Star.
London, England, 1823-10-13 00:00:00

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25,846,3231 14,401,2341 647,827 2,282,9151 71
Deduct Increase .. 647,8271

LORD NUGENT AND MORILLO.

Lord Nugent, on his way out to Spain, touched at
Vigo ; he found the place in possession of Morillo and
the French : and was surprised to receive a letter from
that person couched in the most civil terms, begging
the honour of an interview, and expressing a desire to
know what the people of England thought of the Spa-
niel contest. Lord Nugent, with that disdain which is
natural to every manly and honest mind, at the contem.
plation of baseness and treachery, refused the interview
in the following note :
" The name of Morillo is only known in England as that of the
a man who was the persecutor of liberty in America, and a traitor
to its cause in Spain. Never with my own will shall Ibe uudyr
the sable root with Morino."
" So much for Buckingham!"

Lord Nugent left Cadiz on the 17th in a small yach:,
which was able to effect her escape from Cadiz with
very little trouble. It is hoped that those of the Corms
who are most committed will find their way to Eng-
land with equal facility. The wretched want of skill
of the French marine gives great hopes on this point.
Sir R. Wilson, we believe. was still in Cadiz when the
last accounts came away : he had been very actively ex-
erting hiniself in the deielice of Cadiz, but had no regu-
lar command or commission : his chief occupation had
been the fortification of the Cortadura.

Decrease on the Year X 1,44.5,0881

6,834,11,

Decrease on

'2'01,801
Increase ...

737,680
291,801

constant labour for several days, and had not had the
proper reliefs, became completely exhausted, and it is
believed fell asleep. About two in the morning, it
being exceedingly dark, the French crossed the canal,
having their allies, the Spanish Ultras, in their front.
The noise, in some degree inseparable from the move-
ment of so large a body of men, just served to arouse
a little the attention of the sleepy garrison; but their
alarm subsided when they beard themselves carelessly
addressed in the Spanish tongue w ith the phrase of
" Don't disturb yourselves; we are all friends." So re
assured, they laid themselves down, and it was not till
after some time that they saw a body of men in the
garrison far outnumbering themselves. They now took
the alarm ; the bugle sounded to arms ; and present')
a body of their friends came up and fired, but being
addressed in Spanish by their opponents, who asked
them in affected astonishment how they could fire on
their comrades? they became ea.ha:rass•d: and in aa
instant the contusion was rt ndered inedrable by the ar-
rival of a large body of French troops. Thus in the
confusion resistance was impossible, and the.Ft enchos ith
scarcely any loss, took possession of the fortress. .
When the snob met the next day before Caiatravis;
house, he told them this story, adding that the Liente-
inint, through whose negligence this fatal event had
happened, had been killed ''by the first shot ; the mob
then quietly dispersed. 13esides, the good disposition of
the inhabitants of Cadiz, of the militia of Madrid, which
were staunch to a man, and of the regular troops, who
had given no ground for suspicion, there were other
circumstances which, to outward appearance, gave hope'
that Cadiz woujd hold out, at least for a month or two.
The town was amply supplied wilt provisions; befote
the taking of Santi Petri, the passage from Gibraltar to,
Cadiz was performed ssith such ease and with so little
tisk, that the rate of insurance seldom exceeded two and
tt quarter and never three Fee cent. Even alter the
taking of Sant; Petri, oss jag )tartly to a change in the
winds, and chiefly to the extremely bad beanvanship of
the French, vessels could go in and out of the harbour
, of Cadiz with scarcely any tisk. -And yet, with all these
advantages, Cadiz has fallen without a blow I To what
is this to be asct ibed ? To no want of courage, as we
have shcwn, in the People ; to no want of courage or of
honesty in their Governmspt : for 'slaver and honester
men than Calatrava, Valtffz, and Alava, do not exist ;
but to the utter ignorance of all neces,saq details of
business, to sluggishness t f character, to want of fore-
cast, and, what will appear incredible, but which was
the consequence of the foregoing defects, their absolute
want of information as to the events daily haepening in
every part of Spain.

In another part of our Paper we have given an
account of alleged conspiracies in the nava:malt and
St. Lucia; these are, however, to be received with
caution, since from all that we can learn the state-
ments are exaggerated from the fear.; of the Colonists.
The Washington National Gazette. of the 6th of Septem-
ber, received this morning, positively asserts that the
statements in the Baltimore papers, relating to the con•
spiracy at the 1-lavannah, are much exaggerated, and
that the futile attempt at insurrection has only strength-
ened the hands of Government.

We have received a file of United States Papers to
the 19th ult;by which we learn that sickness to an
alarming extent prevails, particularly in the Western
States. The following article on the subject of the
Colombian Loan we quote from the Baltimore Ameri-
can of the 18th September.

66 We learn by letters from Colombia, received at
New Yoi k, that the Congress of that Republic adjourned
on the 7th of July, after having ratified the Loan con-
tracted in England by Mr. Zea, and authorised a nego-
elation for a new Loan of thirty millions of dollars.
The letters state that the Senaterefused to confirm the no-
mination of Mr. Rasenga as Minister to England, and at
present acting these as the agent for the Government.'

Philadelphia Papers to the 21st ult. reached us this
morning. They contain accounts from Batavia of the
26th May, stating that the Dutch Expedition to Pedang
has been dreadfully cut up by a warlike tribe inhabiting
the mountains; and that considerable force will be re-
Squired to enable the Dutch to extend their territories,or
even maintain their authority in that part of the island.

Imam. HERVIT, Esq. has been appointed Envoy on
a special mission to Mexico. The following appoint-
ments have also taken place s CHARM TUADDItaI
O'GoamAN Esq. to be Consul-General to Mexico;
CHARLIMI kACltatrala. Esq. Consul at Vera Cruse
JAMES HaNDEILSON Esq. Consul-General at Castha.
gena ; WOODlllat itatalls )1311. Ek. COUSUI•CTOGeraI at

,tens Ayres.
The evening of the 29th ultimo, the carpenter of
his Majesty's sloop. GoLartssen, was unfortunately
drowned to attempting to swim co board.