Intelligence from Venezuela.

— We have before us files of the paper El Patriota, of the 11th November, published in Caraccas. This, we believe, is the latest intelligence received from this republic, and we regret to say that its contents do not throw any light on the state of affairs in this country. Since the arrival of the last news from Maracaibo (the seat of war) for the last four months, there have been no satisfactory accounts, and the various statements published have been so tinged with the partisan feelings of the writers, that we are absolutely in the dark as to what is going on. We do not know whether it is true that Monagas' fleet or Paez's troops are about to do something or go somewhere; but we have never heard of their doing anything of any importance, except cruise about and brag against one another, much after the fashion of that famous king of ancient story, who,

'With ten thousand men,

Went up the hill and then — came down again;'

— meantime keeping Venezuela in uproar, destroying her commerce, and paralyzing all the resources of the country, which, at the commencement of these movements, were just beginning to be developed. The only positive item which we notice for the first time, is one which indicates that the British government is inclined to interfere in the matter. The vast commercial interests which British subjects have in Venezuela, have probably induced their government to take the step which is mentioned in the following notice, which we translate literally from the Patriota: —

'We have been informed, in a most positive manner, that the British Minister of Foreign Affairs, Lord Palmerston, has given the British ministers in Holland, Denmark, New Granada, St. Domingo, and Haiti, special instructions to inform the respective governments to which they are accredited, that H. B. M. government, in view of the difficulties which exist, and which are so contrary to the general interests of commerce, will not countenance the existing government of Venezuela, but, on the contrary, by following the existing institutions of the country, they may be consolidated and general order and peace be re-established.'

It is to be hoped that this will put a stop to the fitting out of expeditions, on either side, at neutral ports. If either of the contending parties have the interests of their country really at heart, and personal ambition has no place in their hearts or actions, surely in this enlightened age, something might be done to settle differences. The trouble in the republics seems to be that the minority will not submit. Let them take a lesson from the United States in that particular. The cheerful submission of the minority to their defeat is one of the most striking features in the character of the masses in the United States.