Star.
London, England, 1826-12-21 00:00:00

SOUTH AMERICA.
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The Colombian() of the Ist November contains an Act
of the Department of Guayaquil, agreed to at a general
meeting held in the Town Hall of Guayaquil, on the
20th August last, consigning, in Consequence of the
troubles prevailing in Venezuela, the sovereignty of the
department into the hands of the Libertad.,r, as the fa-
ther of the country. This Act was unanimously and
enthusiastically assented to by the meeting. The same
Paper also contains an Act of the Department of Pann•
ma, dated the Sd September, in which, after resolving
against the rupture, under any pretext, of the bonds that
connect the people of Colombia, and recommending the
exercise of the utmost prudence to the Vice Pi esident.
they invoke, in most earnest terms, the immediate return
of the Linertador, whose presence alone, it is said, would•
suffice to tranquillize all hearts, to reconcile all differ-.
elites, and to se•estahlish perfect union in the State. •
A Commissioner from Bolivar arrived at Caraccat on
the 28th October, after having visited Guayaquil, Pa-
nama, and Carthagena, bringing with him the Acts
above noticed, and that of Cartharna. The intelli-
gence conveyed by these documents seems to have
excited a very strong sensation in Caraccas, and the
Colombia no inveighs against them, and especially against
the Act of Guayaquil, as a capricious rending asunder
of the Isonds which united- Ctt 4CC4S with that distah t
section of the Republic. The following are the con-
' chiding remarks :—" The resolutions adopted in the
South have changed the whole aspect of our affairs. It
becomes an. interesting question, to inquire what will
now be the conduct of our neighbours ih the East and
West, and even in Bogota itself ? We are assured, that
there exists in that capital as strong an
sadherence to
sound constitutinnal principles as in any part of the
R-public, and that they possess iu General Santander a
staunch *tippet ter 1"

PARIS, DEC lB.—Letters from Leghorn state, that
on the '23J of November, the ship in which Lord Coch-
rane :ailed arrived. The police did not allow the crew
1 be admitted to pralique, so thy were unable to
learn whether or not his Lordship was on board. It
WA: said, however, that he remained at Marie lies, and
that the ship had only come to seek Lady Cochrane,
who was at Pi-a. Oa the other hand, it is thoagt.t that
the local Government of Leghorn has written to Flo-
,rence, to know what line of conduct it ought to pursue.

General S:ubbs writes from Opoi to on the sth ins,. at
ten o'clock at night, that Colonel Valdez had yielded,
for want of provisions ; that the officers were prisoners,
and the soldiers sent to Spain, because they would not
listen to the promises of the it bels. General Melo and
General Claudino had their head-quarters at Murca .n
the 3d, and the rebels had their advanced post at Mi-
randella the same day, desolating everything; the
Guerillas think only of plunder and assassination. Such
are the accounts that General Stubbs received from pri-
vate information. •

The Conde d'Alva writes on the 4th, as follows' :
" I have this moment received a dispatch from the Cap-
tain General of Andalusia, and another from the mili-
tary Governor of Ayainonte, of which I send copies to
your Excellency, to be laid before the Infanta Regent,
and as it appears from their contents that the arms and
accoutrements .which. were taken to Spain by the deser-
ters of the 14th regiMent of infant' y, and the 14th of
cacadores, are to be delivered up to me. I am going to
appoint two officers, one to receive the at tillery, one
the accoutrements."
The General of Lower Beira write; from Castello
Branco,on the 4:b of December, at nine o'clock in
the morning:—
Up to this day the rebels have not appeared on this
frontier with any armed force; but about two hours
ago I wai informed that a.'Convoy of arms and ammu•
&mina, had arrived at Valverde, two leagues from l'::-
113111:1C01. I am assembling, the militia, and assure your
Escellency,that if they, do not enter in too large a force,
I will do everything posible to repel them."
The General of Upper Beira wines from Vizeu on the
Sth, that on the 2d of this month, about two in the after-
noon, the Et-Lieutenant Camel of the regiment of Mi-
litia of Trancozo entered the frontier of that province
with some armed men, and proceeded to the house of
the Mayor Castello Rodrigo, whOm he grossly insulted,
took away papers, released the prisoners, posted up pro-
clamations, proceeded from that place to Almendra
and other places, spreading confusion. A detachment
of the 6th regiment of infantry rut down an attempt at
rebellion in Villa Nova de Faz-Coa. The commander
of this detachment behaved bravely. Similar conduct
WAS shewn by a piquet of -caw ali y, No. 10, which
skirmished with some rc bele: who t meted from the Al-
deia da Ribeira.

The same General writes, that Jose R:beiro de SJ,
Lieutenant of the Militia of Lamego, with some solJiers,
and an Ensign of the lame Regiment, fired at anti took
prisoners some rebels of Villa de Bertia-da. Up to the
SJ, Lamegu was tranquil. He had also given orders
to organite the 'guerillas, as he had teen desired.

Some unworthy Portuguese have raised t'le standard
'of revolt, their treason is patent, the country is ipvaded.
Honour and loyalty command you to fly to arms to
secure the national independence, to save the country.
Her Rayal Highness the Princess Regent places every
confidence in the valour and fidelity of the troops of
the second army. She judges from the important
services which they have alre rdy performed, of those
which they will yet perform. Her Royal Highness
commands a voluntary enrolment, for sis months, in
the regiments of infantry and chasseurs. That period
is more than sufficient for the salvation of the
State. Leave of absence, and release from all future
service, will be granted to those uho may answer this
appeal, which is made egnally to all citizensithe friends
of their Country, of Don Pedro, and of the Charter.

The Count de Vlll.l and the Marquis d'An jeja,
Pee, s of the Kingdom, have been named—the first Com-
mandant of Arms in the province of Alentejo—and the
second of that of Minho.

In one of the late sittings of the Chamber of Dept'-
, ties. the Commission appointed to examine the proposi-
tion brought forward by the Deputy Guerreiro, has
resolved that it deserves to be taken into consideration,
as embracing an object of great importance to the pub-
, lic safety. The Commission therefore proposes the fol-
lowing project of a law, which it thinks can be imme-
diately discussed.
All those are declared guilty of high treason, in the
first degree, who, being out of the kingdom, have re-
entered it in arms, or in the company of armed indi-
viduals. This fact will alone be dee.ned sufficient to
establish the crime, and to subject those guilty of the
present incursion to the punishments. which attach to
high treason in the first degree.

FROM TUB nuarsap BLANC.
MADRID, D,c. 7—(PRIVATE CORREMPONMINCA).
The Minister of Suite, Salmon, who had been se-
riously indisposed, is a little better. He was pie%ent
the general levee.
On the sth, their Royal Highnesses the infants Don
Caulis and Don Franciaeo de Paula repaired, at tea
o'clock, to the Council of State, where there wasiutei-
traordinary sitting, which lasted neatly two hones,
The Council were engaged incliscossing two iropottaot
questions, which at this time occupy the 7-Attention of
ou: Government. We allude to.tbe peciiniarraftands
of England, and the complaints4Portygiet The Eng-
lish Government claims-is stun ortsore thadtoo 'mil-
lions of teals (55 millions of francs', according. to the
account settled in 1823, by the-Regency 'op-pointed by
Ihis Royal Highness the Duke d'Arigoillehia'*to goiern
!the kingdom till the deliverance of the Rfng
.

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