The Statesman.
London, England, 1812-05-21 00:00:00

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We received advices yesterday from the coas• of
France to the date of Monday last. They ad,' very
little to the intelligence communicat,,d in the Pails
Parors, and' merely state the great preparations
making its the North of Germany to collect a large
army.

Advices from Monte Vidm, to the date of the 4th
of March, have been received. The war between
the people of Buenos Ayres, and the inhabitants of
Monte Video is revived, and, if possible, with in-
creased indignation on both sides. The latter have
been encouraged to hazard this experiment by the
supportof the Portuguese troops, with whom, in the
first instance, the contest with Buenos Ayres arose.
It is suspected that the Court of Rio Janeiro has
again lighted up the flame of war on the shores of the
Plata, and that the object of that Court is to en-
large its own dominions by the annexation of toe
whole territory North of that Riser. '!'ride stay
entirely at a stand in consequence of these new poli-
tical convulsions, the truth of which, we are sorry
to find, is confirmed by letters received at Vigo, in
the Spanish province of Gallicia.
We were yesterday favoured with the followiag
satisfactory communication relative to the reported
earthquake at Caraccas
*6 floe Lots Lorzz Hones hastens to inform the I:di-ar,
that the account is false,which states on the authori, y of a letter
from Martinique, the dritruction of the buiideng• and
tams of the city of Caraccas and the Port of laguyra, ..N a
terrible earthquake. The said F.di.or is also em,,uwered to
contradict the as ertion, that the Congrvss of Venezuela was
assembled in Valencia, a place distant nearly 140 miles train
the city of Caraccas. The narrative alluded to is evidently a
fabrication, prepared in Martinique or ebewhere from toe sant
motives and for the worst purposes.. The calamity is repre-
sented to have taken place on the 26th of Mareh. Don Leta
has received intelligence from his Governmeat of the •28th
*thief: infuems him of the prosperous state of that apit•tl
raccas), and that the %hole territory of the eonfede:a•' of
Yeuesoela was is tie tame happy situation, and :a the enjoy-
ment of perf •ct tranqullity and harmony.
Grafton-street, k itzroyssq uare, IV eduesday, May 20."
We regret to state, that letters received vesttr.
day from Nottingham communicate, that on SJtur-
day night last a Mr. GAUNT, of Hucknel, a Gentle-
man who had been particularly active in discovering
the Luddites, was shot in his own neigqhotirhoed.
It is. not certain whether the wound he received would
prove fatal or no . _ _

The following is an account of the amount of the
Property Tax, for the years ending the sth of April,
1810, 1811, and 1812 :
I-or the year ending April 5, 1810
For the year ending April 5, 'tilt
For the year coding-April 5, 1812
. The Sheriffs have appointed Satatchty nest to put
the sentence of pillory iuto execution against D. 1.
EATON, for a libel.
To-morrovi the Right lion. the lord Mayor,
the Sheriffs, several Aldermen, the Recorder, &c.
attended by the City Marshals, and other Wirers,
will go from the Mansion House, in proc-ssion,
the Swan Tavern, Stratford, where his Lordship will
held a Court of Conservancy for the County of
Essex ; after which they will proceed to B'ackwall,
and from thence will go in the City State Barge,
land at Greenwich, and adjonra to the Ship Tavern,
and will hold another Court of Conservancy fur thu
County of Kent ;. after which they will partake of an
elegant entertainment, and in the evening will return
to town by land.
Hitermanaer.--In that admirable Comedy, The
Clandestine Marriage, a Mr. Taaay, froth the Edin-
burgh Theatre, made his first appearance, last night,
before a London audience, in the arduous character
of Lord Ogleby. lie dressed and looked the anti.
quated Beau most admirably, and sustained the cha-
racter throughout with such judgment, feeling, and
spirit, as fully entitled him to the loud applause
with which he was honoured from all parts of the
House. The fault so c• moron to provincial actors,
of speaking too loud i.t many inftatices, marred the
effect of Mr. TERRV'S acting, which was otherwise
well calculated to produce the most favourable im-
pression. This hint, we trust, will not be.lost upon
him. In the repreoenfittion of the other characters,
tl (Ire was nothing worthy of remark, except that of
Mr. FL3wkitnEw's Lovezall, which was entitled to
warm command-tion. •