Star.
London, England, 1818-02-24 00:00:00

SOUTH AMERICA.

The Leeward Island Mail has brought letters from
Trinidad to the Ist January, and from Angostura to
the 18th December. -It appears true that a battle
had been fought between General ZARAZA and the
Royalists, though, as usual, the latter have greatly
overrated their success. The following are extracts
relating to this affair :

" PORT SPAIN, DICESIDER 31.
" I send you an account of a battle fought on the 3d between
General Lettere and General Zaraza. No Bulletin from Gene-
ral Bolivar has reached us, but all the private letters state the loss
at 300 infantry and not 30 cavalry. I dare say that it Is under-
rated as much as the Spanish account is exaggerated. In Gene-
ral Bolivar's dispatch to General Cedeno of the 27th November,
be mentions having received advice. from Zaraza, that Laturre
had ler: Caracas with GOO infantry and 700 cavalry, and that it
was Zaraza's intention to fan back on General Bolivar, who was
marching to form a junction with him at the head of 2000 choice
infantry. I suspect Lato.re reinforced his army with what he
could collect at the head-quarters, Calabezo ; and with those,
and the troops he brought from Caracas, succeeded in falling
upon &raze as he states ; a great part of whose cavalry appears
to have been detached.
" It is said that General Torres, who commanded the Inde-
pendent Infantry, determined upon this battle against Zaraza's
opinion, who was for falling bask, as he was ordered by General
Bolivar, to tam a junction with him. But when it came to the
point, officers and men did their duty, and those who fell co-
vered with their botlies the spot they defended. There was no
pursuit. Zaraza's berm was shot under him, and a great many
brave officers perished; among them is mentioned bolivar's fa-
vourite nephew, Does Guillerson Palacio& In the mean time
the lose of the battle has saved the Spaniards from being de-
:Word a month sooner, but cannot influence materially the ge-
neral issue of the contest."
The Extraordioary Gazette of Mexico of the 19th
of November contains the particulars of the capture
of MINA. An article under the head of Vera Cruz,
dated December 10, states, that there has reached
that place a copy of the following letter, addressed
to Senor Mariscal de Campo D. PAstiuAL DE SINAN,
by the unfortunate captive :
" slums Gramsx, " November 5. 1917.
" I wish to have the satisfaction to declare to you, that lam We feel pleasure in publishing the following lets
going to die with a calm conscience, and chat if at any time I have as transmitted to us, in confirmation of a Faragrai
ceased to be a good Spaniard, my conduct proceeded from erne. which •
" I pray that your lot may be happier than mine andvrithoutaP in our Paper, relative to the cure
being a traitor to the cause in which I suffer, I wish that you that general and dangerous complaint Rupture:
may succeed in all your enterprises. TO THE EDITOR OF THE STAR.
My sincerity would not permit me to say this to yea, wen Sus---Obscrving a paragraph in your Paper respecting the es...
I not convinced that the Republican cause can never gain ground; of an Hernia, performed (of a large size) by the Medical Boned,
and that the prolongation 'of its existence is the ruin of the colas- at Charlotte House, Great Charlotte-street, Beackfriars
try which you have come to govern. justice, Sir, to Messrs. COOPER and Co. I beg to add
" If there remained for me still some time to live, I should personal testimony. Having been afflicted nearly twenty years,
express verbally to your Excellency what measures I think and deemed incurable by eminent Surgeons, I patiently bore—
will contribute to the pacification of these provinces; and after affliction, eapecdng every hour to be my last; I at length
the public is informed of the state and nature of that resolution, plied to the -Medical Board, and have reason to pray for
I dread not the result of your decision on the overture which I excellent Establishrnent, for although I ant nearly 50, was
now make to your Excellency.—Permit me to subscribe myself feetly coxed in a few weeks, and now, thank GOD, enjoy good
your respectful countryman, " xavw enue." health.---I think, Mr. Editor, all who know me well allow the'
It said positively in a letter from Mexico, that Ima have no other motive r this communication than
beteit.--I u. :,Sir, your obedient Servant e. etevszeteo.
ikliNA was shot there on the 15th November, before
Dag and &de, near Loudon-road, St. George'.
the Fort of San Gregorio. Itelds, October 1517.

The Marquess of HASTINGS has returned a nern
and appropriate Answer to the Thanks voted to him
by the two. Houses of Parliament. The warm an/
dignified feeling with which those Memorials of the
skill and valour of our Military and Naval Heroes
are conceived, had long afforded reason for regret thy
they were not publicly diffused amidst- the generous
spirit of a British People than they could he by a mere
entry upon the Journals of the House. We hail there-
fore with delight the Publication that affords us, in
concentrated view, all the leading Historical events,
the late protracted War, the testimony of Parliameni
to the conduct of the leaders under whom it was
brought to this successful issue, and the becoming
feelings with which they accept those well-earned
tributes of the gratitude of their Country—such
f..ublication is the lEgis of England, by Mr. IklAußis.
VANS; a Work which, independently of the above
claims to popularity, it is but justice to say is most
ably executed, and eserving the universal patron'
it has experienced, no less from the Army and Nal
but from all to whom the honour of their Arms
dear and interesting.