The National Register.
London, England, 1822-01-20 00:00:00

AMERICAN PAPERS.

(From the New York Gazette, Dec. 21.)
LATEST FROM THE SPANISH MAIN: The fast
sailing ship Hippomenes arrived last evening from
Curacoa, whence she sailed on the 6th instant. By
this arrival we have accounts from Porto Cabello to
the 22d instant, which represent the affairs of that
place as in a wretched condition ; the Royalists were
unable to obtain any fresh provisions from the inte-
rior; the destruction of the outer fortifications had
afforded them materials for fortif. ing the inner ; and
all the privateers had been hauled up in consequence
of a report that an American and English squadron
had arrived at St. Thomas's in pursuit of picaroons.
The American schooner Union, and English cutter
Ardent, had been captured, sent into Porto Cabello
and condemned, and the crews treated in a most
shameful manner; the British frigate Falmouth had
been off the harbour, and demanded all English
property which had been captured by privateers;
the demand was not complied with, and she sailed
for Jamaica to obtain a competent force to compel
them to restore such property. A French brig of
16 guns had put into Porto Cabello, with a schooner
under convoy. The authorities ordered the schooner
to be taken possession ot, but the cotnmander put 30
or 40 on board of her, which induced the govern-
ment to suffer him to depart without molestation.—
The expedition which appeared off La Guayra re-
turned to Porto Cabello, on the 231 ultimo, with
the loss of four killed and six wounded, having been
in a small Patriot port, six leagues from Porto Ca-
bello, and plundered the inhabitants of every thing:
the frigate and brig were stripped and hauled up.—
An expedition of 500 strong, under Colonel Garcia,
had marched for Caraceas, but on arriving at Va-
lencia, they found the Patriots so strong that they
made a precipitate retreat. In consequence of the
numerous piracies on the Dutch flag, by vessels
fitted out at Porto Cabello, the Governor of Cora-
vat had written to Suriman for an additional naval
three. The Dutch vessels had been captured by
Spanish privateers.
THE LIBERATOR BOLIVAR —On the Ist of Oct.
this extraordinary man, on being called upon to
take the oath as President of Columbia, addressed
an eloquent letter to the President of the Congress,
earnestly desiring to be excused from serving in that
capacity, but he was overruled by thzrn. On taking
the oath he delivered an energetic speech, full of
the heart warming eloquence which distinguishes
times of public trial and eras of national regenera-
tion.

On the I 4th of November the General Congress
of Columbia passed votes of thanks, separately, to
Lord Holland, the Abbe De Pradt, Mr. Speaker
Clay, Colonel Duane, and to James Marryat and
Sir Robert Wilson, Alembers of the British House
of Commons.

NEW YORK, Dec. 20.—A Caraccas paper ufNov.
22d contains an account of the acquittal of Gen.
D'Evereux, who had been tried before the Supreme
Court of the republic for having written a letter to
the late !Vice President, Antonio Narino, which
letter was supposed to contain a challenge. The
facts, we understood, to be briefly those:—Mrs.
English having various claims on the government in
right of her deceased husband, Brigadier-General
English, who died in the service, applied to the
Vice-President Narino, who not only refused to
acknowledge her claims, but used personally very
gross language, General D'Evereux, with ►hat
spirit which always distinguished hint, espoused the
cause of this unfintunate lady, and remonstrated
with Narino. In the course of the controversy, the
ehalleage complained of was given, and General
D'Evereux was put under arrest by Marino. This
detained hint fur some time from the army. How-
ever, on an inquiry into all the facts, the Congress
approved highly of the course pursued by the Ge-
neral, admitted the justice of the claims made by
Mrs. English, and dismissed Narino from his office
of Vice-President. He, notwithstanding, perse-
vered in his prosecution of General D'Evereux be-
fore the Supreme Court, and the result hus been his
acquittal. In the whole of this trunsletion, the
President, the illustrious Bolivar, and ell the audio-
rides of the republic, were distinguished for libe-
rality, a high sense of honour and justice, as svell
as for the great estimation in which they held the
services and virtues of Gen. D'Eevereux.

BALTIMORE, Dec. 20—By the ship Chase, the
editors of the Gazelle have received St. Thomas's
papers to the 28th ult. Commodore Daniels has
b.eu appointed admiral of the Columbian navy, in
thc place of Brion. Admiral Daniula, in the brig
Conueror, had met General Morales with a fleet,
intending to make a deseent on the coast with 800
teen, gave them chase, and the fleet escaped, and
;pc Inck to Porto Cabello.'
LosroN, 11:e. 12.—8 y the following accounts
received from Capt. Mackay, of the brig Alexander,
from the coast of Africa, a'. the Vineyard, it appears
that the odious tralE..l i I slaves is now in the most
flourishing state:—