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The Learned Counsel observed, that the Gentleman who came before them that day, to seek redress for a gross attack upon his character, was well known as Sir Gregor MacGregor, who was of ancient family in Scotland, and entered the army at an early period of his life. He afterwards went out to South America, and returned to this co un t r y i n th e year 18 22, and having received a tract of land from the King of the Mosquito country, he had eadeavoured to make settlements there. That country had been described by Mr. Bryan Edwards, so lon g gck as th e year 1776, as one of great beauty, and abounding hack tsome of the most d e li g h tful productions of nature. Mr. vards says— be,,Every variety of a n i ma l an d vegeta bl e nature, f or use or on th tY, for food or luxury, has been most liberally bestowed sod 6 13 e , n uritry. It i s everyw h ere p l ent if u ll y watered; and the and ea Pable a dnost everywhere f er til e i n a very uncommon d egree, produc f ed °' Producing, in the utmost perfection, whatever is chocolate betwands Tropics. The cotton bush, the cocoa or digo, too-ninr, venelloes, flourish all over the country. In that of If -s a native. and appears to be of the same sort with If neighbou ' of Guatimal, which is ac counted the best of :ling prrrohvemscue , tar-cane' arrives here to as great perfection as in ny a . ny of the i''slands ; and the quantity of Great and sarsaparilla, annually exported from hence to s n , e a ll Brit ain, renders the settlement already an object of no importance in the scale cf her commerce and navigation. IThe rivers and coasts abound with excellent fish ; and the finest rk, both f or f ood and shell, is found here in greater plenty than in any part of t h e k nown world. To which it may be added, and it is a. circumstance of no sma ll ut ili ty i n an i n f ant settle ment, that the mouths of many of the principal rivers produce ;TProdigious quantity of oy s t ers , b ot h o f the mangrove and flat eel 8 ; of the latte r sort, there are banks that appear inex austible ; so th at w i th respect to food, the inhabitants of this c,ntry seem a l most to be exempted from the general curse en tailed on our first parents." t#TThis Was the description th a t attracte d t h e no ti ce o f Sir nr Macgregor, and he raised money, for the purpose of forming a settlement, and many were glad to join him. He took it for granted that his friend would'not speak of the mis chiefs of emigration; that was now an exploded doctrine, since Lord Selkirk, about 20 years ago, emigrated, and took artisans of every sort with him, and made most rapid strides towards, improvement in the settlement he formed, until Lord Selkirk's death semewhatchecked their progress. Surely • his Learned, Friend would_ not now say that it was not desirable for the emi gration of persons to take placefrom a populous country, where they were, in a degree, destitute of the means of support; to new settlements, in which they had scope for their incluStry! In October 1822 parties went out to the Poyais territory; but circumstances arose of a most unfortunate nature, that pre vented the realization Of those hopes that had been so san guinely entertained. The consequence was, that sixty per sons who went out there were not induced to settle, and were deprived of their tools, clothes, and provisions. They after wards went to the Honduras Bay Company, through whose mews many of the settlers came to England. The most in jurious reports were in consequence set about regarding Sir Gregor MacGregor; and if those reports had been spread merely for the purpose of warning persons' from • going out to the Poyais settlement, this action would not have been brought. Sir Gregor MacG regor hi mse lf was the greatest sufferer, and no man lamented the lot of the unhappy per sons who had gone there more than his client; and it was impossible for any one to be more anxious to. alleviate their calamities than himself. In January 1823 another party of settlers, to the number of 160, went out., In October last three orphans, the children of parents who had gone out to Poyais, were taken before the Lord Mayor by Capt. Antrim, who most humanely brought them to this country. Captain Antrim was accompanied at the Mansion-House by Mr. t Ince and Mr. Hughes. On the 14th October The Morning Herald, under the head of " Hansion-House," had published a report of the proceedings that had taken place respecting the orphans, whose names were Chalmers. The whole of the paragraph complained was read ; the former part of which stated the hardships that the settlers had experienced, and the unhealthi ness of the climate. The Learned Counsel remarked, if the paragraph had stoped there, this action would never have been brought into Court. If the climate had been declared bad and the country wretched, nothing would have been said ; on the contrary, if it had only warned persons from going out to Poyais, it would have been fair; but what followed are so gross, inflicting the severest pain upon the individual for whom it was intended, that he could not, in 'justice to his own cha racter, remain silent under it. The remainder of the article stated that.— " The poor creatures .had heed led by MacGregor to expect a lard where they - would live in the greatest plenty, where every thing was, flourishing, and but little labour would be required. It was mentioned to them, as .a markof the improvement of the place, that a fine theatre had been established, and me n _ tioned'other establishments, indicative, not merely of civiliza tion and comfort, but:af luxury. . " Captain Antrim mention e d a c h a rge which the poor crea tures had 'preferred to, him against MacGregor. Most of those o f ti n uefifteen pound s to who sailed from - L e ith wer e poor people, w ho had' by their fru gality, saved small sums.of money, thirtypounds perhaps.. MacGr eg or l earn ed the property which the settlers had witli - thein, and telling tham that Scotch money would not pass at the settlement,' persuaded them to give it all up to him, and take his drafts for the a mount upon his bankers' at Poyais. The savings were all given up to him ; and it is' perhaps unnecessary to add, 'that the settlers, on their arrival at the houseless wilds of Poyais, found that no such thing as a,hanking.house was in existence. Captain Antrim regretted that he had not arrived sooner, as another ship had sailed with settlers' for the same place just before his arrival, wha.;, he feared, would also fall a sacrifice. He had thought it his duty to make the statement publicly, that the poor might be put on their guard." It was perfectly true that the land On the Black fiver, when occupied, Would be fine. With regard to the Theatre, he could assure the Jury that Sir Gregor had never mentioned it as being in reality or in contemplation, neither had any of his agents. And indeed it was not probable that they should have done so; their object was not to represent the country as a highly culti vated one, but for the settlers to know that they were going out to an infant colony ; and the fact of their taking tents with them was conclusive on that point. If Sir Gregor's object had been to deceive the settlers, by making them believe that they were going to inhabit regularly built towns, they would not have been allowed to takeout tents with them. He would again re peat that nothing had been said respecting a theatre. It would have been most infamous on the part of his client, if the state ment had been true; but he was instructedto declare that nothing of the kind had been mentioned: The Whole of these assertions were untrue ; and he could not believe that Captain Antrim had made the statement. With regard to the savings of the poor persons, who, as was stated in the paragraph, had lost their all, and had received only Poyais notes in exchange, so far from those.savings goinginto the pocket 'of Sir Gregor MacGregor, he paid for their passage and assisted them. The defendants had put on the record a justification of this statement, 'and that it was correct, and that the circumstances had occurred ; but the proceedings upon which the paragraph was founded took place uefore a Magistrate, and were exparte. No man, of whom such acts were stated, could dare to shew hii f a c e if they were true; but tho se who made the assertions must prove the things. stated; and if t h ey f a il e d to d o that, t h e L earn ed . Common Scrjeant said that he . hoped the Jury would not he sitate to deal out such damages to the'plaintiff as would in sonic degree compensate him for the injury he was subjected to. On Tuesday last it was expected that this cause would be tried ; and although the trials at Hertford occupied so large a portion of the paper, yet they inserted a note to the following effect :-- " On account of the great length of the first day's Trial at Hertford, we are oblig, dto omit in our paper of to-day almost tae whale .of our miscellaneous matter, as well as nearly the whole of our advertisements." Still, after the insertion of this notice, the defendants found space for this paragraph, on the day, too, when every one looked for the cause coming on. " We have another melancholy instance of the privations and distress resulting from the cruel and infamous Poyais hoax, in the case of ,Mr. W. Eennedy of this place, who, with his wife and children, was induced to leave his native soil, under the pro mise of a lucrative appointment as a teacher of youth in that settle ment .After sharing in the grievous disappointment of the other settlers, and enduring hardships almost beyond belief, they had obtained through the humanity of the Captain of a trading vessel belonging to Liverpool, a passage to a British port; when from the disease he had contracted in the inhospitable climate, the unfortunate man expired, while his afflicted family were within sight of theie native slio:e."—( Bath Courier.) Notwithstanding the omissions, in consequence of the Hert ford trials, the defendants were enabled to make another attack and bring another aggravated representation. before the town and Court on the morning that the trial was expected to conic on. However, the assertions must be proved before they could have any weight or influence with the Jury. The publication being admitted__ Edward Irby was sworn, and examined by Mr. POLLOCK— I know the plaintiff, and was employed by him as a land agent in Edinburgh. My business with the plaintiff was to make sales of land in the Poyais territory. Many persons went out from Scotland in 1823; and some in 1822, in smacks to London. Others went in the ship IL - inner:ley Castle and the Skene. I have heard the libel read. In my opinion it injures his charac ter, for it applies to him, and he is the person meant. The settlers went out as labourers. I made representations to them of the nature of the place they were going to. About 270 to 280 persons in all went in the Kinnersley Castle and Skene, and sailed for Black River and Poyais. Cross-examined by Mr. SCARLETT—I never was there: the representations made to the settlers were from publications ; from a publication of Bryan EdWards—Wright's " Memoirs of the Musquito Shore," and Henderson's Honduras." I knew Mr. Strangeways, and believe he wrote this book (a book had been handed to the witness); some poetry, entitled " A Physician to his Mistress," and " Lines addressed to Poyais on leaving the Coast," were also handed to the witness, who, after looking, said, in answer to a question from the Learned Counsel, " I have seen these before ; I believe they were in circulation in Edinburgh in 1822, for the purpose of inducing persons to settle in Poyais." The Bank notes of the Poyais Bank were printed at Edin burgh for one dollar each. I cannot swear how many were sent out—lthink not 70.000. My, business was to make sales of land in Poyais; there were a great many made, and money was received for them. SeVeral hundred pounds had passed to the plaintiff; but I think not a thousand, I don't recollect having heard MacGregor say he would have a theatre there ; there might have been some joke - between myself and Pickin, who was Under Secretary or Clerk to Sir Gregor's Secretary ; and who understood and was fond of the drama. 3lr. Pickin went out in the. Kituiersley Castle as a clerk in the Civil De partment, at 501., per, annum. He was under Governor Hall. I received some of:the honours of the Governmest, and was promoted to be ,a Knight of the' Green C ross . .Th ose w h o re ceived honours wore green' coats, with, hustona, on which were engraved " G." and a crown. I clo,not know of the plaintiff having any license from his Majesty to become the Sovereign of another country. , • Re s examined—The notes wero not issued: There were se veral millions of acres of land to be disposed of in Poyais. Robert SWan" sworn.—Tlie Hendurai packet was in the Downs on the - 18th' Dec. 1822; she sailed to the Black River, on the Mosquito shore, on the territory of Poyais, and took out, emigrants.. The Kinnersley CaStle and Skene sailed in 1823. The Honchiras packet took out 50 persons from Scot land, who came to London in smackss 'There was a surgeon on board the vessel, who was provided in London by Sir Gregor's agent, Mr. Ogillae. The vessel had at least six months' provisions on board.- I wars on the Mosquito shore from February to June, 1823. The Kinneraley Castle arrived out in March, 1823, The settlers, for the most part, left the shore in July, 1823 ; some were suffering, some not. There had been a mutiny amOngsalhem:. •, I kn6irsorde of the settlers went to Honduras, and thence came to,England. Cross-examined—l went to Honduras before I came to Eng land; I was in the Storekeeper-General's Department; I came back, because all the.stores had been removed by. order of Col. Hall ; I was the last but two who came from Honduras ; there are hone left at Poyais; I was ill myself of the ague and fever, and several others ; 1 found the remains of the chief town ; there were two houses left, belonging to two American Gentlemen, made of bamboo. Mr. Groucher, who was to manage the banking concern, is now in America ; I was not. attracted by the songs ; I only saw one ;' I am now eighteen ; I was before in a grocer's shop in Glasgow. Re-examined—l saw some of the, provisions afterwards at Belize, in the cellar of Marshall Bennett, Esq. one of the Hon duras Company. They were taken in Mr. Bennett's schooner, by order of Col. Hall. There were a few walls remaining in the ancient, town, and plenty of bricks to build new houses. Mr. SCARLET T, for the defence, stated to the Jury, that he had no knowledge of Mr. MacGregor, or Sir Gregor Mac- Gregor, or by whatever title he went ; and he had no motive for offering any thing in disparagement of him ; in candour he would say, that he rather believed him to be a wild adventurer, of the most vivid imagination, .dazzled with the prospect of power and sovereignty. The Jury had heard from his land agent that he was engaged in Edinburgh in selling land con veyed to MacGregor by a native Prince of the Mosquito Shore, but who that native Prince was the Court was not informed.— But if the plaintiff; in upholding his speculations, bad descend ed to artifices that he probably otherwise would not have been guilty of, and then chOse to attack those who exposed them to prevent others being so deluded, he must take the consequences. Now Mr. MacGregor fir , t became connected with this Poyais country he did not khow neither w as i t neces sary to inquire,; but the Jury would find him with an office at Edinburgh, send ing a manager of bank, clerks and secretaries, to this land flowing with milk and honey. He held in his hand a book written by Thomas Strange ways K.G.C. ; that was, Knight of the Green Cross, with a picture of the Cacique of Poyais in front, and another representing a handsome town. The titles of the author were K.G.C., Captain of the Ist regiment of . native Poyais infantry, and Aide-de-Camp to his Highness Gregor MacGregor. The object of the book was to make it appear that Mr. Strangeways being well acquainted, had been enabled to compose a work on its beauties, the fertility o f i ts soil, and salubrity of its climate.—(H ere the Learned Counsel read several extracts of the most inflated description from the book in question.) But, resumed the Learned Counsel, what turned out to be the fact in this delightful region' This new Government began where old ones often ended—by distributing variou s sinecures ; for there was a King without territory, a Captain without troops, and clerks without offices. The chief city had two houses in it ; this was the territory that had been held out to Scotehmen as surpasiing their land of heathen and peat. There were two justifications on. the record :—lst, all that the defendants were charged with publishing had been published correctly ; and, 2dly, that the facts stated had been .truly stated ; and surely a faithful representation before a Court of Justice, or before a Magistrate, could not be subject of, an action for libel. He did not mean to say that MacGregor did not intend to compensate the persons he had deceived ; and if the Jury should come to a decision to give hini damages, he he had sustained. Th e Learned C trusted the lowest possibl e co i n woul d designate their sen s e of the Mr. injury Counsel then ca ll e d John Prince--I am a C ommon C ounc il man o f t h e City, and Antrim accompanied Captain on the )4th October to th e Lord Mayor. The Morni ng Herald of the 14th October was handed to the Witness, who pointed out Various passages in the' - Tn ra tr gr irn ap a h nd cm hi P n i l a se in lV n. of as having' bee stated by -Captain On the following d a y .Capt. Ant r i m called at my house, a n d- said the articles was correct ; and I be lieve the whol e t o be correct. Cross-examined by the Cox aiON SERJEANT—it was stated by Capt. Antrim that the settlers were many of them persons who had saved from 201. to 301. There might have been more stated than appear s i n t h e paragraph. Mr. Hugh e s swo rn —I • was at the Mansion House, with the last witness and Captain Antrem, on the 14th of October, and , saw the report in The Herald of that day, and I think it was 3 very Correct one. It was stated that Sir Gregor had taken the money of .the three orphan children's parents, and given them , notes on the Poyais Bank for them. ert:-examitied by Mr. POLLOCK—I think the report is very correct. Mr. Prince, on seeing it the day after we were at the Mansion-house, said he was surprised at its being so correct. Ann Baxter sworn—l am a widow. I accompanied my hu.s= band, in .January last, in the Kinnersky Castle, to Poyais; and we took our six children with us; my husband and two of the children are dead ; they died there • my husband was a mason in Scotland ' • he bought l an d in &vela, and paid 8/. for it at the office in Edinburgh. There was no land for/us when we we were ten wee k s i n ge tting to th e Bl a ck Ri vgeOrt ;t found e oya;i s nothing .but bushes anti stars ; there were no white inhabitants ; nothing but the pale moon ; we all fell sick • as soon as we got out, and no one was there to give its a drink of water. My husband and children died at Belize of the ague , and fever. There were 150 went out in the Kinncr:ley castle, and above 100 died there.. Mr. Nash sworn—f was introduced to Sir Gregor by a friend. I was at first his secretary, but I chiefly looked for a Cornetcy of Lancers. Sir Gregor asked me to write lines addressed to Poyais, which he had printd and circulated. There was also some poetry entitled " The P o y a i s Emigrant," Witten by my sister. Th e y were printed as ballads, and hawked through the streets to attract the attention of the vulgar. The greater part of Strangeways' work was written by M'Gregor. I gave the sheets to the printer's boy. •Strangeways was at that time in Jamaica. Before I came from the Mosquito shore, I gave in a formal resignation, and called on Colonel Hall, who said he had no money without I would take the Poyais notes. The Mosquito King came to the Black River, and prevented the settlers from remaining without they would be subject to him. He said he had granted land to Sir Gregor, but having broken his stipulation, the King revoked the grant. He understo o d there were to be three Houses of Legislation; the. Members to consist of such Yeomen and Barons as purchased land enough to entitle them to seats in the Legislation. Mr. Edward Law confirmed the testimony of the other wit nesses for the defence, and said he expected to see from the re presentations made, public buildings and a handsome town. The case fOr the defence being concluded, The Costsfox SERJEANT replied; and His Lordship, in putting the case to the Jury, observed, that the deMdants had put two justifications on the record,- Ist, that the report was true and correct; and, 2d, that the facts stated were truly stated. The Jury would have to con sider, whether the first plea, as his• Lordship thought it was, was not true. If they so believed on that part, they must find for the defendants. He thought the act of fraud respecting the Poyais notes had not been proved ; and therefore, if the Jury - thought with him on that point, they would - find for the plaintiff on that part of the case. The Jury almost immediately returned a verdict for the de fendants on the first plea; and a verdict for the plaintiff,•da mages one shilling, on the second plea. Sir Gregor Mqiregor was in Court during the whole trial. UNIVERSITY INTELLIGENCE. „._ OXFORD, JAN. 9.--The Rev. James Hartley Dunsford, of Wadham College, and Vicar of Frampton-upon-Severn, in the County of Gloucester, has been appointed Domestic Chaplain to the Right Hon. the Earl of Suffolk and Berkshire. The Rev. R. M. White, M.A. Demy of Magdalen College, has been presented to, the Perpetual Curacy o f Woolley, York shire, by G. W. Wentworth, 'Esq. patron. • The Rev. T. &Away, .M.A. presented to the Vicarage of Oswestry, void by the death of the Rev. J. W. Bourke ; patron, Loiel Clive. SPAIN AND HER LATE COLONIES. [From the Madd G7zette.l MADRID, DEC. 24. After having in our preceding article recapitu lated such facts as eve deemed - -necessary to esta. Wish a comparison between the'llOyalist army and that of the Insm:gents of Peru, we demon strated that from those-farts Europe might judge of the opinion of the inhabitants, which is not so opposed to the parent state 'as some foreign jour nalists affect to insinuate. .And, in fact, is it credible that an army, re duced in numbers,`exposed to privations, and de. prived of succours of men and money, could have been elfectively , re-organized in a few 'months, and become six times More numerous ?' Could this army have almost entirely defeated the enemy's forces, and pacified the numerous colo nies of that vast empire, if its efforts had not been seconded by the inhabitants? BUt as the opinion in America is the•favourite talisman of the Cou rier,- with.which he pretends to charm the eyes of the rest of the universe, it is 'right to scrutinize this charm. • as comparing our condition with that of the na. tive Creoles of JaMaica, Canada, aid, the coasts of Malabar and:Coromandel, we but appreciate more highly the wise laws which govern us, and Vve,ev.en prefer them to the colonial laws of all the European nations. Who, then, are, the insurgents of Peru, the . aurier will inquire The insurgents of Peru, .we will answer him, are a band of needy adven turers, known atlirna under the name of Bohm. tuzos a confederacy of lawyers whO, having been expelled the profession for their personal quili!. ties, view themselves, in Inagination, already seated in a new upper chamber-; several Canons and Curates, who, unworthy of._ the sacerdOtal investiture, and some of whom thinking them- selves Ambroses t and others Augnstini, love re volution, persuaded that ; it will obtain the epis. copal mitre. - The insurgents of Peru are Cpch rane, Miller, Foster, Ranlet, and other foreign Don Quixottes, who, as they can neither endure in their own country the contempt which their conduct has.rnerited, nor . entertain the hope of being restored to the regard of ._their Govern ment'and countrymen, nor of satiating their in. , ordinate love of command and riches t have'pro- , Ceeded to the New World, where they practice their revolutionary tactics. The insurgents of Peru are several Americans unworthy of living under the mild and paternal laws of the King of Spain. , . it is not our int e ntion to confound with those All -those -who have an y s t a ti st i ca l knowledge we have here enumerated many good Penis of Peru, know that 6-Bths of its inhabitants are vianiwho, in the provinces•invaded by the In- Indians, 1-Sth slavee, o r emancipated s l a v e s, and surgents, unceasingly implor e th e Al m i g hty to the remaining eighth Sp an i ar d s, di v id e d i nto restore to them the paternal governmen t o f I, er dinand VII., nor those, net less numerous, who, Europeans and Creole s . Th e I n di ans be i ng ge- sacrificing an opulent existence and patrimonial nerally employed in husbandry labour, the mines wealth, to the happiness of their country, have and the mechanical arts are ignorant come to this capital, and here ineessantlrmani fest th e d es i re that th e p arent sta t e wou ld sen d name of politics; a n d those' n o o f ren t duties, of even rights, the to their trans-Atlanti c brethren prompt and op citizens; congreeSes, popular elections, constitu- portune succour, that they may prevail against • the yoke which oppressed them.' We have al tion, and independence, are equally unknown to I tl y iei c r ur i ' r: i t: t re h s a t r s n , ' :: - ready shown the elements of which the mass of the. Insurgents of Peru is composed, and how, by them. Neither do they understand - the names of the Caciques, Intendants, and Viceroys,'whonl itihizeeir, etitieerrogheintehoeuirs There are no subjects in the ther blindly .obey. . . their sentiments • , they new only display to the world who hear prehounced, and pronounce them. their a continual conflict of passions, and selves, with more respeet, the ,name of their legi- o n p a i t O 9 i r oi ' is, tl hideous spectacles of bloody scenes, the acts of the despotism, of an oligarchy and timate Sover e i gn , whom they call their King, at must horrid most revolting anarchy. . We know that in th e the same tim e unc overing the head, bowing th e years 1814 and 1)321 the flame of independence body, and making other extriordinary'demon- and rebellion was kindled throughout Peru; but strations orrespect. . that, far from weakening our assertions, only • them., _ s I -am a Royalist (Y o so y rea li s t a ), say t h ey s t rengt h ens • . Revolution resembles an en o r mou s r oc k, which. • incessantly, considerieg the name of insu rgen t' as detached from a high and steep mountain, forces an odious epithet. God ! the King I this is their along with it, every thing. it encounters in its pas • device — a device so consonant w i t h thei r sent i- sage ) and it is for this reason that a di st i nct i on must be made between those who .gave the im p meets, that wh e n some ill-d es ig n i ng i n d ividuals puleion and those who euffetred themselves to be • sou ght to brandish the torch of discord amongst led sway by it. The former are the insurgents; them, they seduced them in the name of the and not the Indians, who h ave no t b een t h e pre ' K moters, but the unhappy victims, o f p o liti ca l con s ing) by persuadi ng th em t h at i t was t o preserve ' - vulsions. This is the reason why these, convul. . . , the domination of that co un t r y t o the . King of ' sions have only been ephemeri ca l. , Amultitude • Spain, from wh om t h e Spaniar d s d es i gned to of examples exist in support of this truth; we wrest it. This was what happened in 1814, could relate them all, but a single one will suffice when .Angula; Vejar, and Mendoza (on escaping for our purpose. from the prisons of Cusco; in which they were On the 2d of January, 1822,,a horde of insur confined for crimes which they were on the point gents, proceeded to Potosi, to induce the garrison of expiating), excited them to insurrection, aided to revolt, withont'the people having taken any by the soldiers who had been charged to guard part in this insurrectionary movement, the results them. of which were massacres, pillage, assassinations, It was th6‘ method that Some obscur e indivi- i and the most tyrannical persecutions. - Potosi, • duals of St. Martin within the last few years , thanks to the coutaee and intrepidity of our made use of. The slaves and th i e emancipated i Chiefs, Chuquiiick, Oruro, and Tupisa, was re have n ever taken any part in the insurrectionary taken on the 12th . , and occupied by the Royalist movements in those territories ; and when the troops, aided by the Indians of that town and pretended liberators forced them, in 1820, to neighbourhood, who, on taking up arais to assist tak e u p arm s in favour of independence, they them, nominated for their Chief a Lieutenant gave unequivocal proofs of their aversion from who had escaped from the garrison on the 20, d i efending thiicause; The ill-disposed have since and who had gone amongst them, ,to solicit an turned robbers ; and those of good disposition . asylum, and to offertem his arm and sword. returned to their old masters, preferrin g slavery . If, however, the Courier demands further to the fantastical and so much vaunted felicity of proofs, we would beg him to repair to Peru. He their country. 1 w ill th e n he a witness of the enthusiasm with Not a word need be said respecting the which the regiments of chicas and San Carlos European Spaniards; the - banishments, 'the as s contend against the Insurgents, and, he will know sassinations, and the pillage of which they have that in these corps there is net a single European, b e en the victims; and which they preferred - rather Thence let him pursu e his tour to Leith:Races, than take the oath of independence, are,•and will a place. well known for its insalubrious and pesti alwayS' be, irrefragable evidence of their in- lential atmosphere, and he will behold there a violable attachment to the parent State; and it number of unfortunate Americans, ,who were is indubitable that they cannot offer incense to a made prisoners in Upper Peru, and are ,con dkrinity whose altars are stained with European demned to the most .severe toil, and who suffer bleed, and whose ministers, under the veil of all the horrors of slavery similar to that to, which civic virtues, of which they make a parade in Christian captives are doomed in the bagnios, of their writings, are consummate monsters in all . Tunis and Algiers, rather than acknowledge the , spec:es of crime, system of independence. After having examined The American Spaniards, no one can doubt, the truth of these facts, it will not be difficult to incline for the most part in favour of independe recognize in whose favour the opinion of Peru is ence ; nevertheless, the most rational amongst pronounced. them suppress this sentiment, being persuaded that Peru wants the promotion of agriculture, in dustry, and commerce—elements without which no independence can exist. It is in vain, say they, that we are directed by example to the in dependence of the Anglo-American Republic; that country previously possessed the seed of the democracy which exists in her Constitution ; the greater portion of her first colonists, born amidst the religious and political revolutions of Europe, emigrated to that country, and transmitted a re publican spirit to their children. But in Peru we only see the indelible stamp of a ternpe,rate Mo narch, and Indians who are idolatrously attached to the K ing of Spain. If, say all reflecting Creoles, we sever the ties which attach us to the Parent State; another European. Power will usurp do minion over us, and then we shalt prefer thido minAtion of Spain, because her la nguage , an d manners, are common with our own, an d .because WA.a.—The time has been when warlike ru mours, such as have be e n'i n circulation for some time, would have caused a depression in the Funds of Two or Three per \Cent. So great, however, is the immense CapitiM in the hands of Monied Interest, that these rumours have not had the slightest effect. Stocks continue rising, and a further advance is looked to by the who, no way alarmed, have ,increases} their ac counts. In the New IkOttery, too, some . large purchases have been made within these fewdays. The Schemes is highly approved—which could not fail to be the case, when it is seen that the Contractors baVe contrived to give to Adventurers the chance of . 'iSreit Prizes.o . f : R20,000, Two of which will fall to - the Two First Priz e s the Fi rst Day (the 19th Februaii), when, in fad, all the. Tickets drawn will be Prizes,,