The Sun.
London, England, 1815-10-31 00:00:00

THE SVANiNII MAIN.

It would seem from the following, Hint tlic
noyaliit Army under A7oRIL-L6 Alms succeeded in
tai:ing possession of the vcF,y,importaitt.-city of
Cartlio.genn • .„

" CUAIi-LESTOWN, SEPT. 11.--Arrieed the sloop
Puny and.Sophiii. Leslie, ten days from St. Jago
de C'tilr4.. 'The day before Captain L. •s ailed ; ti6vs
ivas received thrie that Cariitagenw*as captured
liy,a Spank!' force of 5000 land,' trotiri, mod a
large fleet. '[hey • surrendered without . fi; inn
a gun."

Carthagena, welearnt from preceding accounts,
vv-as garrisoned with 250 troops, mostly foreigners,
rind 3000 natil e levies under arms. Independent
of which, I LACIO, with 1200 native troops, was
coining to their assistance, and Brigadier-General
STEwART and Colonel CotrrEs, with near 2000
more, were said to he in the rear of Morrt.t.o.•
Extract of a letter from St.:Pun-nits, dated the
Sth of Septemher :---" By an 'e arrival, this-day,
from.. ,Martinique, the last news is confirmed, re-
garding the province of Guyana, which is entirely
"in hivonr of- the. Independents. Accounts from
:Cnragoa state, that icy late letters received from
the United States, a great number of American
troops had 'proceeded from New Orleans for
Mexico. Also, that a detachment 'of the Inde-
pendent army,- •in Venezida, were attacked at
Clingtiratnas, by a foyee.composed Of 1,000 men,
(formerly commanded by the Spark!' Chiefs
Boy Es pad MORALES), sttrl 500 Spanish troops,
part of the force which' came out with'Morillo.
lien, soon after the action comaienccd, the native
troops all passed over to the independent army,
and cut to pieces the Spanish fora:--out of the

whole of which only eleven men escaped. The
' -Independents are in possession "ot the tick pro.
vince Of Varinas, of Calahosa, and of Pisas ;
htce-
wise •the whole of the plains of the. proyincrt of
-Caraccas ; they have also • elite" ed the.plains.of
'Octonare.

" By intelligence received yef.terday frOm Ma-
tacaibO, it appears, that-the Patriot Chief URDA-
.NErra had arrived at Cucuta with 10:0 men, and
the Chief TONES, a inore considerable force;
intercept:. the communications bet %%4'4 Maracaibo
and the provinces of Merida and "froxillo. ‘Ve
~have:alsoseceived intelligence, that-the Spanish
troops have suffered a severe. dercat*i I'ao, and
subsequent one at Sari Joan de Ins Marros, and
at La Puerta, which occasioned at Porto Cabello
a considertble commotion, and terminated in the
assassination of -the prisoners' there, confined, as
Well as that of several other natives., who had
joined the Sp,nish part v."
. The Jamaica. Ga;eites ako .nientlbn, that the re-
glrueut Of FERDINAND VII. had genie over to the
Insurgents in Mexico.

AMERICA.

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Accounts were received yesterday from America,
to the 30th ult. It does not appear that the Go-
yernment of the IJOited States has vet made peace
with the Itylian tribes; and the Sacks any Foxes,
it was under,stood, still refused _to treat %%NI the
mericanCornmissioners, The accounts from St.
Louis would lead us to believe that an Indian war
in that quarter is not at all improbable, and Ow
it would be Prosecuted with vigour.
The Accounts front rite West were more favour-
aide. General Brown and suite arrived on the
2fith from the Niagara, accompanied with many
Oher .Anirican Officers, and there was every
teas nn to suppose that an advantageous peace
would be sign d with the Indians in that quarter.
Detroit is now garrisoned by 1200 or 1300 men,
inider the cominand of General Miller. The
peace which is talked of, it is supposed, will be
i-ery advantageous to the western merchants and

11 a(! r.

MaCkinac wjt garrisoned:h:v•aboat 400.. troops
iinder General Charnbets.,°,i7ort Deartiorn and
thieaga,were not to he established till next year.
The troops. -are represetved to be in' a fine state
of discipline:. On the 7th of Septenther, 280 of
the 'new 3',1 regiment embarked at Erie for Detroit.

The Niagara journal of the 12th September
eontAins the following paragraph
4, A Council was held in this'village on this
stay %yid) the Indians by Nessrs. Parish and
Gls:linger, for the
,purpose of parchi6ing. for the'
State their' itle to the Islands in the Niagara.
The Ind.ans consented Co the sale. The bargain
only requires the ratification of the American Go-
.
i-ernment."