The National Register.
London, England, 1822-07-28 00:00:00

SUNDAY, JULY 28, 1822.

BRUSSIiLS, JULY 19.• A distressing affair hal
.just been decided by the Court of Assize of South
Brabant. A I:trmer's wife, of the name of Engelbert,
was accused of having murdered her husband, and
the son and daughter were implitated as accomplices
in the crime. After three dayk deliberation, and
hearing.9o witnesses, - the titotlier done was con-
demned to death. The son and 'daughter were ac-
quitted, there being no evidence affecting the son,
and the only fact against the daughter being, that,
after the commission of the crime, in which she had
no participation, she had assisted to carry the body
of her hither to the river. The Attorney-General,
who prosecuted fur the Crown, thought she might
be excused, as having obeyed the impulse of nature
which led her to wish to conceal her mother's crime.
The mother is generally pitied, es having been led
to the commission of this great crimes by years of
ill treatment on the part of her husband.

JAMAICA PAPERS,
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KINGSTON, JUNE B.—We learn by the Minorca
(which arrived at Port Royal on the 2d inst.) that
about the latter end of April a battle was fought
between General Bolivar and the royal regiment of
Arragon, aided with the natives of Pasto, which,
after a peat struggle, was decided in favour of the
Columbians, by a reinforcement of 800 men arriving
before the action was concluded. The Independents
merely, however, retained their ground, bath parties
haying suffered a very severe loss. The army of
Whear was estimated at 5,000 effective troops, and
the royal forces amounted to an eloal number at
leSst. The statement of Bolivar having eme:ed
Quito is, we understand, incorrect; the inhabitants
of that territory continue firm to the royal cause,
and the clergy have given up 41 the plate of the
churches to be coined into nvoney fur the support of
the troops.
Advices from Lima, of the 7th April, state, that
Gen. San Martin was preparing to mast fir Upper
Peru, with an army of 8,000 effective men, and
with as many newly-raised troops. Ls Cerne and
Ramirez, Royal Generals, were, with a force of from
le to 13,000-men, in possession of all Upper Pau,
and all the •Mines. San Martin bad in con,equence
_been obliged to resort to u paper currency, of the
value of 10 dollars and upwards, to pay his troops;
and he compelled the inhabitants, under severe pe-
nalties, to take them in payment. Ile had, for the
purpose of ingratiating himself with the people, esta-
blished an Order of Knighthood, denominated the
Order of the Sun, and al:4, a similar one for the
" fair sex," which he had min,ely bestewed on
both sexes.

Cuniteos, APRIL 20.--The vessels of war expected
at La Guayra from Margarita and Cumana, arrived
there a taw days ago, and arc now enforcing the de-
claration of blockade against Puerto Cabello.
The line of sea board now remaining in the pos-
session of the Royalists extends only from Puerto
Cabello to Coro, which are. the extremities; and as
the blockading squadron is composed of an active
description of vessels, cud we understand are all ex-
cellent sailers, it may with facility form a line of
communication along this small extent of coast; and
it is, therefore, more than very few, if ally vessels,
rrocceding to Puerto Cabello or Coro, or to any of
the intermediate posts, will escape capture. 'r lie
schooner San Juan, from Coro to Porto Cabello, has
already been taken, and ordered fin La Guayra.
The following is a copy of a letter received from
La Guayra, dated April 15:
" The CC/dela was captured In front of Cadiz.
Her captain, Saboalkt, and the passengers Don J.
Onsets, Don Fermin Medina de Lopez, inliabihtots
of La Guayra, are prisoners. The cargo of the pri-
vateer is valued ut 80,000 dollars. In this vessel
were found letters from the Cii'overnment of Puerto
Cabello, calling on the Spanish Government for
10,000 inert, and a million of dollars, and declaring
that without supply the fortrais would ucccsa-
rily be surrendered. al brig was also taken, called
the Two Brollays, proceeding flew Barcelona to
Cuba."

At.ntt. Q7.--An arrival on Monday, from Puerto
brings accounts that a corvette, a brig, and
three tlecl►eras, under the Columbian flag. were
cruiziug off that port, and Llw.by loud the place

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was so strongly surrounded with a strong military
force, as to cut MT all supplies from the interior.
'The schooner renus, which came in from Puerto
Cabella yesterday afternoon, saw no vessels what-
ever off theicoast.
The ll.inislt schooner Jatepiin, Brit, master, eont
La Guayra, came into the harbour at the same time
with the Penns, and biings accounts that a-sqoadroa
of seven armed vessels, consisting of a brig, toar
schooners, one Nueva, and one p.dacre, sailed front
La Goayra on Thursday morning, to reinforce the
blockading squadrons a Puerto Cabello. Should
the intelligence be correct, we consider it strange
that the squadron did not arrive ofr Puerto Cabeil,
previous to the sailing of the Hercules and Vento,
as that port is only a few hours sail to the leewarl
of La Guevara. The Fenn,• did not leave Puerto
Cabello taitil Thursday evening, and saw nothing
of them. The Josephin brings no political news of
interest.

MAY 4.--. The Columbian forces have again made
• themselves masters of Coro. The following is as
extract of a letter from that place, dated April 23,
received here from a person in high rank in the Co-
lumbian army:—
" On the 17th we fell in with the force under
Col. Tell°, consisting of the battalion of Hosterlitz,
and the light companies of &trim's, which we com-
pletely defeated. To complete the work we ('lily
want !gorges, and consegnently Puerto Cala()
must full into our power, which will absolute liberty
to the whole of Columbia."
Gen. Morales has still a considerable force under
his command, and was, according to the last ac-
count% on the coa,:t near the bite of Maracaybo.
The last arrival from Coro brings accounts from
that no vessel would b.: allowed to roue' on the
coast in the possession of the Columbians, for the
space of fourteen days. This measure had been
adopted as a further preventative to the escape by
sea of Morales or his troops.

Extract of a letter dated Havannah, June 11
" Since our last, some unexpected obstacles have re-
tarded the est:blishment of the system of deposit in
this port: the greatest hasbeen Ow of giving a cheek
to the contraband trade. These, we have no doubt,
will be cvercome at last, when it is tUlly expected
this beneficial measure will be carried into execution.
Ott the side of Mexico, we have the most unpro.
raising accounts ; every expedition to that quarter
• must produce the most ruinous losses, and like every
other place from Lima northwardly, the state of
war anti pillage,. and the vast depopulation which
has followed, forbid the prospect cf the more peace-
able pursuits of commerce and agriculture for a long
tune to come, The re-action continues upon this
market. There is a less number of vessels in this
harbour than we have ever known at the same
Season, yet so limited is the shipping business, that
a number of vessels in ales?. are lying without freight
and without employment. We have only to add, as
tegards the political situaCon of this colony, that
no 4vhere is there thund greater tranquillity, and
we add, greater security. Unlike all other colonies
where the coloured population greatly exceeds the
white, here the numbers of each are nearly equal ;
consequently, on this score, there is no cause fur the
apprehensions which are so industriously endeavoured
to be circulated to the prejudice of the people of this
Liland. Some acts of piracy have taken plaze in this
neighbourhood, but we indulge the hope that the
active measures adopted by the cruise:T. (tithe United
States particularly, will ultimately put a stop to
these ptuceedings."

Letters dated the 13th inst. received from 13 tree-
lona, which represent the entire province of l'a!s-
loins as the scene ofa contest beiwcen the o'd royalist
and constitutional parties. Scarcely a towd or vil-
lage that did not take a decided port on inc side or
the other; and the equality of power in both sles,
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by prtivatg the condict, had produced the grea est •
tlogree of rancour in both. It is described as n i un- • 4` •
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common event that a village near which a sk;r.nish - • •
has occurred, is plundered :oil set in flames hi the ,
onquerors. Few of the mails tiom Ala-tritt rea .bed J 9.-
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Barcelona, so that the communication with the
pital wes extremely uncertain. •j't
The Turks are establishing winter m gala' in-
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