Star.
London, England, 1826-12-02 00:00:00

SOUTH AMERICA.

The Mall from Jamaica has put us in possession of a
great mass of South American intelligence, the greater
part of which is of the most important character. No
less than seven departments of Colombia have declared
against the existing system by which that Republic is
governed. The names of the departments are as fol-
lows :—Venesuela (known before), Apure, Guayaquil,
li“tay, the Isthmus, Zulia, Magdalena. The sentiments
of all are declared, more or less, to be in favour of the
federal form of Government ; some of them invoke in
strong terms the return of Bolivar, as the only event
which can save the Republic, and invest him with dic-
tatorial powers for that purpose. By the latest accounts
from Lima, which are to the middle of August, the Li-
berator still remained there, and nothing was positively
known respecting the period of his intended departure
for Colombia. The officer who, as we mentioned some
time back, had circulated the false report: of the Presi-
dent's arrival at Truxillo, on his way to Bogota, had
been taken into custody, and ages to be punished for the
deception practised on the people in an affair of so
greet importance. Some letters state that Bolivar had
written to Pau, to appoint a meeting at Bogota in No-
vember; but in the correspondence from Lima, the
.opinion than he would decline visiting Colombia at all,
and that he intended to is his residence permanently in
Peru, is very unhesitatingly expressed. He is said to be
by no means popular in Lima, and to have given much
offence by marching the Peruvian troops out of Callao,
and supplying their place by Colombians. Even his
own officers are said to have formed a conspiracy
against him; and twelve of them, among whom was
Admiral Guise, the commander of the fleet, had been
placed under arrest. Bolivar had further issued an order,
requiring all Buenos Ayres merchants to quit Lima in
fifteen days ;—a most extraordinary proceeding. for
'which no explanation has been given. These circum-
stances, and close observation on the whole of Bolivar's
recent conduct, had given rise to the suspicion that, for-
getting the patriotic views with which he had entered
Into the contest, and the model he had proposed to him-
self in the character of Washington, his mind had be-
Ammo tainted with ambitious views, ending in the ac—
quisition of the supreme power in his own person, over
• the Fairest portion of South America, with the title of
Kill or Emperor. Such a conclusion ought nut. we
idaut, to be adopted, except on the clearest evidence;
and the actual accomplishment of such views ought to
be waited for before any comment is offered upon them ;
but the suspicion at least, that they are entertained by
the Colombian President, is not confined to Peru, but
has been current for some time past among the diplo-
anatic circles of Europe.
In the Bogota Constitutional of the 24th of August.
is a long letter addressed to Bolivar by Santander, the
Vice-President, but it is not worth publication, and is
only remarkable for evincing implicit confidence in the
adherence of the Colombian provinces, almost at the
moment that the majority, and by fu the richest por-
tion of them, were protesting by a solemn act, against
any further dependence on the Government of which
Santander was the head.

The Ballintore Paisiot says, that a Memorial h to
be presented to Cowes' at its next Session, praying
that an expedition may be fitted out without delay,
under the patronage of the United States, and proceed
to minim a more perfect knowledge of the Northern
parts of the AtaiericanContinent, or, if possible, to enter
the more interesting and extensive field for enterprise,
in the Southern hemisphere.

The t'aris Journals are full of accounts of street rob-
beries, which seem to be carried on there with unparal-
leled audacity.
Saturday a destructive fire cccurred in the premises
of Mr. Liddell, a watchmaker, at Newry, in Ireland.—
Two persons, one aged seventeen, the other nine, were
burnt to death.

The sale of the estates of the Patent Brick Company
took place on Wednesday. Independently of the free-
hold estates, upwards of six millions of bricks changed
hands on the same day.
An Inquest was held at the Portland Ann:, Mary-
le•bonne street, on the body of H. Tyers, aged 44 years,
the son of a coachman, residing in Mary-la-bonne Mews,
who on Wednesday entered one of the stabler. where a
grown and his assistant were at wink ; they sent for
r.ine gin, part of which they gave to the deceased, who
in cnu-eqire,.ee became completely stupified, in %illicit
state he was put to bed. when he expired. The fellows
uere taken into custody, examined at Nl:lipid-bonne
Police Offi,e, and remanded. A surgeon was examined,
who stated this to be the cause of his death. The C•-'
roner intimated to the Jut y, that although no previous
malice haJ rats ed, it the pat ties were ay. ate at the time
that they were adociiii.teling that which might have an
injuriees effect, the law would imply malice, and the
July would be justihed in returning a verdict. at least
of Manslaughter. Tiiejury accordingly delivered
verdict of Manslaughter against Janus Hill and Wm.