Star.
London, England, 1818-10-22 00:00:00

SPAIN;

PRIVATE LETTER:
" MAndub, §ximora 2
" An imprisonment lately occurred which dea
serves to be reported. Don T. Gallardo, one of the
inhabitants of Campanario, has just been taken into
custody, for the third times The great crime of the
prisoner is his being the brother of M. Gallardo, the
librarian of the Cortes. That Gentleman had the
good fortune to escape from Madrid, when the King
entered, to the mortification of those tvho wished td
I add him to the numerous victims of that period. In
revenge for their disappointment, the persecutors
seized M. Gallardo, junior, and threw him into a
dungeon, where he was treated with great severity:
; The cruelty of this transaction was most wanton, for
M. Gallardo had been guilty of no offence whatever;
on the contrary, he and his brother had given nume-
rous proofs of their loyalty and patriotism. Don T.
Gallardo was often in great danger, after the battle
'of M 1 dcllin, on account of the resistance he made to
the invaders. His sacrifices in the cause of his coun-
try, aad his personal qualifications, rendered Mtn so
popular, that he was elected Secretary to the Coca-
mon Council of Campanario, the duties of which
office he was discharging with general approbation
when the King arrived inSpain, On the intelligence
of that event reaching Campanario, he gave it as his
opinion in the Common Council, that it ought to be
celebrated, not merely with the ordinary marks of
joy, but by some really patribtic act. Oa hits Motion
a subscription (to which he was a principal contribu-
tor) was opened for equipping the regiment of Trait-
illo. Being appointed to carry the amount of the
subscription to the regiment, he executed that coma
mission ; but had scarcely returned to Campanario,
when he was thrown into prism, where he remained
I for 21 months. Having obtained his liberty, he went
on business to the neighbourhood of Badajos, where
he was again imprisoned by order of the Marquis del
Palacio, Captain-General of Estremadura. The pre-
text of this arrest was, that having approached the'
frontiers of the kingdom, it was evidently his inten-
tion to escape and join his brother in England ; as if
he could wish to abandon his share the
misfortunes of a forlorn exile, who is-supported by
the compassion of another? His present impi; on-
ment is still more cruel. It is an act which tt, to-
nislies every one who knows him:, for such has been
his circumspection (for the sake of his•family), that
he has neither written to; nor received a single line
I from his brother, for these four years. A wel-ia-
fcrmed person has, however, assured me, that this
measure has been adopted, inconsequence of his bro-
' ther having published in Lor.don, the pre:pea-us of a
periodical work, entitled Gaidnete Politico de Curl-
osidades de Eipana.i lodine. Thus he has been taken
as a hostage, with the view et. balsa x bias wit,li
chains, in proportion as his brother may row light
with more or leis force on the man-administration of
this country."

WEST-INDIES.

JAMAWA (KINGSTO), AUGUST 1.5.

The Dolphin, on her way down, sprung her top:.
mast, and on the Bth inst. put into the Bay of San
Fonde, for the purpose of refitting it ; when :about
eleven p. m. she was attacked by a number of boats
from the shore, which, after a short conflict, chiefly
of musketry, were beaten off, without any loss ors
the part of the Dolphin's crew, bat with considerable
loss on that of the assailants; one of their brats }sav-
ing been sunk within a few yards of the vessel. '1 hey
seemed to be led on by a white man, and in all pr.
' bability either an Englishman or an American, from
the exclamation 4, 0 Goo I" used by him when shot,
which was distinctly heard by the crew of the Dolphin.
The schooner Sarah, seized by the Officers of the
Customs of this port, on suspicion of her not being
the same vessel as her register described, was ac-
quitted by the Court of Vice Admiralty on 31st ult.
A Haytian squadron, consisting of a frigate, a
brig, and a cutter, was spoke on the Rth instant, Off
Cape Tiburon, by the Agnes, arrived here.
A Spanish brig, which sailed from St. Jag° de
Cuba about four weeks ago for Barcelona, in Spain,
with a valuable cargo of Colonial produce, was cap-
tured a few days after her departure by an Indepen-
dent privateer. The vessel was ordered for Marga-
rem', and the Captain amt crew landed at Jeremie,
whence they arrived at St.Jago, previous to the sails
in g of the Martha.
Several Spanish Guineameh have lately arrived at
the Ilavannah with slaves, and many others have
sailed from thence for the Coast of Africa.

A corvette, said to be from Hayti, has been cruis-
ing off the East end of Cuba for some weeks past.
AUGUST 29.—His Majesty's.ship Sybille, when off
Porto Escondido, sent ashore a boat, and discovered
the wreck of a vessel, ascertained to have been a
Spanish brig, laden with mahogany, captured by an
Independent privateer,* and every thing, moveable
taken away by her.
•The sloop Moson's Daughter, of Bermuda, lately
found a Spanish schooner on Mayaguana, that was
bound from St. Jago de Cuba to Africa, with a
quantity of coarse cotton, linen check, and some
woollens, to purchase a cargo, great part of which
she saved.

SEPTEMBER 4.---The Dutch brig John,Wlwalts,
that sailed from this on the 21st of July for l'arra
Firma, was taken at the Bite of Cumana, a little to
leeward of Cape de la Velha, on the 22d ult. by a
garda costa, fitted out at Santa Martha, and carried
into the latter port. Two of the crew arrived yes-
terday in the Maggy Lauder.
An indigenous brigantiac, from Aux Cayes to the
Indian coast, was surprised at ancln r in the Bay of
Finada, by the Indians, who, after murdering the
crew, and plundering her, cut her cable, when )!v•
went ashore, and was immediately Atm: in 1..... v:;„
lon the ?.Ist ult.

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,1141.:!'ICAN PAARS.

• DOSTON,\SERTF44IBER
EMBRYO INVASION or Mexico.—A:Gentlemannow
in Washington, and late from New Orleans, reports
that the fortified camp established near Trinity-river;
in the Province of Texas, continues to receive almost
daily, volunteers ; that if the force augments for one
year longer in the proportion it has for some time
past, there can be no doubt they will have a concen-
tration at this point, adequate to strike at once for
the liberation of Mexico, and fully equal to cope with
the Spaniards ; that General Lallemand is chief in
comnlt,nd, and has under him many veteran French
officers ; that they spend much time in the open air,
practising the use of arms, and that they are well or-
ganized, inured to fatigue, and keep up a very exact
discipline. If this information is correct, (and we
have no reason to doubt it), Mexico is destined, at
no distant day, to assume an imposing attitude, and
become a formidable Empire ; and this,
_very pro-
bably, under the direction of some military aspirant,
who with the sinews of war at command, might
laugh to scorn the powers of combined Europe.

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