The Statesman.
London, England, 1812-01-23 00:00:00

FOREIGN IN. TELLIOENCIL

Letters from St. Thoinas's arrived yesterday to the
14th of December. By the same conveyance a Pro-
clamation has been received, issued on the Ist of Sep-
tember by the Legislature of the province of Cumana,
on joiuing the new order of things at Venezuela. The
Proclamation thus begins : _ _

" Brave colonists already established in oar province! a d
ye worthy and fricadly inhabitants of North America. of the
Antilles, and of the civilized globe ! The Government of Coma-
na, funning an interesting part of the Confederation of Vene-
zuela, has finally broken the shackles of that unrelenting des-
potism, which for three tedious centuries, has oppressed us n ith
a system of the most unrelenting tyranny."
The new Constitution, on the model of the other
revolutionized provinces, is then set forth ; and the
people are invited to share in it. To individuals
desirous of dedicating themselves to agricultere, are
offered lands in proportion to the means they pos-
sess, without any other exwnce than that of survey-
ing them, and the trilling fees of recording the grant.
The planters who establish coffee estates are to be
exempted from all taxes for 15 years; and to those
whe may dedicate themselves to the culture of the
sugar cane for 10 years : all the utensils tq be free
from duty.
The Proclamation concludes by stating, that—

" Artists and mechanics of every description, and professors
or th? liberal arts, whose talents may conduce to the diffusion
and improveinent of useful know ledge, will be cheerfully re-
ceived by the' Goverment, who will endeavour to place them
jn sitnatiml adequate to their merits. The details of the Con-
stitution are too long to find a place in the present Prod:um/-
lien) let it mince, that it is founded on the purest principles
adopted is the codes of the freest and most enlightened nations.
(Signed 4 ' ' "GR A t!' Secretary."
GIatIALTAR, DEC. 25.-1 landed here yester-
day, and was greatly surprised to find that the
Spanianls bad retreated under the cannon of this
fortress. I%tilasteres had * smart affeir a few day*
ago with the French, whom, after being joined by a
great number of Guerillas, he attacked, but through
some unfortunate movement, the French completely
divided his army from the Guerillas, and got posses- !
pion of an important pass. Nothing remained to the
Spanish General but to cut his way through the ene-
my ; which he effected, and rejoined the Guerillas ;
bat I am sorry to say, not without the loss of two
hundred meq. The French have in our neighbour7
hood between 17 and 18,000 men ; a force which is
much too great for the Spaniards to contend with at I
present. Tarriffe experiences a heavy bombardment.l
We are now sending to the aid of the brave garrisoni
troops and prosisious. Great apprehensions are en-
tertained for the safety of Valencia. We have no
certain news from that quarter lately, but many re-
orts are in circulation with regard to that important
city. Business Is very dull ; goods selling at half
the prime coat, owing to the gates being still shut."

IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT.

HOUSE OF LORDS, .144 c. 24.
The LORD CH. C ELIA) it moved. that the wrib et errgr
dePeadiag in that HutFe, which had not heat entered for hear-
inc, either in the last nr present Session, and in which the primed
eases bad * been laid before their Lordships; ppranont to
their Ordrti should be referred to*tbe Committee to which
ef= cars anni/F !fifCfrillice' !?,d .tr"
A perm Mist the Secretory of Stories (Mice, wreata an
necoant tie coutparmive peptlaties et Greet *halo ist 1901
ifs! 44:—/..4.10

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