Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1818-05-08

( considerable spirit on the part of Cam
! Sinclair which Occasoned the King of
Brazil, &c. who admired The spirit al de.
pertinent of Capt. Sinclair, to desire his
attendance at Court, where he met with
a flatterlns reception from the Portuguese
monarch, who, IN the course of CONVEX
saiion, observed that he wished 10 cul-
tivaie the good will OF the Americans, a
mong whose virtues, he said that of SIN,
cerity was beyond any other nation.
/ 1t was signiiied by The municipal an
| tiority that Capt. Sinclair must moi ieDart
without permission. This however was
disregarded and the frigaie passed The
fort with lighted ma:ches, prepared tn re-
sist amy attempt TO interrupt her
! Waichaan.
PORTLAND. April 2s.-We have been poi,e
| 1y favored with the following. eAtracts Ton, !,
letter, dated on board the Uaited States fri.
| gate Congress at
Rio Janeiro, Brasil, Is. .qn.)
FEB. s. 1918.
We arrived here on the 18th ult af,sro
| passage of 81 days, all in good health-came
| for the purpose OF getting water ami oibsr re-
freshments. Tie ship has been visited by a
number OF oincers OF high rank of dfleren,na ma
| tions, such as English, Au>trians, Portumuese
and Spanish. She has been much admired NV
| them all, and spoken of as the finest shin here.
| This is the first American frigate everin the
| King of Portugal aud B.aZii-great ,prepu
| rations are making OH shore for the ceremony
The weather at present is excessively warm.
indeed, we have had no cold weather Sinrs
leaving The United States. The houses here
are generally two story high, built ofuAburnt
bricks and plaistered over. The civ contains
at least 100000 inhabitants, perhaps O,O0o
chiefly blacks. There was d large procession
yesterday marched tlroue h The streets in great
solemnty, with images of our Saviour the Vir-
gn,Mary, and all the Saints, accompanied by
several hundred friars and great number of
little children dressed very rid cusasiy march,
ing by slow music. All TIE windows and doors
OF the houses were crowded, and many thou.
sand OF tNe inhabitants lined each side of the
streets, every one or whom was obliged TO
kneel as the procession passed.
The kings palace in the city is situate near
the landing p ce--it is an extensive bmilding.
but not elegant. Tie has "a beautiful counIry
seat in the vicinity, about nine miles distance
where he at present resides. There are some
very fine gardens on the borders OF the city.
but fruit is not so good here nor so large, as
we expected The harbor Is one of the bestI
ever saw, and coad be easily fortified to the
greatest advantage. The Portuguese have a
large number OF men of war here, but most of
them are in dock ont ofrepar. The country
around is mountainous; one peak at the end
OF the harbOr, called The Sugar loaf is said 40
he inaccessible from its sieepncSs-it is NOT SO
higl- however, aNsome othe rs, one Of which is
upwards of 1000 feet above the surface of The
sea.
Z" On the day Of our arrival we fired two sa
iutes, one for the king and another for the adj.
miral both of which were PROMPTLY answered.
The United States slOcp of war Ontario left
here about five weeks since, bound round Cape
Horn.
FEB. 6.-This morning all the forts and
ships OF war in the harbor, our elves included
fired royal salute of II guns each-ope Por.
tneuese "a, two Austrian frigates and one
British sloop of war, dressed in 9ags--it being
the day on which the king is 10 he crowned
the ceremony will take place In The kings cha.
pei, a very elegant building, and very richly
decorated. This is the first king ever crown
ed IN America. (Erening All the forts and
ships hred at sunset two royal salutes each
The city, forts and Portuguese ships of war
the church steeples, aud every building pub.
lie and private, on both sides the harbor, are
very brilliantly illnmnated-firework of every
description going mp from all parts of tine
town. These Portuguese are famous fellows
for show, and very little of any thing else"
The following are extracts of letlers
which we have received from orr cores
pendent AT St. THOMAS'G. They give
the news at the island as il was received
day after day, until the 9th Of April.
Phi. Dem. Press.
ST. THOMAS, April Arrived, sclir.
from Cumana, and brings hews, that the
Independent general Marine, attacked
Carupano Ito windward OF Cumana) with
his army, but was defeated with the loss
OF several hundred men; ii is said his pri-
vate baggage Tell into the hands of the
Roy alists, and his hat and uniform, &c.
were brought by said vessel 10 this port,
and are now on board.
APRIL Arrived, a schr. from Porto
CaveilO with paper signed &" Noiicia STA
exegeraloDe," (Noiice without exagpcra-
| tom stating that Gen. Morilo. on the
18th March. near Villa de Cara y DAYS
| march from the city of Caraccas) attack
ed with 1000 regulars, the Independents
| under BOlivar-abOut 4 800 men, infaD-
try and 800 cavalry, and totally defeat
ed them, with the loss of 5000 men, and
took 1000 head of cattle, BoIivars sccre.
iary, &c. and states it was by some said
that Bolivar is wounded, and others, that
he is killed.
APRIL 6.-Arrived, schr. from La
! guira, the captain of which informs, that
on the 18th March, battle was fought
near Villa de Cara IN which Bolivar was
defeated, with the loss of 500 men-his
papers, baggage, &c. confirms The ac-
count that Gen. Marine was defeated AZ
tie attack he made with his detachment.
consisting of about 600 men, on Caru-
PIANO.
leave ii you TO believe of the forego-
ing as much as you think proper. have
conversed with many people here about
the independents in Venezuela, and am
strengthened III MY opinion that the Spa
niards will lose these beautiful provin-
ccs, and that the coIoured people will fl
naiiy get possession OF them and their go
ycTnment.
APRIL Ut is confidently reported
here that admiral Brion is arrested bv Bo-
llvar, and will probably lose his head
A great many adventurers from Europe.
such as iormerIy foughiin hePenmsula for
The re establishment Of Ferdinand, &C.