The Statesman.
London, England, 1820-12-19 00:00:00

Erril le? 01 A LETTSR PROM CCARACOA, OCT. 16.

No doubt you h ire been informed ere this, that a
a rrespondence has taken place between the two op-
posing chiefs, and it is reported that an armistice hu
been agreed upon by General Bourse for ode month.
lieneral Molina.° has arrived at Carracas, for the pur-
pose arming supplies, and has 'tweeds.' in procur-
ing 34Ut) men. The Independent army under the com-
mand of General VALDES has been defeated, with a se-
vere lo.s. It is said that three ships direct from
Hat:lino' are expected at Laguira, without being obliged
to touch at any of the colonies, and that all friendly
vessels- belonging to European States will now be ad-
mitted into the ports on the main. Hour R when he
arri‘e,l at Titanic°, indicated pacific sentiments which
bepronitilgated in dispatches seat by a flag or true to
the tartbagettian Goveranstat. The answers were
dictated in terms of urbaaity, but he soon evinced by
his invectives against the Spanish nation, that he was
acting with the greatest duplicity towards the roy-
alists. He challenged the garrison of Carthagena,
which sallied forth at eleven o'clock in the forenoon,
on the lit inst. and almost annihilated the Indepen-
dents. Only a few were enabled to escape. Many
of the British troops have fallen iu the conflict."

Letters from Liverpool received this sondem, le-
brat that thr ship Merchant, for New ()Aguas, bad
feet of wa:•r in lee hold, awl was cotuvioto dock,
and supposed to have broken her back. Tlso salmi
litters also suentioas the recent failure of an extensive
blouse there.

We have continued in oar columns of to-day to am'
tice several of• the secret and abortive meetings of shit
-ultra-loyalists, whose object is to substitute fu the
wanly and the piddle spirit which prevails among time
mole at tha present season, the abject sod, despicable.
disposition to fawn at abased authority, and eneosrage.
the introdurtjui of despotism and oppression. I s troy
curt of the- esmatry as well as of the tows. whetti ed.
meetings attsally me% that they pretend to be, free s
open to the Oldies wit° have a right to attend, and wlieti
full and fair discussion in allowed/ the attempts ;01 the
renal t,oh and of the sordid seppoeters of administra-
tes are triumphantly digitated. At every defrat the
taemies ef pahMc liberty termiesse, we heartily re:
jaiit ;for we restetatiet well tha ssetitsebsly state, and
the misel;levass tossmisesiese abet followea their sae:
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