Star.
London, England, 1806-11-06 00:00:00

THE EVENING STAR:

LONDON.
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THURSDAY, Novonsit 6.
PRICE OF STOCAS THIs DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK..
Ciotti's, for mangy, Olif—ror Nov. 61/4..4te10c0l
()mutual ♦,

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WEST INDIES.
We have received the journal of our Correfpondent
in the Weft Indies, it is dated Barbademit, September
23. There is little inte'ftfling in it—they were igno.
rant of the deftination and fate of the trench fleet,
and diaractl by various and contradidloty rumours.
The rainy feafon continued, but the iflande were not
unhealthy, though troops were every whets/ wanted.
General Borst, the Commander in Chief, had not
fet out on his long meditated tour to all the islands,
when our Correfpondent's letter came off. A general
change in the Commander in Chief, and General Of-
ficers of the Staff, was talked of at Barbadoes, to le:
replaced by a new fet from base. They are
• Lieutenant General Borst,
Lieutenant General Decimetre,
Maj,r General HISLCIP,

Major Ocaeral Mesita.
MaJoc Galant ktm .
Major aciterad LIALIT6I•II4
Troops were looked for to asoderteke as expediticu
sgaiatt Martinique.

We have juit heard that Lieutenant General Sir
ErasCooes has demanded rid/4megawatt; to Jamaica,
the regiments there having of late faired Co much,
particularly the 18th and Bad.

GENERAL MIRANDA.
We yeaerday received accounts from Barbadoes,
of the sytb of September. So far from eimarsistug
the Oration of the failure of Miranda's Expedition,
they would induce us to believe that it was likely to
be attended with complete fuccefs. The following
is the intelligence given in our accounts.
The accounts froni Barbadoes are later than thofft
received at New York. We are inclined, therefore,
to diflielieve entirely the latter, which announced
Miranda's failure.

Barbidaaa, Sept. as.
I, The grand fcheme and enterprife of this bold
and afpiring man begins now to aflame a favourable
afpea, and from the promptnefs and decifion with
which he alts, promifes the happy accOmpliflament
of his benevolent purpofes in invading his native, but
oppreffed country. Miranda's fuccefs at Coro has
before been known here, as well as his preparation*
for proceeding againft Marycaho I.from the fortu-
nate interception of a Sparta mail boat horn La
Guira, the difpatches of the Captain General of Ca-
faeces to the Commandants of Cumana and Marge-
ritta having fallen into the hands of our Comman-
ders, many interefling particulars are obtained which
tend to Meanie the former account, and develops
the deplorable Rate of the country. Miranda carri-
ed Coro on the sd Auguft by Rotes. without any
lots on his fide. but of twenty sans on that of the
enemy; he immediately after attacked Marycabo, •
(mall but rich town in the provisos et Voneauella,
fituated on the weßern banks of the lake of that
name, about eight leagues from its mouth; and almolt
at the fame thee a place called Little Gibraltar,
about thirty leagues tooth of Maryeabo ; both which
were taken without much oppofition. The Captain
General of C.araccas, after detailing Whist difpatches
thefe thecae' of Miranda, proses& to Rate die
means of defence in his power to oppofe his farther
progrefs, which he reprefents if totally incotopmet
to any effeaive purport. The whole amount of hit
force he eitimatu at 44c0 Men, nearly onolsalf of
which are Negroes and Indisns, and filch is his defi-
ciency of arms, that thole have no other weapons
than entlaffes. In his dillisaches he urgently calla
upon the Governors of Cumana and of Margarita
to ufe every effort to fend him fuecoutt as foon as
poilible, and Faye he is eves deficient % fpeck, the
public money only amounting to 93X1017 dollars ; he
calls upon than in the name of his Mott Catholic
Majelly to procure him money, and defires for that
purport that the duty on tobacco may be mortgaged;
and that they will do every thing in their power to
fend him alliflance to drite the traitor from the coun-
try, before he has too far diffeminated his pernicious
principles. He laments that the fine Province of
Carthagena, fhould be open to the depredations of
the invader, and rays that the danger which threatens
Terra Firma is infinitely greater than they, or the
Spanifh Government, are aware of. He tells them,
that unlefi Miranda is fpeedily checked, the whole
country will be lot to Spain ; and that this will be
inevitable if England 'Ails him. His dlfpatches
conclude with reprefenting the people round him,
with very little exception, to be loyal and well of
felled; but he again laments the total want of arms,
which prevents him, he fay., from overwhelming the
traitor.

4' ♦ number of private letters were alfo timed
along with the difpatches, and there forte further to
depia the confternation and alarm which Miranda's
enterprise has excited, as well as the inefficacy of
their means to oppofe him.
The Spanith mail-boat, or rather canoe, which
had been difpatched with there letters and advice.,
was captured by his Majelly's (loop °SPRIT, off the
coaa, Coon after the' had left La Guyara, and was
carried Into Trinidad on the itth infant. Sir A.
Cochrane arrived there on the 14th, and General
Bowyer 011 she lie, and have bees pus in full pot-

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