The Sun.
London, England, 1816-04-19 00:00:00

JAMAICA MAIL.

Extract of a letter from a Gentleman in Cnrago to lsis friend
in this City, dated February 3, and received per schooner
Adventure, arriVed here last week.
" Yon 'no doubt heard that the Spaniards
were fitting out an expedition td go and attack
the island of Margaritta, in possession of the In-
dependents. A Spaniard (Manuel Linares) has
arrived here, as a.. Commissioner from the Spanish
Government of Caraccas,-and brought the news
that the expedition, consisting of 500 men of the
regiment of the Union, went against Marga-
ritta, but were entirely defeated,: the 500 801,
/tiers' and 'l7 officers (among them, the cele-
brated Albuquerque) being:all killed. The whole
island is now entirely in the possession of the In-
dependents, who have offered large snmi to those
who will furnish them supplies of arms, ammuni-
tion, and provisions. The Spanish Counnissioner,
Linares, has issued forth a paper, declaring all
those that may be concerned in carrying any' sue-
emir to the Island-of Margaritta, shall be declared

traitors to, the Spanish Government, and, it taken,
I-. dealt with accordingly. Two schooners, be-
longing to Nargaritta, lately attacked the well-
known Spanish privateer, General Moxo, and gave
her ',a tolerable drnbbing, but she succeeded in
making her escape..

General Sarana, the Commander of the Inde-
pendents of Venezuela, has taken the city of Ba-
rinas, and has a large force of Cavalry with him,
You-may rely on the correctness• of the above
inforonlion, it being hut too true, and if you think
roper, publish it with safety."

Extract of a better from St. Thomas's, dated the t3th /Pleb.

" By .a schooner, in a short p'assage from
Baltimore, we learn that an American squadron,
cons;sting of Ord 74's, four frigates, and other
milli vessels, under the command of Commodore
Decatur, were under sailing orders 'for Aux-
CaYes, for the purpose of blockading Christ Oldie,
he having hting some American Captains at the
Cape.. The squadron may be expected in fifteen
days hence:"

By the arrivals of Thiirsclay we learn that Don

Pedro Morino, Commander of the Spanish Forces,
is acting the part 'assigned to him by his master
with the greatest rigonr, and executing numbers
without regard to age or sex. We are glad to
learn, however, that an Englishman, of the name
of Bell, who was to he shot, made his escape
twenty-four hours previous to the period ordered
for his rxeciniiiii, out of the gaol of the Holy
uquisition, and has arri veil at, pid Providence.
We ►+re happy to observe that the first Report,
agreed to by the Hon. House of Assembly on the.
October last, on the subject of the Registry
Bill, and the Resolutions grounded thereon, have
beets copied. from' the papers of this Island into
the Norriing Chronicle of the 221 December last,
and we cannot entertain a doubt but that Parlia-
ment will pause in its further proceedings On that
subject, until the very conclusive evidence, which
was taken for the purpose of disproving the alle-
gations of that Bill, so far as it related to this
Island. and transmitted by the Lord Sidmouth
packet on the Ist tilt. shall have reached Eng-
land.

The Emulous brig, of 18 guns; Capt. Carter,
arrived on
,Monday
.evening from Chagres, Car-
thagena, and Santa:Martha : she left Chagres on
the 29th ult. called off Carthagena on the 7th
inst. where'she remained only six hours, and from
thence proceeded to Santa-Martha, which place
silti IL ft last Saturday evening.
When the Eruuloas anchored off Carthagena,
the dispatches which she had for that place were
sent oil shore, and received by the Spaniards
outside the walls, no person from 'her being suf-
fered to enter the town, consequently little infor-
mation could be gained. We hear, however,
with much satisfaction, that the British subjects,
for whose fate many in this community arei
deeply interested, were then well, but Still con.
fined. At Santti-Martba several American and
British auhjects.were detained as prisoners by the
Spaniards, but some of them expected to get
away soon,

When the Emulous passed Porto-Bello, on her
way to Chagres, she saw two Spanish frigates,
with troops, going in ; they were from Cadiz,
and had a passage of thirty days.
The Royalist brig, of 18 guns, Copt. Stewart,
was lying at Charges, when the Emulous left
that place.

The Araxes frigate, of 38 guns, Capt. Bligh,
arrived yesterday afternoon from Nassau, N. P. in
seven days, with a detachment of the 2d West
India regiment on board.
The Carnation and 'Variable brigs of war lately
carried round to Port-Antonio a detachment of
two companies of the 6th battalion 60th regiment.
Tl►e Acbar, of 50 guns, Captain &Hen ; Car-
ron post-sloop, or 20 guns, Captain Pateshall ;
Jaseot brig, of 18 guns, Capt. Lock, and Portia

brig, of 14, guns, &plain Thompson, were at Per-
muda when the Friendship sailed. The two first
were to leave- that island shortly fo'r England.
Fifty passengers arrived iu the Rosetta. They:
were landed at-Old Providence from a brig arid a
schooner from Carthagena, shortly after the eva-
cuation of that place.' 'We learn from them that.
the noted pirate Mitchell, iit the schooner Comet;
was eruiziug,ol-1 Providence, and it was.►tuderstood
that he intended proceeding to St. Andreas, for
the purpose of plundering ; alter which he would
go to New Orleans, where Ise had Previously sent
a quantity of specie.
We are extremely sorry. to state that a severe
calamity toys happened to Mr. P. Grant, of Moun-
tain-Sprit►t;, St. Andrew's, by fire. On Sunday
mot niag, betweetsthe hours-of one and two, his
house was observed to be on fire in three places,
and burnt so rapidly, that the building, wi►it the
furniture, a quantity of coffee in bags, ready for•
market, &c. &c. Were entirely consumed. This
serious lire is supposed to be the work of a negro
on au adjoining property, who, it appears, had
some time hack threatened committiug sonic de-
predation of consegnence, which he has fully ac-
compliyhed, as the house being set on fire its se-
veral places, not a vestige of it remains.