The Sun.
London, England, 1817-03-07 00:00:00

sou,CH AMERICA.

[PROM A C9llltl7.tiliONl)ENtj

A late Letter front St. Thomas's, ditted Ja.

hhary, stat:e9,—

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The lvhole Province of 'Venezuela
Await) change its Masters, which has created
a very alarming sensation thrOughoutthe English
and' American merchants at Ports Cabello and
Laguira, as neither party, It seems, is disposed
to consider individual merchants as neutratin their
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quarrel ; and, consecpietitly,their propery is in fi
state of great haiard on a change taking place;
which they daily _expect. The same jealousy,
which makes - the Dons consider all English anti
American merchanis as enemies, who do not lend
their aid, unequivocally, to their cause, makeS

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he " Patriot party" view all wbo•liave not aided

them; in. the same light, and thus there is ni)
se—
curity either for their persons or tEropertyi
doubt, our Government will soon remedy this
evil, but, in the mean time, individnals 1111191 i incot
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great risks and considerable loss: The abomi-
nable jealousy of the Spanish Government seems
to deny legitimate trade 'that countenance anti
proteCtion which it enjoys in all other countries;
where the f,ohjects of each civilised nation find
slkeittr and security from injustice, injury, extor-

ions or personal risk, iintler the wing of a Consni
Minis7er.

2d, " In the Spanish •Provinces no trade is sl-
owed 'to flourish, but that which ii ten-net-1
forced-trade," alias Smuggling, tOlich is not sirni.

Lir to smuggling in Great lititairt, us it' is neither
more nor less than " ?Cell=applied bribery," by
which 'Governors, Secretaries, and Dounniers, ore
enriched, while the !Cntional Revenue is tlefrand'-
ed l The Ontch wild Yankies' understand this 6.141-

fie perfeet.iy-; and thns:ehgross the trade to'SOnth
America. The coast is covvr,tl ‘viiii "Pierrrhon

or Privateer', who capture all resScis 'attspEtqcii
of hostility to their 'cause.

3d,

ilSit• Gregor M'Gregor 'teas about to rc-
sonic the Coniniatid in Chief of the Cavalry of
Veneinela, " The Patriots" are very an.fions to cuz
gAge tagith oflicets in their CRUS'e: as the comnioti
people place !venter confidence in tin tr talents
and v3lmir than itt otters.. They speak 'of Sir
GREGOR with enthusiasm, ima (itelare, that
Liri-
tish Officers may be naturalized and admitted
,tniong tiseni, with one step of rank 'above that
which they posSessed in their' own service, upon
the production of any pyoofS of active and 2 ealthiS
exertions in the -att of war. In this they art with
the greatest feObig, being awarei that the Spa*
nish Troops .entertain 'a reverence (mixed

dread) -or British skill and British .vainar.
4th, " There is no tiottbt' nt- an iminoti,trate Citr-
nnke,. whichever party is rictvi-; but there can ho
little dnobleof the success of the Patribts, who
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arc ardent and enterprizing, while the Dons secni
almost
.I):lrali.zeti or panic-struck. They 11.1 Ye, it
seem, u. fear of defection among their troops,

and want etternr; and euthittinstl+ to overcome
those difficulties which the independents appear
to contemn ! Number, desert to the Patriots, and
while they net as they'now nnotheis will con-
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tintte to desert. This is a'reasoo why a blew
has not sootier been struck by the independents..
sth, " There will he an iminew.e field rot specsiA
lation as scion as the ports are thrown opeo, and
the eoutitry It is one'of: the finest
iti;.the stolid."

OUTRAOR AT TtIR EiljaLlN IsFICATIir.-ocl Pri4
day night an hifitniotis outrage 'was cionnitted
at Crow-street Theatrejduring the•fifst act of the
afterpiece.
.fsTtinte.
.persons were lattylly in the
habit of annoying the audience by the explosion
of detonating balls, but until Friday night, ( it<
1;0 not proceeded to the disgraceful length of in-
terrupting ihe public entertainments. While 'Mitt.
GLoirsit wa3 playing in .tine of 'the hest scenes
of ,The the very 'happiest
ncr, a 'detonating ball 'was cast tipon the stage,
and immediately exploding, threw'
.her into the
utmost alarm. When
,she had in sOnte degree re-
covered from the ett.;cts of this brutal and 'lllol,llly
aggression, she tuldreSsell the ainheitl.e, and
Ladies ond_Gentlettien,:--When ytitt are ap-
prised that I hare risen from a sick-IA(1 to per-
form this evening, yin' will, 1 trust, excuse ,us
agitation, Which,. tooter other cif com,tatteeS,
might bear'l he uppearance cif atiertadon."
This adtlrevs ttre.t forth repealed ducts ; bot
,
the l!rutal otietidei.esp4,...(l (lei C:11,111
CA.STCitIAtt, FEB. 27i--IVu ti six 61the
Intliitos-vonveitted tit the notriter of the servant
in rti and tohbery Sitiery, tit tarriekLccki
C.uusty.ist:-Nleatti, (as fitat eft in n for titer
ti;ive been apprehended and coatthit tell .1,
Lisol;..part of tie batik-dotes stu'e I %sere lonnti
-in their T, of the ahme are itinerant
tinkers, two Ladders, awl two higgleis,—(()tog.
iteda Jour Ind)

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PRI VA 'lt CORRESPONDENCE.

[FROM A MORNING PAPER.]

PARIS, MARCH Moniteur of to-day an-
nounceii that Prince Talleyrand resmned yester-,.
day the functions of his place of High Chamber-
lain. The Moniteur does nut mention, hut it is
certain, that he had yesterday morning a private
atahience of his Majesty, which lasted above half
`'acs hour. Some Jay, that foreign influence was
employed to procure his re-admission to Court;
others suggest that M. de C,.having strong rea-
. Aotisto suspect one at his colleagues of intriguing
against him, had it intimated to the Fritter, that
if he wrote a letter to the Premier Gentilhomme,
Eris exile would be revoked. It is certain, that the
letter was written, and the Prince received per-
mission to return to Court: It is also certain, that
all the fe'ends of., the colleague above alluded to
speak very cooteniptoously both of the talents
and of the character of M. de C. ; and it is not
to be supposed that they do this without being
atithorizett; at least, by the silent-consent of their
pat ron. This being the case, it is very tattural that
the Minister of Police should thitil, that the re-ad-
mission into the interior circle of the Kiog, of
N. tie Talleyrand, who is acquainted with the
whole history of the rival in question, (and who
cannot be supposed to wish trim well, after his
late denunciation of what the Prince had said in
a private company), pot effectually prevent this
hitter Gentleman front gaining, any confidence
with his Sovereign. It is a great misfortune for
Al, de C., that he has TM partisans on whom he
can rely : he is all-powerful for the present, but
his pio depends on personal favour : he was
never t ill now in a position to hrese any adherents, ,
ID6ng favoured neither by birth nor place': no one
is eceustouted by long habit to look up to him as
a leader. With the system he pursues, be is
forced to employ revolutionary tirols; but these
.very tools are,,habituated to look upon those who
ate now trying to attack him as their natural
Never did a man_ possess. greater power
,than be does. The Minister of. Foreign Affairs. is
become a mere cipher : the Minister of the fine-
tior is entirely under his direction ; or if eve!' he
resists, be is forced instantly to yield : the other
Ministers obey implicitly his mandates : the Duke
of Feltrc alone ;Jai 50111t0111CS resisted with

3110CeSS.

"There was three days ago a report, which
still exists, that AL rozzo di 'largo was on the
eve of -being recalled, and that Al. de Alarcon.
was to replace hint..: however that may be, he
was very near meeting with an, accident of a more
serious rotore. On
,Saturday, in the middle of
the night, as N. Pozzo Borgo was going
through the Place Vendome, some pact of tite
harness of his horses broke,., end they set off 'at
(sill gallop. It, appears that be completely lost
his presence of mind, for, though the danger on
such an occaion in a four-wheel' carriage in a
town is exiretnly lie preferred jtonping out
of the carriage ; the consvoinence naturally was,
that he fell on his head ; no limb was broken ;
nod fortottioely 'the contusions were not so violent
as might have been expected : he has been bled
srveral times, but no danger is apprehended.
" 1 eras newr forgetting to mention, that every
body says that M. Pastptier„ Voted against his col
leAgoe, the Minister of Marine, on the question
of the Navy Budget."