The Sun.
London, England, 1817-01-18 00:00:00

OP THE'I4TIT.

An inhabitant of Paris demanded--lot, That
the King should not have the pOwer of pardoning
Ministers condemned by the Chamber of Leers ;
,20, That persons guilty of crimes which 'formerly
would hare beta at tended by confiscation of gtiods
be deptived Of their civil rights.
The Cotuntission proposed the order of the day
upon the sesontl'questibn, seeing the expreis'dia-
;position of: the Penal Code) and upon the first,
'seeing that the Charter gives the King the right of
pardoning,

M. de Castelhajac demanded, that the motives
'expressed in the conclusions of the Commission
be (Infringed, as it is not the Charter which givetE
the King the power of pardon,
.but the King who
'reserved this right which always belonged to bun.
4,rite Charter did not confer a new power.
Tlirge,htnOrti A:14010 Atatl6l.cttnices
of Marseilles petitioned against the freedom of
that.port, Which has not procured all the advan-
rages that were expected. They said that the i.e•
salt of this freedom had been to establish a heavy
bat den of customs, and to favour the foreign Cam-
pierce at the expence of the French ; lastly, they
said that this system of freedom was never ad-
mitted by Kneen& who always found it contrary
to tier maritime. proarierity. The Commission)
proposed to refer it to the Minister of the Interior,
•
u hie)) was adopted.
The discussion 'llion Indiiidual liberty was re-
sumed in presence of Comtc Peea;e, Becqueyl,
and the Counsellor of State, Delamalle. M.Bee-
riley then addressed the Assembly, and after a
long discussion the-sitting broke up at five o'clock,
bud adjourned to the, next clay.

P,l.tits, JA', 14.—The liiiiig this. (lay' received
the Aln hiiiiss (lork. l'ileic lixeclielicios..irc. re tater-.
words prvsesiied to Ifolisiettr, ,Diiitlame, the
Dilebus. of A tignoleme, awl die Pritices, : -

1)ohe of 111,ciiingtootijirtl upon the king..
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SOUTII: AMERICA.
THE IMIS7F 131.7141,E1'1N0i."1:T1N
kis in vain that the tyrantsliare'ealled into ate.;
Lion` 1l then. resources. Providence smiles upon
us, and the 'despair of our enemies is only etpial
red by' oar happiness. The illustrirMS of
Margueretta, unaSsisted„ rtird v throwitiolf the
yoke of Spanish domination ajtpals. them,'
.'f heir
couriers have hien Its tereepted,' nth liketii"tirt&
their ships ca(oured.in the'ports of (runotna -and
Barcelona. One blow has etrectedthil. ,)ntrtiay
has sufficed to displaTthe superfority of 0)11. arms.
The Royalists of j!anipater are confined in the'
of theirfortifieatiOnS OVerchmes
them, and the.bravie General Arismendi beats them
at every point. The retreat of.Oentriare is known;
but the tepporary wawa of several of-our arnied
Vessels, and the misiOrtnnes of solne officers, have
not, retarded the operations of the `division of the
Republican Army in the rallies of Arapua, under,
the command of General- Mitegregtir; The Bj,©.-
nish General Quero was he'ateri at the bead of a
considerable force in the valley of Onoto, on
IBtb of the.last month. The independent" troops
Mite pursued him to .Ajuntus. The CariteCtii Ga-
zette, of the 24th of Jl4, acknowledges-the
dis-
asters that the King's arms have sustained.
Very satisfactory adcoutos htive been 'received
'from Los Litmus. .The officers who were there
have placed themselves Under the command. of
Gencial.ilarino. Our succisses herr spread alarm
along the whole coast from Compano to Porto
Cabello, and the _oppressors Of
.httroutty ale
every where in consternation. Colonel' Miguel
Valdez occupies the entire province of Bur-'
rint.lo. The intrepid Cs'eneral Pier has pene
traced as far as Comanacoa, and has made
many prisoners. " The brave General Monejas• has
lately been very successful in the province of tidi•-
gcloria. The valiant General Roxas, with time
gallant Matturicitis, occupies the plains of Cu-
!liana find hisfiAcelleney General Marino.', now
advancing towards' the capital of Caraccas, where
tire .prayers d the people call

Attila Bead-quarters at 'crept', Aug. 3U, 1816..
(Signed) PpdMtp MajOr-feacrol,
ESTEVAIt. 11.1.:1t1tEltA, Sec. of War.
111/O.ET.IN No. If: •
Chi the :{lst ult. at, it) li. the ArMy toot 'its march from
Treptt upon yagnOrapart, and it five P.M. of the same day it
wa, joined by his.l,4relleney the Commander-in-Chief. Yes-
terday at wren theyeseree set sail; and this day, at the
same hour, our. stiaa,lrotscannanaded that volt, and acted, in
concert Willt-thy,litod 4sic'es, under the cottsand of his Es-
cellency in person, whp, as soon as they heard Alm cannon.
ode; advanced to the,Attaeli. The reserve ixen already
landed,. and hadiobtained possession of theAr.finches, which
were occupied by forty men. After a iomba(-Which: lasted
half an boor, thr moms of the 4tepablie Ogtoined a victory as
corhplete as it wAsglorious. Forty,. 'pushes, alarge lumber
of mules,•staillii'et•td prisoners, weret he result of this action...
The enemy had more, thttu 5150 nitm. Theyleft fourteen deid
on the field of bait Iv; white-we did net-Suffer Ocala:Alen loss.
.. (.
f A company o 40 Creole joined our standai•d: The second.
contl,any.of nlntre pitt the Tyl'iMts to
flight „while the rest •Of the Army had' he tititrs ilwation'of be»
ing deprived, by thaf !tight, of the opportonity' or stripping
them Of those i'lrIPS which they Were so torwort Ity to year.—
On r ad; anclul guard is„atyresent at Itits•Seeo‘'.'asict will arrire
to.in at row ot • Cat thee, where they wilt .14; joilt4 hi t he'nutin
boil' of tits Army: , . . '

. •
Thr lonnber r,r thedefenders of liberty in the castes% part
of Vrn,;auela will he much' increased in a few 'days, for those
who have already joined us,' assure us that all the Creoles
will Burk to our standard, liSrsooil as they know that our
army k commanded by General Marino.' Ile is tenderly be-
101i.d by them,

a.t t.pe head-quailcis of l'aguarapar:n, 'Sept. 2, 1816.
(Signed) PF.DItO CF-111)1A, Major•peneral.
, E. 11E111tE,RA, Secretary of War.