Star.
London, England, 1824-01-05 00:00:00

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from the possibility of such-hats* itation. Houses on ele-, •
voted sitaptions, though exempt from this casualty, be-
came .. •
saturated with wet, and as these were chiefly built
of hrickilaid In clay, the walls proved too feeble to sup-1
FOC their: supentructures ; these, day after day, were
ea* citunbling- into ruins, while the wretched inhabit.!.
Mats,. drenched with rain, were employed propping up
the wants, or resetting „their goods from impending de-
struction. The whole extent of tillage in the district is
more or less damaged—bishly-cultivated inclosures
have had, the whole of Ahem upper soil swept entirely.
from the surface, while the force of the waters hai lef
large gullet's and chasms throughout them. Banks and,
fences of every description are prostrate. The gardens
planted on the banks of rivers for convenieut.access to
water, have universally suffered ; many are totally de-
stroyed, and the fruit-trees violently torn'up and carried
away by the flood; in short, the whole occupied and
Cultivated face of the distri# presents a frightful picture
of .desolation and defeated industry. •
In addition to this awful visitation of PROVIDENCE,
the rust has again -attacked the corn, making ourfourth
season of fruitless and atsoitiee tillage,while the. Caffres,
in uninterrupted predatocy incursions, are gradually
withdrawing all-the cattle from the district, to the in-
creased gloom. of ;Jost meltincholy prospect of misery
and privation befciresus.
Alien as our devoted body has ever been to the kind-,
ness or solicitude of the Colonial Government, we caul,
not—powerful as our claims have now become-7-calcu-.
late on any relief from this quarter; we oan alone look
with consistent expectation to the fostering anxiety of
the GovernMent, which encouraged our exparriatiou;
and to the generous feeling of a people. kroverbilatfor
the warm-hearted alacrity with Which they extend as
sistance in the hour of need to the- sacred of all coun-
tries; never was the utmost extension of their rhilan-
qhropy more 'justifiably appealed to, and surely the
voice of five thousand of their aggrieved and persccated
brethren will not be suffered to cry in vain.
I feel persuaded that you, Sir, will cleerfully aHow
your. Columns to be made subservient to the diffusion of
this appeal; such a contribution to its success mill he'
gratefully appreciated by the-poor suffeters whom it is
meant tosetve.
As the storm' is but Fast abated, I have not yet the
means of inelosing you a correct statement of the i.ndi-
•vidisal 'or aggregate loss sustained ; -this I shall spare no
effort to procure as early as po.sible, and transmit it to
you forthwith. I am, Sir,
Your. very obedientdiumble servant,'

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SPAIN.
Accounts from Spairhavta Bayonne, state that bands
continue to 'he organized in the provinces; those of
Murcia, Ahearn, and La Mancha are the most nume-
rous, consisting of from 300 to 400 men. The popular
spirit continues to manifest itself: the King has sent re-
peatei orders to Toledo, Cuenca, and other cities, for
the Authorities to set -at liberty all persons confined
without just reason, but the pecple refuse obedience,
and threaten vengeanCe on all who-oppose their will.-
A rich merchant at Catlatayud had a very hberal
son; but the son having escaped, they- wreaked their
vengeance Ad the father : they set fire.to his-magazine,
and threw him into the flames. Three Officers dl' the
Army of liallasteroi, on their return to their homes,
passed the Right in a town four leagues from Madrid:
The people, being informed of their arrival, went to
their lodgings, to obliged them to leave the town insane-
di.itely. (inc of them lodged in the house of a person
well known as rezealeus Royalist, *fro thought he had
influence sufficient to protect the Liberal, but he was
mistak;n; the public took-away tba.OiScii. -and pit-i
la;.4,ed the house. A person, who arrived at Madrid a
few days age, stat:s that he was stopped in Murcia by
a corps of 500 men, well armed and equipped, coal-
'posed entirely of d;:,banded sold'ers ; the commander
of this band addressed the traseller, and said to him,
" Sir, von are g..;ng to Madrid; let the King know
that Colonel is the chief of the band winch you.
have met with; and that he, ..and many either Officers,
who have been discharged • arithout par, and without
means of subsistence, are otaigeti to infest the roads, and',
Ito desolate a country which they might have defended."
Same Priests and `lr aka have been hung ireGallicis,
and since then everything is said to have beecme quiet.'
The Decree of Am...csi; has teensso long delayed, that
many p.-rsous begin to fear it will not appear at all.