The National Register. — London, England, 1820-12-17 00:00:00

if - _ ...; . •^ 0 • , • s e . AJ•2_atonat toitittr+ 4. ->-: Our Bing, etotuffitution, aria UM. Pings 94d. No 1,286.—V0L. XIII.] SUNDAY, DIXENIBER 17, 1820 - SOUTH AMERICA. By letters from Barranquilla, dated the 18th of September lust, we have the fallowing account of the progress of the Patriot cause in New Granada : The.object of the expedition to Rio de la Hacbc (viz., the forming a junction with Urdanetu by the Val d.Upari) having been found impracticable col., Montillo drew back his army, with the intention of re-embatking, when he was attacked by the Spanish General Sanchez Lima, witk 2,500 men: the Irish Legion, 800 strong, which constituted the chief part of Montilla's force, notwithstanding much pre vious insubordination, assembled in anus, and drove the Spaniards from the field. After this, the Irish, becoming violently mutinous, were shipped off for Jamaica. Col. Montilla and Admiral Brion then proceeded to attack Savanilla, a port on the western most mouth of the river Magdalena. Having suc ceeded in their enterprise, • the whole country declared for the Patriots. Massa, a partisan officer, then descended the Magdalena from Santa Fe, with a body of volunteers, in eight canoes, one of them carrying a four-pounder, attacked the Spanish gun boats at Teneriffe, 14 in number, some of them mounting 14 pounders, and manned with 250 soldiers; and, in a few minutes captured or de stroyed the whole, the commandant blowing himself up. By this means the whole course of the Mag dalena, from Santa Fe to Savanilla, was opened tc the Patriots, and Ctrthagena alone remained in the Spaniards. This town was speedily in vested by Montilla and Garcia, whose 'head quarters were fixed at Turbaco, about a league . off. In the mean time, Bolivar, at Cucuta, had concluded an armistice of a month with La Torre, who pro posed it on the part of Moral°, in order to prepare tint a lasting accommodation. Bolivar, however, dtsffiletly stated that 'ho terms %sr - mid be listened to, unless the republic of Columbia were acknowledged as a free, sovereign, and independent state. Ile then set off fbr Mompox, where be arrived on the 15th of August, and was received with an enthusiasm which surpasses all conception. Thence he proceeded to Baranquilla to inspect the gun boats, previously to an attack destined against Santa Martha. The army of Paez, with divisions of Irish under Colonels Power and Lyster, remained at Calabozo, ready to join Bolivar when occasion might require. Time army of the South, J,OOO strong, with u corps of British under Valdez, was proceeding for Quito, having routed the garrison of Popayan, in an action • in which the British, commanded by Captain Mack- intosh, greatly distinguished themselves. Bolivar received General D'Evereux cordially at Barran quilla, and acquitted him of any blame on account of the defection of the Irish. The expedition to Santha Martha was delayed in consequence of a sully made by the garrison of Cur tbugenu ; upon tvhich occasion the whole corps of Colonels Ayla and Garcia, and part of the block ading force, took to flight, the Colonels foremost. A body of twenty-five Irish attempted in vain to sustain the fight ; and Lieutenant Barnes of the artillery was killed, gallantly defending his gun. The sallying party succeeded in reaching Turbaco, where they massacred about hundred inhabitants (chi, fly women and children) collected in the church —and took the chest with about 3,000 dollasr ; about fifty of the blockading party fell in the sur prise, On the approach of a small pasty of the Patriot cavalry, the Spaniards retired to Cartimovna, which is now so infested with tro o p s an d g un-Coats, that it must shortly surrender. The expedition to Santa Martha was expected to proceed us soon as the naval force of the Spaniards at Carthage:la was destroyed. Bolivar had set off on his return to Cucuta a few hours only before the sully on 'fur baco, which is supposed to hove been particularly aimed at his person ; nor ere surmises of treachery tvan ting. The demand for inalinfacttocd rods, such as linens, cloths, bats, all descriptions of wearing ap parel, officers' appointutent, &c., is extremely great through the whole of the interior, as tar as Sant:: Fe, and thence to Quito. The wall stuck now in hand brings a profit of 500 per cent. Glass, china, and all kind:: of furniture, will alvo soon:be in great request. Lvery thing of the lied is ma t mously dear, and scarcely procurable. The English merchants arc extremely popular with the in habitants. FRENCH PAPERS. PARIS, Dec. 11.—The king held his usual recep tion yesterday. The ministers, the Spanish ambas sador. Prince Talleyrand, the marshals, a number of Peers, Generals, and officers of all arms, had the fill6lollllMlNAW•ymy asag •••••••wwww The members members of the Board of Longitude had the honour of presenting the work, entitled,' La Con naisance du Tens. His majesty transacted busi ness with the ministers of the Loire and foreign departments. The council of the Court of Peers assembled yesterday. After hearing the report made by the 'Chancellor in the name of Commission of Instruc tion, the council, agreeably to the opinion of the Attorney-General, declared that there was not suf ficient ground fur prosecuting MM. Gertzoy and Jacob, both subalterns in the legion of the Lower Rhine, and arrested on suspicion of being implicated in the conspiracy, the adjudication of which is re ferred to that court. The council likewise declared that theme was nu cause for proceeding against six others in custody. It is said that time report on that affair is ready ; and will be presented by the Attor ney-General as soon as he is able to quit his house, to which he has been confined for several days by an attack of the gout. The Prince Cimitile, envoy extraordinary from the government of Naples to the British Court, who has made a few days stay in Paris, set off yes terday for London. VIENNA, Nov. 30.—The Congress at Troppau is terminated. The last conference was on the 20th, .and the King of Prussia left on the 2 1 st. Since his departure, until their separation, the Emperors have only made visits of' ceremony without speaking of politics. A thick veil envelops all that has been done; but, perhaps, indiscretion will furnish some English journalist with the whole, who will not fail to lay all that he can discover betbre ihe public. At present the must probable result of the Congress is, the postponement of all plans of hostility against the kingdom of Naples : other affairs appear abandoned, fur the present ; but a new Congress is spoken of next March. The general opinion here is altogether against war, and this has been fiivourable to the public funds. For the rest, the troops stationed in Upper Italy will, not be withdrawn ; but we learn that great alterations in their positions have been already ordered, and that the corps will remain on a liming of peace. Prince Lichtenstein, it is said, charged with a mission to Naples, has proceeded on I his way to Italy. In the course of this week a great number of troops arrived, going to Italy. According to the first dispositions taken, the major part of the regi ments of intimtry put in route had but two moveable !At:alio:is. The third battalion is to join afterwards; and this has given rise to the belief of the approach- ing organization of a second army of reserve, of which much is spoken, and which is in itself proba ble. (The recent promotions in the army are then mentioned.) Much is said of an important mission with which Count de Ilubna will be intrusted to the Neapolitan Government. In consequence of the numerous street robberies committed in open day in various parts of the Me tropolis, particularly on every public occasion, Lord Sidmodth has attached fifteen of the Bow-street Pal.role, under twu Conductors, to each of the thllow. ing l'olioe Offices:—Queen-square, Marlborough street, and Hutton-garden, and all the Police-officers, it is said, above fifty years of age will be diseturged on half pay. The Rev. Mr. Deane., Rector of Great Wanham, Sutii)lk, at his last mutual tithe dinner, made u deduction of 10 per cent. off his tithes from his parishioners, and the Rev. Mr. Fisher, Canon of Salisbury Cathedral, has reduced the tithes of his p a rishioners of Osmingtun, Dorsetshi re, 20 per cent. iu consequeuce of the pressure on agricultural pro. duce. . . . We understand that the Addres: to the Qtte„a, votul by the Livery in C4)1111ti:..: II 111, on Friday, Nl'.! rot be prt.sentea to her till the 45th of Jaituay. • RUSSIAN LOAN. --411 1 "- • UKASE OF RIP lIIPZEIAL MAJESTY TO HIS lIIIIITES C? FINANCE. Having determined to open, iu :VolitiOnY with the testier of s. 71 of the regulations of the Conmituissio;: :7F a loan of forty million, of silver metallic rubles—and haviiig confirmed the arrangement made with the houses of Baring. Brothers, and Cu., of London, and taupe and Co., of Am sterdam, fur the delivery of thir sum iu inscription& carrying an annual sum of 3 per cent.-1 desire you, 1. To inscribe la the great book alba pellihtliebtelleder . Nis► Meed•rtperpeteal httetest, the sum of forty millions of ►ilver metallic rubles. 2. The funds w hich will be received in virtue of the a►ove arrangement will be converted, at the periods of their recep tion, into Bankmutes, which will be current. • S. Those that will be requisite for the payment of the interest, as well as to provide the two per cent. for the sink ing feud of this debt, will lie supplied from the thirty mil lions destined annually for the diminution of the paper money in circulation. • 4. The payment of the interest accruing on this loan will be made as stipulrted in the arrangement, commencing floes the Ist of Ilurch in the next year (1821)„at two annual • periods—namely, from the Ist to the 15th of Marsh, and from the Ist to the 15th of September, by the imperial cum. mission*, I iquidatiam • ADDRESSES TO THE QUEEN. Addresses were presented on Monday morning to her Majesty at Brandenburgh•housc ; some of them conveyed by select deputations, and some by indi viduals. The first procession on Monday morning, consisted of a deputation from the united parishes of St. Paul and St. Martin-le-Grand, headed by gentlemen on horseback, carrying a flag, who was followed by an open landau with six gentlemen, drawn by six horses, and four others with four horses, filled with ladies elegantly dressed. The postillions wore yellow jackets, and the horses heads were decorated with white rosettes. The second procession was formed by a large party of bailors, who marched six a breast, - each man wearing a white favour in his hat ; they were headed by the committee on horseback, and were accompanied by a band of music. The address borne by a man on horseback, was ornamented with white favours. There were two flags of white Kills, one bearing the inscription " C. R. Heaven protect the Innocent," and another with " 28 L," in the front of the procession, and the rear was brought up by the uninn-jack._ _ The address from Southwark was conveyed by it select deputation, consisting of ladies and gentle,- men, who occupied fourteen or fifteen barouches, each drawn by four horses. The deputation was preceded by three trumpeters, dressed as &stetter:, and was accompanied by parish officers in their official dresses. The address from Clerkenwell was also► conveyed by a select deputation of ladies and gentlemen. A large flag, inscribed with the words, " The Cloil enwell Address," was borne by a man sitting on the box of the foremost carriage. This deputation occupied three barouches, each drawn by six horses. ON SWEAII /NG. We recently mentioned an metance of a' person who was committed to gaol for refusing to take an oath ; we exrraet the following " Iteasons of an Individual, as a Man, a Member of Society, and a Christian, for declining and refusing on any.oceasion to take an oath," r (Ohl the Monthly Magazine. • " I. BOCallie 1 profoundly rruereCitiu; and humbly con ceiving a Willie appeal to HIM, as a witness of• the truth of what I should say or do, would he graheitafti and iris. vcreut t I c.mout—d,:re not—make such an appeal.'• "2. Reese-e un any of my teilow 1111:II requiring are to take an oath, my complying milli their requisition wouid be utt acknowledgment of a right in them to make it ; . • which 114111, however 'exalted tuey they may he by 6141-. sirUATit)N, I positively deny and protest agaisiSt. No motial, not the whole of 111011411 socitly, eau have a ' klt:olow of a right to iiiterpow betaten individual man and Illy Makcr. Seth inteirerence is doriti4 preboalp. ''3. Bccisuhe So'o.lllll 1111;;,.10111$ CCI onus's), 14 stvi .1 chee,linq tlle.. And, pa mehhing I V*ll.loll , l4clice or sislisssit I.) lit sitsvo,itisowor etty r.h gMer.s, tile or ceremony, aim ii , lrtuli i or ,41111 1 0r 4 icir toy Jtemt, the Christ, the solo 411 , : Only master of Mil ihtianh." The Piincesa Mary Anne,. sister of the Duk- ot.."; • Saxony/lied suddenly on thc 2fith ult. in eAinsetiikonee of an intimninatian in the int. stines. She WAS s lm the 39th )krt of her ISM . • • 304 / i f I' 41 4 0,e4. A , 4 st4i4;