Alexandria gazette & daily advertiser. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1817-1822, 1818-09-21
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LATE AND INTERESTING INTELLIGENCE
rpou THE SPANISH MAINE.

LITE AND INTERESTING INTELLIGENCE
FROM THE SPANISH MAINE.
Capt. Kerr, of the British schr. Sector,
has politely favored us with proof sheet
slip from the Office ofthe Trinidad Courani,
dated the Goth August, which contains line
following highly interesting extract. Capt.
K. has also handed US file OF The Courant
TO the 26th Of August.
Trinidad, ARgust 10.
On Friday. the 2lst inst. anchored III this
MORT about fen miles to the southwark,
Adm. Brion, from Guayana. WIN me loi-
lowing squadron under III: commaha
Victoria, capt. Cowie, flag ship.
Columbia, capt. Hill.
Spartana, capt. Raveio:
Favorite, capt. Bernard.
And having had sort Of neutral comrnu,
nication with Admiral Harvey, proceeded
early next morning for his destination.
AsouadriiIa of what they term their sub
lie force. composed OF gun boats and heche-
ras with Too mer of debarkment on board,
commanded by Com. Diaz, and Gen. Ber-
nude. which had descended the river
with the Admiral, and deb uched by, the
Cano de Macareo, and rendezvoused at
Point Icacos, were ordered TO join TO The
Westward.
The result of this expedition was receI-
we'd here Yesterday by a canoe, and has
been. tina, Guiria was attacked at 10 o'clock
ON Monday night. the cath inst. and car.
ried by assault, with very little loss 10 the
assailants, but very considerable one 70
the Spaniards, who fought with bravery,
until the Favorite having got close in to the
redoubt, and opened her fire from "a
FOUNDER OIL a pivot, lnaded with grape (;
they Immediately fed into the interior with
The greatest precipitation. leaving behind
their arms, ammunition. and every thing,
even TO their segars. The force ahoat has
also been taken: il consists Of 8 gun-hoats,
and some vessels with private property,
chiefly cocoa, of which, it seems, there IS
large quantity i'm the town, and on the
coast. The blockade being now raised,
we hope to see very soon the happy effects
of free navigation, by the arrival of lots OF
cattle and mules from Guyana and Guara-
piche.
Ofthe casualties in this affair, we have
not seen any detail but the report states
generally, that they were very trlfiIng on
the part OF the assailants, but on that OF the
assaiIed, enormous, which, however, we
may be permitted to doubt.
P. S. Since the foregoing was prepared
for the press, we have received clrcum.
stancial account of the military and naval
transactions which led 10 the surrender OF
Guiria, by his majesty's ship Scamander,
capt. Elliott, who was sent there on profess
sional duty by the Admiral, and had an OPP
portunity of observing all thai passed. We
shall present our readers with the detail in
our next in the mean time, we embrace
this to correct an error in our foregoing
statement of the land forces under Gen.
BermudeL, which amounted only to 70
boys, instead Of TOO men; but these young
republican heroes proved themselves fully
competent to perform the work."
We learn verbally from Captain Kerr,
that the intelligence received by the Scha-
mander, relative to the above affair, was,
in substance as follows That frigate had
been dispatched by the British Admiral 10
demand from the Spanish Commandant at
Guiria, the release OF two English vessels
improperly detained by him. On her ar
irving in the bay, Admiral Brron was ma
king his dispositIons for attacking the place.
The Spanish Commandant refused to give
up the two English vessels, and the Sea-
mander stood out and lay of the harbor TO
reconnoitre the engagement, which soon
commenced. Previously, however, Admiral
Brion sent word TO the Capt. of the Sea-
mander to give himself no concern about
the vessels, as he would engage 10 deliver
them to him in the course of the day, which
: he did. During the action, the FdOOrtts
| (mentoned in the preceding accounD got
becalmed in situation which left her at
the complete disposal of the enemy, who
boarded her and massacred every one OF
the crew. Soon after this horrid act OF
barbarity, breeze sprung up, and the Ad-
miral, in the Victoria, mot The FavorIte as
stated above) was enabled to take isvo-
rable position, when he opened tremen-
dous fire on the Spanish hotilla and bate
ries. In little time the fire Of the Spa
marc was completely silenced. Those at
the batteries fed in all directions, while
those in the gun-boats were indiscrImlnate-
ly put TO death by the avensing sword OF
the Patriots.
Car, K. STATES that, The universal impress
sion at Trinidad was, that the Patriots
| would very soon be in undisurbed posses
lion of every inch Of territory in Venezue-
IA. He also mentions fact, by NJ means