Star.
London, England, 1817-05-05 00:00:00

NEWS FRO)I SOUTH AMERICA.

From New York Papers which arrived this inn-r,
ing. to the Ist of April, we learn, that by an atr;v,i,
there from Margaretta, intelligence .vas received, 0-.4
Gener.il BOLIVAR had, on the 10th of February hit,
with less than 1,000 men, completely defeated 6e
army of the loyalists, consisting of 3,000, of wl
1,000 were killed, wounded, and Lken prisinok.
BOLIVAR. in a letter to Admiral ilnr•wri, is $;,:1 to
have assured him that he should, by the It
April, be in possession of Cumana.

DEMERARA.
Estract from a Private Letter of the Ist February
last :

I have lately been at the Colony 01 Defi.garit
and though it is within six degrees of the line, ani
the whole coast is• low marshy ground, for abtut
fifteen leagues inland, I found the climate uncrm•
monly salubrious. Such a thing as fever, or aiy
other endemial complaint, is hardly known. Th
country is so Hat and low that you may ride fifty
miles inland with an ascent of not more than live or
six feet. For fifteen or twenty miles up the Dem.
rara River, the tide rises, at high water, many
above the level of the fields, and great labour anti
perseverance are necessary to secure the emloankttews.

The interior is traversed by large canals and
ditches, by means of which the produce of the scil is
conveyed in batteaux to the mills which prepare :1
for msrket. The sugar, coffee, &c. is then put i)ltto,
small schooners and carried down the liver imme-
diately alongside the vessel on board of which it is
to be shipped. All this is of great convenience !e
.the Planters. The soil, when impoverished, is o'er.
flown by the river water, which is let in by means 4
sluices, and by depositing its fertilizing stores, cum-
pletely supersedes the necessity of any other manor.
I have been in most quarters of the world where tit
cane is cultivated, but I have never yet seen it is
such perfection as here. The cane fields have met
the appearance of forests of trees, than t.,f p:antsgi
only a few months' growth.
" The town of Sr. George is seated at the mei
of the river, and the settlements extend upv::,.-.15':4
I. miles towards its source. The houses are her,
cspacious, and elegant. Every estate almost eqvis
a small town. The inhabitants are rich beyond a 0
of any place I WAS ever in. I am certain that is
England you have no idea of the amazing wek-11
and prosperity of this colony. You seldom see'-"
than twenty-five large ships, often 40, loading! c•c•
" The Buck Indians who inhabit this part of tl.e
country are extremely expert at the boy,: a-►d arrow,
and appear very amiable and docile in their dispel"
tiuns. They ate often very osefol to tk,e pla•rtrs 1
bringing back runaway slaves. They are a !ton
athletic race of men, and go as neatly nal.ccl asi'3l'
sible."

The Waterloo (formerly the Strand) BriJge•
it is expecreJ, be opened in the Cow ot a tcw weLki.
This event may have been retarded a little by thew}
cumstance ot the fo:,t pavement, when very fors."'"
on one side having been found on sire!, a level, LI
the view from the bridge was'entirely intercepted
the architrave being at such a hetglit that the passc"
gers would be obliged to stoop to look :inkier it, (11
(if too tall for that) to walk on tiptoe to sec over it•
The Canmittee of Management have Te!.l'.'o, t";
the accortnridation cf the rub!'c, to raise the u
pavement but eight inches, ;'
noramk vi-v; t 4 the pa44crizep.

NAVAL INTELLIGENCE.

MAILS-Att. Dilt. All*. Dtt
,p, . .. 3 0 France -- - 0 I
it,71,..f,rd - - 1 1 Hatatturgh - . 1 u
1
i,,rsey ankl lefty 0 0 tinaenbergh - - 0 0
. . - 0 1 Flamers- - - 0 0
. - 0 0 ~141:a • - . 0 0
F:II.MOU rii, MAY 2.
D' ke of Kent packet, for Lisbon, which was
w; ,re vied to-day, IS detained until to-morrow.

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PLYMOUTH. MAY S.

re,.! Chaanel the Lydia, TI. IRT, from Cd-
c,v4!.,r L-ndon; and the Washington, from New
Y,; I.'mden. Sailed the Prince of Wales,
t;v.*:.ta.‘m, for Jtmaiea.—Wind N.

POR ESMOUTH, MAY 4.

tTiv,..d yesterday the Isabella transport, with
re'', • n f-ora the West Indies and Gibraltar. Sailed
1,., srPth y transport, for the Duwns. Arrived to-
so- t'.e T:ent transport, from the %Vest indies and
with troops; the Dnke of York, FINL AV•
vs. iron: 8:. M ch.+ei's; and his Majesty's ship
from Gnernsey:—Wind N. W.

DEM., MAY 4.

F4::N4 for the River yesterday tho Cape packet from
er, ei!:e ; Cretan. fr .m the South Seas; Diana,
fTor Canar7 Islands ; and his Majesty's ships
Ar!na.t and ene,veNr. Arrived and sailed for the
tver, the CAhalva, Lady Melville, and Marquis
Huraie7, from China —Arrived to-day his Majesty's
c,,,,,otcue, from Plymouth for the River, to be
br..k:r. n 7; the Danish frigate Minerva, frnm Co-
pcf t:dgtfl for the Mediterranean and Cie West Indies ;
rat 11)e Honduras packet, from Leghorn and Dub-
-I.3.—C.ime down from the River, the Northumber-
b:l4, and Huddart, for Madras and Bengal.

D'JVER, MAY Q.

Sailed this day the Lady Castlereagh, Captain
Rawl; Lisly Jane JAMeS, Captain HAYWARD; and
Ant, Captain Bastarrr, all for Calais, with passen-
r; also the Margaret, Aausrnosic, for Rotterdam,
barn had a new bowsprit. Arrived this afternoon
the Lord Duncan, Captain H Haws' King George,
Captain KING; Leopold, Captain Rooms; Sybil,
Captain MlDDLernti ; Susanna, Captain Moors ; Ca-
dutine, Captain &sum; and two French vessels,
all from Calais. with pasengers,
MAY this morning the Lord Duncan,
Captain P Ascoa, for Ostend, with a mail and passen-
gers; the Favourite; Captain Powens; the Sybil,
CarairilllODLETON ; and the Lark, Captain Jos:ne-
ws, with corn and passengers, for Calais.