The Sun. — London, England, 1811-10-01 00:00:00

„~~:..r.... Ve-wrfelirtnituirecofrowiTarr - mtereourse wit our brethren ; and, adding Contempt to ca luniny, they undertook to appoint delegates for us, and without our consent, who were to assist at their Cortes, the rnore etieaually to dispose of our persons and property; and render us subjett to the power of our enemies. In order to clefea the wholesome measures of our national representation, when obliged to recognize it, they undertook to reduce the ratio of our popu latidn,,snbtnitting the forms of election to servile . committees ;top gat the diSpOsalOf arhiliaryittlers; ii i ns insulting nut. inexperienceaad :good faith, and utierly,regardless of our:political importanCe or our welfare. Th.- Spanish covernment, ever deaf to the de mands cat Justice, underfook to trugtrate all our le gitlinat/ rightil, by condemning a$ criminals; and de ‘oting. to th, infamy et the gibbet,. or tp confisca tion and banishment, those AMericnns who at dif ferent periods hact employed their talents- and ser vices for the happiness of their country. Such were the causes which 'at length have im ; us to look to our own securit , and to avert those disorders and horrible; calarriiieg,' which we could perceive were oiheittiise inevitable, and from which we shall, ever keep aloof; by their fell policy tl.ey have rendfiiired, our brethren insensible to our misfortunes, arid have aruwd them ag.tinsi us ; -- they have eft o from their heint4 the tender impres sions.of, Linft 'consmgoiey, and converted into enemies many members of our great family. \Vht-o, faiihtal to our promises, we were sacri ficing ur peace and digniry to hti t the cause of Ferdinand of Bourbon, we,.witi.v that to the bonds of power by which he united its late to that of the t;eopetor of the French, he added the.saertfiLe of kirored and friends; and that on this account the , existing Spanish rulers' themselves . have already. re solved (I) ;+chttovdedge him only conditiOnally. In this tnnin' yate of pert lexity, three yearg..insec - elapsed in political irr.solution, so 'dangerot.s, so r ta ‘,.; lit with ev.l, that Its alone would have au- thorised the dcrer,,,inaticn , hick the faith we had ''pitd.; , (l, and other fraternal attachments, had caused us I'. &ter, t;11 imp rions necessity compels .us to pt.( ct—d tar her, than we had (inn contemplated; by . che.hostile and unnatural conduit:l at the Spanish iIL.I-rs, we are, at .length absolved tram the conditional oath which we AIM taken, and now take kipon - m . •the august sovereignty which we are call, d here to exercise. But ns our glory cons'sls in cstablkhing principles con.isunit with Imam happiness, and nut electing •gi partial felicity Oti•tive niisloittines o' ur 'Arnorial4 . ; we hercliy proclaim and declare, that we shall regard as frieitcis and companions in our day tins', and participators of mit happimss, all those, who, united by thd ties of- blood, langnaga,-and rc iigimi, have suffered oppreision under the ancient establiihnmins, and 'Who hall as , ;eir their indepen hereqf, and of any inreign power . whatsoever; ekaglng'that all who cn.olierate with us shall-par tait, in hie, Igistinvi and opinion ; delaring'and re- crigni zit% ni)t only these, but those of every nation, in war - eneretes, in, peave . friends', brethren, and Iu - ' Eohiideration, thdieforl,, of these sol irl public and ineonrestible motives,' wbieh force . upon use t h e nece.stly of re-itimarning our natural' rights, thOs re. stored to us .by the reqol9coo of humart affairs, and in virtu- of Vie itnprescriptible rights of every people to d N':(..lli s e every ;I , l;n:einem', convention, or so. till compOCt, does not ent.iblirilt the nut . . p..' es tot winch alone all Oevernments are instituted; we are convinced that we cannot and ought - not any lotiger to eticlore tho chains by which we were con neacd \,vitis the Goverlitnent of Spain; and 'we do declarv, lice ei cry other inderendeni . people, 'that we ate free, and deterrdined to hold no dependence on any Potentate, Powt-r,, or Government, than we oursekli establii l b ; "and that we' now take arnorL the. sovereign nations of the ritith the r. ink which the Snpreme Being and nature have assigned to us, and to which we ,have been called by she succes sion of human events and by.a regard for our own , . . Although we .foresee I . lte difficulties which may attend our new situation, and the obligation which we contract by the rank which we are about to oc cupy in the politiCal order of the world ; and above all,, the. powerful influence of ancient forms and habits by whin (in our regret) we have, been hi !helm, affeeted—) et we also know, that a b3melui submission to them, when it is in our ,power, to shake then) off, would prove more ignominious to oulselves, and more,fatal rst s rity, than our long and painful Uncle. it t het f• , t.t. becomes our in-, ' dispensable duty to provide for our security, liberty, and happines%, by an entire and essential .statver. simt and reform ,ot our anetent estatAistimentl. • Whetetore, believing, for ,all these reasons, that we havei complied with the respeti which we owe to tie opinious.ot mankind, and to the chglitty of rr htr natious with whom we are about to r4itk, and . of whose friendly int‘rcourse we assures oursvivr;s— We„ jtie ilepre-entatives of the conledetated Provinces of 'Venezuela, invoking the M ,st High to wanes, the jultice vtt' ..cur nod the rettitude 61 our intentions) implo Vivm,e assistance to ratify, 'at the epoch ot , cur political birth, the d grtiey to. which his,Pr( vidence Juts test,rrecl us, the arotrut desire to live and dle het., and in the belief .and the' defence at, floe I.loiy Catholic an:i Apos tolic religion of Jesus Christ, as the tirst of our dt.Ales . We, therefore, in tie name, bf the will; and tin.' der the ,authority 'w Inch we hold .for the, v411)0118 . pi op'ie of Venezuela, do %oh:Emily% declare to the world, that .he,e United 'Provinces are, and nught co be, from this day told), in fad and of tight, tree, sove reign, and independent. States ; .that they are ab ' tiolt4 tram all allegiance and (1-pendence on the Crown of Spain, and of those who now call or inay hereafter call themselves its representatives cr • agent% ; and that, as free, sovereign,.. and -indepen deot States, we hold full power to adopt whatever form of Government May be deemed suitable to the genteral ,of itS ; to declare war, prier, form alliances,. establish commercial treaties, define boundaries, and regulate navigation, and' Lu pro ose and execute all other acts usually made and executed by free stiei independen t , nations; and for the due fulfilment, I alidity,.and stability of this our solemn declaration, we mutually - and reci 3. vocally 'Acute and bind the prOViUctil to each AitiLlV Z.D— I Gnernse), ; Watecturd. llyz—t UUb.in , r Waterford. 01 . STOCKS THIS DA Y Ar TIVILLVIA O ' CLOCK. COVSOIS - ( 33 .) i i l Otnniuin .I' 1 i ;-; . jcLEM t2uls t)l'.;a4t: r4Lsubt 4 UALATZ L 0 N 0 IV. TUF.6I)A . Y, OCTO Lit I, Isl I. " IPindSOT-CtiSite, Oct. 1, 181 I. U His MAJESTY continuer in the same state. • 4' IL IIA I. mkt). ItEtIERDEINI. I. %VILLAS." We this day lay before our Reader's a ,most im portant Document, iz. toe Declaration 01 Itidepets-; Bence by the following Spanish Proeinces of SOuth AtneriCa;• viz. Caracces; Ctimana; Barinas, Margari ta, Barcelonri, Merida, and Trusillo. This Declara , • tion of Independence is signed by 'the 13::ptsues from tt.e zibovementiotied Provinces; 'and-dated at the Federal Palace of the Csraccas, Sth July, t 811, It alludes rather slightly to the oppressions which the SRanisli Provinces iu South America are said to have sustained, during threes centuries from the Mother Country, bui it enlarges at - cothiderable . length upon the events-that bare occurred in Siiaiu withir. the years it speaks of his Catholic Majesty, Ferdinand VII. s.vith very respea, and of the subsisting- government in the Mother. Country in terms of marked hostility. We do not think it necessary at present to enter into an hives: tigatwnof the: validity of •the grounds .. on wb, / cil ,these Provinces justify their separation from the Mother Countly, but we regret to see that while they speak with act imony of the irresolute conduct at the unfortunate FERDINAND, they do not cha racterize the atrocious treachery of BuONArARTtt in language so strong as might be expected, The celebrated General lIIRANDA:3 signature appears to this Proclamation of Indtt.endenee. Our , Ministers with the same laudable anxiety which induced them to espouse the cause of the people . of Spain, have interposed to pre tietve, if:possibie, the cOnneeliun with the Span- . ish Coloniei in America, and the Govern ment at home.---The Gozeiie of this evening, we understand, will contain a , copy of the Commission for mediating . bet weerr Spaiu and her South American Colonies. The Commission will conslst of Mr. S'reit,a7', the British' Minister in Porlugal. This gentleman is well acquainted with the Spanish tanguag' e, besides his other qtialifi. cations fir the important, office in question ; Capt. encxnuati, who is particularly conversant in Spanish aititirs from extensive intercourse with Spain, who brought over the Spainish Deputies, and Mr. Milliken, who was our Chargqd'Affaites in America. Mr. HOPPNER, of the. Foreign Office, who was also employed by onr Government in ,Spain, is to be Secretary to the Commission— EIUN,Hir WELLESLEY, Esq. is to be formally ap pointed Ambassador to Spain, and T.. SYDENHAM, Esq. is to be our Minister in Portugal, in the teem of Mr. STUART, iibovementioned. it appears, by our Fa!mouth letter, that the Clo• rude French frigate, which we stated yesterday to have got into Brest, captured on her passage home the Swallow packet. The French plundered the packet of every thing that was vatuable on board, and tilen gave up the vessel to the crew. It appears, by Letters from .lertey and Puernsey, that the French have ColleEted 'a large force on the coast opposite to those Islandi, "with the intention, it is supposed, of attempting to invade than,' BVONAPARTE knows that his troops have had very little experience in invading Islands for many years past, and therefore perhaps he Wishes to give them some prat - lice in that species of warfare before he attempts his Grand Expedition against England; but. We think we . may venture to predkt that the result of the experiment will not encourage him to a repetition of the' atteMpt. Government, we Un cletstand, have given due notice to those islands of the meditated attaek, HOSVITAL. We are sorry to inform our Readers that a fire broke out in the Infirmary of this .noble edifice about one o'clock this morning. It began . in the N.W. Angle, and t he interior of the whole north and west, sidea, we regret to say, were; totally demolished. Too much praise cannot be given to the Officers of the' Institution ix - ho were presenEJ and t2~e vierkmen who assisted in preventing the,iprogress of the devouring element. • The engines be oozing to the - Hospital wel.e Im mediately 'put in action; but it was nearly four o'clock before the engines from town arrived.--TLe fire was ,entirely subdued abut six o'clock. We aro happy in adding.that no lives were lost, nor any personal . injury sustained. The Patients were all speedily and easily temoved. The fire began, we understand, in the Assistant- Surgeon's Room, where a fire had been kindled for the purpose of drying the room preparatOty to its being papered. By cutting off the comtnudication in the roof at the North-east and South-west ends, the rest of the building was happily preserVed. Most . of the Cabinet Ministers c irne to town yes , terddy tQ at..end the Council, which ariil ue held this ddy, on Lord WI Li. 1,111/ BiN*l SCICS report of , thc state of atfairs in Sicily. Dispatches were sent ofna , ,t to the Duke Da Boutt,LoN, the Nasal Conin.lnder in Chic; on the Jersey station. The poke of SUSSR X, report says, has been offered the. Government of Jam'aica, its a w:irin clitnate has been prescribed for the recovery ot hi Royal High ness's l-vaith. Let,ters of . the Most recent dates, :by 'theAnholt malls o! Sunday and yesterday, cointnanicate the inteligence to whicirsotne importance is attached, that the French Ameagiatior A LQUIEtt, has been recall :1 by . the Governtite'nt of France . from the Court .o 1 Stockholm. • .• The British Light Cavalry (vcith't he exception.ol ,the. four. Hussar Regiments) have lately had their uniforms completely altered, by a lit;ard Of Field Of fleets, appointed fur that purpose by the'PaINCS REOIINT.--They are to be in future as plain as pos sible—and the Hussars, viz: the 7th, - 10th; or Prince's own, I.stit, or King's owo,•and 18th, are to continue to wear-the splendid uniforms by . wleeh these regiments are at present disetiguishecl. Agoldsmith at Pisa (M. Gollani) . l ttely made an • eaperitnent in that' city, with a new kited of para 'chute. By the aid of his machine, be threw him self from the top - 01 the Cathedral, and alighted upon the ground' withoot sustaining the, least injury, Lord Chief, Justice Dowsia is e*pected to resign the Chiefship of the Court of. King's Bench, in' Ire-, land, befOre the ,commeticemerit of . Alichaelmas Term. Mr. liesitx,, the Solicitor-General,• will in that Taie be his successor, Mr. SAURIN, the Aftor ' neir'sGeberal, having declined the itppointroent. Within the last few days.the foliowtiog arms and military States littvi; been sent from the Tower to be ' shipped for 'Malta and 'Spain :Ass-35,000 stand of , arms, •3,000,000 ,ball cartridges, 3000 barrels of imwder, 50 ions of lead, - one ship load of ,rockets, 2000 • pistols, 94 pieces of. brass .ordnance, 2000 sabres, and 0,000 pikes. .-" lIIIIIIOI4C qu ouities of stores and provisions have been sent round from the ,Tagus to Oporto and Fi , guetra, where magazines sufficient for the supply of Lprd WELLINGTON'S army tur several months, are collected in a few weeks. All the warchousevpn the North bank of the Tagus, from Abrnntes down to Eyias Bay, are crammed wi:h *stores an& provi sions; so that in vvhateser.direetion the a rmy ma y, march, North and South, its MON t - nents will .not .be retarded an insiant by want of proviions. On Friday se'nnight, seven Members of the Lon dOnderryYeomanry \%ere. thiirniisect for disobedience Of orders on the parade, arid three others were re primanded. Sir G. HILL, the Commandant, made a speech on the oceaki,,n, intro w 'deb it appeared, that on the lit of August the cog); had assembled tor the purpose of commemorating the relief of Derry ; and, as had been always the custom, must of the men ap ;reared with orange liliesin tlieirnaps. This, it seema, gave offence to seven of the rifle corps, and they thought proper .10 leive ,the parade in defi ince of their Officer.. They were met by Lieut. MOORE, ho had influence enough to .turn them back, but they - peremptorily ,refused 'to jein. the ranks until the lilies were taken from the caps of the other members. The three .Memberrreprititanded were the most forward of thoSe who refused to take doWn their HBO, when ordered by Lieut, Moults. . Hoax' AT .THE QUEEN'S PALAUE.--.on San:G*6Y, ! . another poor women, who had lett her work at a considerable tAistance, went to the.Queen's.Palace, she having been engaged, as a washerwonian there. The wretch who still goes about. friglGZ deceiving this hard working class of women, as— sumes the manic Of Croft ; she , did so with some Women, whom ,site directed, if they tound any . 'difficulty io finding the Queen's laundry out, to ins quite: for her at the laundry of Mrs. Crow, who keeps the milk-hobse at ti,e Stable.yard Gattilead.- ing into the. Park, , who knew her well, • she having MOM god-mother, to her children. The whole of this is a gross fabrication, CHILD STMALir , ,;.—=-Weilmelclay afternoon a wo man'was detvaed in decoying awry . a child from the door tif its parent, in LolObanii-street, Fleet street. She was overtaken going into the shop. of a pastry-cook,•. near Ludgate-hill, and taken • into custody, when it turned out that she was an old offender, and hacl.decoyed away several children in . a similar manner. ... Loss of CAPT. RY.....-On - TEitirsav morning, as Capt. RAY, of the Auvei7 brig, bound for Gibraltar, was cianing from the ship, which,li'es between Ryde and POrtsmouth, accompanied by, a. Pilot, they were' overtaken by a very rough sea, .which completely upset the boat in. which they were Sailing; captain RAY, unfortunately not being able to swim, was supported a considerable time by the Pilot; but a wave separated them, and .the'Captain sunk. The. Pilot had to swim nearly two miles before he was taken up. Tile body or the Much-lamented RAY. was not tound for some time. Every method re ton mended by the Humane Society •was tried, but without success. Oa Saturday morning, Davis and Phillips, who were convided at the laie Middlesex Sessions, in the neighbotarhood of Brampton and Knightsbridge, for keeping a little-go, or private lottery. in that neighbourhood, were flogged at the GU; t .11 on the Broil:von Road. • NAV=AL N ki , ~ FALSOUTIT, SEPT. : IR.—Arrived the Sallink) packet, after having been taken by a Plench frigate. and given up: Tpe Swallow sailed from betted' al the loth ult. with a mail on board for On the 4th instant , in lat. ie3, 30, Nor th, 10ng..0; 30, West, tell in with' the Clurinde Vrench Noe 014E1'0ns, Captain De S. dilia.:34'd ivAs Clip; • • • tared. After plunder i ng the packet o f e very otac , of s tores, and- taking out ;ill tier proviamns, e xcept I consumption fur about fourteen days, they 1 5 .' e ter up to the crew. The Clorinde, from Tier • appeat ance,. had been M a&tion ; her in;zeil.mait wounded by a shot, and fished, Before &voila) was captured, she sunk the Mail. Sailed the L;.rdil-jukrt pick et for N,:w `i Duke 6 1 - Kent :packot:fo:' ; Chirlivo.r for •Cadiz and the .4.r pr es s pcket toe 3Vci t Indies. DEAL, SEPT. 30.—Pot back hit Majestyt ship h her convoy, 11).n sailed esrft;.l)"; Nati4 Slur, with her and his M.josty's ships Berroick and Convettlio‘ff Arrii ed under convoy of the Dunaj' .• City of Loud di, and -Canada, Ea st 1,1di;"164 aret ie Oiled -for -the river; .also arrived ship -Nermaid from Leith, and :sailed with Berwick, Brunei and Conquestad or , for Portituoullb Coax, SEPT. 22. clay, being for b'fsf Anniversary ci our much revered. and belv".`11150:: vereign's Coronation , w a s obseived here, usual . demonstratiOns of joy. Al eloven tic:o6 !s. o tt h oy b a o l ar S d ra t n il d e ar A d d o n f l ; r E al i . t s glfi fi n „ d g the 11)3in several men of war in harbour fireda:rloya:il:leti'.l.le'lc A... , !mroer of naval and_ttailitary atli . verb z l / 4 c.1 , : to-k of an elegant dinner given on Q" 3si° ' 1.1 Aclntiral THOR NBOgOUG 14. The Dumfries,. Norioll: , and Fiat forl, Efigiili gimetas of Militia may be. hourly 10 0 k` d board five ttansports, under convey at the Mr' sloop of war. The Earl Spencer- goes Dt7bl► .' il3; 11: course a o b t üß i lr t 1 o f ni t fi l l i iNctilieviAse°ll.l.Frikleo4giii.sl6.l\acgdo."...t' 0:1 y i) , I : t i . : l c ii C i e 3 i, i )V , l . 1 ,7 1 :: 116 4 11i11:1 1 1: , gun. brig dropped down to the ( .I` lld. quJrantiness boat. 0010............01.0.............,........ "(r4( 1 re 1 . 1 10 talPftro° ".!i4 da y there are, At sea, 92-sail of lrle s.x • i -13 1 4 11 . lb m s; 1%. 1° 142 441 b i r 3 i g51.,31 frigates, 11 te l q ui! 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't and ~,,.., 4 . ~ 'tngi rard-ships, hospital•shits9r i'll;rdstaary, eip,l_irso9. 1 tretotal in colt-it-nisi-ion 747.. ,04 , joy at the r tota ,i ing - for service, 'arid 'building; :!til, the ,r Of a Letter from. an OffiCer ° rl 7, -1 1 cli rra-lcing a triumphant 101.11 o f 575, 041;ipi, hi p ql tl 4 Ex --ni t i litwine:7l.l.llEinrnte'gcgiar:ii7gi r,:i:l:3eAtetitlin'eteebtmi:l:tan'osrle"afinioie:fezzllt:tedliti-ilalgtiveetilditt:clf.fri::::tilti:l::;l:l'tl°ii.lii:l.: Fia Majesty ' s - ship wily ',A e itat billiCip rtettissueof our rtis-!esin6 ° ''',,li r s A tt li rdr a i r ' e "°w 33.,S anti ras,als to co n,e up will' 111 :, 11 :1),”/ will give you a gloliks isetaf9t " le ne'llir but ljt us cornewithip gon-shOt of then', ' o r no , their shore last, bat from the 'course IPeYipio harbour steering, it looks 'as if they wero 00 41 , 4 B. 6nd_„47 wiy, 16 tall of tile lig 6'4 of I;rUOUr agoin....our coojectores ale rolizoirt.c„r, ..moment ad oar van .ship neared them, iheir Ar,i c ti , L:insialereeTwßlsiste:toijount:e ral.)a e the signal to stand for the Lim-hour, vo . has_lD all our present expectati:rtis. bet ienant . : l,°) P fea i lll 1 14: : x4a at Cl le __ 13 " A,shocking catastrophe took phic c , ~,,$ took hpoi ) I . lleasls' ut li letter from Lisbon, dated SeP u r i e !stall: din r g a . p a c b r o ) ' u o t r aaPnbodiritipaelare,:ttr:ewii;sbitilrtitiasth, ow aiocaleirs:: 0 ,6::103 -. the window; say , wi th certainty). ,Oa log to some "''' u i . ,ietr* r ind on the I,riter's retilmi'](3l:l!)l,sll:s to f throw the baggage of a Portsiguese 01 .0 : ° r ie' Colonel spit in. his iace. The Portuguese. w' e d d o s. Portuguese sword; and• with one or two blows on the 11 0 0t ,,) patched the Colonel. Tile Captain had la 111! ‘ i r„o e armed, himself to assist his-. friend; ill ' oli one thrust laid hint dead at his feet. Aii,'' ~l i t' f ., Officer was too alert for bent, Ail,' ~ ,i i , picket was it d i cit-L- in, to which be:lefoot10001, render; but immediately did to Qui ° I i ' li country." ' ''',l olli' •By the'following e%tra4l of 0 letter frora '" s I how' cer in Jersey, dated tbe 2 , 2 d of St:Trendier, 11 . 1 -0 appear that our forces there are in expeCloti°ll v attack :—, ,s . , oi ,b 111 We are Ull in a.state o f anxiety, tuingle at' hope. - 1 oank Heaver), the enemy slimes. Evers , possible Preparation ,'s Made .iii pulse him. ;ti d b it 1 ITl'Y'°e necl ly. rea ? g asseS , , ~, ,:o ao all oir et' ' e tons,- each person enxiotis'io cosrtitrlo 00 the news •ot his approach. No 1015 111:111 J , , jle troops are said to - be asseniblod at Chet bou/s,',' A !. mined for the attack of Jersey, Oternsey, 10(ii.1,,r. deruey. They iritond, it is said, to erns , lb' ` 4:1 (1 ring Pond in boats, each containing, 95 tr i , l . l : o 61 Imo one 24. pounder. in the now, mud °tell?, inch mortar astern. (-)lrfitied ill 3 ii)3llriOr MO! ~.a . . ,0 and desponding at the idea of b'il)g prevented birr:io sharing the danger - and- the honour of ‘)Lifjoy re.s:. contraries •in Spain and Portugal) threat` -'.01„);, it will gre ~.1 tfr.(, . lieve the ditressed spirits of our little aryl 111004 kiand, to florist,: ( ha they Will hitre ao ot'r,-;.r ' tois. 2411 i Ser of giving a proper reception to Stl o vi'' ; A Letter froM ‘Vitigoe Sound of the s 1 01 l'' tember, siast,,, !bat yi , lb, 18 ,1 1 , a cuovvy solo liips sailed for Engl.inds; nor srom 401i!r°„?oceeti' they Were ob;igvd to•put back, and sg"' Ll rb„ t he . ttst• - ~, ,s t . ed ort their tto,iieward voy;rge on too , .• 4 , 1 ,,,,, '23d, another ,coovoy, nom kfahno 44Yr '''4o,try. 'eoeie; passed Wnti,,,e vt:a wittioLA 3) . sr , . non, liaving a fair %vial. ~ other, our lives, fortune's, and the bailout' of the nation. Dane at fte Fethral Palate of the Ciraceag, , signed wilt our - hinds, and sealed wirti the gre.it.seai of, the/ Plavincial ContlderatiOn, and countersigned by theBecrernry to the Chngressiassetnbled, on the btlt day cat July, in the year 181 t., and ill the OrSt of our in dependence,.