The Statesman.
London, England, 1821-06-11 00:00:00

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SOUTH AMERIC4N INDEPENDENCE.

Odr tinders no doubt retThirltee that about three years
back a regiment was raised and equipped by Cousmah
UsLaa, for the service of the Patriot cause in South
America. For a considerable time past serious appre-
hensions have been entertained respecting the fate of
that gallant officer, as repeated reports stated that he
had been taken prisoner and shot by order of General
Morillo. The following letter, just received by a gen-
tleman in London, will Five some idea of the treatment
the Colonel received while in the hands of the Royalists.
Dealt FRIEND,-1 arrived on the •25th at bead quar-
ters after an imprisonment of thirteen months. I was
dispatched by General Bolivar to take the command of
the Irish Legion which had landed at Margaretta. Af-
ter travelling six days I arrived at Cuniana, where I en-
gaged a boat belonging to the Indians, and embarked
with three servants. While on our passage we were in-
tercepted by a large gun boat, belonging to the Royal-
ists, with forty men on board well armed, who threaten-
ed us with instant destruction if we made the least re-
sistance. As soon as I was on board they stripped me
of every article of clothing, put use in irons, and chained
me to the deck, where I lay fur twenty-four hours et-
posed to the horning sun, without a rig to cover me.
When we landed I was marched through the country
like a slave ; my hands tied behind me, and a piece of
*ld rug thrown round me. After a most tedious and
harrassing march, we arrived at the Carraccas, where I
remained in prison four months. I was then taken be-
fore General 3lorillo, who wished me to enter the ser-
vice of Spain, and offered me the command of a regiment
of cavalry, which I declined. I told him " I was a man
of honour, and would sooner die than be guilty of trea-
chery to the cause I had ',pooled." In consequence of
my refusal I was tried bv a Court Martial on the charge
(which originated from some deserters, that I had en-
gaged all the troops which came from England), and
condemned to be shot. Nothing on earth saved me
from execution but the good fortune of being a free-
mason. I was put in irons; and orders were issued for
no one to hold communication with me under pain of
severe punishment. In this situation I remained for
eight months, when I was exchanged in consequence of
of the armistice, after an imprisonment of thirteen
months and five days. At present I cannot give you
any information respecting my men, not having joined
them. Poor Ilumphrevs is dead, and tall is captain of
a troop. Every thing h going on well, we have a fine
army well clothed and fed. (live my respects to all
friends. Youes,truly,

San Joseph, Jac 2s, 1821.

J011:4- USLAt.

Tna ORANGE Sarres.—The Dublin papers received
this morning, contain a copy of the appointment of his
Royal Highness the Duke of I'..rlc, to the office of
Wand Master of the Loyal Orange Institution. From
the tendency which that association has bad in Ireland
to exasperate the different sects of religionists against
each other, this appointment has occasioned there, very
serious concern. His Royal Highness, however, ap-
pears to have viewed the matter in a very different
light. The following is a copy of a portion of the
Minutes of the Meeting by ti hich his reply was made
public, as well as of the reply itself ;•••
LOYAL ORANGE InSTITCTION —..Special Meeting
of the Committer, held (by order of Colonel Fletehet,
the Grand Treasurer), at the King's Head Tavern, in
Manchester, the 6th day of March, 1621.
Present ; Colonel Fletcher, Major Watkins, Lieut.
Bratrix, R. N., Mr. Winterhottom,Alr. John Fletcher,
Mr. Heram Lord, Mr. R. H. Heap, Proxy for Mr.
John Taylor, Mr. Rigby, proxy for Mr. John
Mullineann, the Rev. R. A. Singleton. Mr. Baron.

Mr. Winterhottom in the Chair.—Resolved, that a
copy of his Royal Highness the Duke of York's reply
to hie appointment as Brand Master, be annexed to this
circular.

Copy of his Royal Ilighnegs the Duke of York's Reply
to his appointment as (hind Master of the I +mita.
tion

Ilorse-Guards, Feb. 9, 1941.

hare to ackno,tledge the receipt of your let-
ter of the 6th inst., and to acquaint you, that Mr.
Eustace communicated to me the Resolution entered
into by the Members of the Loyal Orange Institution,
appointing me their (fraud Master. with which I felt
much gratified, and I am sorry that my arquiesrence
therein should not have been sooner communicated to

you. I am, Sir, yours, FRIDERICK.
William Woodbnrne, Egg—Grand Secretary.

On Thursday, one of the most respectable meetings
ever known at Liverpool, Ira% held at the Town Hall, on
the subject of the proposed scheme of erecting inclosed
warehouses at the docks, for Bonded goods. Besolutiosi
in opposition to the scheme were unanimously passed,
from an opinion that if it were carried into effect, it
would involve in ruin the warehouse property of the
town, estimated to amount to the rake of 2,000,00 w.—
A memorial, grounded on these resolutions, was then
agreed to he addressed to the Commissioners of his Ma-
jesty's Treasury.
BRUSSELS, Jusre 3.—An express has arrived at Aix-la-
Chapelle, with the news that the King of Prussia will
arrive there on the 26th of June. His Majesty will re-
view, near Coblents, the 2d corps of the army. His Ma-
jesty will come, after the review, to Aix-la-Chapelle,
where he will make a stay of two months with his whole
court. *
Conntde Stackelberg, is arrived at Paris on his way
to London, charged with a special mission from the
Emperor Alexander to our Court. The frequent con-
ferences of Count de Stsckelberg since his arrival in
Paris with the Duke of Richelieu, M. Pasquier, the
Minister for Foreign Affairs, and Sir Charles Stuart,
has furnished the pol;ticians of Paris with plenty of
food for speculation.
Waawtca, Jests 9.—On Tuesday evening, Messrs.
Wooler, Edmonds, and 3laddocks arrived here by the
Crown Prince, in the custody of Gibbon, the Lord
Chief Justice's tipstaff, and were lodged in our County
Gaol, pursuant to their respective sentences. They left the
coach at its entrance into the town, and walked to the
prison—to the great disappointment of many persons
who were assembled at the Warwick Arms lon, to
witness their arrival.

On Wednesday, the ship Northampton, 'Captain
Charlton, from Ceylon, passed the port of Falmouth.
She left St. Helena ou the sth of January, at which
time it wee understood that Buonaparte was dan-
gerously ill.
At the Beverley Meeting on Wednesday. Mr. King's
b. L Lunatic. out of Fulford's d. won the Sweepstakes
of 20gs.; Mr. Haworth's gr. c. Joseph won the 3inr-
den plate at three beats. On Thursday Card. Wolsey
won the gold cup; Percy by Walton, won the SOL at
three beats—and on Fridy, Mr. Thorold's Whynot won

the Hasten stakes.
OLD Ramer, Tuts Atom itiro.—Robert IliteAmottch
was ladfiltod for uttering a forged one pound note, with
IWO* is defraud Thomas Wormer, of Greek-street,
SAL The trial occupied tbo Court till half-put one
it's's*. whoa t►e Jury fossil she poisoner Guilty, bat
reOWINWNDIsd Ma to um:rep