The Sun.
London, England, 1815-09-29 00:00:00

THE I_),-INISI-1 MAIN.

-IctgGs•foN, AuG.5.--T‘vo di+;isinus of tayal-
•ty, composed of abbtit 1000 men each, under the
Orders of the patriot Chiefs Zazeza and Sedeiro,

,harass the' province of liaree.lonai they hare al-
ready had several engagemetits with the Spanish
,troops, the most decisive are those 0( Sandiego and
,Aragna. In the • first action the Spaniards were
cut to pieces, hut they received a very considera-
ble reinfordenient after the actiOn, in consequence
4.1 f which the Vcnezualian troops, which had suf-
.lered.a,good &tot, were ohligiA to ahandOn their
,position, but which they effected without loss.
In the second action the Patriot Chief Zarassa

took posse3,::on of, the city of Barcelona, and re-
moved from it every description of warlike stores.
These details have been given by, two Judges of
.Barcelona,.commissioned by the Spaniards to pur-
,chase floor in St. Thomas, which they did not
.stieceed in accomplishing, as they offered produce
to iyment at an, enormous price.
By a vessel arrived from Cumana at St. Tho-
max, it is aritipianced• that a body of
,#lnontiting to about 700 men, had attacked that
city, killed and wounded a number. of the Spanish
Xrcbp, And had male several prisoners,
osels:an ired at .St. Thomas in June announce
that the "venetnalian troops were in possession of
the Province of Marinas, that the Spanish Chief
c4zado had bedn defeate. d near San Carfos, and
WAS Obligk'd to retire with the remainder of his

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force
to Va Gen.lencla, and that en. Murillo 'then con-
tinned in Valencia,. and that the wounded were
daily, as also those front Caraecits, to the
all men, capable
)ioiritais in Porto-Cabello, wkre
of working were constantly employed on the for_
tifications, and that the artillery and warlike enre9
were ordered to be transported from every 'other

pnint to-Porto-Cabello.
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Tire, inhabitants of Curiope. and the Savannas
of Oetunato had risen in favour of the independent
By a letter from Maracaibo, it is known that
the inhabitants of the provinces of. Merida. and
Trtutitlo were in a state of insurrection in lavour
of the patriot cause, and prcycnieu.the usual sup-1
Oies of the provisibil* from entering Maracaibo,

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tvliicil both 'alarmed :Ina :11'.streiteil the -'o6bitaks
of that city. „ .
.Detailt of the Actions which have taken place ltettebl the
.
Veoeznalian troops and those o'r Gen. .loriHo since the
General evactlattul the island of Margarita, be Don Fran-
ciScO Vcrnandez bud Don .C.arles Rutz, ar:t;ved at St.
Thomas trout 13aCcclona.:—The &flowing has been emu-

namieated
On the 3d of May the Paiti6.t. Chief Zl6lt,a at-
tacked, with a diviSion of about 800'cavalry, the
SpiniSh Chief Gatin, who cornmatoled 'a nume-
rous foree, at Santa- Rosa, where the Spaniards
were defeated; about the saiiie period, the7Pa-
t riot commandant Monagas, abont. 600 men,,
advanced to Ptuical, two leagues from the-city
-of Barcelona, and the inhabitants of Capaya; 'the:
river Puy, and other parts, prOcceded to Guat'avo,
where they attAcked the Sclani4l fOrce,
lost on this occasion, 'in 'killed and prisoners,
about 500 men, and 300 volincicd, which were
conducted to the Spanish head-quarters, road.-
Cave Ho.

tne natives, of evc;,7 description, have en-
tirely abandoned the Spanish cause..
The vanguard of (iencral MoriilO's army; cOm-
(handed btu Morales, hate second in command un-
der Boves, was defeated by the patriots, betyreen
San Carlos and Barquitiinteto, awl the Spanish
siltliers, in the greatest disorder, exclaimed—
" 'chat they bad been deceived, as they had been
led to, understand, when they. left Spain, that they
wereeoming ti) America mercly to serve in gar-
risons, &.c." The Spaniards- wounded in this aCA
!ion were transported in great titunbets to Va.
.

The forced contribution on the city of Caroc•
ens alone amounts to up‘rurds of 180,000 dol-
lars, and elie .unfortnnate person who Hesitates
to pay the proportion .allotted to him is put .to
deudi. . .

All the artillery and warlike stores have already
been trangported from Caraccas and Lagnyra. to
Porto.--Coballo; hich is fortifying in the 'strongest
manner and %yid' the utmost acti;itr -
It is certain, that there are 3500 cavalry in the
eastern part of Venetnala, nutter the orders of the
PotriorCriiels 'Lanza, Monagas, Cedeop, Ribero,
and Baraso, and that the territories of Pao, Ti-
naco, and Loeuvito ;ire in consequence in great
constet nation : Many of the coloured troops have
been sll6t, and they will no longer acknowledge
any Spanish 'Chief, not even their Former favou-
rite Morales.

Upwards of twenty SPtinish Capuchin Friars
perished on bOard of the San Pedro, -when she,
• blew 'up. They were sent out from Spain, in con-
sequence of a new arrangeinent, whereby no na-
tive priest can now hold a living of SOO dollars
a-yeAr, or upwards, in the possessions. Such liv-
ings in Anictica are all reserved now for the en-
lightened Friars of Spain..
Nor can aq 'native of America be admitted'
asd lawyer, or act, in future, in that capacity,
without haviiig been ri!ceivcd in Spain. SO that
cargoes of Span,ish 'lawyers, &c. are to be import-.
cd into the Sp inish colonies.
Jrrsu 9, I-815.-Our army has talien
possession of the capital of Cusco, defeating the
Insurgents, anti beheading their leaders. The
POrtenoS' or insurgents of Buenos Ayres have
obliged General Pe; vela to retreat ; he Was at
COt;igaita (30 ten Otes bey'ond Potosi), and now
he is at Orono, 60 leagues on this side
They say that the POrtenos bring a large army,
and we are not aware of the rt'snit of the battle
that must he now hourly expected. Every thing
is at a stand ; nobodS' dai•es tb pro;:eed into the
interior with goods, becanse on every side they
meet with, krge parties of Indians, trho kill With•-•
out mercy those they meet with.
Acconnrs fi•riirt Havant-tit!), of the
,state-:---1‘ We know front Mexico that the Jude- -
pendents have at-last
.formed a Congress at Valla-
dolid,'by the concurrence of Deputies froth every
province In the kingdom. Their Manifesto is Very
energetic and eloquent-. It seems intended to de=
rstrdy party spirit, and+ to extinguish.. the hatred
'existing between old Spaniards and natives. It is
high time; say they, _to banish from -mir hearts
that fatal jealousy that has so long kept us astm•
der. The fate of our sacred cause'is already de-''
tided. Every resentment must he stifled, find
recollection of events so fatal to both parties,
vanish froin our minds. Linked by the tics of
brotherhOodilet us march into the holy teMple of
peace, and On the altar of our country let ug sa-
crifice all private interest."
The doenthent further adds—" Policy and lilt-
nianity have pievented' the capital hnii'Vera .Cruz
from falling into our bands .but soon we will
force them from Itoyal MaSters, and. thereby com-
plete the work of our glorious independence''