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1 1 , 4 mit NotnEß 1 ,* TH E COMMP 11141E93 to that o o TUESDA se IN wady to receive Tend in. Persons as are w *mum of all such ( Week wake of la 11 Twelve Nostlas certnit ina, old the expiratit eersination of the Coo sin Office, or at th pang Yard. Eath Tender most II livered before One c 4e secompanisd by a oaring to becuswe b pal sum of One Hun 41014 M " The Penal AIM lel, mot attend to NW , VICTU e * THE COM.U/S 3 his MAJESTY That on rio----..-- , 4, , - - --vp , (WI) le ..,-) ;;',,,,, 4- ge , * Pk* (- i WEDNESDAY EVENING, JANUARY 24, 1827. NomER 12,464.] FROM THE LONDON GAZETTE, JAN. 23. PICTIMLLING-OFFICE, January 23, 1827. THE COMMISSIONERS for VICTUALLING iGussirs A. 4 FY, ie. du hereby give wake : Henry Hargreame and George Henries,, Carr-hoU, Lineashire, cottonipinnere. Charles L ew i s Harrimo and George Marne dike Harrison, New Hurnmums Tavere, Covent.garden, tavern. beepers. Paul Ashmore and Anderson Ashmore, jun. Armin ham, merchant.. George Harg d Jane Harg Carr bar, hall, Lancashire, provision -dealers. Henri Leaver S amue l Goo pad Samuel Fletcher , Nomination. lam inathil i w-lasilders and lace-makers. fialnuand Buck and Thomas Buck, Strood, Kent, farmers. William elderd and Joseph &kind, Gilderroaiell Yorke/Are, cloth. WHITEHALL, Jan. 22. The King has been pleased to direct letters patent to be passed ander the Greal Seal, constituting and appointing Field h/arshal. That oo TUESDAY, the 13th of February next, they will be wady to receive Tenders in writing (sealed up), and treat with rersons as are willing to enter into Contract for the per. *on= of all such CARTAGE WORK as may be required * g ibe smite of his Majesty's Victualling Yard, at Deptford, for T w ist Months certain, from the getb February next ; and fur ibu, ytil the expiration of Three Months' Notice, given for the ime joation of the Cootract, the Conditions of which may be seen s ib Office, or at that of the Ccumnissioner of Deptford Vie- Arthur Duke of WeMasten of all his Ma-, jetty's Land Forces in the United Kingdom• of Guest Batik and . Irelond. BANKRUPTCIES Si Charles Spavrton, Northampton, tails Charles Elwin, Norwich, baker. MILITARY PROMOTIONS. mAR-OFFICS, JAN. 23, 1827. Royal Regiment of Mane Guards —Field Marshal Ms Sterol' Highness Ernest Duke of Cumberland, B.G. aad G.C.B. from' paging Yard. Each Tender most specify the price in words at length, and be owed before On o'Clesek on the day appointed ; and matt sec ompanied by a Lootor, sigma by two respondbk Persons a ping to becalm. bound Walt Use Party tendering, in the P al turn of One Hundred Pounds, for the due performance of, • Conn. The Person wItOINCIIITAIIIIISIN a► owe Person on irk br ut, mot attend to answer when called for. rrALLER CLIFTON. BANKRUPTS. - - - Samuel Smith, Manchester, engraver, to surrender, February S, 6. and Much 6, at eleven, at the Star Inn, Manchester. Attornies, Mr. Thomas Holm Bower, Chancery-lane; or Messrs. Owen and Co. Manchester. John Fletcher, Liverpool. merchant, Fehtuary 3,6, and March 4 at one, at the Star and Gar te r Tavern, Liverpool. Attornies, Messrs. Adlington and Co. Bedford-row; or Mr. Alison, LiverpOol. I I Charles Jalland, Mansfield Woodboute, Nottinghamshire, miller, [ February 2,3, and March 6, Alt at the Swan Inn, Manafield. I Attendee, MK' "forge Flower, • Id; or Messrs. Alex ander sod Co. Carey.ureet, Linriolses frsm Joseph Messenger, late of Wigton, CurnticrLind, menet? and draper, February 8,9, and heard, 6, at twelve, at the Half Moon Inn, Wigton. Anomie", Messrs. blounsey and Cu. Staple Inn; or Mr. Joseph Hodgson, John Hopkins, Bristol and St. Philip and Jacob, Gloucestershire, skater and Chapman, February 6,7, and March 6, at twelve, at the Rummer Tavern, Bristol. Attornies, . Messrs. Poole and Co. Gray's Inn-square ; or Mr. Henry Paten, Bristol. Edward Cos, Ledbury, Herefordshire, carries., February 1,2, and Alarch 6, at eleven, at the Feathers Inn, Ledhury. Ashanti'', 10, ans. Clarke and Cu. Chancery-lane; or Mr. Joseph Allen Higgins, Ledbury. John Fenton, Hanky, Staffordshire, engravhr, February 19, 20, at the Leopard Inn, Borslem, and March 4, at twelve, at the Swan Inn, Hanley. Attornies, Messrs. Clow.m and Co. King's Bench-walk, Temple; or Messrs. Tomlinson and Co. Stafford shire Potteries. Foster Marlton, Illyth, Mirthawtherland, draper, February 14, 13, at eleven, and March 6, at one, at the George Inn, New castle-upon-Tyne. Attornies, Messrs. Bell and Co. Bow Church. yard, Chcapside; or Messrs. Bainbridge and Co. Newcastie upon-Tyne. Thomas Ogden, Manchester, grocer, February it, and March 6, at two, at the Star Inn, Manchester. Attornies, Messrs. Arebyi and Co. Ramond- buildings , Gray's Inn ;or Messrs. 14411- heed ansl Co. Manchester. John Ilenty Br moll and Hobert Brew Anderson, Liverpool, suer. chants. February 13, 14, and March 6, at one, at the Veorge Inn, Liverpool. Attornies, Messrs. Taylor and Co. Meet Bench-walk, Temple; or Mews. Lace and Co. Liverpool. Thomas Carpenter, St. Johmstrect C leckenweli, encase-botcher, January 30, February et. and March 6, at eleven, at the Comet of Commissioners of Bankrupts, Besingball-street. Attorney, Kr. 11. Search, Lyons Inn. a' : Thomas Brinier, Blakeney, Norfolk, miller, February' g It 115.4, at ten, and March 6, at ek,bn , at the Angel hm, Norwich. Attornies, Mr. Witham, ion. HA, hiortisik ; or Mr. Bridger, Angel-court, Throgintreme-sweet. John William Chase, Eastington, Gloucestershire ' shopksere, February 2, at four, 3, and March 6. at ten, at the Elm no, Gloucester. Attories, Mews. Thud and Co. Lincoln's nit-, fields ; or Messrs. Vizard and Co. Duraley. DECLARATIONS OF INSOLVENCY. John Johnson, hlercaston, Derbyshire, eornfactor, Is in insolvent circumstances, and unable to meet his ougagestanum with his Od d iturs.--FlaJanwry nn. Hawaii Pearson, Oxford, watchmaker, le ha insaivant dram:o ctanes*, and unable to meet his engagements with his creditors. —Filed January 22. the 15th Lien Dragoons, to be Colonel, eke Field Marshal the Duke of Wellington, appointed to the Grenadier Guards. 13th Regiment of Light Dragoons—Major General 2k Richard Hussey Vivian, K.C.B. as be Colonel, •ice Sir Coiquhoun Grant, ',pointed to the 15th Light Dragoons. 15th Ditto (or the Kiog's Hussars)—Major General Sir Coltiollonit Grant, K.C.B. from the Igth Light Dragoons, to be Colonel, . , •lee his Royal Highness the Duke of Co:nberland, appointed to the Royal Norse Guards. ist or 'Grenadier Peewees of Foot Guards--•Fieltl MMx►hal Arthur Disko of Welliugton„.K.G. and G.C.B. to be Colonel, •ice his late Royal Highness the Duke of York, deceased. VICTUALLING-OFFICE, January 24, 1327. ►THE COM VIISSIO.vEIIS for VIC EU I.LISG 1 kit mdasirs NAVY, lc. du hereby give Notice, That on FRIDAY,the 241 of February neat, they will be ready to receive Tenders i n icing (aeakd up), and treat for the supply of One liondrei Thousand Gallons of West India RUM, of the strength 6I 6 percent. und. r proof, by Sykes's hydrometer. Thirtyfive Tomo( New Black Smyrua RAISINS, and Tifty Tons of COCOA. To he Jelivereslinto his 31ajesty's Victualling Stores ht Deptford, iar half of each by the Pith of February, and the redtaioder the 15th of March neat. 0111c6 OF oRoNANOg. JAN 22. 1827. Royal Regiment of Artillery—Second Li.uteoaot Atha Knowles to be Fast Lieutenant, vice E. W. Wood, deceased. Commission in the Royal Cheshire Militia, dgned by the Lord lieutenant of the County Paiadoe of Chester. Rowland Ryles Egerton Warburton (and not Richard Eyln Eger ton Warburton), Rag. to be Captain, vice Lord Grey, resigned. COLOMBIA. Private and confidential Letter, addressed by bls Esseßeaty F. P. •BassareAtte, Vice President of Colombia, to General .Paez, in 'spiv ea sae from him an the subject of the late procemllap in Venomla. ' BOGOTA, Aim. 27. * My estteinetd General—The hopes which I had en lertained that you would be the first person to assist in re-establishment of order in your departmeht, I • sit fra are considerablY diminished by the perusal of Tour esteemed letter of the 16th of July, in which you inform me that it is opt of your power to restrain the excesses which have been committed since the SOth of April last. In the present position in which, unhappily for the Republic, you and myself find ourselves situa sad„sny reply Deed sot Micopy much time. I have already declared that I have taken no part in the accusations brought against you, neither directly nor Indirectly, neither through public channels nor by secret, methods ; and having made this declaration in the face 411 Colombia, I challenge any one to present a proof ho the contrary. Whatever information you may de pend upon is unquestionably untrue,and it will be to me. an easy matter to prole its falsehood, if you are dis posed 'des put it to the test. ' It hurts me much that jou should entertain an idea of the Congreis so indecorous - 4 'dishonourable, as to suppose that its Members • sufficient ' - e and freedom ' Sanmhs of the Raisins and Cocoa, of not less than Three pounds weight tach, must be produced with the lenders. The Conditions of the Contracts may be seen at this Office.. Each Tender must specify the price in words at length, and be Adtwered before OueoTiocit on the Day appeinted; and the Persian wlwasskes the Tender, or seine Person on his behalf, must attend to aeons' when called for. W. ITALLEA CLIFTON. Oo the 51 et -wilt be pabliebed, BLACKWOOD'S EDINBURGH MAGAZINE. Na CXXII. For FEBRUARY, 1827. CONIUTI t 1. Snodgrass's Namthe of the Burmese War—ll. Gattery of I l e G um= p rose m in ks. By the Ellglish Opiunt-Eater. No. S. Kant —III. Persia—lV. The Corn Laws— V. Selwyn in Search of a Dangbser. Chaps. s and 4—VI. Wizzerde Wynkin's Dedse—Vll. en Murder, considered' as one of the Fine Arts— VIII. Hots Germania'. No. tg. Ernest, Duke of Suabia—lX. Oath/ Death of a Daughter.—X. A Vision of the Deep XI. The Duke of 'fork. Primed for William Blackwood, Edinburgh; and T. Cada, Snand, London. SCORBUTIC AND SCROFULOUS COMPLAINTS. Hull, August 26, 1816. ENTLEMEN—A. respectable Innkeeper at this place, who has been aid-cted with a Scorbutic complaint for onset three years (which he thinks was brought on by keeping on linnet stockings), alter being under the care of the most respect aide Nledical lies 4 sr some time, applied at the shop of Messrs. X. Tamer end Co. Ara 46. 6d. bottle of Mr. Lignumi Antiscor Sat props, and after taking three bottlen,was perfectly cured.— Any person wishing it, may be refetred to the Gentleman himself fur !stater information, on application to DIVIDENDS to be made in BAST NG HALL-STRRET: Feb. 16, Richard Walker, Oxford-street, butcher, at ten. Feb. 16, James Harvey, Buil.head-passage, Leadenhall-market, poulterer, at twelve. Feb. 13, William Jackson, White's-alley, Coleman-street, and of Warnford-coup, Tbrogsnotton-street, end*, at eleven. Feb. 13, Aschibald Sinclair, Castie.court, Birchin. lane. merchant, st detain. Feb. lb, Jumps Langford, Milk-street, Cbeapside, wholesale haberdasher, at eleven. Feb. 33, William Bowen, now or late of Barnstaple Devonshire, and also late of Tiverton, silk mercer , at eleven. Feb. IS, Dudley Adams Fleet. street, optician, at eleven . Feb. 13, Thomas Lupton, ingrain. court, Lloyd's Coffee-house, underwriter, at ten. DIVIDENDS to he made in the COUNTRY. Feb. 20, James Rowley and Joseph Balmer Botterwortb Clarke, late of Stourport, Worcestershire, timber merchruns, at twelve, at ' the George Inn Dale -street, Liverpool . Feb. 16, Ralph John so n, Burslent, Staffor dshire, manufacturer of earthenwue, at eleven, at the Castle Hotel, Newcastle-under-Lynn. Feb. 16, Jos. Eastwood, and George Kay, late of Sleitham, Yorkshire, clothiers, at three, at the George Inn, Huddersfield. Feb.l2, Abraham Binns, Hes ton Norris, Lanca shire, cotton spinner, at ten, at the Star Inn, Manchester. Feb. 23, William Martin, Runcorn Cheshire skip. carpenter, at Dine, at the Star Inn, Deansgate, Ma n chester. Feb. 16, James Kiero Sloshes, Louth, ncolnslaire, carpenter, at eleven, at the Crown and Woulpacks lan, Louth. Feb. 22 g John Stocks, late of Manchester, shopkeeper, at two, at the O ffi ce of Mr. Jonathan Booth. solicitor, Marsden-street, Manchester. Feb. 14, Samuel Foulger and Benjamin Havers, Norwich, bombazine manu facturers, at four, at the Bowling-green, Norwich. CERTI FI •ATES.—Fas. 13. John Murray and Samuel Brisbane, Cliorkon-row, Manchester, builders. John Langdon jun. late of alworth,Surrey, commission. broker. Thomas Bond, Hyde, near Hendon, farmer. John Thompson, late of Smeaton, Yorkshire, tattle dealer. Joseph Walter, St. Augustine's Beck, Bristol, stationer. Edward Shake% Southampton, cabinet maker. James Billinge, St. Philip and Jacob, Gloucestershire, dealer. Benjamin Allen, Great Queen. street, Lincoln's Inn Fields, coach plater and chaser. J. Salter, 'Lyncombe and Widcome, Sonsersetsbire, florist. Wm. Horrocks, Liverpool, corn dealer. Joseph Wheeler, late of Cardiff, Glamor. pnsbire, builder. Thomas Wins and James Ingleby Moss, Chet tenham, Gloucesterihire, mercers. Robert Williams. Liverpool, merchant: Win. T. Dainton, Piccadilly, furnishing ironmonger. George Hooper, Eldon-street, Finsbury, St. Leonard, Shorediteb, builder. Wm. Godwin, Stanmore, linendraper. James Gifford, late of Paternoster-row, bookseller and publisher. William Hill Stamp and William Nicholson, late of Norway-wharf, Milbank. street, Westminster timber merchants. Joseph Femur, late of High-street, Slioreditcb, butcher. ,ave not independence to otter their own sentiments. The Colombian Congress, has had in its Chambers citizens of the utmost integrity, and of such a sense of proper feeling as would effectually cheek any desire to sacrifice their own opinions to those of the existing Govettinseat. I pray you totelieve that the injuries of which you complain, and which you appear to consider as justifying an act of rebellion, meter emanated from the Repre,entative Body of Co. bia. This is no personal question, believe me. The iiimerection ought to have been what it has been, slumber I may or may not have taken part in the sub ject of your accusation, whether I may be your feba4 or your enemy. My faults as a private man do Doe authorise a rebellion, and my errors as a public charac• Jan. could only have authorised the occurrences in Valencia in the case of redress being refused, after it bad been sought by every constitutional meant. It is contrary to my knowledge, that, during the four successive years of the meeting of Congress, any com plaint has arrived from the people of Venezuela against the Executive Administration, nor have I heard that any proposal fora reform has been made, in conformity with the 1001 article. I am the defeisder of legitimacy, and I glory in being so; but not of that legitimacy which, according to the voice of aristocracy, is to perpetuate from generation to generation, an inheritance from Sather to son ; nor of that which is constituted by the usurpation of a people ; but of that legitimacy founded on the basis of social order—of those laws which the nation, legally united, have once established—and of those wholesome doc trines which philosophy has taught, and which have re ceived the sanction of civilized nations. Of this kind of legitimacy I am a fanatical defender, and I trust never to change my opinion so long as a drop of blood flows in my veins. You had, therefore, some justice in sup posing me unalterable. In my situation I have no private opinion respecting the alteration desired to be made in the system, since the nation, by the voice of its true Commissioners and Representatives, imposes on me the obligation of en- 81. TURNER AND CO. 65, Market-Place, To Messrs. Lignum and Son, Surgeons, Manchester. Tilton Drops are sold in wsoulded square bottles at 2s. 9d. 4s. 6d' and Its. each, by Jul.,, Lignum and Son, Surgeons, &c. 65, Bridge otreer, , Manchester• ' L 150, Orford - street ; I. and C• Funs, 42, Long - lane, West Sanger,imi thfield ; Barclay and Sops, 95, fleet-market; Brakes, Chemist:, Cheapside, corner of St. Paul's, L on don ; 73, Prince's -street, Edinburgh ; and 54, Sackville-street, Dublin ; Sutton and Co. 10, Bow Church-yard ; Evan Edwards, St. Paul's Church-yard ; F. Newbery and Sons, 45, St. Paul's (Bureh-yard; Henry Aloce.cill, 36, Whltechapel, Landon; F. Newbery and Suns, 29, Dame-street ; Scot and Orr, 100, South Ileidge, Edinburgh ; B. Nelson, Surgeon, Plasgow ; and all re spectable Medicine Venders. Of whom also may be bad, Mr. Lignum 's Improved VEGE TABLE LOTION, foe all Scorbutic Eruptions, price 91. 9d. duty included. Mr. Lignunis SCURVY OINTMENT nuy now be bad of the above Agents, price le. *I. each rot, duty includcd. BILIOUS AND LIVER COMPLAINTS. AS a mild and efectual remedy for all those disor ders which originate in a morbid action of the Liver and Hilary organs, namely, indigestion, Lou of Appetite, Head-Ache, Heartburn, I'latulencles, Spawns, Costiveness, Affections of the Li. err, &c. &c. DIXON'S ANnuiLtous PILLS (which do tot contain serenity in any shape) have met with more general approval than any other Medicine whatsoever. They unite every reconunendation of mild operation with successful effect ; and require no restraint or confinement whatever during their use. In tropical climates, where the consequences of redundant and vitiated bile are so prevalent anst alas sing, they are an in valuable and dficient protection. They are likewise peculiarly cal culated to correct disorders arising from excesses of the table, to restore the tone of the stomach, and to remove most complaints occasioned by irregularity of the bowels. Sold in boxes, at 2s. 9d. 41. 6d. I Is. and 225. by Butiers,Cheinists, Cheapside, corner of &. Paul's ; 76, Princes -street, Edinburgh ; end as, Socialite -street, Dublin ; Savory and Co. 136, New Eorid-street ; Wlilmott, 113, Higb-street Borough; and the prin cipal Medicine Venders in the United Kingdom. N.B. Ask for ri4JTLiell PICIOIA L ELIXIR. LEAKE'S-GENUINE PILLS, justly famous for curing, in all its stages, the VENEREAL DISEASE.— One small Pill Is a dose, and the taking of one Box, in a recent vice, will soon convince the patient of the certainty of his speedy sr. revery. Nothing can be better conceived, more safe, or more ewmentent than this Remedy, for suck as are obliged to go journies hr io sea, as it needs oo confinement nor restraint of Diet ; and tatty years experience (in an extensive practice) has proved that it will elfect a Cure when repeated Salivation and all other methods avail nothing. For the Scurvy and other Chronical Disorders, this Medicine has not its paralleL Upwards of 40,000 persons utt both sexes have been radically cured of the above cruel disor- i tiers, within the last eight years. Prepared and sold by the sole proprietors, T. TAYLOR and SON, Members of the Royal Col ardt of Surgeons, at their Muse, No. 9, New Bridge -street, in Duxes of only 2s. 2d. each, duty included.—N.B. Two back doors, and Lights in the Passages at night.—They are also sold, 1 1 their appointment, with copious directions, at the Toy-shop, 1 03, 0:foto-street; Mr. Disborough's, No. 7, Fish-street-hill, marly opposite the Monument ; and by one Person in every con e terabit Town iu Great Britain and Ireland. Advice gratis to I 'num %Mo t the above, or otherof the Proprietor's Medicines. - - . PARTNERSHIPS DISSOLVED. cutins the Constitutional laws. I sacrifice my opinion Samuel Winter, James Brittain, and Joshua Waddington, Val- to my duty. In the book of the Constitution the opinions paraiso and Santiago de Chile, merchants (so far as regards Sarooel to which, as a magistrate, I must conform, are noted Winter). Thomas Templeman, C. F. Bergmann, Samuel Winter, down, and when I shall act in any mode contrary to James Urittain, and Joshua Waddington, Lima, merchants (so far them i shall prove myself a traitor to my country.— as remds S. Winter, J. 13rittain, and J. Waddington). William In the annexed proclamation, which I have addressed Try, Joseph Fty, John Gurney Fry, and Samuel Richardson, St. Mildred's•court, wholesale tea dealers (so hues regards S. Richard- to the people, you will find my conduct conform with ma). lama IM`Ghie, Anne Wakefield ' and John Wakefield, Man- my duty. cheater, milliners (so far as regards John Wakefield). Jas. rotate According to the most recent intelligence, the Presi• and George Cooke, late of Preston, Lancashire, grocers. Benj.. dent Liberator will arrive very shortly ; be cannot but Fan+haw Haywood, Leek, and Edward Smith, Cheddleton, Stsf. turd hire, silk throwsters. Josiah Wilkinson anal Henry Cook, be sensibly affected with the melancholy and calami , Lad-Lane _Maud:glee warehousemen. Adolphus Goldsmidt, tons state of the department of Venezuela, and I am Achilles Fould, and Charles Wm. Stokes. Nicholas Albert Mar. well assured that he will apply all his heart and energy tiflilll and Henry Albers, formerly of St. Helen's-paseage, Great to heal those wounds which have been inflicted on Ve- St. Ilel.:o's, and afterwards of hLuk.lane. Betty Unsworth and Hugh Whittle, Ashton, Lancashire, corn millers. John Penlington nezuela, since the 30th of April, establishing the true and Joseph Armstrong, Cburch4treet, Liverpool, watch manufac. fe icily of a people, who have been the idol to whom he curers. Wm. Bradley and Lucy Bradley, Hollingwortb, Cheshire, II S sacrificed his time, his int.rests, and his glory, with. and James Bradley, Mottrant, same county, carriers and shoe- 0 t aspiring to further reward than that of seeing his makers. David Gladstone, David Paton, S and James Wordley, Nantwich, Cheshire, ale, beer, and porter brewers. William Gor. ountty in the enjoyment of liberty, peace, and happi don, jun. James Biggar, and Philip Forsyth, Dumfries, bankers. ness. My influence in all this is imaginary—law and Thomas Crossley, Samuel Ataustrong, and Thomas C. Hewes, reason are all I have to exercise, and you may rest as- New Mills, Derbyshire, cotton-spinners. limn " 14", Thomas sured, that on this broad basis I rest all claim, and all gyre Lee, and Harry Hunt,actornies. Edmonds Gray Hopkins and Robert Bell Williams, Fenchurch-street, brokers. Phebe defence, of my proceedings, from the time I first corn- Longniore and John Longinore, Blackftiars-road, carpet-dealers. menced my public career; a proof of which you trill . . .. - - • f '''' ... - .-' -•-. • • I l, 9 I .- ? .. 1„...# d ts - \.Q At!, .-.,.. ~ • k . , , : ..., • ....." 4 ,.. •, , i sl .• ' i () % 1111/1011 OH I ,4 W / . 3. • • . . . „ .. 4 . (0 ' ii i r t c ti fi l i atCe o ; • . ' [PRICE SEVENPENCE. find in the manifesto published by my order, and which I now send you. Cannot Venezuela breathe fottb her wish for reforms and improvements in a legal and paCific manner, with- out breaking the union of the Republic, and without act- ing in defiance of the laws and the Government, in a si- I molar manner to Guaquil and Maracaybo? Was it ne- cessary that the Republic should present to the world a • scene of rude commotion and violence? Was it indis. peasable that so many indiscretions should be commit. I ted against constitutional order as have been committed in that department? I think not. Everything might have been done and obtained without occasioning so great a burden of grief as every patriotic soul mast have felt at these sad occurrences. No one has suffered 4 so cruelly as myself on account of these unhappy trans. actions—not because I believe myself guilty of the , • charges so abundantly brought against me by the press . • , of that department, , nor for the iusults I have received, , hot because I love Colombia with all my soul, and be- 1 il ' 2 ..t t lieve her worthy of a happier fate. lam overwheistesl with grief when I contemplate the ft: actions of our country—ber relapse into anarchy—her dishonour. The • glory of sixteen years is eclipsed—the reputation she I had so nobly, SP justly acquired, blighted. The future fate of my countrymen, and a thousand other evils - t rush upon toy imagination, and distract me with rare. tion. Yon, and only you, can, by peaceable methods. shield us•fi om these horrors, returning to }ourself, re establishing order, and sacrificing to the commo n goo d I your vexations, resentments, animosities, and even year fortune. To such an act on your part, so truly noble , t and heroic, no one would be found to oppose himself; - , for I am quite sure that the people of Venezuela, and even the army itself, ate not content with the changes which have been made to divide and separate Colombia. Evan the authors of those changes will be the_first to l, • oppose them; and the partisans of insurrection are now i 1 sharpening their daggers to exterminate it, even after };• i having paid it divine honours: . It is not the population of Venezuela which is trai. • torous to our institutions—the people have not altered , . —and before the act of the Municipality of Valencia. • F r on the SOth of April, no one had moved, no one bad t; i raised his voice, to overturn the Constitutional system. If. after the act of Valencia, they have lent their obe- diem:, and manifested submission, it was because they • . saw the army subjected to your orders, and found themselves far from any immediate support from the Government. The three dead bodies presented in Va- . lencia, at the doors of the Municipality, were very elo- • I quent speakers in favour of obedience to insurrection! I I have given free scope and vent to national opinion, . • lin order that it may be decisively expressed under these • circumstances; and although I never thought, in any way, to compromise my duty in the capacity of the bead of the Government, yet I have felt desirous to nicer. . • take the state of the public mind, resolving to fulfil my ob. • 1 ligatioos to the law until experience shall teach me that all mj efforts are useless. I shall not be the traitor then; the people will themselves have broken their compact • • and their promises. and the evils which will result . ;must be imputed to them, and not to me. Of one • I, . thing. however, you may rest perfectly certain— • that I shall take great care that the clamours and out- cries of Venezuela, or of any other department, shall be • i beard in Congress; and in this I will prove. myself the i most zealous advocate of the public welfare; and I also 1 ' I add, that I will neither take the oath of the future Vice Presidency, nor will I accept the office, until the Nis. ' I tional Body hears Venezuela, and pronounces, flogs r authentic documents, a competent decision either for or 1 against me. How satisfactory would it be to our coun- try, to you, to me, to see things return to the state they t, - were in previous to the SO.h of April. Two grand • objects. ould thus be attained,-.the integrity of the !I Republic would be preserved, and due s u b m i ss i on 1 to the National Government would obtain a due and patient bearing on its part; The Government would then be enabled freely and calmly to take into ecnsi. deration the propriety and utility of a reform. The first I 1 , f would restore the dimished honour and credit of the Republic, and the general confidence of the people ; an d 2 i , the second would legitimatize arty reform, and bar the , door against any succeeding innovations. Think of this , .1; deliberately, and on your decision rests whether we meet • t' in Cucuta or Merida. . . I have extended this letter beyond what I had pro. i mised. It is impossible to speak of the disaster of i Venezuela without prolonging our reflections, and en- ,.. . - deavonring to think of all possible means of rectifying I • ~; them. I applaud the pacific and humane sentiments . . .. expressed by you, with which I perfectly coincide, • ', as I trust I have shewn. Before exposing, from h caprice or vindictive feeling, my brother citizens to i '. misery and ruin, I would contentedly sacrifice myself I, on the altars of my country, carrying untainted to the :i *, sacrifice, the honour and good faith which have always accompanied me in the course of the long period of my , public life. I shall not descend to the grave without having cows. I . l i mitted errors—the common lot of all ; but I shall de. y : ) i . scend without having ever violated my duty as defender k ' ' of legitimacy, founded on principle ; nor carry with m e / 1 • the reflection of having unnecessarily occasioned the shedding of human blood. If, in the vast space of the time to come, my name shall be recorded, my errors ~ . li will be censured as the natural results of my education under the Spanish regime, and of the difficult and pe- . i , culiar circumstances of my situation; but it never can i be said that Lpcted as a traitor to the national confi- 4 . _ • dente, nor that I ever was the cause of the disasters and r misfortunes of my country. To a good man there are many subjects cf conai a- tion—the consolation of a clear conscience —the convic- 1 tion of having done all in his power to cause truth to reach the ears of the people. In the midst of the hitter- / i i • nen which has wounded my heift since this affair of , Valencia, and its subsequent consequences, to which the public press, and, what I deplore most, yourself have added,. the aggravation of personal insult, I still preserve for you that sincere esteem of which I have given so many and such repeated proofs; and all I now desire is, to see you reconciled to your country, to the more enlightened people of the present age, and to posterity—so that history may hand your name down , unimpaired, as an intrepid chief and an obedient citizen :.. . —tendering Colombia a double service, by returning to :1