The National Register.
London, England, 1821-09-24 00:00:00

circa ^S HOSPITAL.

Friday being St. Matthew's Day. according to annual
custom, the Right lion. the Lt.rd Nlayor, Sheriffs, Sir
James Shaw, Hart. and Alderman Sir Richard Car

Glynn), Bart. Alderman Christopher Smith, Thomas
Thornton, Esq. Jatues Palmer, EN anti the rest (0 the
Governors and Treasurers of the several 11..yal I lospiLds
attended Dnine Service at Christ Churcit, Newliate.
street.

There was a most excellent Sermon preached by the
Reverend It. Lynam, M. A. and which had a 111111S1
piessiee effect on the conaregation, which were num,.l-
- and respectable. Service being elided, the Lord
Mayor, Governors, &c. repaired to the Great Hall in
Christ's Hospital, which was crowded with ladies and
gentlemen io hear the Oratimis. The first, in Latin,
was delivered by Master Joshua Welsh', the senior
scholar, who, although only widerstood by the mo c
learned part of the auditory, Riled not to make a deep
:iii;ircSlloll upon his hearers, by his manly delivery.—
The English Oration was spoken by Nlaster J,l-1,11
Cook,iiii, the second scholar, which trout Ii log
uu lctstvud, sp,.ke more loudly to the fcehiw of all pre-
sent.

Alter the orations were concluded, the Lord Mayo-,
A Itlermen, and the is hole of the rewarded the
young orators by pecuniary marks of diva approbatio.t.
Alter which the beadles of all the hosplials appeared,
and laid down their staves, and asked the City 111.usliJI
if he knew of any complaint aLtaitest them ? and bring
answered in the twgative, they were severally called in r
to take possession of their staves again. His Lotdsiiii,
arid the company were entertained with cAte and wine,
am! alerwards broke up. The Governors and Trea•o-
rvra of Britiewell, Beildetn, and St.Thotr.as's, went 1.1
their respective Hospitals, where dinners were provided
fur them.

Wednesday, a man unt!erwent the sentence of the law
in Gloucester, by being flug•,tetl at a earl's tail through
the principal streets of that city for toe crime of chub!.
steallog, to an extent probably that tievvr before was
practised in this country, having stolen no less than fine
children, three of them of one family; the oldest of
them wits only four years. An incalculable concour,e
of people were collected to see the punishment inflicted.
The women were particularly outrageous in their txe.
crations against him; they cal!cd out to the executioner
that he ilia not flog hint suflicia oily severe, and at the
conclusion of the and on Is bong isusie
from the cart, it was with great difficulty he was kept
front the women executing their vengeance upon him tell
his way to the prison. It is understood that the cruel
and unfeeling wretch said that lie had been employed to
steal the children, but refused to tell the motive.

A seal, more than seven feet in length, was shot in
the river at Limerick, on Wednesday se'imight, at the
front of the house of industry.
ifisassinotion qf a British crew—Accounts have been
received at Purisatiouth of the tatelanch:dy fate of the
officer and Whist' crew in charge ul tne slate brig I'd-
vane du Se!, which was &spired two years since by one
of the cruisers wider Sir Gcurge Colber's orders. The
Mergiona. on arriving with a slate vtqiel at B.ihia, on
the coast of Brazil, received a confirmation of the for-
mer report of the murder of the master's mate and the
whole of the British seamen, which was perpetrated in
cold Wood off the port St. Salvador ; and as soon as the
slaves were landed the vessel was sunk. It appears that
one of the crew was a native African, who haul been a
supisnuntierary on board the King's ship, when on the
African station, was put on birth the pat., and being
a man of athletic form, he appeared much too tempting
an object to share the lite of his Eitropeao messmatcss
on account of the high price which he bore as a sla•c.
He was, therefore, nut murdered with the rest of the
crew, but sold as one of the slave cargo, and sent into
the interior, whence, in the c ooze of trallic, he became
traneferred to outer masters, end at length he met with
one of the officers of the Morgirs(ro, whom he recognized
as hits Ma belomied to the crier, and to hint he related
the circumstances of this liiirr•ri transaction. Capt:tit
ruilatsou was. 111 coosecrienci., taking every means to
urge On: Vottliguese autitoriti,s to iiivesiigate the tuclatt-
choly occurrence; and we trost the result will apiicar,
as it utien has duos thiit, interisi:iimo Pros A.
deuce, the avarice of 118,1.1 %VIII poise WC lead-
ing to his condign run:ill:item no his „ociter
On Monday lag the Recorder made his report for
the July sessions, and four have been order,tl
execution on Tuesday the 2.lth instant, viz Geori4p
Lee, for uttering forget! notes; Thomas Thinupsno,
for highway robberv, with violence; Thos. Patzuurc,
for stabbing General Eden ; and Saralt Payne, for
stealing its a dwelling-houva. The execution Oh the
latter will be postponed on account of her preg-
nancy.

SOUTH AMERICA.

SURRENDER OF OF LA GUYRA.

We have reason to believe the following is an ac-
curate narrative:—

On the (28th of June last, the vessel le Colosse,
on board of which Rear Admiral Jurien hoisted bis
flag, :nat which is commanded by M. Rosamel, left
the road of St. Pierre at Martinique, in company
with the frigate la Galalkee, commanded by M.
Cutlet, and the vletta l'llirondelk, commanded by
Al. Rupert.
This squadron suited in the direction of Margarita,
and on the J(Jth of June anchored about a league
from the land, opposite the fort La Galore. The
next day two officers were sent on shore, where they
had learned that the inhabitants had refused to fur-
nish their contingent of 1,000 men, which had been
required by the President ot' the Republic, and that
their chief; Arismendi, being desirous of acceding
to their demand, had been sent away from the
island, and had escaped to Barcelona on board the
independent goletta Le Nouveaux Goagres, on the
.sth of May last.
The squadron again set sail, and arrived on the 3:1
of July in sight of La Guuyra, where the Spanish
Sig was flying. Three French vessels were at this
anchorage, le Sylene and l'Egeric, commanded by
MM. Morice and DLmanoir, and a merchantman
from Martinique. _ _ _

According io orders from axon Duperre, com-
mandant of the station of the Leeward Islands,
r Egene and Sr/lore immediately joined Rear Ad-
miral Jurien's &wino. These two vessels remained
a day at La Guayra, where the Spanish garrison
was reduced to the last extremity.
To make the narrative of the events which fol-
lowed the arrival of the French ships in the road-
stead intelligible, it is necessary to give a statement
of the situation of the republic of Columbia with
respect to the war at that period.
On the 27th of May last, after the taking of
Cameras and La Guayra, Brigadier Morales re-
paired to Valencia to join Gen. La Torres, the
Commander-in-Chief of the Royal army, leaving
Col. Pereyra with 1,500 men to defend the capital
against Bermudes, who was at the head of a divi-
sion of the Independent army.
After stone engagements of no importance, Pereyra
was constrained to fall back, and the inhabitants of
La Guyara, menaced with a new invasion, removed
on the 22d of June to Porto Cabello. On the 231
Bermudes entered Caraccas to attack Pereyra's divi-
sion, but he was defeated and put to flight by the
latter, who fbreed him to a distance of seven or
eight leagues from the city. On the 24th, Bolivar
and General Paez, gained the battle of Carabobo,
against Gen. La Torre and Brigadier Morales, who
took reftige at Porto Cabello.
Col. Pereyra then gave up the pursuit at Bermu-
des fur the purpose of moving again upon Caraccas,
but he was intercepted in his march by another
division of ail victorious army, aLd compelled to
retire to La Guayra, which was then occupied by a
detachment of only 20 men belonging to the Inde-
pendent troops : he arrived there on the 2d of July
with 900 men, after u fbrced march of several days
in almost impassable ravines. Bolivar, who entered
Caraccas on the 30th of June, directed his route on
La Guayra, and surrounded the place on all sides
with a carps of about 4,000 men. Colonel Pereyra
was thus shut up in La Guayra, where not a single
inhabitant remained; he was without provisions,
without stores, with u division of 900 men, whose
sole nourishment fur two days past was the juice of
Lane sugar canes, and who manifialted their deter-
mination of dying of starvation sooner than fall into
the power of' the besiegers : the advanced posts of
the latter were in sight the very day the Spanish
division entered that place.
Such was the state of La Guayra on the 3d of
July at noon, when Bear-Admiral Jurien anchored
in the roadstead. He immediately sent M. Lulande,
his first Adjutant, to Colonel Pereyra. This officer,
reduced to the hat extremity, had resolved to die in
the place rather than surrender to Bolivar; he ha
renewed the demands which he had made the pre-
ceding evening of the Captains of the Xylem and the
Egerie to embark the Spanish gun ison, and convey
it to Porto Cabello, adding, that it was so succour
which he then asked from the French; that he had
made up his mind to remain on shore with the blacks,
and perish with them if it were necessary; but that
he besought the Admiral to receive on board the
Europeans, who tip to that day had shared in his
fortunes, assuring him, moreover, that they should
leave their arms and baggage on shore, and take
their departure us refugees. After having spoken
to this effect to Mr. Lalande, Col. Pereyra sent on
board the Co/oasts two officers of his mutt, with in-
structions to make an official statement of the dispo-
sitions of their Ode.

Reur-Athuiral Jurien, juJeing 'mediation to he the
only course towards a I..conciliation of the duties
and interests of 'lli pat tics, engaged Pereyra to
accept the colituistion wiikb bolavar had rovel.ed