The Sun.
London, England, 1817-12-31 00:00:00

SOUTH AMERICA.

Letters from Buenos /lyres to 20th Sept. trere
yesterday received by ti►e ship Friendship, arrived
at tie Cove 'of. Cork, on her way to Liver pool.
Several Spanish prizes had reached the River
Plate, among•which are the Esperaura, formerly
the Sir William Pul►eney, from Cadiz to Mi.;
with the Governor and his suite on hoard,
captured' after an action of twelve minutes ;
had a valuable cargo of quicksilver, copper, wine,
brandies, and some dry goods. Also ship Tereza
and schooner Corsa, captured by the Independence
and San Martin privateers, and 'both hound front
Ilavannall to Cadiz, with cargoes of sugar, cot-
ton, coffee, &c. Yet to arrive, a small prize from
llavanrtal► to Cadiz. The Independence and
Corsa, now fitting out as privateers, are ready to
sail again, and in a good state. C:ipt. BowLEs
sailed on 23d August for Chili. A large vessel,
with arms and gunpowder, had arrived from the
United States. The Portuguese still remain in
Montevideo. A great number of vessels were at
Buenos Ayres, and among them 10 or 12 Spanish
prizes lying in the roads. The two Portuguese
Intliamen, which were ordered to be released, had
nut left the River Plate. Mr. MIFFLIN and Mr.
WormuNGTON had arrived from the United
States with the nomination of Consul-General to
the United Provinces of South America. Orr the,
7tl) Sept. a heavy gale of wind Was experienced in
the Plate. Twenty-four square-rigged vessels
were lying in the roads. A Spanish pnlacca ship,
prize to the True-blooded Yankee, bad also ar-
rived

By the same cpnveyance we have received a se-
ries oe Gazettes and tuber Papers.
The Royalist Army, under the command of the
Spanish General LA &RNA, Con titmcd, it is sabl,
to experience in its retreat, hunger, deser-
tion, and all kinds of hardships consequent
to a complete defeat. Its marches were slow,
as well. owing to the want of the means of Con-
veyance, as on account of the attacks of the Pa-
triots. According to all Official report of the 12th
June from Colonel Rux of a di
skon in pursuit of the enemy, and addressed to the
Comuntoder of the van-guard, the pound of hush
hide was then selling in the enemy's camp at one
dollar.—"J he deserters add, that they bad been
living for some time on mule's and asses, and
their means of conveyance so much reduced,
that they were compelled to destroy a large
part of their stores and heavy baggage, and
throw many.of theirfit•ld pieces juin the rivers.. It
was expected that the Royalists would be tuncb

bet-ifertireSted, as snon a's- the COnfi'Oaniler of the
van:-guard of the Patriotic army had. come up-witit
the raid he had receiVed.from the General :in Chief,
owing.to the 'ivant of which, 11,11 the 'in-intense
• di:ranee of their supplies, the Patriots bad not
beefs able to reap the full fruits of the iteent ad-
vantages gained 'over the tiferny.
The operations of the army acting in Upper
Peru were, it is added, greatly facilitated by the
suicesss of the one labouring in the expulsion of
the .Spaniards *on the Other side of the Andes.—
'The vainable fortress of Aranco, one of the
Southern points of Chili, had fallen into the hands
of the Parriotsi as appeals from the official dis-
patch of General FRBYRE, of the 231 of May,
The Patriom lost 14 killed, and the Itoyalists 30.
An official staterneat of the operations of.the
Peruvian army, front the, 17th 51ay to 15th June,
gives various details of partial atracksanade on the
enemy. In it reference is made to the colninuni-
clition relating to the daring movements of Colo-
nel A gaoz DE LA MADRib. This officer, after per-
forming Most difficult marches over deserts and
craggy mountains, on many occasions compelled.
to carry his artillery on his men's shoulders after,,
foiling the Spaniards, who waited fOr hint in the
defiles of Cotaguita and Potosi, had reached the
neighbourhood of Chuquisaca, capital of thepro-
vince of Charcas,. where, by a military stratagem,
he Captured an advanced Party, commanded by a
Lientenant-Colonel.. 0:4 the 21st play) he made
his attack on the city front five points, anti ad-
vanced as far as the main square, notwithstuntri,g
the hear), fire he experienced of artillery and
musketry, from the;ntrenchments, windows, and
tops of the houses.• Seeing then that it would he
impossible to attain his'object, without the sacri-
fice of nearly the %whole of his small party, and
conceiving it also inure advisable to wait for the
division expected front Fernandia, he retreated by
the road of Tarabuco. Oti the 2.9 th the abore
division joined him,'and notwithstauding the ene-
my had.received.a reinforcement of 600 men from
Potosi, the city of Chuquisaca was completely
blockaded and cut off from all supplies. The Ga-
zettes contain viirions decrees and regulations re-
lating to the local administration of the country,
on the part of the Independents.

THEATRICAL RIGIS.TER.
Performed Lalt Night.
THEATRE RoYAL., LA 1 i wit. After which, The
Irish Widow. To which WAS. added, fiayltirin's
'lift AT v. RovAL, COVENT-GA RDEN-,--.Guy Maimerint: Henry
Bertrl73l, Mr. Braila 'Lucy Bertram, Miss :Stephens...Af-
ter which, fiatlequiri Gufliyter:

MAILS.
ARRIVED-1 Guernsey and itrsey, 1 Waterford.

PRICE OF STOCKS
!t's nAv AT Twr3....,4". CK.
3 per Cent. Bed.— . 814 !as.: .pr.
4 per Cent,: 980 Exel.r. Bill: l-25. 1;•<.
Dant: L. Ann.....‘.1t1 11-161.1ns Cons. tin Account Si! as

HIGH WATER AT LONDON mut-my. TO MORROW.
Morzliug, 6 iniaut es, an iT R. I tiwea►ing, 2.1 mirtutes aftvr 9.

THE SUN.

SOLE:If
.QUI4 mcint: FILtiUM sIAIDENS ?

I. N ,
ITEDN ESI).IY, ECE:II BEI? 31, }Sri'

:file Paris -Papeis of Sunday last, which were
due this morning, have not come to hand.

BansApoEs, Noy. 4 —Accounts have at length
reached us from Dominica, whence every vessel
was driven to sea during the late hurricane, and
none of them had returned when the Robert mail
boat, which arrived here on Sunday, the 2d.inst.,
left that island. The country had sutferetiso ma-
terially, that, unless supplied, a famine vas much
to he dreaded.

The Lady Harriet, ELLICE, of London, and
eleven other vessels, principally Ameiieans
small craft, were 'thiven on shore at St. Lucia,
during the hurt icape on the 21st of October, but
it is supposed they wili be got off.

As the Party Writers, or rather the Jacobins
and Levellers, triumph not only in the extraordi-
nary acquittals of Mr. I-loxE, but on the Meeting
of the factious malcontents of Monday last, who
have the audaCity to style themselves " Friends
of the Liberty of the Press, and of the 'llia! by
Jury," we feel it to be a part of our public duty
to resume the subject. We might ask these Poli-
tical Reformers if a better proof of the liberty of
Speech, which is enjoyed in this country can
be shown than in the silly, mischievous, and se-
ditious harangues which were heard at that Meet-
ing, or a better proof of the Liberty of the Press,
than the record of those itnpudent and seditious
harangues in the several Journals of the follow.'
ing day. Is there any oilier country on the fare
of the Globe in which such Meutings could be
held, and such sentiments tittered, and in
the Press would be permitted to convey such
poisonous trash to the people at large ?—We re-'
joiee, however, that we possess such free-
dom of Speech, and of the Press, howvver
they may be abused. Were not the most august .1
and revered characters in the realm attached by
some Of the inn9vatiirg milcreants'? IVi; hoot
being shi;ishly devilryl to the present Admini-'
stration, but rather the consistent and constitu-
tional- supporters of the British Government,
wemay fairly ask if, altogether, a purer and more
inteiii4ent ever guided the affairs of the
State ? They had the illustrious exatriplz: of the im-
mortal FITT to diiect their Counsels, and it ep-

peats to be twerrarneft interition to ~dopt i''',
...iyiretn. By 'persevering in the inainten.‘mce "'
hit Principles., they have frad t he glory of t'r scot'
Europe f ((sun 6ppressiotr, and restoring She bits, if •.°
of Peace and Coimbra among all its CompoueL
States. After baviir obtaioed such esseut i.-il ide•Y
-ings, and achievea Such lasting hon:mts for ilicif
Country, shalt they he.defained by the sri:istort
Leaders of a Rabble Meeting-? Had we evert
purer Berren of Judges ? Yet these Judges ore tri'l
only insolted iii Court-, but are assailed iii the sc
dition:t Prints with the coarsest invest lees, and 11;
basest motives are imputed to their enrol oct. 'tls,i
by iv hour are theSe infamous ,chroges broug,P
against the insist revered characters io the Empire?
%Irby by men notorious for their restless, innocatild
spirit—men, Who are so besotted to. their ow''
opinions, or •so Itardened in folly, as to be inci
pable of profiting by the lessons of experience.-=
I t might be thought that the French Revolution, and
all its bloody horrors in France„and all the mist'
He's Which it brought upon other Countries, won't'',
have checked the senseless zeal of these politicBl
Reformers, as they might expect the same fate as
befel most of the authars of the French Revolts!'
tion, if their wicked hopes of bringing the same
'principles into operation in this coontry bad suc'
ceeded. ‘Ve 'will not disgrace our columns hg
'petitioning at present the HAIM of airy 0.1 she
iTIO-,Orators who spoke at the recent Meeting, but
shall content ourselves with saying that there'dwtt
not one of theta whose folly we do not pity/
or whose principles we do not despise. WC
shall, however, in order to conuteract the poison
of the factious Papers of the Metropolis, And so
snake the Writers, if possible, blasts at the depra'
vity of their conduct, insert the opinions ,inil
sentiments of the several PRoviNcl,it. PrEsgr,
throughout the Empire on this boasted " triumph
of the Liberty of the Press,'; in the case of Mr,
lioxit",' aria we are persuaded that the People at
large will rejoice on finding that those Presses are
characterized by so much.loyalty, knowledge, old
true British spirit, and that they are in the handl
of men AVhofeut for the national honour anal iii
terest, and are so well qualified to support thttr-

FOR THE,SUN.

RISE IN

MP, E-DlTOti,—The London Brewers, in order
to keep p,,ce with their friends in Vie Oil Trailts
have signified their intention to the Publicans, Of
raring the Mice ut that only beverace the pouf
man can enjoy,, to Sixpvnee he PUT 1)F POR4EO.
This measure certainly is a ;;rest har6hip opoo
the Wot king Classes, after the bte,sings of eio
abundant supply of all sorts Of Grain, with which
I'to%idence has blessed the land, and its the enjo7
went of Peace too. I sincerely hi.pe this Coma
tederaey among affluent Brewers will meet with 0
paper eh( ck.

PUBLIUSe

CORN.EXCHANor, DEC.. 3.1.7—We had sonic
fresh Arrivals this morning, principally with Oat'
anil Barley, but there was scarcely any business
done. The fewr d sales made in Vine Wheat an
Oats were at Monday's pticua, but ordinary was
very dull: in Pease and Beaus there is no alters.'
tion.

I

DEIGIITON, DEC. 29 —At five o'clock this Fir"
ternoon, his Royal Highness the Duke of y„,:e
arrived on a visit to the PRINCE REGENT. -
Earl of LIVERPOur. arrived at the Pavilion a
Lour previous, and dined with the itgyil party•
iN expected that ihe PRlsca REGENT will re''
turn to Caution-house ou or about the 20th QV
next month.

Sin C.F.P.ARD Norm's E.STATE.—The agents of
the Puke of WELLINGTON, precious to' their ar
plication to Lotd Rivi Ats, were in treaty for the
purchase of the magnificent seat belonging to the
Novi- fancily; and it, was truly the night previous
to the day which had been fixed upon for rlye
filial arrangement, that Sir GERARD broke off the
correspondence. This sudiltn resolve arose jo
consequence of a ..spontaneous and liberal over"
tnre Iron) Air. CotirTs, the banker, who offered
the very large ?Apt retpiireir, at 5 Per cent. irate'
rest, provided he was allowed to appoint a re-
ceiver for,the estate. Sir 6ERAitO lost not a n3o'
meta in rrccepting this munificent tender, and 00
property was YVlA:Cliltd.

AlAnwiloNE,s funeral °lSt"
(plies of this ninch lamented Lady arrived in this
on Friday evening last,_ and the person*
composing tire processiQn, took up their residence
it the Star Inn, whet e 39 beds were ordered, 010
stabling for 4 horses. The next morning the
Thole proceeded to 'Uleonib, where the lama):
vault it situated', and where the body was me-
cordingly &visited. The procession was grant'
and striking, consisting of six hot semen in avi"
vance, in Wadi ciodcs--,next a mpurniag coach,
drawn by Six horse, in which sat two ntivmen,
iiippot mug tier Ladyship's coronet, upon a •A4i)!
of crimson velvet mall bearing plurnes.l'
leatimrs, followed by the beatse, beariug, the
body, enclosed in a c,,ein of crimson velvet''
Next tilllowed three mourning coaches, coeh
drawn by six hones—and immediately after dies',
the Ma.ctinis•s two carriages, with loor'llorses
each, and a gent bin ii's carriage and fc.ur, with.
five other gentlert!ens" carriages, closing the whole
of the sol.lun SCi:IIC.---(4lo;(fSk7ie glyurma, Da'
30.)

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SHIP EWS.

Dovuit, Dcc•.3o.—Arrive,l off this port, this

day, the Williarind Jane, GEORGE„ bejOnging to
New York, and fiOrn 'London, in 190 days, hound
to Amsterdam :-.-30th Nov. spoke the ship Wil-
liam Harris, HARRIS, from Liverpool for Ja-

maica, all well. Arrive( at this port, yesterday,

the Tent's, Aut.Tons, trotn Pernambuco, in 48
days :—Nov. 22, spoke the Pynthon, of South-
wold, from the Capt. for LontlOn, steering for
Barhadoes, in a vet y leaky state—wind fair, wea-
ther fine at the time. a.c. 13, spoke the Sbaks-
peare, from London to New Brunstriek, all w(11
Dec. 24, spoke the Henry, Krt:pEN, of Cork,

from Newfoundland for Liverpool, in great dis.-
tress, her bowsprit and fore-mast gone, a.nd vcry
leaky—great part of her cargo thrown overhand.;
no bread or water on board for several (tars—
weather bad, and so very heavy a sea, that the
Tellus could render him no assistance, hot lay by
him all night, and next day the wind abated—
sent him bread and water, with - • articles :
the remaining part of the cargo was damaged.

PLYMOUTH, DEC. 30.—Arrived the Astrea
transport nom the Cape: iaiied the sth October,
front St. Helena the '..29!11
•trnm Ascension
the 7th November; arrived at Scilly the .2 sth
December ; anti the day foil ,win:r. was oh4ted to
cut from Hit anchor and cAble,
a"(
broke another
anchor in gait!. Leer at the Cape his Majesty''
ship Eorydire. The London, John, Briiiiint,
and 11e4alia transports, and the Giant,
and Adamant, had Sailed from the Cape for Ci'y-
lon.
Lrft at St. Frieda the David transport.—
The Lord Cathcart ;ailed from St Helena for In-
dia on the 27th Oct. The C"inl""Y'b schooner
St. Helena. which had sailed for the Coast of
Africa, had not been heard of since she s:iiled

from St. [hlena, and donb:s are entertained of
her safety. Also arrived here the following out-
ward-hound vessels :—Eunheinio, fur 'Trieste;
Betsy, for Chatlez,ton ; Paftis, for Gihr,iltar ;
Vedas, for Hayti; Richard am' John, for Rio
Janeiro, Shannon; ,or Naples ; and Duncombe,
fur Jamaica. Passed up Channel the Pacific, from
Demerara.
LivErtPooL, Dnc. 29.—The Lord INI`Do:1(1,
KENNFDY, whirl' sailed trout this port tor Kiel,
is put into Beallomris, leaky.
PLYMOUTH, DF.c. 29 —Arrhed the Anna and
Sophia. R,,GGENsAY, trout Rotterd.on for Boqr-
deaux ; Pomona, Ilot.s-roN, and 11.,oger, KILT,
from Petersbnro, ; and the Zihyr, NICOI-S. from
Loudon tor tiibraltar.—Sdiled the Ceres, DORE,
for Africa.
DEAL. DEC. 30.—Arrived, And Salktl for the
River, !he Thomas. JAcKsoN, from the Cape of
Good Hope. he spoke on Sth ii,st• in lit 9.19.
long. 18.30: W. his MAjesty's ship Cherub, out
30 d:ays, ail 'well.—Cante do‘vo Irons the River,
:he Wootton, for Teneriffe, t4arali Anna, for
the Cape.
FALmouTn, FYgc. the Eliza, WM-
LiAms, Ne,v Brimstvick h.() weeks, leaky
Sailed the Prince Erne,t packet, ivi h a mail for
Lisbon, and the Good Intent, 11Am, for St.

• ”n DEc. 2S,—Stilled last even-
Ing the Sandwich packet wi h the "jail and p
is-
%engrrs for Waterford.. Arrived the Dolphin Ite-

venue cutter from a cruise. •
Dec. `29...--The Ancklatci packet, Captain
ilicnAans, sailed list nigh: with the mail for
Waterford ; and the Mansfidd packet, Captain
CHAttt.Es NUTTALL, 113 S arrived therefrom, with
?he mail and passengers on board. Remain the
Unit y, EDWARDS, front Brist(A for St. Vincent's ;
Unity, EDWARDS, from London for Dublin ; Ann
;Ind Mary, EvaNs, froin Lobdou for Sligo ; Pe-
PaoectlT, front Havre to Liverpool ; and
,he Mayflower, WILLIAMS', from Liverpool for
7-z'teter, with his Majesty's sloop of war Brito-
mart, Captain PAscoe.
HULL, Dec. 49.—The sloops sunk at this port
in the gales of last week have all been got up,
nd their cargoes landed.
The West Indianian, John Rickard, of this
fort, Captain StmoN DANsoN, of ‘Vincomblee,
arrived in the Downs on the 1-lih instant from
Port Maria, Jamaica, after a tremendous passage
•:.H ten weeks, with a full cargo, h tying several
I,•incheons of rum upon deck. Mr. DAN N IDS(
bulwarks, and one man was Washed oVer-
board.
The Maria, HARDY, of Burlington, front Pe-
i teeshorgh to London, was totally lost on the 23(1
November, on the coast of Jutland, treat Tbisted
Crew saved.
The Eliza, Ihr.r., from Newcastle to London,
i 9 lost on Happisbury Sand ; crew saved.
The brig Henry, of Arundel, H. JENKINS,
-Master, sailed from Shields on Wednesday week,
coal-laden, amid in attempting to return into port
on Friday sennigl,t, in a heavy sea, struck ou
the Held Sand. The crew immediately took to

whitiitras iipcct by the intakeTi,
the .I‘laster au l Mute (bta.rthero, and One
and a. bily, were titifortiwitreT itroiviwil; the re-
three of 'the ere,v sere Ili) in an
Ost lifeless state', ;but It>rve since rec,)verect.
The holy of the boy was foUnil on
vessel is t,-)ral•ly ‘vrerkecl.
ilre Gold'e'n
gate, arrived there ou SiiAday fronli Shitlds
Captain H. saw a large ship '.110:k oil the Knock
Sand, and had 'previOnsly•Oillea'i with part of
the imasts and ,igging, alr ch he tricked irp and
brought in. Nam,. oot rt•c:ortaineu._
HURRICANE IN 1'111,7, WEST

l'he following Official Letter, on this lament-
able 4:)ceasioo, %vat) addiessen by the Colot,i6l Se-
erefar'y' of St. Lucia to the CiOve'lltor of Bdtha-
•,— • i