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London, England, 1818-08-11 00:00:00

CA It 11 ARTIIRNSUIRE.

FREEHOLD TITHES, EXTENDING OVER NEARLY'
SEVEN THOUSAND ACRES OF PROFITABLE
LAND EXONERATED FROM THE LA:%.ID-TAX.
By WiNISTANLEV and SONS,
At the Mart, on Tuuutaat August 20,.51 Twelve, in One Lot*
A VALUABLE and very Desirable FREEHOLD-
ESTATE, consisting of the Great and Small Tithes of
the PARISH of LLANDEVI LOG, contains nearly
SEVEN HUNDRED ACRES, including Thirty Acr:s of
Glebe Laud, the whole exonerated from the Latid-T.ix, aild of
the annual value of One Thousand-Pounds, together with the

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IPerpetual Right— of Presentation to the Donative or Curacy of
Liandevilog; the present Incumbent is 58 years oraye.
Llandevneg is situated only one mile from the Sea Port Town
of Carmarthen, and four from Kidwelly, and is bounded in lull
by the navigable River Towey.
Printed Particulars may be had 28 days preceding the Sale,
at the Bush at Carmarthen; thz Angel, Cardigan ; the Golden
Lion, Brecon; the Mackworth Arms, Swansea; the Printers of
the Gloucester and Hereford Journal; at the Mart; and of
Winstanley and Sons, Paternoster-row.

COUNTY OF

SHOTLEY HALL ESTATE, I
NORTHUMBERLAND.
By WINSTANLEY and SONS.
At the Auction Mart, London on THURSDAY August 20, at
Twelve, in One Lot, by direction '
of the Mortgagees and
Assignees of Messrs. Mowbray apd Co. and pursuant to an
order of the Lord Chancellor,
rIIHE very Valuable and important ESTATE of
SIIOTLEa HALL, Lite the Property of Arthur Mow-
bray, Esq comprising the MANOR, or reputed MANOR of
WASKERLEY and WOLFE CLEUGH, and a Domain of
upwards of TWO THOUSAND A CRESof Meadow, Pasture,
Arable, and Wood Land, situate in the Parish of Shetley, in
the County of Northumberland, bordering upon Durham, con-
sisting of several Farms, called Shotley Hall, with a hiansion
thereon, Upper and Lower Waskerley, Laings Loaning. Sands,
Pm:shields, Mil Top and Motley Field. The Estate is nearly
within a ring &lice, in part bounded by the River Derwent, and
offers a mot; eligible opportunity for the investment of Capital.
The annual value upwards of One Thousand Eight Hundred
Pounds. Shotley Is situate about 16 miles from Durham, 11
from Newcastle,l4 from Hexham and 12 from Walsingbans.
To be viewed by applying to /4r. Adamson, the principal
Tenant, at VVaskerley. Particulars, with engraved Plans, may
be had 261 days preceding the Sale of Thomas Hopper, Esq.
Hendon House, Sunderland; Robert Batcherby, Esq. Darling-
ton ; Messrs. Amory and Coles, Soiieitors, 52, Loehbary ;
Messrs. Andros and Anderson, Solicitors, Warnford-court,
Timm:no:ton-street ; Lewis Allsopp, Esq. Nottingham; Messrs.
Thorpe and Gray, York; R. W. Johnson, Esq. Darlington; J.
43ieron and B. Sertitim, Esqrs. Durham; Messrs. Clarke and
Grey, r,tockton-oh-Ters; JPerph Bainbridge, Esq. Newcastle-
neon -Tyne ; Messrs.- Winsaank, and Crole,. Liver7o9ll et the
Aortion Man, Loudest; and of Witssenky and Slaw Pam,
noster-eow. '

PORT EPA*, JUNE so, mt.
4g I have not been able to send you any recent Wt. I
Was of the Independent Army, as none have reached
us; nor have I had any late letters. This may be
owing to the capture of three or four launches from
Guayana of late; two or three of which, with mules
and jerked beef, were, within the las: week, 'cut out
at anchor at Point Hicacos, the invariable spot of
those depredations. Upon the Commandants report
of this fresh outrage on our limits, the Governor
'dispatched the sloop of war to Guiria, to claim the
vessels, but I have not heard the result, though she
is returned. • The crews luckily escaped on short,
where, it is reported, they were pursued by the cap-
iakrs with cutlasses; but having luckily a few muskets,
were able to protect themselves from sharing the.
fate of their vessels. These launches are oomsbanded
by Samboes, come in under the laws of nations, and
get provisions here, and then stretch over to Point
Hicacos, and reward us in this way for our hosoiz
talky.- A vessel, cut out in the same way, was de-
manded and given up to the Scamander not long
since, and I have no doubt whatever that
.every
proper measure will be persevered in, to teach these
people the respect due to the British flag and limits.
From the passengers the following particulars have
been collected :—That an action took place at San
Jose de Tisnado the night that Lopez attempted,
with twelve men, as I wrote you, to assassinate Bo-
livar in his quarters. Bolivar's force is stated at SOO
infantry, and 200 of Zarasa's cavalry. I have not
been able to learn Lopez's force, but Bolivar's troops,
subsequently to the attempt on his Person, immedi-
ately attacked, and the infantry, commanded by Co•
lonel Silvestre Palacios, supported by the cavalry,
maintained the battle-with great valour during the
rest of the night, retreating on General Cedeno's
corps, which joined them early in the morning, and
decided the action in favour of the Patriots, with
great carnage. Lopez, whom the Spaniards stile, in
their report, el bezarissimo Coronel Lopez, was killed
in the action, with a great many other Officers ; and
the Independents, it is said, perhaps exaggerated in
the number, lost' el bezarissimo (krone! Palacios, with
g5O infantry and-S5 officers. So you may judge how
desperately both parties fought. Lopez was a native
Barinpseand•one of the most active and indefati-
gable partizans of the Spaniards. He served under
Boyez and Moralez, with great eclat, in extermin-
ating his countrymen.
Colonel Sitvestie Palacios was a native of the city
of Caracas, a near relation of General Bolivar, and
descended from a distinguished family in that pro-
yince. He was scat to Spin, and servod avinst the
French during-all the Peninsnlat war, in the-room-
of which he acquired several medals, e.nd the ear.-
tive rank of Captain. But on a peace taking place,
under the auspicious reign of the present Monarch.
he was so unwise as to regret the abolition of the
Cortes, and not to appreciate the blessings which the
Inquisi:ion diffuses wi..h so liberal a has ; lie in con-
sequence solicited serrke in America, and soon after
his arri`val at Puerto Rico, stole off to St. Thomas,
and from thence joined Bolivar at Margarita, and
was at the reduction of Guayana, and in all the bat-
tles fought since. The Spaniards, having discovered
the body, cut his head off, and stuck it up in Cara-
cas, no doubt, t 6 use their common phrase, for the
satisfaction of the public. This action was fought
in April, but I- have not been able to ascertain the
date. I enclose you the Spanish account of the next
battle, fought at Cogedc on the 2d of May. As it
is dated from the field, on which it appears it was
fought, it would seem very clear they were not
beaten. The Independents claimed about that time
a great victory at Caraboboe but whether it was the
same, ..ith another name, I cannot say, for the letters
that mentioned it omitted the date ; but if it be, it
was probably n severe drawn battle, like that of Or-
tiz. The Spaniards speak, however, of another af-
. fair. at El Palmar, in which they claim also the ado
vantage ; and the fact appears to be, that Paez had
retired. upon San Fernssnio, where his resources lay,
and that Cedeno has evacuated Calabozo and taken
the same route, as it is alleged, for want of sufficient
ammunition. General Bolivar had been at San Fer-
nando some time before, and on the 3d of May the
English, to the number of .250, Officers and men,
and a quantity of ammunition, proceeded thither in
the gun-boats, and had arrived. A second supply
has been sent up since. It is a voyage of 15 days."
dorm 21.-Since I wrote the foregoing, the Spa-
nish account of the battle of Palmar, and the occu-
pation of Calabozo, has appeared in our Paper, and
I send it to you enclosed. The Spanish accounts are
generally so exaggerated, and frequently so totally
unfounded in fact, for the double purpose of impos-
ing upon the natives and strangers, that until you
compare them with the Independent Bulletins and
results, they only serve to fix the date on which an
action takes place. Indeed, as neither party take the
trouble to bury the dead, they both destroy armies
on paper with great facility, and seldom lose more
than one to ten of the enemy. The fact is, they both
fight, not only with 'great bravery, but with the
greatest personal animosity and obstinacy; and as to
prisoners, I believe it is almast out of the question ;
for I hear of no Officers taken by either pasty in the
late battles, as you will' observe by referring to the
Bulletins, in which none are named. The Spaniards
have always exercised the right of shooting the South
Americans as rebels, and the others retaliate upon
them as invaders of their property and incendiaries,
from whom they are to expect no mercy. Hence,
except in some instances of capitulation, when they
talk of. prisoners, I suspect they mean horses, mules,
or horned cattle. The Spaniards hase in the present
contest uniformly refused an exchange of prisoners,
or to relax in their right to shoot them, and having
adopted so barbarous a mode of warfare, they have
imposed it on their enemies; and niadc the war a war
tlf eatmoitattioa. The coniiiluence is, that they fight

k the last for their lives, and little or iht quarter be
given in the fields
'The Patriots who hoe arrivpi iate3j, end those
who write from thence, .evince nil apprOpriesion what-
ever from the result of those bud's, be the eractsa4
dot .of Cedolsozo. They eery taserinAlitry of both
parties employed in the tampairtliiik:been nearly
destroyed, and that Paez has fallerellback on the
Apure,- swivel as Ccdeno, to remounttheit cavalry,
and replace their infantry and neaterie4 as the French
call it ; considering it, at the same time, an advan-
tage to draw the Spaniards into the plains, where the
superiority of cavalry is in favour of Paez ': operas
tions.kdes, they do. ot Admit the issue of the
bii late andreer their army will advance al soon
at it iseepplied *oh ammunition, and occupy Cala.
bozo aften, vihihahnnetk fall into the • nd of the
party Who k field: .
*vA4ll23isig- Bilcut and Comm:mid* hind's have
seen each other Very near, but were net civil enough
even to ezchange a salute; neither wished to risk the
consequences, and I am glad Brion did not, for I
understandhe his Many of the first requisites for the
army on board.
" Bermudez, by the last accounts, Orris still before
Cumana, which was reduced to great distress for
provisions; and Brion was expected at Margarita, to
co-operate in the reduction of the former.
" The story of Bolivar's wounds is a political flea
tion. They at first attempted to pass of Palacios:
head for his; and it k not long ago that they woun-
ded and made him prisoner At Parapara in their Bul-
letins. As Morillo's name is affixed to the Bulletins
of the 4.th May, it is also clear that he did not die on
the 2d of April, as stated by the deserters from Cu.'
mane. It is still pretended that Calzada fell in the
battle of Car:drab();
" I do not know the position of El Palmer, hat I
am assured by an emigrant, who is practically ac-
quainted with the Lianas, that it is in the billy couni
try, and nearer to Valencia than Cogede. If so, it
proves that I'aez was in advance after that battle,
and that the Spanish account of it is an exaggeraa
don ; or that the battle of Carabobo followed close
on the heels of it, which battle the Patriots claim as
very decisive. Bat, indeed, as I before hinted, there
is no reliance whatever to be placed in the Spanish
accounts. If they can impose on the people on the
main at the smallest distance from the scene of ac-
tion, and more especially upon foreigners, for ever so
short a time, they calculate it as autaat de gagne sxr
l'enaend. They only exist by.keeping up their credit
among the natives, and this is done by gaining bits
tics, and espectille large reinforcements on paper
and our Papers, in the pay of the Spanish Govern-
ment,. assist ti.e deception materially; for althongh
they believe nothing in the Madrid Gagette, when a
3fofy' is M4nufactured afresh iii England, it acv ilres
a certain weight ; for as these people are r'ot to be
bought over themselves, they have no idea that Eng-
lishmen can be brought to disseminate false news,
and advocate despotic principles at so much a sheet
and many, who know nothing of our Qanstitution,
but still can real a newspaper, when they see the
Spanish Government -eulogized by political writers,
. they think we have at length discovered the seiolorn
of a system that saises the nation the trouble of
Leg. In, regard to foreigners, the Spaniards hoot
that it will gain them credit and supplies, and pre-
vent those from being thrown into the opposite scars-.
From this confusion in the present accounts, it is
not an unlikely conjecture, that while Paez has been
pushing fo.-ward on the side of San Carlos and Va-
lencia, that Morales has advanced upon Calabozo,
where Cedeno, not being well supplied wit!) amrntt
nition, and probably fearing that he might be cut off
from San Fernando, and thereby expose the depots
of horses on the Apure, had thought it more prudei.t
to fall back upon the troops there, and upon the se-
sources of every kind, of which San Fernando is row
the depot. A rapid movement of Paez, if he has
been successful, cu the one side, and Cedeno on the
other, with superior forces, would place Morillo, is
' Calabozo, in a very perilous situation.
"- We are not, therefore, as yet, able to form
judgment from the mere verbal information of igno-
rant passengers, and still less from the Spanish ac-
counts, whether these movements are the effect of
• necessity, or a stratagem to draw the Spanish troops
' into. the Llanos, as the infantry on both sides hal
been nearly annihilated. The necessity of getting
cattle for the subsistence not only of the troops, but
of the inhabitants of Caraccas, Valencia, the values
of Aragua, ac. oblige the Spaniards to try it, seine
• qui come, or starve. Therefore Calabozo was a good
• bait. And, in fact, the Llanos is like the sea, where
I the horizon is only occasionally interrupted by a
! town, and passable in all directions, after you get "ui
of the hilly country.
• "As there are no inclosures, bodies of cavalry
L cruize like ships at sea, and find their proviaious
I every where at hand. The Llaneros make their owis
saddles, bridles, and accoutrements; even their pikes,
if iron is scarce, of a wood very little inferior: hence
they are a dreadful enemy, and if united, they are
unconquerable in their native plains. Besides, they
do not require trained horses—they mount the first
they mess, provided lie be strong, and if he rcfases
• the bit, they govern him without one. In this toey
are superior to European cavalry, and require no
food but roast beef and milk, which abound. Broad
' and salt are luxuries, when they can get them, as
well as clothes, and their hospitals are supplied with
herbs and roots, instead of our drugs. Cucuisa (a
species of the aloe) cures all wounds. If they arnpu.
tate a limb, they sear the arteries. In a word, they
are very independent Gentlemen. In spite of this,
' they speak Spanish tolerably well, and are acute n:fria
in conversation, far beyond any thing that could be
expected. This I attribute to their living in veilaggs
in peaceable times, and being fond of each ether's
society. In the description 1 give you, I speak es
= the priv,ttions to which they calm:Omit, butso.hises
choice, fir they file
L they can gat •,
eietltes aud:bread andSedt, woe:.