Star.
London, England, 1820-10-27 00:00:00

MADRID, OCTOBER 12.
At Cadiz, the deaths from the yellow fever, from
September 27 to October 1, have been twelve; new
cases, seventy-seven; recovered, fifty-eight; total
number of patients, one hundred and fifty.
At Xeres de la Frontera, from'the 24th to the 26th,
deaths, twenty-five ; recovered, forty-five ; new cases,
one hundred and thirty-nine; total number of pa-
tients, two hundred and seventy-nine.
In the Sitting of the Cortes of the 10th, the Report
of the Committee of Finance was read on the proposed
Loan of 200,000 real s. The Committee think the Loan
necessary, and the proposed amount not too large,

LERIDA, OCTOBER S.
The publicity of the discussion respecting the
Monks has occasioned a loss tip an immense amount
in the Monasteries which we have in our view, namely,
those of Poblet, Seala Dei, and Escwrpe ; from all
innumerable waggon-loads of effects have been car-
rying off for some days past. At Poblet the Monks
are not able to carry off anything for their use) for
the inhabitants of the neighbourhood, seeing the pil-
lage that was going on, came up for their share of
the booty, and spoiled all those who came leaded
out of the Monastery, besides gathering their vintage,
cutting down their woods, and doing other consider-
able damage. At Seala Dei they have sold the flocks
of sheep, the wood, the mules, corn, &c. The good
' Monks, dedicated to a contemplative life, aid not
accustomed to labour, have been hard at work for
some days to effect this hasty and peremptory trans-
fer of property. Nobody has said anything to them;
and the consequence is, that the public Treasury will
obtain only the real property, while the moveable
property of various descriptions was worth many
millions.

Letters from St. Thomas's of the 9th of Septem-'
ber, state, that Admiral BRION' had experienced a
defeat in the River Magdalene, and was obliged to
retreat with some loss. BOLIVAR had succeeded in '
cutting off some supplies going to Santa Martha.
The Jamaica packet, which arrived yesterday,
brings Papers to the 3d ultimo. By them it appears
that the negotiations between the contending parties
ea the Main had broken off, and both were prepar-
ing for war as soon as the season would allow. A
previous correspondence had taken place with the
Spanish General, on which the Royal Gazette makes
the following observation :-41 The Spanish Nation
has held out the olive branch to the Spanish Ameri-
cans. They have, in return, put themselves in high
estate, disdainfully rejected all overtures for re-union
and peace, and replied to the letters transmitted to
them with: scoffing and abuse." The Insurgent troops
were preparing to attack Santa Martha, finding Car-
thagena, which place had been supplied with provi-
sions, too strong. For the defence of the above two
points, the Ceres, 28 guns; Fernando, 20; and Ma-
ria Francisca, 24, were expected from Havannah ;
and it was stated several other vessels from Spain
bad already arrived at Porto Rico.
JAMAICA, SEPT. s.—The schooner Abestos made
Fan attempt to communicate with Carthagena, but
was prevented by the blockading squadron, which
were in twu divisions, one off Bocha Chica, and the
,ether off Poiut Canoa. They held an intercourse.
with each other regularly every day by boats, and
sometimes were within gun-shot of the batteries.--...
The Congress, Independent schooner, captured ai
schooner going into Carthagena on the 10th ult.
FASHIONABLE ARRIVALS.
The ISo.wager Countess of Lansdale, from her seat, Drone-
house, Surrey.
The Countess of Waldegrave, at Greilion's Hotel.
Lord Osborne, from his seat in Cambridgeshire.
Lady E. Lowther, in Bmtonstreet, Berkeley-squares
Lady Gage, from her seat in Sasses.
The Gnaws of Carnarvess, from Hampton Coast him*