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SUNDAY, OCTOBER 21, 1821.

No. 1,338.—V0L. XIV.]

AMERICAN PAPERS.

sition, the clergy meet with little attention, which
shows that fear, not love, was the main-spring of
that slavish deference formerly paid to them.
Before the John sailed, accounts had been received
from Vera Craz, stating that the new Viceroy,
O'Donoju, was so little pleased with his reception
and with tho state of things there, that after issuing
a proclamation which formed a subject•of much mer-
riment, he had taken his departure, and his arrival
at Havannah was looked for daily.
• (From the *Won Ationicas, Sept. it.)
By the arrival' at 'this port yesterday of the
schooner Arinthia, Bell, from La Guayra, we have
intelligence of the entire defeat of the Royalists in
Coro, who left Porto Cabello with about 1700 men,
and landed at the last mentioned place, where they
lost more than 1000 men in killed and wounded ;
the rest embarked. All the small armed vessels, to-
gether with the Spanish brig of war Andaluz, have
been taken and destroyed by the brave Col. Padillo
in the harbour of Carthagena, which city, it was
supposed, would soon be compelled to capitulate.
The soldiers in the fortifications of Cumana are suf-
fering much with hunger, and they are closely be-
sieged by land and sea. It it generally believed they
must shortly surrender, •as they have no money or
credit to purchase provisions.

tiqatil the Philadelphia Gazette of the 12th Sept.)
MEXICO.
VERA Cnuz, Auo. I.—l send you a journal of
what has occurred since the 29th of June to this
date.
J NF. 28.—Lieut.-Col. Don Joseph Ricon marched
out with 250 men for the purpose of destroying the
houses outside of the walls, and returned at night
without any thing occurring.
JUNE .29.—He went out with the same After-
and for the same purpose, when about ten o'clock in
the morning he had some skirmishing with 100
horsemen who came out of Megano : he was, how-
ever, reinforced from this by 150 men, taken from
the national militia, mariners, and the regiment of
Majorca; the enemy then commanded a retreat to-
wards Meguno, the division following them, but, on
arriving at a place where the main force of the
enemy was in ambush, an infernal fire was com-
menced on both sides: that of the enemy proving
superior, put our division to flight : our loss in
killed, wounded, and prisoners, was 50. At four in
the afternoon Lieut.-Cul. Santana summoned the
town to surrender, with strong threats, which was
energetically refused by our General.
Jura; 30.—At day-break a small fort was disco-
vered at half musket shot front the forts of Santa
Barbara and Santa Gertrudia, opening a fire of
musketry, which was returned front the forts; this
continued all day. About 9 at night three grenades
of 271 b. weight were thrown into the town from a
famous howitzer.
JULY I.—A brisk fire was kept up all day, and
from time to time grenades thrown into the town,
which injured the houses and some of the inhabi-
t rots.
Juot 2.—The Asia has just anchored in this port
with the Viceroy O'Donoju on board ; he will not
land till to-morrow : he went to the castle with all
his family, dreadfully afraid of the lever, and w•itli-
out any hope of getting to Mexico. He has brought
no force with Lim, only 18 officers of different
grades. The siege of this place continues with the
greatest rigour. Yesterday Don Mariano Zurutuza
arrived here from Mexico, which he left on the 22d
ult. The siege of that city was still carried on.
Puebla capitulated on the 2tith ult. so that the whole
kingdom is now for Iturbide, except Mexico and this
town, where great labour is expected from us at the
imminent hazard of our lives.
JULY 7.—At half past three, a.m.,under a heavy
shower and exceedingly dark night, an assault was
made by the enemy with scaling ladders of cane on
the fort of San Joseph, Santana mounting first.
They afterwards got possession of San Fernando,
which is between San Joseph and the gate of Mer-
ced. The Ltter was opened for their cavalry to
enter; and they, together with the infantry, making
in all about 500 men, defiled through the streets and
reached the portal of Miranda, and the corner of the
parish (parroquiu) points, which they could n.n. pass,
being obliged to retreat with the utmost precipita-
tion on account of the reinforcetnent which came up
from the castle and ships. Their loss in killed,
tvounded, and prisoners, was from 250 to 300; the
greatest pz.rt of them escaped by foot to San Fer-
ludo, whence they threw themselves head ibremost.
Our loss was about GO men. The firing was dr:•ad-
fitl from half-past 3 till 7in the morning, when a
12, 8, and 4 pounder, and the howitzer, were taken
from them: there was an incessant firing at discre-
tion both of musketry and cannon, front all points,
so that it appeared Vera Cruz no longer existed,
sod that we were in hell. The siege continues to
be carried on with the greatest rigour.
(From the Baltimore; Federal Gazelle, Sept. U.)
By the schooner John, I'. O. M. Massicott, which
arrived in this port yesterday, 12 days from Havan-
nah, we have a variety of intelligence of interest, if
nut decided importance. In consequence of the pro-
gress of the independent cause in South America
and in Mexico, th.: people of Cuba begin to speak
IA; and to speculate respecting, their future destiny.
Some talk of independence, but more seem to think
that Cuba must fall into the hands of the British. It
is certain at all events that the ties between Cuba
and the mother country are greatly loosened ; anti
that the authority of the clergy, upon which the lat-
ter rested much of her security, is shook to the
centre. In fact, since the establishment of the cots •
eitutional system and the braking up of the iutitti.

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with irreverence of his person. But his ministers bring U-
nable and responsible, all citizens are nut only allowed but
even bound id duty to give them advice and to criticise their
acts.
The death of Napoleon and of Caroline of England are
the exclusive subjects of the work before us. Some flowers
thrown on the graves of • dead conqueror; the tortures
which he must have experienced In dyno far from Ids
country—several thousand leagues from those fields of
battle on which lie had acuired for the French people
the right of demanding homage from all the nations of the
earth, are the objects of the indicted work. The rapid
death of Caroline, after a scandalous trial, occupies in
the second place the young writer. He reports the last
words of that unfortunate Princess. which appeared in
;he journals; bet the last words of the Queen—the sus.
pieions to which they give rise—unpleasant as they are
for the British Government, and offensive as they would
be as direted against its chief, would not constitute a
crime on which you (the jury) would be called to decide,
as it would not be legally before you according to the law
of 1819, since by the terms of that law offences commit-
ted against them cannot be prosecuted till they themselveit
aye demanded reparation. We are prosecuted by the
crown legal officers; no ambassador hay entered a com-
plaint: you (the jury) have nothing therefure to do, than
to examine it we have offended against the person of the
King of France. My client, M. Barginet, thinks he
perceives a frightful futurity. Every one Cali form the
picturonf it that he pleases, without int-wring any guilt.
" Tuo most audacious outrages against the liberty of
nations," this phrase is addressed to any head of a go-
vernment, could not be applied to our sovereign; since it
is to him (and the accused has never forgotten the fact)
that we owe the enjoymeut of liberty.
" The most unheard of crimes arainst niffortimate
princes."—Would to God, gentlemen, that this assertion
were false. Great Britain would nut then mutat' fur Ca.
while, driven to her grave by all the humiliations which
she has been made to experience, and which have lie, it
acknowledged to he calamitous by. the high melt tof the
kingdom of Great Britain.
" Christians basely allowing Christians to he assassi-
nated,'—that will ho allowed to be enfurtutiately too true
without it comment.
" But our young hands will not carry the censer before
the idols to whom human blood is sacrificed,"—you per-
ceive, gentlemen, that this applies only to those pretend-
ed publicists, who have the impudence to declare them-
selves the champions of the Grand Seignor, to whom in
fact human blood is sacrificed.
" Napoleon has been sacrificed to policy; and he died
on a distant shore"—this was very true, and perhaps was
necessary.
M. Bin ginet was some months ago before you, and the
Advocate-General has discovered in this new proof of his
culpability, I think exactly the other way, and believe
that the solem decree which aeqiiitted the author of the
elpecelyarre of 1820, is a sufficieut answer to the assertions
of the legal advisers of the crown. At the moment in
which I speak. said the advocate in concluding, M. Bat-
gine' has published COMideratiolls on the Greeks, and the
situation of Einope, which are truly profound. I regret
that this work was not published earlier; yon would have
read in it the best defence which' could be presented fur
the author. You would have found in it the expressien
of religions sentiment, and the development of Vie
soundest morality. You would likewise have Fireognized
iu it his predominant love for coostitntional liberty. ti's
abhorrence of despotism, and of those idols to whom lin•
man blood is sacrificed.

The .kelsocate-Gen. replied, as did likewise M. Perrin.
The hearing was suspended for some minutes, and on it;
being resumed, the President summed up, and proposed
the following question to the jury:—
Is Alexander Itarginet guilty of committing au olierro
against the person of the King by publishing the pamphlet
%%Melt has been denounced to you? This question wis
answered in the negative by the jury, atter half an hurt'
' deliberation, and the tle;'endant was of course acquitted.

His Majesty was accompanied or followed on his
journey from 'Calais to Hanover, by a light waggon,
from which he drew supplies of money for distribt:-
tion to the populace of the towns through which he
passed, and of snuff-boxes and rings fir presents to
individuals. The British public should be made
acquainted with the strength of his Majesty's claim
' to the applauses which have been lavished upon him
on the other side of the channeL Surely the
showers of five-franc-pieces and louis d'or, which,
we are told, have been seen to issue from the win-
(lows of the Royal carriage in its passage through
the continental towns, may be admitted as entitling
the hand which scatter& them to the upplauses of
those whom they enrich. One beggar at St. o.aLr's
fbund himself, at ac conclusion of the scramble in
that town, the happy possessor of three Louis d'ors.

In the last Session of Parliament an Act vaa
passed (cap. 92) to authorise the exchange of lands, f !
tenements, or hereditaments held for charitable pur-
poses, upon application to the Bishop of the Diocese v.
in which such lands are situated. .. • .
A new Penitentiary is now building upon an ei-
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tensive scale at Brixton. It is to receive of
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convicted in Surrey, up.m the plan of the Pciritea‘ • •A.
tiary, Millhank

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