Star.
London, England, 1817-08-18 00:00:00

REPUBLIC OF VENEZUELA.

The following particulars of the reestablishment
of the Independent Government in the Unitcd Pro.
vinces of Venezuela, have just been received by an
arrival from the United States; and taken in connec-
tion with the explanatory Proclamation of Doi, J
CORTEI MADARIAGA, the Governor of Margarita,
which we gave in the STAR of the Bth instant, will
be found to contain a full history of that interesting
and important event.

On the Bth of May all the Chiefs of the Republic,
the existing Members of the Old Government, and
the new Members of the respective Provinces, ass•tm-
bled at Cariaco, on the Main : General Mart n, itt
the Absence of Bolivar, opened the Congress by a
neat speech, expressive of the great satisfaction he
left at meeting his distinguished companions, all de
voted to the same cause, and assembled to deliberate
on the best measures to be adopted for the organiza-
tion of the Government. He conclud.d with the
following words:

" Every one knows, that, under all its reveries of fortune, the
Republic has bad no stronger support nor better friend than our
worthy fellow-patriot, General Bolivar; and that all his views'
bare been directed to the re-evablishment of the Representative
Goverorni nt, which the people early adopted as their fuudant, n
tal Conn dough our aim must now be to give t more
energy, to Le, and unity. •1 hie has been his most ardent wish,
and the reason why lie has twice called together the Congress
whose 'net wig has been unavoidably retard, d by political agita-
tions and military movements. But extraordinary circumstances
having occurred, of which you will boon be informed, 1 have
cousidtred it advisable to do, in the name and un behalf of the
3 sperms Chief, v hat he himself would do if he were present,
which is, to instal the Provisional Government cootormably to
the Constitution deraxed by ti.e Vent aortal' Corigfess, whilst,
that in the mean time the I)eputies assemble for a new Cuogresv,
we may be seabled to proceed to the reforms and modifications
deemed anew, to our political institutions."

The various Members of the Congress then pro-
ceeded to deliberate on the expediency cf establishing
a regular form of Government, in order to give e 6
ciency to the cause, and promote the main object. in
view, and the basis of the same being established and
agreed upon, General Marino resigned his command
and withdrew. The several Members then took the
oath prescribed by the Federal Constitution, under the
form pointed nest in same. An Act WAS then
drawn up, stating, that from that day the Federal
Government was reinstated in all its branches, and
an Etecutive Power was named, of which General
Bolivar and Don Fernando Toro were elected as the'
leaders. The Judges, and other Functionaries were
also chosen, air Generals Bolivar and Marino rein•
stated in the cur:inland of the armies. The city of
Assumption, capital of the Island cf Margarita, was
then filed upon as the futureresidence of the Federal
Government for the present, and the Act concludes
by tie following words:

" Finally, we invoke the mercy of the Morr Hasa, hoping
he' ill protect our wishes; and we solemnly declare, in the pre-
sence of Heaven, and ad nations of the earth, that our constant
efforts shall never tend to any tither object then to preserve in
peace and liberty, the honourable and virtuous remnant of the
Venezuelan Family, sewed through a trsiout his goodness:from
the fury and devastation of t.e.putisin ; protesting at the same
time, :o bury ourselves under the ruins ui the Republic, rather
than return to the siavery and chains we have borne for three
centuries, which, by the unanimous wish of the ttildren ut
Columbia, our brethren, we have rent asunder for ever. And
, be it known to all, that we, the tuidersigned Representative,, are
resolved, and pledge ourselves by every thing tiered in the eye
of the metal and political man, to swig with our blood, this our
patriotic determination I"

General Marino rhea issued the following,Procla-
mtiii.ii:—..

or Vaucceatn —Rise up to bail the day of lode
p.O .uute and of Freedom! Halt the stortous.and happy day lot
o • al. the (mods of human,. y misfied, tur which the Ileum ut.
doom y huteued iu tsleir Wood to the held of battle,
asso th. Jowl vtrtuotio cizia,os braved the Lim:winner's hand !
" tNr twiny ae a of prowess, so many and such great sacrifices

shall not now be lost to your freeborn. Our prayers bate
tabled from Ha AVIS; the re.establishinest of the Representative
Government, with which our political existence is happily con-
nected. EstraordinSty circumstances, in wbkb the finger of the
ALL Poweitrut. Is discovered, have accelerated this desirable
measure, to which all the exertions of the magnanirnous WITS,
Mere directed, as well as the labours of his worthy compassion.
lu arms.
" Our Constitution may, perhaps, be something defective, as
all such are when fanned doting the effervescence of a sudden
liberty. Its re-establidnent, however, was an lndispensilite
step, in order to improve our institutions and recover out social
existence. What hopes could we conceive, or what confidence
could we inspire into the political world, without toiler and
concert in oar operations, without a common centre, without a
principle of organization and of lice, without a Government, in
short, which should give vigour and action to the lambaste
bialy of the Republic f
" Fortunately the scene has changed, and soon will you see
the prodigious effects of a wise Administration, and the religious
obi, r +ante of the principles of justice and universal philanthropy,
which aid conciliate to us the kiendship of nations and the good
will of the human race.
" genes -bans of all classes, parties, and opinions !—At once
forget your mutual animosities, and rally round the Government
which has just been reinstated for the salvation 4.f your country.
lhe spirit of independence is inextinguishable in Venezuela, and
the obstinacy and ferocity of the Spaniards deprive us of all
hopes of reconciliation and peace. Choose tit-ii between casting
them at once from our country, which they have inundated with
blood and tears, or favour, by your foolish divisinni, their atro-
cious projects of devestation and horror, till our beautiful country
is converted into a wide and awful wilderness.
" And ye, also, spurious children of your country, who, form-
ing with our assassins that impious connection which scandalises
the human heart, have raised your parricidal hands, return to
us, fly to our arms, and let us again call you brethren.
Let us all unite with the Representative Government jest
established ; let us lend to it the firm support of our hearts ; let
us cooperate energetically with its wise and beneficent viee.i,
and soon will Venezuela recover the benefits of her independence
and natural grandeur, and again appear before the world with all
the dignity of heroism and virtue.
" Head-quarters, Cariacn, May 10, 1317.
(Signed) " SANTIAGO MARITIO."

A Decree was nest issued, confirming Brion as
Admiral in Chief of the Venezuelisn squadron ;
another to change the name ot the island ot Marga.
rita into that ot New Sparta, in consequence of the'
heroic conduct of its inhabitants ; and third, de-
claring that the national flag henceforward is to be a
yellow held with seven blue stars thereon, to repe-
-1 atm the seven confederated provinces.

Po RT-ittr-PRINCR, June 28.—0 n the 19th, the large
magazine on the entrenchment at the borders of the
town, was struck with lightning, and exploded. It
contained 108,000Ibs. of powder, and has done much
damage to the neighbourhood. Yesterday evening
(the 27th), Fort Bisseton was blown up by the Com-
mandant of the Ports, while in a fit of intoxication
and anger, in revenge for a supposed Injury done
him by one of his superiors. It contained about
23,0001b5. of powder. The Officer was the only
person killed.
Letters received from Gibraltar, dated 24th July,
state, that the Spanish Commandant had sent official
natice into the fort that all intercourse with Gibraltar
W:1 S for the present prohibited by land and sea, as the
eff...cts of the plague now raging at Algiers and on the
African coast were greatly dreaded. Strong remelt-
stances were expected to be made by the Governor
and inhabitants of Gibraltar, as they deemed the
measure unnecessary. It would have the most se-
rious effects upon the trade.
A letter from Lisbon, dated August 1, says—.(6 I
mentioned in my last, that a very considerable num-
ber of deserters had passed through Leiria, and lost
several men in a conflict with the troops stationed
there. It roes, however, appears, that their numbe.
was much less th an report. d, and that only one deserter
was killed. From tlie ielgos battalion, arrived in the
environs of Lsbon, nearly halt deserted. Since the ad-
dress of Lad Beresford to the troops at Cascaes,
assurng them that their period of foreign service was
to be limio-d to taree years, not a man has deserted;
and there is reasou to believe that the deserters from
the Lagos Batt thon had been misguided by some
disaffected persans, who had been tampering with
them privately. The transp,srts are now dropping
dawn t .e Tagus, preparatory :o the embarkation of
the troops."
widow of the celebrated TOUSSAINT LOUVER-
ruse is stated in the French Papers to have lately
died at Agen,' in her 50th year : she is described as
having been a model of gentleness and piety. Of two
sons whom she has left, the elder, Femme Leuven.
TUBE, now about 30 years of age, after finishing his
studies at Paris, at the College of the Colonies, oh
tained the rank of Chef d'Ercadrose, but ever since re-
sided constantly with his mother. Tile younger,
SAINT JEAN LOUVEIiTURS. is now educating in Eng-
land, at the expense of the British Government, and
is near his 20th year. A third son, a Captain in the
French service, died about twelve years ago, at Belle.
lsle-en-Mer, to which he had been exiled, a victim,
like his father, to the perfidy of the Usurper.
All the Noblemen and Gentlemen, owning land in
the parish of Hatfield, have agreed not to shoot, or
otherwise sport, before the 15th of September.
According to the table describing the civil state of
Sweden, 314 children at the breast were, during the
year 1814, smothered by their mothers or nurses
.while asleep ; and in the following year the number
of innocent victims who died through this kind of
imprudence amounted to 369.
Tire reductu'n which was recommended by the
Finance Committee of the House of Commons, to he
adopted in the Paymaster General's department, has
just been carried into execution. The Right Hon.,
J. F. Rosissos and his Deputy, have retired from
their respective stations, by which a saving of about
£2.700 per annum, will accrue to the public.
There appears to be an error this year in the Ephe-
meris, and all the other Atmanacks published by the
Stationers' Company, in regard to the time of the
New Moon of the present month, which they state
as taking place at nine in the evening of Tuesday
last, while the true time, if we may rely on the Neu-
' tical Almanack published by the Board of Longi-
hide, was at seven in the morning of Wednesday.—
. The Glutei:lance df: Tom, or French Nautical Alma•
nack, seems equally in mar, as that states the time
of the change, according to the meridian of Paris,
at 50 minutes past 10 in the evening of Tuesday.
Saturday evening one of the Windsor coaches from
London was overturned on Hounslow-heath, by the
negligence of a load of gravel being left on the toad
female had her arm slightly bruited.
Friday evening, as a boy belonging :o the Two-
,.enny Post-off,ce, was riding islet% Cheapsirle, his
,orse fell, and a mourning -coach passing at the mu-
" cent ran over his lep, by which they wire both
ractured. Ile was coin/es-ea, without if to
.ovary, to Lattholouttnes