The Statesman.
London, England, 1810-07-02 00:00:00

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nitrate in juviification of their procectliii.:s. TM,
document contains a ii.iiiiiary of.the events %Welt
succeeded the forcing the deliks of Sierra Alorena
'by the French army, devcribei the hopeless lowa.
'lion of affairs. in Spun, and declares that the
object of their revolution iv—to protect theitiselses
against the pretensions of Ike i ther nations of
Europe, the seductions of the IC rent h Cabinet,
and even against any designs vs hie!, the late Spanish
Representatives may entertain upon their Coon.
try ; to maintain the in their political dig.
city; so support as far as possible Jute legitimate
dynasty. of Spain ; to render more tolerable the
condition of the unfortunate Ferdinand VII.-
should he be released from captivity ; and to sup.
port the gl.iry of the Spanish dame, by pre§ersitig
the remains of that noble and generous nation, and
otferiiieto their brethren of the in.nher country a
secure asylum not only front French oppression,
but arse against all attempts on the part of the
other nations of Elusive.
.Several measures of reform were, at the came
time, enacted by the Junta, which our readers
will find described in the fullouing extract front
the Cilraccu Gil:elle :
" VSNETUELA, APRIL 27.—The puhlie• have already
seen and read die pritnitive act of our political leynerati 11,
and have been fully informed, by a alauifesto, 'tithe motive.
the theirs, and ulterior provision, witich it.,ve oulductet
tie thereto, and maintain U. therein. it i- mt.' duty mew to
inform the:a of the ..1.111 her proceetliogs, a liereh. toe Su-
preme Junta have ',iciest., excited thrin.ely es, f.r the pur-
pose• of duly acting up to the confidence reposed in them by
the pe-ple; that all may know a hat interest. alt, and i hat
every tualividual way be penetrated with tit it contid.oice
which so Manifest au unanimity of seutiment is caleuland to
agate.
" rite day of the 19th of April bore thrOughout tbestnesp
of beneficence nod gent rosily, ma its hue street-, not a ,iii„le
voice was heard but in favour of suhiniive p Minas, just
daitns, well-mei tied rewards, together .ti fill 11100$ ac .1 aus•
limn.
" The dtv of the 20th was n,h red In by the pawing .if
d erees, completely characteriale of a paterhat ,z,overnment,
and worthy of the people by whoa it was iiistitote I. Toe
1110V1,141141 governineot, lb:- itufaut the Dec.v.lr. utteMion
to tile public security nainitted of ir. kued a degree, exempt- •
ing from the tyrannical ditty of toe Alcavaia, all articles of
suosisteace and objects of necessary cousti.eption. in miler
that prance convenience may evildoer t . tam pantie abuss-
dacce, which is so essetitial 'auger the. present roc ',weer.
lit the nest Rance, they exempted toe toilia..s 1 imi tar in-
butr hitherto exacted-albeit', ill order th it t e vrimitive in-
habitaats of two soil should be nun wig the first t i enjoy the
udvn.rages of oar civil reeeneratioii. TO y taro reoorcd VS
agrlculture. a multitade of useful person,. reh i, tin ler lie
prete xi of an erroneous policy, and insidious security, and to
..the.great: Injury of our agricultural iiitereNts, liiiiguts led in
lulprisuiiment, seigioatized with the false cintrataer of va-
grants. 'hue trotepst, who took up urifis to give due !Ideal ity
to a resolution, its white, force that no par., obtahlea ....dou-
ble pay. until' Amber orders, in re•yar fir their sentimenta
and gallantry, which pi uduced a favourable decision of our
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" The splenJour of such sincere and genuine magniticonce
has Illuminated our prospects, mid dist). 'sett the cniseerat of
discord conjured up by the anterior despotism, lu or.l r that
mutual•distrust might easielope us in a tines cl. ud. which
should conceal from nor view the horizol of our.tiappiness.—
The vivifying breath of filbert, produces an wilversal re- %si-
tuation, and all that inhale it rush to throw ils.milielves Whit
thedirigsof tae tutelary geoids of Venezuela, to swear thir'dy
to her soas, nod to receive the henedirtio..s. of the covateys
and thr embraces of her representatives. All sbeiiutleutitie•
and bodies that took no part in the primary art, hard sir luta.
neously taken the midis to the provisional glivertiment i hod
t cousiflate hat, through the medium of Its super Ito., pl
at their disposal all the effects of the tsiercantitsr ow rem, r
lectively and individually.• Patriotism, like anclectrical con-
ductor, has produced a groeral ciciiiiimitto among all ~.oks of
society, who come, separately and its bodies; to olkr tutut pet.
bOath View property, weir talents, and their seri, ires, in v. ord
mid deed, to toe Suweine Junta, the provisional k depositary
of the sorereigsity." • • •
Here followi a list of suhscriplinnit in money, cattle, pro
visions, clotuing, tte. for the. wippart of the t.ew goversk
awlet.l
" k.sternal security could .ont be attained, u k.s the oohed
provinces, which, under th. alit toys em, composed the tisk
vernment of Venezuela, tn. ivied, with toe ca,• hal,' a reside-
deration, that should reader respectaule the resolotio., we bud
adopt d. The pro,tslithat Geheraiinent, titer seterted
from asuong toe natives of those provetwev, such pen .its, as,
from their talents, allachmeot to she comas an cause, and
tiamice *Wong their fellow-citizen., were brit tiu {shed in
perform tile duties of a mistoon, which, sett,iig out under the
auspices of reciprocal mil ty, , alf irds every reason to expert
that it will be productive of a happy result."

The Missionaries, besides appropriate in.truc:
lions, sere'furnahe•J with copics of a proclan►a.
lion particularly directed to the. provincial•, to
which is annexed a short address, enforcing the
duties or peace and sub,clinatilio, and
ing the maxim that " without willow, lucre is mi_
ther public nor private happiness." This procla-
mation is merely an abstract of the nianikstu, (1113
substance of which we have already deschheil ; hut'
another, issued at the same time, and addressed to
the Spanish Americans at large, assumes a bolder
tone. It is as follows :

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" Causa qua sit videris; mine quid agendum sit conside-
rate.
" Asstaic ANS I—The politirAl order of the other hemis-
phere has reduced Spahr to It..cante the vi iiin of pe fit, „„d
iippressino, and that generous people. after a series of misfor-
tunes, are on the point of beide, blotted out of vie catalogue
of nations, and doomed no logger to exist, except iu the re-
membrance of mankind, and in the 'tomb of heroism.
I"l'he relat.ons that hitherto have made us pariah, n'
destiny are outfit In cease, or, perhap., base ;dreads ceased;
far that Power which convul-f s and oppresses the may, rse,
has accelerated Inc fatal eatastrophe which roust lot ever
separate the two worlds.
" Europe, struck with astonishment, and still ignor ..it of
what goad ultimately hi. tier own fate, has, Ititai rte., kept
her eyes fixed upon America, de tined 1,. bee arse the it Amato-
tee and the v ictini sof all the con, elation!, and all tile
wherewith the:Cabinets of I. tirope have •reeiprocally de-
ceived each inner. Our itisiitlatile fide,' yto our K ia;:. our
Crowley, and our Common Religion, lots kep su-pt II led over
Spats. the s oral d which Fray e tat:itemised aentint her, under
aft impressiod lust the conquest of her arms %timid uses watity
draw after it that .of oar opimat.
-• Y.tdwatiela being mote within the reach o' the fait:wire
of the Usurper. and surrounded by the maritime s Welty :MI
inf rtharliationts pls essmg distinct interests, hid greater
cause tea be alarmed for her halm fate, and 111 interest tier elf
Mitre in ascerediaiue that of Spain. Till- she had greoter
relay in-effectitii, and she had more engem native, to he the
dies* to prwvide for her own safety. We hove Kern, that net-
titer oar treasures, nor oaf itle:ity, nor the heroism ut our
brethren, •Ilate hienYthle to deliver Spain from that oppres-
Ana which commenced with pertitlya and has bee.,
.rajaa„t„
Anted by..tV joint efforts of :al the returots of flimrpCitiliza-
(son conspiring against tier
" Our purpo.e ails been In dissever ourselves from her des-
tint, ft, tar presematioif at our e tistr.aq , xa.l tam 1,,,,,itha
be enabled -ti, offer an asyluin to oar fellow-castors men from
the calainities that menace them.' Wit., toe-e sacred ithiects
in view, we resolved ta assume. 01:ov:flit:cal in lepettaeos e
maw::
itho.defeever fifnae:nouts,:3hfaAs ~rnfe.srtioreden_ifinfi
been elected with all the Moderatiort, Site humanity, and
r of
all4fith•AellieWerCie;asns. ;VtVlicehlieltherlenah's.'rtialtalYrettordyinierihitsikteldaut:err-. elf in the
event ' nu h she
hastens to notify to her neighboars,lionsktierrdiero,itimetat.nifhetroems::ltoti..;
meats of the New World tan to Antigua o iter's, toes: may
*nd a supp •rttog hand in the grand bat difficuit cam upon
rwriii!`tiecn,vh itishryteu:huga:ali'de„nnit:Le'rnieddn"di.V.i.nenrihisoitt!, should be y tote. ;
.n ntder
that the combined operation of these &rood element,. may cm.
summate the great work which is to rtti,e America to the pa-
litical dignity that justly belougs to her."

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Fire Quakers were last week committed. tis the
House of Correction, at Wakvfirlil, f -r uric MIMI 6,
fur refusing to servo is the Local Aliliiiu, or losy
'thy fine.