The Sun.
London, England, 1828-12-09 00:00:00

CONSPIRACY IN COLOMBIA.

" We have received by the brig Tampico, Capt.
Fish, arrived in a short passage from Carthagena,
the news of a dangerous conspiracy, headed by San-
tander and Padilla, against the life of Bolivar. 'n e
following letter, for which we are indebted td the
politeness of a mercantile friend in this city, is from
a citizen of the United States who is welt acquainted
with all the affairs of Colombia, and who is capable
of judging as to the result of this unhappy trans-
action :

" EXTRACT OF A PRIVATE LETTER, RECEIVED PER THE

TAMPICO, ARRIVED THIS AEVENINCI, DATED CARTHA-

GENA, OCT: 15.
" I send you herewith a Gazette, containing a
pretty full account of a conspiracy that broke out in
Bogota last month, in which, I regret to say, many
men of high military rank were engaged. Among
others, the late Vice-President, General Santander,•
and General Padilla. The latter was at the time a
prisoner, and under trial for his conduct at Cardin-
gena in March last, and of which you were a wit-
ness. The late accounts from Bogota stated that
five of the ringleaders had been executed, and no
doubt the 'Vice-President and Padilla will share the
same fate. Bolivar escaped, by miracle, from the
place, after his guard and aide-de-camp were killed.
Had it not been for the gallantry of the Regiment of
Vargas, headed by Colonel Whipple, who first re-
pulsed the artillery at the attack 011 the barracks, and
drove them fairly out a the town, a dreadful scene
must have followed; as the artillery (who were
bought over by the conspirators) were promised the
plunder of the town, in which, no doubt, every
foreigner would have loSt his life, as it is well known
they .are all attached to Bolivar. Some ftn.v persons
have been placed under arrest ,here, merely because
they were in some.measure implicated in Padilla's
business of March last. The prompt and judicious
measures of General Montilla will, I think, at all
times, secure us from the effects of conspiracies in
this part of the country. Should the Liberator
cause General Santander to be executed, his party
must fall to the ground for want of a leader; .but
I have my doubts whether he will proceed so far.
Although a just step (supposing him fully guilty of
the charges alleged against him), it may not be a
prudent one, as Santander's connexions are rich and
powerful throe; gout the country. Should anything
further occur, I will advise you by the Bunker-hill.
" Every thing very dull, and no chance of im-
provement." . . • .
" The papers which we. have received, give at
length the details of this unhappy affair. It appears
(to give a brief summary) that the troops forming
the garrison of the city of Bogota, were a squadron
horse renadiers, a battalion amdee.tbe•command
of 'Vargas, and a
.brigade, of • artillery. This last
body, it seems, was sedtie'ed.' into-the conspirators'
service, by the promise of six mOtitliS' fiAv; and the
sack of the city.- The attack was made simulta-
neously on different points.. The party. which at-
tacked the palate had'only to encounter the resist-
ance of a few attendautsOnid iNlivar was compelled
to effect his escape bito''the -Street by means of a
balcony, to which there was entrance from his cham-
ber. `1 ';t second' arty;.- which attacked Vargas'
battalion, was soon repuhed. -The third; however,
whose object is supposed to have been the release
of Padilla, succeeded •irt entering. his house, and it
was there that the brave Colonel Bolivar was shot,
falling under the.-hands.of men who had never seen
the Earn of an enemy. Colonel Ferguson was also
killed by the conspirators ,who had attacked the pa-
lace, and who encountered' him accidentally as they
were leaving it, after' the escape of the Liberator.
public mass-was celebrated on the very next
mornin2. (Septembei 26) in gratitude for the safety
of Bolivar. The citizens are said to have crowded
around the Lit.,:er"tOr to. congratulate him on the
.
event. Several ti:nusauds of the neighbouring pea-
santry were very shomly under arms, and at the dis-
posal of the Governmetit. A decree was also is-
sued the same day (the ~?„e4h), in which Bolivar
announces his determination-, grounded on the con-
spiracy, to exercise those extraordinary powers which,
he says, the nation had previously vested in him.
" A courier who left Bogota on the 30th of Sep.
wniaer had arrived in Carthagena, brining informs.
tion that five of the conspirators had been executed,
and Colonel Guerra was to be hung on that day.—
Every thing which can serve to blacken the charac-
ter of Santander and Padilla is inserted in the Ga-
but we carat-tat find, on careful examination,
any specific evidence of their guilt. The papers in
Bolivar's interest, however, rowdy assert that they
were the authors of the conspiracy, gud clamour
loudly for their execution, which they say is soon to I
take place. It is possible that their connection with I
the conspiracy was too open and manifest to require
tt'le Opecification of evidence. That they were con-
cerned art it seems to have been the opinion of the
svr:ter of tile above letter, and we think it more
sae' to rely upon bijudgmeot than upon any specu-
ation of our own. _ _

" We yesterday gave,a4emmary of the Colom-
bizn news, The following additional particulars will
be found interesting :
" The private Letters assert that Santander and
Padilla were at the head of the conspiracy ; that
their object; besides the death of Bolivar, was the
e 1.2 yation of the former to the presidency. A great
kany arrests and some executions had already taken

" A low from Carthagena of the 13th ult. says—
' A few peraora here have been arrested and im-
prisoned, 011 suspicion of having been concerned in
Ahe conspiracy.'

A very respectable foreigner at Bogota writos,
,itidar date of September 29-6 j am afraid the
party it 4. Tainst the Government is very numerous and
.ucreasing throughout the country. A measure re-
cently odopt42ll by the executive against the advice of
eatusei4,, for 9,topping the payment of dividends on
the home deb!, fcr 0.1? purpose of appropriating them
esx,:lusively to the payAnot of dividends on British
oaxig, is very unpopular.'
_
_ _

(Fro.p the Bogota Gazette of dept. 2Sth.)
"CONSPIR4CY AGAINST COLOMBIA AND THE

LIBERATOR.
"Those who for some time past had meditated
the destruction of the Republic and its guard►an,
effected a most atrocious attempt in the night of the
25th inst. The garrison of this city consisted of the
first squadron of the horse-grenadiers, the battalion
of Vargas, and a brigade of artillery. The conspi-
rators succeeded to bribe this brigade, and to make
it the nucleus of their operations. In pursuance of
their plans, which had been concerted in a secret
meeting held at eight o'clock on the same
evenrng, a part o the artillery was to attack the
palace, another part the barrack of Vargas, and
another the grenadiers. Those intended to -attack
Vargas were to be subdivided, and to liberate Gen.
Padilla, in order to place him at the head of this
parricidal undertaking.
"In consideration of the distance, as well as of
its own importance, it was determined to begin by
storming the palace. This was done by the com•
tnanding officer (Commandante) Carrijo, I-torment,
Florentina Gonzales, Captain Lopez, and Weneslao
Quilaivar, who conducted and led the assassins.
Horment himself mortally wounded three sentinels,
and accompanied by the others, he _ascended the
upper apartments, where, notwithstanding his youth,
Lieut. Andres Hatra, orderly officer of the Liberator,
fought with a signal valour until he was disabled by
the cut of a sabre in his right land. The assailants
succeeded in penetrating info the Cabinet of his
Excellency, who came out to meet Jhe.rn ; but being
he prepared to
alone against all the conspirators
-
defend himself in his own Cabinet, and Whet! it was
found impossible to hold out any longer, he sallied
forth from a balcony into the street, and reached the
barrack of Vargas.

- • •
'cThe attack on
_these barracks had commenced
as sou:i as news was received a that on the palace,
and was direetea. by the Commandant Silvia,. by
placing a piece of ordnance against, the gate; but
the guard sustained their posrivith firmness, and as-
slted by the soldivrd of the same battalion, Ivho,

from the upper windows, fired upon the aggressors
with some of the little ammunition which they had;
beat back the conspirators, took their cannon, and
pursued them in aft directions.
" At this time some of the artillerymen .had suc-
ceeded in getting into the prison of General
under the orders, of Captain E; Brueno and
R. ,Mendoza, by. leapilig the wall of the yard, and
having reached the room of that General, surprised
Colonel Bolivar in bed, and discharged a pistol at
his breast. The valiant Colonel died by the hands
of men who had never seen the face of an enemy.
" When those who had attacked the palace left it,
they met at the door Colonel Ferguson, Aide-dc-
camp of the Liberator. At the first noise of the
tumult, this deserving officer hastened from his lodg-
ings, and on reaching the spot, a pistol was fired at
his breast by the Commandant Carrijo, in whose re-
cent promotion Ferguson bad mainly assisted.
" A division of the Regiment of Vargas, under
the command of Lieutenant Forrealoa, having been
supplied with ammunition, and headed by General.
CrOaneta, Minister of War, accompanied by General
Pat is, Cordova Velec, and (Mega, placed themselves
in the principal square, from whom orders were
given for the defence of the city, and the pursuit of
the traitors. Here they were joined by the Libera-
tor, who was received with open arms and most eh-
thusiastic demonstrations of joy by all the officers
and men.

" A solemn high mass in thanksgiving was offered
up on the 26th by the Archbishop.
" The proper authorities are engaged in preparing
the processes against the conspirators.,
" The people, to the amount of 4,000, have
armed, and by their exertions- many of those who
had escaped the pursuit of the military were taken.

46 LIST OF PRISONERS IN THE CONSPIRACY.—J.
Horment, a Frenchman, reputed to be a Spanish
spy ; Weneslao Zylcuvar, a shopkeeper, a native of
Antioch, and a partner of Horment; Captain Lo-
pez, of the Artillery, degraded by sentence of the
High Court of Justice; Colonel Ramon Guerra de
Tanya, Com. of Military Staff; Comrnandarite
Selva, of the Artillery Brigade, native of Chiquen-
qura ; Cayetano Galendo, Lieutenant of Military,
native of Socono; Ezequiel Rogas, native of Mera-
lions ; General Padilla, native of Richacha, against
whom were pending proceedings for the conspiracy
at Carthagena ; Captain Henora, of Pacaoma; Lieu-
tenant Msnez, a Spaniard, and Balasteros of Re-
, chachu, cornpro►nised in the conspiracy; General
F. P. Santander, of Cuenta ; Lieutenant-Colonel
C. Welshew, unworthy of being an Englishman,
and Second Commandant R. Marques, of Tocuya,
Aides-de-camp of said General ; Domingo Guzman,
a commissary of war, native of Pamplona; M. Es-
covar, of Couca ; Fran. Varuda, tailor, naive of
Barquesimeto ; J. F. Argabil, Portuguese, suspected
as a Spanish spy ;. Pedro C. Aauero and Dr. John
N. Azuero, natives of Socono ; Algartan, native of
Bogota ; Dr. Romez Plata, native of San Gil ; M.
C. ttothiguez de Gartan, native of Bogota ; General
Obonxo, native of Loeoro ; J. F. Meri;.•alde de
Popaysin, apothecary ; and R. Luvano de Fusagati-
ga, lawyer.

" PROCLAMATION.
44 4 PEDRO A. HEIMAN, INTENDANT OF THE DEPORTMENT,

TO TIIE INHAEITANTS OP cuNntmencA.

"Last night brought this city and the whole of
the republic to the brink of ruin ! Is it to be be-
lieved, that even here, in our very bosomF, villains
should have existed wl►o would attempt to mu►der
the Liberator.

" Seduced by them, the brigade of artillery which
was in this city, and supported by this force, they in-
troduced themselves and spilt much Wood, even in the
very house of his Excellency ; but Providence was
pleased that Col. Ferguson and Col. Joseph Bolivar,
with a part of the guard, should perish ; the first at
the entrance of the palace, the second in the house
of the General Padilla, wk ere he vk as on service.
The Second Lieutenant lbarra was wounded in the
apartments of the palace, as were several others.
The Liberator, to whose cabinet the assassins had
penetrated, miraculously saved himself. Several of
the traitor., have been arrested, and those who have
fled are pursued. The full extent of their crimes
will be discovered.
" ' The first squadron of 'Horse Grenadiers, and.
the battalion of Vargas, conducted themselves dur-
ing the whole night with that zeal and enthusiasm
which has so often called forth the praises even of
the enemy.
" The Artillery commenced their parricidal pro-
ceeding by pointing and discharging their guns
against the quarters of those troops, whose valour
was only fired by this attack. They soon put to
flight the traitors, and running through the streets
or accompanied by their officers, they con-
gratulated one another on the safety of the Liberator.
" His Lxcellency also visited all parts of the
city during the right, and every where he received
testimony of the horror insp;red in all by the crime
meditated.

Countrymen, friends, believe not ant the
authors were Bouotians ; 1-Torment is not,—Carrijo
is not ; nor are those who directed and commanded
this band of assassins. Bogota is faithful to he:
vows, and grateful to the Liberator. Bogota above
all is Colombian.

f What would become of this republic, if crime
were triumphant ? We had lost our support, our bond
of union, our tutelar angel. Friends, let us give
thanks to the Most High, who; in preserving the
Liberator, has preset ved tt all.
• " PEDRO A. HERRAN.'
" BOGOTA, KEPT. 2G.
" Simon Bolivar, Liberator, President of the Re-
public of Colombia, &c., considering—
" 1. That the lenity with which the Govern-
ment has wished to characterize all its measures, has
embodied wicked men to undertake new and hor-
rible attempts.
" 2. Even last night, the troops intrusted with
the preservation of order and government were at-
tacked, and the Palace of the Government was con-
verted into a scene of bloodshed, which even threat-
ened the life of the Chief of the Republic.
" 3. That if crime is not timely checked, and ex-
amples made of the evil-minded, they will shortly
effect the dissolution and the ruin of the State.
" That in such a case the Government would be
rendered culpable under the decree of the 27th Au-
gust, in which, for the advantage of the peop'e, I
restricted the authority with which they had volun-
tarily invested me. Therefore, on the proposition
of the Council of State, I decree—
• From this day forward I will use the au-
thority which the national vote lus confided to ale,
with the extension which circumstances way , force
upon me.
• 2. The same circumstances shall fix the term
of the extension of this authority.
• 3. In pursuance of which, the Council of
State will advise me of the measures which in its
opinion the public good regnires, pointing out their
greeter.or less urgency.
'" 4. Every Vitiator Secretary of State in his
respective department is charged with the execution
of this decree.
Given, signed by My hand, and countersigned
by the Minister Secretary of State for the - Depart-
ment of the Interior, in Bogota, Sept. 26, 1828.
SIMON BOT.IvArt.
" The Minister Secretary of State for the Depaa..
nie,nt of the Interior,
" J. MANUEL RESTREPO.'
" CARTBAGENA, OCT. 8.
" The last private advices from Bogota state that
the execution of Padilla and Ilorment would take
place on the following day. The execution of San-
tander was to take place as soon after as the neces-
sary formalities could be gone through with.

" HAVANNA/f.

" Captain Morgan, of the schooner Hyphen, ar-
rived at Norfolk, brings the information that the
United States ship Falmouth, Captain Morgan, ar-
rived at Havannah on the 21st ult., and exchanged
salutes with the battery and Commodore Laborde's
flag-ship. The Falmouth was to sail the next day
for Vera Cruz ; all well. Commodore Laborde's
squadron, eunsisting of two line-of-battles ships, the

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rifyr •

LONDON,
TUESDAY EVENING, DECEMBER 9, 1828,

The French Papers of Saturday have been
received, but they do not contain any further in-
telligence of a positive nature with respect to
Silistria. It is all " report," founded on the
inclemency of the weather, and the probable ter-
mination of the siege under such discouraging
circumstances as bad weather, bad provisions, and
what is worse, the prospect of getting any more
supplies being cut off.
The Gazette de France contains a letter from
Bucharest, Nov. 19, extracted from the Austrian
Observer, which, repeating the old story, says
" that in consequence of the violent tempests and
extraordinary cold in the environs of Silistria,
which impeded the works of the besiegers and
prevented the arrival of provisions, it is reported
to have been resolved to raise the siege in this
unfavourable season, and that the besieging corps
is said to have marched to the right bank of the
Danube is even reported to have arrived at
Hirchova."
FRl;Ncit FUNDS. —PA IS, DEC. 6.—Five per,Cents.,
107 f. 10e. 107 f. 15c. ; Three per cents., '76f. 75f. 90e.:
Bank Stock, 1,8451 ; Rentea de Naples, 78f. 60e. ; Royal
Spanish Loan, 794 ; Rentea perpetuelle d'Espagne, Five
per Cants., 51i; Exchange on London, one month, 25f.
30c. ; three months, 25f. 10c.— Cours Authentique.

It was reported at Toulon on the 30th Nov.
that the French army would return from the
Morea, leaving garrisons at Patras, Modon,
Coron, and Navarin, until the Ist of April, by
which period it was hoped the Government of
Greece would be completely consolidated, and
the national army organised. We are of opinion,
unless the quarrel between Russia be terminated
by the Ist of April, that the French army will
not return to France. Every thing ought to be
finally settled in that quarter, now that they are
in Greece.

The following are extracts from the Austrian
Observer, of the 27th November, and the Allge-
meine Zeitung of the 2d inst. It will be seen
that they give no authentic account of the rais-
ing of the siege of Silistria, but merely rumours
which are probable—that's all :
VIENNA, MA'. 26.

According to accounts from Bucharest of the 19th
November there had been, ever since the beginning
of this month, in the country about Silistria, violent
storm', accompanied with snow and a degree of
cold OP to 9°) ❑nusual at this season. This
state of the elements rendered the continuation of
the works of the besiegers extremely difficult--nay,
:almost impossible—and was a great obstacle to the
arrival of supplies of provisions for the besieging
c ,rps. Under these circumstances it is said to have
been induced to give up the siege of Silistria in ,this
very unfavourable season ; and the corps employed
against it is said to have already commenced its march
on the right bank of the Danube, as is reported, to
Hirchova. Field Marshal Count Wittgenstein,whose
head-quarters were lately at Kallaraseti,on the left bank
of the Danube, near Silistria, isgone to Jassy, to which
place we hear the Russian head-quarters will be re-
moved. Count Langeron was immediately expected
at Bucharest, through which town Lieut.-Gen. Count
Diebitsch, Chief of the Russian General Stuff; had
passed, on the 14th Nov., on his way to Jassy.

Accounts from Odessa of the 14th Nov., say that
several ships bad arrived there from Varna, some in
two days, and others, which sailed earlier and had
encountered violent storms, in twenty days. This
is the first refutation of the reports spread some
time ago at Jassy that Varna. had been re-occu-
pied by the Tucks at the latter end of October.

VIENNA, NOV. '27.

Commercial letters from Wallachia have been in
circulation here for some days,-which announced the
raising of the siege of Silistria, on account of the
bad weather. Though there' was nothing extraor-
dinary-in this, the'news was not much credited, as
there did not s'e'em to be any ofliCial account
.6f. it ;
to-day, hOWever, the Austrian Observer says that
the Russian troops had retreated from Silistria to-
wards Ilirchora„ to approach their winter quarters.
This news has had no effect on our funds, but some
speculators seem disposed to go to the Principalities,
to undertake contracts for supplying the Russian
army, or to learn what at tidies are the most ip de-
mand.

ThFt Russian guards,-with the exception of two
battalions of Yugers which were ordered to the siege
of Silistria, are said to have arrived at Stdschin
(Tuleze ?) The head quarters of Count Wittgen-
stein were at Jassy, but the Field Marshal intended
to go to St. Peter6burgh, whither M. Van Stourdza

had already gone. The operations on the Danube
seem to be over for this year, as it is not to be sup-
posed that the Turks will keep the field during the
winter. We expect every moment Constanti-
nople mail with the letters of the 10th Nov.

VIENNA, Nov. 27.--Metalliques,s, 951; Bank
Shares, 1,094.

P.S. The Mail from Constantinople has arrived,
we subjoin two lette;•F.

CONSTANTINOPLE, NOV. 10.

It is affirmed that the new Grand Vizier, after
receiving the seals froM his predecessor, had broken
the • camp •' at Paravadi, and commenced the
operations. A division of his army is said
to have marched' towards Silistria, while the
other part observes the Russian corps at Varna. He
himself, it is said, was to march to Rudschuk. The
Porte and the people place great confidence in his
proceedings.'

.eONSTANTINOPLE, NOV. 10.

On the 26th ult. the cairnacan was at Heide
Paella in Asia, to receive Tchapan Oglou Pachu.
The Sultan is said to have approved the convention
concluded by the Pacha of Egypt for the evacuation
of the Aimee, but only for a limited time.
On the 2Sth Oct. Papuschi Achmet, Governor
of Galata and Pera, was promoted to the dignity of
Capital) Pacha, and Ali Bey was appointed in his
room. The late Grand Vizier, who was to have
been put to death, but on the solicitation of the
Seraskiur was spared, with the confiscation of his
property, had arrived at Gallipoli the place of his
exile. Three hundred Russian prisoners were brought
in on the 28th; Accpunts from Smyrna say, that the
Tu:kish garrison of Modon, Coron, and Patras had,
been brOught on board French ships in Jaci, near
Smyrna. The Ambassador of the Netherlands is
said to have acquainted the Reis Effendi, on the
27th, with the blockade of the Dardanelles.

The Turkish ships of war, which were stationed
during the summer at the entrance of the Black
Sea, returned to the arsenal on the sth November,
but it is said they are to go to the Dardanelles.
The late Scheichulislam and two Mollahs have been
banished, the reason for which is said to be that
they gave pasitic counsels to the Sultan.
BUCHARFAT, NOV. 17.
The commencement of this letter agrees exactly
with that in the Austrian Observer• relative to the
raising of the siege of Silistria. It adds :—lt is said
that the Russians on their departure left part of their
artillery behind for want of horses, and, as some
ailirn►, buried it in the ground in the hopes of
digging it up and making use of it in the spring.—
We hear also of a movement of Hussein Paella
from Shumla towards Silistria, which is said to have
contributed to hasten the departure of the Russians
from that fortress; but the accounts are very vague.
We have had no news from Varna and Bazardjik for
for some time.

In another column we have given some ex-
tracts from a little pamphlet, published by
the society for suppressing that abominable
practice—the employment of climbing boys to
do that which can be done infinitely better by
machinery. The Society deserves well of the
public for its humanity.

TUE PUFF EXCLUSIVE
" These little things are great to little )Jan."

We extract the following from that active
Paper, the Morning Journal of Tuesday, Dec.
9, in the year of wonder, 1828: