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replevin, it C3I»C 011 iii•gueil. on Saturday-
last. The Court consideed this :natter in three

points of view :

" tsL How fatithey could permit the plaintiff's to proCeol
in a British Com t of Justice fur the rccuteiv and to settle {Le

owncrship of a vess:!l, which, by their cwii confe•sion,

at the morn el it Was seized by the l'enezueliallS, ttigagetl in
a ;raffle xvliich is directly in the teeth of the Abolition Acts

Great 131 itait).

" 2d. Whether the Court permit itself to be called urnit
to decide a great political question lietwecn Great Blitaiis and
the subjects of another country, in a state of civil war amongst
themselves, whet► the British Government itself is maintain—
ing the most marked neutrality toward* both the contending
parties.

" 3d. Whether the Condor, coming in a public charac-
ter from e'en, zuela, not only with displttches fur the Ad-
miral on this station, but with dispatches to be forwardeii
front him for our ow❑ Government at home, which might be
of the utmost importance to the Mother Country, was not en-
titled rather to the protection of the Court than to be con-
sit:et-v(1 as subject to be detained by its process, and that par-
ticularly at the iustance of subjects of Spain."

" The Court, without deciding on the first
point, and saying they could not meddle with the
second, determined that the Condor came in a
character which entitled her, by the lan's of na•
"tions, to protection from civil procesP, and conse-
quently Ow: this relevin was improperly brought
the Court, therefore, decided the replevin to he
dis Continued, and the vessel to he given up to the
defendant in the s:tme state as when the replevin
was executed.

" In compliance with an application from the
Merchants and others intereited for convoy to La
Vera Cruz., near-Admiral Douglas has bcett
pleased to say, that La Pic-111e ftigate,'of 42 guns,
Capt. Mackellar, will sail far Campeachy and La
Vera Cruz on Tuesday next, the 24th inst. and
will afford protection to such vessels, laden with
itish manufactured goods, as may be in readi-
ness to take advantage thereof.
" We understand that Gen. Bolivar entered

the city of Caraecas on the 18th Or. at the bead
of 5000 men, after deteating the Royalists twice

n one day,

" KINGSTON, JUNR 14.—The following is
translation of an Oilicial Letter from the Captairp-
General and First Chief of the armies of the Re-
public of Venezuela, SantiAgn Marino, to the
Executive Government of said Continent :

" Brigadier-Generai Jose Rafael de Gnevarra

has just arrived at this city, from the siege of the
Palmitas, in the province of Caraccas, Lere he
was attached to the army of Gen. I;o;ivar, and
informs me that a Bulletin from the army of Ge-
neral Piar, which was in Guayana, haul been re-

ceived there, the contents of which are in the
following terms : The enemy, having sailied forth
from the said place, to the number of 1500 men,
was induced by our army to approach the Batik
of S4ll Felipe, in which place an action 'was
given on the lith of April last, comminnuted by
Gen. Piar. As all the enemy's forc'e's consistefi
of infantry, they fotimed themselves into a stolid.
column ; but ours, which consisted of •infantry
and cavalry, awaited them in battle array ; and
the action commencing at eight o'clock in the
morning, concluded after some few hours in the
complete defeat of the enemy, who tound them=
selves surrounded and cut off on erery side. Its
consequence of this engagement there were taken
500 prisoners, among them 200 Spaniards ; the
Governor of Guayana, Ceruti, and also 17 ()di-
cers of distinction. The reniainderof Ike army
was left upon the field of battle ; hut Brigadier
La Torre escaped, with,only 30 or 40 carabineers
well mounted. There were taken 90D musket!,
25,000 mu,ket cartridges, one field-piece, tyro
stand of colours, 12 martial drums, three trum-
pets, eight cornets, and the complete trait) of
their baggage. Our loss consisted of little more
or less than 100 men in wounded and killerl ;
and among them. is to be lamented that of the
brave otTicers -Colonel Cl.)ipia, and Lieutenant
Colonel Llndacta. This i 3 in substance the
contents of the Bulletins; yet it is well known
here that an emissary bad been dispatched to
the fortress with a letter from Cc curt, assuring
them that they should he treated in conformity
to the rights of men, Ipit as the emissary did not
return to our camp, the 17 Spanish officers,
pri-
soners, were shot, as well as. Ceruti himself. Prue-
Nvas to attack the fortress on the 17th of the

said mouth, when it was expected to sonender,
on account of the feeble state in which it is found.,
General Cedeito did not join Lis in the above n.c..
tion ; be has 21 Capachinos Plisoners, and the
army of General Bolivar had united tviih Piar's PD
Guayana.

tc SANTIAGO NIARINO.

" Head-quartcrs at Car:aco, May 12, 1817."

K I NGSTON, JUNE Ig.—H. M. S. 'Larne, of
20 gtio-s, Capt. LQIV:, °red at Putt R,,yei yesr

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plevio isstietlagmiNst her by the Agent:.:,
original o‘:viit'rs who were Spatti,ii sirbjtets ...-
siding in the Havanna, and tIOUI ‘t horn sbe
c,lpto:ctl by the ll,expendeots : /I motion lia‘ing
been made in the (;iiintl Court to div.:ontinue the