The Statesman.
London, England, 1818-03-27 00:00:00

lurk there
frees the d
Reyelists,

duce our men to enter privateers,
one instance of desertion has taken place? • The
hospitality shown to the British at • Bartholoinew°o
is pleasingly dilated upon by the writer of this letter,.
end we shall add the following paragraph on account
'of the local information it contains :
" St. Bartholomew's, though by no means egial
in point of productions to most of the otkegWest
India Islands, must still be en object of attends*
and curiosity to one who is unacquainted with tropical
scenery : it is *boot 30, toilet In circumference, and
was originally a French Cifony, bit was ceded to
Sweden in 1785; the French is stili spekan by the
natives op the country, or at least atilt:lloft, "VA
they tall French. The chief town lit RentellQ4l**o
and here all the inhabitants speak F.nellsh-ktheygeh,
eery fond of the English, and 'hall rectigettut IMO
the greatest hospalalitY, friendship; .14ad
The Officers who are not t apes -datraviktawieteettt•it,
one party or another:- Several blelliOnli bongo of
nor arrival, have been *Wets hy.fliti'eaCipal awl.;
.chants, and were got
.vp' sioPealOr
.sometimes not lees than 300 dishes of. plate et.toble.,
The ship. being very heilthy,,, and having -the
vantage of two Assisstant Surgeons, I have bees at.
Most always on shore, visiting is the evening, and-
.ambling about the Island daring the *day (havirrg the
list of a horse). The Ladies here (many of whom are
very passable), are only in the habit at walking oat
by moon-light, and the Officere are generally oc-
copied in attending them from eight in the evening
until nine or ten ; they have most of them plenty of
money, and are very solicitous to be taken to• Eng-
land to spend it."
In addition to the aboie welfare received by the
0
Leeward Island packet, a series of Papers 'and let-
ters from Trinidad and the Spanish Main. .Among
them is the Bulletin of the Patriots respecting ZA.
RASA'S defeat, which it is etident hash been greatly.
over-rated by the official accounts of the Spaniards.
.-r. Though inferior in numbers, the. Independents
fosight in the bravest manners-and. did as much injury
to their enemies es they themselves received. The
provinces of Venezuela were neverbefore in so goOd
a state of organization as they are In at present.—!
General BoLIVAR, as Supreme Chief, his been lode.
fatigable, and possesses the confidence of all classes.
The want of ammunition caused some delay in Gene-,
nil BOLIVAR'S movements after . the affair of ZA*;
LIMA'S defeat ; but it appears, be leftlAnguetera, st-
ae end of December, with a strong force: to site
battle to the Spaniards ender Mona*. ' One'. of
ear Morning Cotetnporaries tells oa, chi fetters from'
Trinidad by the Leeward Island Mail 1° giro
4ormation from the Oronnko, which states, that the
'Patriotic Army under General BOLIVAR heel been
defeated by the forces under General Motsszo, be-
fore Calabato, in consequence of which-the Inde.
pendent forces were concentrating themselves at An•
gostora." But this mast he an anlidpation of the re-
sult of the expected battle, for no corresponding.
details have been received by the Mail. In fact it.
Would appear, that the most saleable of the provincet
of Santa Fe have been freed from the Spaniards, so
that the whole of Moatt.t.o's formidable ezpedition.
may be said to bare produced no one permanent ad.
vantage to Spain.—A letter from 'Trinidad of the
11th says, 66 The news from the Main is still fa-
vourable to the Independents, and in the sod ,they
trill succeed."

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The American Papers to the 23th which have'come
to hand, furnish us with most voluminpus details of
the operations of the Royal Army in the capture.of a
Fort from the Republicans, called Copts, in .the
kingdom of New Spain ; bet the interest Of (bear
reports is by no means commensurate Ishii' their
length. They are altogether as uses 1,14 a moreVitastful
than satisfactory description.. We learn freers them
that after a desperate defence, itaaiag•damelilibee a
bastion, the Royalists took. the-fort :by assault,
through: the breach, on the night of the till Nd..
amber last, harks* in that aril*. Imiimpti lout
only one mon, a miner, who was.pfeilotisiy
ed in one of his advanced batterittp. Four ger.
tate documents exhibit the following, resolts_ot
great achievement, for whickthanks are, with much
seeming solemnity, returned to the Gortof Bottles."
—No. 1. gives the names of all the' Patriotic
Officers taken prisoners (none of them of any re-
markable renown in the present Revolution), the
number of wheat, with the soldiers under their com-
mand, amount to 977.—N0. 2, details the park of
artillery taken, consisting of eight pieces, from eight
down to two-poonders, besides 236 ire Grass in
muskets, carbines, and pistols, 3000 cartridges, and
some other articles of war.—No. 3, eahibits a long
description of the plate, dresses, nod ornaments, &c.
belonging to the chapel of the conquered fort.—One
of the dispetches states, that many persons were
forced down precipices, and otherwise • destroyed;
many women and children, wishing to follow their
husbands and Miters, met with a similar fate.

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Yesterday the dispatches were closed at the FAO
Indie.Hnese, and delivered in the P.efeweer the (e 1•
lowing ships. via. :--Fairliet Capt. T. E. W MIN end
Henry Percher,. Capt. .1. P. 'karmic, for Bengal
and Bombay. .