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PROVINCIAL JOURNALS. (FroziaCarricrs Dublin ) iforniog Post and Daily . Advertizer, Fel). 15 SOUTH AMERICAN SERVICE. STATEMENT OF MR. BRISCOE. To the Editor of Carrick's Morning Post. SIR—I was c►ne ►►f those who purchased a Ma— ~nri yin General D'Evereaux's favourite Regi ment. 1 eutheektd in this service, not so much ou account of the inducements held out i►y the &vents of the Republic, as by the example and adriee of my countrymen. GreAt is the pou,er of •x4iisple-cori vinci fig the aihice of ftieruhship. Tlso .gls I have met with nothing but disappointinfort, 1 have no one to aernse—vven ' they who advised the to embark were my triesids. Thus efore, with a view to prevent others from t( ol, '"'ilie my example, or of yielding•to similar indurements, I make this statement, which may, hope, be not torava'ling —We embarked at Li verpool, on board the taforey, the 4th July, 1819, and arrived at Barbadoes - the I.sth of Angn,t, T here, from various -quarters, we (tad information or rather Irlors, tending to prove that the ser vice in wfrich we had embarked was not upon smelt a respectable footiug, as we had been induc ed to believe ; to these and simihsr reports we gave no credit, being determined to proceed to the cod of our voyage, %%Lich we (Feeler, on the 3th it We cause to in the harbour 5t.,i11411 Cr•ego,* on' the North side of the Island. The commanding Officer (Colonel Yoong) went on shot, soon after out wrrival.; on bis 'root! he in formed the that C.e acconnts we had received were but too title, and dirt he had made up his mind to ii c io it the Lalorey tee Jismaica. The consmakd now devolved on me. The men had ,iis;orharked next day, and received from GentrALogiish a route for l'ulomar. Ott the '2d Septeroiscr we halts d at Norte. Here 1 had an opportunity Of judging of the sentiments of the natives respecting us—in a very short time, to our sorrow, we Gonad that we weve nitwelrottte visitors. The Governor, on whont'l waited, ittuseti at first to give us eit `er provisions or quartets ; but, upon muclisolicitation,appoiut tot t wu ovinliabitedlionsis for onr reception, nersistiogin his refusal as to provision. Oa the following day I tene ,, ed my ap plication, but with no better success I then coos monicated this circumstance to the General, and received one hag of biscuit, which being served ro the men, we moved on to :Ise city. On Our arrival I applied to the Governor for provision and quar ters. itsformed me that provisiesn was out of tic question, but that we might sleep in the Ca thedral. Upon going through the town, 1 found that provision was to he had for money—l ac cordingly requested the .Governor to allow the Men a small 311111 for this purpose, as they had no thing except the bag of biscuit, formerly noticed, f .r three tb!yt, which did not give them more thud Lair a pound F el man. This was also refused.-- Next morning. 4th September, we marched fur Pulomar. Finding no one here tr . ) whom I could apply. I made the-men take such (in ittets as they could find ; however, next morning, Major L'Estrange, who wits quartered in this neigh bourhood, pointed out to Inc the Governor's resi dence, observing at the saute time, that any ap plication to him for provision ,would he fruitless. His own men, he added, had received nothing from that quarter, being victualled from the ship in which they came our, and that they were now on a .very short allowance. However, this off cer very generously offered to share with us the small quantity that remained. As this stock could not last many days. I made a point of seeing the Governor, who.received me very politely, and was sorry that he could not afford us immediate relief. The fishing .boats, be said, were now out, and on their return, he would give or ders that we should have our proportion. In con svquence of the want of provision, the men now began to evince more discontent than uswil, (the fish promised in the morning had not arrived) and only a tew of the non-commissioned officers appear ed on the Parade. The fish came during the night, and next morning half q pound per man was set ved gut, with a pound of oatmeal from the above-men- Honed store. F•'r four dojs we fared in this man ner, when I received orders to proceed to the City ; we arrived there about snn•ret, and had or- der; to repair to Norte without delay, as the enemy •were off the coast, and apparently making in for St; Juan Griego. ‘Vithout getting any refreshment here, and dark as it was, we took the road for Norte, over a steep flinty mountain, where, with much difficulty, we arrived about midnight. Here also the Governor had orders to direct its to pro ceed with the greatest expedition, as the enemy, lie believed, were effecting a landing. The soldiers now became very refractory, and to a man refused to mote on until some allowance would be granted to diem. After some remonstrance, pointing out the unseasonable moment they had chosen to have their grievances redressed, particularly in the (ace of the enemy, I succeeded in bringing thew on to Ju,an Griego. We arrived about two o'clock in the morning, (9th September), found thetn all under arms, and accordingly-took op our position. At day light, observed the enemy standing out to sea. Provision was served out to-day, for the first time so ti►e men—next mottling the enemy was oil the mouth of the harbour, amounting in all to 17 sail. 1 hey continued to stand oil and on for the greater part of the day. The stock of wovisions nosy in store, was found scarcely sufficient. tor tom teen days ; and ns the blockade • prevented ell supplies, tl►e prospect appeared ra ther glor►n►y. Gen. English held a consult ation with the Field Officers, as to the manr►er of addressing ti►c Cio- This is the Lest anchorage in the island. The Admirid has a house here—with this exception, you see nothing lint lilts and tents, ranged along a hot sandy beach. The water veryamiddy, hot, and unpleasant, being rolled in casks at least two miles (rout the pond or well. On visiting the sicls quarters a't this place, I never witnessed so much misery, or beheld a seine. su .tuauSpicions and uninviting. The tents were pitched on the declit ity of a niggles( mountain, which ini ere, fits the ia sea breeze ; the adj,eininz.plain is still nor barren, being principally sand, consolidated by a small proportion of mild, brought doyen from the mountains in the rainy season, and deposited as the water evaporates; be sides, on thi: dreary' flat, a vast quantity of animal arid ve getable remains after each fall of rain, are exposed to the action of a powerful sun. The vapours ari,ing therefrom were very unpleasant, as I myself experienced, and are not quite innucont t o Europeans. veruor for,ielief. A Memorial was sent, to which. he returned for answer, THAT OUR PRESENCE BRING NEITHER EXPECTED OR REQUIRED IN THE ISLAND, HE •COULD NOT ENTER INTO ANY AR RANGEMENTS IN OUR BEHALP. I. Consequently, General English granted permission for officers to `leave the Island. As a passage to St. Thomas's, which is the nearest Island to Margaritta, was at that time very extravagant, few could avail them selves of this proffered indulgence. I applied to 'General English for 'leave to be permitted to leave the Island—permission was granted, and on the 17th, 1 took my passage in a milli sloop, bound for St. Thomas's, where we arrived on the 29!h. At this time the Fly (brig 01 n o ir) was under sailing orders for Barbadoes, and having wet with tlit officers at the island just mentiontd, before my arrival at Margatitta, they readily granted me a passage. The fever had been ruitiog great ravages among the troops br tore our deval hire, and such was its malignancy, that no less than three officers and two of the crew died on board the sloop during this short s tiissage.. The Captain being taken ill, and hav ing no hands to work the vessel, we were under the necessity of leaving her. _ JAMES F. BRISCOE. Con of a Letter from Major Boyd to Colonel Youn, of the Rifle Curps :Lamar, Sept. 4, IBM MY DEAR COIMNEL-.—Ciptiiill Smith and Mr. Parsons having expressed a to return to Jusn'Grieeo on some business, f take the oppor— tunit'y of itrfortning you of the stare of the de tachment, which is certainly very , wretched. We have received no kind of ration since i saw you but Wont tour ounces of fielt, and rite little b:s euit we brought with us from the village yuu left ti in the men art- mueit dissatis6ed, and are still more so to-day, iu consequence of a report that you, do not ioresiling ns a4ain, but will re !tun with a number of officers to England no-- thing can equal the misery of our situation here— the officers are most wretchedly oil, without money, provisions, or the smallest necessat y of life, and the burets in ts'!iich we are lodged ar c soflicient to create a pl Igoe amongst us. For God's sake try to have us provided with rations of some description, and 1 will be ahle to keep the men iu good order, which, without, I cannot answer for the consequence. Parsons can give you more minute details of every thing. I remain, dear Colooci, Your most obedient Servant, C.lll BOYD. Copy of a Letter from a Gentleman at Margaritta, to Lii-e Friend at Barb:idoes. MnrpTitta, Sept. 29, 18 19. MY DEAR CHARLES—Ai) opportillitry present in g itscli, I avail myself. of it to write you a line, although I have nothing very new or important to communicate. I enclot•e, however, two letters which I request you will have the goodness to put into the Post unless some ship, (which is not likely) should he going to England direct, in which case you may forward them by her, should she sail much before the Packet is ex 'word .—I have enclosed the whole" to Mr. Ilarrison, to whom- I request you to present my best compliments, and I have revest ed hint to permit my letters to be directed to him ill future, which I dare say he will not refuse.— Pray speak to him on the subject, and write-me a liue by the next opportunity after the receipt of this, to inform me of what he .says 7 -do not tail as I am extremely anxious to hear how you ar rived, and what sort of passage you had, as we had some heavy gales of wind here after your de.. part tire. The Laforey is at length arrived, but not the Charlotte Gambier, although they were in cow panytwo days oft the Azores, which rather surprizes us.—Col. Young, - who came in the Laforey, with many Officers, have returned who accompanied him, are returning home in the same ship, being already disgusted with the service. Our friend,, the gallant General, did, I believe, every 'thing in his power to keep hint and Major Briscoe here ; the fottner he could not succeed with—the lat ter has staid, and assumes the command The Oronoko arrived here front Angos tura, a few days after your departure ; she brought 195 officers and men down to rein force the troops at Cumana,--she was but ten days on her passage, therefore, the GovernMent could not have heard of the disgraceful retreat from before that place; the officers and men were all iu good health when they embarked, but while on their passage, they got a fever among them, and 35 were hove overboard ; since their arrival here, I I vflicers and•Bs men, and the rest are so sick, that in - mustering yesterday morning, only 15 men fit for the field could be collected. assure you, you lett this place iust in time, for sickness prevails to an alarming degree. Famine stares us all in the face, nor are we without in- testine commo:ions, as Major O'Lawlor has struck, or (as ate story goes) has attempted to shoot the Governor, for which he himself has been condemned to he shot, which sentence was to he carried into execution this morning. Au express arrived liimt 'tight tram the city to this ef fect, and English set off immediately to take com mand of the British troops', who, notwithstanding the ski-mish (which of course you have heard of) and sickness, still ate front -GOO to 700 strong, to prevent the sentence being carried into elect.-- God knows how the business "ill en d. Should the Islanders get the better of them, there will not he a soul left alive, for they most cordially detest the English. I wily hope no more of my countrymen will be ineliQed to come and assist these miscreants. Tittle flies fast, -and I have only leisure to assure you, that thas:ily wish myself from among them; but) must retuaiu until I hear front your father. Crowly, who takes his drops as- usual, joins in best compliments with, iNly dear Charles, Ever your faithful Ftirrul. Another Letter, achites.ted to Commercial House in Loudon • Nlargalitta, Sept. e 9, 1819: DEAL: Silt—My kilt to VII Wils dated the 30th tilt. and brought down citettinvances in the latest possible period ;. I doubt, however, whe ther it way have readied r•ur hands, as, on the ;111 instant, the Spani.sh squadron, wnich suffered 'to -escape at Barcelona, • with the addition of two brigs, appeared off this port, and have blockaded us ever since and as we perceive them to have a sloop in company, which left this island about the same time I dispatched my let ters, we are not without apprehensions that the enemy have made more captures than the sloop above-mantioned. Should it be the case, and I should hereafter find you did not receive my letter, I will forward you a copy of it, that no !Imre may occur in my' correspondence, deeming it essential you should receive regular information of events as they pass under my observation. The squadron gave up the blockade yesterday, at least they have not been seen since by the island look-out man, and I think they have afforded me an opportunity' of sending this to you without the dread of its being intercepted. Ilad the Venezue lan fleet attacked, .and only crippled them when the opportunity presented itself, we should not so soon have been exposed to blockade, which if it should continue one or two days longer, would lead to starvation. I had scarcely dispatched my last let= ter when the Laforey arrived, and a few days since the enemy's cruitets having taken a turn round the island, afforded the Charlotte Gambier an -opportunity of slipping in unperceived, and to day, most fortunately, site Hannah arrived, bring ing all their 'passengers in excellent I ...ealth and I spirits, A sloop, the Countess of Chichester, of Liverpool, arrived alit day before the Spanish ' squadron appeared off the port, and got away again during its occasional absence before-men tioned. I have stated to you in my former let.. ters the idea formed by the officers from what they sa at on landing, in consequence of which Colonel Young, and many more of the officers took their departure in the Laforey, leaving Major Briscoe in the command of the troops, and Colo nek MaeLoughlin, Hervey, and Major Drake, in the Countess of Chichester, (the vessels that 'brought them out,) and many are now waiting opportunities of reaching England, disgusted, in the first instance with their treatment, and 'pro spect before them. I had prepared you for in formation of this kind by the accounts 1 gave you in my last, and I am sorry to say, that 1 perceive no prospect of au amendment, however distant ; the only chance is by getting these troops - to the Main, as there are now Isere between 600 and 700 men, as fine fellows as were eve,- seen, but there is no .chance of this at present, 8-s the whole fleet is gone on long cruizes, except the Admiral's ship, which has sunk since our re turn from the expedition ; it must, however, be by some means accomplished, as the whole stock of provisions in store is not equal to one week's consumption. The island affords no supply; the Admiral has not a dollar to put chase with ; and at a meeting of the islanders yesterday, at which the Governor presided, it was unanimously re solved not to advance a Single stiverto relieve the foreignets, whose presence in this island is most bitterly inveighed against, so that GA knows what is likely to be the result ; added to which, the blockade being now generally known in the island, will prevent the arrival of the small trad ers who sailed backwards and forwards, briag-- ing supplies upon speculation, which door of hope is now shut against those even who have the means of purchasing for their own subsistence.— This is the stare of this island, and I shall decline furnishing you with all the repot ts which are cir culated here, and which AEU FABRICATED FOR THE PURPOSE OF DECEIYINQ OUR GOOD FRIENDS IN EuttOPE. There has been no alteration wish respect to General English, as lie steadily declines even ac knowledging the receipt *f my letters, and in consequence, all communication between us is at an end. It is a curious fact, that he is in rep ', tar receipt of letters from you, while I hive not received one from any person since my arrival here. In your last, lam told, you recommended the sale of the ship ; but the Government have not the means of purchasing .her, and I shall, for the want of information, be compelled to send her away, as soon as I bear that it is safe to trust her, either from fear of the enemy or hurri canes ; should I not hear from you in a fort night, I shall send her to St. Thomas's, whae I have already made interest for a cargo. I am also informed, that you require English's assist ance to procure your contract, but I assure you, you must mistake your man most grievously, for he neither possesses the influence you imagine, nor the principle tocxert it, if he I have not heard from Charles since his depar ture, but I presume he has written to you ; there fore, you will be informed of his intentions. COates has token a prize, of what consequence I have not beard ; she is, however, not yet arrived, but the Covarnor of Curacao has sent an officer here to claim her, and should she prove to. be Dutch property she must he given up; but the fact is, that almost all the commerce of the Main is - cat tied on under neutral colours, and it requires much circumspection to discover what is or is not Spanish property. I hope, however, sincerely, that sh e may prove an advaOtageous oirportunity of reimbursing the ()viziers .the heavy expellee they have heen at for the Brig. Sickness prevails litre greatly, only 20 officers and men renoining of those 1 mentioned in my last to have embarked from Angostura. Thank God my health is hitherto good, la - though the deaths_around are both in milifary,and naval offi cers, besides -Civilians, Americans, and English, have been frightfully numerous; two of the ship's crew died yesterday of fever, so that but very few hands now remains on board, as 1 did not think it pludent to engage others while the ship is doing nothing. I believe I have said every thing of con sepience---at all events, want of earlier notice of the vessel sailing prevents my adding more th'an that, with best compliments to Mrs.---, 1 remain, dear Sir, Your obedient and faithful Servant, We have much pleasure in saying, that in consequence of the demand for labour which the spring has "breaught along with it, it has he,n f►►unrl unnecessa►y, in the; villages around Glasgow, to persevere in distributing extraoedi nary !diet', The same gratifying change has oc curred in most of the towns of the West of Scot- Idul.—(Edinburgh Courq,7l.) LA 'W INTELLIGENCE. COURT , OF •CHANCERY, FEB. 9.2. The LORD C'HAVCRLLOR did not . coate at 4 Court, having been e ngage d a ll da y i n his raiwiciat.c room with the hearing o f a L unat i c P er i t i o n• went off at two o'clock. • The Court was adjour lis t ed till Thursday, as his Lordship will preside: // the hearing of Appeals in the }loose of Lardi lfr morrow. COURT OF KING'S BENCH, F. 22. LIBEL. DONALDSON V. STODDART, L.L.D. AND ANo THig t ,' This was an action aga i nst the defendants,' ` ; proprietors of The New Times newapaper, ' 4 pnblishg a libel of and c oncern i ng the plidal'dji —The alleged libel purported to be an accooff, t . the examination of th e pl a i nt iff before. Mr.'idi; naut, the Magistrat e , at . the Bow-street ir 0,4 7, *Office, on a charge of em b ezz li ng money o f i>t master, Mr. Woodbead, a distiller in Drury- I °7 by whom lie was employed as collecting 'else': and stating, amongst other thi ngs , that the liin -6 tiff had been dismissed f rom his masters-service the month of Minch preceding, for miscond 4 e4 . ' and concluding with a statement, t h at the rlaiotio had been committed for trial. The defenda" r o' pleaded, first, the general issue, Not Guilty; 4'. second, a justification to the whole of the .wilege* libel, 'except that part which stated that the ika e , tiff had been com m i t t e d f or tr i a l , wh i ch was*` i, witted, in point of fact, not to be true, but rim' fished by mistake. Mr. SCARLETT and Mr. PULLEN conducted ti ;l' plaintiff's case, anti Mr. RAINB, Me, TINDAL, LI Mr. WEST the defendants". I 0 The usual prima fa c ie case on t h e part t* plaintiff being proved, a great body of tvillie""' - was.adduced on behalf of the defendants., port of the justification, sliewiug that the 0 114' libel was substantially correct in all die states a eo n* the exception, th a t t h e plaintiff had he committed for trial. It was prove d t h at the - ph. w ! A , tiff had been charged by his !wster with de-tr47 o) ins him of various sum,; of money, which had 4 been accounted for, and M r . B r ill, an artorn e l: who attended for the plaintiff on his examinat7, before Mr. Con a nt, st ate d i t to hire been s mitted on all hands, that tire plaintiff had e ls ; hetzled money, th e property of his emploY e ce s without accounting for it. Several publicans w e , examined in confirm a ti on o f t hi s , w h o prove d " 1 1 stances of embezzlement, to slim that the plai" tl if had been guilty of improper conduct t owa rds. l► 4. late master, now deceas e d. I t appeare d that , IVoodhead had compromised the prOseeittion,'cl o tenting himself with resorti ng to t h e security t at which which the plaintiff' had entered for th e fidelitY his conduct at the time of emeting his setvice- On the part of the plaintiff, however, it a lso I ; pealed that he was ; n t h e h a bi t o f g i v ing fel 1. 0. U. to his - master, for sums no t acconote d , in the cash-book. Mr. IVocolliead was prove' 4 l have been a person much addicted to liquor, i",,f that he was in the habit of selling the artieles., q hiS trade at a less p r i ce th an apecified in his 104 ' 4 of parcels, with a vi ew t o e l u d e t h e regu l at ions; the combination co m mitt ee o f S p irit rect ifiers. -whose body he was attached, ire Mr. SCARLETT r e pli e d on t h e part o f the e-- ,ja tiff with imnsual energy. The CHIEF JUSTICRSURIEIIed op the case f ort . July, who found their verdict for the plain - of with 50i damages on the first is -sue, and in lac° of the defendant on the second, Last night, ab ou t a quarter b e f ore ten niclo e , a fire broke out in the premises of Mr. Barnes, a floor-c 1 9 9,0 manufacturer, in Windmill-street, Finsbury, which f communicated to those of Mr. Pearson, bed-tick-nlOl O l Surer, and in a few minut es b ecame one l arge b o d y of ,00 the wind. aused the flames to spread rapidly, i n co nsequ e fo t of which a great extent of buildings soon became a 1)1*(1 , 0 0 in about half au hour communicated into the City-road, ` v oe aso the inhabitants wer e thrown i n t o th e greatest constero 3 rdi there being at this time little or no water to be pr° °° ,oo three or four houses in th e f ron t o f t h e C i ty-roa d 114 ,11 [seen completely gutted, when fortunately a plentiful 8 0 , 1 i, of water.caused it to he gut und er ; an d i t was not t ill c ti a '" N s, derably past twelve the inhabit an t s , f or many houses Lli,toi, could feel themselves in safety. Th e cause o f the accioe;oo not yet exactly assigned, but we are happy te say We no lives are lost. BIRTH. o t te On the 400 init. at ReZturY-Lottge, Woutifyril, 211 'lc, of a daughter. MARRIED. • ftiC i9 On Tuesday, the 22d at St. Paul's, C ov ent-V t . Mr. C. .tit,ele, to Miss M. Fisher, late of Coclispur:sTe_--" F.D. On the 16th instant, at D Brighton, Major-General Lindsey. In his sth year, William John, son of W. Ritherbil 401U:else:A. • At Hrunpstead, anMoutiay, the gist i ns t an t, the he 141 John Dian:dale, Baron of the Ru ss i an Eininre, I. ' •year of ins age. Ottthe Bthof Atiguia last, at Calcutta, in the 29th ee l his age, Uaptaili George Ilanhury, of the Honourahleip.V. Compaily!s -service, fourth .son of the lute Jolv A y, Esq.. of 'fottetiliam, Middlesex. I' ll 1 The celebr,,ted Irish Pugii;st, Daniel nonnelly, at 1 3 ' 51.4 House, is Greek-street, llublia, on Friday noon, 1 " — 0 - 441" quence of the bursting of a bl o od v esse l. 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