Star. — London, England, 1818-11-17 00:00:00

•••, • I. S ~ y a 41,fEltICA. =MAU OP A LETTER, res. BY 01 • iorNE, i't.O'tAN,..ONTURA, SI Yesterday %. a, a ~ap.t propitious day news of the capture of Guiria. we have , advices, 'try interesting,. from Apure. removed hi, head-quarters from Valencia, lished them in San Carlos,. with A view, it is said, to elheck the progress of the Patriots of Coro, who, after revolting and declaring their independence, have marched on Carora and occupied it. This no doubt is the cause why the Spaniards,have been concentra ting. their forces during the last month. The insurrection ot Coro, which, it is said, has been followed by that of Maracaibo. with great rea son has alarmed them; for if Coro and Maracaibo became free, the proVinces of Merida and Truxillo, and the whole of the west part of that of Caraccas, will inevitably he so too, without the Spaniards be ing Ale to prevent it. This event has reduced them to the last extremity. Shut up in the small circle they occupy, and with out tbyosable forces to attend to so manr points from Which they are threatened, they are really dri ven into a desperate situation. A divislon of General Pacz, under the orders of Commandant Pena, has destroyed a strong patty of the enemy in the town of Baul, at a short distance from- San Carlos. The Commander of the enemy's party was made prisoner, with the greatest part of his troops, and the rest fell in the action. LUILETIN OF THE IRMY OF VENEZUELA, DATED A thafar 21. By the t rival of official correspondence from the the army Z. 7: ir.4 in rile provinces of Ca raccas tad Barcelona, we have to lay before the ar my details respecting stme important movements of our ad vanced`posts and detachments. Under date of 11th July ultimo General Sarazp informs,,that Commandant Jose Ximines, who is at the head of the Guerillas stationed in Guayabal, de stroyed a party' t i the enemy commanded by La Munoz, whom he pursued as far as Cambado, iu the neighbourhood of Santa Rita, doing him considerable injury. Undei date of the 13th, Brigadier-General Mo rales advises, that he had taken post at Sombrero, and expresses his intention or remaining there during the winter. On the 18th he communicates that near Beatriz,. being on the road from Chaguarramas to Orituco, Commandant Leonardo, of the infantry, completely destroyed the flying camp of Captain Ra fad Oramas, and two other detachments: Under date of 25th July, General Paez, after ad vising the effective sta:e of the army under his corn• mand, ii.forms, that the whole of the province of Va rinas and the whole of the lower plains of Caraccas ate in possession of his Guerillas, which tiiumpli over the eae ny wherever they meet him. A select body of Geaeral PdeZ'S cavalry, composed of 200 men, had just penetrated as far as Tot unos, where it de stroyed a party of forty Royalists, and proceeded on to the capital of Varinas, which it occupied without obstacle, when Calzada (a Royalist), with a division of 1300 men, retired to Guanare. - From Varinas the above division of General Pact countermarched to this side of the Apure, by Pa, quay, where it had a rencontre with the famous Cap tain Guerrido and other Guerrilla leaders. Guerrido and the whole of his companions fell into our power, and certainly he was the bravest Guerrilla leader the Spaniards had.... In Pedraza, the Guerilla or detachment which was there erperienced the same fate, and its Commander, Nicolas Ruedas, was also taken, In short, this brave body of cavalry has returned to its camp loaded with immense booty, bringing in a multitude of horses and ptisoners, and having quite cleated the Province. Under date of the Ist instant, General Saraza ad vises, that the Guerrilla which he had sent on towards Orituco had a rencontre with an enemy's party, and destroyed it ; and on the 3th he informs that Briga dier. General Morales had proceeded from Sombrero towards the West. • On the 13th instant, General Monagas informs that the flying camps he had posted near Aragua and Chaparo had done considerable injury to the enemy, and prevented them from obtaining a single head of cattle. Many of the enemy's troops also desert over to them. . (Signed) C. SOVBLETTE. Heutl-quirters, Angoma, August 21. SIMON BOLIVAR, SUPREME CHIEF- OF THE REPUBLIC OF VENEZUELA, CAPTAIN-GENERAL OF THE ARMIES, AND THOSE OF NEW GRANADA, ETC. TO HIS EXCEL LENCY THE GOVERNOR OF THE ISLAND OW BARBA DOES, ETC. ETC. - , Head-quart ers, Angostura, Sept. 1, 1818. I have the honour to address myself to your Ex cellency, for the purpose of informing you of the true military state of Venezuela, which certainly is not such as General Nlorillo has communicated to your Excellency from his head-quarters of Guaraparo, un der date of Bth May ultimq. It is painful to me, in presence of your Excellency and of the whole world, to have to contradict a General, who, for the sake of his owu reputation, and the respect due to the Bri tish Chiefs whom he addresses, ought nct to have vio lated the truth in so scandalous a manner.—That General informs your Excellency that he has trium phed over the arms of Venezuela, in Sombrero, Ma racay, La Puerto, Itincon de los-Toros, San Carlos, and Savana de Col,,ede; and that in consequence of these victories we had lost 3500 in killed, wounded, and prisoners, 3500 muskets, 200 loads of ammuni tion, 2000 horses, 1000 mules, my Staff, &c. When General Murillo was wounded in the city of Calabozo, he stated, in his official dispatch, that our army was composed of 2000 cavalry and 1500 infantry, and we are compelled to confess this is the first time he has conformed to the truth. Conse qaently, it is not certain we could have lost 3500 min,' nor 2500 muskets, for, in the first case, we, should have lost the whole of our army, and in the second, we should have lost 1000 muskets more than we rally had. Unfortunately, up to the present moment, we have been in want of arms and ammu nition, and for this reason it. is not certain that we lost the 2500 muskets, 200 loads . of ammunition, four places of cannon, and mach less the horses and mules mentioned by GeneraUgOtillo. , On the other hand, I can assure your Excellency, without the smallest exaggeration, that the Spanish army in Venezuela was :eaten is Calabozo, Som brero, San Fernando, La Poerta. Ortiz, and Cogede. la consequence of these defeats, that army has been .of ,vhu.. he boasts, . re-occupied . im mense country he has lost in the list campaign, fri,ao one extreme to the other of Venezuela; and he woia3 not be reduced to a miserlble state of delensive war fare, and to the defence of the passes leading to the capital of Caracas. If General IVlorillo still exists in Venezuela, he owes this his precarious fortune to a want, on our part, of military elements ; but now we possess them, very soon he will no longer be able to date his lying dispatches from Venezuela. Your Excellency will excuse the liberty I take in troubling you with these details, of which I consi dered it my duty to inforro your Excellency, that you may be led into error by the false reports of our ene mies.—l have the honour to be, &c. (Signed) ST. TLIOMAS'S, SEPTEMBER le- zostv.tn. Admiral Brion with his fleet, and Bermudez with his army, have lately taken La Guiria, and with con centrated forces are about to march along the coast to attack Cumana. Bermudez is at Cariaco, between Corupano and Cumana, about five Spanish leagues distant from the Tatter place, which he will attack as soon as Brion, is ready to co-operate from the sea side. At the same time Morillo is attacked on all sides in the interim, so that at a time when the Royalists thought to rest and prepare for the next campaign, they are, not withstanding the valleys are under water, attacked in their very fortresses. This vigorous and bold con• duct on the side of the Patriots, is said to be-solely owing to their Chiefs having come to a good under ! standing with one another, and seen at last the neces sity of a perfect union; to which may be added the considerable supplies in arms and ammunition which they have lately received from England. An Orlleer in the Patriot Army writes from An gostura on the 10th of last month— ,, That Marino, ,who hitherto had acted independent of Bolivar and others, had acknowledged Bolivar as Chief of the Republic, as all the other Patriot Generals had done before, and:that he had joined heartily in the general' plan of attack with his 1500 well disciplined troops. l Paez is at Fernandez de Apura with 2000 men, amongst them :iOO English cavalry. Perez is now in the plains cf Varinas with 2000 men. Sarassa, with about 2000 men chiefly cavalry, in the plains of Caraccas, who are every where harassing the Spa niards, notwithstanding the inundations. Prisoners are brought in here daily, and if the present plan be followed up, the Royal army will soon be destroyed. Bermudez is to act with Brion on the sea coast, and Bolivar is collecting here and in the plains called Las Missioncs, an army of about 3000 men, which ;s organizing under General Anzuati." THE EVENLNG STAR lth the whole of his family, and has ision from the Austrian Government ire in fransylvanios The following cause of his sudden flight from the territory had received intelligence from an agent devoted to his interests at Constanti nople, that his son-in-law, who fills there the part of Dragoman to the Porte, was constantly intriguing against him. He became alarmed fachls liberty, and very soon even for his existence. On the arrival of more reeent news, he instantly assembled the Divatiat Bucharest, delivered up the reins of government to one of the chief Boyars, and immediately afterwards took his departure with the utmost secrecy. Scarcely had he left the place when the firman of the GRAND SEIGNIOR, ordering his immediate arrest and execu tion, arrived. The Hospidar, however, was already far on his way to the Austri.tn frontiers, and before the fall of night was beyond the reach of pursuit. He is accompanied by the greater part of his friends and dependents, and is said to have brought ithrncnse riches along with him. M. STURNER, the Austrian Ambassador to the Ot toman Court, bas left Constantinople, and been suc ceeded by Count de LUTZOW. The Diets of Bohemia and Moravia, which were bath convoked for the 10th of October, have already met, finished their business, and dispersed. This sin gular celerity in their proceedings will not appear surprising, since, it is added, that the whple of their business consisted in providing funds to supply the demands of Government, " as is the custom with these Diets." The recovery of the Trench Funds is now most unequivocal. From 69f. 80c. at which the Five per Cents. closed on Wednesday, they reached on Thurs day as high as 70f. 75c.. and left off on Friday at 701. 10c. We gave yesterday an extract of a letter received from an Officer on board the Mosouiro, stating that " several letters had been discovered at St. Helena, directed to Doctor O'M— for NAPOLEON, some of •which contained several sums of money for the pur pose of effecting his escape." We are authorised by Dr. O . M to state that the assertion is utterly false. We have given in a preceding part, some impor tant documents respecting the state of the Patriot cause in Venezuela, which have been received by the brig Bowes, arrived at Liverpool from Trinidad. The article most deserving the attention of our Readers, is a dispatch from General BOLIVAR to the Governor of Barbadoes, dated theist of September, written in contradiction of a previous dispatch, which, it may be tememberd, was addressed to the same Governor by the Royalist General, Mottll.l.o. —The Republican General affirms, that the dispatch of MORILLO was full of lies, and that instead of ob taining the victories of which be boasted, he has been reduced to a miserable state of defensive war- fare, and to the protection of the passes leading to the Capital of Caraccas. "If General Moititto,' says BOLIVAR," still esists in Venezuela, he owes this his precarious famine to a want on the part of the Patriots of military elements," but now that they have been amply provided in this respect, the most confident hope is entertained that Moiiii.r.o will not be much longer able to date his lying disp-itches from Venezuela. Yesterday upwards of 3.00 sail of Colliers arrived in the River, from Shields, which, with the present mild season, will tend to reduce the price of Coals, there not having been any arrivals for some time past. A letter written by an Ofileer of his Nlajesty's ship MAGICIENNE, on the Fast India station, states, that a large vessel under Dutch colours, and simulated papers, had been seized by her. The letter, which is dated off Port St. Louis, July 14th. 1818, says— " We have seized a large ship of 750 tons, called the Shaw field, under Dutch colours, built of teak, at Batavia. I boarded her, took possession, and anchored her close to the ship. She was built for a 40-gun frigate : all her ports are complete, with ring -bolts for the breeching', and side tackle. She is charged with a breach of the Navigation Act, in taking in a cargo, which none but a ship with English papers and colours is allowed to do. Her Commander, supercargo, and mates, are all Englishmen, and this is her first trip. She cost 1".:4,000 building, and her cargo now on board is words between £60,000 and X 70,000, out of which we expect £30,000, and my share will be about .£7OO. It is thr general opinion that she will be cbndemned." GENERAL GOURGAUD.—An order having been issued on Saturday, that he should quit the kingdom, Mr. B. CAPPER, of the Alien-office, was directed to put the warrant into execution. The gentleman was attended by another officer only, until it was found necessary to call in assistance. On entering the General's bed-room he stated the object of his visit, when the former, getting out of his bed, attempted to seize a brace of pistols , which were on the chim ney-piece dose tp the bed. The attempt was, how ever, frustrated, and the General was, after a vio lent resistance, which did not take place until he had dressed himself, conducted down stairs to the front parlour. Here he actually broke himself some panes of glass, and endeavoured, by his elks :Ind entreaties, to prevail upon the crc wd collected in the street to rescue him from the officers. Ile was first conveyed to the house of Mr. CAPPER, where he remained some time, in order, if he chose, to .send for his clothes from the lodgings - which heitad occupied. But this he declined. Ile was then pot into a post-chaise, and sent off to Harwich.— On his arrival at Romford, being market clay, and the inn-yard full, the horses were changed in the open street, where there were many persons assembled.— He then called out—" Thievesui der—l urn tic neral GoURGAUD—they are going to murder me." A few miles further on he wished to be taken beim e a Magistrate. On his arrival at Harwich, I.c was put on board the packet, which is said to have .ailed on Sunday night for Cuthaven. 1_ reduced to the raiserable_ssamsof - a4eleton. In4lseepi at Temeswer.ul actions our enemies have lait mitre tan 5000 men, se m - permis , in filled; wounded and prisoners. to reside in finu, ;ENERAL Doti- General Morillo, and hirsecoadin coiernand, La . . is said to be the SEPT. 24. Torre have been darigerously vosambd: and Colo- y. Besides the nets Lepez, Villa, NAvaS, Arascses; Quer°, and many Ottoman territo received other other chiefs have been killed. ...from an agent d Morino has If General Morino had obtained the victories of 1 nople, that his s cia, and estab- which h e b oas t s , h e wou ld h a ve re-occupied the im- n r..l c,,n mA n in 11 LONDON. FIRST DRAWN PRIZE NEXT TUESDAY, THIRTY THOUSAND POUNDS!! !—FOUR PRIZES of 'MIR ll', THOUSAND POUNDS, &c. &c. Consols :Jul Stoney. TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 17, 1818. THE FUNDS. FRICK OF STOCKS TIIIS DAY AT TWILLVE O'CLO7K : 3 per Cent. Reduced 77 77f—S per Ct. COWL 77 1 2 CODS. for Ac. 77f 78—Si r er Ct. 814—t f,er CL 9.5 f 5 per Ct. Navy 108}—Indic Bonds 85 87. pre. ()maims dis.—Exchequer Bills 12 20 pre. At the commencement of the market business was very brisk, and Consols opened at 781; ; but several heavy sellers appeared, and the Commissioners being served by one Broker with the whole amount re quired, at 771, threw a clamp upon the market, and Consols immediately fell to 77i, and the market l looked heavy at that price. The Paris Papers of Friday and Saturday arrived this forenoon. Among the superior Officers who were present at the KING'S Levee on Thursday, General CANUEL, the hero of the late charge of conspiracy, i; particu larly mentioned. Prince TA LEYRAND had an audience of the Ktxo on Thursday, and has re-entered into the exerci3e of his functions as Grand Chamberlain. Friday was a day of mourning at Court, being the anniversary of the death of her Majesty MA RI E JOSEPIIINE-LOEISE DE St. VOY, late spouse of Louts XVIIL The Margraves of Baden, LEOPOLD, WILLIAM, ' and MAXIMILIAN, have, immediately on the young est of them attaining majority, suppressed in their principality of Zuttemberg on the Necker, all fines and services arising out of the ancient feudal system, and that in perpetuity without seeking an► indem nity. The reasons given far this wise and liberal act of suppression are, that these fines and services, which are no longer consonant with the state of society, are besides debasing and injurious to agriculture. As a sort of contrast to this instance of princely ' liberality, we have a resolution of the citizens of Magdebourg, which shews that it is not always the most sensible reforms which proceed from the people themselves. more than three hundred families of that city have, it appears, entered into a reciprocal en gagement on their word of honour, net to take off their hats in saluting, bet merely to imitate the military mode of raising the right hand to the head. Another association of modern Reformers of the same city has invited by circular addresses the whole world ✓ attd particularly the ladies, to renounce in future all articles of fashion and luxury. The fugitive lioapouart of Wallachia has arrived QUEAv. .. e 4 d Throughout th e d ay het biatnrrY, tho ot : labouring under any very violent symptom vet „ nued languishing under a most distressing ell , " This evening a messenger arrived to that the Psit:sca REGENT intended dining at t h e lace, and preparations for his reception• conscluence; but soon after a second messes rived from Carlton House, to say that his Highness could not le•ive London, ar.cl to h e bearer of the lii:;litly report of the Physician s . " The health of the Princess Avottet:, vt sorry to say, is still very indiKerent, and the.. weather of the last two or three days, by m her Royal Highness to the Palace, appea rs % 3 ,i, her indispositic,n." The following Bulletin was issued this day: " Kew Palace, Nonfatal The QuEts's state last night was one of and imminent danger. Iler Mmerry contillL ill this morning. (Signed) " FE. MILLMAN. "H. nALTOOO: On the receipt of the Bulletin this mornin7, Royal Highnesses the PRINEE RECENT, and!' of YORK, immediately left town for Kew Palre. 3IAJESTv's state. is now con ~ itiercd very aLiniing. STAR OFFICF, 11 ALP PAST rs gu m The most confident report; arc in circulatioa,.' ti.:e melancholy event of v:hich the Public Law so long in painful anticipatiJn, kas at :ertti place. But, at the pe:iod at we are writing, no official ac.cr.w.it had arriad .a any of, Public Offices.—We sha'.l stop the press, the tram we receiv. authentic accounts. The Petrecit ReoExr unexpectedly arrirei at late on Monday night, and reznaiaed at the P. upwards of an hour. Yesterday the Duke of YORK transacted military business with the Pitmen REGENT. Viscount Axsow will shortly lead to the Byrne. Altar Miss LOUISA PHILLIPS, youngest the late NATHAN= PHILLIPS, Es;. cf Slebecke Pembrokeshire. Lady PERTH is anived at her house is Park• Grosvenor-square, from a tour. Mr. and Mrs. CQUTTS are arrived a: Holly Lcd Highgate-hill, from their prolongeie:ctirsion Brighton. Drury-Lane Theatre , vas well attended last rig' ' the performances beir.g the Tragedy of Macbeth, • the new Romance of L'anneride. The Tragedy of Jane Shore was repeated last nil at Covent-Garden Theatre, to an overflowing ana raptured audience. Mr. EGERTON supported the p; of Gloster, vice BOOTH. The Olympic Theatre opened last night, with se% excellent Dramatic Pieces, in which Mr. Ettisres, Mrs. EDWIN, and other respectable comedians, nude their appearance. An Address, spoken by Mrs. EDWIN was much applauded. The House has been greatly improved. Friday week, Miss and Mr. Simms, RICHARD Powen, of Kilfane, Esq. and one of his nephews, Ronsitr G swab, of Clanmel, Esq. with Mr. Nom), the .engineer, went down in a diTing-bell at Dun more, at the mouth of Waterford harbour. The party amused themselves below exactly sixty minutes; and Miss STEPHENS delighted her compagnons de rem, with thrse of her best songs. We have great pleasure in stating, that the what of the Linen Weavers at Dodworth have last week it turned to their looms, ou the terms originally pro. posed by their masters. . Sunday afternoon was interred, in Whi!echapd Church-yard, in the presence of a vast concourse of people, the Lady of Sir Jeffrey Dunstan, formeny .%layor of Getrratt ! who. died in the 101st year of her age, so stated in the inscription on her coffin. There were only two mourners, although the streets were rendered impassable from the numerous body of spec tators. Her death was caused more through smit than infirmity : she occupied a :•: retched apaltmert in Duck-lane, Whitechapel ; and it being the reqat of the deceased, o'er since her htlsbrids deans, be buried in the same grave, it wai ec.nplied THE LOST CIIII.DeAt a late hour last night no positive information had reached the Magistrates re specting the stolen child. Mr. EIRNIE wasinhrtaly expectation of receiving information of the appreiten sion of &unfit. EARTIIQUAKE.—Extract of a letter from Inverness, dated November 11 :—" Between the hours of twelve and one this morning we experienced another smart shock of an earthquake, which burst open our dwell ing-house door, and made the whole furniture rattle together, and the window-sashes, for about tines se conds. It awoke the whole of our fan.ily, but we were more surprised on opening the shop in the montini. We found the door completely blockaded with bales of s that were packed up for the country f'.:e nigrt ° l c a l efore, and had been laid aside, and a number of - pieces of flannels, that had been piled up at the oils end of the shop, were tumbled also Juan. It ba been generally felt through all the town, but we lave not heard of any serious accident; sere: - al et oar neighbours rose at the time and went to the mall to avoid a repetition." Pease were exhibited for sale in Salisbury market on Tuesday and Tuesday week last. olr. Ranger, of that city, has a vine the black clunerl which bore fruit at the regular season; a seconder'? which bloomed at Midsummer, and is now so ripe as to be attacked by flies and other insects ; 'third crop has lately appeared, the grapes of %%Vali are the size of boiling pease. Mil. Palmer, of the parish of Potteme, near Ikvizes, has an apple tree, which has blossomed and borne fruit twice this sc. son ; the second crop has just been gathered.—:k• Robert Cale, grocer, in the Brim; Devizes, has a laburnum tree that has flowered twice this season— And a carter in the employ cif Mr. Giddings. of Lau bon:nigh-house-farm. has at this time in the thatch d }1.14 Caine a nest of fine young sparrows. ri thou g h ° " 1, Yet cot; ab • ethau s i it to a, 'r l2 "t et the h, made mcssenzer lat his n o , Id to h e. • 3icie ts . • :::•t4„, ty sd th e e ctsy ce • tar ,:e u&I tis day : No m a, cue Of gI tontines in ! IRLPOI D iornin7, thee and the Ash r Rtl3,7e, hi t I aLsrridng, " ( "MAL culatie e . blic Lave bee s :enti to we are le , at any of d e s, the =tea rrired 3t fire at the hire scud military he Hyrnevi t :f Slebecic-ha, Park-sent, Holly Ledge, eseursieu to led last right, Macbeth, all sted last night awing anci n- ested the put ht, with scat r Etustos, edians, EDWIN, been greatly RICHALD his nephews, Mr. I•;immu, -hell at DUE- ur. The party minutes ; and ••ns de my, hat the whck last week rt. riginally pro. Whi!echapel concourse of ran, formeny st year of tor •offin. There streets were body of spec - 'rough am rd apattmert g the req...e,t 6 •