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"tually. Your Excellency must be aware that

. to mitigate the regret,tliey are at least enough

, excellency with a citation, but of which, how-

_ they confirmed tothe lieutenant. Th: t tlteirnot‘

"squadron at the time ofthe departure ofthe

_ that another similar expedition is this year in

EI'._:____-._-__. ,._’ _.‘._ _._..
‘COM. PORTEIPS SQUADRON.
The Richmond Inquirer contains the cor-
respondence between Com. Porter aml Miguel
De La To'rr‘e, Governor of‘Port'o Rico. " The
first l,e:t_tei"is from Comino_dore' Portei',""dz_ttedj
the 4th ofillarch, in which he sets forth the”
object of his cruise, requests the Governor’: ec-
Qperation, and, on at-:'cou'nt‘ ofthe great coin;
plaiiitswhieh had been tniule of the injury of
ot_.ir—eommeree by privateers fitted _ont in Span-
ish ports, re uires a descriptive list ‘of all the
vessels legal y coiumissioned to cruise front
Porto Rico, with a set of blank forms of their
papers, that he should know how to respect
them if he should meet with them, and also
inquiring how far they have been instruicted to
interrupt our trade with Mexico and the Co-
lombian Republic. Capt. John Porter, of_th‘e
schr. Greyhound, was the bearer ofthis letter,
and was directed ‘to remain in St. Johns two
days for the Governor’s answer.-

On the 8th-, the C'on_t,m-odors ‘wrote, another
letter, in which he informs the, Governor of
the preceding, and states that on the Sid day
ofits arrival at St. _Johns he had directed the
commander ofthe Fox to proceed there and
ascertain what timetlie reply would be ob-
tainediand return immediately. ‘On the ar-
rival ofthe Fox, (continues the C'oinniodo_rt.-)
when within gun shot ofthe castle I was much
surprised to find that six guns were fired at
her; but knowing no cause to justify such an
act of violence, I should have thought that
perhaps I might have been inistaken, had not
the commanders ofthose vessels failed to obey
my instructions, which could not have hap-
pened but for soiue violent detention by the
authorities at St. Joltns‘. . " A

‘Until I am better satisfied ofthe fact_,how-
ever, I shall refrain from the expressioilt ofmy
sentiments on the subject, and shall for the
present merely observe, that their character
could not have been misunderstood, as_iny

Fox, was lying in full view ofthe: Castle with
their colors flying, and a British squadron un-
der the command of Sir'Thomas Cochrane,
which had several times cotitintiiiieaterl with
me, and well knew the vessels arrived there
the day previous to the last mentioned vessel,
and on the day of my arrival offthe port.

‘I know not whether my suspicions areicor-
reet ; but I have in the event of their being
so, directed the senior officers to abandon the
vessels, and leave the Island of Porto Rico as
soon as possible, leaving it to my country, to
whom I shall make known tliese facts, to re-
sent the otttrage."as it may think proper, and
which it will no doubt do promptly and effec-

it is always in my power to retaliate, and even
in this place; but it would be a poor return
for the friendship and hospitality I have re-
ceived from its inhabitants, and I cannot rec-
oncile it to mysclffhat the innocent should be
made to‘ stiffer for offeiices not their own.’

On the 6th, before receiving the letters of
Com. Porter, the Governor wrote. to‘ him as
follows:—-‘.Most Excellent Sir: At noon this
day,just as I arrived from the village ofCaguas
(where I received at 3 o’clock this morning
the official letter ofthe king’s lieutenant cont-
mandant ofthis place, advising me ofthe ar-
rival ofthe squadron under the command of
your exeelleucy with _a disposition to enter
this port})I have been inauspiciously informed
ofthe-misfortune occurring in the death ofthe
commander of a schooner of war belougingto
the squadron, who it seems persisted in enter-
ing the port, notwithstanding his having been
warned by the" fort to desist from his tinder-
taking, by a discharge from two cannons, the
first with a blilllli__CE1l‘Il'ltlge, and the other at
an elevation _w.itli a ball,_ But, the Garrison
in seeing his obstiiiacy, followed with an ex-
traordinary rigour the orders for hindering the
entranceiofthe squadron till .iny arrival, ac-
cording to the deterinination formed by the
said lietitenant ofthe place yesterday.

I wish to persuade the mind of your excel-
lency into a con.-ciousiiess ofthe sorrow which
this event so mournful and t_infortnnatc has
caused me; so uiuch the more painful, inas-
much as it happened in a place‘ in the district
under my conimand, and on an individual un-
der the orders of _v‘our excelleney, and a citi
zen ofthe United States; ofa uatioii, with
whom in all acccptations the Spaniards of
both heinispheres are found united.

So unexpected a ntisfortune, which it seems
ought never to be feared in friendly establish-
ments, appears to carry on itselfa character
of crirniuality,tvhich more and more aggrieves
my feelings. But the juncture ofthe circum-
stances which have conspired towards the fa-
tality, according to the ll‘rf‘0l‘[}’i-RZIOII received
-by me is such, that ifyonr excellency will be
pleased to examine it with impartialit_v,yon
will perceive that. ifthe facts are not sufficient

to prove that there has been no intention of
failing in regard to your exitrellency nor ofof-
fending any citizen of the United States, and
much less their goveenment.

The lieutenant ofthe king, and eominand—
ant oftlte place, grouiidetl on various reasons,
ofwhic.h it ‘is not important to trouble your

ever, I will point out a few, believed that he
ought not to permit the entering ofthe squad-
ron-until my arrival. One ofhis motives a-
rose from his recolleetiug that during the last
year an expedition was armed in the ports of
North America, against this island, and plac-
ed under the command of a titan named Du

eondray Holstein; which expedition actually
went into the port of St. Bartholomew under
the American flag, and ainong his other rea-
sons were the following. It has been i'epot'fet|

preparation : That the scliooners alluded to
on their entering yesterday, would not receive
the pilots on board, unless they practised with
particular plans oftlte harbour, with the lead.-
in their hand, of wltich the captain ofthe_port
made his complaint :-—Tliat when the officers
came oti shore, a rtirnor was spread that they
were saying Spain had ceded this island, and
that of Cuba to the English, which relation

having presented to him the writing,no' any ex-
pression from your excelleney-; be suspected
he had found something alarming in these
rtimors; and not sufiicient proofs, that these
were national vessels merely by the uniforms
in which the officers were dressed. _
These are some ofthe reasons which he has
informed me he had in view in not consenting
to the entrance ofthe squadron tintil my arri-
val, and in consequence of tlietit he di=.spatch-
ed-his orders to the Castle ofthe Moro, not for

 
 

m‘ei*'ely preventive orders. He sent an adju-
tant at half past six o’clock in the tiiorning ac-
companied by an interpreter on board one of
the-schooners under the command of your ex-
eelleney to_ entreat her commander to be so}.
good as to call on‘ the goveruinent, in order to
agree with them on.tlie"means_- and forin of
making known to your Excellency this their
det'ermination~. Uuforttitiatelytheeommand-
er of the'Ame,rican, "schooner deferred, in the
first place,his seeing the lieuten-a_nt ofthe king
‘until one .o’clock' in the afternoon ;- and pro-
voked by the adjufant to view it as an unjust
case, and -to eonider duly the caiiseofhis be-
ing disturbed, and of which he was fully in-
formed; the comniander promised the adju-
tant that he would go to the g'overnm_eut, as
soon as he could dress himself. ‘ '

By an unheard offatality he did not accom-
plish their promise until after his hearing the
firing ofthe cannon at the Moro, which might
lttive bcenlvoided had he only presented hint-
self for an I interview" with the coiiiinaiider of
the place. V A _ ‘_ ' . s

The remissne'ss ofthis officer, and the perti-

nacityof him who command the scltr.i'n his not
suspending his entering in spite ofthe cannon
that was fired witltout _a shot, and without
waiting for a pilot; but notwitlistanding this,
and the second discharge ofa gun at an ele-
vation, to crowd sail in order “at all events to
gain the porl——tltes‘e‘acts, most Excellent sir,
have been the means of depriving the United
States of a citizen, your Excellency ofanoffi-
eer, offillirig Puerto Rico with mourning, and
myself with inexpressible sorrow.‘ I feel it to
be my duty to assure your Excellency that
the orders issued by the lieutenant ofthe king
-.md commandant ‘general of the place, were
by no means intended-to commit hostilities or
offences against the vessels ; but as the firing
was made at ati elevation, either the tumbling
of the sea, or perhaps seine bad pointing,must
have been the cause why the fourtlr(liscliat'ge
should ‘produce such a fatal effect.
‘ Iininediately on my return to this place, I
gave orders that all the vessels under the com-
mand of your Excellency, of whatever de-
sciiption, may enter freel_v into this harbor, as
into a port of friends, where they will meet
with that reception which the law of nations
assigns to those who elaiiu a title in civiliza-
tion, and other priviliges, secured by the trea-
ties of friendship existing between the two na-
tions. Iii this .tctI anticipate for myself the
szitisfitetioii of being able to inanifest person-
ally all the consideration which your person
merits front me, and my regret for so tnourn-
ful and disagreeble an event.’

On the same day the Governor wrote an-
other letter to the Coniniodore, aonouiicing
the receipt of his communication ofthe 4th
inst. In this letter the Governor s2t_vs—-

‘ I have the satisfaction of forwarding to
your exeellency at nominal report of the pri-
vateer vessels which have been arinetl and des-
patchetl for the purpose of cruizing by the
competent authority in this Island, agreeably
to the request which your excellency has made
tne in the letter of that date, and "I am ex-
tremely sorry to find myself so situated that l
canno‘t. comply with the wishes of yotir excel-
leucy in regard to my transmitting you a set
of blank fortns for the purpose of ienabliug
_vour exeellency how and whento respect their
coniniissions. The diplomas which they re-
ceive, eotne frotn our court already signed by
his most Catholic Majesty," and the minister
to whom this office perfaiiis, leaving in these
cases the naval authority here limited only to
the filling ofthe blank spaces in them with the
name of the Captain and _the vessel. Thus
situated, it is impossible for me to accede to
your circumspect views in this particular ob-
ject. But nevertheless, if it should on occa-
sion appear requisite. to your excellency, the
said diplomas or commissions can be examin-
ed with a‘b|.mk signature of the captain of
this port, in ortlerthat a sufficient ground may
he established for comparing this signature
with those which may be presented, keeping
in view the prospectus ofthose, with which
the said privateers are cruizing.

I ant likewise asked by your exeellency for
information how fa'r my instructions are ex-
tended for interrupting the connnerce of the
U. States with Mexico and the republic ofCu-
lumbia ; and foryour gratification it is my tio-
ty to declare, tliatl find iiiyselfstifficieiitly in-
instrneted to state that the blockade that was
established on all the coasts and ports ofthe
proviiices ofVenezuela has been raised. Un-
der these eircuinstances, I consider the coni-
merce of the U. States to be in free capacity
for an intercouse with that of the places for-
merly blockaded ; reserving however for law-
ful eapturc the vessels of any nation which
shall be found conveying implements ofwar
to the instirgents—or people disposed to co-
operate with them in their military resistance.
lcan give your excellency no certain inforin-
ation concerning Mexico; but it is my opiii-
ion that the eircuinstances and condition are
to he found the sanieas those ofVeuczuela.’

On the 7th the Governor again wrote to
Com. Porter, informing. him that after he was
certified of the death of Lt. Cocke, he gave
orders that his funeral should be conducted
with all the decorum and iiianifestations of
re!~‘pect dtie to an honorable officer of his sta-
tion and character, and causing his corpse to
be attended to the grave by a procession coni-
posed of the principal chieftains, authorities,
and other officers of the garrison.

On the lltli Coin. Porter returned the fol-
lowing spirited answer to the Gov.’s l'etiers.—-
After acknowledging their receipt he says :

‘ Tltat which is in reply to the letterl had the
honor to address your on the 4th is perfectly
satisfactory in‘ all its details, and the promt-
ness with which you have been pleased to at-
tetid to it, as well as its contents, ‘will no doubt
be highly gratifying to the government of the
United States. ‘ ‘

I know not how to touch on the melancholy
subject ofyour other letters, without giving

at this moment on my mind. I shall endeav-
our however to treat it coolly and dispassiou-
ately, and hope bya few facts to convince
your exeellency, that there was not the shad-
ow ofan excuse for interdicting the entrance
ofmy s'qu'adron into the harbor of St. Johns:
That nothing can justify the order issued by
your second in command, to fire upon any of
the vessels composing it, and that the act of
firing was, to say the least ofit, ati act of the
most unpardonable cruelty and barbarity,

It is painfulio me to see that your excelleii-
cy has labored tojustify the act; and to throw
the blame oit the commander of the U. States
vessels then in port. A statement in the Echo
of the 8th drawn’ by the same hand that pen-

vent tosoine of those feelings which operate '

ned your letter ..to the,‘ is given to the public
with the samecobject in view. Your Excel-
lency may liavereasoited~yo_tirself into a belief
ofthe correctness of the inferences‘ you have
in both cz§rse‘s‘.'dija'wn f ron's_the information giv-
en you, ‘or both may have-beefificotisidered as
_ne'cessary,’and proper.to_prevent, excitement;
but I must b'e'exc'used for saying to your ‘Ex-‘
cellency that tlie'.char,'gie,is only. 'att..,aggrava-
tion to‘ the outrage.whlcl:t has already been
conimitted- It was not the duty of that offi-
cer to move at the bevckyand call _oftheking’s
lieut‘enant,.or to leave the duty unexecuted
which Iliad sent him to perform, to communi-
eate to me the hostile inteusions ‘ofa subaltern,
which, had they been fully explained to hint.
he never could ‘have believed he would have
dared to have carried‘ into effect; but they
never were explained, and no such conversa-
tion took place between the king’s lieutenant
and the American officer, as is related by your
Excellency. Your. Excellency has been mis-
informed on the subject, and had itbeen the
duty of the American officer to have coininu-
nicated to me the intention to ‘prevent my
coming into port, it would have been impl"ac-
ticable forliiin to have executed it-, as the sea
raged with such violence at the time, that no
vessel or boat, could possibly have left the
liarbor. It is. not niagnaniinous .in your ex-
celleitey to resort to such means to excuse the
bad conduct ofthose under your command.

_T_lie officer yoti would implicate was the
bearer of a despatch from me to your excel-
lcucy, apprising you of the benevolent inten-
tions ofmy government in filing out the squad-
ron I have the honour to command.

He had been two days in your port, and was
possessed ofa copy ofiny letter to you, which
had been seen by your second in command at
the moment of his presenting liiinselfto him,
which was on the day of hisarrival. And if
any doubts existed as to his character, or the
character ofthe vessel mider his command,
being in tltepowet of the authorities of'Porto
Rico, they eotild easily have satisfied them-
selves. But he had been received and treated
as an Aiiiericau officer, and it is only to eti-
dettvor to palliate, or excuse the conduct of
the offending iiidividual, that your excellency
has sought for facts, which would never have
been brought into notice, btit for the lamenta-
ble circunistance which gave rise to these
painful remarks.

He informed your second of tltc character
of my squadron; a British squadron was then
lying in the port which knew tiie, and there
cannot be a doubt, had communicated intelli-
gence ofiny intentions to visit Porto Rico.

The sloop of war on board which my peti-
dant was flying, with some small vessels ofiny
squadron, were lying in ftill view of the Cas-
tle, with their colors hoisted; the sclir. which
was fired into,~ was standing directly into port
in open day ; she could not have escaped af-
ter the first shot was fired, or have given tip
her intentions of going into St. Joltus, had she
been so disposed, or had she understood what
was iiiteuded by the firing. But let me ask
your ex~cellency,who for an instant could have
supposed that E1 small schr. of scarcely forty
tons burtheu,.- mounting only three guns, with
a complement of tweiity-five officers and men,
would have occasioned any alarm to the city
of St. Johns, surrotintletl as it is by fortresses
rendered as itnpregnableas nature and the art
ofnian can make tlient ? Was it not more nat-
ural to believe that the firing was intended to
compel her approach? antl even iftlie inten-
tion was iiot couiplied with,- ouglit not her fee-
ble -condition to have claimed from those in
your fortress sortie mercy? But no! the vessel
after the death of her lamented eomiiiander
was compelled to auelior between the forts,
where a trenientlous sea was ru'ri‘n'iii'g tvhich
jeopardised the lives ofevery one on board, to
send the small boat on shore, where theyoung
inidshipinan who c'oniuianded her, was insul-
ted by having a heavy gun pointetl into the
boat, and threatened with destruction iflie at-
tempted to move from his position ; he was then
taken as a criminal and placed under guard.

These are facts, your exeellency, incontro-
vertible ones. Let me_ ask your excellctiey
wliat better proofs you have of the Cllitl‘2lc[t‘l'
ofmy squadron now than was produced on the
first day of the arrival ofthe officer you wish
to implir.-rite! “(fiat further exziniination has
been llilttle, that the authorities of Porto Rico
are better satisfied of our being Americans
now, than they were before? None.

I repeat it that the character of my squadron
was well known in St. .lolitis; even in this ob-
scure placel found American newspapers cott-
taining all the details respecting it, anti at St.
'l‘liovnas Isaw persons direct from St. Julius
who iirformetl me that its eqniptnent and ob-
ject was well known there. There has in fact
been a degree of publicity given to the expe-
dition, and an interest felt in it, that has been
rarely equalled.

The whole ofthe civilized world was inter-
ested in its Sl).(3(lt.'.S5—Il. is in vain then to say,
that we were taken for lawless invaders, and
it is unjust to endeavor to stain the character
of my country by a charge of frequency of
hostile expeditions against the Spanish posses-
sions, or offer tlteiti as an excuse for the con-
duct. of the offender. Bad uien escape sente-
times the vigilance of the most rigid authori-
ties, and no government deserves reproach
when it does its utitiost to detect and bring
them to punislinieut.

Ifind your coasts lined with troops since my
arrival here. I find reinforcements daily com-
ing in, as I am informed by yourortler to pro-
tect the inliabitants from my resentments. I
have found‘ every precatttioii taken to keep

tne in profound ignorance of the laineutable ,

occurrence ; but these things were all in vain.
I saw the insult offered to the flag ofiny coun-
tr,y—l have satisfied your military comman-
ders that their force is despicable when cont-
pared to that at my disposal, and that I have
convinced the inliabitantsthat although they
are at my mercy, they will not be made an
swerable for the offences ofan individual.

It is not then becoming to the character of
your exeellency to resort to subterfuge in order
to divert the odiuut-iofthe act frotn one officer
to attach blame to another.

I will further ask, why a rigor should be ex-
ercised towards vessels hearing the Anterican
flag, that was not extended to the British
squadron or to the French frigate, which ar-
rived subseqnent to the attack on Lt. Cotn’dt
Cocke ?‘ In the one case there was only a
small schooner to fire at. in the other there
were vessels of force.

Had he fallen in battle and by the hand of
a declared enemy, we should have been recon-
ciled to his fate by the protid satisfaction that
he (lied in the performance of his duty to his
country--but to be thus cruelly torn from us,

the purpose of coiuiitittiug hostilities--but

I

and by the hand ofa dastard, whose aim was
the ittore sure from a confidence in his own
safety, and the defeneeless condition of his
object, admitsof no consolation. - ' '

, Your excellency in conversation with the
Officer you wish to implicat,e, adverted’t_o the
affair of the Panchita as s'ome,palliation ofthe
offence, and there is too much re'ason-‘to,,ap’-
pt-eheitd, that the ofiieer‘ who gave the order
to prevent the entrance (if my squadron, as
well as those who executed it, thought this a
fair opportunity to retaliate. . Otherwise, why

lieatsliot in the furtiaces to destroy my squad-V

ron? Why open two batteries on the schooner?
why fire round shot and langrage, while the
hunented victim was liailiitg the fort, “and
why the remark of the titan who ‘pointed the
gun that the shot wasinteiided to avenge the
Pancliita? ' V , . ,

Your excelleney will recollect. that ‘in the
case of the Panchita, there was an equality
offorce. Such anoccnrrence would nothave
taken place had there been as «great a dispar-
ity as in the present instance. The cases
are not therefore parallel, and if the satisfac-
tion of retaliation was sought for, the offen-
ders’ have failed in their object; it is yet to
be obtained. ' -

Ishall leave the ‘Island to-inorrow morning,
with a heavy heart, and shall witliotit delay
coiniiitiiiicate to my Goverhiiieiit the melan-
choly resnlt of my visit liere, wlticli was in

_tended for the ‘benefit of the civilized world

in general.
A ' New Yonx, April 529..

‘We are sorry to lea'rn that there was no truth
in the rumour that Capt. Kearney had decayed
a iiumberof the pirates within his grasp. The
schooner Gleaner, which arrived yesterday
from New--Orleaiis, was boarded off KeyWest
on the 10th inst. by a boat from the sloop of

war Peacock, Com. Porter, then at that place,

with several ofthe squadron, and brought let-
ters from the officers. I '

We liaveseen a letterwritten on board the
Decoy, Capt. Kearney, dated off Havana lst
inst. giving a sketch of her crtiize. Speakiiig
of the occurrence at Porto Rico, the writer
says it was ntere accident that others did not
meet the fate of the laiitented Lt. C-ocke, as
it was understood the fort had prepared lioi
shot‘ to be made use of in case other vessels
attempted to enter the port.. The Decoy had
scoured the south coasts of St.‘DoIi'iii’igo‘a'ud
Cuba. Off Cape‘ Antonio, she boardetlthe
Britlsll frigate Tamer, and was informed of
the particulars of the capture of the La Cara,
piratieal schr. by the Greciaii cu‘tte‘r.- The La
Cata was 90 tons, with a crew of 69 liieli-4‘-“l.llB‘
G. pursued her until they both ran aground
within gun shot. The pirate returned her fire
with great spirit for some“ time, under the
bloody flag, (a red flag with a death’s head,)
when she suddenly blew up, supposed from
accident, and destroyed a number of their
gang. The survivors swam ashore, where they
were met by the men ofthe boats of the Hy
perioii, who had landed in time to meet them
on the beach as they came out of the water-—
where they were cut down, -and with" the ex-
ception ofa few, put to death. The com’in'.tn-
der of the frigate was present in his gig, and
had to revoke an order he had given to shew
n_o quarters, the carnage being so great as to
excite cominisseratiomeven for Pirates.

‘ I’. S. April 8ih.—-We have just. arrived at
Tliompson’s Island, all well. To-morrow we
all set offin boats and small schqoners for the
coast of Cuba.’

By an arrival at Baltiiiiorc from Havana, it
is asceitaliietl that the.brig which was robbed
by the schr. Pilot, (while in possession ofthe
pirates,) was the illecltauic, Purringtou, of
Portland. She was captured on the 6th inst.
one mile from the Moro, and robbed. The
schr. Three Sisters, Saunders," of Boston, was
taken at the same time : the mate was drown-
ed by the pirates, the captain severely beaten,
and the vessel robbed of light sails and rig-
ging, and the lfaitds of their clotlit-:s,__$i.c.

From Key West.—A letter to- the editor of
the NewLondon G.izette,dated Allen’s Town,
April 7, says :-—-‘ Cont. Porter arrived hereon
the 2d inst. since which time he has been ve-
ry tnucli engaged in the various duties which
necessarily devolvenpoti him. Yesterday a
battery was erected with eight guns, which is
under the couiinand of Capt. Grayson, ofthe
U. S. Marine Corps. A. national salute was
fired and the town named .r1.’fen fl'own,(iuhoii-
or ofthe memory oftlielamented Capt. Allen ;)
at the same‘ time the Cotniiiodore proclaimed-
some wholesome regulations, for the present
government of the place. ' \Ve boar ofvery
few depredations eomtniued by the pirates, al-
though we have almost a daily comniunication
with Havana.’ I

 

FROM CHILI AND PERU.‘
The schr. It‘reeiuason,'of Baltimore, which
left Chagres March 0th, has arrived at An-
napolis,and brought late intelligence from the

Pacific, the details of which have not yeti

reached us. Lt. Mayo, a passenger, has arriv-
ed at Washington, as bearer of despatehes
froiti Com. Stewart.

The insurrection in Chili, headed‘ by Gen.
Freyre, governor of Conception, has been
strengtlieued by the junction of Coqutinbo,
and there was little doubt ofits success in af-
fecting a change in the government.- Lord
Cochrane was about to leave the country.

Matty families continued to live on board
the vessels in the harbor of Valparaiso,wliitlier
they fled in consequence ofthe earthquakes.

The Congress ofLiuia wasin sessio. . The
govermiient. was in debt nearly seven and a
half iuillioiis, and possessed but poor resources.
Its paper was depreciated nearly one half.

The following is an extract ofa letter from
a young gentleman oftliis city, dated on board
the Franklin, 74, at Valparaiso, Jan. 10th.

‘ 'We sailed from Callao in Out. and after a
short and agreeable passage, arrived at Quil
ea, but found it almost totally ttbandouetl by
tlie inhabitants. A detachment of the Patriot
army which hail embarked from Callao since
our departure from that place, appeared off
the coast: the Vice Roy, apprehensive that
they might land at that place, ordered all the
inhabitants front the coast. The reductioit oi
the city and mine of Araquipa, is_saitl to be
the primary and ostensible object of the expe-
dition. The Peruvian Congress were in ses-

sion wheu we sailed from Callao, and had ac-.

cepted the resignation of the Protector, (San

Martin,)-who, to do away the inipressioit of

his influencing the proceedings of Coug_ress.
and also to render futile the accusation of ant-
hition,resigned his Protectfirship mtotlte hands
of the Legislative Assembly, and embarked

on board" the brig fielgrano, for this place,-==
Upon his arrival heie, he met with a veryuna

-gracious reception,-especially fromLordCoch-

rarfe, who is said even to have passedrhim in
the street without noticing him. Our country
I am afraid wilfcre long find;o‘ut their ,er,r_or
_iu ackiior.-ledgi‘ng~ the i_ndependence.o_f this

Coquitnbo have joined-'in.ia» league. to over-
throw the’ existingconstitution ; to "establish.
one free elective and repre'sentative govern-
ineut ; to throw offthesltaeklesyofconiinerce ;..

charge the superfluous civil and military offi-
cers of government, who uionopolise a co'_i;sid--
arable portion,of the revenue. - Gen. Freyre
is at the head ofthe insurrection, and is con-
sidered the most popular than in Chili. We
arrived here on the 17th‘ of last month, and
shall dou_btless'reinaiii out here a couple of
years longer.’ -t 
' Front Curacoa.—A letter from Curacoa,
dated April 2d, says, ‘We have nothing very
new here. Maricaibo and Puerto Cabello
urestill in the hands of the royalists: both are
well blockaded and besieged—at Puerto Ca.
hello they aredying ofhunger by hundreds.—-
A small Felluclie effected her escape front
tltcre 4 days ago, and gave us this m-._tvs.——,—
Flour, there is none in the place—ifa eairgo
could be got there, it would bring at l_ea"s,t $50:
per bbl—every other necessary oflifein pro-
portion. Gen. Paez, who is before tl_i_eplace,
besieging it with 5,480 Colninbiau H‘.O()])S,'l]as,
been fortunate enough to turn the tiatiit'af._
course ofa fine rive_r—thus the inhabitants of
that place are deprived, of their usual supply’
ofwater. .
and 90,inen, which robbed the schr. Astrea,
arrived here a few- days ago, and was dismis.
.-ed by the authorities, alleging that she was
acting under the authority of the commander
at Porto Cavello. The U. S. sclii'. Shark,
Cap't. _Perry which sailed yesterday, intended
to intercept her, if possible,’ declaring her to
be it pirate. ' 4‘
‘It may be of service to American interests
to know that this day a vessel arrived frotn Si.
l)omingo—after a short ruti of three days.——
She briugs a decree of Boyer, that for the
present all vessels are forbidden _to load ma-
liogany on th_e coast—'-he confines the export-
ation of that article from the city only and that
too under the Haytien flag--foreign flags are’,
or trill not be allowed after next ntouth, to ex-
port that. article. This will completely out up
the mahogany trade. Where 5 cargoes came
to America before, we shall not have two itoiv,
it mtist of course raise the price of that article
with you as it has with its. Several Hay-tians
report that the exportation ofit will_be totally
prohibited in July. -
i —-»Q «.-
EUROPEAN NEWS ,
-. ‘ N aw-Yo_itx, April 99..
FROM SPAIN.-—B_}' the arrival last evening
ofthe schooner Tamworth, Capt-ain"’Hantor,
in 84 days from Cadiz, we reeeivedva file of
papers to the 15th oflliarch inclusive‘, which
contain Madritl dates of the 8th. '
At the Session of the Cortes on the 3th, a
deputation was sent to the king with a reply to
his speech. - This reply is too long to permit
our translating the whole‘ at this late hour, htit
we have selected the following passages,tvhiclt
contain the most important ofits sentiments.
‘The unheard ‘of pretensioii of dictating

will draw in its train the ruinand dissolution
ofthe States of Europe; and anendless warof
extermination will reduce this cultivated coun-
try to the barbarisni of'Asia. Your Majesty has
replied with dignity to thenotes oftlte powers ;
and the Cortes have only to subscribe. to yéiur
just reflections on the conduct ofliis most chris-
tian M. and to agree that it would be unreas-
unable to reply to.errors so anti-soeial,.and iti-
decorous in the Constitutional King of Spain
to make an apology for our just ‘cause, in op-
position to malice and hypocrisy. They assure
your majesty that the energy, the reason and

ply to the speech of the most Christian King.

The Cortes, Sire, will never fbrget the pro-
found refleetions ofyotir majesty ; reason and
justice will not be less ‘valiant than the genius
ofoppression and servitude‘. These principles

the firm and niagiiauiinoiis clizrracter ofou-r
honourable nation, incapable ofb'earing injus-
tice or infainy, jealous , ofits riglits, and fond’
of the glory arid the great deed-s which have
always distinguislied it; they doubt. not that
as they bore up the throne with such constan-
cy atid such sacrifices, agaiiist the terrible le-
gions, the able captains, aiid the military geo-
ius of the woiiderftil man who terrified for a.
time the rest ofEuropc, they shall know how
to defend in the same manner, aitd with the
same courage and patriotism, the honour and
dignity ofyour majesty; and the independence,
tl_ie'riglits and the glory, ofthe nation.

while deprived ofthe aid and co-operation of
your Majesty, what will "it not be capable of
doing when intimately united with its Mon-

arch, favoured by the Constitution of 1812,
and ‘with your Majesty disposed to contribute
with all youij.power to realize its hopes. The
liberty ofyour Majesty, your security, and that
ofthe G-overnment, are above all things indis-

pensable to such co-operation. The Cortes

have taken all the steps for a removal to the

place you and your Government shall select.

This address was delivered to the King,who
signified his approbation, though his health
still continued very feeble ; and preparations
were immediately made for conveying hinito,
Seville in a. litter. , - i

MADRID, March 8.——During the tliscussion
on the 31st, the members speak of the situa-
tion of the country as uiost critical. The na-
tion, says otie, is the very crater ofa volcano;
niouieiits are precious ; a conspiracy; like tliac
at Naples, has been formed on all sides; irid-
the itiost unheard of exertions will. be neces-
sary to secure the country. . . . =

Senior Sico said, that it would ;be in vain
to free themselves froin'that single d-an‘ge'r of
falling into the power ofthe Frencli, unless.
they took care to destroy the root ofthese e-
vils. It was tiow time to take measures by
which they might escape a thousand misfor-
tunes. He could coiiscientiously say, that it
is necessary, and that it was the critical time
for the Cortes, to declare the 'physical impo-
tcncy qfhis .lfrijc.s-t_i/.' (Great applause in the
galleries.) When order was restored by the
president, Senior Canga said that the Cortes
were in a condition to decree the place for re,-
moval, the hour, and the very nioiuent,f‘1

countr_'y.' The intendancies of Coiiception-and "

to ex pel-' an odious P_rime Miiiistcr-,~ and to dis- ‘

‘ The Spanish man ofwar‘selir..ofl0 guns, r

laws to independent nations, ifuot resisted, --

the constancy of tiie Cortes willbe the best re- ‘

If this nation performed such prodigies, .

shall be our model, and being convinced of%‘