Star.
London, England, 1817-04-02 00:00:00

SOVITI AMERICA:

vatiminoss file of papei.a have been received
!gm General BOLIVAR% heaei-quarters, as well .is
fetters tom S.: Thomas to the i7th February, detail-
* the °pervious of the Independent Armies on the
kin since the lauding of the new expedition. $
also are statements of the naval and military
•
reel or both parties. In the late action near Bar-
ioia it however now app::ars the Patriots were the
teptlors, though the Spaniards also claim tile vie-'
wri in their Gazettes, etd again cut up. salt, and
pickle, their enouies' Chief, as they lately did poor
g.Gittoltt. General Mosul.° is said to have at rived
Varill" it in, he must have evacuated Santa Fe,
2nd Vie remaining part of his army must be very
.TO. The affairs of Venezuela are evidently arrived
: a crisis, and the strong exertions the Patriots are
and their determination to he free, mita
ttiurnpli over the last dwindled remnant of the
largest expedition Spain has sent to raeJge and insult
tht New World since the time of tl.e primitive con-
cle!t. This done, the outrages her chiefs have com-
clttei, would alone prevent tier fltg from ag..in
wing ov.r regions she has oppressed for more than
*tee cent•dt;es, and where she has attempted to stifle
t!:e voiceof justice by waging a war that in enormity

), ) p in the annals of history Ur.d:r
dis-
sdvantages which scarcely can be conceivei at thib
distance, at ore time appalled by a dreadful earth-
vake, am! at another exposed to every cruelty a war
rl estermioation could produce, the inhabitants o'

inesuela have fought manfully and conquered ;
trin► i Srm eye and undaunted step they have pro-
ceeded on towards their independence, and they ale
sow on the eve of rezping the fruit of their labours.
" BARCILONA, FEBRUARY 6.
is Sir Gregor M'Gregor it as ardent in our holy cause Z 4 eve' ,
ai hi present absence from the Army of Venezuela is sof ly
mei to severe ill-health,and a desire to try a voyage or two a
stovhfch I am rejoiced to find is fast restoring hint to health
1k has p'►rchased and manned for the Republic, a large ship
stasting guns, of which the command, with adequate allow•
sem, has been teen to a judicious and distinguished North Ca-
Nocae, aloe of the name of M'Gregor, who will afford every
on of favour and encouragement to the brave heroes who may
choose to join him in our great and glorious cause. It will also
be petal to state•, that our Chiefs and Government have resolved
to adni't Uchida, /catch, and Irish to naturalization, and to cm

*II them in our armies and navy under all the advantages and
Privileges of American born Citizens of the Republic, and to suck
is have already served as °Seers for some time, additional rank
sib be allowed in both army and navy. Where particular str-
eets prove singular talent or extraordinary ardour and zeal,
kilter rank and canunaud will be bestowed upon them*
r ROC 1 .AM A'l'lo N.
el SIMON Betty/tit, Supreme Chief of the Republic, Captain-
General, he.
S PEOPLE or Vanaauat.n.--Tbrough the organ of General
A:l.:lentil, the lohabitaats, Generals, and Armies, have called
silo me, and 1 cume at the hewl of a fourth expedition to serve.
n.t to comment' you, Venesuelians ! You rounded to me the su-
p-tow authority in the lest gala& et she Republic. You obliged
owe toe,cend the tribunal mid to Aglaia the field. It was impossi-
ke fur me at one time to All two opposite posts. Our country
thence suffered in its administration sad the war. A conqueror,
I vas unable to improve my victories, because I had to attend to
the care, of Government. Justice, policy, and industry have auf
bred, when i was busied in defending you. Hence imperious
ttcessity reciairesof you hantediately to call together a National-
Germ that it may look into my conduct, receive the abdica.
lion of the authority I now hold, and form the political Convicts.
ties that Is to govern you. Yoo were called together by me ever
show the month of May, in order to constitute a Legislative
Body, w;tbeut say restriction being prescribed to you, it being
left to you to choose the time and'plue. This you have not done,
the events Of the *sr prevented you, but now you ought to
hates to adopt this minium, which ciretnnsteeees Ithperiously
&etc,. Ow country has sad frequently moat be in a state of
ombeasge, N Wog as the Magistrate is a soldier. The viciesi.
twos of war ere so great and terrible, that scarcely can they be
fotesese, much lees avoided ; but the transactions of a settled Go.

vernment alio* of more constant stability. One man cannot at-
tend to all. Ydu ought, therefore. to divide the functions of the
public service among many of the citizens possessed of talent and
the virtues requisite fur the exercise of power. If those who were
le gallytoTt hetie a bl
toted ae thic souehßepldresen
be free andtativesa amongth us, the
people
k ;on woul the d
rst
tee them hold the flame dignides the. conferred upon them, but
a 11106 t deplorable fatality deprives as of the services of these
faeclonaries. Mott are absent, many are in a state of oppres-
sion, mazy dead, ant others are traitors- Notwithstanding their
auhority expired on the termination of their freedom. I should
have belted them to constitute afresh the Owiernmeist oldie
Reptile. But they ate not to be found la the bosom of the free
Tut of our coun.ry ;It is therefore necessary to ell their
nesetuelisie! Do yob name your own Deputies to the Congress.
The Island of Marprha is now completely free; there your sit-
ing+ will be respected and defended by a people of heroes in
virtue, vaLlur, and pattfotism. Assemble yourselves on that sa.
end spot: Theis open your Stallone, and organize yourselves
member to your own wills: The Snit act of your functions
shall be marked by aecegting my renunciation.
" Head-quarters, Miswrite, Dec es, 18 t 6." " eortv.ia.
PROCLAMATION.
" Loots Eaton dl the Order of the Liberators of Vene-
zuela, Admiral of the Republic, &c.
" To the inhabitants of Margarita.
A love of liberty brought me to Venezuela In the first pe-
/Ws of the Republic, without any other view than to contri-
lute to the great cause of your independence. For it I have
thed my blood in battles; for ft I have sacrificed a large for.
Una; and fee it I am again ready to exhaust guy mean, and ez-
P* myself to fresh dangers. These sentiments bled me to you
who have done so many acts of heroism for your freedom—to
yea who, with so much constancy-mid valour, have sunained the
On and rights of this your country which I have adopted, but
Which Nature bestowed on you. Let us unite our exertions, and
h<>a hasten to erect an eternal barrier to separate us from that
inaleataad ambitious Spain. Margarita has been the cradle of
kerif• let her rho lay the ground-work of that Navy which Is
lo defend atd sustain her. And this Navy, I will pledge, will
*2" Powerful and terrible; soon will it catry dread and con-
at.,bnianott to the very walls of Cadiz, and convey back to the 1
•""rel of the Peninsula the same ravages and blood with which
tie inietuate obstinacy of Spain to oppress us, has desolated and
haunosted our country. We have abundant means to create a
y that shall make Spain herself tremble. Yobr genius ln-
%as you to navigation; all the Coasts of Venetuela abound in
4Mg men, and the erection of the Admiralty of the Repub-
,Faamatar, will produce a naval movement, of *bleb the
"""t,.._.$ will be incalculable. Cherish this important establish-
t, which will bring to your Want:Pall the advantages of coin-
' _74, under whose shadow both arts and agriculture flourish.
•'nbute to its increase with all the energy and patriotism so
..,sa4rtttertitiC of you, sad be assured that If you do for this Navy
,711-4'ino have already done ter your own Ilberty;MarPrna will
of.o. the empoulkill of Venseueleitamithe laexpbeciabla ram-
Put her rode rennet sod felicity. (,S4gued)
" Patapatar, Jan. is, 11117.7 I•vse Sum.

TIDE AR.Vii.

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The 18th Infantry (Royal Irish)" first
rith the band, cob:tors, &c. marched in to do the
Brighton 43114, from Portsmouth, on Saturday, ind
second division next day. This arrival relieies
the loth Royal H , upon whom the local ditties
have been Wry severe of late.
Monday the S I battalion of the Royal Scots, a very
fi,te body of men, marched into Barracks, in Canter.
bury, from Dover, at present to remain. This is one
of the battalions returned from France, and which it
is intended to reduce by discharges, and the addition
or the picked men to the other battalions.

Arrangements are at present in contemplation, not
only for considerably augmenting, but for putting
upon a new establishment, that cheap and constitu-
tional force, the " Yeomanry of Ireland." By en-
creasing this description of forces, Government will,
in the curse of time, have it eT•ctually in their
power greatly to diminish the regular establish rent
of the sister Kingdom ; and, though at a superficial
glance, the plan about to be adopted, may seta: to be
attended with expense to the country, it will, in the
end, prove to be not only consitutinnal and prudent,
but highly Frugal. Inspecting Field Officers for each of
the four provinces; Brigade-Majors for every county,
ind Adjutants to every Brigade, all selected from the
lalf pay list, will, we hear, shortly be appointed ;
ihree, four, or five neighbouring corps will be formed
into a Brigade, under the immediate superintendence
of one Adjutant, with permanent pay, whose duty it
will be to drill these Brig:id:4 (either in a body or in
seoai ate companies, as the conveniencies of the indi-
vidoals may be best suited) at least one day each
week. By putting the Yeomanry of Ireland upon an
efficient establishment, during peace, instead of
23,000 men, (the present regular quota of the line
doing dtity in that country) ten thousand men, at the
greatest calculation, would, at this day, be a sufficient
.ontingent, and even this number might, in a profound
peace, be gradually diminished to five thousand.
—By wise measures like these, the regular force
(against whose magnitude there has of late been such
ill outcry) will in time dwindle into little more than
.s absolutely necessary for our foreign Colonies: and
with a well armed, well effected, and well disciplined
Yeomanry, nothing need be apprehended either from
Domestic treason or (what is still less to be expected)
oreign foes. It will he seen that the Yeomanry of
his Country are quite on the alert : doubtless similar
irrangements, with regard to them, will likewise be
pot in force. This is a cheap (and we must again
say) Constitutional force; they cannot be too nume-
rous—they are the heart's bland t f a free Country.