The Sun.
London, England, 1817-10-25 00:00:00

THE SUN.

SOLE:4I QUIS DICERS FALSUNI AUDEAT ?

LONDON,
SATURDAY, OCTOBER 25, 1817.

RE-CAPTURE OF- MARGARETTA BY THE: -PATRIOTS

This morning a Leeward Island Mail arrived,
which sailed the 17th ult. bringing the following
intelligence respecting the Patriots in South Arne-

ilea :---

A letter from St. Thomas's, dated the 17th
'ult. states, that the Spanish General A7oI:RAO bad
been compelled to abandon Margaretta, which
was immediately occupied by IiOLIVAR, at the
head of the Patriotic Army, without a gun being
fired. BoLf vali bad organized his Army, add from
the daily reinforcements he received, Aloaft.t.9
was deterred from making farther resistance, and
the place became an easy conquest. The greatest
unanimity prevailed among the Officers in the
Patriotic Army, which had recently been joined
by a great number of experienced French Officers,
whose military tactics had been of essential ser-
vice in promoting the success of the Independants.
" Admiral BRION bad likewise been 'reinforced
by several armed vessels, which had rendered his.
fleet so formidable, that two Spanish squadrons
at. present on the Orinoko, were not capable of
coping with him. From the position of the army.
and navy, the most sanguine cxpectatious were
entertained in that quarter, of the Ultiniiite suc-
cess of the Patriots."
(Frog: the "Inagua Gazette of Sept. 11.)

" roar OF SPAIN, Trinadad, July 23.—" Offi-
cial information has been received by his Excel-
lency the Governor, that all the-Provinces of the
Spanish neighbouring Continent to leeward of
the port of Carupano are in quiet possession of
the Royal Authority, and that all individuals im-
porting provisZons and merchandize, of which, it
is stated, there is great want, will be protected
in the sale and barter of their goods.
" Accounts horn Grenada mention, the arrival
of a Royal Spanish squadron at that island about
10 days ago, consisting of one frigate, a polacre,
and 9 or 10 other vessels, followed by the Insur-
gent Admiral Baum, with a superior force, by
which the former are closely blockaded. It appears
that the first-mentioned armament proceeded from
Old Spain to her Territories in South America,
and afterwards went in pursuit of BRION, by whom
it was defeated ; it then retired .to the Spanish
Maine for reinforcements, and again went in search
of PittioN, by whom it was a second time roughly
handled, and ultimately compelled to put. out to
Grenada for shelter."

We received this morning dal Paris Papers of
Wednesday last. They announce, a conference
between the Ministers of the Allied Powers and
the Duke of WELLINGTON. The following are

extracts :

" PARIS, OCT. 22.—The Russian, Austrian,
Prussian, and Netherland Ambassadors, and the
Duke de Richelieu, had this morning, at ten
o'clock, a conference for three quarters of an hour
with the Duke of ‘Vcllington.
" Yesterday the Councillors of State and Mas-
turs of Requests attached to the respective Com-
mittees of Council, assembled at the Hotel of the
Chancellery at 11 o'clock, pursuant to the sum-
mons of the Keeper of the Seals. The Duke de
Richelieu presided at the sitting, in Which the
Council of State continued the discussion of a
projet of law, respecting the liberty of the Press.
The Keeper of the Seals and the Minister of Ge-
neral Police were present.

" M. de Serves, Councillor of State, President
of the Chamber of Deputies in the last Session, is
arrived in Paris.

" The Duke d'Atigoolerae arrived at Havre on
Saturday last,---On the ISth his Royal Highness

eras at Amiens, and from thence went to Abbe.

ville.

•" The Foreign Ministers, and the Duke of Wel-
lington, paid their respects yesterday to the
King.

" Next Tuesday the Icing will lay the first stone
of the pedestal on the Pont Neuf, on which is tc
be placed the_Equestrian Statue in bronze of
Henry IV.

" The following appears in a publication re,,
specting the affair at Rhodez. It is without sig,
nature, but is stated to have been written by Ma..

dame Manson :

' I declare, that I made a will.---I have
taken measures that it may be opened immediately
after my death. This testament will disclose secrets
which will be consequently divulged on the day
of my death. declare, that the means which
I have employed are of such a nature, that no
person can either hasten or retard this operation.'
" We learn from Cahori, that on the 3d inst:
at four in the afternoon, a shower of bail fell
there, which destroyed every thing that bad been
spared by the storm of the 22d nit. The hail-
stones, which were of an enormous size, lay three
feet deep upon the ground.
" On the 25th inst. the Prevotal Court of Lyons
will try the Marchioness de Lavalette, and other

persons, charged with a conspiracy, which was to
have broken out in that City the Bth of June
last, and the object of which was to overthrow
the Government.

" Aladome Montville Fodor is at present giving
concerts at Limoges.

On the 4th November, the eve of the Open-,
ing of the Session 0,1 the Chambers, the King
and the Princes will assist at a mass, to be cele—
brated at Notre Dame, by Cardinal .Talleyrand

Perigord, who, it is understood, will be by that
day installed in the Archiepiscopal See of Paris.

" On the 22d ult. at half-past 2 in the morn-
ing, a violent shock of an earthquake was felt at
Angouleme, which lasted from two to three se-
conds ; the direction appeared to be from North
to South ; the weather was calm. Immediately
afterwards a loud detonation was !maid ; doors,
windows, and furniture were violently shaken.
" The indisposition of the Duchess de Berry is
understood to be less calculated to excite alarm
than to excite the most pleasing hopes.

FRENCH FIVE PER CENTS.

Tuesday 65f. 35c.

" MADRID, Om 9..--Our Government is un-,
ceasiugly occupied with the re-e,inhliihment
of the Royal Ma'rine, Measure which is dictated
by the necessity of protecting our commerce against
the Pirates of Atherica, who are'every day destroy
ing it. It is understood, that we have pur-
chased from Russia five ships of the line and three
frigates, which are already on their voyage for
our ports, where the Russian crews will be
replaced by Spaniards. It is 'believed, that the
ship Asia, and a frigate, which are now fit.
ting at Cadiz, will join 'the above squa-
dron, from which divisions will be formed,
destined exclusively to protect our maritime com—
merce on different points of our Colonies. The
general opinion is, that no troops will be em-
barked in these vessels.

VIIINNA, OCT. I I.—The Emperor and Em-
press arrived at Old Orsowa, the Ist instant, where
they received the Paella of New Orsowa, who de-
livered the presents from the Grand Seignior.
" MADRID, OCT. 9.—lt is understood that the
Government have not disdained to employ the
talents of Canga-Arguelles, one of the liberaus
included in the measures of rigour directed against
the Cortes. This Magistrate has obtained some
amelioration of his exile. He has been allowed to
come from the Isle of Peniscola to Valencia, where
he resides peaceably, and is occupied with some
business respecting the Finances, in which he has
been employed by the Ministry. He is said to
have a salary of 30,000 reals. fie is a different
person from the Deputy Arguelles, who is still
confined, together with the greater part of his
colleagues.

" It is believed that the Russian squadron ex;,
pected here has not been purchased with money,
but by means of some exchange, the conditions
of which, however, are not at present known.
" The privateers intercept all correspondence
with our Colonies.

" Some fresh 'battalions have marched towards
the two points of asternblage in Estramadura, anti
in the kingdom of Leon, in the neighbourhood of
Ciudad Rodrigo. It appears also, that the Pot,'
tuguese are reinforcing their frontier garrisong•
No one, however, thinks these movements se.'

rious."

By Mails from Jamaica, we have Papers this
morning from thence to the 16th August incla'

sive :

" The ship Globe, which arived last week from
London and Madeira, was boarded on the 28th

Nlay, in lat. 37. long. 14, by; two privateer brigs,
of 18 guns each, with mixed crews of Eliglish,
rrench, Spanish, &c. sOppoed to be Pirenos-
Ayrian cruisers, but reported themselves to be
from Cadiz. They examined the Globe's crew very
minutely, and detained the ship several hours.
They said they were in want of provisions., and
Vished to purchase some of Captain.BLYM but
he did not let them have any. The same day
they boarded a brig under English colours, which
they detained for a considerable time, in the same
Thinner as they did the Globe, and then suffered
her to proceed on her voyage.

The Mars left the Clyde on the 21st May,
and on the 23d ult. in lat. 24. 54. long. 27. 29,
she was boarded by a schooner of 10 guns, and
full of men, said to be a Buenos-Ayrian cruiser,
the crew of which plundered the brig of two bar-
rels of pork and some other articles.

To leeward of Grenada, about ten days pre-
viously to her arrival, the Tobago was boarded by
a privateer schooner, commanuled by Capt. BRION,
eight other vessels in company. On board of
them were a number of women and children, and
it appeared to Capt. CHRISTOPH ERSON as it an
embarkation bad taken place from some port lately
in the possession of the Independents, as most of
the people on board seemed in a very dejected and
confused state.'

Our Readers will see that the Trials at Derby
concluded yesterday, the remainder of the pri-
soners having pleaded Guilty, on the understand-
ing that their punishment is to be mitigated. The
interdict on the Publication being now therefore
at an end, we propose to give the Trials on
Monday.

We see by the French Papers, that on \Vednes-
ti y last the Duke of WBLLINGTON had an inter-
view with the respective Ministers of the Allied
Powers, which lasted three-quarters of an hour.
'e beard that such an interview was about to
take place, but we do not presume to say that we
know the purpose of the meeting. From some
hints, however, which we received in a quarter
to whicti we look with respect and confidence, we
are inclined to think that it related to the ARMY
or OCCUPATIOII; and, from other hints in the

same quarter, we are of opinion that the sen•
timents of the Allied Courts are favourable
towards the continuance of that Army in its pre-
sent 'situation, and in undiminishisl force. It is
too well
,known that there are Republican Eniissa-
Tes scattered allover the Continent, who are in-
cessantly at work to spread the poison of Jacobin-
ism, and if these Miscreants, therefore, were to
be freed from the terrors of the Army in question,
they would doubtless hasten at once to Paris, and
then we might expect to sec new convulsions in
France that would extend their influence over every
part of Europe.

Nothing can be more ridiculous, as well as pre-
sumptuous in general, than the conjectures, as-
sertions, and insinuations of The Morning Chro-
nicle. Because a Russian Squadron was expected
to arrive at Spithead, and it was said that a Gen-
tleman had arrived in town for the purpose of
contracting for Bullocks to supply that Squadron
with fresh Beef, the Chronicle makes the following
observation :--" We thus find that the Court of
•
Petersburgh has contrived to persuade our Minis-
ters that its intentions are amicable." It is
difficult to say whether folly or malice chiefly ap-
pears in this profound inference. Whether the
Chronicleer draws its sagacious conclusion from
the expected arrival of the Squadron, or from the
Bullock Contract, or both together, we presume
not to say, but that the object is to excite jea-
lousy and distrust between the two Countries
oust be obvious, or, at least, to impress such an
opinion on the minds of the people, cannot admit
of a doubt, considering the character and general
contents of the Paper in question, which is always
employed in some mischievous purpose.

'We are again favoured with the notice of The
British Press, on the subject of our recent authen-
tic intelligence respecting the situation of af-
fairs between Portugal and Spain. It denies that,
as we. said, it seems inclined to throw doubts on
that intelligence. We have no. wish to flatter
The British Press, whose politics are very different
from those of THE SUN, but as we consider it as
now the only Legitimate Opposition Paper, if
we use a word on which Jacobinical Writers
attempt to throw ridicule, we shall think it at
all times entitled to an answer when an answer
appears to be requisite: The Press says,

" now

this wonderful intelligence, of the exclusive pos-
session of which THE SUN seems so vain," &c. &c.
We deem it necessary, therefore, to observe, that
THE SUN (Uri not boast of " exclusive possession"
of that intelligence, for it knew that another
Evening Paper received the same article, and we

only asserted itsjautbenticity. Tax SUN Cotsequent,,
ly had no'. reason fot tanit# on the:occasion, but
votild certainly have had great reason for discon-
tent, if it bad been less 'favoured than the Paper al-
luded to Which basby nolneans been characterlied
by the same.consistency of *principles, viz. those
of the immortal PITT, which have uniformly
marked THE SUN, and will continue to govern
its conduct.

The Courier of last night, adverting to The
Morning Chronicle, professes to quote the follow-
ing words from that Paper of yesterday : " it is
not a little curious that a demi-official Paper of
last night," &c. &c. Now the words of The
Morning Chronicle w ere ," the demi- official Papers,"
&c., meaning Tug SUN and The Courier. This
unfaithful quotation of The Courier was intended
to excite the idea that it is the only demi-official

Paper, though it knows that THE SUN had the
same authentic intelligence, verbatim, ot► the
same day as itself had. 'I his is disingenuous, and
unworthy .of the two new Editors of The Courier ;
and ►ve are sure that their liberal-minded Prede-
cessor would not have stooped to so pitiful an

artifice.
This d•iy his MAJESTY entered into the fifty-
eighth year of his reign, and from the accounts of
his unsubdned health and vieou►r, there is every

hope of his life being preserved for many years to

come.

Nett MAJBSTY,—We have authority to state,
that the Mayor and Corporation, at a lull Assem-
bly held this day, have determined on distinguish-
ing the evening of the arrival of her MAJEsTv, in
this city, by an Illumination of the G,ildhall and
other Public Buildings under their care ; an ex-

ample, which, tram the Loyalty of our Citizens,
so copiously displayed on all public occasions, we
have no nonht will be eagerly followed.—A Meet-
ing of the Police Commissioners of Bathwick was
yesterday convened, in consequence of it being
announced that 'hat parish is to be honoured by
becoming the reside, ,e of the QrFEN of GREAT
BRITAIN; wh,m, to evince their gratitude, loyalty,
and respect, a Clirtinittee was nominated to ar-
range the hest means of giving increased lustre to
the buildings of that parish ; and to appoint six
day constables, distinguished by appropriate
liveries, with additional labourers, to regulate the
said streets, and perform other dories during her
MA3EiTY'S stay.—(Bush Herald, Oct. 24.)
Yesterday evening, at half-past six o'clock, the
PRINCE REGENT, a tended by Sir B. BLOOMFIELD,
arrivi,(l at Carlton-house from Brighton.
Wispsoa, Our. 24.—Yesterday her MAJESTY
and Princess ELIZABETH took an airing to Frog-
more. This morniny., PriilerSS SOPHIA took an
airing in her carriage in the Long-walk.
We have received Halifax Papers to the 20th
ult.:—
" Important Enterprize.—Gen. Count Clausel
and Gen. Lefebvre Desnouettes have sailed from
Philadelphia with a ship-load of passengers. bound
to t be- Mobile. Marshal Grouchy, the tWo Generals
Lallemand, Generals Vandamtne,Labanal, Pen-

niers, Gamier le Slimes, Count Rral, &c. are at
the head of this enterprize."--1 National Intelli-
gencer.)
Lord BERNARD, it seems, has-withdrawn from
the contest on the Cork County Election. Ano•

ther Candidate is expected to start, and accord
ing to report, the tenants of the Doke of Devon
shire were mustering to the amount of nearly 300,
for the purpose of registering their freeholds.
We are sorry to learn that Sir WILLIAM CURTIS
is coofiiied to his house at Ramsgate, by a serious
indisposition.
Our Dover letter of Thursday - says—" The
Count de LIEVEN (Russian Ambassador) and
suite arrived last night in the King George packet
fro.o Calais. Lord CASTLEREAGH and Lidv arrived
tfre preceding evening from London, to pass some
Mays in the Governor's apartments, Dover Castle.
-The Lord Duncan packet, with dispatches, the
Good Statesman transport, with troops and cart
horses, and, the Parfait Union French passage.
vessel, arrived • this day from Calais, and the: Ca-
tharine passage vessel from Boulogne with pas-
sengers. Sailed the Lord Sidmouth extra packet
with a mail, and the Defence passage vessel for
Calais."
• It has been ridiculously observed in a Morning
Paper, that " Mr. COLMAN has a Theatre of his
own to take care ot, which is full enough for one
intellect, however brilliant," and the same paper
denies that an application has been made to that
Gentleman to assume the management of Drury-
lane Theatre. If, indeed, no application was
made to that Gentleman, we conceive that the
Committe are nut sufficiently aware of the benefits
which they might derive from his superintending
talents, judgment, and experience. As to the
silly assertion that he has employment enough on
his hand, for " one intellect, however brilliant,"
it may be observed, that by the long continuance
of the theatrical seasons in the Winter Theatres,
Mr. COLMAN has no such great labour during his
short season as would preclude him from the full
exercise of his faculties in the management of any
other Theatre during the remainder of the year.
The Colossal Statue of BUONAPARTE, by CA-
NOVA, now in the possession of the Duke of WEL-
LINGTON; has beep erroneously stated as a present
to the Duke, by the PRINCE REGENT. It was
directly presented to his Grace, by the King of
FRANCE. This grand piece of sculpture is worthy
of the great Artist by whom it was executed, and
the marble is unique in point of purity and colour.
PRICE OF BULLION YESTERDAY.--Portugal
Gold in Coin, and Foreign Gold in Bars, were at
4/., New DOUbloons at 31. 19s. 6d., and New
Dollars at ss. 2d.
A child has been born in Paris, for whom pro-
digal nature has doubled several organs. There
are, besidea other things, 104ingers on each hand.
A Gentleman being asked why be adventured in
the present Lottery, answered, " for Six good
reasons," alluding to the Six Grand Prizes of
20,0001. contained in the Scheme. His favourite
Offices were MARTIN'S, 8, Cornhill, and 120, Ox-
ford-street ; which the lucky shares in the 20,0001.
and 10,0001. Capitals, sold by MARTIN -and Co. its
the last Contract, can, no doubt, give 30,000 sub-
stantial reasons fo'r .prefehing to every other Of-
: Lice is the•iiingdoiu.