The Sun.
London, England, 1812-10-29 00:00:00

SOUTH A.MEititA.

•A
Gentleman arrived a, day or two ago 11.01)
the We3t Thdiesy brings: the, following intelli-
gence:,—

" Trinidad, Sept. 16,
" rile late rebellion and consequent civil war.
in the kingdom of • Veneznela is at an end, in all
its branches. The whole of the territory, with
the exception of- the small village of Guiria (si-
tuated on the western coast of the gulph of Paria)
chiefly inhabited by Frenchmen, have returned to
the allegiance of Ferdinand the Seventh, without
any foreign force to compel theiu, but by the ge.=
neral wish of the inhabitants. Don Diego Mon-.
teverde, a Captain in the ls'avy, who, about the'
middle of March, set out from Coro, with an
original force of only two-hundred and fifty regu-.
lars, at, the request of the Oppressed inhabitants,
having beat Miranda and his partisans in several,
rencontres, and taken Puerto Cevillo, July 6, and'
all the inland districts, the inhabitants of which
eagerly embraced the opportunity of shaking, off
the yoke of Miranda, and return to the allegiance
of their Sovereign, entered Caraccas, July 27,
under loud acclamations olthe inhabitants. Mi-
randa and several ringleaders, (amongst whom
were: many Frenchmen), :were taken, in attempt-
ing to escape; on the news of the success, of
Monteverde, and the ; desertion of Miranda's
troops, the Provinces of Paraguay and Barce-
lona, with their capitals, hoiSted the standard of
Ferdinand VII. and arrested their revolutionary
Chiefs,

" Barcelona hoisted Ferdinand's flag, July 16 ;
Carrupa and Rio Barbos, August 10 ; Cumana
and Marguerita, Aug. 26 ; all the. Coast within
the Gulph of Paria, as far as Point Prida, hoisted
the flag, .Aug. 30."
" SEPTEMBER 1-I.—The news of. Guiria having
hoisted Ferdinand's flag has justtarrived.7
f‘ SEPTEMBER 12.-•:-This moment: arrived here
in an open boat, Gaynerns, one of Miranda's
Aides-de-camp, escaped frOm Cumana. .He-con-
firms the whole of the foregoing intelligence, and
further states, that Miranda, and about 40. Other
principal revolutionary Chiefs had been tried, and
sentenced to death. The Marqiiis de Toro, a
principal leader, had escaped from La Guira, in a
schooner bound to America."

COOKE, TIIE ACTOR.—The death of this eccen-
tric character is 'confirmed. It took place on the
26th ult..at-New York: lie was to be buried-1)n
the following day: lie had just completed his
57th year. The.disorder which closed his mortal
career was a dropsy and schirrous liver. Ile-had
married again in America, i circumstance which
proved very fortunate "for him, as it enabled him
to experience through his" illness unrethitteclat-
tention from his new'connections. A& au actor,
his merits and defects are too Well known to re-
quire any particular connuent.! 'lt may, however,be observed; that alfogethei• hi,s.talents were con-
fined, and such as hardly' Justified the popularity
which attended him. fie was very deficient in
taste, and wholly deVOid of grace. In characterS
dtawn..;,wilh energy,' and which required bitter
sarcasm in the detail, he was very :successful, as
Was evident in his Sir Archy and Sir Pertinax, in
which he displayed strong - humour, as well as
precision in the dialect. Indeed, is hardly
enough to say 'that' be Was devoid of grace, as his
action was rein:4ll:4l)le for peculiarity, and„ a
rough disregard of all eleganCe and dignity of de-
meanour, However, he was an original performer.
The Merit he posseSsed was found2d on observa-
tion 'and experience, and his actin.- d... displayein
parts suitable to his abilities and habits, a vigor-
ous spirit and accuracy that gave the energy of
nature to his pertmmances. Altogether he pos-
sessed a coh;iderable share .of merit, and it will
he a very difficult matter to fill the space which he
has left in the theatrical world.

• A newly diseovered Iskind in the latitude of
about -54 South, named Macquarrie Nand, in
Compliment to the Governor
.of,the'Dritish pos-
sesSions of Austr4- Asia, has opened an addi-
tional fruitful field tno athenturers in the Seal
Fishery; and the enterprize of those individuals
who prosecuted the fishing at Macquarric
has. been 'abundantly rewarded.—Upwards of
80,000 seals; had been caught. at that Island in
the course of a few Months.

On Tuesday,, as Mr. WELLS, with his btother
and wife, Were returning from spending the even-
ing, about eleven o'clock, they were stopped at
the corner of St. Ann's-court, Deau,street, by no
less than eight villains, who, 'after surrounding
then), attempted to rob them. They 'immediately
called the , watch, and seized one of the villains,
when the rest made off.

During tjle last week four Luddites have passed
through Leeds, on their way to York Castle.=
On Saturday week, at night, four villains 'attaek-
ed the house:of-Mr. Joseph Hirst, of Lepton,
clothier, one of wham fired at Mr. Hirst's son,
and:the ball grazed"the top' of his bead, passing
through his hat. Numbers are apprehended
daily, and -taken before-Mr. Radcliffe, at Mans-
Bridge ; indeed that indefatigable ;Magistrate is
wholly occupied in the examination 'of these infa-
tuated people. •
About three o'clock-. on Wednesday morning a
respeCtable inhabitant of. Staiths; a considerable,
fishing 'town, about. .1.0 miles north of Whitby,
was awakened bythesea beating against his house.
On getting up,.he found the water a foot-ileep in
the lower room, and the road to his house was
overflowed . occasionally by the sea, 6 or 7 feet
'deep. Waiting an opportunity, he got out into
the street, and found the scene awful in. the ex-
treme, the raging billows threatening destruction
to all the lower part of the- town. A house be-
longing to Mr. Smales, shopkee,,,)er, situate near
high-water mark, and surrounded by a massy wall
or staith, near 100 feet thick, Was shook to its
very foundation. The resistance' Offered by this
wall to the 'heavy • seas which broke against it;
caused, at every repercussion, a body of water to
rise a considerable 'height above 'the house, upon
which it descended with amazing force; At in-
tervals, the water was throWn by this .means to
the full' height of the cliff, at the foot of which
the town is built, equal to 150 feet. About 80
feet of this'whil, or staith,,is worked away, though
many of the stones which composed it were up-
wards 'of eight tons weight, which will re4ider it
necessary to take down the house, to prevent its
falling.

OLD IIAiLB

WEDNESDAY, OCT. 28.

Ti Morning- the Sessions commenced at the
0:.11 .I.lailev; before Baron Tnomtsor.i, Mr:
Jiptice -
The prisoners-first put, to the ba:r, Were; George
Sampson I;7mi-ton and -George Morton' Hutton, who
were capitally indicted for giealing. a large (limn-
tity of Irish linen, to the value of.lol, and up-
warls, in the dwelling-house. Of John Morgan,.
linen-draper, in Old Bond-street. • a long
examinaion of the prosecutor, John Morgan, by
Mr,,ANDIEws, and a strict cross-examination by.
Mr. 64NEY, itappeared, 'that about the time of
the robbery, he was very much "embarrassed _in
his circumstances, as several heavy bills; ainotint
ing to 3,5001. were becoming due, and he had rot
sufficient .Honey to meet one-fourth of the demand.
At this time he was at Hastings, endeavouring to
dispose:of his wares ; arid while lie ~s:asTthCre, the
prisoner, Wharton, first by letter, and afterwards
.by his personal. attendance; endeavoured,accord-
ing to the prosecutor's statement, to prevail upon
him to connive at
.a scheme of pretended iohbery,
to defraud the creditors. This suggestion the
witness asserted that he received with the utmost
indignation : yet, notwithstanding the baseness
of the proposal, "he treated the prisoner with the
utmost kindness, walked with him, drank Stith
him, and carried hiM in -his gig part of the way on
his return to town,. and still entrusted hith in
'perfect confidence. with the care of his business.
As soon as the prisoner returned to town, the
supposed robbery was committed, and an account
of it was sent down to Morgan, who nevertheless
did not appear in town till two days aferwards.—
Two of the creditors of Morgan having entertain-
ed some suspicion of Wharton, commenced a pro-
secution against him' and Hutton.,' -but thought
proper afterwards to drop it, when Morgan himself
became the prosecutor. „
•

The story'ofMorgan appeared so contradictory
,
and unsatisfactory to the .Ttiry, that they gaVe
Credit to the prisoner *Wharton's
,account, echo
said it was a plan contrived between himself and
his master to defraud the creditors'hya'pretended
robbery:. They, therefore, acquitted both the
prisoners ; and,, indeed, there was not a title of
evidence to support the charge against Hutton.
There were three other indictment's against the
prisoners, but Mr. Alley
,alleging that the cir-
cumstances were precisely the same, the prisonerS
were of course acquitted.