Star.
London, England, 1823-09-02 00:00:00

SYRIA.

Letters from Antioch, to the 30th of June, com-
municate intelligence from Syria, that up to that
date earthquakes continued almost daily to be felt,
and many of the shocks were most alarming and ca-
lamitous in their consequences. Nature had also vi.
sited this unfortunate population with other evils,
little inferior to those which the earthquake itself had
entailed on them. In that country the rainy season
generally sets in about the month of December, and
continues, with some intermission, till. the end of
March ; but from March till October, even a shower
seldom tails. This season, however, has 'been very
different; for during the last week in May, and the
whole of June, titere had been au uninterrupted fall
of heavy rains; and in the last week of that month
the torrents burst from the mountains, the Orontes
overflowed its banks, the plains were deluged, and
men and cattle, the standing crops and those that
were gathered, trees and houses, were swept away by
the irresistible force of the floods. • Upwards of one
thousand human beings perished. The mulberry-
trees were torn up by the roots, and the whole coml.
try presented a scene of ruin and the most extensive
desolation. The plague had appeated at Baivout;
and as no country will allow that the plague origi-
nates in itself, the account was, that it was brought in
several vessels from Alexandria.

Miss CLARA FISHER, having completed her en-
gagement at the Margate Theatre, has arrived in town.
Tuesday se'nnight, two fine young men, named
John Cavanagh and James Dowdall, the one 18, and
the other 24 years of age, were fishing with a net on
the shore at Dunaney, and having gone a consider-
able way out, withcut a boat, it is believed they got
entangled in the net and were both drowned.
The Dublin Papers give us to understand that acts
of outrage have occurred in a limited portion of the
County of Wexford, which would disgrace the most
bat barous districts of Ireland, although Wexford is,
generally speaking, the most civilised and well. regu-
lated County of the South, and has been, since the
great rebellion of 1798, the most distinguished for
order and tranquillity. The offences now complained
of may all be classed under the head of savage
cruelty to cattle, as a medium of punishment upon
their owners for crimes committed against the Rockite
code. Horses butchered, cows and sheep houghed,
&c. are all manifestations of a sanguinary and inhu-
man spirit. In the County of Cork, the mountaineers
about Bantry have signalised the commencement of
the shooting season, rather by acts of piracy than of
poaching. They cruize in squads among the hill dis-
tricts, and instead of hunting grouse, they attach and
rob the sportsmen of their arms. In Limerick the mis-
chief has shewn itself by floggings, and similar inflic-'
tions. But on the whole it is apparent to a looker-on,
that the sum total of crime has sensibly diminished;
and, what is perhaps a proper subject of congratula-
tion, that it has been gradually and equably disap-,
peering for many months. This we like the better,
inasmuch as it promises to be the effect of some defi-
nite and general, rather than chance-medley causes.
If an amelioration in the state of Ireland can be shewn
by the Government to spring from systeM instead of
chance, then will a powerful advance have been made
towards the putting down of old prejudices and of
the abominable practices resulting out of them.

THE EVE\ING STAR;
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..ONDOI4.
TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 2, 1823.

LONDON Bunt:v.—Holiday at the Bank.
TILE FUNDS.
CITY, TWELVE O'CLOCK.
This being a holiday, both the Bank and Stock Ezellange are
closed, but the Foreign Market remains opts, owing.to its being
pay-day In all Foreign Securities. We do not bear of any
failures in the Foreign itl.trkt:t, but a great deal of accommoda-
tion bas taken place. Some private bargains have been dont in
Consols at 83 for the Account (sellers). In the Foreign Market
little is doing. Spanish opened at 56k, were done at ;, ard, ep
to this hour, 57. Coionibian opened 45, 44, 44i to 45; all
other Foreign Securities remain stationary.

There was a current report in the City, in Ole early
part of the morning, that two Expresses had an
from Pais with an account of the Cortes having re•
jected the terms of the Duke of ANGOULEME, but up
to the present hour we could not trace the report to
any authentic source. The Public are anxiously
waiting the arrival of the next Express from France,
which is expected to bring important intelligence.

The follov►ing intelligence from Madrid reached us
_ -
this morning, via Bayonne:

• MADRID, AUGUST 18. •

The capital enjoys tranquillity, notwithstanding
the endeavours of ill-disposed persons to disturb it by
spreading all kinds of reports: one day it is affirmed
that Quiroga has had 100 Royalists shot, another,
that Mina has had an equal number hanged, &c.
The accounts from Saragossa are more satisfac-
tory than they lately were: the firmness of the mili-
tary authorities of the allied troops, has restored or-
der in that city: the prisoners have been released,
with the exception of about thirty of the most violent
Constitutionalists; this was effected on the 15th, and
on the following day abcnie 200 of these individuals
left the city. The arrival of General Quesada at Ma-
drid with his troops is much spoken of. The mode-
ration of the principles of the General is known, but
his troops do not participate in it. After having
powerfully contributed to establish the Regency at
Madrid, be has been removed from it.
The military operations of both parties afford lit-
tle new : those of the Constitutionalists are confined
to the defence of the fortresses, and those of the
French to blockading them and repelling the sallies
of the besieged. The Constitutional bands proceed
in their usual system.—Marshal Lauriston has de-
tached 1500 men to Arragon, and the siege of Pam-
peluna is proceeding with activity; the orders of the
Prince to press it are urgent.
Everybody is looking with the greatest impatience
for the result of the negociations commenced with
the Cortes; of which, however, we shall know nothing
until some time after the arrival of the Prince before
Cadiz, an event which is greatly desired there also, for
the situation of that port is very unpleasant ; not that
they want means to resist the French army which
forms the blockade, to the number of 15,000 mem
but because there is an extraordinary effervescence of
party spirit and agitation in the minds of the people
—lt is impossible to foresee how these negociations
may end, but it is much to be wished that they
may have a favourable issue, and put an end to the
war and the divisions that tear the country to pieces.
—lt must be owned that this does not seem easy :
the partizans of the Regency are generally averse to
any treaty with the Constitutionalists, having taken
up arms, as they say, in the cause of the King, with
the design of exterminating the revolutionary fac-
tion. The Constitutionalists, on the other hand, dis-
couraged by the desertion of the Generals, still enter-
tain some hopes of their cause, especially since the
Decree of the Bth, issued by the Prince. The truth
is, that the two parties, who are armed, have no ob-
jection to the continuance of war, anarchy, and dis-
order, because the principal leaders have nothing to
gain by peace.
The adversaries of the Constitutional system con.
tinue to publish pamphlets, which are so violent that
the Military Commanders endeavour to hinder the
circulation of them, especially at Madrid.
There are frequent interviews between some Mem-
bers of the Regency and the Russian Atabassadot,
and very constant correspondence is kept up with
Portugal, from which kingdom succour is asked, to
make a diversion on the side of the Minho, and of
Ciudad Rodrigo.

Letters have been received from Pernambuco to
the 20th of July. They contain some further details
of the fate of the Portuguese squadron, on the voyage
from Bahia to Lisbon. MADEIRA, it now appears,
abandoned the place on the 2d of July, but without
entering into any capitulation with the Brazilians ;
seither had he concluded any convention with Lord
COCHRANE to allow the ships to proceed unmolested
His -Lordship, on the contrary, had succeeded in
capturing many of the squadron. On the Bth of July
time arrived at Pernambuco the Imperial brig of
war 80-4 a, with the Portuguese ships Ilirmonia,
Caridade, Principe Real, and Ulyiles, as her prizes,
which had all been captured between that port and
Bahia, and w•l;ich formed part of the Portuguese
Beet. They had on board from_ 400 to 500 troops.
Lord COCHRANE was. reported by the Bahia, when
that4essel quitted him, to be carryingou a series of
bold and successful matireuvres ag4ihst the reii of

MADURA'S squadron, most of whom stem to have
'been left by the Commander-in-Chief to provide as
they could for their own safety. Lord CocortA e
had then captured 21 sail, and was still pursuing the
fleet, though with a force extremely inferior, in the
hope of being able to make a prize of the 1),,n Joao
VI. a ship of war of the first class, on board of which
was General MADEIRA himself, with all the Portu.
guese t maim e, .as well as that plundered from the
churches and inhabitants of Bahia. The Bahia sailed
again on '';he 14th from Pernambuco on a cruise, with
orders th/tapttite all vessels bearing the flag of Pon.
tugal,_a•nd on the following day made tAo prizes—
the Alexander from Lisbon, and the Deos Te Guarcie
from Oporto. On behalf of these vessels a claim had
been set tip at Pernambuco, by some persons assert-
ing ownership in them, and they had consequently
been sent to Rio for adjudication, the parties giving
bond to abide the Emperor's decision. They had also
been allowed to withdraw the cargoes on giving sem,
rity in a similar manner for the lull value.

The la,t at rivals from South America hare brought
us teVCIA acts of the Re, uhlic of Colombia, be-
sides that in which the C mgress refuses to ratify
the loan raised in this country. One of these acts is
intended to encourage emigration to Colombia. It
states, that the population never corresponded with
the extent of the territory, and that " a large portion
has besides been destroyed, by the deadly and deso-
lating war the country has been exposed to for thir-
teen years."—An acknowledgment which we think
ought to-be sufficient to deter " European and North
American foreigners" from settling in Colombia while
the war • still continues. The offer to settlers is not
however very tempting in other respects. Two or
three millions of fanegadas of land belonging t', the
State, are to be appropriated to such foreign artisans
or agriculturists only as emigrate; but no family is
to have more than 200fiznegadas.
Any foreigrter wishing to obtain a grant of this
land must present himself to the Governor of Inter.d.
'ant of the Province, proving to what nation he be-
longs,
the number of his family, his trade or profes-
sion, and that he intends hereafter' to exercise.—The
necessary formalities having been complied with, and
according to the quality of the lands, the foreigner is
to make his offer, manifesting the nomber offeuc-
gadas he wants, and how soon be intends to begin to
cultivate them. The Governor or Intendant then
transmits to the Executive Power all the documentc,
making his own report upon them ; and the Supreme
Governor refuses or grants the lands under such con-
ditions as be may think proper. The expenses in-
curred in measuring the land and drawing up the
writings are to be paid out of the value of the lands
in case of sales, and when the same are granted by the
Government, the applicant shall pay them. Indivi-
duals, from the time they establish themselves in Co-
lombia, are to be considered as naturelised in the
Republic, and to enjoy the tights of citizens, except
those the Constitution reserves to -born citizens, or
those who may have resided a given number of years
in the country.
If we had not seen that several of our own, country-
men have been duped by the barefaced imposture of
the Poyais adventurer, we should not deem it neces-
sary to caution them against rashly 'emigrating to
Colombia, where much is necessary to be done before
it can become a desirable place for European settlers.
In the first place, it would be highly desirable, if
not that the new Republic should be recognized by
the Powers of Europe, that it should at least be freed
of an enemy, which is not the case at present. And
if Spain, during so many years of internal war, fee-
bleness, and humiliation, has been able to keep a
footing in Colombia, what might she not do if her
present struggle at home was followed by a vigorous
Government, or that she should gain the assistance of
any foreign Power in regaining her colonies ? We
should also like to have some better evidence of the
good faith or liberality of the Colombian Govern•
meat than it has manifested in the affair of the
loan negocieted in this country, by its avowed
and recognized agent; for if that agent exceeded
the authority granted to him, this was not a cit.
cumstance of which the Public, or even the Con-
tractors, who are known to be honourable mer,
could be aware; particularly as the powers which
M. ZEA adduced appeared fully to justify him
in all that he had done; but should this not
have been the case, we consider the Republic* of Co-
lombia responsible for its agent, on Alm very simple
doctrine of the old law maxim qui facii per aIUM
facil per se.
When the Colombian Government shall hare
cleared the Republic of the enemy, and kept its fait!r
with the British Public; then, and not until then, may
it expect the advantages of European emigration. In
the meantime it is not too much to say to such as feel
inclined to leave this country, that every advantage
of emigration is to be met with in our own colonic!,
with the advantage of living under British laws and
enjoying British protection 1

Yesterday morning an Italian courier arrived at
the Foreign Office, Downing-street, with dispatches from Rome.
. The Duke and Duchess. tit NoriTiruareent,allo,
Captain a,nd AITS. BAARATA, Oh! lion. Mr. and Mrs.'ELLPS and
party, are among the latest arrivals at Edinburgh.
Tire Dublin Papers of Saturday evening state/713c
the continued indisposition of MaLlaMa CATALAN!, still prerria
her attending her theaUicvd engagements in Oa:
Sir WALTER SCOTT is fitting up his liou..e at Ay'
botsford with ga.-light. The hells are rung by the pressor: 01
air through a brass tubr, in place of wire, now LI mt.

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SPAIN.

FROM THE TRENCH PAPERS.
VIGO, AUGUST

General Morino entered San .Tago Compostella on
ke 3d of this month. Two days before he was joined
the briglde of Laroche-jacquelin, at Ponteveira,
receives! a courier from Sir Robert Wilson, to an-
;:ounce that lie himself was coming in person to sub-
-12-it propositions of great importance. General Mo-
dispatched an Aide-de-Came to
lino immediately
sleet Sir Robert, to say that he could not on any ac-
count receive him, and to require that he should
corn back. The Aide-de.Camp met, just before he
r:ached the bridge of St. Payo, two light horsemen,
two infantry soldiers, afterwards the Aide-de-
camp of Sir R. Wilson, and a: last Sir Robert himself:
He was mounted on a small mule, with a woman's
saddle, his feet supported on a piece of wood, and a
{rather strap, passed round his neck; held his wounded
one man .led the mule by the bridle, another
tuppotted him by the arm, and a third carried his
crutches. It was with thisutiipage that Sir Robert
Wilson set out upon his expedition to settle the des-
.tiny of Spain with the Count tie Carthagena.—
The Aide•de•Camp signified to him the order of
ois General, to which he with difficulty submitted;
he then said that he had commanded in the. affair
heftne Corunna, that he had been wounded, and that
he was sufferirg greatly ; lastly, he assured the Aide-
de-Camp that General Abi illo might attack the
bridge, but that he would not find there such soldiers
as had guarded it when he forced it a few days before.
In fact, General Palarea had fortified the passage of
the bridge San Pa}o, which is naturally a very strong
position, in such a manner that it could not be forced
without great loss.