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THE NATIONAL REGISTER.

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SUNDAY, NOVEM3IIII $B.

ON. Tuesday the Parliament was opened by the
Prince Regent in person, and never we believe did
it commence its deliberations under more awful eir-
comstances. The question is not one of minor
consideration ; it is not only whether a Whig or
Tory Admmin:stration shall be•in office (though we
Micro it intimately connected with that point) but
it resolves itself into the consideration of—shalL the
people be deprived of their liberties, and the Con-
stitution that has been lung the boast otthisatountry,
and the envy of all others-; or shall they still en-
joy them ; shall Government sustain itself by the
sabre and bayonet, or- by the deserved. and willing
obedience of the nation•; shall the Head of that
Government be made the means of carrying violent
measures by unconstitutional coercion ; or shall he
by retracing his- steps be again considered as tho
father of his people.
In the review of the Parliamentary proceedings
hitherto, our limits oblige us to he brief. We are sure
that the speeches of Earl Grey and Mr. Tierney
will be read with delight, while a very
small share of discernment will be sufficient
to enable our readers to perceive than those of
Lords Sidmouth and Castlereagh are compounded
of gross and ' glaring falsehooes, and mean and
shallow sophistry.. They declare the meeting
at Manchester to have • been illegal ; that the
the charges of cruelty had been negatived ; that the
forms rtquiretl by the Riot Act were gone through,
and that not a single life had been • lost in. conse li
-
que:..* of the blows of the Yeomanry !! ! When
men can stand before Parliament and unblushingly
assert what every body knows to be false we would
ask what reliance ought to be placed upon their ho-
nesty. That such wasthe case onTuesday night with
Lords Sidmouth and Castlereagh, we think we have
quoted enough to prove, but if we have not we beg
to refer our readers to tlac•:r respective speech: s. •
A mass of papers has been laid before the two
Houses relative to the state of -the nation.—Wo
presume that Ministers, like the managers of our
Theatres, are aware of the necessity they-are un-
der of calling in the aid of-Novelly in their opera-
tions; they therefore now spurn the idea of Greta
Bags, they hold in contempt, in• the present in-
stance, all secret Committees (perhaps so far they
agree with the general sense of the people, while
Secret Committees are so infamously, so notoriously
packed, vs to unitiamly insure a ministerial ma-
jority), and call on the two Houses to act from the
notorious situation of the country--shouhl they do
so its the only %Iry that C.1:1 be justified on the
broad principles of pattiotism they will tile means
to dislodge the present beasts of the country;
they will address the Regent to form a new
admitistration, they will take all means to conciliate
the people, tl:ey will decrease expenditure instead of
increasing the army, and then the Government will
once more be looked up to as the English Govern-
ment always ought to be, by the English people,
wit% reliance and with confidence—that it is so
now by the unbiassoil part of the country, the most
impudent Tory will hardly dare to assert.:

His Royal Highness the Prince R-gent has
lately received titan the Emperor of Russia a very
curious four-wheeled summer carriage, called a
droschkr. It consists of a front and a side seat, con-
trived in a new but very commodious manner fur
two persons. It poasesses the moveable axles, which
arc now very generally adopted throughout the
Colltiucut.

THE NATIONAL REGISTER.

SOUiJJ 431E11R:4.

•
Gehfirmation of the Capture if Santo Fe, the Capital ff Neu.
G,nnada, by the Venezuelan /truly, under the
at the l'reaulent, Gen. itulivar.

Bf the arrival of the schooner Entlettoor, from Ja-
maica, in the extraordinary quick p.e.we of mile doss,
we have been pot in poviesstun of the journals of that
island, up to the 1511 i lost from MIC 01 wtuich we hate
made the following tAtravt

" .1-55tAICA, Sept. 15.
•• His Majesty's brig-Waver, of to pins, Capt. San-
marts, from Carthagetia, anchored at Port Royal yester•
day stunting.
The intelligence by the Heaver seems •to leave no
doubt as to the capture of Santa Fe by the forces tinder
Bolivar. Indeed, it is stated, that the oilicial account
of that event had reached Carthtgena pre% sssss slv to the
sailistg of the Heaver,' and had hero shown to -Captain
II art, of his Nlajesty's ship Sapphire, lying at that port.
'We are also enabled to give some particulars of•the ope-
'ratios's of the Independents, prtvrously to their neetipa•
of Santa Fe, euliveted by a g,entlettiati on the :.pot .
but who, at the seine time, wtutiuur that he derived
them from individuals, who related than as their res.
pective interests predominated. There were two batiks
between tilt contending parties, before. the one %%Inch
decided the fate of Santa Fe. The first was on the Ise
bf July, at a place called Goutza, its the valley of Sop-
moso,in the province of Tonga, where Bolivar had an
:truly of LOW infantry and 609 catillty: to which was
opposed Gen. Ihrasino,with 3i)UO royal troops; the most
obstinate, and great courage was displayed on both sides,
when he royal troops were compelled to retreat in great
colatis4m. The second battle took place on the ZS. ho:
July, between the same parties, at Forams Is Barg, near
to the capital of the province of•Tunga. The contend-
ing armies were closely enga,.led for five successive hours,
and both fought with greet desperation; but the result
wat said to be, that Bitlivar•oluained a complete victory
user the royal troops, who, in their precipitate retreat,
left behind them all their baggage, artillery and treasure.
Bolivar is stated to be 'entirely indebted to his cavalry
for thew successes, they haying borne the brunt of these
action..

"hear now declared martial law, forcing all natives
that mold beir arms to join his standard, by which
means lie considerably increased the strength of his
cavalry. lii. fume • now Consisted of 3,000 infantry,
and 1,000 cavalry ; he proceeded on his route to Santa
Fr, and having arrived at a place called Venta Gwmrd t,
about 25 leagues from the city, a xi •.:ral action took
place between him and Gen. Bimini,. I lere it seems
the country is very ininotaitions and wo.uly, and Bolivar
determined to defeat his oppooem, if pmsitile by strata-
gem. He placed a antsiderable party of his troops in
ambush, and contrived to get his cavalry in the enemy's
rear, presented a small fault to the enemy, who attackid
hint with great resolution and fury ; immediately upon
which, the divisions its ambush issued forth, attacking
his flanks, and the cavalry his rear, by which Gen.
Barasino was completely surrounded ; and it is tailgated
his army was totally annihilated, with the exception of
shoot 400 men; who had arrived at loittpox, on the
over Magdalena. From information derived front these
persons, they allow their loss to be 00. in killed, and
400 prisoners. This battle is said tis have takers place
on the 7th of Attouit, and accounts of it seached Santa
Fe at midnight of the 8114 upon which die Vicetoy
gave mile.. fur the city. to be veicuated, and at five
o'clock on the 9th he lisate.l it, along wi:h several huts-
cirri's attached 11/ the nnent. So expeditions Wall
his retreat, it seems, that he actually arrwel al Hondo it.
thirty hours, a journey which nsually occupies three
days. Ile Celt beam(' him all the magazines and trea-
sury, which latter was supposevl tucusseant about half a
million of money. Bolivar, by 1111/ accoutst, is stated
E have entered Santa Peron' the l lth to the WM.

" SJittanei., the Viceroy. arrived at' barn on the
and sent despatches by way of Rio de la tlache.
in Gen. NI mid°, gitillft an account of the above events
Oo tlo• 28th ult. intelligence reached Canto:wog. that
lien. hi Torre. second in ccinniatitl to Gen. Monlln. had
Llcen ordered mu coke command of the ro)al forces at
. .

aunt Fe ; and he declared, that in 6On ala3s he wou!d
be its that city with the fine regiment of N.ll,3fre. Tue
troitt Oat had arrived rt Monnwut were lora; ins.shat
pl..ce to resist any su tacit by the I sidependans.
" -Bolivar is said to have despatehed a uirision of hi%
army into Pampeluna ; and the opiniow pretalent at
Cartiluena was, that he would not attempt to descent'
NlJ„dalena, air attack St. Martha, taut co ttt ll ue in the
atterior of the country." •