The Statesman.
London, England, 1818-12-25 00:00:00

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A Leeward Island . Mail, wide* bee, arrived, hat}
lbessught letterOirean' :Sf. Thom's% to the 24th et.;
Trinidad latterlia to nth' November, and Orinoco
"Gazettes and accounts from Angostura to the end of
October. The object of Lord COCHRANE'S anobilian
bas at length been thus developed. The letters from
et.,Thoems's state, that it was reported there, that
the Noble Lord had arrived at Margaretta, in the
beginning of November, with a squadron of five
ships, which ere supposed to have joined him a few
days before, and that be lied taken the command of
the, whole of the Venezuelian fleet, which was pre.
stonily under Admiral BRION. In effecting this, he
4otted eur dlmcalty, though* is said UnION was
=ugh disphafed at being thosSipilented. The men
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..na, ?O+ grow putt 4:,Oritish4rigin, were
happy to terse ender their amentryman. A subaltern
CORMRII,II was offered to Durex, which he rejected,
and expressed himself determined to proceed ( ' fa. Iv
with to Aogustura, to know by what authOciii • '
Englieh Admiral hacitaMpoisseskon Of his Mg*
Lord Cetictiaaisr,•irre tropposei could show hieollgt
whet authority he assumed the command. ' ::
The ships brought In by Lord COCHRANE were trues
three to her hundred tens. They had .on board
about two hundred and fifty., men each, gad *we
armed with flop tint', to delete p es,..' It Ins not
known with ,ceetainty at Metseetnta whetherit wed
the intention of the new MINIM to remain there '-' II
1 ~ I
was generally believei that Ise' was, going to co
operate with General PARA,. evilest Coma.
The state of the Patriot cause is reprtweeted,Solot
flourishing. •The Independents were atiledrpet:
paring to open the campaign. Their land froreetl/244
said to consist of nine thousand men v40416'111
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ready to take the Geld. c baanst. !..:r
Lord COCHRANE was preparing a Proclamation, ha
which he would assume the title of Admiral-of the
Venesuelian fleet. We anticipsiensuch good fo the
cause of the Patriots from the gallantry and tireots of
their cierie Adinirs I. -it I:: •
Militate of affairs in Venezuela on the -;whole
wears a most brilliant aspect. The greatest -nor.
diaiity and unanimity prevails, and the armies ere
abundantly supplied with all the elements of war.---:
The Independents in that quarter commenced their
lest campaign with only the arms they had been able
to wrest from their enemies on the field of battle;
new they have armed all their soldiers, and hare
9000 muskets in depot. Not one department of the
Government has been idle since the last campaign
Nosed. The Generals have been engaged in recruit-
ing and organising their respective corps, and-the
Civil Administration has been employed in establish.
ing order and regularity, and repairing the ravages
of widen.. 'l'he Missions, a rich tract of country,
formerly held in feudal Sovereignty by the Catalo.'
nian Friars, have been placed in a state of collies..
tion, and the same encouragements have been eztend.

ed to the other parts. In the mean time that the Pa.
(tints of Venezuela have been organising themstilves
and gaining strength, the Spaniards have received no
reinforcements. Shut up in the towns nn the coast,
their garrisons have been thinned, and the natives,
who by force were kept in their ranks, have had an
opportunity of knowing the ►eal situation of their
brethren io arms. In a Proclamation recently issued
by General MoniLLo, in which he exhorted his sol-
diers to loyalty and coerage in the defence of Oma-
n* against the approaching attack of the Patriots, it
was stated that that event woeW probably take place
in December.
We have received New York Papers to the 28gh
lest. They contain the Report of Mr. Recomy,
one of the Commissioners appointed to repair to
llama Ayres, and mallet the condition of that