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In every slate emirt of the Union, ha notwith
standing the Laws of Bankruptcy in England,
a’creditor of, the bankrupt may levy nu attuch-
jnent oil a debt duo the bankrupt in th* coun
try, and apjiropriato iho proceeds to his own
debt.
In the case of Harrison anl S terry, (."> cr.
293, 302,) a case decided in this court in iS09,
tuon full argument and great deliberation, and
in w!rr*» all the English cases were quoted, it
is expressly adjudges!^ "that ht tins caeo of a
contract made with foreigners in a foreign
Country, the' Bankrupt Laws of the foreign
country are incapable of operating a legal
transfer of property in the United Slates,”
and judgment was given in favor of the attach-
in.t creditors against the claim of tho foreign
ass’onee. * » ■.
In that case, also anothdf important doctrine
is established in hostility with the British doc
trine,' For the United Statos had interposed
a claim against tho English assignees, in order
to obtain sa'isfiction from tho proceeds of the
Bankrupt's effects in this country, for a.debt
contracted in Great Britain. And this court
decreed accordingly, expressly drawing tho
distinction between the lex loci aud lex fori,
and restricting the power of tho country of tho
contract to its concoction and exposition.
The language of- tho court is—“the law of
tho place where a contract is made, is, gonor-
rdly speaking, the law of tho contract, i. e. it
h the law hv which the contract is expounded.
But the right of priority forms no part of the
contract itself. It’ is extrinsic, and is rather
a personal privilege, dependent on the!nv of
the place w!on the property lies, and where
the court sits wh ch decides the cause.”
And, accord 11 :;lv, iha law of the United
States was sustained, which gave tho debts due
the bankrupt here, to satisfy a debt contracted
in England, to tho prejudice of the law of Eng
land, which gtvo tho same debt to tins assignees
of the bankrupt.
It cannot be necessary to go firther than
this case, to establish, that so fir us relates to
the foreign creditor, this country does not re-
cognize the English doctrino, that the Hank-
runt hw o f the country 'of the contract, is pa
ramount in disposing of the rights of the b-ink-
rttp:. Tho United States pass a law which as
serts tile right to appropriate a debt duo the
foreign bankrupt, 10 sutisfy a deb: due itself,
an I incurred by thit bankrupt in his own couri-
ti'V. The issignoes of the bankrupt, o« the
contrary, claim the debt as legally vested in
thorn, by the liw< of tho country of 'lie con
tract, and ntiimon that the debt due tho Unit
ed States’ ben-; co.urac ed in Great Britain,
waa subject to tho laws of Great Britain, .ami,
therefore, entitled only to share, in common
which W. a citizen of Massachusetts, hud sued
B. i u « statu court and obtained judgment. B.
was discharged under the insolvent laws of that
3. ate, and being afterwards found in Massachu
setts, was arrested in an acitou of debt upon
die judgment. He pie ids the discharge, plain
tiff replies, that he was a citizen of Massachu
setts, ami therefore not precluded hy the dis
charge. Tim origin of the debt does hut ap-
poar from tho report, and the argument turned
wholly on the .question, whether hy entering
judgment in tho court of tho state, he had not
subjected his rights to the state laws, pro tun-
to. , ,
Tho court overruled tho plea, and recogniz
ed the doctrine ill Biker & Wheaton,’by de
claring, “that a discharge of that nature can
only operate where the law is made hy an au
thority, common to the creditor and debtor in
•all respects, where both arc citizens or sub
jects.”
I have little doubt that the court was wrong
in denying the euect of the discharge against
judgments rendered in the state courts, where
tho party goes voluntarily and unnecessarily in
to the state courts; .but the decision shows in
other respects how decidedly the British doc
trine is repelled in the courts of that stute.
Tho British- doctrino is also unequivocally
repelled in a very learned opinion, delivered
by Judge NoU, in the court of the last resort
ill South Carolina, add in which the whole
court, consisting of all the common law judges
of the state concurred. This was in the case
of the Assignees of Topham, vs. Chapman, in
which die rights of the attaching creditor were
maintained, against those of iho Assignees of
he Bankrupt, (1. Constitutional Reports, p.
153.) And that tho same rule wa3 recognized
at an early day in'tho courts of Pennsylvania,
appears from the leading case of Philips Sc
Hunter, (2 Hy. Bl. 402) in which a British
creditor who h id recovered of a debtor of tho
bankrupt, in Pennsylvania, was compelled by
the British court to refund to tho Assignees, in
England as for money had and received to
their use.
I think it then fully-established, tint in tho
United States, a creditor of tlie foreign bank
rupt m ly attach a debt due the foreign bank
rupt, Rit.l apply it to the satisfaction of his pe
culiar debt, to the prejudice of the rights of
tho assignees or oilier creditors.
I do not here speak of assignees or rights
created under die bankrupt's own deed; tlioso
stand on a different ground, and do not affect
this question. I confine myself to assignments
or transfers resting on the operation of the laws
of the country, independent of his own dcod;
to tho rights and liabilities of debtor and cre
ditor, bankrupt and assignee, as created by law
cause against granting a discharge to the bank
rupt. '. , .> .
But on what principle can a citizen of ano
ther state bo forced into tho courts of a state
for this investigation! The judgment to be
passed is to prostrate his rights, and on the
subject of those rights, the Constitution ex
empts him from the jurisdiction of the state
tribunals, wherever the contract may originate.
In the only tribunals to which he owes allegi
ance, the state insolvent or bankrupt laws can
LATEST FROM ENGLAND
Charleston, April 4.
By tho ship Mary Catharine, captain Pace,
we have received from our correspondent,
the London Courier of Saturday evening, i7th
February, and Liverpool papers of Monday, the
i9th of the same month. Some extracts from
them follow. ...
There appears to bo a fatality attending the
not bo carried into effect} they have a law of j Royfl j j> am( fy an( j Ministry of Great Britain,
their own on tho subject, and a certificate ofl rjpj |fJ King continued at Brighton, on the i7tb
..... _____ ■■— to
discharge under any other law, would not be , p e | jn |- tr y 1 a n ( J, although the answers given
acknowledged as valid, even in the courts of j j n q U i r j e s made at the Pavilion, were said to
bo
rli othor creditors, in iho proceeds of the without doed
bankrupt's effects;. tint the debt so ippropria;- What is iho actual bearing of this right to
rapt’s ellocts; tint the dolit so ippropr
ed by the law of tlio United States, to its ex-
elusive benefit, was as to all the bankrupt's
contracts, but cer'ainly as :o all English con
tracts, vested in tho assignees on international
principles, principles which givo effect to their
bankrupt law, so vesting \fttt debt, pur amount
to the laws ofiill other eolinilies. , •*
In giving effect to tho law of tho United
States;, this court overrules -that doctrine; nnd
in'tho’ act of passing th it law, this government
osseris 60th the power ovor tho subjoct, and
the right to exerciso that power without a vio
lation of national comity: or has at least taken
its stand 'against that comity, and asserted a
right to protect its own intorosts, which, in
principle, is equally applicable to the interests
of its own citizens.
It has.had, in fict, regard to tho lex loci roi
sites in tho person and funds of the dobtor of
the bankrupt; and tho rights of self-preserva
tion, of protection duo its own citizens, and tho
actual allegiance of the debtor and the credi
tor, not the metaphysical allegiance of tho con-
tr tet on which tho foreign power is asserted.
It would be in vain to assign the decision of
tit is court, in Harrison & S terry, or tho pass
ing of the law of tho United States, to tho
general preference which tho government may
assert in tho paym n> of its own dents; since
that preforcnco can only exist to tho prejudice
of its-own citizons, whereas .tho preference
there claimed aud conceded, operated to tho
prejudice of British creditors.
The Caso-of'Bakor & Wheaton, adjudged
in the courts of Massachusetts, in the time of
Chet*-Justice Parsons, (5 Mass. p. 509) is a
I cry strung case upon this subjoct. This also
ms argue-i with groat care, and all the British
C-t'Cs reviewed; the court took time to delibe
rate, and the s-tnie doctrine was maintained in
the same year and samo month, with Harrison
Sc Sterry, and certainly without any communi-
Cfti on between the two courts.
' The case was this: Ono Wheaton gave a
promissory.note tpone Chandler, both being,
at thattime, citizens and. inhabitants of .Rhode
Island. W. was discharged under tho bank
rupt laws of Rhode Island, both still continu
ing citizens and inhabitants of tho same state,
and the note remaining the property of C.—
Subsequently to the discharge, 0. indorses the
note to Baker, and \V. is arrested in Massa
chusetts. He.pleads tho discharge in bar, and
tjio court, in deciding, expresses itself thus:—
“When, thereforb, tho defendant was discharg
ed from that'contract lege loci; the promisee
Was bound by that discharge, as he was a par
ty to the laws of that State, and assenting to
their operation. But if when the contract was
Undo, ho promiseo bad not been a citizen of
Rhode Island, ho would not have been bound
by the lues of any other State; and bolding
th s noto at the time of discharge, he might
afterwards nnint.Vm an action U|>on it in the
courts of this State." And again, (p. 3ii) “if
tho note h id bocu transferred to the plaintiff,
a citizen of this note, while it remaiued due
and undischarged by the insolvent laws of
Rhode Island, theta laws could not affect his
ri.'ht in the courts of law in this state, be
cause he is not hound by them.”
This, it will bo observed, regards a contract
acknowledged to be of Rhode Island origin.
There is anbther case reported in the deci
sions of tho same state, (tO Col. p. 337) which
e rne* this doctrino still fartlier, and I eppre-
n-1 to n length which c tnno* be maintained.
This was tho caso of Watson & Bourne, in
the state in which the court of the United - 0 j- a sa tj s fact 0 ry character, yet, says a Brighton
States that grants it is held. Where is tho j as t; c i e> “there is reason to fear that His Majes-
reciprocity? where tho reason upon which tho j ty ; 8 f ar f rom W ell; an d that tho gout is not con
state courts can thus exercise a power over suit- as | ias been stated, to one hand—on the
ors of that court, when the court possesses no con irary, jt is believed it will be found to have
such power over the suitors of the state courts!
In fact tho Constitution takes away the
ground upon which this eminent dominion o-
ver particular contracts can be claimed, which
is that of sovereignty. For the constitu
tional suitors to the courts of tho United
States are not only exempted from the neces
sity of resorting to the stato tribunals, but actu
ally cannot ho’ forced into them. If then, tho
law of tho English courts had ever been judi
cially adopted into this country in the state tri
bunals, the constitution has produced such a
radical modification of slate power over their
affected other parts of the body."
The Duke of Sussex has also been seriously
indisposed, but according to the latest accounts
he had so far recovered as to be able to leave
his bed-room.
Mr. Canning was slowly recovering from an
illness brought on by exposure at the Duke of
York's Funeral.
And.from tho following extract of a lottor,
dated at Liverpool, on the i9th of February, it
appears that Lord Liverpool was in a very
dangerous way:—“Lord Liverpool has been
attacked with a . Paralysis, and is said »«
awn contracts in the hands of individuals not j have lost the use of ono side, and his speech;
subject to their’ jurisdiction, as to furnish i the town is today moro occupied with who is
attach, so generally recognized by oar deci
sionsl
It imports a general abandonment of the
British principles. For, according to their
laws, tho assignee alone, has the power to rc-
Vtusti >ko ilnbtpc. „JBuf tho.right to attach ne
cessarily implies the right to release tho debt
or, and that right is hero asserted.under tho
laws of a stato which is not tlio state of the
contract.
So also, tho creditor of the bankrupt is by
the laws of his country, entitled to no more
than n ratable participation in the bankrupt’s
effects. But the right to attach imports a right
to exclusive satisfaction, if tho effects attached
should prove adequato to make satisfaction.
The right to attach also imports tho right to
*110 the bankrupt; and who would impute to
the bankrupt laws of another country, tho force
to restrain the citizens of theso status in the ex
erciso of tho tight to go into tho tribunals of
their own country for tho recovery of-debts
duo wherever tltoy may have originated? Yet,
universally, after tho law takes tho bankrupt
into its own hands, his creditors aro prohibit
ed from suing.
Thus much for the law of this caso in an
international view. I will new consider it with
reforonco to tho provisions of tho Constitu
tion. i* . , ■
I have said above, that I had no doubt the
erection of a distinct tribunal, for tho resort
of citizens of other states, was intradaced cx
industria, to pi event among othor ovils, tho as
sertion of a power over tho rights of tho citi
zons of other states, upon tho metaphysical i
deas of the British courts, on the subjoct of
jurisdiction ovor contracts. And thoro was
good reason for it—for upon that principle it
is, that a power is asserted over tho rights of
creditors, which involves a mere mockery of
justice.
Thus, in caso of Burrows & Jomino, re
ported in 2 Strange, nnd better reported in
Mosely and some oilier books, tho creditor
residing in wsii cworiy probably by* ft
placard on the door-post in Leghorn, to ap
pear there toianswor to his debtor, and his
debt passed upon by the court, perhaps with
out his having heard of tho institution of legal
process to destroy it.
Tho Scotch, if I remember correctly, at
tach the summons on the flag-staff at tho shoro
of Leith; and tho civil law process by procla
mation, or viis and modis, is not much better,
as iho means of subjecting tho rights of foreign
creditors to their tribunals.
All this roockory of justice, and the ji
ies^ recriminations, aud perhaps, retaliations,
which-might flow out of it, is avoided, if the
power of t|to states over contracts, after they
become the subject exclusively of judicial cog
nizance, is limited to the controversies of their
own citizens, and those who voluntarily sub
ject themselves to the state courts.
And it does appear to mo almost incontro
vertible, that thoy cannot proceed ono step far
ther without exercising a power incompatible
with tlio acknowledged rights of other states,
of tho United State*, and of the citizens of oth
er states.
Every bankrupt or insolvent system In the
world, must partake of the character of a judi
cial investigation. Parties whose rights are to
be affected, are entitled to a hearing. Hence
every system, iu common with tho particular
system now beforo us, professes to summon
the creditors before some tribunal, to show
grountl for excepting the rights of such indivi
duals from the power which the states unques
tionably possess over their own contracts and
the'r own citizens.
Fellow out the contrary doctrino in its con-
svquences, and see tho absurdities it will pro
duce.
The constitution has constituted courts pro
fessedly independent of tho stato power in
their judicial course; and yet, tho judgments
of those courts tiro to ho vacated, and their
prisoners set at large under the power of tho
stnto courts, or of tho state laws, without tho
possibility of protecting themselves from its ex
ercise,
I cannot acquiesce in an incompatibility so
obvious.
No one has ever imagined that a prisoner in
confinement tinder process from tho courts of
the United States, could avail himself of tho
insolvent laws of the stato in which the court
sits. And tho reason is, that those laws are
municipal and peculiar, and appertaining ex
clusively to the exerciso of state power in that
sphere iu which it is sovereign, i. 0. between
its own citizons; between suitors subjected to
stato power exclusively, in their controversies
between themselves.
In tko courts o'f the United States, no high
er purer is qsserted than that of discharging
tho individual in confinement under its own
proccsi. This affects not to interfere with the
rights of creditors in tho state courts against
the same individual. Perfect reciprocity would
seem to indicate, that no greater power should
he exorcised'under stato authority, over tho
rights of the suitors who belong to tho United
States’ jurisdiction. Even although the prin
ciple asserted in 'he British courts, of supreme
anil exclusive power over their own contracts,
had obtained in the courts of the United States,
still that power has .undergone u radical modi
fication by the judicial powers granted to the
United States.
I, therefore, consider the discharges under a
state law, as incompetent to discharge a debt
due a citizen of another state; anti it follows,
that tlio plea of ihc discharge here sot up, is
insufficient to bar tho right of this plaintiff.
It becomes necessary, therefore, to consider
the other errors assigned in behalf of the de
fendant. And first as to tho plea of tho act of
limitations.
Tlio statute pleaded hero is not tho act of
Louisiana, but that of Now York, and the
question is not raised by tho facts or aver
ments, whether he could nvail himself of it if
tho full time had run out beforo his departure
from Now York, as was supposed in argumont.
Tlio plea is obviously foumted in the idea that
the statute of tho state of the contract was gen
erally pleadable in any other state, a doctrine
that will not boar argument.
Tho remaining error assigned has regard to
the sura for which the judgment is entered, it
being for a greater nmonnt than tho numerical
amount of tfeo'bills of exchango on which the
suit was brought, and which aro found by tho
verdict.
Thoro has been a defect of explanation on
this subjoct; but from tho best information af
forded us, we consider the amount for which
judgmone is entered, as made up of principal,
.jWSIBSLjrulJwagflS ■ °nd. the Jatjer p$ boim?
legally incident to tho finding of the bit
exchange and their non-payment, and assessed
by the court under a local practice consonant
with that by which tho amount of writton con
tracts is determined, by reference to tho Pone
otbtaiy in many others of our courts. Wo,
therefore, see no error in it. .
Tho judgment below, will, therefore, be af-
firmed, and the purport of this adjudication, as
I understand jt, is—
That as between citizens of tho samo state,
a discharge of a bankrupt by the laws of that
state-is valid, As it'affects posterior contracts.
The propositions which I have endeavored
to maintain, in tho two opinions which I havo
delivered, aro these:
1st. That tho power given to tho United
States, to pass bankrupt laws, is not exclusive.
‘2d. That the fair and ordinary exerciso of
that power, by tho states, docs not necessarily
involvo a violation of the obligation of con
tracts, multofortloni of posterior contracts.
But when, in tho exercise of that power, tho
states pass beyond their own limits, and the
rights of their own citizens, and act upon the
rights of cifiZons of other states, there arises a
conflict of sovereign power, and a collision with
the judicial powers granted to the United
States, which renders tho exerciso of such a
power incompatible, with tho rights of other
states, and with tho constitution of the United
States.
to succeed him, than any oilier business.’'
London, February i7.
Tho intelligence from Portugal, which we
were enabled to communicate to our readers
yesterday, only very briefly, is more than con
firmed by tlio accounts from tho Lisbon and
Oporto Papers, and by Private Letters which
wo' this day publish. It appears, tho rebels
had actually pcnetriUed to within twelve or fif
teen miles of Oporto. At the dale of tho latest
advices'from that city; however, all apprehen
sions of immediate danger bad subsided, though,
as may be expected considerable anxiety pre
vailed. General Stubbs had about three thou
sand troops under his command, and was, be
sides, in communication witli tite Counts do
Villa Flor, and Angeja, whoso forces were in
terposed between Oporto and the rebels, un
der tho Marquis do Chaves. The inhabitants
of Oporto seem to be doubtful as to the fidelity
of tlio troops stationed there; and it is a proba
ble inference indeed, that tho effort of Chaves
to enter the city, would not havo been made,
unless he had received information which led
him to expect that the garrison would declare
in his favor tlio first opportunity.
The British army under the command of
General Clinton, had marched from Lisbon
for Coimbra, which was to ho their head-quar
ters, and wJioro they woro to arrive by tho i6lh.
It was cousidored that by the tO'.h inst. there
would not be a British soldier in Lisbon, oxcppt
thoso in tlio depot, and in the hospitals. A
P reclamation from tbo war -Department,- issu
ed in the nnmoof tlio Infanta Princess Regent,
011 the ititli, announces tlio departure of our
brave fellows, and expresses the confident hope
of the Princess that in every part of the interi
or whore they may arrive, their “order and
propriety" will “renew tho same ties of frater
nity which, during the Peninsula wnr, united
the Portuguese and English army into one."—
This Proclamation speaks, also, in high terms
of tho discipline and rogularity of tho British
troops, wliilo they remained in tho capital.
No mention is mado in these Papers of Mar
shal Beresford, or of bis departure from Lis
bon.
It must bo confessed that this turn of affairs
in Portugal, is rather unexpected, after tlio ac
counts previously received, through tho Ma
drid and Paris papers, of the dispersion of tho
rebels, the flight of de Chaves, and his arrival
in a wounded stato at Salamauca. If, indeed,
it bo true, that he ever did seek refuge in that
city, his re-appearance in Portugal, at tho
hoad of a body of men which penetrated to
within a few miles of Oporto, would lead to se
rious reflections. But wo will hazard no hasty
opinions upon so grave a question, in the ab
sence of material facts on which to form a cor
rect judgment.
Lisbon, February 7.
Tho situation of Oporto on Friday last was
From the New York Enquirer, 24th ult.
COLOMBIA.
Laguira, Wh February, jg*
Since tho arrival of Bolivar in this’depLl
raeut, tho political face of things has p* *
changed. Civil commotion has ceased j
private feelings appear to have, been turn
ered for tlio public good.
However I cannot believe the profession;,
some of the actors in the fecent internal t
motions can, in every respect, be relied
The materials are too discordant to be to e
sily and so readily united—all the leading c
have been and arc now in Caraccas—-not «
of tho promoters of' recent disaffection* |
havo been noticed by promotion or other,
by the liberator. The financial department^
this country is in- a deplorable state, art
not so much from a want of channels to r
funds, but more from the demoralizing cliiu3
ter of those who superintended them, BoM
and the cabinet arc engaged and have betaf"
sometime on that subject. Thero aretooi
ny parasites around the liberator,’ natives s
foreigners; men whoso views' are houndei
interest, and who are disposed, to take e\
advantage front the distressed stato of th
to make money and who do riot care a pin (i
the country or its government.--
The present time will, of all otbenfj't&m.
taleuts of Colombia. Tho fiscal departmt s
of government is at all times tlio- most diffic
but in this, approximating near its first <
moms, internal peace threatened external \
not subdued, credit abroad much shaken, 1
country if atall scarcely able to bear taxation, ^
customs corruptly managed requires such
force Of genius, capacity and labor to resu*.
tate it, that I fear united aro not to be fouolij
Colombia.' Much is to bo hoped from hie;
dozn in union with Bolivar.
The reception of Bolivar here on tho!
January last was splendid; ho was met at
foot pf the mountain by citizens and forcig
on horseback carrying tho colors of thp'tr c
tries, und'conducted to tho Caracas gate, w
the mun.cipulity received, and the govern:;
presented, him -with the koys of tho iity.
front of tite gate was erected^ at the cad of il
(lruw-bndgo, a handsome canvas, painting, t-
ircsoriting tho front of a house,with a doc
eatl.ng from tlio draw-bridgo of Doric srcl
lecture, upon which were surmounted stato
representing Honour anil Justice at each 1
and Hercules in the centre, strangling the
oil, on each side and over the entrance, si
bio and very-appropriate mottoes, lie bed
alighted and the citizens placed liim.in a dor]
blc gig, gcnoral Pacz on his left, decorate
a most fanciful manner wiih flowers, rt
vines, etc. as to render the gig entirely jtr
ble but its shape. He was dressed in a \
bluo undress military coat, with epauldi.
the next day, a dinner was given him, bu
fortunately but little order was observed. ,
livar occupied the. bead, with PAei oh bit I
and Curabono on his right, (all from 1
I think) Sylvn on Paoz’s left and tHee_
foreign governments pretty ftiuch as thoy.c^al
find seats—tho consul of the 1 Uri[te4 States t
tho left of Carabono. General Bormudeii
not attend. No set of regular toasts
drunk.
Captain C—, of a British brig of t
drank success to an attempt upon Porto I
and Cuba by the Colombian arms. I 0
not swallow all of it. Bolivar paid a hi
some compliment to the British nation-'
to tlio United Statos. He is a very, temp
man, confining himself principally to i
and drinks but little wine or spirits. Iiisc
tenancc is indicative of laborious mental appl
cation; his frame is very delicate, and hisvo'
quite effeminate, and his health does not app
good.
On tho next dayi-oveuing—a ball was give
him, attendod by tlio ladies 6f tho placo and sons
fow from Caracas; tho company was nun
ous aud presented u singblar appearance n
stranger. Waltzes and contra daticcs.aro
that are in fashion here. The liberator <
this occasion, as on .all others, was plan
dressed, and does-not danco. General 1
was dressed in a round whito cloth or 1
pie were up all night expecting tho rebels,
whose chance of entoring was, howevor, reduc
ed to tho lowost, by tho spirited disposition of
General Stubbs, and the zeal of tho inhabitants.
The Oporto Imparcial gives tho names of five
citizens who advanced money iu this crisis for
tho uso ofthe.troops, whoso allowances woro in
arroar, on some temporary disarrangement of
the military chest. The volunteer corps did
the most effectual sorvico of thoso posts. Tho
cry of tho Oporto people is still loud for tho aid
of somo English troops. But their farthest
destination yot mentioned is Coimbra.’
Twelve o'clock.—Tho AVar-Offico (since my
last despatches Were put on board,) hasreceivcd
tho following good nows by oxpress from Opor
to:—
.The Marquis do Angeja was at Bogota on
the 3d February, and on the following day at
tacked tho Marquis Chaves, who fled by tho
Ponte do Prado; tho Marquis do Angeja, tho
Count de Villa Flor, and Goneral’ Correa de
Mello had united and acted together with effect.
Tho rebels fled to Galicia, and General John
de Lncerda had distinguished himself In the
two Beiras. General Stubbs deserves tho high
est praise.
General Mollo commanded all tho Infantry,
and Count Villa Flor the cavalry.
Tho accounts from Brighton, this morning,
respecting Mr. Canning, continue of the samo
satisfactory character. An uninterrupted, but
E tdual, progress towards recovery is now con-
entiy expected by his medical attendants.
London, February i7.
A Parliamentary account of tho income and
expenditure has just been presented, by which
it appears that the income is about £55,000,-
000, nnd tho expenditure about £54,000,000;
tho surplus, or sinking Fund, therefore, is about
£i,000,000.
mer jacket, embroidered all over; bo <
very often, and with somo grace. JMost oftbtl
attending officers, with tho cxcopiion of lkt-1
mu3cz, joined in tho festivities of the cvcnicjl
He is, no doubt, tho first military man of tbe|
tho most anxious that can be imagined: the poo- dopartmont, andi>erhaps not excelled byitl
r in Colombia, }he avowed enemy of Paet, *h|
(Para) it is said, during the'recent comn»l
tions, attempted scvoral times to have hia|
(Bermudez) assassinated. It is Bolivar alert!
that brings them together. His death voaxl
bo tho watch-word for pillage and ussassinnic‘|
throughout Venezuela. You cannot bo awart!
from alLthe statements that could be
you of tho importance of tho liberator’s 1
wilhbufyou were hero arid could see'that
os of materials out of which this
government has been formed. ;■
I wish them with all my heart success; as J|
that like the . United States* they mayem*
to the world a clear demonstration, that man*
capable of self-government.
A report has been in circula'tion forsos'l
days of an expedition against Porto Rim- . I
cannot vouch for tho truth of it. Somethin< I
unquestionably in agitation; between
eigfu t hundred troops marched from Cst*®!
last evening for this place—ihey wore 1
a fow days sinco from on board of tho 1
Cundinemaroa, from Porto Cabello. _
Genorai Peaz has gone to the Apure.i^’j
to raise troops. It is reported that 200D 1 1
ruvian troops marchod into Valencia lr J
tbo interior, a few days sinco. Jf such an ■
E dition is contemplated, the liberator lw s _
it motives for it; tho peace and q u ', ctB !rj;
Venezuela! and tho gclting clear ofthf
fected loading men of this department, .
Genorai Paea is spoken of as tho com® 35 I
er. ' * - •
N. B. Tho public credits effected by
E avernment, and availablo at tho custom 11 ^
avo all been- stoppod; and every W* (
owes any thing to the customs, mua ‘ 1
cash, or go to tho common jail. I" 35
os it has already, produced somo infrin^' 3 '', 1
on a depreciated stato -of rthings wills'.I