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;otter, but I have too little Carle to' think' :order, and so I will say. what occurs as it comes iii , and-out cf my memory: We entered Coro so early in the morning, that we could not ' distinguiSh friend 'from ernirny . ; and Lere a pelanchblYseene took plac . e. When thead yance,cl guard, Which I followed Crosely With 'the lead ing piece or in the centrESipare, they advanced to j..he prison,' which •they supposed , y.ras a fortified -citadel, or something like it; one of the soldierSiMprndentlf 'fired' at a man at the prison. door, WhoM he took AO be one of the enemy : -he' proved to he on. of ot - ;.r roan ; lie Xi as shof dead on the spot. At this'inornent the prispn-, , rs, clinking the chains:, cried but'..throgh . the grate.s of th&ir prison, “ .. Vive Whe . il-tlie.guard..withOot she prison fired . a fe74,Ve-jdie. At 'this still :lark; the infantry was 'drawn Up on the side of ,the •opposite:f . o,. the prison, close in 'froni of the • dihedral ; the artillery' in front 'of ihe infantry in the centre Olthe square ; apd While wert4ri-' harnessing' . the Mules from the pieces; •: and pre . - Airing to fire, upon the . prison; wheif'b r faered,':the infaiitrY behind us, hearing the feu- . de-jaie of the advanced guara, l;elieved the piece was defended, acid iiiittiout Waiting - I'm - Orders commenced lire at they knew not what ; they wounded - their 00mi-ilk:ding Officer, Lientenant-Colonel LA>Tri ; they pit two musket balls into him-, one of carne but at the arum ; :he is in a' fair way of recovery: 'They wounded' two . i1 - 4,r) et my gun, oue at my right side, end the other as close on inY left. I had•the kocd fertune to remain unhurt : arrndEt a shower of balls that Whistled ronnd'me for some minutes. • : • -, After remaining: four or five days at.Coro, en.- s?eacourin n .. Vain to persuade the ',inhabitants to return - to the city, we ri2turned.to La Vela, where we waited some days new's from our friends in the interLOr. not receiving any, and. nibst . of the Ships 'being in want of; Vviter; -eti*arked and came here to supply oursclveg:- time' , Pen, MIRANDA dispatenea tWOVesselsone to' Ad- iriiral COCHNF 3 on the windward station, - at Bar 11idees, 'and mother to - Adniiral bAcRES, on the lee 7 I, , ;ard station, at ,Taibalea; . to'inorrnthern'ofpur 'pro.; feedings, and, I'helieVe; to Watain'some troops, the Gene having previously heard, as I learnt, that the Luke of KENT had arrived with T 0,600 troops at Ja- ma;ca, aly.-At. of wll:4o.are....dest:t9ed to assist - We have recently -received infort - rtatiol that one of HitiA: , ..;:nArs'friends has a corps of 2,000 men ready to join LIS-that MtctnxnA is a favourite Tbast at Porto, Cavello, \i'llen the King's partisans afe not pre .oll,-TS. favourable to MIRANDA,have been orhPoSed 'on the occasion, and are-frequently sung .in the -different towns of the Province,of Caraceas, the birth-place of our General.' We have also heard ',Nitb ( great pleaAtre, that all. the prisopersthey took ;corn us in April last, are in Odd health, and kindly treated in the city of-St. Leon, de Caraccas. —We have heard that the Officers mere - hying and the men sent to the mines at Vera , Cruz.—• We miglit have believed it; did we.not know the weakness of, the Spanish• forces in that quarter. The faet is,.they would have executed every prisoner without remorse, were, it .not that they feared, and .vith reaSon too, instant retaliation, and that from hands of their own Citizens. We exi ea in a few days to hear from Admirals - C)LIRANE arid Di cRES in the most favourable Way, and thekto leave ihisTsland for a part of the Main, more convenient, and nearer to our Spanish friends than La Vela or . From all the various information we have ob tained, there is now, I think, DO doubt of' the sue ::es:.; of MlAlvt , :mt, at least in the Province of .Ca raccas, 'which is one of the most rich and valuable of all The Provinces in SpaiiiSliAmefica. The Fri gate Galatth,. has just joined us---;-4he Osprey/ is ex peaed too . every hour, besides some othei'Vessels. Since- We liaVe arrived here a fever has appeared ainong the crew: ofour Ship ; one man died last even ing, and there are about SQ tioW sick." 'PHILADEi.rIII 1 OCT. fir:t of the fol 7 16wiri? , Ptaciarx.ttri) ns Iwo; pubi g isfied by General MI ANDA Oti kaVing COcb j the other o 1 his - frrival , . at Artwa VWCI,AMATION. • • , give, t proOfs'ot moderation and al, iny. , and Countrymen,' we bave re.;plvcd to • ‘.'4lVrat.v . - from the City of CorB the small tititubcr'of troops which we.had brought., in order 'to r.Qn s iove:il)6. fears I.vhich the fugitive c . ., ; *tritinder•6f . ' thi:S . :ksfria, and 'other Agents of have 'endeavotired to in fbe,tnlllcls: of the intifrette people, and WcVtert and ch:litret - 1... 'The hiba4 . n r . -enter trtgiquilly their own respc-c.. dl,vel:ln.q;s without fear or suspicion. - - With titiS. Our' the 'shore, 1::;;Ilent.ci v can .equally afford the people of ' this . -Countr" N‘itllotif the lealeastincon en'ience, all' succoui':hia)"ihey need. - 0 14.,The antiqt.esl Letter, ,direCted to the Court-and c t ty ,C 0t .u . , ,q 1 1 pf +l4Gity . .,;-,44 a proof of pur equit, th,Ocis not in the cities,: but ti l e t ficicl i -,Abat....\c . e.-viti§h, to, ftht, : jvitb the_ f op,- pres:s9o;,of ;Yeople. If.this pe4le JYib t, fi)r,-any iarther profs, of the .pe4cly - and in- IR 01Y it': 44. 1 . : t itCtriS 11 sihk3l9 l 'inppii,,condua -thit:llisgiKq:ll,l H11,gl(li -t t opol pay a i o rt. : t trfichl in a kj(t.ii ; L lpsqnkty .p b -1,461114.-.. by : 04-„CATta"RiGpol - .41 9f Ca „ayhiclit, J-contifigrable : .sc i nts of . P: , (Pt+ey qi(iltaitY! I ?9)ll l .r_ilsiitiktikte Ot4sinct- 11 4 itten , %l6 l 4 rights ;of ,t tat same taeoltle. Despicable anft trot exto cottk,fc ll 9l.lgt.k:#9 1001= "kit .1..)---, •CA -VV ' t trust' thAt• ie' wise- 'perAtingf . - , ,Aaho have ..us the ti;',l'.4est ., -A . the Citizent - f•torp'eatitik , : their • jet j Vinterets f -i . n.oretil4.:•th't, hing, .I'e-,tre,r to my persdh,"; we 1 qt : 4110%11kt utai r l y: concert - the hit€l , ests and relicity eft'-dtit'Cottntry, the Only ohjtsa of refy \‘‘s:.. ~,• • • . . -y pp Voile at ifead-quArfors,: at Coro, Aagctisi,t . 7th, • ' 1 (cii2nkl) • c.‘ :FRANCISCO DE 'PVIIRA-NDA." ; ~ TO THE C:01 1 h).. 4 r AVI) CITY COUNCIL THE cAii , yio F. C 0 - • " of the Court and Common " , : z ‘• . ' • -q=l:hiknoilticaliOni%.dire4ed w 40.11, In order to in tia,:the fatal consequences of a uselesg resistance from the Civil'and Militayy Authorities of the City, that we may conjointly stand as members of the Spani4h American People, concert those in dispensible 'measures tp preserve the pirace, union, and happiness of our countrymen and 4ie r ndi. - " . I make no doubt but your prudence and na tri tism induce r o will you to enter into a mutual ac commodation, as useful,. as itlyill . - . b,e l?on9urable to lioth parties. Thuswill tile shedding of blood s and' ihoSe . 'disturbances which are the unavoidable consequences of war, J?,e wholly prevented. .. " The Count D. UOl.J,VREY,.Commander . -in-chief ''of the adVanced-posts of the Army, is authorised to confer with yon Oti this imPdrtant business ; to take of the City, and so prevent . all cOnfusion or dispute with tit, and 4cleoastical tigs, winch ,are to remain iq conformable to the • •• .•. 'inclosed Proclamation. R, c.‘ Done at Head-quarters, onboard the Squadron ,before Vela de Coro; Aug, :3, 1806. (Signed) ", rttAN. PE D/ILRNT:O4.I.' PKOCLAMATION: TO, THE INHABITANTS OF ARUBA: , ge If, the.present•• circurristances compel us to take vossesSion of this bile by force of arms, be assured that your persons ; your property, and your tranquil lity, shall.be inviolably protected. Obey your laws, rctSpeol your, Magistrates, in 'whose hands we shall, rest all tbt Civil Authority-since wci have already ascertained by experience, that they are persons .of probity. It is net our' intention to ,n - lake any. Ate ratiotis. WhateVer in the Government of the Country. Let your commerce continue as before 'with the Isle of Curactia acid other neutrals, provided it does not in anyway tend to injure this Expedition. Our-principal ObjetA is the independence of the whole Colunabian Continent, for the comfort of all its in hal-itants, and Tor the refuge of the human race. They,' alone who are the agents or accomplices of a Government of Assassins- are ou; enemies. , The Governor of Caraccas, VoRCONCELOS, together with the Magistrates, have offered, by a decree, 36,000' dollars, and honours; to; him who would assassinate a citizen of the country; who, through honourable mcons, defends the rights of his countrymen 'and the glory of his countrylilie the PRINCE of ORANGE, in Holland ; WkSIIINGTON, in America ; and PE ,LOPIDAS and DION, in 'Greece. Let • those hypo critei tell us which of the divine or human laws atirhorise such a decree? Do they wish to retie* in these times, and amOn t ,c , the Americans, the cruel tieS`and infamies of the Government of PHILIP in Hollancl, Which 'have disgraced'for ever his name and the nation which permitted them ? " Dene'at the head-quarters at Aruba, Aug. Ig, Iso6. . (Signed) " THOMAS, MOLINI, SM." 'MIRANDA." BOSTON, Nov. 1:-•-The Boston o Paper called " The Democrat," announces the capture of Buenos Ayres in the following liberal terms : " The most important recent news is . the capture of Buenos AyreS by the English by which .they gain 1,201 . 338 dollars in silver and &union. This may• afford some little relief to their enormous na tional expenditure ; but, to pay all their debts, an Ocean Of bullion, and a Continent of silveror; at tho least, all the wealth of La Plata would scarce be sufficient." • r It has been put in circulation, that the Fi'ench Commander had demanded of our Government nearly five millions of dollars for the iingthezta, which . ' has been destroyed by the English" hi our waters. We were not told in what form the, de mand' was made. The Publisher at Norfolk does not vouch for the fa6t,' but says our bovernment has ordered an enquiry into the situation - of the Ship when destroyed. 'We have heard .of no Petition 'for - this •atl' of Administration, so that it belongs to the national vigilance, and the vigilance. must be be attribUted to the Administration Aself. The. British Sloop of: War Allan, on board of which the new British Minister to the United States is . a passenger, was spoken pi - f Bermuda, Oc tober 6. She had been chased by a French 74, in long. 40;. and escaped by throwing a part ,of the guns - overboard. The French vessel was probably the Cassard or Regulus: - FROM THE DUTCH PAPERS. 1 i. - UTRECIIT, Nov. lg.—Besides the grenadiers be- longing to tilt King's Guards, who proceeded this ~ inOrning'tO Munster, several other Corpi,pre under orders for the same destination..:The battalion of gre, nadiers fortned lately in the-camp at Zeist; set out for Munster. two clays -ago. Yesterday, at noonin -,i)-m -panyof the Royal Dutch Artillery arrived here, and embarked in three Schuyts fdr'AmsterdaM whence they will be forwarded to the Helder by the. way of . .Aillunaar.- A number of Troops are proCeeding in ditealion. ~ • ,LAuvtlßEPte;, NOV. -:—The''Swedish troops, - un der. thLtotnmind-ot Colonel Igiiitivt4,.,haVe March . .ed, : front:our teuitexy, and proceeded to SIMI:it:WA: by t 40,11 y ufzenl),ll rg o Ist of tWo bit 'fa gtLii-ds, 'and foot- squa'dronsi of ,dr7goons, making: altogether only :1200 men. ": , !MEitt.T.ENEV'aqit, OCT. 31.--Her Majesty the -Queen.vf Prussia .is no's at.Grauden, a small town with a strong Cdstle in Prussian. Poland.. The French haye -taken . Aiiclam, and hare deciaced Stralsund a stite of siege. • • MINFTRY: OF THE , MARINE./ L ri - TER cA rj-Ani LOURAYNE, COMMA':!iD t. ill S.. MAJEbTY'S VRIGATE LA CANONNIERE, TO THE 'MINISTER OF THE Ti, ,11INE. - - At Sea, 27th May, 1806, On board his • majesty's Frigate La Cationniere. 3 . 4O;N:SEIGNEVR-4 have the' honour. to inform your Excellency, that on' the :Ist of April ha, in South latitude SO. 46. East longitude 26. :34. I de , - scribed,' at half past six in the morning, a fleet of 1? Sail„ which, by their height and yard, I judged to be at least English East-India Company's Ships. The wind was Easterly. I was steering South-South West. This Fleet remained to Windward of me, and I took the - nearest to recognize ;her. soon per ceived that one of these Ships; .much larger than the others, parted front the Fleet, tin bear doWn upon me. At half past nine o'clock, shwhad left ,it Iwo leagues and a half behind, when she made me reconnoitering signals ? which I was • unable •to answer. She then bore down, to cut - my course, and at thiS'moment, pereeiVing her to be a Ship of the Line, •I hauled my wind on the starboard tack, with intention to get to windward of her. Scarcely l • had I trimmed my sails, when our look-out descried land a-head, and to windward of me, at the distance of six leagues. J. was consequently obliged . 0 bear away for the open sea ; but the Enemy's Ship had the advantage of being a better sailer than La Canon_ niere, and at 40 minutes' after three o'clock she wps within less than cannon-shot in my wake. We hoisted our colours, and fired our Chase guns, With ; out much effe&, untirfou,r o'clock, when the Ship had gained so far upon .me, that I thought there was no other step to be taken than ,to present her my broadside, however inferior I might be. .1 im mediately edged to wind, and to preserve the adVari`- tage of it, the )ene m y followed my .manoeuvre. "At ten minutes past four o'clock ? being at the distance of about . 200 tois,es, I ,discharged my whole broad 7 side into her, which she answered. with her whole broadside, edging, with all her sails set, within half musket-shot of me.' At this distance I perceived that I had to do with a 74-gun Ship, which, from • the briskness of her guns and musketry, I judged to be very well manned. Happily . her fire was_ill-di reEted, whereas every • shot fired by La Canonniere seemed to tell.; which inspire&my crew with the Most, lively entlntsiasln. By . ten Minutes - arte - t five o'clock the Enemy's fore and-stay sails,.andforetop sail were fallen, his Mainstay and the' head of foretopmast cut, his mainsail disabled, and his main mast ready to fall. , As La Ca;lonniere was-much less damaged,' she:began from that moment tcf gain upon the Ship ; the latter, perceiving this, bore down • •• , before the wind upon me. I availed myself of this moment to get to windward of her, .which it was impossible to do without giving, her the ad ..... vantage of firing •a 6road4ide within point-blank shot- into yny - quarter: 'The enemy, after this ma neeuVre endeavoured' to get .to windward ; but beilig hardly able to manceuvre, he conld, not come near me. We fought for half an hoer longer, by which, tithe we were out'of cannon-Shot 4? During the engagernent, Which had slackened bur course according as we became disabled in our rig= ging, the Enemy's Fleet had rallied round the Ship of the Tuine—a Ship somewhat larger than the rest, placing , heriella-head of then, Made a chew of at= tacking. me. -She fired some .broadsides at such a distance, that I did , * think proper to answer them. I set myself without losing a moment to' repairing. my damage ;. the Ship of the Line did the same, still endeavouring with her Fleet to comenp with mei. I had got to windward, and in the course of the 'night lost sight of them. The most. consi derable damage sustained by La,Canonniere, wes a ball which penetrated 16 inches into her Main-mast, and cut the heart of it ; the fore,yard cut, together With the mizen-mast ; anchor of 4000 pciunds, one of 1800, and a 32-pormdcarronade, broken , by the . ball ; between fifteen and twenty bills in the Fri gate's side. I had but seven men killed and twenty-, five wounded. My First "Lieutenant, Dusufssou; is descrying of the highest praise for the manner he seconded me : the Enseign PRE NET being grievous ly,.wounded, quitted his post only to get Ms blood stopped; and got himself direly carried ba& to it the Midshipman, DorLorEs;didthe same. The Enseigners GEtFitoy; BELET, and the Midship man FEEDERIZ{ BERNAR;), are deserving of being particularly mentioned . - here. Ibeg , your :Excellen cy to ."IA. kind enough to inform his 'Majesty, that it is impossible to have a crew more corn pletely-brrve tharrt-h-at- of the Frimte Canonniere. I am above all . satisc4 with the gunners, who fired with an exaanes , and quickness which does them the ii best honour. # ,Vtar repaitilicr my damage as well as it was-;•possible- to doout-at sea, I judged necessar - y'io - pVii 'into - the Cape OrGoOd Hope.' The slight breezes I met . with did .not allow me to PT rive there bore the '3oth: --I : auChoredin Simon's Bay, where I found all the Forts and Ships wear- ing Dutch colours. After, dropping .an 'anchor near . .Penguin Island, I sent my loug:•boat ashore with-an Officer; bat scarcely was he arrived there. When, all -the Batteries and Ships hoisted English colours, and 'fir'ed bombs and - hail's ai 14 V ithoiliitge insia tatty of amy cablo, ppdgoi Mider ,AT : eir i -li,3fith every pos sible speed amidst all this. cannonade, never ceased-till I was out of,reach. No ball stritek in ;; some bombs burst above my - masts without doing; The slackness of the - aily important. wind Itspt me two days' within sight of the Cape ; I availed myself of the calm', and of the meeiing the neutriLl'N'';eisel; to have the honour of addressing to you tlas:iiport... "MOst of my wounded are pet - fealy recOVering; Aid; my crew is in the highest spirits.--I am,:with tespea, &c. BOURAYNE. . MAILS. ARRlVED—r,Leew4rd Island, I Dublin. DUE-4 Marti. burgh;' 4 Gottenburgh, a Waterford. • PRICE OT ''COCKS THIS DAY AT TWELVE O ' CLOCK. Consols - 6t* Red. Alin. - tiofi Omnium - 4 THE SUN. QUIS DICF.P.S FALSUM AUDMAT ? L - 0 ND 011; TTJESDAS NOVEMBER 25, IBQq. By tie Leeward Island. Mail, which arrived this day, we have received the following intelligence : " ANTIGUA; OCT. - 23.—,The Mary, Mail Boat, with the Letters , for Great Britain from Tobago, Trinidad, Grenada, and St. Vincent's, is. captured and carried into Guadalo4pe. The Mails were sunk. We have a report of , artival of the Prince Ernest • . Packet at Barbadoes, from England, but it it wants cOn4r4ciatjon the Diana, from Africa, is reported to be taken and carried into Guadaloupe,.” Tiia four Harriurgli Mails still remain due, but the French and Dutch Papers which arrived yester day have in a great degree anticipated their contents.. The arrival. of alose Mails will, we.have no doubt, expose the exaggerations and inacciiracies which. mark-the French Bulletins; but of the truth of the general substance of the intelligence which they bring, we fear there is no room to doubt. The more we consider the events of this short and dis- . astreus Campaign, , the more we are at a loss to ac coMit.for them. That an army of 150,000 men, in the highest state of discipline, commanded by most experienCed and able Generals, should not only he totally defeated,' but absolutely annihilated, in the short space. of three weeks, and that too not in a hostile Country, far frem its resources, but in , its own Territories, is 9n event unprecedented in modern history. It. may be said that after the unfortunate battle of Auerstadt, the Prussia Army was broken into small divisions, • that the Enemy pursued them with so mucli rapidity that they never had an opportunity , either Of 'forming a jundion, or of efi - eaing their retreat; and that there fore the Enemy had an opportunity of beating theta in detail. But if this observation be admitted a 3 ap plicable to the Army, low are we IO account for The surreucle'r of so .rPapy fortresses of great strength, with numerous garrisonS, and amply supplied with' stores ? We do not mean to insinuate that because we cannot account for these events upon ordinary principles; therefore they must be ascribed tit. treachery. Tliese disasters may have preceedect from causes of which we have no knowledge.—The French themselves appear to be astonished at The rapidity and extent ut their successes, particularly: the capture of ,Stettin.; for 'after announcing the surrender of that most important place, the 23d Bulletin say s ; that it can only be accounted for by. the utter dismay which the destruction, of the great Prussian Army has produced on 69 Oder, and overall the territory on the right bank of • • that river." But if die Garrisons of Stettin apd Cus trin were so dismayed that They could not be pre vailed .upon to defend those places against the French, by did they not make use of the means of retreat which. they had in their power ? Stettin. and Custrin are troth upon the Oder, and, con sequently the Garrisons might with ease have e& feded their retreat , on the rig. it Bank ; and yet we, are told, that at .Stettin 6000 'fine Troops, and a number of - Generals, and, at Custrin, 4000 men were made Prisoners of War. Panic prevents men from fighting, but ,it very seldom has the effeCt of .preventing them from . retreating The Hamburgh Mails may, when they arrive, give us some information upon these subjeds,,which, ai'present, seem.wlasally inexplicable. Our Readers will find in our preceding columns some Interesting details respecting MIRANDA, froth, which there is every reason to presume that, with the assistance of a British Force, he will be ultimate ly successful, • Yelt erday morning His MAJESTY, Princesses Au ,dusTA, ,SOllll A, adAMELIA, attended by General EITZROY I -1Co)OileIS TAYLOR and DESBROW, Count MONSTEII, the, Hon. Mr. BLTLKELEY and Lady, took an airing in Windsor Great Park to Cumber land- •Lodge;- and !returned at half-past twelve. , • • Lord ST. HELEN'S has been upon a visit to Their MAJESTIES for theSe few days past. . . On Sundq: Ilis'MAJEsry, accompanied byTrin. , CpiSe. AUGUSTA, MARY; and SOPHIA, attended by ithiLKELEy, attended Divine Service, at .St. Gtr 's .Cbapel, and herd a Sermon by Do&or LEGGt, from .the 12th chartg of tile 2d. book of Chronigres, and 14th verse. '