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London, England, 1815-02-20 00:00:00

toyetol towns 'thereto. We Copy t 6 following from
the latest .C.arthageaa papers s •
• •14 'rho' )(Orilla General Morales, havug laid
siege to the towd of Malaria, sent the following
summons s

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" Inhabitants of Maturin-k-The rapidity _with
which the arms of the Spanish Monarchy have sub.
dued the several provinces of Venezuela, is a clear
proof that DIVINZ PROVIDINCE favours a just cause.
Yon are the last to oppose to us resistance, which must
prove fruitless. Ido now offer you an honourable
capitulation. Lay down your arms; and any one
among you whir does not wish to live , under the
Royal Government, shall have a passport to any co-
lony he may choose ; the others who consent to re-
main shall have their rights and property respected.
(Signed) 4. Taos. MORAL'S. Gen. in Chief."
To which Summon: the following Answer was re-
turned by the Commander in Chief of the Town of
Maturin, Den Jose Francisco Bermudez:
" Since Maturin has raised tbe standard ofliberty.
the valour of its inhabitants be: beeir conspicuous
more than once; they have :worn to bury themselves
ender the ashes rd.
,their town. rather 'than submit
I again to the despotic GOVeTRIllen that for ages hat
oppressed them. That oath they doe, renew.
" Yon boast of your precarious advantages, and
of the large force under your cribrrand, Which you
say is more than adequate to ;9113r1 tasurrender ;
you may, General, put them in motion; we are ready
and disposed to lace it; and if you conquer us, it
shall be on ashes and dead bodies that your victory
shall be celebrated by consent of all those under my
orders. a JOSE FRANCISCO IiRRUUDRZ."

We announced on Saturday the arrival of"the
SuvrAw, of 74 guns, at Portsmouth, on Thursday
from Jamaica. 'the SULTAN having seen part of her
convoy from Cork (as stated last week) into Barba-

does, she proceeded to Jamaica, with the trade for
the Windward Islands, and the 40th regiment under
convoy, which was destined to join the expedition
against New Orleans, the capital of Louisiana. She
sailed again from Port Royal on the 3d of January,
with a convoy for the Havannah ; where she found ly.
tog the DICTATOR, annie aside, Honourable Captain
Caoerow, in the harbour, purchasing and collecting
provisions for the British army in Louisiana. She
learned that the 'DICTA Ton left Sir ALEXANDER
COCURANE near the Mississippi, on the 4th of January,
at which time the British army was within live miles
of Orleans, preparing for the assault of the town,,
which was defended by 15,000 men, under the
American General JACKSON i a strong fort was
to be attacked before the town could be entered.
.....In the operations which had taken place, the army
sellbred but little loss a and that was chiefly sustained
y 'the 85th and 95th regiments. The Americans
were MOH highly exasperated at our success : it was
aced attho Havaanals that they heti put. several
of our Officers to death, after they fell, as prisoners
lopco
of war, into 'their bands. Our army was in the
lisighest spirits; and., although suffering some depriva-
tions in their r4tions; from a want of biscuit, Ste. the
strictest discipline was preserved i; and but one opi.
Lion. -and that the most cnnfident—prevailed, of the
*success of the expedition. The naval part of the ope-
rations was commenced by an attack made • by the
bean of the fleet on the ship Louisiana, a floating bat-
tery, carrying SO guns, and an American flotilla,
consisting of five gdn-boats and two schooners; all
of which were either captured or destroyed, after an
obstinate and. desperate resistance; in which we sus-
tained a loss of about 90 men, killed and wounded.
Captain NICHOLAS LOCICTRR; of the Smile, who
commanded the boats, was among the latter.
The SULTAN, on her passage to England, spoke
the MANLY in the Gulf of Florida, which left the
Mississippi two days after the DICTATOR; at which pa-
,.riod the army was within three miles of the town of
Orleans, erecting batteries to breach the strong fort
mentioned, preparatory to storming the town. The
British camp had been annoyed by. an American
sloop of war, of 16. guns, which was lying in anotherl
branch of the river; but, after opening a battery of
hot shot upon her, the was burnt in ten minutes: It
is with considerable gratification we further learn,
that previous to.the SULTAN leaving Jamaica, several
ships. had sailed from Port Royal with itmplies of
I provisions, ordnattee-stores, Stc. for the ;:rmy : the
40th regiment had also proceeded as a reinforceinent.
Sir ENwARD PARRNHASI had arrived from England
in the STATIItA, and taken the command of the army,
which consisted of upwards of 10,000 effective men.
The troops which arsemployed upon the Expedi.
Lion that arrived from the Chesapeake, under Colonel
'lstoona (who succeeded the late General Ross), con-
sisted of the 4th, 21sto 44th, and 85th Regiments;
these were joined by the lit and sth, West India Re.
, .
.ginsents at Port Royal : and, subsequentl,o, by the
'forces which left England under Generals (nose Sir
GROROS) MIAS and LAISSMIIT. The Sultan brought
a mail from Jamaica. The Hexhingbrolce packet
Was to sail with another on the 16th ultimo. A con-
voy was to sail for England en thelst of February,
protected by the MAGNIFICENT and litmus& • Thi
1 SULTAN suffered very much on the Ist of Febreary;
in a tempestuous gale, near the Banks Of Newlatind.
land ; the came in under jury topmasts. The pas-
setters by her were—Lieutenants WHITS" JACKSON,
and FORBIN. Royal Navy ; Lieutesant BTZWART, 7th
West India Regiment; Lieutenant townie, 4th Foot;
and the Rev. Mr. Massmacc. She brought 000,00 Q

ifoltAriatroai 'Atka, +l,e
Tat, ebich arrived on Friday, has brought a tepOrt
front Boston, that N. Orleans was taken by our
army ea the 15th ultieto.
' Private letters also, reeei ee 1 this diorning by the .t.i,
utaica Mail, dated Crooked Island, on the '23d ult -
wo, state. that New Orleans had been taken by
the forces under General Patccintast, wiih eery
trifling loss on the part of the Dat;th. This
intelli-
gence Is generally believed in' the City.

A Dutcb Hail arrived this morning the specula-
tions of the foreign Journalists respecting the con-
gress of Vienna. are still vague and uncertain. The
following are the most interesting extracts:

VIENNA, FEBRUARY S.
The *termination of the frontiers of Holland, or
rather of Belgium on the side of France, seems to he.
come one of the most important points of the nego-
tiation at the Confess. France seeks to circumscribe
its much as possible the inflnence of England is the
Provinces, or its frontiers; but, on the other kind,
Englazid strongly insists on the' aggrandise:mut' of
the new Kingdom of Belgium
We expect every moment to see tlie Empress of
Russia depart ; the travelling equipages of the Em-
peror Alexander are also ready, as will as those of
the othet foreign Sovereigns; their absence will be
but of short duration ; in the Spring the Monarchs
will meet again at Vienna, to put the last hand to the
general pacification.
Ix is now reported here that a principal ogject of
the mission of the Luke of Wellington, is to lay
before. the Congress the deplorable situation of the
Spaniards under their fanatic and vindictive King,
and to obtain for that people a tate which their noble
resistance to the French oppression has so' well de-
served. It is at the same time intended to prevent
the consequences of a voluntary resistance on the
part of that people, which might be attended with
many other effects calculated to disturb the repose
of Europe.