The Sun.
London, England, 1817-08-29 00:00:00

after a violent tletotiatiOn, A large Opening it:ts
been discovered at the
.bottom, through which
probably the .water tan into the sinuotities of
the adjacent mountains.

" ROME) AUG: 9.--,-Sariria is negotiating a,
new Concordat with the Holy See, having for its
object to render the Er!clesiastical Constitution
uniform throughout the Sardinian dominions. A
Nuncio of the first rank is in future to reside at

Tttritl."

is,re,v Yolk I'Jpers to the cs,l of August arrived

this morning :
(from the New r",,rk Commercial -Itlyerti.ser of ell,'ll '27)
FROM AMELIA ISLAND.--Our advices from that
place come down as late as the 12th inst. At
that time the individuals who had left the island
previous to the arrival of the Patriots bad mostly
returned, and appeared quite contented with the
new order of things. General M‘GREGoa was
busily engaged in sending off his troops to St.
John's, which place he was expected to reach
about the 18th inst. St. Augustine was strictly
blockaded by a Patriotid frigate, and the True-
Blaoded sloop of war is more than a match for
any naval force which Spain has in the Western
hemisphere.
PaTnionc PRIVATEERS.—There are, it is said,
aboui 20 of these privateers now cruising in the Gulf
of Mexico and along the coast of Cuba. A prize to
one of the privateers was lately lost on Passearalos,
and 9 out of a prize-crew of 13, on reaching the
shore, were murdered by the Indiana.
BALTIMORE, JULY 25.—1 t is reported that the
Secretary of the Navy. has appointed Lieutenants
M'CALL and Mora; to make a critical survey of
the Southern coast, from Beaufort to St. Mary's
River. Lieutenant M'CALL distinguished himself.
in the contest between the Enterprize and the
Boxer, and tlsebrave;.y of Lieutenant MONK was
particularly evint ed in the glorious and successful
rencontre of Like Die.
NEW DIPLOMATIC ARRANGEMENT.--The Wash-
ington City Gazette of Saturday announces, that •
Mr. PINCKNEY is to supply the place of Mr.
ADAMS, at the Court of St. James's; and that
Mr.- Rossi, the present Attorney-General, is to
succeed Mr. PINCKNEY at the Court of St. Peters-
burgh. - . .
(From the New Yorh Commercial iltivertizer of fitly 31.)
BOSToN, JULY 28.—We have received the
Port-au-Prince Telegraph of June 28, which is
filled with a variety of Official Paper, of the Go-
vernment of the United States of Venezuela.—
The first of these is a Proclamation of SANTIA.GO
MARINO, Captain-General and First Chief of the
Armies of the Republic,. to the people of Vene-
zuela, dated -June 11, 1817. The second is an
Act of the Government, confirming Bocivatt's
Decree proclaiming Freedom to Slaves, and en-
acting a penalty for its violation. The third is a
commission to the Honourable Citizen LOUIS
BRION, appointing bins Admiral of the Venezuela
Squadron, and Captain-General of the Armies by
land and sea. The fourth is a Military Law for
the protection of the liberties of the Venezne-
, flans, declaring every individual from 14 to 60
years of age soldiers of the Republic, and re-
quiring them to present themselves in twenty-
four hours to the several Military Commanders.•
Next follows an Act of the Supreme Executive
Power of the United States of Veneinela, passed
May 17, of the year 7, which, after a preamble,
expresses the desire of the Republic to show its
gratitude to Great Britain and the United States
of North America, for the hospitality shown to
Emigrants of the Republic, and for admitting her
ships into their Ports, and respecting her flag of
the High Seas ; it also decrees that all produce of
the country to which the vessel belongs to pay no
more duty than is exacted of Citizens; all arms
and military stores are free of duty, as well as the
returned cargoes purchased for them ; this decree
is to extend during the war.
Then follows a Bulletin, dated May 29, giving
an account of a battle fought by General Platt in
Guiana, in which be claims to have routed the
Royalists, taken 586 prisoners, including in the
number CERUTI, Governor of. Guiana, and 17
Officers.
The next article is a decree of the Executive
Government, in which it is declared that the stile
of the Sovereign Congress of Venezuela shall be
The Honourable Congress. ,
The next, and last article, is a decree, that the
flag of the Venezuelean ships of war shall bear 7
stars, representing the 7 provinces,
,but merchant
vessels shall carry only the Ui-coloured flag.
SAVANNAII, JULY 16.—General M4GBEGor. has
pledged the honour of a Soldier, that no fugitive
(Negro) shall find an asylum in his camp i• but
every person of that description whom his troops
may meet shall be arrested and sent to St. Mary's.

The accounts from all parts of the United States,
received in town this morning, State thrit there
nerer was known so fine a harvest as the.present.