The Sun.
London, England, 1816-10-24 00:00:00

SOUTIIWARK SESSIONS.

YesterdayJurnes Taylor was convicted of heat-
ing Joint frisker' most brutally. Tim particulars
ate too shocking For insertion: his sufficient tir.
mention Mr. Wicker lost one .eye, and is at pre.'
-sent in danger of losing the lititor. The court
adjudged him to twelve months' solitary confine-
ment.

Bartholomew Kennelly, aged 30;was convicted
of stealing 71. and a quantity of silver from the
person of Bryan Riley, a labourer. The innitey
was found in his possession. . Je called antra %%
it-
n:.a to character, who being asked by the Recor-
der what he could say about the prisoner's Ito-
nesty, replied, 'I Oh,
i"y
i i
you're the best judge•—ltort47ltt try
know how
hai--"
wttst judge
about honesty—no honest man comes here."--.
Sentenced to seven years transportation.
John Rielitrs was convicted 6f stealing a ,piut
pewter pot, the property of 'Jr. Denver, landlord
of the Rockiugliam Aires. Alt. Deuyer stated,
that in the last six months he had lost upwards of
six dozen pots. He was committed tp- the House
of Correction to hard labour for six months.
Thomas Harris was convicted of assaulting WM.
head
night, October
sciltwli(ejsbecePar snicialite'ectsiceltenp, 7e'ea whileltt in the act of
ever, after the tray began, made a stout resist.
once, and called two witnesses to prove the
assault, one of whom, the prisoner said, was en
adulteress, the other a murderer 14—Judgment re-
spited.

s (1) t;lTer AMgRICA.

(3.7111C0.1, Atlo. 10, ICS.

INZinar mid the Sprmitrrdi.
.
%Ve
have purposely atil'itted in our two last
•
71-visions to MelltiQii idle 1710%-em.eilf3 of thei
and the proceedingi on the Main,
as we could not until now g ve any Oil; like an
intelli;:.ible account. We know indeeti that their
Admiri, Brion again shaped his COnrse for Ocu-
mares ; that in a few days the squddron returned
and landed some people on BonAii.i then that
part of the squadron hail sailed for Motif, into
• Wit. h port their General looked, and came hack
inonediately to Bonair ; and filially, that the
squadron, bad separated, the General going to
'ta iadward and the Adiniral to leeward. This we
know, but not the reasons or catisc for all this nia-
t:rtrovring. :11y degrees it transpired that. Bolivar
been attacked .and defeated iii Cabrera, and
Lit! in the ntino:t baste, embarking and leav-
in;t tirtP,u shift for rhemaelves. Abainion-
et' b‘ heir I,,ader, the command de%fdeed upon
Sir Gregor Ni‘Olr:,'goi.; being aim older oliieer than
Vol bonbletie; and It was determided to attempt
in way to the Plains ; in doing which
theii bad met with Major Quern, with a small
force lour had attacked and gained an advautage
o'er him, so ate to citable them to continue 'Their
route. Such is the account, which we are nosy
enabled to collate with the Spanish accounts. re-
ceived by a launch from Li Guayra, which
rkroneht diver:hes to his Excellency the Giver-
nor•General. By the politeutss of a Gentleman
tvt o had by her received a Caraccas .Gazette of
the 31st Jots., .we can irow.preselit our readers
with an extract from it, making evidently an ;d-
-lusioir to the renconnter with Major Quero, and
allowing that the huh penitents. had got the start
of their pursuers towards the interior., though
hotly folloived
A maonscript copy of Genera). Morales' this.
patch, giving tt relation of the action at Cabrera,
is ulso in town. In it he estimates the 'meter
on 'both as, nearly equal, each having ,-tout
men. The Patriots, however, had the advan-
tage of a very strong position, but were driven
from it after,a heavy time for four hours With great
floss. In conseptence of this victory a consider-
'dile quantity of arms and ammunition, and even
the. printing!tresses, fell into the-hands of the,
Spaniards. •
have not heard which way Gen,, trar
in-
tends to steer, though, it is eenerally believed for
Thomas. As 1.4 AdmireLlirion, lie has *molest
landing lately out the coast or Paraguatm, but was
-ohliged to embark truth the greatest Heel-
, pitation. ()tits of tire-vessels under his command
cut out of a bay to leery on Saturday. last, it
!Ioit1) tinder Spanisn cOlsorrs, from St. Domingo,
b"ond hither. It is suppiSta the-itloop was or-
' tiered for Atsx-Cayes, and has since been claimed.
by this Cilvoritineot. .
kxtriiret friars the (44r44rXi Gusparltf,,thg.o4,..l4ly,.loC—
tht rtme nic,hr of the Idiii.
1544 P,iitir6eo • .rhOlthiS Morales received, tvltilst
itt ,Sen Jitl,t ,in; irifonHatirm from Major Joan
NcoMll,lcri.,, Qiteto, of whit had taken place that
slay in the valley of •Pnoto, IMO of the route put.•
sued by the eying Insurgents. The Brigadier..
General iiniiedi9tely gave such directions as he
thougl,t, espenie.!t, and in obedience to them
M, i ur . Quern being reinforced marched to La
• V;cloria ; whilst the General,. following the track
of tge enemy, was on the 19Th in Maracay, on the
20th intCagile,,and no the 21st in La Victoria.
' On his approach the Insurgents abandoned their •
atalion at GliaCiltlllipt, and rap My:continued their
enrite by The road of el Pan tie Zarate, The Bd.
gatrel.,General lqorales instantly detached a
‘• strong body under Don Felix Rasco to follow on'.
the stunt road, and a still stranger division under
Alajor Qnerts by .Vistar de Curs, at the 'ante time.
issuing the strictest orders to.all the villages on-,
the road by which the fugitives might pass.
N They:lave, passed through Sr.. Sebastiaii and
Canalises, directing their march to the interior
,rif the plains dos Llanos), abandoning on , the
ti ~road. A great number of men, exhausted with
—fatigue and hunger, in such marches in SU difficult
-a 'COtchtty.
• " •AtteOrding to the.last accounts. Major Quern and
Commandant Rasco had. nearly come up with the
remainder of the fugitives ; after having picked
up upon the road a great number of the wretehis
who couht-not keep tip in the flight, atid.thE arms
which .they
,were now conducting, now become
rather a useless charge, than a means of defence.
Several of the wounded who vicaped lit the

attion of the 13th, and some of 'those
per,ed on theinotintains of Ocomare and Choroni
being nimble to joie the main hotly of their corn-
, pillions, ttuAltire. direction ol the Va4et4 Chtitwo.
Towards 0114 gpoint General Nitrides instantly Or-
tiered a "Alitinn of 150 matt under the Ad:pal-nit
.1. Nlit'elso Lopez, who, a ter stone resistance,
had hiiaten them on the 27th, killing some_ and
entirely dispersing the rest in the neighbouring.
wiotnit Ito thickets. They took front! them `.:()
tuusik. t 5, 40 '4lilititiled bayonets unused, 6000
fl;iiy, a aunuituted six-pounder, six cases Of
11.1.,sicet rartri.dges, 80 fanegas -of COVID, 20
watchers, and other things of that tiescriptiOn,
In Cboroni, by the latest advices,- two yoting
:ten gave •thems.4.lves tit) with twenty...muskets.;
nine. others front different places, with two ser^
villas and their OEMs j upwards of sixtymegroes
and coloured men brought down from C61111,:1110
with as many muskets, besides 200 which wire
found in their mixes new.

AUGUST 17.

Alarm od Paragnana.

On the 27th tilt. three large armed schooner
came to nn anchor off Mavnya, on the coast pf
rArAgtilllift, supposed to be those nutlet' Brion, Ai
/right fires. were lighted up over all the,coast, for
the porpose of causing alsrm, and next (lay Cot,
.704 e Merailies oriere.l a genera) twister of the
i►►habiiants, who presented tbemselves in number
from 1000 to 1500 men. The women; children,
/tone*, alnico, sod code every desertption,

titre "onlerea to ‘it coatterel into tr.t tilonntsio •
ems prts of the country, wiiiclt being
,artompli,li-
ed, the force assembled under Colonel Jose Mer-
Hines Proceeded in battle array to attack Auch of
the Patriots as had landed, in number 25 men-
The. result was such as might be expected ; this
great disp3rity of roger obliging the Patriots to
return to their vessels, which, however. coto intim
at their abehorage till the 31st, without making
any further attempts to land. On the 29111 they
captured an armed vessel front Carthagetta, and
put about of the crew on shore at Paraguana
previous to their sailing, the Tentlintlei• having
volunteered lot° the sereice of the Patriots.

The schooner George, Warden, ..toaster, from
this port, arrived at Paragnana oft the 2441 ult.
anti on the 29th prirreefled for bmaica. •
On theAtO inst. a large 'privateer schooller.
Clilled the Demure, Capt. J. Peneda, Wit l) a Mint-
plement of SO
.men, was lying at Saint Point,
Aruba, repining• sails, &C. Our correspondent
adds—" Money they have none to pur.ehase pro-
visilins. They seem to he all and every one of
their Chevaliers, Ile la E,peran:a. . The
_whole
Spanish Coast is tinder WIWI. am' the pcitte,it vi-
gilance and precaution observcil. Not a boat can
approach their shores with being perceived,
and is received by a small arniy.'