The Sun. — London, England, 1819-11-26 00:00:00

couftr OF COMMON COUNCIL. Yesterday there WAS till unusually numerous attendance of the Members of the Court, a Spe cial Cola( havitpi been called by the Lord Mayor, Pursuant to a nt'lliii•ition numerously signed. THANKS To THE LORD MAYOR. Mr. Deputy Wtwards rose to move a vote of thanks to the late Lord Mayor, for the manner in , which he hail disehareed hi , important duties dur ing the late Mayoralty. After eulogizing the pub lic and private virtues of Mr. Alderman Atkins, the worthy Member inured a Resolution in the usual °terms. Mr. PRARSE seconded the motion. Mr. BLACK ET7 moved that the nsiontes of the Court of Common Council of Nov. 1772, relative to Alderman Nash, should he read. The pro ceedine,s were accordingly, read by the Deputy Town Clerk, from which it appeared that a Reso lution of Thanks to alderman Nash. for his con duct as Lord Mayor, bad been negatived by an mewl:new, in which, by a majority of that Court, he was censured as guilty of the violation of the rights of the Livery, by tetusing Common Halls, and by abrtiptiv breaking up Halls when eon vetted, by which the Lively were prevented a dis ctission of their grievances —Wear, hear !). Mr. BLACK ETT, after the precedent which had jest bet;rl quoted, felt it his duty to move an ' amendment of a similar nature to the one which had been read. The conduct of John Atkins, late Lord May , .r, fully d hint in (loin!, so. Almost every act of that Gentleman sheaved hint n friend of the Livery or their tights. The vet y first act was tie return whirl, he made of the Members of his own Ward, hot which the Court of Aldermen had set aside—(Hear !)—lle bad also refused to convene Common Halls on Requisitions being presented tO him on proper occasions ; one when three millions of taxes were about to be imposed on the country, particularly on the poor, and on another occasion when the Livery wished to give an opinion on the horrid transactions at Manchester—(llear, hear !)—lt was impossible to lament too strongly the Meetings held in the open air, but if public bodies were refused the use of their public halls, they had no alternative but to resort to the open fields. lie certainly was most eminently entitled to a refusal of - thanks, because he uniformly resisted the will of the Li very. ;He (Mr. B ) had voluntarily come forward to move this amendment, and he must say, that if the late Lord Mayor (Atkins) was now honour ed by their thanks, it was not possible for any fu ture Magistrate'to pot such value on their thanks as was generally done. Mr. CROOK seconded the motion in a few words. He could not, however, give ,his vote in silence, as he thought a strong censure ought to be passed on Mr. Alderman Atkins, whose conduct had been, to the several deputations of the Livery who waited on him, every thing but - that of a Gentleman and a Magistrate. Even when Halls were convened, the Livery were pre vented transacting their business, by the sudden breaking up of the Hall. A Chief Magistrate, if be 470u1d not redress, was at least bound to hear them patiently. But such was not the conduct of the late Lord Mayor, who always mixed his po- Mical principles with the discharge of his duty. Besides, it was somewhat singular to hear gen tlemen speak of his Lordship's hospitality. The fund which the City gave him was for hospitality, not to enable him to put 4 or 50001. in his own pocket. But where was the hospitality of his '.Lordship, where the boasted magnificence of iris conduct, in supporting the dignity of his office as a Chief Magistrate of one of the first cities of the world. Nor was this the only reason why he' supported the amendment,becanse the Lord Mayor bad uniformly insulted the Livery by his conduct when they waited on him. Itfwas with pleasure, however, he turned to the conduct of the present Lord Mayor, who had received the Deputations which waited on him with a dignity and an urba nity no less honourable to himself, than gratify ing to the,feelings of those who were thus receiv ed. He concluded by seconding the amendment. Mr. Brtowte contended, that there was nothing •in the . motion of thanks which was not strictly true, because he considered the conduct of Mr. Alderman Atkins was such, as justly to entitle him to their gratitude. He thought no such reasons as those stated by the Mover of the Amendment were 'Sufficient to justify the re fusal of thanks. The. Common Halls never could be considered expressive of the general sense of the Liiery. Mr. JACKS said, that with respect to the Lord Mayor's hospitality, he, fur one, could say, that be had certainly partaken of that liberality. The worthy Member •then entered into a very long detail of the history of Common 114115. if the Lord Mayor was wrong in refusing three times to call Common Flails, why had the Gentlemen not applied to the Court of King's Bench ? Mr. FAVELL observed, that perhaps if the doctrines of the other side were true, it would be proper that the election of Members for the City should be confined to the Common Council and ti►e Court of Aldermen. The worthy Member then stated his reasons for agreeing in the amendment. Messrs. James, Griffiths, and Dixon, supported tVe original motion, while Mes.rs. Patten and Oldham supported the Amendment. The clues •tion being put, the of igloo! motion was negatived, and the Amendment carried by a shew of hands. On a division, the n►rmbers were declared to be— For the Original . Motion, Aldermen-76 Co►rmoners -2 Tellers Fur the Amendment, 4 Alderiitenz--37 (iommoners---- Tellers - lO3 Majority for the Amendment ... l6 PROCEEDINGS BY TI-1E couirr OF ALDERMEN AGAINST THE LIVERY. The Requisition upon this subject having been read, Mr. WILLIAMS rose to move a aeries of Re solutions, the counterpart of those voted at the Common Hall, for the adoption of the Court.— Af some g.cueral observations upon the rights and privileges of the Livery, and in praise of the conduct ot Alderman Waithman, and those other peiso ns whose names were in the indictment in s: wed by the Court of Aldermen, he handed his mcilion to the propel' Officer. A(rir, luau WOOD seconded the Resolutions. Ile tuc Court of Aldermen with 'inhumanity, forvards a brother Alderman, and stated that the City Sotieitur,•who had been ordered to enquire whether that Court had a right to interfere with the Livery nr not, had not yet been able to give an answer. He (Aldernian Wood) believed ) that if a Common'Hall bad been called upon the first application to the late , Lord Mayor, do Smithfield Meeting would have taken place, and he wished the COurt would add to the Resolu tions, one to order the City Solicitor not to go on with the prosecution. Alder man CURTIS 'defended the Court of Alder men and the late Lord Mayor. If the Conrt had no power, what was all this form about, or all their scarlet robes ?- , --(A laugh.) , --He reprobated the practice of disclosing what took place in the Court of Aldermen ) and said he never could be guilty of doing so, After a discussion, whieh lasted for_ a long rime, And in which several Members joined, the Itewohttions were carried, without a division, by a majority of about Gto I. It was also resolved, that the Court should recommend to the Court of Aldermen forthwith, to drop any further proceed ings in the prosecution. The Loan MAYOR laid before the Court a Let ter of Thaiiks front Marquess Camden, which was lead, and Ordered to be entered. An application was agreed to be made tu Par liament tor a limber sum 'of money, for com. piecing the improvements at St. 'Martin's-le. Grand. Thanks were voted to the Chaplain to the tate Lord Mayor. Th e C ou rt, which was crowded to excess, ad journed at half-past seven o'clock. VENEZUELA AND NEW GRANADA. OFFICIAL ACCOUNT OF TUE BATTLE OF BOJACA THE DESTRUCTION OF THE ROYAL ARMY, AND THE CAPTURE OFTHE CAPITAL, SANTA FR. Fourth Bu tin of the Liberating rlrm of New Granada. BATTLE OF BOJACA. Yesterday, at day-light, our advanced corps giving notice that the enemy was in march by the road of Satnaca, the army was put under arms ; and as soon as it was ascertained that he intended passing the bridge of Bojaca, in order to open direct communication, and be in contact with the capital, we marched by the high-road to prevent him, or force him to give battle. - At two in the afternoonohe enemy's first divi sion reached the bridge, where lie saw only our advance of cavalry. Not then able to ascertain our force, and believing those opposed to him were nothing more than a reconnoitring party, he attacked them with his Cazadores to clear the way whilst the main bo;!y followed up. Our di visions quickened their march, and, to the great surprise of the enerny, the whole of our infantry showed themsailves in a column on a :.eight com manding his position. , The enemy's van had as cended part'Orifbe'toad, following our advance, and the remainder of his army was below, about a quarter of a league from the bridge, and show ed a force of 3000 men. Our battalion of Cazadores of the-van sent out a company of skirmishers, and with the remainder in column attacked the enemy's Cazadores, and drove them back precipitately to a wall, from whence they were also dislodged ; they then pass ed the bridge, and took up a position on the other si4e, and in the meanwhile our infantry came down, and the cavalry matched along the road. The enemy made a movement by his right, which was opposed by the rifles, and the British company. '!'he battalions, first of Barcelona and l'aezi's Bravos, with the squadron of the cavalry of the upper plain, marched by the centre. The battalion of the line of New Granada, and the Guides of the rear, joined the battalion of Caza dares and formed the left. The columns of Tunja and ttocorro remained in reserve. The action began at the same instant all along the line, General Anzoategui directed the opera rioni of the centre and right ; he ordered a batta lion to be attacked which the enemy had sent as skirmis,bers in a glen, and forced it to retire on the main body, which formed in column on a height, with three pieces of artillery in the centre, and two corps of cavalry in the flanks, waited the attack. Our troops of the centre, disregarding the fire of some corps of the enemy posted on their left flank, attacked the main body. The enemy gave a dreadful fire, but our troops, with the most daring movements, executed with the strictest discipline, surrounded all the enemy's corps. The squadron of cavalry of the Upper-plain charged with its wonted valour, and from that moment all the efforts of the Spanish General were fruitless ; lie lost his position. The company of horse grenadiers (all Spaniards) was the first that cowardly left the field of battle. The infantry endeavoured to reform on another height, and was instantly destroyed. A corps of cavalry in . reserve waited ours with the lances in rest, and was pierc ed through-and-through by our lancers ; 'the whole Spanish army in complete rout, and closed in on all sides atter suffering dreadful carnage, threw down their arms and surrendered. With an almost simultaneous movement, Gets. Santander, who directed the operations of the left, and who had met with' an inconsiderable resist ance front the enemy's van, and to which he had only opposed his - Cazadores, charged with some companies of the battalion of the line, and the Guides of the rear passed the bridge and completed the victory,. All the enemy's army remained in our hands.— General Barreyro, Commander-in• Chief of the Army of New Granada, is a prisoner, and was taken in the field of battle by a soldier of the First Rifles, Pedro Martinez : the second in command, Colonel Ximenez, is also a prisoner; almost all the Commandants and Majors of corps, a multitude of inferior officers, and more than 1,600 men, arc likewise taken, and moreover all their arms, ammunition, artillery, horses, &c. &c. Hardly 50 men escaped, a nd amongs t t h em some chiefs and officers 'of cavalry, who fled before the action was decided. 'General Santander with the van, and the guides of the rear, pursued at the same time the dispersed to this place, and General Anzoategui, with the remainder of the army, remained all night in the field. The advantages are incalculable which will en- she lo the Republic from the glorious victory of yesterday. Our troops never triumphed more decidedly, and have' seldom troops vo engaged well diScip lined, and so well commantled. Nothing can be compared to the intrepidity with which General Anzoategui at the head of two battalions, and a squadron of cavalry, attacked and overthrew the enemy's main body, and to hint the victory is in great measure due. General Santander made his movements with vigour . and firmness. The battalion s (P aez ' s Bravos) and the first of Barcelona, and the squa dron of the Upper-plain, fought with astonishing valour. The columns of Tonga and Socorro join ed the left on the battle being decided. In short, his Excellency is highly satisfied with the beha viour of every Chief, Officer, and Soldier of the Liberating Army on this memorable day.. Our loss consists in 13 killed, and 53 wounded; amongst the former, Lieutenant of cavalry, N. Perez, and the Rev. Miguel Diax, Chaplain of the Van ; and amongst the latter, Major Joseph Ra phael de las Heras,Captain Johnston, and Lieu tenant Rivero. General Head-quarters, in Venta Quemada, the Rth of Aug, C. SOUBLETTE, Chief of the Staff. FLIGHT OF THE VICEROY SAMANO-JOY OF THE NEW GRANADIANS-CAPTURE OF ONE. MILLION OF DOLLARS. Fifth Bulletin of the Liberating Army. Lieutenant-Colonel Nlugica, with the corps of Guides and Dragoons, continued the pursuit of the enemy on the Bth, at day-break. At 11, his Excellency followed with the squa dron of Llanoarribs, and joined him at Choconta. On the 9th, all the infantry set out. On the loth. on the arriva of his Excellency at the bridge of Comun, he received ad vice from the capital, that the Viceroy, the Audience, with the guard of honour, and the regiment of Cazadores of Aragon, and all the civil and military officers, had aban doned it on the morning of the 9th,. leaving it. in a state of frightful anarchy. His Excellency hastened his march ; and on tke same day, entered the capital amidst the accla mations of an immense population, which knew not how to express its joy—a population, which, after three years of the most cruel oppression, beheld itself unexpectedly liberated and could not help doubting its immense good firtune. The streets and the public places were filled with people. All sought to see his Excellency the President, in - order to con vince themselves of the reality. The Viceroy Samano has tied in the direction of Honda, and Calzado follows him on the southern side. All the cavalry and the corps of the rear-guard pursue him on all sides, and there is reason to hope that none will escape. The Liberating Army has attained the object which it pur posed on undertaking the campaign. After 75 days' march from Pueblo de Mantecal, in tire province of Varinas, his Ex cellency entered the capital of New Granada, having overcome greater labours and difficulties than were foreseen on under taking this great operation, and having destroyed an army three times stronger than the invading one. Th- , precipitation with which the Viceroy and his satel lites tied, on the first report of the battle of Bojaca, did not permit bin► to save any of the public property. In the Mint we found more than half a million of dollars in cash ; arid in all the other magazines and depots sufficient completely to arm and equip a numerous army. It may be said, that the liberation of New Granada has ensured in fallibly that of all South America, and that the year 1819 will he the end of a war, which, with so much horror to hu manity, Spain has waged since 1810. The General in Chief of the Staff, CARLOS SOUBLETTE. Head-Quarters at Santa Fe, Ang. 11. In an official despatch, dated at Santa Fe, on the 14th of August, and addressed by the Presdent Bolivar to the Vice- President of the Republic, he says, that " the people of New Granada, regardless of their own defenceless state, by attack ing dispersed parties of the enemy, have actively co-operated in his absolute extermination, taking arms, and making a great number of prisoners." He also adds, that " notwith standing the general devastation which this kingdom has suffered, the Republic may reckon on a million dollars in cash, besides the large suns which the property of the fugi tive oppressors and discontented will produce. PROVINCIAL JOURNALS. (From the Chester Courant.) TO THE PEOPLE OF ENGLAND. I certainly take a wide field for my address ; yet as I conceive all are interested on the impor tant subject, I submit with all deference for the consideration of the public, it will not be deemed • inapplicable; neither will it, I trust, with regard to the time 1 have made choice of, the eve of a very important Session (if not the most so) of Parliament, which assembles to-morrow; consi dering it the duty of every man who wishes well to society, and who has a tolerable knowledge of htiman nature, to use his utmost efforts at — this interesting period, to avert from his country the, calamities which are threatened. by wicked and ignorant men, against this great and prosperous empire. With regard to Universal Su►t}rage, Annual Parliaments, and Election by Ballot, believe it is generally ,admitted, that none but rebels in their hearts, or who are not very clear in their intellects (to express myself the most de corously on the subject) can be an advocate for these measures ; at the same time I am ,tree to confess, that I strenuously advocate a temporate and gradual Reform in the Commons Home of Parliament—doing away by degrees, the obnox ious Boroughs—adding to the number of County Members—(tbis I particularly wish to impress on the public mind)—and certainly permitting the great commercial towns, such as Manchester, Bir mingham, &c. to return Members to Parliament, which would be very desirable; for some of the pre sent Members, with all their great exertions to get there, do not go a dozen times into the House doting a Session, nor when there (fur I bare often been present) do they spew, an inclination, or use any industry or exertion of abilities to promote the good an d welfare of mankind. shall not e n t e r o n th e disquisition, how far this country would have been better, it a Parliamen. Lary Reform bad taken place 50 years ago, whe ther, by such a measure, we should have avoided the •American war, which certainly led to the monstrous French Revolution . ; be that as it may, uo country we have any knowledge of, • from an cient or modern history, ever rose so high as this ' filmed country, upon the pence that succeed° the battle of Waterloo ; and 1 earnest ly and de - Vontly pray, th a t th e Al m i g h ty Di spens er of hu- : man events, Any long, very long continue R. pre-eminettce in the scale of n a ti ons . ,t s hall tool' lightly on the unfortunate circumstances of the lath of August, at Manchester; no one can more lament the dreadful catastrophe of that awful daY, than myself, b ut 1 really think the public sho ok ' suspend its opi n i on unt il it is in possession of the Magistrates' d e f ence , w hi c h will soon he before the nation at large ; and I firmly believe, tha t many of the people who have made most nois, e , and clamour o n t h e su bj ect , wou ld no t care if three tin:es the number of lives had been lost on that fatal occasion, provided they could get the present Administr a ti on out , an d • t h e i r o wn re."' into their situation, which I sincerely hope they will not he able to effect, notwithstanding th eir intended efforts ; for I am persuaded in my hea rt : the present Administration is composed of as great and good men as any in the kingdom., vill ; have pr o c ure d f or us a most g l or i ous peace ; 80 . die wy word for it,should you m a ke a change, it bviik be for the worse.—With regard to Sinecure Places: I wrist not be silent ; they are most disgraceful to the country, di sgust i ng to t h e pu bli c m i n d. and ought, with as little delay as possible; to be obli' rerated from that irritating Book. It may b urged, that this Constitution may be a very t,; °° 4 one for a gentleman. who can spend five goin eB for a dinner i n B on d s t reet , b ut not so f or a mad who is not in possession of five pence, and cannot obtain a sufficiency to maintain a numerous fa" wily, by fourteen hours' labour out of the I°"7 and -twenty ; hut the differences in the circuu l ! stances of mankind it is impossible to i ernedst' l ; is the will of God, and the ri c h s h ou ld a llevia te the miseries of their fellow -creatures as much 85 in their power ; indeed, to d o t h em justice, and every well-informed and candid person readil will admit it, that in no nati on , or i n any age , eve rt charity and good offices to the poor more coo" spicuous than in this; particularly exemplified if the institutions of Mt miles, Hospitals, pla c ,, e : of public inst ruc ti on , & c . ; an d , i n d ee d , in in a , immense sums collected ann ua lly f or t h e ir bege t ' in parochial rates, to" the amount, as far as I can recollect, of abo u t e l e v en m illi ons ; t h ere f or e, ti le poor have an interest in preserving the Coustitti; lion entire, as well as the rich.—W'iat I vit' u ! recommend to the Gov e r nment o f t h e country, uii whosoever hands it may be placed, t o en deavo l r to make the bulk of th e commun i ty satizfied it, to repeal a few taxes which bear immedia tea9 hard and are extremely oppressive to tire r a r! such as are laid on th e a b so l ute necessar i es .o f i which are well known to gentlemen in adaiiols: tration ; for which deficiency hr the revenue a' Income-tax might be substituted upon the Pr w ' perty of the opul e nt, commenc i ng w i t h 5001. P er annum, at a low rate, and to advance in propo t ; Lion to-the nobleman, whom lam told possess e s 300,0001. per annum, which should be charg c with a good round sum. To .give labour to tt poor of every des c ripti on who stand in need of /*; (the occupation o f th e i r w i n d s is very desirab le s ' the cultivation of the wast e l an d s o f t h e kitlgd °l 4 would be particularly proper to this effecit, 81) 0 thereby obviate tire necessity of so lunch being sent from Engla n d, b e i ng cre dibl y inOrr"e:., that not less titan t wenty.o,, e was sent from hence in the years 1817 and for corn ; and I am of opinion, the more the P e ; . c , pie are withdrawn front Mann fact Uring towns country occupations the better. With regard c Revolution, have not those of the present A s had had enough of it in th e ex p er i ment t hat le been recently tried in that p rou d' and certaityc for many years great coutl,!y, France; and w h : r • coentry is now more degraded, or sunk to" v oi in the scale of European powers, arid not risen so pre-eminent as our own ? Let that be 3 1 ,0 Sol) to you, and profit b' it. You may sink, b" t3. o ‘ .. cannot rise higher,—With regard to those de al .. gogues who have attended the Radical Meeti 9 l'; it is not necessary for me to notice ; 1 believ e ! 11 .. country is sufficiently guarded against their :l i e tent ions, their views being appreciated bY,... t a well-informed part of it. Cilltivate not the 1 ,',: 0 a of Liberty, (I mean Republican Liberty) ` cd roots are destruction, whose branches a re li° 111) and whose fruit is death. • r itlt I am, with every good wish f or your prose and comfort in this lif e , and happiness i n 10 0 °' and better world, Your faithful nud obedient servAnt , Wlll. HARWOOD FOLLIO T Chester, Nov. 22, 1819. ATROCIOUS OUTRAGE.—On W e dnesday 0 • 1 0 about nine o'clock, as J a m es Nicholson,Esq?':f Clerk of the bo roug h o f L ee d s , %vas on his ` % e ' i,e home to Chapel Town, be was accosted Squire Pasture by a man who wished bitn .` night," and almost at the same insnllt s ` i 2 him by the collar, dem an di ng hi s watch Money.. This salutation Mr. Nicholson r eturn s, byAoocking the vill a i n d own ; Ivhen ° the h l i; one on foot, the other on h orse b ac k, came to assistance. Against the three Mr. N, mi"l „ e 'r° most determined resistance, till completelY ° , - ; e , p g powered, wh e n th e v ill a i ns succee d e d robu; o g him, anti knocked him i n t o a di tc h ; while t situation they threw several 14rge stones t end_ him, which injured his face Htul hotly in a dr e ,'' o f NI manner. The robb ers h ear i ng the Pr"Clids, passengers made off ; two o f t h em o ver the 6 ' to and the other on horseback towards't he too" ; ,j is was fortunately stopped at the turnpike , now safely lodged in th e town p r ison. I ‘ ll. l ' p ot cholson, though severe ly i n j ure d; i s , We tire 'id ' - to state, not in any imminent danger . IRTH. On Tuesday last, at, Col- B sham 'House, Wilts, the dLal °I Paul Methuen, Esq. of a son. 13i e f Yesterday, at St. Mary-le-bonne Church, Mr. Th c ' s e" ' r 0 IN 4,f Ir* bookseller, o f th e -St ran d, t o E mma, e ld es t daugh t ' James Little, of Mortimer-street. rde" DIED. 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