Star.
London, England, 1816-02-22 00:00:00

30TH DECEMBER, I S 15.

44 Your wishes for the Patriots we value; but by
the fall of Carthagena, on the 6th instant, that cause
has received a severe blow. Famine brought on that
calamity, and nothing but complete and unheard.of
privations effected its reduction : every efFort to throw
in provisions from this was made, but unprecedented
misfortunes baffled all enterprize. A brig with 1500
barrels Hour arrived the very moment of evacuation :
another would! have saved the place, as five other yes.'
sels have since fallen into the lion's mouth, as it were,
by running in under the belief that eartliageea was still
in the possession of the Patriots. For weeks before the
evacuation, the troops and inhabitants literally lived
on horses, asses, dogs, cats, rats. leather, and such
like; and being at length reduced to skeletons, with
pestilence among them, they were compelled to adopt
the plan they did.
" The garrison emtsarked in thirteen vessels, firs:
spiking the guns, without molestation ; they forced
their way through the launches and gun-boats of the
enemy, and made for Aux Cayes, where several of
them have arrived. They carried off all the muskets,
brass guns, and ammunition, and it is now the grand
object to attack in turn some other part of the Coast,
under the command of the celebrated General Simon
Bolivar, who kft this froirtaen days ago for Aux
Cayes. Bolivar is a was.? of Carraceas ; has proved
himself a great General, having fought 1.1.3 actions
with the Royalists since the commencement of the
Revolution—he will have twenty armed vessels, and
3000 or CVO men ; an expedition sufficiently great
to meet Morino. The intention of Bolivar is to force
his way into the interior, to lot m a junction with the
forces of the interior, then to come in Cie rear of Car.
thagena : this will be the work of two months, and
not more, so you may belie ye that the fall of Cartha-
gena does not knock up the Patriots cause in this
quarter—they are strong in the interior, which will
prevent Morillu penetrating further than Islompox on-
the Magdalina. On the 4th of this month, two days
before Carthagena gave up, :;:efi) died ; indeed it is
incredible the both:l4lgs of these people. By this
unlucky event we arc throws into great distress as
to the late of our friend It seems lie would
not quit Carthagetra, trusting to a letter from Gene-
ral Hore (a Spanish prisoner whose release he effected)
to Moral°, but by repot such has not availed, fur
he is now in solitary conkement ; some say, to be
tried by a military commission,' others, that he is to
be sent to Spain for trial. We fain hope that these
accounts are greatly exaggerated ; but as we have
not heard from himself, the presurnikrion is, that
something unpleasant has happened—it is reported
that he has been shot, hat this we cannot trace. We
haVe been kindly assisted by the community in laying
a Memorial belnte the Admiral, and this morning he
dispatched the JoNote.frigate for Carthagena to look
after British sul:jects and property. What property
We had in the town of Carthailena, we understand,
was shipped to Aux Cayes, in one of the thirteen
vessels, under charge of one of his clerks, and we
expect to hear of its arrival there hourly."

Yesterday forenoon his Royal Highness the Duke
of Ironic left town for. Windsor, and returned in the
'everting to dinner.
A very numerous Meeting of the extensive Parish
of St. George's, Southwark, was held on Tuesdiy,
when Resolutions and Peiitions were unAniinolisly
Agreed to, against any coutinuAtiou of the. Property
Tax.

• Yesterday a numerous Meeting of the Inhabitants
of the Ward of Farringdon Without was held, for
taking into tonsidetation the attempt now making to
perpetuate the Income Tax. when it was resolved
that a Petition should be presented to both Houses
of Parliament, praying them to r, ject any proposition
for continuing the said Tax, and for supporting a
Standing Army in time of Peace.
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Numerous and respectable Meetings have also bten
held iti nearly all the Wards of the City, passing Re-
solutions, and proposing that Pctitions be prezemed
to both Houses of earli.uteut, against the cumin uautt
of the said Talc.

Yesterday se'nnight a numerous Meeting was•hOd
at Hull, int the &gale subject, and bin:lila. WM11114315
tittered tuts.

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