The National Register.
London, England, 1822-01-21 00:00:00

No. 1 ,351.—V0L. XV.)

AMERICAN PAPERS.

(From the Nets Turk Gaunt, Dec.
LATEST FROM THE SFANISH MAIN.—The fast
sailing ship Hippomenes arrived last evening front
Curucoa, whence she sailed on the Gth instant. By
this arrival we have accounts from Porto Cabello to
the 22d instant, which represent the utlitirs of that
place as in a wretched condition ; the Royalists were
unable to obtain any fresh provisions front the inte-
rior ; the destruction of the outer fortifications had
afforded them materials ter fortifying the inner; and
all the privateers had been hauled up in consequence
of a report that en 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 Fa/mouth 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
theta 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 commander 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 Guaym.Fe-
turned to Porto Cabello, on the 23d ultimo, ;via-
the loss of four killed and six wounded, having been
in u small Patriot port, six leagues from Porto Ca-
bello, and plundered the inhabitants of every thing:
the frigate and Lrig were stripped and hauled up.—
Au expedition of 500 strong, under Colonel Garcia,
had marched for Caraccas, 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 Cura.
via had written to Suriman Jiff an additional naval
force. The Dutch vessels had been captured by
Spanish privateers.
TUE LI➢ERATOR 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
rapacity, but he was overruled by thzin. 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 14th of November the General Congress
of Columbia passed votes of thanks, separately, to
Lord I lolland, the Abbe De Pradt, Mr. Speaker
Clay. Colonel Duane, and to James Marryat and
Sir Robert Wilson, Aleiubers of the British House
of Continuos.

Nair Yung, DEC 20.—A Corneas paper of Nov.
Red contains on 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 suppostd to contain u chullunbe. The
facts, we understood, to be briefly these:—Mrs.
English having various claims on the government in
right of her deceased husband, Brigadier-General
ISi,gli h, who died in the serv:ce, applied to the
Vice-President Nariuo, who not only rcluscd to
acknowledge her claims, but used personably eery
gross language. General D'Evereux, with that
spirit which always distinguished him. espoused the
cause of this untbrtutime lady, and remonstraied
with Nariuo In the coarse of the controversy, the
chalk:or complained of was given, and General
D'Evereux was put under arrest by Narino. This
detained him for some thee from the army. How-
ever, on an inquiry into all the foots, the Congregs
approved highly of the course pursued by the C.c.
neral, admitted the jwstice of the claims made by
Mrs. English, and dismissed Narino &um his tilneu
of Vice-President. lie, notwithstanding, perse-
vered in his prosecution of General D'Evereux be-
fore the Supreme Court, and the result has been his
actptittul. In the whole of this transution, the
Presidesit, the illustrious Bolivar, and all the autho-