Star.
London, England, 1828-12-08 00:00:00

CONSPIRACY AGAINST COLOMBIA AND THE

LIBERATOR.

- Those who for come time past had meditated the
destruction of the Republic and its guardian, effected
a must atrocious attempt in the night of the 25th inst.
The garrison of this city consisted of the first squadron
of the horse grenadiers, the battalion of Vargas, and a
brigade of artillery. The conspirators succeeded to
bribe this brigade, and to make it the nucleus of their
operations. In pursuance of their plans, which had
been concerted in a secret meeting held at eight o'clock
on the same evening, a party of the artillery was to'
attack the palace, another past the barrack. of Vargas,
and another the grenadiers. Those intended to attack
Vargas were to be subdivided, and to liberate General
Padilla, in order tit place him at the head of this parri-
cidal undertaking.
In consideration of the distance, as well as of its
n importance, it was determined to begin by st om-
ing ihe pal.ce. This was done by the Commanding
• Officer (Commandante) Horment, Florentine
Gonzales, Captain Lopez, and WeneslaoQuilaivar, who
conducted and led the assaAins. Horment himself

mortally wounded three sentinels, and accompanied by
the others. he ascended the upper apartments, where,
siotaithstinding his ninth, Lieutenant Andres Hula,
orderly officer of the Liberator, fought with a signal
valour until he was disabled by the cut of a sabre in
hie right hand. The assailants succeeded in penetrating
into the cabinet of his Excellency, who came out to
meet them ; but being alone against all the conspirators,
he prepared to defend himself in his own cabinet, and
when it was found impossible to hold ont any longer,
he sallied forth from a balcony into the street, and
reached the barrack rf Vargas.
The attack on these barracks had commenced as soon
as news was received of that on the palace, and was
directed by the Commandant Selva, by placing a piece
of ordnance against the gate; but the guard sustained
their post with firmness, and assisted by the soldiers of
the same battalion, who, from the upper windows, fired
upon the aggressors with some cf the little ammunition
which they had, beat back the conspirators, took their
cannon. and pursued them in all directions.
At this time some of the artillerymen had succeeded
in get:ing into the prison <t General Padilla, under the
rdeis of Captain E. Bruen° and K. Mendoza, by leap-
ing the wall of the yard, and having reached the room
ot that General; surprised Colonel Bolivir in led, and
dßcharged a pistol at his !seam. The valiant Colonel
died by the bands of men who had never seen the face
of an enemy.
When those who had attacked the palace left it, they
met at the door Colonel Ferguson, Aide-de-Camp of,
the Liberator. At the first noise of the tumult, this'
dew, wing Officer hastened (tom-his lodgings, and on
reaching the spot, a pistol was filed at his breast by the
Corrimandant Caiiij.), in whose recent promotion Fel-
guson had mainly assisted.
A division e f the Regiment cf Vargas, under the
command of Lieutenant Fort cam, having been supplied
with druninnition, end headed by General Urdaneta,
Minister of War. accompanied by General Paris, Cor-
dova Velec, and Ortega, placed themselves in the prin-
cipal tiviate, ftons whom orders were given for the
defence of the cite, and the pursuit of the traitors. Here
they were joined by the Liberator, who was received
with open arms and most enthusiastic demonstrations of
joy by all the Officers and men.
A solemn high mass iii thanksgiving was offered np
on the !6.h by the Archbishop.
The proper authorities are engaged in preparing the
processes against the conspirators.
The t eople, to the amount of 4,000, have armed, and
by their exertions many of those who had escaped the
pursuit of the military were taken.
Liar or Passomaas m sea Cometescr.—J. Moment, a Rend.
man. reputed to be a Spanish spy; Weneslao Zykuvar, a
keeper, a 'wive of Antioch. mil a partner of Horment ; Ca
Lopez, of Mr Artillery. degraded by sentence of tbe Hisb Coen
Juhtice ; Coloael Ramon Guerra de Tenya, Cum. of Military
; Commandant. Selva. of the Anilkry Urisade, native of
Chiqueisqura; Cayetano Calends. lieut. of Military. native of Sw
corm ; EaLquiel Ragas. native of Meraflous; Gen. Padilla. native al
Ilichach.ogaiiist whom were pending proceedings for the conspiracy
at Canbasens; C.pt I knora, of Pacasoia • Lieut. Alone z. a Spaniard.
and Dalasteres ut Recbschu, compromisd in the conspiracy ; Gen.
F. P. Santander. of Cuenca; Lieutenant Colonel C. Weldiew;
unworthy of b. ins an Englishman. and Second Commandant
blarques.of Tocuyst. Aidea.dt-Camp of said General ; Domingo
Goznisis. a Commio•ary of War, native of Pamplona ; M. Eacovar.
of Vouca ; Egan. Vsruds, tailor. native of liartitiesimeto • J. B.
Argabil. Portuguese, suspected as a Spada spy ; Poke C. 'Amara'
and for Joao N. &em, natives of Lacoste; Algerian, native of
Skews; Dr. Humes Plata, native ot ban Gil; M. C. &drives