The Sun.
London, England, 1823-10-08 00:00:00

REPUBLIC-OF 'COLOMBIA.

(Prom the Ms di Venezuela Extraorditiorio.)
.CARACCAS, Ann.. 18.
TREATY OF CAPITULATION, UNDER. WHICH THE
SPANISH ARMY OF MARACAIBO SURRENDERED..
.TOS EPP' IGNACIO DE CASAS, Knight of .the
National Order of Santiago, Celonetof the Spanish Armies,
and Don Lopez quintane, Lieutenant.Cidonel of the same, at;Commissioners with full lament from the lieneral.in.Chief of
the Army of CoestaOrme, and Lieutenant-Colonel Josef,Maria
Delgado, of the battalion of Zulia, and Captain Jose Maria
Tirdaneta, Secretary to the' COmmandancy and Intendency of
the department of Zulia, with equal powers from the COm,
Mantling General and Intendant of the said department, with
concurrence of the Commanding General of the third Marine
.Department of the Republic of Colombia, commissioned to act
on its partlionourably and in a manner befitting humanity and
the dignity of both armies. Sensible of the wretched situation
of the town of ..Maracaibo, in consequence of the squadron of
Colombia having been three months in its Laguna, its inhabi-
tants suffering from famine, and its edifices from the effects.of
the cannonade, and the result of the sanguinary combat of the
24th of July; the said Commissioners, animated with the most
generous and just sentiments in favour of that unfortunate city,
have agreed to the following stipulations :
Art. 1. The place of Maracaibo, the fortress of San Carlos
de la Barra, "and`the territory occupied by the troops belonging
to the Spanish army, shall be surrendered to the CoMmander
of the Colombian besieging army in their existing state.
2. In the same manner the armed vessels in the, Bay shall
be delivered up to the Commander of the Colombian Squadron.
3. The natives of America serving as sergeants, corporals,
and privates in the Spanish army, and who wish to follow the
Colombian standard, may do so freely; those who prefer being
discharged under the guarantee of this treaty, shall be dis-
charged ; bu t. those who desire to remain faithful to the Spanish
Government, shall be considered and treated as prisoners of
war, without being molested? under the special security of
the guarantees already mentioned, until they be exchanged
by the Spanish Government or its officers. The seamen are
included inn-this article.
4. The Chiefs and Officers, of whatever rank and descrip.
flan they may be, and their substitutes,. the sergeants, corpo.
rals, and others, beloning to the. European troops, may leave
the territory of Colombia, on their voluntarily making oath
that they will not return to bear antis against the !Republic
until they. be exchanged. The European .Musicians are in.
eluded in this article.
5. The Civil Department of the army, by which are to be
understootl -Physicians, . Chaplains, Armourers, Officers of
'Finance? &c. 'may remove their arms, equipage, property,
and their families ; the Masters of the vessels being made re.
sponsible for delivering to the proper owners.
6: Don Antonio Leon, the Commandant of the Zulia, with
his offieers ; and Pio Morales, Chief of the Cabimas; with, his,
are included in article '4 of this treaty. The inhabitants
whom they have assembled and armed shall come under. the
9th article.
7. The principal officers of the Republic of Colombia in
this Department, shall immediately take means to supply the
vessels necessary for removing to the island of Cuba the Chiefs,
Officers, Sergeants, &c. 'of the Spanish army, the expences
thereof being, at, the charge of the said Republic • which' also
furnish the necessary provisions, and secure to the:Spanish offi.
cers from the crews of the vessels, that respect which is due to
their rank.
8. All the householders and inhabitants of Maracaibo, who
may 'desire to proceed with their families and moveable pro.
party to the island of Cuba, shall be at liberty so to do, the
expense of the transports and provisions being discharge 4 by the
Republic.
It. The householder* and inhabitants of Maracaibo and the
province thereof; shall be treated according to the protecting
laws of the Republic, whateVer may have been their conduct or
opinions during the occupation of ' the territory by the Spunlimh
troops under the command of General A•lorales ; the act of ob.
livion being complete.
ID. The Spanish army, the civil officers, and householders re-
ferred to in the proceeding articles, Khali embark in the tm.ris.
ports provided for them, and the Colombian troops shall not
enter the city until one ;our after the transports have
11. The sick and wounded Spaniards capable of embarking
shall be treated on_ship-board with all possible humanity ;
those who cannot embark will remain in the city, where they
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removal to Cuba, which will be effected on the same terms as
those stipulated for the Spanish troops.
12.• Ail the Faitimean officers and troops of the Spanish
army, 'made prisoners in the naval action of the 24th of last
mouth, who wish to go to Cuba, may do so under the condi.
tins and circumstanees applicable to the troops which occupy
this city.
13. Two officers shall be exchanged on each side as hostages
for the.fullilinent of the present treaty. The Spanish hostages
shall remain in this city, and the Colombian shall proceed to
Cuba with the Spanish troops. The former shall receive their
complete appointments according to their ranks, from the Tree.
'lurk of Colombia ; and the latter shall receive the seine allow.
awes from the Spanish Treasury.
14. The penalty of death is applicable to every officer and
private of the. Spanish army, who without being exchanged,
shall be taken•in arras against the Republic.
15. The Spanish army being inovided with beef for only
three; days' consumption, the Colombian GovernMent will
supply it, and those who accompany it, from the date of the
ratification of this treaty until 'the arrival :of the transports at
Cuba as before indicated.
Id.' All dquhts which may arise as to the meaning of tiny of
time above,artieles, shall be decided in favour of the Spanish
subjects And troops.
17. The Opperal of the two armies shall appoint officers ort
each sickle itV‘;'et4igate the, chain of Americana referred to in
article 9, and of the European prisoners in Colombia mentioned
in article 12:
18; The present treaty shall be ratified, and copies ex!.
changed, within 24 hours, and shall begin to he carried into
effect, according to its liberal tenant., us soon the ratification*
are exchanged; faith of which we have agreed to ,and .con-
eluticd the game, and .ttign it in duplicate, in the city Of Mara-
caibo, this 3tl day of August, 1923; • '
JOSE IGNACIO CASAS
LINO LOPEZ 4.,WINTANA.
.r. M. DELGADO.
J. URDANETA.
Ratified on the 3d of August by General Morales in his head.
quarters at Maracaibo, on the part of the Spanish army ; and
by General MarigueZ and Admiral !Willa on the 4th A.Ugust,
at their head-quarters Altagracia,.on the part of the Coloin.
Wan . -
PARTICULAR TREATY, ON THE BASES BY WHICH

THE GENERAL TREATY OF TUE SAME DATE WAS

CONCLUOED.
1: The armed vessels in this port shell be delivered up in
their present state to the Colombian Admiral, with the excep.
tion of the Especeladora galliot, which, under the Spanish
flag, and with a Spanish crew, but untirMed, shall be employ-
eil to convey to Cuba the General-in-chief of the Spanish army,
his aides.de.camp, and,the persons he may select, •.under the
proper safe conduct against detention by any Colombian ship.
2. -Lieutenant4:olortel Josef Maria Delgado will embark on
board of . this ;millet, as Spanish hostage for the.persons on
board, and shall remain in the Casde of San Caries until the
Espeenkldeia has sailed from Barra, afteCavitich he may return
to his army.
3., This vessel, with the persons it conveys, shall have its
clearance., and may sail as soon as this treaty shall htirittitied.
4. In consequence of the absence of the Cieneral.in.Chief, the
next in rank, Colonel Don Minis° Lopez, will couunand in
the city,
6, The present..treaty shall be ratified and exchanged within
twenty-four hours, and shall begin to be carried 44044'4, aC•
cording. .to the :letter Or its articles, as soon as the ratifications exchanged.
•
_Maracaibo, Aug. 3. (Signed and ratified as above.)
A Preceding number of the Iris contains 4 dispatch triad 0e-
Lena AlAtriguez, announcing the neva) victory whiCh led to
the above treaty., The battle between the Colombian and the
Spanish tquadronseommenced at,two o'clock on the 24th of
July, andcontirmedfill dark. (leneral.• Menrigues says •—•‘' I
cannot, at .present, give # full account of the flet4oll, because .I
v 111 uneequiunted . with the details,. I only know that nearly
all the enemy's. vessels are captured, and that their number
was double ours. I,calculete that hie loss, in killed and wound
ed, exceeds 800 ; while our less, of either description, is' very

I N IM a.,

NADRAIii Ann 31.—The ISt battation of the(
18th regiment of Native Infantry, and the lid of
,Cavalry,' together with a small battery, havO
moved from Nusserahud on the 160 inst., and
were to attack Lamba, a place about three marches
distant, the Tahoor of Which had refused ohe-
' dience or revenue at the ,Durbar of Jylioor. The
Ranee in charge, of the Jypoor affairs had, it,apJ
pears, turned out the Prime Minister, and ap-
pointed a Bunya or common grain merchant, td
Jill his place. The command of the forces des-
tined to attack Lamba had been given to Briga-
dier Knox.
LAMBA, M.A 11CH 17.-- The forces arrived before
this place on the I WI, and at eight A .51. the bat-
teries opened against the fort. At eleven the
garrison expressed a wish to surrender if the tire
of the batteries was stopped. To this demand
Brigadier Knox replied, ".No; you have deceived
me once, and shall not have an opportunity of
doing so again. You may withdraw through the
town. unmolested by our men on duty there for the
next half hour,after which no parley will be held.'
At twelve they unconditionally surrendered, in
number about 400. Bissau Sing, the Killadar, fled
on foot to a village about three cuss from this
place, where he got a horse, which kowever
threw him and broke his collar bone, The force,
it is said, will proceed against some other forts ;
but it is suspected that the lesson read to the
garrison of Lamba will save further trouble.—
The Governor of the fort some time- back took
every opportunity of thwarting the measures of
Sir David Ochteltmr in the Dunbar, and when
remonstrated with set them at defiance. He is
now justly punished.
PENA NO M ARCH 4.—We understand that Cap-
tain M'Donnell has brought froth Siam a most
valuable and rare collection of curiosities ; among
which is a band %of music containing every in-
strument used by the people of that country,
and presented to him by the young Prince Chow
Fa, all of which, with a small stale boat, are
now in the possessinp of Sir Stamford Raffles...—.
Captain M'Donnell has also procured a num-
ber of sacred and other Siamese books, which.
we trust may throw a light upon the his-
tory of a nation so little known to Europeans,
and we look forward with impatience to the pe-
riod when Sir Stamford will gratify the literary
world with their translation. The Siamese, we
understand from Captain IVl'Donnell, were erect-
ing a 50-gunt battery on the shoal opposite to Pa-
chame, near the entrance of the river. This Intel•
ligence confirms the former report. By private in-
formation received at Malacca through Siamese
Junk, we learn that Capt. Thistle, Corninander of
the grab brig Dudaky, has been scalped at Siam.
'On the lth ult. at sunrise, minute guns, to the
number of 48, corresponding with the age of his
Excellency the Governor of Malacca, were fired
from the ramparts of Fort Cornwallis, conform-
able to the Government order.
SurcruE.--A most melancholy occurrence took place in the
harbour on Sunday morning on board the ship Maitland. Mr.
Allies, the chief mate Of that Spilt, put an end to his 'existence
with a pistol. The dauseOf this rash act is not ascertained ;
but it scams that he talked incoherently and seemed otherwise,
sad and restless the preceding evening, and during the night
fired era pistol thrboAli his cabin part, by which his head was
most shockingly shattered, and instanttleath followed. A Co..
toner's Inquest was held on the licitly, and the verdict was
insanity.