The Statesman. — London, England, 1820-02-02 00:00:00

V VSNREVELA AND NEW GRANADA. • :•••,••?:-' • ••• By tile Leeward min which arrived yesterday, further intelligence has been receire•l from the Spanish Main. Frees this, it will be found that tFe success of Bolivar has been as eempleee as the unilert.ikiiig in wl.ich he re egad,' embarked was entererising and dangerous. _ • Tatinnata, Dees 14, 1819.—Opportunities being much less freqveut now than during the crop. deprived the of the piesolure of hooding to you sooner the accounts of the operations of General Itoliver in the previews of New Granada, since his occupatiois id the capital. lam now enabled to send you the extract. which I have made from the Orinoco Corrects, and printed in our Gazette of this Island. I could base sent_ you the originals, but I conceived the translati o n s would he more acceptable to you and your friends. 1.,u will find that Bolivar has made the most wooderfial campaign almost ever heard of; he bee returned to the Apure with five thousand men, and formed a junction with the brave Pass, where he is waiting with impatlesee to be joined by the British troops from Cumana aad Margarine, to enable him to march upon Caracas, and at once to decide the contest with Morino, who, on his part, will no doubt make a noble 'fort to save the province; however, I have no apprehensions whatever of the isolator the bttle, in the event of Bolivar carryiag with him the British troops, whose isayouets we kwow the Sraninreln cannot stand charge or ; for to the charge made by the 4GO men Boli var bad with him in New Grenade, he owes the conquest of that kingdom. It is unnecessary for me to enter into details of the operations throughout those provinces, the particulars being in the printed accounts enclosed. We are informed of the arrival of General Souhlette from the army oa the Apore, at Angosturs, where be was sent by Bolivar, to hasten the mach of the British troops; he only stopped a few hours, and proceeded to Maturin, the beadloarters of the British legion. We have had no arrivals from this last place for the last ale weeks • we therefore conjecture, that all the sm a ll c r aft have been pressed to carry the soldiers' baggage up the river, while the troops starched by land. From the same cause we are ignorant whether the Irish legion from Margarita have vet landed on the Main, and joined that of the British. When I last heard from 'Margarine, time latter end of October, they were in readiness to embark. PORT SPALY, SATURDAY, Nor. `.l. IBl9.—We have bees favoured wish a perusal of papers, containing dis patches from the seats of war of the Royal and Inde pendent fortes on the neighbouring Continent of South America. We Is► befo►e our readers the following translations of two of ibein; one from Ueneral Bolivar, of the 9th of September, and the other from tieneral Pus. of the fOth October last : ista Tilt PRISIDINT TO GENERAL RAMAN°. HearMinerters, Slate Fe, Sept. 9, 1919. To General Simone, Commander-in-Chief of the King's Forces in Carthag The Spanish army which defiraded the kingdom of Santa Fe are all prisoners of war, in consequence of the glorious victory of Boyaca. Tile usages of war retitle at to make reprisals, and to put our prisoners to death, in retaliation for the cruelties they have so often inflicted en our soldiers and peaceful citizens; hot I, far from wishing to contend with our enemies in crimes. am dis to overwhelm them with generosity, aad that for indsundredth time. Actuated by these feelings, I propose an exchange of r sere. may- that General Barleyro. his officers and sol- may obtain their release. This exchange shall be made according to the angel of war among civilised nations. Man fur man, rank for rank, e:nployment foe employ ment. The Angostura of the Madalena is the place where this act ofjustice and humanity shall take place. I demised, in the first instance, the English officers and troops taken at Porto Bello under Gen.M`tiregor. Secondly, The officers and soldiers prisoners in Var. thagena and Santa Martha. Thirdly, The Independent officers and soldiers who have been forced to serve nnder the Spanish colours. Fourthly, The prisoners wt o have been condemned to the rallies for their patriotism. As von have not in your possession a sufficient !somber of military prisoners to exchange, for all who are in my possession, I will eccept of two civilians for one soldier. three for a Pedant, four for a sob-lieutenant, five for a lieutenant, six for a captain, seven for it major, eight for lieutenant-colonel, nine for a colonel, and for General Barreyro, I shall expect twelve at least. BOLIVAR. OFFICIAL DISFATCU 1 , 111011 GENERAL PARS To MIS EXCIIIII.- utycT TUC vicx-rozsiDuirT. Ara-1 have jest received an official Report from the ()Meer commanding the forces before San Fernando, in rhich be announces the evacuation of that fort by the enemy /hiring the night of the 15th inst. 1 marched them immediately, and took an exact ac count of the state of the place; in it were found two quintals of powder, 10,000 ship nails, 80 arrobes of bar ron, and the stores full of salt and dry provisions of all descriptions. The precipitation of his Right is eviseed by his not having concluded the conflagration of the place, and by his throwing the guns into the river. The bastions re -1 main untouched, for though he mined them, he forgo', ! in his confusion, to light the fuze, and there was no explosion. They set fire to, and consumed the best vessel they had built. I have sent detachment% !It every direction to discover their retreat, and slitdl report the results. Joss ANTONIO Pan. Achagues, 20th Oct. 1819. eaocaarixtots TO ?HS TIOPLII Or 0A471110A, ey 1110LtFalk. Inhabitants of Granada and the plains of Venezuela— The cry of your afflictions trashed my ear. sad I hast ened fur the third time, with the liberating army to serve you. Victory, twitching always before our ban ners, bas been faithful W us in your country. and twice has your capital seen es triesephant. Neither in this nor in former instances did I come in search of power or glory. My ambitiou has bees only to free you from the horrible tortures to which year enemies subjected you, and to restore you to the enjoyment of your rights, that yor may establish the government of your choice . The General Congress rvsioletit in Guyana, from which flows my authority, and ohieli the liberating army obeys, is at this moment the deposaisiv of the national onwer of the inhabitants of Venezuela and Granada. The regulations and the lass which that legislative body has dictated, are thimiewhida direct you, amid which I have pat in execution. Inhabitants of Granada—The 'Mon of New Granada and of Venezuela in ow lie. is the ardent wish of all sensible citizens. ad Tat foreigners who love and protest the American wow. But this set, en grand and as whim. ought to be free, sad. it possible, unani.: noose ea your part. I therefore wait for oir sovereign didermination of the Coogrees. to coavoke a ratismal amiably, to decide on the ineocperatiuo of hew Groan- I de. Then you will end your deputies to the Unita Congress, or will form a governdient of Grenada. 1 take leave of you, inhabitant' of Canasta, for •R Oat Ibis, New vispeas await the iibenttlag ate LONDON: WEDNESDAY. rIESRVARY 2, MO. -MP.-- INDISPOSITION OF HIS MAJESTY. Yesterday a report was spread that the KING was dangerously ill, arid towards night, a belief was oatertaimed that his Majesty was so alleb worse as to be considered past recovery. It was thought proper to publish a second bulletin at II o'clock at night, to tranquillise the public mind, as far as its contents could be made known at that late hour. A bulletin had been previously pub lished at 3 o'clock in the afternoon, as under:— The King has been attached with lagammation on the bogs. We hope a favourable Impression has Wee made as die oomplaint ; bet his Majesty still cootinues severely to- WILLIAM !imams. Marrs'. Jens Maine,. disposed. Carlton-Pulse.% Fab.1,1820, balf-past 3, p. m. t'arltoo•Palaee. Fat. 1, 1840. 11 ealielt, pea. .1 no King 4 better. His Majesty has had some tormsehttg ales". aad the symptoms of his Majesty's disordar coa akisraisly Waisted. (Signed) H. Houtsaa. W. &superset. M. J. Tasnasso. • It ids us much pleasure to be. able to au nbunee the following bulletin, wiltielt is still more favourable titan the preesecling:-. carttea-Paisse. PAL V. half-past 12. • The Kist eoatinnee rather Omer. 11411. iallaminaslee ! Is' his Alejest)'s attest is diminished. (lligand) • •Pt lillauritit; Ir,tits•renet. Tidasmr, N.S. 1 ...0 [AN . _, WI hive realived Mes of Megrims Papers this Morning to the following dates:—Baltimore to the liguAteeton to the 7th ; end New York to the 11th Paola NiT BOSTON OAZETTE Or TUE 3D. Letters from the vicinity of Pensacola, received from an Officer of the United States' Army, mention that tl►e Spanish Commander of that station is erecting new works near the Bareness with great real; that every man in the garrison is employed on fatigue duty, the Otivernor himself setting the example; but that, whilst every exertion is making to put the city in the highest state of defence, the Spanish Authorities behave with thd utmost respect to every American who ♦isits the place. _ _ I A Gentleman arrived at Washington, who left Havan nah on the 4th instant, informs that the account of Murrillo's arrival at that city was unfounded. He fur that states, that of the 3,000 Spanish troops who had arArtd there, at least 1,000 had died of the fever of the I season. The city was, however, at the period of his departure, very healthy. *o TIM NSW TOSS CONNSICI•L ADTWSTISIR OP 81'N. t'advlces from St. Domingo announce that the wader standing between the we Chiefs, Christophe and Boyer, has become so friendly, that an intercourse with neutral vessels may be carried on between their respective ports liithout molestation ; that is, a vessel from the United *Wes may touch at any port within the dominions if Christophe enter, sell her cargo in whole or in pertpert, and clear for say port within the dominions of , ; and vice versa, without molestation. . . i ItsvoLertoreAav honoree. The Committee on t t oo I infirmary Pensions have laid before the House a ! ter from the Department of War, by which we learn, i that the number of applicants for pensions under .the Act of March, 1818, already amounts to 28,356 ; of this number of claims 41/4 have not been acted on ; i 11,881 have been either rejected or suspended; and 16,rehave been allowed, and pension certificates issued [Accordingly. ____ The news concerning Spain, and Cadiz in par. tienlar, is yet in a doubtful state. We are un willing to fill a column in our paper with contra dictory accounts, which, by counterbalancing each other, leave the whole without any decided result. —We have this morning received the following extract of a letter from Gibraltar, dated 13th January:—" Within the last few days a complete revolution has broken out in Spain ; Cadiz was taken possession of by the Revolutionists without any opposition ; and Seville, it is supposed, will join the same party. All communication is cut oft' betivaen this and Cadiz by the King's potty, wbo are very few in number." DoesoLuireow or pwattmsliner. A dissolution formerly happened imassdiatsly upon the death of the reigning Sovereign ; for, he being considered in law as the head of the Parlia ment, that failing, the whole body was held to be extinct. But the calling a new Parliament imme diately on the inauguration of the successor being found inconvenient, and dangers being apprehended from having no Parliament in being, in case of a disputed succession, it wao enacted by the statutes of 7 and 8 W. 111. c. le, and 6 Ann c. 7, that the Parliament in being shall continue for six months , after the death of any King or Queen, unless sooner 1 prorogued or dissolved by the successor: that, if the Parliament be, at the time of the King's death, Separated by adjournment or prorogation, it shall, notwithstanding, assemble immediately; and that if no Parliament is then in being, the Members of the last Parliament shall assemble, and be again a Parliament. The death of the late King, out of a kind of doable refined respect, the writers in general of the daily prints name the " demise of the King" as we might properly saY, the demise of the Crows ; and ex baust all the flowers of their eloquence to represent his Majesty's qualities and powers super-human. A Morning Paper, whose name puts us in mind of ' . . something that once had life and flourished, but is new cut down and withering, after telling us how aril the fate of millions of tneu bail bung upon his tjlip . 11a(teS L and how much the futurtwil4 be swayed br his opinions ; it adds, that, " No Prince ever ilied a More stupendous sphere ; never since crea• don was there an era when so much of good or coil rested on the personal character of a great rider," he. &c. Now, we can only say, Heaven iiiebid that so much should ever depend upon the will and actions of any one man, of even the soundest intellect. But it is well known that hie late Majesty was referred to on some very 4elicate occasions of the dal Mice, when it lebs *ibises wbober be wee of sound mind or sot. Why, then, say so much upon the estdeet, Whieb raiser such reflezions and remembrances, Int these wri►ers exhaust all reasonable lin eup in their flattery, aad therefor* invest new (" 11l a stupendous sphere !") They any their hyperboles so far, that CIIARLIIIII4IIII. (OWN le creed) was a were equerry to ear late merits*, )alosed Gloat* 111. By their areederfully ex alted figures et rhetoric sod logic, they metre his `late Majesty'. royal orders to rue psalm thee Villeins, and his perceptive . teed* to be aim 7pmerting than light itself I ! Now, we ate .est. tented .to at, that ha Ufa in private wee Indy riseialste stir easioplary, and /sat lie* et ia r finite advaistaro to the morals of the 011111114 ;And • t A 1- i that, we doubt not, his public coadoet as s if it had been well counselled by able acd Minister,, might have left this attcted in prosperity, instead of unexampled id * Away, then, with these taffeta phrases, these praises, so out of all bounds; but content oat with saying, what we hope cannot be eos v into treason by his and the present litxo's Ar IVEY-GENERAL, that we hope his successors be more successful in ruling this once h ; kingdom. The Sheriff of STAPPORDIHME has refai t 4 convene a meeting of that county, to considi gi the propriety of adopting some measures fo r whiting the distresses of the unemployed pe g although it has been asserted and acknowlek, that thousands and thousands of the wretched habitants of Bilston, Darleston, as well as of otj manufacturing places in the vicinity of Vio l hanepton, are not fed half so well as the bout the Noblemen and Gentlemen round the env town. What an altered picture is now of the half-famished nail-makers, ehafe-makers, &c. to that which the late I SHERIDAN, who SO long represented %INC Parliament, pourtrayed thirty years ago. Th e e hpal therefore of the Sheriff' to comely wills a requisition, for calling a County Meeting, i e stretch of ofteia! discretion, after the parsing g late coercive Bills in Parliament, as mast dm every man who has a head to conceive the chiefs which must follow such a course of mile . ing, and wound the heart of every benevolent% who has one sympathetic fibre in the frame dl body. We may indeed say that we are coins gm pees now! The country it seems is in too feverish ag i to enter upon consultation ! Was there ever* a greater outrage to common sense and emu feeling! Was it ever asserted that the was too much disordered to call in the adv physician 1 The Funds continued to mead yestsrilss spite of every report fabricated to keep themi The market opened with Consols at 67f kr Account, and reached, in the course of the MI, at which they were buyers a short time; market then turned, and they dosed at 68,4 This morning they opened at that prise, sidi Noce been sellers at 671, which is now ON prim. Exchequer Bills continue absel,lll money still being extremely plentiful. Thi Illgivieg it the letter of KZ Doc de Vicenza, to the Editor or The home& which has made so much noise in "Sta—l consider that I am fulfilling the betitti ties, that of equity and truth. in making Well motives of national interest and honour whirlisi the Emperor to refuse signing the conditions Ado Allies desired to impose on us at the Congressi t tillen. PAIN. JAL 1914.—That which the gaps Insists on the most, is the necessity of Praire prowl her natural limits. This is a sine fita non condition' the Powers, even England, have recognised these Frankfort. France, reduced to her ancient limitt, vi wht hoed to-day the two-thirds of the relative pu which she possessed twenty years ago. What delve quired on the side of the Alps and of the RbillS, dear compensate what Russia. Austria, and Prussia hem quired by the Rule disumobernient of Poland. Alidl States ere aggrandizod. To wish to bring back Pal to its andent stye, would be to bring it to decays dogrodition. France, without the Departs.* the Rhine, without Belgium, witbont Ostend, vii Antwerp, would be nothing. The system of heist! back France to her indent frontiers is implied from the re-establishment of the Bourbon., boa they alone could offer a gguarantee ftiitiieits;isee of this s}•stem. England feels this well. le all respects, peace upon such a basis would be imp wd could sot last. Neither the Emperor *or di public, if some political commotions should mi would ever subscribe to such a condition. lllt ginperor's part, his resolution is taken ; he is eta. able • be will not leave France less great this be _roc:Cs-ad her. If, tlken, the Allies wish to ehaefl I basis proposed and akepted, the marry! /twits, 111 see but three courses, either to fi l tht and mug:ter-4 lett and die glosionsly—or. haally, If the natioall t support him. to abdicate. Re does not dm high place ; he never sill preserve it by his eta 4 sweet. feu you impartiality, that . 211 Ow a ice to this letter in your Journal, a this opportuaity of offering you tke amorist el diollngutslied consideration. CAttuttscuctur, Mir de ilesolll l The Dutch papers matinee to gre 114 accounts of the isnadatioes of the risers a MUM of Holland. The iteammugrations of that toasty France and the Korth-of tkrmauy are entirely and the rivers cantinas to rise. The inquirers of condolence to the KING, i Palace, in Pall-mall, on the death of the late' waft s rVelday very numerous.—Arnpor I were tde Sardinian Minister Ofil , Coubt ST ) D'Ato us, the Turkish Minister, and M. ltilnd hia Secretary. Lord M&NSFIELD, on making a used Ktxo of the conviction of Mr. MsLowsw, a Prink who was found imply, in the el" MY of (*Mitred's .Mace, was induct by a raw and husnamity i ro represent to his NAM?r the severity of the penalty which the law eases. The lilac is a Nee of the owl sigoitv, itonsediately owswerod—“ this that religious dilkettike is opinion should minion, or adult of tote wan within my lag soppily ; lista a pardon hounrelistelv tier Lolua, anti see chat he is set at There is-at this time growing, in the Pro Igystr awtk. otlloultoo !leas End, is Use.* Brie' crop of lOW potatoes, of the full sites( Tbey were *Med Orr clearing the mud of pea ; they alto jilphirely billed, anti 1 P ese lift womi Wag ason., as I of the seas,' isdeansed. m TH. not rest so long as there is eh enemy is the north or meth of Columbia. In the meantime, you have *lo tting to fear. I leave you valiant soldiers to defend pea, just magistrates to protect, and a VicmPresitient worthy of the honour to govern Inhabitants of °moods—Eight of your provinces breathe liberty. Preserve untouched that sacred bless ing, by your virtues, your patriotism, and y valour. Nevcr forget the ignominy of the outraged nigh you have endured, and you will be free. qtmox Bot.rvaa. Head-quarters, Santa Fe, Sept. d, Ital y . DECREE. SIMON BOLIVAR, PINISIDINT Or TES nervattc. &e. Desiring to give to the provinces of New Orinada a Provisional thivernment, till the Central Congress re solve on the convocation of the tiPtional representation, which may determine on a permanent form of govern ment, I have decreed as follows: I. The rover 1111 l rot of the free provinces of Granada, in my absence, shall be administered by a Vice- Presiifent. _ . 4. The Vice-President's functions, Sm. shall be the sante as those of the Vire-Pepsine:a of Venexttets, _ Y. The General of Ihviston, Prsaeiu•o de Paula San tander, is appointed Viee-Presideut of New Granada. SIMON BOLIVAR. FUNERAL OF THE LATE GOVERNOR OP TM PR: SCE OF WALES ISLAND. Gsswrrs. AUGUST 14. It becomes this week oar me- ' lancholy duty to record the death of our late respect able and respected Governor, the Hon. Colonel John Alexander Bannerman, who, after an illness of a fort night, expired on Sunday evening last, the Bth instant, in the 61st year of his age, of a supposed schirrons in the pylorus, or lower orifice of the stomach. He had been Governor of this colony about twenty months, and had ably and faithfully served the Company in various sit..ations of the highest responsibility during the long period of forty-three years, during nine of which he bell A seat in the Direction. lie has left a widow, three sons, and five daughters, to mourn his irreparable loss. Every possible respect, so justly due from this column 'trity, was publicly paid to his memory. The funeral procession was attended not only by ail the European inhabitants, •fiet by a prodigious concourse of natives of the various Eastern nations of which our population is principally composed. Colonel Shuldhans had order ed out the whole of the troops, who concluded the cere mony of interment by firing three volleys over the grave. The Colonel lies close to the tomb of Mr. Petrie, one of his predecessors ; and three other Governors were buried nearly in the same ; for it is remarkahle, that of , fourteen ut fifteen Chief Magistrates of this island, only 2, we understand, ever lived to revisit their native land ; of whom one is the present Governor of Mauritius, and) Sir George Leith, the other. Three of them died at sea and the rest, we believe, in different parts of India. Colonel Bannerman had seen a great deal of service C under Sir Eyre note . Sir Hector Munro, and Lord Cornwallis. Indeed he had scarcely arrived in India, and was vet a Cadet of Infantry on the Madras Esta blishment. when, in the year 1778, lie was made Assist ant to the Engineer at the memorable siege of Pondi cherri under Sir Hector Munro. He afterwards served in the arduous and severe campaign with General Geri dani's army, and also nader Sir E. Coote ; was again at , the reduction of Pondicherri in 1793, and commanded at battalion at the capture al Ceylon, is 1794. During the different Carnatic ware he was repeatedly and ise4 verily wireirded. In the year 1798, be was employed by Sir Archibald Campbell, then Governor of Madras, le a diplomatic situation of great importance with the Rajah Travancore. Lastly, he was selected by Marquis Wellesley t• re duce the Polrgars of Pungallib Coorches; aad accomplished this service with distinguished credit. ha relearned home in NO'. In 1806, we find him a Man lier of ties /loose of Commons; and after having beam presented with a superb service of plate by the t;ourt of Directors for his services in India, he was elected a Member of that Court in IMM. Hs continued in the Direction for nine years, commanding the esteem sad applause of all parties, until appointed, in lbl7, Go vernor of this Presidency. Colonel Bannerman was in close friendship with Sir John Nlslculm, tienersi Munro, Colonel Wilke, and many other eminent Indian characters; and was on terms of personal intimacy and confidence with Martinis Wellesley, the Duke of 14 ellington, Mr. W. Pole, Lord Clive (the tiovernor of Madras), and the late Earl of Buckinghamshire, from all of %hum he had received many proofs of particular esteem and regard. flis private life was distinguished by manly worth, and soldier-like frankness and candour on all occasions; together with sack affectionate and lively feelings as rendered him almost, as it were, an object of adoration t.s his immediate family and friends. Cbt &tattilmatt. :BTA'