The Sun.
London, England, 1806-11-06 00:00:00

GENERA .1117R.,11VD2t.

= We ye-iterdly received accounts from Barhadoe4
of the 27th 61 ;_lepter ber. So far- from confirming
the. assertion or the fail re of MIRANDA'S . Exr.
peditioti, they would iiiduce us to believe. that. it
was likely to be, attended with compiet'e success.--
The following is the intelligence given in our fa:-
taunts -

13AREADOEI, 8./4T. 23 --The gn,ti I scikrric a id
tniterprize of this bold and aspirin;, inn i he is s now'.
to assume a favourable aspe& ; and from the prompt-
ness and decision with which he ads, promises the
' happy accomplishment of his betievi)lent purposes
in invading his -native, but oppressed, country.
11A ND'A.S success at CO;) has be6.)re been known
here, as well, as 'his prepftradons for. proceeding
against - Marycabo : front, the fortunate interception
of a Spanish lvfaii-boat from La Guira, the ciis-
patches of the Captaiii7General of - Caraccas to he
.Cuanandants of Cutnana and Margaritta h. wing
fallen into the-hands of our Colonlai:ders, many in.-
teresting particulars are obtained -which tend to il-
lustrate the former account, and des elope the de-
plorable state of the country. MIRANDA Carr cd
Cord on the 3d of August by storm, without an
loss on his side, but a2O men on that of the Ene-
my ; he ithmediately after attacked Marycabo,
small but rich town in the province of Veheiuelia;
situated on the western banks of Elie lake v, that
name; about eight leagues.ftom its mouth t and at:-
most at the sate time a place called Little Gibral-
tar, about 30 leagues .south of Marycabo ; both
which were taken without touch opposition.
Captain-General of Caraccas, after detailing in his
dispatches these successes of MinAN,DA, proceed to
state the means of defence in -his power td otlp. se '
his further progress, which he repres2nts 'as totol
:incompetent to any elfedive purpose: The who.e
amount a- his force he estimates at .4400 men,
nearly one 'half cif which are Negrdes and In-
dians ; and such is his dt?fiCiency-of .arins, that
thUse have
,no other weapons than cutlasses.-=—
In his dispatchys, he urgently calls upon the Gover-
nors of Ctimana and of Margaritta to. use every t r!Jrt
to send him succours as soon as possible; 'and s tys
he it even 'deficient in specie, the public motley only
amounting to 90,000 de:lars j he•calls t.pou thegii
in the name of his MoSt. Catholic .1212jesty; to pr >-
cure him money, and desires, furthat purpcse, that
the duty on lobaccol'aiv lie:thortgaged ; .and. .:that
they will do every thing in . their power to send
him assistance to drive the traitor from the cotinuy,
before he has too. tar dis#eminated ' his peiniciuus
principles. He • knents dint - th.: tine pi cit ince of
Carthagena shohki be open to the depredations of
the invader, and says tliAt the danger Wnich•threa-
tens Teva Firtna is infiniteiy-Lrenter than they, or
the Spanish Government, are tire: Of. - tells
that unless MINA-NDA. is •5pe,f,,..,ti1l checked,
• .the whale:country will be lost to ; aiid -that
thig Will be ineo-table, if -Englanddissists hiAt.: -His
dispatches concrude with—r-preenting peupLe
:.round-him, with rely little exc,ih ion, to loyal
and well affected ; but-me -agzL iaments the lotal
~.Yiant: of arms; which • preetits 'Mtn, he says,-:root
overwhelming the traitor. •
A 'number • of private letters were alsos,:curecl.
along With' the ckispao+ei, and thesefseive • turth re
to .-I,4>iti She coast, ilietiori aid ataria Ne,:h4:ll
AVDA'n enterprize has excited, -its,•well as the, .iii-
eti.icaey of their nienu;s to-opHse ,
-The Spani:.h Mail-boat; which
had been' disraciied • with- these atm. ad-
vicei; was captured by ii°;lajet+Vs•ti...,upot,
Osprey; otf the 'Coast,- soon. oiler she had ite.,-La
--Galva-, and Was carrien had it 'the:44th
inst. . Sir ALeX'.l arrived 'there orv:xt-ie

tgtli, and General
,liovt Yeti on 'the 21:,t,
been put in full posseSsion of every tact retatiVe! to
I~IittANDVS progress ant. appea;ance of success.—
There is a coincidence in circumstance nibst
propitious to the-fortune; and genius of AI I 1:A NaA 5
for, having' been-in the first in4tance.countenanced
and- Eupported:(as .fat as we Cati judge tvoin ail a-
reht testimony) .by our Admirals the -strongest 4n-
dui bow held out for the cu-assistanci: of
the General ;. and it is even already
raugements were making at Trinidad ecnjointly.,ne-
tWeen• Ahern, fOr affOrding :immediatee al&towgrds
the furtherance of his Undertaking'. ::;:As- it is,;brit-
' RA NDA owes his present: success to dkl r A chlTirill
and we may :ftirly assert,- that but for the 'conatien.
ance he received here,'and -the naval suppert-atfor&
ed him, hi 4 efibrts must have been rendered abortive,
-and his whole.projed overthrown.
The ac ctiu:'it, fromßarbadirea 'ere later thin those
•
redeivA at New-1'011: 'Akre‘'a!-e inclined .travtrfore
"to disbelieve entirely the latter, which ant-ion-ft:ad
MIRANDA'S failure..

The !ong-expeCted Fleet frointEnglabd aericied at
Barb.,c!oos on the' 27th Septeniber ; 'firit ofic of the
Fleet is missing..

It was not the Duke. of 'SUSSEX'S ,carriage,
mentioned in otir Paper of yesterdiy), but the,
Duke of CAmaitioces, that was overset on Mon-
day night, upon Hounslow Heath. The accrtient
happened about nine o'clock, near the ..,:tga of the
Magpies. The night was very dark and rainy.
One of the leaders of the Duke's carriage. 114:sviog
fallen down, stopped its progress, and the hind
wheel caught that of the Bath long-coach, w)uich
was passing. at the time, and both carriages ere
overset. There were eight inside. passengers itt
the Bath coach, three of them females, but none
were seriously hurt. The Duke of CAMBRWGE
walked about in the rain for some time, iti the
most perfea good humour, until the ,Duke of
YORK's".carriage drove up, when he got into it, and
proceeded with his Royal Brother to London.

A poor woman last, week fell a victim to wantoti
brutality in Manchester ; she was taking, with ma-
ternal solicitude, her daughter to her,p-tave of se.,
vice, about nine o'clock on Sunday night, when
they were assaulted by three drunken young men,
in Bradshaw-street ; and the poor woman, in de-,
fending her daughter‘ from the Lands of rudeness,
was struck'down, by which she received -so vi'. lent
a contusion on the back part of her head as to cause
her dissolution the following day.
Monday night as four men Were crossing SjMe
bafges at Blackwall, which were swinging by tli
tide, they all fell into the stream and were drowns
ed, three bei g na. assistance near at baud. Their
bodies were d agged for, aud found about two hours
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