Colombia.
Extract of a Ietter from tbe Agents to Lloyd's at Laguayra, dated the 25th of April:- "We enclose directions for making and entering this port, drawn out by Mr. (C. Dunnirg, mastcr of the John Catto, who knows the coast and port well and the information, we are certain, will be of ereat use to strangers:- ' SAMINwG DtRgCTIONS FQt ENTERIXG TIHE PORT OF LA- OU AV RA. La>uayra, according to the su%rvey of Fidalgo, lies in lat. 10. .7. north, and long. 67. 0'2. dest, from Greenwich, which position seemns very correct. "V Vesse'ls from St. Thomas~,Barbadoes, &c.. in running for t6is harbour, should shape their course so as to make either Blanqailla to the east, or Orchilla to the %;'est. Both these islands are tolerably high, and mray be seen ti or I leagues off. From a fair birth be. t-ween them stecTing dowvn thef ought to endeavour to make in with the main land /; or 7 leagues to windward of l,aguayra, and then run alone shore for the roads. t " The land in the neighbourlhood of the port is very high. It 3ises gradually fromt Cape Cord,ra to the famous Silla of Caraccas. " laguayra, in e- ery direction from the sea, appears to) be imme- diatelv beneath the Silla. The; tow n and fortifications (which are whitc) may be seen distinctlv at five or six leagues' distance. Cape Itianco, about four miles to the westward of Liguayra, is otnly a small tongue of lan(d; and strangers approaching Laguayra mu.-t not depend upon making it as a cape, without they are close in zshore. and within three or four jeagues of it. " The land between Gape Cordera and Puerto Cavello may be approached without the least danger within two miles during the dav; but from sunset to eight or nine o'clock in the morning, during which timc there is no breeze, vessels should give it a widle birth-say six miles, lest the swell and curtent, both of which have a tendency to t3.he shore, should drive themn on the rocks. It is highly neces- Nary to obsetve this, as instances are not wanting of shlips driving past the harbour in the night. " Vesscls making L,aguayra in the evening should haul their wvind in time, for fear the wind s4ould fail then3 before they come to an anchorage. 'The town of Laguayra is .ituate on the easternmost part of a small bay. Goods are lantled and slhipped by mcans of canoes or b3ats holding abtout two tons, fiom a wootlen pier, which runs out *anom the middle of the town. This operation is sometimes difficult, and often verv dangerous on account of the surf. " Vesscls 6ound to the anchorhnc must be careful to have as many of their square sails furled as 'they can p9ssibly spare, and a gooil s-ope of both cables in readiness, as the regular breezes are generally very strong, and the ground in miany places foul. Chains are to be recommended. CSigned) " C!ONSTABLE DUNNING, Coommarsdink the English schooner Jo/in Catto. "Laguayra, Fcb. 7, 1824." CO LOMBIA.