appearS' that though several persons have boxcar. rested in consequence of this discovery, the author et this dreadful project has not yet been discovered. The Paris Papers of Thursday and Friday ha re arrived since our last. The Meniteur contains a Royal Ordinance, inco r . porating a number of the most wealthy of the cm . mercial men of Paris, Limns at their head, into a Bank for the recevien the Savin g , o f the Poor, on the miAlel of the Banks of t: is country. The money received is to be iavevad. RS with us, in Government stock; but the sti'bci:sur; will have one advantage over subscribes in this country—the interest of their deposits is to be core. pitted at the end of every month, and added to the capital; thus giving depositors the earliest poiiible advantage of the operation of compound interest A Grand Council of State to be presided by . tht Emperor of AUSTRIA, was announced to be bfd or, the 22d of August for the purpose.of comideiing means for extinguishing at once all the paper monei of Austria. We wish success to the experiment :Ind quite disintereitedly, for it is rather rt. - -e th:ln we nn dare to hope that it will furnish any e.ani v l.::h may he of use to ourselves in a similar way. I: is said, that after the 10th of November all the tales will Is collected in specie, and all salaries will be Fdd - the same. M. de CitrA os, the Spanish Ambassador at Vienna, has, by order of his Court, remitted to the Austrian Court a Memoir relative to the occupation of Pensacola by the United States; and it is added, that all the Ministers of Spain hare been charrd make similar coinmunications to the Governmennu which they are respectively accredited. If the rere that the Neiman has resolved on the restitution i the place be trie, the necessity for these proceed - will of course be in a great measnre superseded. French 5 per Cents. Thursday, 79 fr. 25 c, We lay before our Readers to-day a large sody of intelligence which has been received from South America. The Patriots in Venezuela are represented to be in a very reduced condition, but strong who; compared with the Royalists, who are affirmed to he in a still worse plight. In Mexico, where the vauntings of the Royalist VICEROY have more thn realised the words of the Poet— " And thrice he routed all his foes, " And thrice he slew the slain," the cause of Independence appears again to be in wonderfully flourishing state: Father ToRREs is r.a dead, but alive, and in possession of a post of so:' strength—the country is ever' where overrun scr armed parties of Independents—and tkc inhabits:: of the principal Royalist towns arc literally in state of blockade. The accounts from Leeds and the other priccipti clothing towns in Yorkshire state that the otdersiret never known .to be ginater than at pre,ent, and ttz the greatest harmony subsists between the unsen and their workmen. General SU JOHN COAPE Stireceooxr, G. C. t the late Governor in Chief of Upper Canada, SHERBROOKR, Colonel HARRISON, and Capt. have come home in the IenTGENIA, Captain lb% PARKER, which art ived at Portsmouth onWedircso last after an excellent passage of 20 days. The SEMIRAMIS, recently arrived at Fortuna: l4 ! under the command of Captain Josr.rat liseetso.s. late First Lieutenant, sailed from Port Royal on v.! 27th of July, with a freight of specie for tlie Hog • 1 nah ; arrived there on the 2d of August, and saa-, again on the 4th, with 900,000 dollars, b:,idesgc-. dust, cochineal, and ivory, on account of meta :0 in London. The CHERUB, Capt. WILLEs, rived at Port Royal, from the coast of Africa tang left Cape Coast Castle on the 21st of Mar), and Fts to sail for England about the 10th ult. 'the Trturr was the only ship beside at Port Royal. pithy!' three years service of the SEMIRAMIS opondr c " of Africa, she lost only two of her men by oche' The following are among the ships daily c 7", to arrive from foreign stations to be paid off: Orlando and Towey, from the East Indies; Fory.irtf Griffon, from the Cape and St . Albion, f4 lo '" Satellite, from the Mediterranean ; Pique and Ma i, Jamaica; Saracen and Harrier, freut 114141, / 105 . 1 " 1 ' 74), from Caketta. • os. uh an. ' - • a ae in, the o:, • 3 1. era tr. ied. az. ref are n 7. s of tlnis , RS ben oo). the sib'ie r . dm .crei c can ray said, it to h V at 0 Ike ddot edo repot I irn iy'of oath stied sobeis ed to t the tita3 is cat strZ l 1R: ir, inripsl wirers ttz num i. C. g l/Assa. x 111.3 lacsdq anotk RADA 06 6.! Hart' 1 sa les gc . :. l TriX l ` ; bad c. (Assisi and ira TTRIAI Ting ee cce !wee be the immediate consequence, and then adieu to the! Depots made with them, their Commissions, Smug sling, &c. &c. " The General in Chief has always declared his decided resolve to fulfil every engagement, and I do I most sincerely believe he will. If I can rely on my own judgment, a man of more honourable intentions does not exist, and in all my transactions with him and the Government, I have acted on that principle. I have not as yet had the slightest reason to change my opinion, and feel confident that eventually every shilling will be faithfully and fully discharged. The charge under my care is of a very important nature, and the fact itself is a decided proof of my reliance on the honour and integrity of BoliVar and his associates.. " Some of our countrymen, as above mentioned, have conducted themselves most improperly. Drunk enness and insubordination have been persevered in, and many disgraceful excesses committed, which they durst not have attempted at home. Many pre tend to be officers, who never saw other service than that of a tavern, standing behind a counter, or quill driving at a desk, and withal ignorant of the Lin. guage totally. Many others, lam proud to say, are an honour to their profession, and to the country that gave them birth. Some of them, and indeed all who have had an opportunity, have given brilli ant testimonies of British valour. At the Battle of Ortiz, on the 26th March, a Colonel English having gained the approbation of the supreme Chief and the brave General Pace, the latter rode up to him dur- ing 'the action, and embracing him, presented him with his lance, saying—' Accept this from Paez, as the reward of valour : with it I have destroyed more than 500 enemies of my country : keep it, and re • member me:—The following day, General Bolivar sent an Aid-de-camp to Colonel English, appointing • ,him a full Colonel of Cavalry."