Star.
London, England, 1817-07-29 00:00:00

SIEGE OF .RUGUSTURA.

E Am!, Jere 24'.—By the brig Augusta, who ar2
r,v,d at this port from Aurtsrura, which she left the
the 20th May, we have the follotring intelligence;—
That en the loth March, the Royalists, about WOO strong,
u.i kr Murales, wao lad proceeded ,rom Angostura to at ack the
.'airluts at a place called the Missions, ino miles below Augus-
t:lra, were toially defeated and cut in pieces; only six men
• ••sr.rcl. ineluilin4 Morales and two naive,. All who were not
:'.lied on the field of battle were afterward shot, and among them,
enemy, formerly Governor of Augusrura.
After the bairn-, the Patriots under General Plar approached
Nugusrura, where they threw tip a breast-work, upon which the
ions of the fort could not be brought to bear, •and
commenced firing upon the,tirern within half motet shot, and
•h.: firing had been caintinagel day arid night. They had made
s:veral attacks on the plate, but without great loss on either side.
•fle of the officer. had gone for cannon, more tflectually to
a .teeb the works. _ _ .

1...0 tuts had completely totrronnded the place, and the
sahib:tabu and salmon were rellue‘d to the most vorttched and
I rinds eontli.i,a for want of provisions. Great numbers bad
. died of starvation. HOiSC3, IMAM ilekaS.lo4, site.
• • 1 been consumed, and the Governor himself bad actuallypaid
dollars for a C.,!

A great number of the inliabltants bad left Atiustura. and
principally women and clilltiti n, in the most deplorable
ndition, sailed the same day the Augustaleft,ln Spanish vessel.
•he men were. nut allowed to depart. Our incormant thinks it
_ _ .

• possible that the place could have held out more than two or
.ree days after he left, unless relieved in some unexpected

tt

twayana was still in possession of the Royalists—ft was
•• °ugly fortified, and no probability of its being taken, except by
.t•-vasion. bi•zgerald, the Governor. of Aagustura, who had
to a: rested and sent to Caracas, on suspicion of treachery,
been ord.% •d back, and was still in connand of the place.
I li•. most sanguinary measures were adopted at Augustura in
ard to suepected persons. Eight men were shut at one time,
tint the hest of May, on respytiw of being friendly to the rests.
i ionaoy cause!
'flee forces of the Patriots were estimated at from four to six
• • macaw' men all mounted, and they bad complete possession of
.utrouadAng country.

. THE EVENING STAR.

LONDON.

TUESDAY, JULY 29. 1817.

PRICE OF STOCK.; THIS DAY AT TWELVE n'cLocic s
ei!need 79ji—Consols 7911—Coma, fur Ansa
4 per Con. 90-5 per Cent. Navy, 10n
India Bonds 113 115 pr.—Esebegiser Bilia SOs. pr.

American Papers to the 4th instant reached us
this morning. The New York Gazette of the Ist,
Announces the arrival of the British ship Vittoria at
Charleston from Kingston, with 100,000 dollars in
specie.
By the latest accounts in these papers the Patriots
were reported to have evacuated the Islandlif Mar.
garitta for the puTose of forming a junction with
the forces on the river Oroonoko.

A letter from St. Mary's, received at Charleston,

chtteJ the 14th June, says—“ There are four large
Carthagenian vessels now off Amelia Island ; several
families have removed to this place in consequence.
We are all anxious to know their object."
A letter from St. Thomas's, dated the 25th of
June, says-0 We have not heard lately from the
Patriot Privateers, but suppose them to be cruising,
about the Main. The Spanish squadron is at La-
pin'. r shall leave here to day for Porto Cavello,
when I arrive I shall be able to give you correct in-
formation in regard to war operations.—Subiness is
dull here at present. Flour is selling at 16 dollars."

At a late hour last night a \Dutch Mail arrived.—
T,.e following extracts are interesting :
" HAGUE, JULY is.
" We learn that the Synod of the Reformed Church has re-
solved, that the third Centenary of the Reformation shall be
religiously observed in all the Reformed Churches in the Nether-
lands, on the Sd of November, being the first Sunday after the
:list of October, the day upon which the great Lorna, three
centuries ago, laid publicly the first foundation of the great work
of the Reformation; that the Preachers in the Lienoon shall ex-
pound to the Congregatioo, in the spirit of Christian charity, the
Newry of the principal particulars of the work of the Reforma.
den ; and that the Ministers (Kirkersden) be ordered, in the test
of the service of this day, to commemorate this event to tbeglory
of the Atm:on-re, with all the solemnity that the nature of the
service and the local circumstances will allow."
" HAARLEM, JULY 11S.
" On the aid the water rest at Nimeguen to sixteen fleet nine
inches, and at Anddem to fifteen feet nine. The neat day, how-
ever, it fell two inches at the last piece. The Lek, too, which
bad been rising• for a week, has fallen one loth. The latest
accounts from Switzerland state, that the waters begin to fall la
some prams."

The Trials at the York Assizes, of the Prisoners
concerned in the disturbances at Huddersfield, have
terminated in the acquittal of the Prisoners; not on
the plea that the crime charged had not been com-
mitted, but from want of evidence sufficient to fie it
upon the parties, as willing and free agents. Mr.
Baron Woon gave the prisoners a suitable admoni-
tion, and cautioned them against engaging in future
riots, as they could not hope always to escape punish-
ment : one replied, for the rest, that they would have
nothing to do with such proceedings in future. We
think it highly probable that the proceedings' which

have taken place will have a salutary effect upon
that class wbich is ever the easiest to be acted upon
by designing individuals, and led to the perpetration
.ot acts dangerous to the pew of the community,,
and to themselves personally.—Oliver was not tried
It these Assizes.

• The Doke of YORK transacted military business
yesterday with the PRINCZ REGRIIT.
Yesterday Earl BATHURST had an audience of the
hung RROZNT, at Carlton-House.
Mr. HAMILTON, the Under Secretary of State for
t he Foreign Department, is about to retire hom office,
after a number of years' service. Mr. PLANTA sue.
Leeds him, and attended ye►terday, for the first time,
the Foreign Office, in that capacity.