The Sun.
London, England, 1819-07-26 00:00:00

GENERAL MACGREGOR.

(rtonz tlte ilritis4 Monitor of,,rsterday.)

orr: ISPATCH ES from GENERAL MACGREGOR.

In Tie British Monitor of July II th, I inserted
some anecdotes respecting MacGaunon, relating
to his intrigues at Washington, and his conduct at
Porto Eel°. The article was copied into an Irish
Newspaper, and from that it Vr39 inserted last
Wednesday into all tare London Newspapers.—l
this day- p went to the Reader an extract of let-
ters sent by Genersl MAcGnecoa to his friends in
Loudon ; and I give it just as I received it, with-
out flPy comment.

" Major BEzANT, of the Corps of Artillery of
General MAcGaßog, arrived in town on Thursday
wi!li letters from the Commander-in-Chief,
.dated St. Andre, 2Stit May, in which it is stated
that General MAcGr;roort took wiih him from St.
Ar.;lre, (the dop6t) to Porto Bello, two complete
troops of the " Lauceros de Maceroni," all vete-
ran soidi,2rs from the 9th, 12th, and IGth lii Irish
Lancers, perfectly well armed and equipped, and
mounted at Porto Bello. The General conceiv-
Sing it to lie impossible for him to be attacked
front any other quarter than from the high
road of Panama, scat his out-posts and picquets
in that direction, under the command of Major
BALnwiN, of the Lancers. This officer and his
men were cut off from the town and made pri-
soners, at about three miles distance from Porto
Bello. The enemy came down to that town un-
percived through the woods, which flank it closely
on each side.. The two companies of lancers
would have been sufficient to overthrow the
Spaniards that surprised the town, hatl they had
an opportunity of charging on the large wide
square and in the streets. A considerable quail-
titv of specie was found at Porto Bello. Five
thousand doubloons in gold were discovered
in the cemetery a few days previous to the
re-capture. MACGREGOR owes the preserva-
tion of his life to the bravery and presence
of mind of one of his Aides-de-Camp, Cor•
net CoLot.ouon, of Belfast. This young man
slept in the next room to MacGancort, and upon
hearing the rush of men ascending the stairs,
-Seized a brace of pistols and his sabre, and met
the assailants at the stair-head, just before the
floor of MACGKEGOR'S room With the two pis-
toli he had the good luck to kill a Spanish Co-
lond and a Captain, and he thrust his sabre
through the body of a third. All these three
rolling down stairs impeded the advance of
the rest. MACGREGOR in the mean time leaped
out at the window. Cor.cLouGn received a bail
through the left hand ; had time to follow MAC-
GREGOR, and got safe on board the sloop of war.
It was Cornet SRAIPLE, of the Lancers, who vo-
lunteered to swim off to MacGaßoaa's ship, from
the fort, with the message from Colonel RAFTER.
Ile roost nobly swam hack with the answer, and,
after all, returned to the ship, and is now safe
end well at St. Andre. Major .1-3EzANT left Porto
Bello on the day preceding the re-capture, in
charge of a quantity of artillery and stores for
the fortifications that are erecting at St. An-
dre. MAcGrtccoa bad about sixteen hundred
men when Major BEZANT left him. The
Prince and the Henry, with 270 men eacii.,
front Ireland ; the Tarantula, from London, with
veteran cavalry and horse artillery ; a large
ship of 650 tons, with 430 men, from Ireland;
the Samuel, from London, entirely laden with
arms and ammunition ; and another vessel from
Dublin, with '250 men, and the Lively Ann, from
London, with 48 veteran Officers, and 110 picked
soldiers, are all expected with impatience at St.
Andre; besides 1000 men from New York, and
about 700 from Jamaica, When the whole is
collected, it will be a considerable force ; and, in
the course of a month, the army will land,at Santa
re di Bogota, which is a short distance front
Carthagena, the capital of New Granada.

A curious case of fraud has occurred Lately in
the city, which has been much talked of in the
commercial circles, and may probably hereafter
furnish an intricate subject of legal investigation.
The confidential clerk of a merchant, who was
en'rusted with nearly the sole management of his
concerns, had repeatedly laid before him letters
from correspondents in the Country, announcing
the intention of drawing for certain bills ; the
bills were afterwards produced in due course, and
accepted by the merchant ; the clerk discounted
them, and applied the money to his own use.—
Several of these bills were presented for payment,
and duly honoured, before the diScovery was
)srade th.tt the hills and the letters were all forge-
ries. The question discussed is, whether the
merchant is bound to pay the remaining bills,
which, though forgeries in the drawing, were all
regularly accepted by himself. The payment, we
understand, is likely to be resisted, and the matter
Will probably be retcrred to our Courts of Law.
The extent of the fraud is little short of MOM:
(Suliday Paper.)
CAUTION co CLERGY/4E14.-11e Vicar of WCl-
.lingt on, in this county, was informed against last
tvcck, and fined 51. for omitting,' to read publicly
is his church the act against profane swearing, as

• LONDON JOUiWLB.

FRCAI 'CUE MORNING PAPER OF THIS IM*.

[Morning CAronicle.]
Lord COCIIRANH sent his boats to cut ont two
vessels in the outer harbour of Lima, on the 20th
of Ftbruary, in ‘vhich he succeeded ; ''they. are
valuable merchant vessels. He also cut 'tat .a
gun-boar, loaded with artillery and stores, but
could not attempt any thing against the frigates,
as they were inside of the harbour, and protected
by very strong forts. The people there are so
dissatisfied with their Government, that they came
off to him by hundreds, till he was obliged, for
want of room, not to receive any more. General
San Martin is marching with his army to attacii
the said place by land, which, the Buenos Ayres
Gazette says, will submit on his approaaiug

I'ItOCLA ATION

BT LORD COCHRANE, TICF-ADMIRAL OF CHILI, ADMIRAL AND

COMMANDEK•I\-CIIIEF OF TIIE Sidll'S ANL) VEISELs of TILL

STATES.

tieing, authorised and commanded h) the Suliretue Govern-
ment of Chili strictly to blockade the Ports, Bays, Harbours,
and the whole coast of the Kingdom of Peru,

I hereby declare as follows, viz.:—

Ist. That the port of Callao, and all other pints, bays, and
harbours, as well as the line of coast from the port of Ciuya-
qui' to Alacaina in Peru, are in a state of formal blockade.

2d. All vessels are strictly prohibited from carrying on any
commerce, or holding communi:ation with the-said ports and
places within the foresaid mentioned line of blockade.
:id. Nu ships or vessels belonging- to friendly or neutral
Powers now in the bay of Callao, or in any of the ports or an-
chorages comprehended within the blockade aforesaid, shall
be permitted to sail therefrom after the lapse of eight days
from the date hereof.

4th. No neutral flag shall in any case he suffered to cover
or neutralize the property of Spaniards, or of the inhabitants
of the countries subject to the King of Spain.
sth. Any neutral vessel navigating under false or double
papers, or which shall not have the necessary documents to
prove the ownership of the property, shall suffer the penalties
applicable to the goods and merchandize of enemies.
Gth. Every neutral vessel which shall have on board Mili-
tary Officers, Masters, Supercargoes, or Merchants of the
Countries subject to the King of Spain, shall be sent to Val-
paraiso, there to be adjudged according to the law of nations.
7th. The present notification shall bu transmitted to those
whom it may concern.

Given on board the
.O'Higgins, bearing the Flag of
the Commander in Chief, in the Bay of Callao, this
Ist day of March, 1819. •
(Signed) COCHRANE.
By his Lordship's command, AND. A. JONTE, Sec.

(Morning Post.]
At a late hour last night a Mail from Flanders
reached our Office. It furnishes some interesting
communications relative to the proceedings which
it has been found necessary to
.adopt in regard to
the very suspicious, not to say alarmingly seditious
conduct of the Students, and even of some Pro-
fessors of the several German Universities. From
Berlin it is stated, that very early on the morning
of the 7(h inst. all the papers of several Students
in the University were sealed up, and afterwards
delivered to the Magistrates ;. and that all the
papers of a Doctor have had the same fate.
This measure hid caused great sensation, awl
the utmost anxiety was manifested with regard
to the result. At Fribourg, on the same
day, two Members of the Association of Ger-
man Students were suddenly wrested at their
lodgings, and conveyed to the Prison of the Uni-
versity, after some papers had been seized. At
the same time, the Police seized the papers of
somo other Students belonging to the same Asso-
ciation, as well as those of a Woman. The latter
is a prisoner in her own abode. The Students
are at liberty. Dork Pfister, Director of the town
of Heidelberg, who arrived there at break of day,
as Grand Ducal Commissioner, had ordered these
measures. This affair makes a great noise.-7-
It is affirmed, that it was called for by
.a
Foreign Court, and that a special Committee
113 d been formed for the purpose at Carlsruhe,
at which a Foreign Minister and the celebrat-
ed Professor Arensat Giessen ,were present.—
It seems that similar proceedings have been insti-
tuted at Heidelberg and other Universities, to in-
quire into the association of the German Students.
" Baussur.s. JULY 22.—The Sittings of the
Wirtemberg Diet were opened at Louisburg') on
the 13th, by Royal Commission. M. Luke, one
of the Commissioners, made a suitable discourse
on the occasion, and the Assembly voted by ac-
clamation an Address of Thanks .to the King.
The Swiss Diet opened on the sth."
Mr. Henry Hunt has addressed a letter to the.
Lord Mayor—(see our 414 Page),—written in a
style the most flippant and contemptible. its ob-
ject is to throw ridicule upon the important com-
munication made by his Lordship to the Common
Council relative to the designs of the Radical Re-
formers on Wednesday last, but the attempt is too
puerile and wretched to merit serious attention.
With equal contempt must be treated the auda-
cious insiouation that the infamous placard posted
in the vicinity of Smithfield was the production
of some friend of Government or of the Lord
Mayor. Such attempts and insinuations, it must
however be admitted, are every way worthy of
the heroes of Smithfield and of Spa-fields.—(Thid.)'

[New-71-4111es.]

The important office of Keeper of the Records
in the Tower of London, vacant by the death of
the late Samuel Lysons, has been very appro-
priately conferred on Mr. Henry Petrie. It is not
often that appointments give greater satisfaction,
or reflect more credit upon all parties engaged in
them. This Cientlernan, we understand, has been
occupied for the last twenty years in collecting
materials for the .History of our own countty,
upon the noble plan of the Recueil des Historiens
de la France, a work in 17 folio volumes, project-
ed by the learned Beuedictines of that country,
and now in progress under the care of its venera.
ble Editor, Dow. Ilri,tl. Mr. Petiie is said to
have critically examined Upwards Of et thousand
historical MSS. utom the subject.