The Statesman.
London, England, 1821-07-17 00:00:00

FROM THE SPANISH MAIN.

By the arrival yesterday morning of the brig Hippo-
menes from Curacoa, we are furnished with the follow-
ing particulars of the movements of the two contending
parties on the main :
General Berroueles with a detachment of Patriotforces
was met and attacked on his march against Caraccas,
near Rio Chico, by the Royalists under the commatvi of
Colonel F:sturrin, and after a short contest, the latter
were defeated. The troops that escaped joined the Va-
lencia regiment, under bient.-Colonel Arbuthnot, re•at-
tacked the Patriots near Gnarinos, and were again de-
feated, Sand Col. Arbuthnot killed. After these
defeats, the Captain General Correa marched towards
Petarre, in hopes of being► reinforced, but meeting
with disappointment, returned to Curacao, assembled a
Junta, and resolved to abandon the place, and many in-
habitants left the city.—A fleet consisting of about GO
sail of vessels, sailed from Gsgetira, on the 15th for Porte
Cabello, under convoy of a Spanish frigate having
on board passengers and property. Accounts have bees
received at Curacoa on the 28th May from Porto Bello,
informing that General de la Torre and Morello, had
formed a junction at Papo, and a decisive engagement
was shortly expected. A timber of vessels had arrived
at Curacoa from Cora which brought a number of In-
habitants, including the Governor and several officer`•
This movement was made inconsequence of a threatened
attack from the independent forces, who entered, and
took possession of Cora on the 16th, without tit iog; a
shot. This is the first time that Cora has fallen into the
hands of the Patriots.

The intimation which the QCEEN bail transmitted
to the Duke of Noneofit of her intention to be pre-
sent at the ceremony of the Coronation in Westiniaster
Abbey, has induced his brace to refer her MAJFITY to
his Deputy, who, it is expected, will be prepared with
an official reply. What the answer may be we bare
not ascertained, and cannot anticipate. A report no
given, even in a Ministerial paper yesterday. that
her MAJESTY would be accommodated with 2
Place. The same paper, with others of the ‘atio
character, had expressed surprise that the Qv
be desirous to be present at a ceremony from which she
was excluded as a principal. The feeling that rump

Iler RIAJESTT if by BO means singular. The bile ofl
l'ir.inr.e.s 11., as we stated yestcr,iav, appears to have
gratified herself with a view or the procession, though
the Ambassador of her Father the King of Fit.imet,
declined being a spectator at the Coronation,
1. where the QraEN, his Ilsinnts'a danghter,

rr•.t.d leer presepce." Another instance of a similar

feelitig is related, which is still more striking,
in a direct descendant of this Royal *realty
rite. A few days after the Coronation of the late
KING, Lord MARIICIIALL, according to the Historian
• Hyste, in a letter to Sir Jon:: Pfttsnt.g, told him
that the young Pretender bad come over to London
, to see the show of the Coronation, and had actually
seen it. " I asked my Lord," says Hums, " the reason
for this strange fact. Why,' replied be, a gentleman
told me so, who sow him there, and whispered in his
ear :—Your Royal Highness is the last of mortals
whoa I should expect to see here It was curiosity
that led me,' said the other, ' hut I assure you,' added
lie, ' that Me person who legit. cause of this pomp and
magnificence, is Ole noon I airy Me least.' " To the
Prete:Wee, then divested of influence, no imputation
o; a sinister motive for being present on the occasion
could posaib!y attach. On the unfortunate Queen,
%lit) has been the butt of every calumny, suspicion
of any Lind may be charged with the most lavish
hind. So strange is the predicament in which she
Las been placed, that whether she proceed or for-
bear, she becomes exposed to sinister interpretation. If
she assert Ler right or defend her character, she 14
charged with an attempt to create disturbance; if she
slught avtirctoont from die struggle that is necessary
for her vindication, she is treated as a conscious con-
vict, and visited o i.h accumulated insults. The mag-
nanimity, however, that has hitherto supported her, cmi-
tinols unabated ; ruil, whether her recent claim be ad-
mitted or refused, will not only preserve her mind in
ti anquillity, Liit prompt her, as it did in her answer to
the whitest: of yesterday, to promote that " order, for.
bearance and moderation that nil! completely falsify
the forebodings of" her ott n and of the people's
et.eiiiie..."

The fnlloning important Official Notice wa♦ pub-
lis'!•etl at Odessa, by order of the Oovernnr•tieneral,
Count lavvimans

►' OrOr.RR t, 6711 (P`TR) JUNF., 1521.
RT ORDER OF TUE GOVERNOR or 0111.sN1.

•e Ills ExerHence Baron Strivronotf, in a dispatch
addressed to his Est -Henry the tiovrrnor.(ieurral, anal
chard from Royuliderie, the 29th May, (111th Jutte,).in-
form,: the Mei-eh:tilts, that he has advised the Russian
Mere limits settled at Constantinople to put their affairs
provit.ionally in circler, and to secure their properties, in
order not to 1w taken unawares /1/ G,rernme4l MGI(•h Ma
longer obsrrrrx na.ry measnres in its condffet.—This cer-
tainly look. very like war.
The Rossiaks have at present I I sail of the line in
the Black Sea, and an army of 2011,1)00 men could
be ev.embled in a vert• short space of titne. If Russia,
therefore, co ttttt ten. e hostilities, Constantinople conlel
hardly fail to fall very s eon into her hands. Would
our t;,,%reonselit I uk quietly on while thew things
wre. doimz ? Could their interference save Turkey
The Captain of the .Istrora, arrived at Liverpool from
111ar.itiliam and Lisbon, reports that on the day he
sailed from Lisbon, _'Mth ult., he spoke the Rio packet,
which hail sailed from Rio Janeiro with the Royal squa-
dron that no the :Mit he saw two men of war and a
lane• fleet tittering the Tagus, which he had nu doubt
were the Royal squadron.

We have received letters from Lisbon which state that
the Cortes have determined on the forms to br adopted
..n the nrri% Al of the King. As 'anti as thr arrival of
his Milks's- in the Tagus is announced, the President is
to came the Cortes to assettildr without delay; a mem-
ber of the Regency, the Minister of Marine, and Gene-
Tat of the Province are to repair on bout!, to welcome
his Majesty and to inform him that a Deputation of
the Cortes will proceed on board without delay. The
President of the fortes, aceutopanied by twelve Meer
bees, is to wait on his Majesty, to compliment him on
his arrival, to present to him the basis of the l'onsti•
stssion, and to esplsits to him the great advantage the
country will miens e from his sanctioning it.—After
resting himself at the Nessitlades palace, his Majesty
is to repair to the Cortes, to which lie is to be con-
slotted by thirty Ms-misers ; on his arrival at the Hall
of the fortes, which for the occasion, is to be the
('lurch of St. Jerome, the Members, habited in court
stresses of the utannrseture of the country, are to stand
up uncovered - his Majesty on entering the Hall, is to ills-
cover, and walk to the throne on which he will seat him-
self, and the Members will afterwards sit down ; the
President sill sit at the foot of the throne, on the right
hand. Two .1 the I.eretstries will present his 'Majesty
with the book in which is written the oath to observe
the Constitutilm which he is to take; the President will
present him with a Bible on which he is to lay his hand
whilst rim:sting the oath. The King's retinue are to
stand behind the throne ; the spectators are to remain
standing whilst Isis 3lajesty remains in the Hall. It
was proposed to assign two millions of crowns for the
expenses of his 3lajestv's household ; but in the present
state of the ire--:u.•, this stun has been objected to, as
too large. As soon as his Majesty shall have quitted
the Dail of the Corte., and returned to his palace, the
President will wait on him with a list of sixteen persons
from whirls he is to select eight for his Council of State.
The fortes have rendered themselves very popular
amongst the soldiery, by enacting that all soldiers shall
be entitled to their discharge after having served seven
years, and by .t?.tioning the different regiments in the
provinces from which they are raised. The troops on
marching for their destinations rent the air with vivas.
Our correspondent adds, that any attempt to overturn
the new order of things in Portugal would he wholly
ineffeettuti ; the menaces of the holy Alliance would
rouse the whole country iu defence of their newly-ac-
quired liberties.
A private letter from Berlin states. that a conspi-
racy had been formed to introduce the Spanish Coo-
stitution into Prussia. A short time before the con-
spirators intended to begin their work, the plot was
discovered, and fourteen members arrested. The llo-
vernment is said to be anxious to prevent any thing
transpiring of this affair.
Us the 13th of July, the Guild of Berwick-upon-
Tweed voted the freedom of that ancient city to
Joseph Hume, Esq., M. P. for Montrose, as a mark of
their approbation of his exertions, during the last
Session of Parliament, to promote economy and re-
trenchant in the eapeaditure of the state.