The Statesman.
London, England, 1818-06-06 00:00:00

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SOCTI'II 4.11 ER !CAN P4TR.
The fellnwingls it Statement of the lat
of the contending parties on the Spanish •
natted from St. Thomas, under dins of*Ai.
ilere we' receive no other adtices than __
" which- come from Morino himself, or the city of
Car:icces,and antssequentiy they most be believed
ss is the greatest.caution. Private ectounts all clash
Bellediseket.-slwlpeniantepwlttrevt.
. delay are endeavouring hard to bide the very (leap..
aiiiil4itcutnstances into *bid they ate plangeds So.
great is the coasfoskeelceeved ,by this studied system
of deception,- that it is difficult to ascertain with lc-
curacy any thing, Intelpr the actual positions ,of the
respective armies; but hylrilowing tboise as they era!
Pt eteteltt, and. sectoltertilat, what they stere.a shirt
time aim, it:is easy to jualgiwhieh party. has the
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46 LH °rill* made i.thanderitig boast about the affair
Sombrero. though he was compelled to retreat, and
Oatgreatest coveter totioiiollo wed ; but he was corn-
Oletely hilent whilst be was effecting his escape to
' *alikscia. Theis he breaks his silence to announce
further triumphs and the'clestructio4 'drabs Patriots;
and ender date of the 15th olt:(MarCh), be says be
had dispersed 7,400 of •the ,esseutyls-catairy,, posted
inr-hlesseay. On the 16vh, he tells is in another dis-
petal', dated' Villa de Oirci, one o'clock at night,
that he back pursued tglitssucgents led taken up a
new position there, and that nest morning he would
fellow them op. On the 19th, he puts forth a third
di.pitch is Valesicie, asserting that he bad defeated
the Patriots near La Puerta. two leagues distant
from Villa do Core, sad that be was then io pursuit
of them. Perfeffily to jolts of this joggle attempted
to beisiectised es4the. Sitablic, it would merely. be
!watery to ehtitt..si asap, but suffice it to say,
that hese (he be and official reports of the
Spanierds, are believed by no one but these who are
paid to der.
"Sioftt Is- that Bolivar not bavleg moved his
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heae.geerters from Sombrero, only seat on a division
in pursuit of Melillo, with which be occupied Vic-
toria, Maracay, and Consejo, that is, the valleys of
League; fee ih* pupae of drawing to .him all the
panties's of •thittlitser, which berwas enabled to do.
Atirilio.,ingtemty „assembled the garrisees 'of La
Goire; Caimans, and Puerto Civello, sod attacked
this kleaared divillen with his whole force. This
dielfion felt bier, Irk on Villa de Cura ind then
on La Pcsesta,ailsese,..aa-well as in Maracay, the In-
dependents endeatoueedso fight whilst they were re-
treating, in order ter draw the Spaniard's on towards
ale pialtie. The affair.was.so mikes* for the latter,
that notwithstanding they retained, for the moment,
the field of battle, they lost the best of their
officers and men,.. and even the great Pacificator
himself, 'filnrillo, wair'wounded. with the stroke
of a lance,' end carried to ',Valencia, hors de
oolub at. The division oirthe Patriots continued its
retreat, and joined the maid body of the army, end
the Royalists, under a new.. Chief, being thus com-
pletely deceived; marched on as far as Rastro, sit
leagues from Sombrero; where, learning that the In-
surgents were stronger than they believed, and not
being commanded by Leaders either so daring or so
obstinate as liorillo, they undertook a retreat, but'
they were instantly pursued by the Patriot cavalry,
and lofiered considerahly, till iliey were able to gain
the heights !wilt% to Villa de Cura, where !Atones'
head-quarters were: Oeitig to these misfortunes dis-
sensions have sprang up among the Spaniards. .Mo-
rales, the best officer they have, has been deposed,
aged IVlnte, the semitain:Gesseral, shipped away.—
'.:The formes ceinroanded.lbe 'vanguard. The Patriots'
ctrl La. l'aerta test not a single officer, nor did the
**laniards take a single krletmer.: We now learn that
Morillo, who is 4fiaette'vrith aage, is threatened is
Valencia by a Pairatia• division that has pushed on
through Sae Carlof,. only 16 leagues from Valencia.",

words, by the Act of .union Ibac4bblittpripild
stMocts of one country_ were in Ware
_to
_be_ iitt

'equal rlAt qt.!. Ipihei; 'TkiiTsr;ities
by an
_express_ claim! in''ikee Alien Bill, to be tee'
aside on tbe presentation of Sir lawn
MActwifiema of wiletition from forty-nine re.
specials', fOreigtiirs',.. who 'have stock in the Bank or
Scotiando against the hostile amendment of the Lords,
the 'facts ef the proiectiei Statute, and the unconsti.
Wiensl incongruity of the Lords interfering In Bills
relating to the money concerns of the subject, which
could only originate in !Be enaintona, came net so
strongly. and so unespecteilly,",.that Ministers were
compelled to make a virtue of oecenity, and abandon
their Project of lA* in tkis respect for the present.—
Mr. CAtlmum, however, was very bold, and, as usual,
very teak, bet not so successful as usual in his chaos-
pioniaing. attempt to. prove that the privileges and
property of individeals might be interfered with,
whatever ideas might be entertained of the pri-
vileges of the House.--Lord Camettiaotr,
after some ineffectual arguments, gave op the
point in despair, admitting that the facts of the
case were true ; and Sir SAMUEL ROMSLLY show-
ed that the privilege this confessed by the Bank
of Scotland was not dependent on the obsolete Scotch
Act alone, but had been revived end couirmed by

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TH

asesiassaHms.•-s.r.
of the. Atlantic, nicebeano, er the neighbourhood,
is_tbesemoared.destination of the Spanish fog" which
670, sailed from Lima_; but its aim has been in
etsw respect anticipated by a Declaration of We-
penitence on the part of the People of Chili, which
was published on the lat Jimmy, lo the' present
year. In this Paper the Democratic Autfirities of
Chili throw off unequivocally the yoke of Spain, and
allege the disturbed siteatioa of the coentry as a
reason why it had been hitherto impossible to ton-
broke a General Congress.
,Ditch and Flanders Mails, with Frankfort Papers
to•the 31st ult. have arrived. The Austrian army has
digit ieduced to the lowest practicable establishment,
as ouillitiisters would say. An article of the 27th
ult. says,.the Doke of Kair's Marriage was to be
celebrated at Coburg in a few days. Preparations
were making at Hesse-Homburg to give the Ilere.
ditary Prince and his Sposse a most splendid recep-
tion. The Saxon States have offered their Sovereign.
50,000 florins towards re-building the Castle and
other edifices at Minks, which suffered by the late fire.
The new Civil Cede of the Netherlands is in progress
towards completion.
The anniversary of the battle of Waterloo is to he
celebrated in the Netherlands by thanksgivings in ail
the churches, as if it had been a Dutch victory. This, ,
and the King of PaussiA's iron pillar, which is to be
erected on the field of Waterloo to the memory of
the Prussians who felt there, by running away from
the French at Liguy, give us a very grateful instance
of the fejthful remembrance of our valiant Continental
Allies.

not less then five Acts passed by the Btiiish Parlia-
ment during the present reign. It was in fact a boon
offered, whenever it had been found necessary to in-
crease the capital of the Bank .of Scotland, to induce
foreigners to place their property in it. And
were those who bad accepted the'offer, end trusted
their property ..hitit' the faith of so many Per.
Hamentary pledges, to be robbed of 'the just --.Nus..—.
rights which they had most legally acquired?—Mr. The French Papers to the 3d inst.' have reached
CANNING thinks ali these ideas of respect for esta- us. The Journal des Debate contradicts the report
blished laws absurd. This Gentleman's notions of that a delay had taken place in sending off the De-
Constitutional propriety foetid, however, a season- cree of the Court of Cessation in the affair of NI.
able and proper test in the Speaker, to whom he sp. FUALDE4I, in consequence of a new demurrer being
pealed in the confidence of his Parliamentary know. lodged with the Keeper of the Seals in the. names of
ledge. The SPEAKER, thus appealed to,. declared the coademned persons. On the contrary, it "staid,
that the ciente 'in question was of such a nature that on Saturday night last a Courier Extraordintry
as to render its origination in the Lords ir- was dispatched from the Office of the Minister of
regular and illegal. A considerable degree of Justice to Albi, who was the bearer of the Decree Of
embarrassment has, therefore, ensued. -A Com. the Court of Cessation, and the order for carrying;
-mittee was appointed to confer with the Lords into execution the sentence of the Court of Assitis
upon this point. By the rejection of this of the Tarn. Collard and Aunt 13enoit, two of the
clause, the Alien Bill ,is reduced to a mere condemned persons, have for themselves alepepeti.
, mown i. et
nullity, for this compendious mode of naturalization, tioned for pardon.
by gievoitirrg a auto of money (about 841. sterling) * These Papers at length' pobtish the ptittiooletit4
lii the Bank of Scotland, at once counteracts its pro. en affray among the soldiers of the Royal Quaid 11
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visions'. • the Netional Guards of -Paris, some account of
. which has before reached us through private channels,
Lord Sycarant's official emoliments and duties, hut upon which the Journals have not.hitherto dared
,which hive lately come very pompously before the to hazard a remark. In consequence of this riot pro.
Public in an an affidavit upon a delicate occasion, at. ceedings were c,./fmnienced against six of the soldiers
forded ground, last night, "for a very, necessary clues. of the Hoye), Guard before the Second. Council of
tionoshich was approprietely putty Mr. BROUGIIAM• War. These proceedings bate-now been closed. It.
The answer to this .by Lord CMITLEN£AGJI affords, appears that these men, had gist intoxicated, and sal:
papa with his Lordship's gloss,a finespeciuseu of good lied through the street, *smelting all that came
fortune and united sinecures. -From bis Lordship's ad. In their way. Two of the National Guard en.
missions it s ppears, t hat, although Lord STEWART, Lord deavoured to pot a step to their riotous conduct,
CAIITLEREAGU'S brother, -hat beets for 12 months in for which one of them, bad his for esp. knocked
this country, he has, during the whole of that time, off, and while be stooped to pick it ' up, be re.
ertioyea hii full income of 12,0001. as Ambassador at ceived two desperate wounds in bis bead from a
the Cosa of Vienna; and that, In addition to this, Sabre. lie continued to follow them, however, until
be holds tie, office of one of the Lords of the Bed- he fell down ahentgb loss of blood. Meanwhile
chamber, with a salary of 10001. The duties of these -disturbers of the peace continued to parade the
Ambassador are discharged by a deputy; who is also streets With sabres drawn, carrying in triumph the
receiving remuneration from the public purse; yet far cap of the Notional Guardsman, and calling out,
no diminution is made in the enormous salary paid 1 4 The victory is ours!" Other National Guardi,
to the principal. assembled from various parts, desired them to ear.
'This Ise very proper subject to be taken into con. render ; but these heroes, disdaining a proceeding so
sidevatios along with the important statements made ignominious, exclaimed, 64 We will rather die!.
last night in the Bonner Lords by Earl GaosvEnoe, Charge ! Conquer or die !" They were et last .' ovei
t-,
on the subject of the many useless Offices, perpetuated powered and taken. Their only defence 'on. their
in• reversion, which drain the industry of the trial was, that they recolteoted nothing of what hot,
country, and are felt as so many national evils. passed. The Court sentenced the ringleader, 'Wise
It will be seen from his Lordship's speech how little wounded the National Gee rdsman, to ten Yeitele WI:
has been really done during the Session to relieve the tary confinement, and the five others toifisieipeirs'piii
nation from useless and burdensome offices. The miler confinement each.
situation. of Clerk of Parliament, about which so A further diminution of 5 Cents. in thit 'Oaf if
much was said on the death of Mr. Rome, still, kap- bred has taken place in Paris.
pears,. continues unregulated, and the office of Joe- The French 5 per Cents. loft off on Monday at
tice•Genetal 'of Scotland is also in the same state. 59 f. 45 c.
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Accounts from Madrid give reason to expect a It will be seen by our Paper of this day, that the
change in the Spaoish -Government. Spain certainly City of London is likely to have three Independent
never needed an energetic and wise Administration Representatives in 'Parliament,. by ilmoddition- of.
moMr. Alderman THORN whose friends
.entertain.the.
re thin at the present soements -mimpo her affairs
most sanguine expectations of his success. • . .
ere ma deeply involved with her oven *colonise, and
Yesterday the Nine REGIINT held a C;oart vat
with Portugal and North America.' It is stated that Levee at. Carlton-house, for the purpose adrift,' if ri.
the vigour, firmness, and judgment of the Duke SAN Ceiving the congrattletioni if. the Nobility and
Caur.ot.. are so generally applauded, and so often Gentry on the marriage of the Dike oftCautititoor
approved, in conversation, by the King, that the the assemblage was more time 011111Y.'"Mir.4410;,.
w,.. of 1,000 persons being present.. The Doke.
public opinion is., that his Esoelloucy, will soon to-
. of L,AISBRIGGIt went 10 ,slate, and was formally lu-
turn-as the Prime Minister, if: b!4 s4oreipo doofte, traduced by the Dukes et Yoott, Ct.a.itexcr., and
friend and favourite bet* long been. „,,,,;,. t. -,0,--'-'-f- 'LOUCEiTaIt. The Foreign Ambassadors siii' „Mi.
--omatla
..sw. ~..0 ~..r Misters were almost all present. We die nut see, in .
- Intelligence has beent4efved from titt...itftratity the list of names that has been tient to as, any but
Plats, through the medium of Rome. 'lyres RaitiiiK those who ore in the habit of attendink on such o • .
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ordinary Gacettes, and private letters, which is, im‘ casinos, with the exception, perhaps, oldie followipo.
portant to Commercial Freedom, and not 4 little" Nobility t --The Dake of faIINSTER, the Marv*
gratifying to the feelings we entnrtain tOwardstaisortVi
0 WELLIMILET, the Eerie of CARLIng and Oirroppi ~
Lord CoLcusavart, add Lord MORPETII. itfilirarpt
American I iidependents.lt 'toppers, frosu theseeomme. 60 neat officers formed, as usual, the great me,.
Inicstions that nobody at MISAIGA Ayres has theApetAerity. Before the Court; a Council was lietit, 'at'
apprehension of being again •VeverpoWered by Owl Watt the' speech rot cloth.% thp Session psi taken
Spaniards. A angel is reported to have Noon ekg tiois consideration.
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