Star.
London, England, 1821-01-31 00:00:00

AMERICA.

(Fern the National Ituellioricer, Dee. 29.)
WATS AND MEANS FOR 1820.—A letter was yes-
terday transmitted to Congress by the Secretary of
tl.e Treasury, ss hich presents a more favourable view
of the state of the National Finances than that con-
tained in his Anuual.Report. We shall publish the,
docuMent as soon as we can, but in the meantime
offer the following as the essence of it :
The actual deficit-of the Revenue requisite to meet
the estimated expenditure is now stated at 4,658,483
dollars, being less than that presented by the Annual
Report of the Treasury by 8,793,103 dol. 74 c. which
amount consists, Ist, of the sum which, it has since
been found, will not be wanted for the Naval service ;
Td, of balances of appropriation for Civil List and
miscellaneous objects, which, it appears upon subse-
crnent examination, will not be required ; 3d, of an
excs in die estimate of the charge for the Military'
service. resulting from the different mode of keeping
the warrant and appropriation accounts in the differ-
ent departments; and 4th, of the balance in the hands
of the Treasurer on the Ist of January, 1820, as Agent
of the War Department, which ought to have been
deducted from that charge, as it had already been
drawn from the Treasury.
But, the Secretary recommends that the loan to be
authorized be yet of the amount of seven millions of
dollars ; because, of the sum now in the Treasury
upwards of 600,000 are special deposits (uncurrent
notes, it is supposed), which will not be available
during the ensuing year ; because, from the most
distant parts of the Union, it requires on an average,
six months to transfer the Revenue, and much of it,
therefore, will not be available within the coming
year; and because there ought always to be a sur-
plus of If least one million of dollars in the Treasury
beyond the estimated amount necessary to meet the
demands upon it.

MAIN.

(From the St. Thomas's Times Extraordinary #' Desemiter 24.)

• CURACOA, DECEMBER 9.

The following very important intelligence was re-
ceived in this island on the evening of Wednesday
last, from Puerto Cabello, and communicated to us
the next morning, through a respectable commercial
house here:

,4 On the 27th of last month, an Armistice was
signed between Generals Morillo and Bolivar, at St.
Anna, near Truxillo, consisting of thirteen Articles,
which, however, had not been made public ; but it
was understood that they had for their basis the re-
storation of peace. Two Deputies had been appointed
on each side to proceed to Spain, to arrange matters
finally with the Cortes, and were to embark on board
the corvette Descubierta, accompanied by General
Morello. They proceed, in the first place, for the
Havannah, and will there take their passage on board
a frigate for Spain."
The following extract of a letter from Puerto Ca-
bello, dated the sth instant, gives some further in-
formation of these important affairs:
" On the 27th ultimo, in the morning, General
Bolivar, accompanied by his Staff, met our Commis.
sioners at the head-quarters of General Morillo. The
Generals embraced each other in the most friendly
manner, and bitterly deplored the innocent blood
that had been shed in Venezuela ; and afterwards the
Constitution of the Spanish Nation was acknowledged
by General Bolivar. l3oth Geaerals then took up a
large stone between them, and placed it in the square
of the town, to serve as a memorable testimony of
their meeting. The day was spent with much joy
and enthusiasm, and at night the Generals slept in
thq same room. On the following day, two Officers
were dispatched with the news LI this event to the
kingdom of Santa Fe, two for Calabeza, two for
Guayana, and two for Margarita: these latter are
expected to-day or to-morrow, and will embark on
board a man of war for their destination. General
tlorillo granted forty passports to different Officers
of General Bolivar's army, to return to their homes
and visit their families. This is all that we know,
up to this moment, of these important matters; and
thus have happily terminated, in an instant, the
smuggles of Venezuela, which have lasted now up-
m aids of ten years."

ARMISTICE. BETWEEN THE SPAN/SH AND PA•