The Sun.
London, England, 1817-11-07 00:00:00

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POItT SPAI7:, Alta. 4a.----My letters by the ship Prince of"
Wales woala inform you of the total reductiinu if the fine aria
vinee of Guaestart, The Patriatic Army took possesiion
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the town of Air-us-aim ah the 17th Jul, and of the fortresses,
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or Old Guayana, 1,1) the ad August. A part of the sillpping,
say nine or,
ten vessels,, with the remains of the garrison, has t;
arrived at Grenada ; but I suspect that between death and de-
sertion there remained few to embark. Brigadier-General
Latorre and Governor Fitzgerald are said to be of the number k
at Grenada. The vessel i» which the Bishop embarked was
stranded ia one of the creeks, and some launches proceeded
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front this, two days ago, to endeavour to bring him off; for
where,he is he roll!, great risk, I understand, of being starved
or drowned. It is very probable he will have been picked up
by the Patriots. As, yet it is trot ascertained what number cf
vessels Brion shall have takes), as trot bing has arrived _from a
thence but a small skiff just on the surrender; anti as she
came through the creeks, could know little of what was pass-
ing.on the River. But a great number of-craft has sailed
from this, and I hope our trade will feel the good effects
shortly.. a ,
Five bulletins have arrived from Margarita, of the- opera-
tioni ofahe.Patriotie Army under the command of the (laver-
mar, Brigadier-General Francisco Gomez, a native of that
Island. On the 14th of July Genera! Murillo presented him-
self before.the port of Guaarache, with twenty-two sail of ves-
sels, and effected his landing with. 2500 men, composed of the
troops lie had lately received from Spain, and tnose drawn
from the neighbouring garrisons. On the 84th the Pa-
triots having abandoned the town of Pampatar to con-
centrate themselves towards the north part of the island,
the Spanish trool s occupied the town amid neighbouring •
heights. It is to be observed, that this part of the country r,
is soabarren, that there is, not :in atom of provisions of
any sort to he found in it, and, of course was not tenable by
She Patriots, who aubsiat an their own supplier. 'lite :
garitaneana having a great many points to defend, and the
Spaniards having the command at sea, the latter conld always 'l'
attack with great superiarity of numbers any particular
point; but the farmer sire all rifle-men, and know every a
inch of the country. On the a ist, General Morillo in per-
son, at the head of Intro of his best troops, attacked the city, v
covered and defended by three hundred infantry, and about a
as many cavalry. This city was destroyed by the Spaniards
when General Arismendi expelled them the island, and
is now an open ruined place, so that the action was in
the open Country, between the covering army and Mo-
rillo's troops. General Gomez commanded in person in '..
the foremost ranks. The action commencedvat ten A. M. :
and lasted till six e. m. when victory declared for the In-
dependents, and Marino, under cover of the night, retreated
upon Pampatar, with the loss of about 600 men killed and
wounded. Having got a reinforcement of 400 from Barcelona, •
he presented himself by sea and land before thetown ofJuan
Griego on the Bth August, and on the 9th attacked it with 2,000
men. The defence for a long time depended on a battery,
thrown up in a hurry, and mounted with 5 guns, and defend-
ed by 130 men. This caused prodigious slaughter among the
enemy, but before the reinforcement under General Gomez
came up, the battery accidentally blew' up, and the enemy g 4
possession of the town. The action was, however, maintauted
with great bravery by the Nlargaritatreans, with General Go-
mez at their head; and Morino, having lost a great number'
of men, and finding- he could nut stir an inch out of the town,
abandoned it on the 11th. On the lath General Gomez w
to a friend Lere, that he had just learned from the deserters
that Murillo seas evacuatiok Paturatar. The loss of the Spa-
niards is estimated at 'loan killed and wounded ; the Marga-
ritaueans admit a loss of 40, chiefly in the exposion of the,
battery.
You will hare seen Niorilla's Proclamation, threatening to
exterminate the Marearitaneaes with their families, as well
as his SIMI mons to Gomer, and the latter's answer, which
breathes all the noble firmness of the leader and his heroic
count rymen.—lt appears, by a letter from Margarita, that
the Proclamation was acted upon. It says—. The Spaniards
" put some women and children to death in the valley of
Espiritu Santo, and in tine town of jinni Griego. In the
" aortnera they cut off a child's.frands, aid sent him in this
" state to the city, no doubt believing it would terrify the
" Margaritaneans ; but this operation caused a different.
" effect, for it irritated them the more, and they then put
" colonel Lejano, and the other prisoners tbey bad hitherto
" preserved, to death."
Ann osa 24.—Since writing the foregaing, a boat, sent by
General Bolivar to COUJI11111111_,,:e to the Government of Mar-
garita the fatal redaCtion of Guayana, has called in Inert-, and
bringa‘ a conarination of tine COW! iste evacuat ham. tel
and all the island of Margarita, by the Spawards. Mos
Hilo set off with hat vessels ;lad troops dawn the coast, it is
supposed far La Guayra. It is said Canvas is menaced by an
invading army from the interior. Thus has ended the
fatuous exptfition of Marino, awl all his threats of ex-
Cr12,1111,11111V.4 a brave and ,intoous people ! lle l:;, 10,1. the
flOWer of 111$ troilas ()facers, damns; others a Caionel Al-
do:ails, the atticer soak Barcelona, atad the same who
pabiiely flogged a lady of Cr nanna, tied ,rn a jacka,s, men-
tioned sunny time ago in the London Papers.
general Marino lately attacked 'the lawn of Carideo and
touts it. The small garrison defending the church, cam-erred
jinn a block-house, were, in iuritdtion of the: Spaniards at
Barcelona., lint to a e A few days after, Marino was
attacked by a detachment from Curnana, which he repulsed ;
but counting on a co-uperatain from Guiria, which did no:
take place, and having lost COO killed and wounded out of
nano, he did not like to expose himself to an attack from Ma-
rgit.> (wino might beat up his quarters in twelve hours frail,
Margarita), and therefore returned to his former position at
Rana-Wawa. In the Mean time General Piar arrives! at Ma-
turin, with a reinforcement from Guayana, to take, it is said,
the command, and Marino was to go to Guiria to act in con-
junction. Piar is the patriotic " Enfant gate the la Victoire."
He destroyed Monteverde's army in the Plains of Maturity,
Morales in the Battle of the 'roma% Fitzgerrald in Upper
Guayana, and Cernti at Banco San Felix, also in Guayana,
which last secured the coaquesi of this impartant province.
Piar has the character of a strict disciplinarian, and is very
much beloved by his troops. That these are susceptible of •
M Gregor's memorable expedition from the Cho-
roni to Barcelona is strong evidence, and it is asserted that
the greatest order has been observed at Guayana. It is a pity
that the Spanish pride and policy, by refusing all exchange
of prisoners, and putting those they take tw death, shauld
,force the Independents so frequently to retaliate. Had ale,-
exchanged Colonel Lujano for General Ft cites, two va-
luable lives would have been preserved ; but he preferred
shooting time other to saving Ins countryman and brother
officer. He will, I hare little doubt, soon experience the
effect of his system ill New Grenada, many provinces of which
are represented to be in a state of open revolt against their
oppressors. In fact, the Spanish Government may nowatdopt
what maxims it likes, for all confidence is destroyed between
Spain and America; and the Inquisition has lust all it charms
for the South Americans!
I find M'Gregor has taken possession of Amelia Island, and
was preparing, to altacli S:t. Augustine. He is the popular
Saint of Venezuela at present, instead of St. dames. He has
fought their battles like a hero, and preserved the honour of
his country by the most disinterested conduct. Where he was
there was no plunde: ing, and those who served under him
admire his discipline.