The Sun.
London, England, 1819-01-13 00:00:00

SOUTH AMERICA.

The Bombay Castle, from Bengal, and the la; ig
Byron, belonging. to Messrs. Large and Adams,
of this 'city, were forced into Crook Haven by
easterly winds on Friday last. General Wilson;
who comatanded the British troops on the Spanish
Main, has arrived in the latter vessel, and imme-
diately' proceeded to the Munster hotel, in this
city, having made his escape front Guayana, after
having suffered the greateSt cruelties during four
months. The Officers of the General's Staff bad,
with considerable difficulty, and not without me-
naces, obtained their passports for London, where
it is hoped they have arrived. The accounts
brought by this officer and others who have ac-
companied him are of the most melancholy na-
ture respecting the state of the country, and the
wretched situation of those Ivho have been. se-
dined into the service of the Insurgents. In no
instance have the engagements, of. Mendez been
fulfilled, either to officers or •men ; their condi-
tion is most wretched ; the only thing issued to
them is a ration of beef, which the officers them-
selves are obliged to go for and carry home in the
heat of the day, to be cooked as they can, with-
out utensils, either for kitchen or table ; even
firing they must procure for themselves ; pay is
out of the question. British Gentlemen are forced
to sell their clothes tr procure the means of
existence, and to go about in a state bordering on
nudity ; which makes them envy the lot of the
humblest domestic in their native land. They
are prisoners in the country, no person being al-
lowed to leave it, but a few who have had the
weakness to allow themselves:to be flattered into
a promise of giving favourable and false reports
of the country, which an empty military title, or
some such thing bestowed on men who had no-
thiug else to be vain of, had induced some of them
to give. Contempt is the reward for every sacri-
fice; end a Briton who knows his countrymen to
have fot (cited their lives in maintaining an action
against the Spaniards, when the cowardly Creole
officers have run from the field, has not the satis-
faction of seeing the smallest notice taken of their
conduct in anyj Gazette or official paper ; but, on
the contrary, the greatest pains are taken to pre-
vent its being known. Gen. Wilson's confine-
ment gave the finishing stroke to the dismay of the
British. Those in the interior, to a man,.laid down
their arms on his leaving them,and those afloat took
the earliest opportunity of making their escape,
and taking with them some of Brion's finest ves-
sels. No English remain with him, but a few
who have not yet found means to make their
escape, and a few others, who are persons of in-
famous character. General Wilson immediately
gave information to the Government at Trinidad,
respecting the captivity and treatment of the Bri-
tish on the Main ; and Sir R. Woodford promised
to endeavour to procure their release. It will
scarcely be believed, that Officers' letters to their
friends have been opened, and others substituted
for them ,(with the writing closely imitated),
giving the most false and absurd accounts of the
country ; and extracts from these forgeries haVe
been published in The Morning Chronicle and other
Papers. We are, however, persuaded, that the
respectable Editor of that Paper has been the
dupe, and not the willing agent, of a most foul
conspiracy. It is said that General Wilson has
got a grant of the province of Gnayana, with a
free trade for a certain number of years from the
Spanish Government, on condition of his putting
down Bolivar, who is detested by the people as
a most unprincipled tyrant, and who, in return,
hates the Guayanese, but is forced to employ
them as tools to help hint in his vain attempt to
force his way into his native province, where,
when once arrived, he would soon dismiss and
trample upon them. The General, we believe,
is certainly about to raise troops for an expedi-
tion to the Spanish Main ; but whether his object
is such as supposed above, we are at a loss to de-
cide. We have been gratified to learn, that
among numerous deaths front disease and infec-
tion, most of our immediate countrymen, of this
city and county, were in good health, though in
extreme distress at the time of the General's de-
parture.
A Mr. Vowel was prevailed upon to advance
about 7001. to pay the passage of a number of
people who were sent out to the Oronuco, of
course expecting to be repaid and rewarded
on his arrival, instead of which he experienced
the same treatment as the others, (and such as
we described in our last), was sent up the country
with a musket on his shoulder, where be and
about 9 others of his countrymen solely by their
exertions, enabled the Insurgents to make a stand
at Villa de Curs, whence only one returned alive.
Mr. Vowel having been left on the field at the ap-
proach of night, had a miraculous escape, and liVed
in the mountains for six weeks, during. Which
time be was supposed to have fallen with the
rest ; blit to the annoyance of the insurgent Go-
vernment, he once more made his appearance as
their creditor, and after about a year's solicita-
tion, he had a grant of 30 oxen,. in lieu of his
7001. which were valued at 15 dollars each, and
which he had to transport,' at Isis own risk and
expence, to 'the islands for a market. Several
young men have paid for commissions before they
left this country, and others have given their
ready money for drafts on the Veneznelian Govern-
ment. %Viten •they arrived they probably got a
fraternal embrace for their patriotism ; but as to
money, as we before stated, that is out of the
question ; •Lr as Bolivar and his treasurer would
express it—no hay,—(Cork Paper.)

ADMIRALTY SESSIONS, SAN. 12.

Sir WM. SCOTT, Mr. Justice PARK, and Mr
Justice BesT, took their seats upon the Bench al
ten o'clock.

CHARGE OF MURDER.

John Drake, Alexander Dewer, and Christopher
Bustard, were indicted for the wilful murder of
Daniel MlCormick, on the high seas, on board
the convict ship Chapman, on the 17th April,
1817.

Mr. Drake, who was the Commander of the
convict ship, was tried and acquitted yesterday,
together with one of the soldiers on board, on a
charge of having murdered a convict named
M'Ardle. The present indictment was for the
murder of another convict ; but the transactions
which led to the death of M'Ardle and M'Cormick
were the same in both cases.

Mr. Dever was the Doctor of the ship, and
Mr. Bustard the Lieutenant commanding the
soldiers on board.

They severally pleaded Not Guilty.
Sir C. ROBINSON, the King's Advocate, stated
the whole particulars of the transactions which
took place on board the ship Chapman, on the
17th April, in the same manner as they were nar-
rated yesterday.
The evidence in this case disclosed nothing
new.

The Jury instantly stated, that they bad made
up their minds on the case, and had no doubt the
prisoners were Not Guilty.
This verdict was recorded, and the prisoners
bowed to the Court and were immediately dis-
charged.

Three other persons in custody on the same
charge were ordered to be set at liberty, as the
Counsel for the Crown intimated that there was
no intention of prosecuting them.