Star. — London, England, 1818-03-27 00:00:00

1 .1 s - KINGDOM OF HAYTI. i . PROCLAMATION.—THE KING, so sag HAYTIAN& I ./ANVADT I, IBIS. Ilavvessts!—Civil and political liberty, next to personal, is the first of blessings to man in a state of society. Behold this \ day of deathless memory, on which we were first assured of the possession of these inestimable blessings, by the Proclamation of 1 the Independence of our Country. May the glorious recollection of this Epoch ever glow in our bosoms, and animate our actions and those of our latest posterity. To form an adequate estimate of the advantages we at pre- -1 sent enjoy, let us retrace in imagination those periods of horror, when, plunged into the depths of misery, of ignorance, and of degradation, we groaned without relief, without support, and without protection. Robbed of every right, civil, natural, and political, we were destitute of every thing—without country, 1 i asylum, or possessions : bent beneath the yoke of tyrants whom we detested, we held no rank in the scale of rational beings, but were in effect civilly and politically dead to the world. $ By the inscrutable decrees, and resistless aid of an over-ruling PaoviniNce, however, our courage, our perseverance, and our i valour succeeded in purchasing for us a country, civil and poli- tical rights; an asylum and possessions. AU these invaluable i blessings, which we cannot appreciate too highly, or cherish too tenderly, we doubtless owe to the infinite goodness of the Str- - 11 ?Ann Al/SITED of the UNITSIISS ! they are the happy results of that immortal Irtizeraeognes which his favouring arm enabled t • us to achieve. Too long had we been deprived of these bless- ings. Too dear have been the sacrifices which they cost, not to instruct us in the value of preserving them. Haytians alone can justly appreciate their importance ; for what other people 1 I have experienced equal persecution, equal tortures, and equal II calamities, previous to the period of their emancipation? Let ass then enjoy tascarr and nittermroxaic.e, but let us enjoy them 1 I with W/SDOM and MODULATION. " I/ is gratifying to our paternal heart to behold the pitch of prosperity to which our people have attained. Plenty prevails, we feel all its effects. Want is a phantom with which we are I ' A...acquainted. It is this unexampled prosperity, we well know, w loch fills with dismay the hearts of our fees, who are unceas- it.gly occupied in fabricating the grossest falsehoods against us. Their design cannot be misunderstood, or their aim mistaken; t: - .eir object is to prevent the acknowledgment of our tvozrzer- !mace, to damp the ardour of our friends and swell the ranks of our foes. We will continue to oppose to their c dumnies the 1 1 1 conduct which we have hithetto pursued ; we will meet them with dignified silence and profound contempt. The honest and peaceable Merchants who are established 4 1 , within our dominions,.or visit our pens, can attest this truth, and say whether there exists a nation more peaceable than the . klaytians, or more disposed to live upon terms 6f harmony and i! : good understanding with its friends. Mariam "—Let us continue to improve the state of society, to watch over the laws, to promote agriculture and commerce, , • irtd to correct and remedy those abuses which check their pros- perity—in tiae, let us purify our morals by the cultivation of re- 4. 1 ligiun, propriety, and ptblic and private virtues. Through our care two more National Schools have been es- - 4 11 tablished, those of Gonaives and S:. Marc, and Learning only • waits the arrival of richt.. foreign Professors to extend her cheer- ii.g radiance over the whole of our population, and dispel the i last mists of Ignorance and Prejudice which yet hover over our harpy la,td, meal retard the progress of het improv4ment. PARZI:TS 1 who have sent your children to drink at the foun- tain of Instruction, and imbibe the pre l pt4 of Wisdom in the National SaLools, you have, in so doing, seconded the fondest wish of our hearts, and already feel the happy reran. of your conduct. Contiuue then to send your children to the Public Schools, whate, with the first rudiments of knowledge, they will learn t h e gio:iplesof;eue Rstd3tar s substantial Vtait/7.., and un- sophisticated Mosar..rry. Dscosox, the source of domestic peace, and basis of national prosperity, adds to the splendour and stability of our kir.zdorn. Harlan', banished from society, and rewarded with the most brutal is eauneat in return for their toil, were formerly disquali- fied from holding property—an advantage this, however, which at the present day they enjoy to the fullest extent ; and each is ena- bled to exclaim In the manly pride of honest independence, " This land Aid I cultioate is ray own : by my industry I fertilise it; and toe in tnepiecoing nape ,f iranteduing it, wiA the noble inheritance of Leserty, purchased by my sword, to my posterity. 4 wide reuurd flunfrotrs these gond uctions inspired by an enthusiastic line of nip auntry, for lat length enjv a,: dignity o f my b e i ng , and find th.a I LIM A I.LANI" C insider, that if we have been able to dispatch the multitude • of f ir , :ign vessels which have entered our ports during the las - . ' year, how much, by the augmentation of cultivation, you may hape to increase your revenues, and promote commerce. i 11 Agriculturists I—Fearlessly pursue your useful labours. The army La at hand, and watches but for your security. I Haytians!---Let this Fuzzier= anniversary of our immorta nrozrz.voznoe be signalized by fresh exertions for the public good. Let brotherly affection ever unite us in bonds of the sweetest amity : and let our unvarying attention be directed to what is great and good. Men who have purchased at the price of their blood the inde- , pte.dence of their countr f, who have shaken off the load of un- just prejudice which weighed them down, who have conciliated the esteem and friendship of foreign nations'; men, in a ward who have so many and such important demands upon thei: at: ( tendon, cannot, and ought not to think of an thing but the • glory and prosperity of their country. Our rights are well founded, just, and legitimate —let * strengthen them then still further by the practice of JOSTICS, 'of . I:..,iutrv, and of HumAiterv. ' The time is at hand when RFASON will prevail: her triumph : cannot fail to be ultimately complete. We will secure peace at home and abroad, and, by the wisdom of our proceedings and i the integrity of our conduct, we will reap the proud reward of seeing the immortal pillar of our Inoaramairsee reared upon the tombs of our heroes, and cemented with blood drawn from our own veins, bidding proud defiance to the corrosion, of time, and improving daily in beauty and durability. Given at our Royal Palace of Sans Souci, this let day of Ja- nuary, tblit, in the 15th year of Independence, and seventh of our Reign. (Signed) HENRY. By the Kin/. I The Secretary of State, Minister for Feeeign Affairs, (Signed) Comte Ds LIMOMADL i A letter from New Orleans, laced January 24, says, " New Orleans, at this season of the year, exhibits rk all the bustle of a great Pair. Here are crowded to- gether multitudes of sellers and buyers from Alaba. ma to Nagitchos, and North to Canada, Ohio, and the extreme of Missouri ; all seem eager to grasp their object, And may obtain it, for it is a country . , richer in its productions than if it possessed the mines of Mexico. COtton is abundant, and arrives at this place as though it grew in floating down the river. I have seen this steam-boat arrive with 800 bales of cotton on deck, and this repeated again and again," , i • •. : k ~...,,...,.„. I ,% 1.,1416. SOUTH AMERICA. DEFEAT OF THE PATRIOTS IN MEXICO. DISPATCH FROM COL. JOAQUIN MARQUEZY buNALLO TO THE VICEROY OP MEXICO. "GLORY TO THL GOD OT AZINIZS!_ " Port of Corpora, Dec. 1, 1817, half-past 7, p.m. " MOST EXCELLENT SlR—Last night I advanced my batteries within pistol shot of the enemy's fot, and there I erected another battery opposite the prin cipal gate with two pieces of artillery. At five o'clock in the morning, the fire began through all the line, to which the enemy answered as they had done before. This last battery did them a great deal of injury, opened a large breach, and dismounted one cartonade. When I perceived this, I disposed myself to the assault ; and for this effect, at dark I united the three companies of grenadiers of Ordenes and Alobero, and marched with them to the breach, having learned by some deserters that the enemy wanted to escape on account of the great injury he suffered from our artillery. After having filled up the trenches, I placed myself at the head of the co lumn with my Adjutants, Captains Martinez and Guerrero, and Lieutenant Marquez, having ordered before the Captain of the Regiment of Mexico, Don Ramon de la Madrid, to assault in the left, with 40 men of the battalion of St. Louis. This was so promptly executed, that an' nemy's gunner was sur• prized with the match in his hand ; he had no time' to fire a gun which was loaded with grape. The enemy began to throw themselves through a narrow pass, called Las Cuevas de Pastiana, for which reason I ordered Lieutenant-Colonel Barradas, assisted by Captain Rayon, as his guide, to follow them, by which movement we took 9:3 rebels, with their arms, and a great number of women. Amongst the priso ners are Col. Piedro Rodriguez, Major Ignetio Balas, and the Adjutant of the Chief Bravo. We have found in the fort six pieces of artillery, munitions, arms, and several other effects. A number of our, enemies were lying, some wounded and some dead. " GOD preserve your Excellency many years. " Jomautx MARQEZY DONALLO.." " PORT SPAIN, FEBRUARY 12. " The inclosed will give you all the news I know from Guayana. Ido not believe the force Bolivar took from Guayana to be at all over-rated ; and he had luckily received a large supply of powder and ammunition, and some arms. The Patriots are con fident of success. The late check that Zaraza met with was, as I suspected, made the most of by the Spaniards, to keep the spirit of resistance down ; but it is a vain hope. The Patriots will be free, Or exterminated. They ask no half concessions. Abso lute independence or nothing. They know it is not easy for foreign Powers to guarantee Colonies against the vengeance of the Mother Country. The gua rantee of Conventions with independent States is quite another thing. " We continue to be so closely blockaded by the Spaniards that we have nothing direct of late from Guayana. The inclosed came via Grenada. But they say they only treat us as we treat other neutrals in time of war, and there is some truth in that. Our blockade does not affect Guayana, as the Orinoco has been quite free, and Brion does not choose to abandon the naval defence of that province, to clear the Gulch for our convenience, until he knows the issue of Bolivar's expedition. A short time,. now, must furnish us with the result." BULLETIN OF THE LIBERATING ARMY OF VENEZUELA. " Head-Quarters, San Diego de Cabrutica, Dec. 4. " The division of General Zaraza, composed of two brigades of infantry, under the command of Brigadier-General Torres, and three of cavalry, on I the Ist inst. marched towards the estate of Apainato, with a view to approach nearer to the point of as sembly named by the Supreme Chief; there to form a junction with the army he himself was bringing from the province of Guayana. At twelve at noon he encamped on the estate of Hogaza, and stroi'g parties of cavalry were detached to various points, to observe the movements of the enemy. " On the 2d, at day-break, an enemy's division, composed of 1200 infantry and 500 cavalry, under the command of General LaTorre, attacked Colond Infante, who, with 200 men, was advancing on the road of Calabozo, and obliged him to retire towards our camp, which he did in the best order. The di vision then abandoned the house and estate on which it was encamped, and took post on a small hill, at the distance of a mile. The infantry formed in order of battle, and on the right and left the cavalry was stationed, the first commanded by Colonel Infante, and the second by Lieutenant-Colonel Zamora. The reserve, which was composed of one squadron of dragoons, and another of light cavalry, under the orders of Colonel Urquiola, was posted 100 paces in rear of the centre of the line. None of the parties of observation sent out were enabled to come up in time. " The enemy continued his movement on our po sition, and posted himself on a small hill in front of that occupied by our forces, out of musket-shot.— His army was formed into three columns of infantry in the centre, and two of cavalry which covered the sides. We instantly commenced the fire of our ar tillery, and soon after our line was ordered to ad vance, and the reserve to support our right wing.— Colonel Briseno, who commanded the first brigade of infantry, then received orders to attack at the point of the bayonet the three columns of the ene my's infantry : and Colonel Plaza, commanding the second brigade of infantry, was directed to present his front to the cavalry the enemy had on the right, and with which he was attempting to turn our left wing. Colonel Briseno executed the movement con fided to him with the greatest rapidity and bravery, and his chasseurs, commanded by Captain Gutierrez, broke into the enemy's ranks, causing such havoc as nearly to put them into disorder. Colonel Briseno, with the remainder of his brigade, was now nearly at close quarters with the enemy ; the moment was considered decisive, and a general movement was made. The cavalry charged on the right and on the, left, but meeting with a check on the first onset, it was thrown into disorder, notwithstanding the ad vantages acquired by our infantry, and all the extra ordinary exertions of the Chiefs and Office:s were unable to form it again. The whole of our infantry was engaged in the battle, and performed }rodigies of valour. Colonel Plaza's brigade was the last that quitted the field of battle, after sustaining the shock of the whole of the enemy's forces. The want of co-operatioa on the part of the de tached corps of tie army. which rel.:cei the feirce! present to 700 infantry and 500 horse, was the chief cause of this misfortune ; from which, however, the enemy derived no other advantage than a small number of prisoners, and the possession of the field, of battle. his many killed and wounded, together with the certainty that almost the whole o s ter ur troops which had remained unhurt would assemble' at these our head-quarters, where the principal body of the army was stationed, not only prevented the enemy from improving his victory, but compelled him to retreat on the following day. " General Zaraza, Commander in Chief of the Division, had his horse wounded under him, and that of Colonel Urquiola was killed. Lieutenant- Colonel Zamora was wounded ‘vitli a lance, • and Captain Gabantes received three mortal wounds.— Colonel Martinez, Chief of the Staff, was killed; and our loss, in kil!ed, prisoners and dispersed, was 247 men. Brigadier-General Latorre, Commander in Chief of the enemy's forces, received two mortal wounds. His loss in killed and wounued exceeds one hundred and eighty men. (Signed) " C. SOUBLETTE, Chief of the Staff." " Guayana, January 10. " On the 20th ult. we opened the campaign that is to terminate the war in the provinces of Venezuela in a short time. The troops left this on the 24th, and the Supreme Chief on the 31st The arm.: con sists of 2,800 cavalry under the command of 'Gene rals Cedeno, Monagas, and Zaraza ; and 2,700 in fantry, including the guard of honour. Zaraza and Monagas, with a corresponding number of infantry, march through the interior towards Calabozo, in the rear of the enemy, and they are to form a junction with the main army, near Nutrias. Another portion of the troops march on the opposite side of the Ori noco, as far as the portage of Castillo, and the re maindet go up in 38 vessels with the ammunition, of which 24 are armed. Nothing has been known of the operations and progress of those embarked since they left this. One division of General Zaraza, of 1300 men, commanded by Colonel Infante, which I formed the advance of his army, has destroyed one of a similar number belonging to the enemy, in the neighbourhood of Calabozo under the command of Colonel Martinez, killing SO men and making pri soners of the rest. The left of General Paez has also destroyed 400 of the enemy, who were daring enough to leave their entrenchments, with a view to surprise the magazines belonging to the army of the Lower Apure. " Pact closely besieges San Fernando and Apu rito, with 2,500 cavalry and 800 infantry. Another of his divisions, consisting of 1,000 cavalry, is also acting on Nutrias, and a third on San Carlos. The latter, in front of this place, lately destroyed 300 of, the enemy's infantry. The dktricts of Cucuta, Me rida, and Truxillo have taken up arms in favour of, their freedom, and the Spaniards remaining in Santa Fe are in a sta:e of consternation. The revolution in the province of Maracavbo is confirmed. The Su preme Chief has conferred powers on Father Marino, to act in Santa Fe, and Gelm-11 Nonato Perez, with 2,000 men, is making great head in that quarter. " Admiral Brion has eleven large vessels ready, and is only waiting to complete two more, in order to proceed on to the Gulf of Pal ia, to destroy the Spaniards hovering about there ' according to the or ders left by the Supreme Chief. General Bermudez is very shortly to arrive here with his army to take charge of tl is province. This Officer has at last hap pily terminated General Marino's differences, who is gone on to Margarita. Our army is now well found in every thing, and in an excellent state of discipline. Great events may soon be expected. All the Gene rals, with the exception of 13ermudez, have taken the field." THE EVENING STAR. LONDON. FRIDAY, MARCH 27, ISIS. THE FUNDS. !RICE OF STOCKS THIS DAY AT TWELVE O ' CLOCK: Reduced shut—Cons. 77j 78—Cons. for Ac. 4 cv_.r Cent. shut—Navy Annui:ios 1051 11 dia. Bonds 81 83 pr.—Exchequer Bills 13 17. DUTCH MAIL. The accounts by the Mail of this morning an nounce that the claims of the subjects of Austria against France have been finally adjusted by the ne gociation of the Duke of WELLINGTON, and that Baron BARBEIR, who had gone to Paris on that bu siness, is about to return to Vienna. Retrenchment continues to be the order of the day in Holland and the Netherlands. On the 3d instant the KING resolved, in order only to proceed with the reduction or the public expenses, as much as good order will allow, " that for the present and till fur ther orders, no proposals shall be made to him for an increase of salaries, pensions, &c. or for filling up vacancies; that to fill posrs which cannot be left vacant, no persons shall be proposed except either public Officers actually in employment, by way of advancement, or else Officers who receive or arc en titled to pensions ; that no proposals for granting pensions shall be mace, except in cases of absolute necessity ; that the Minister of Finance lay be fore his Majesty a complete account of the pensions now paid, that measures may be taken respecting that part of the public expenditure, and for the fu ture diminution of it, without affecting pensions al ready granted." The Datch ship of war the Amsterdam, which sailed from Batavia on the 29th of October for Hol land, overtaken by a dreadful storm, was wrecked on the coast of Africa, off Plettenberg's Bay, oil the 11th of December. Having lost her main and fore• masts and sprung a leak in the storm, which lasted three days, the Captain ran her into Algoa Bay, in South Africa, about 500 miles from the Cape of Good Hope, on the 15th. All t h e crew, except three sailors, who were washed overboard, were saved ;but . ' the ship went entirely to pieces on the ti l i zt 19th December. About twenty houses have stopped p: i, GOttellbUrgh ; and. in consequence, the M.,gl-• have had a meeting, to consider in mea Is 10 the credit of the Merchants.--The Decrees of the Government can produce nt, but bankruptcies. Let the system be only cc long enough, and they must dl be ' FRANKFORT, MARCH 14. People begin to believe that the Diet general regulations respecting the Li Press, but that every German Goserr left to adopt such measures in this r^ think advisable. M. Bourcourd, Commissioner for King of the Netherlands, made, na the central Committee, at Mentz, a declAra: to the resolution adopted by the Coniiiz! the free navigation of the Rhine, in svlii that the present system of the Netheriza , to the duties of Customi, is infinitely fi advantageous than the preceding system reign trader who visits the markets of lands has now the assurance, that she: ed the frontier Custom-house, he does r, the smallest difficulty in the free c(z. disposal of his goods, and will nct impediment from the Custom-house 01 part of the kingdom ; and that the transi the Rhine has much increased since the of the new system, which is proved by thi quantity of merchandise which pare along tLat river in 1817. PETERSBURGII, FEBRUARY The Emperor will be, about the kith of March, at Warsaw, where /-.c will rem He will then go to o.'essa, ar.c; be but about the time of the cxpcc:cd delivcry cess Alexandra. The King of Prussia' Moscow about the same time. FEBRUARY 2S.—lt is said that priratt China have brought accounts that the tr with that empire, has been interrupted ! , y The Emperor has signified to the 6arcirt:entet Finland, his approbation of the measures TEC . 2 has adopted for the suppression of luxury, wbd cannot but be injurious to that pro-i-.ce. HAMBURGH, MARCH :7. At Stockholm all the foreign Ambassador but already congratulated his :Nlajc , t7 ea naaccessicato the throne, either in person or in Nr7i:ing. From the letters brought by the Leeward E:A Mail yestei day, we stated that intelligence ha.i bds received at St. Thomas's and Trkidal of the Lit of the Patriotic army, under BGLIVAR, bef:re Ca. labozo, in consequence of which it had vltild-rrr.% its old position at Angustura. Some of our poraries of this morning have published a set'..:: ci ac• counts from the Independent party, receirea o- the same mail, which make no mention of an; such defeat. It will be observed, however, that these accolA which will be found in another part of c.lr kez, reach only down to the 12th of February, tie, state it to have been the intention of the Pani-ts concentrate themselves at Calabozo, in order to i•ise battle to the Royalists, while the letters comm.:si. eating the defeat at that place are dated Thomas's, the 26th of February, being 16 days! VI. The probability of such a disaster seems, therms, to be rather strengthened than otherv. - :se, by that accounts. While the Independent cause is thus struete the North, it is some compensaCe^ to find, thvio whole of South America, on the South-side of the great River (Rio de la Plata) is now entireli from the Spanish yoke. The two conqueri , :tr:ts of Buenos Ayres, under the command of !Le brated Generals SAN MARTIN and Bz LeF No. conquered the extensive province of Chili, are scs on its Northern borders, and upon the eve of :oz mencing operations against the Royalis:s is the F o * wince of Peru; so that Lima, with its pld...:l'artes: l, may soon be expected to form auoths; 111 in the chain of Republican dominion. • The Patties Itsorwr returned to town from 11.4J sor on Wednesday night. His Royal liighr. , ! , s v. accompanied by the Duke of BEST to Keninp,a Palace. Yesterday the Dukes of CLMBEEL AND 21Id PENT visited the Paincit IZEosia. at Caritou Koine. The Earl of LIVERPOOL, Viscount CASIiritLACR , and Count MuNsren, had audiences or he l'w.3 REGENT yesterday at Carlton' The Duke of CLARExcx and the I . :. , scs HENCE are on a visit to Lord and Lid; Acr'S'itt at their seat at Bowman Lodge : near Ohl V Tuesday the Archbishop of CANTER/Ana grand dinner, at Lambeth Palace, to the Arcl.3l::.:z of YoRR and all the Bishops, except the WINCHESTER and CHICHESTER, WhO abstS from indisposition. The Marquis of ANGLESEA and his r Honourable Captain PAGET, left town yester.'.. Southampton. The AMBASSADOR from the King of CleN , LANDS has left town for Dropmore, on a vl Lord and Lady Gan:vim-E. HARROW SCHOOL.-110 Governors of having been pleased to command chi: c: a week to the present Easter vacation, rotitc eererl given that the School will meet on Wed: Sth of April, instead 6f Wednesday - , the I,t .. Apr. l 9 as oriLinally propoied.. . . 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