Star.
London, England, 1828-11-15 00:00:00

COLOMBIA.

We find in our Carthagena papers, by the Athenian,
the following infirmation, in addition to what we pub-
lished yesterday from that quarter :
The Liberator President, now Sole Supreme Chief
of Colombia, is adopting the most promo and effica-
cious measures to resist the rumoured invasion contem
plated by the Spanish forces of the bland of Cuba.—
T4e three frontier provinces of Zulia, Magdalena, and
tilt Isthmus, have been placed in a complete state of
d, fence, and the army in that quarter on a war footing.
fhe executive powers of the ex-republic being now in
tru-ted to energetic hands, we may safely calculate
upon the Spaniards receiving a very warm reception,
should they prove so fool hardy as to attempt the in-
vasion cf a valiant nation, governed by the uncontrouled
will and genius of the warlike Bolivar. The militat y
and municipal government of the three beforementioned
departments have been confided to Lieutenant General
Mariano nuttilla, under the title of Superior Chief,—
Previous to his departure for Magdalena, Montilla, in
the presence of the Liberator and the principal Officers
of the general Government, took a solemn oath to de•
fend the Republic, and faithfully fulfil the important
duties intrusted to him by the Chief Magistrate of Co.
lombia.

By the following translations it will be seen that Bo-
livar pledges himself to lay down the Dictatorship
whene►er called upon to do so by the people. Whether
he be called Dictator or President is a m tier of little
moment—the people will flourish under his Govern-
ment, if it is in their destiny to flourish at all. We
have no fear that Bolivar will ever prove a tyrant.
'Translated for the New York Morning Courier, from
files of CArthagena papers to the 14th ut September :

" PROCLAMATION.

" Simon Bolivar, Liberator President of Colombia, &e. &e.

" Colombians—The public will having been ener-
getically expressed in favour of the political reform of
the nation, the legislative body acceded to your wishes,
by directing the convocation of the grand Convention,
in order that the representatives t f the people, in com-
pliance with your desires, should constitute the republic
conforn.ably to our religious faith, our inclinations, and
our emergencies; nor did the people require ought that
was incompatible with their individual interests. The
hopes of all were, however, frustrated in the grand
C.invention, which was ultimately compelled to dis-
solve itself, because some were submissive to the will
of the majority, and others anxious to enact laws which
their consciences and opinions dictated. The Constitu-
tion of the Commonwealth no longer possessed its legal
force over the multitude, because that self-same Con.
vention lead annulled it, by unanimously decreeing the
urgency of its reformation. The people then becoming
sensible of the enormity of the evils which threatened
their rights, reassumed those constitutional privilege.
that had been delegated to them ; and by the instanta-
neous exercise of the plenitude of their sovereign power,
they provided for their own welfare, and future security.
The sovereign people deigned to honour me with the
title of their Minister, and moreover authorized me to
execute their commands. My character of Chief Ma-
gistrate imposed upon me the duty of obeying and serv-
e ing the nation, even :o a much greater extent than my
humble abilities could perform. At a period so mo-
mentary, I could not decline the acceptance of the con-
fidence reposed in me—a confidence which overwhelms
me with unspeakable glory, while at the same time it
humbles me by a consciousness of my own inability.

II Colombians-1 obligate myself to obey implicitly
all your legitimate desires ; to protect your holy reli-
gion, as the faith and code by which all good Colom-
bians should be guided. I shall order justice to be done
unto you, such being the primeval law of nature, and
the universal gu tranty of the citizens. Economy in the
administration of the public funds sh■ll constitute the
patticular care cf your servants. We shall eminently
distinguish ourselves by discharging the obligations of
Colombia towards the generous foreigner. In a word,
I shall only retain the supreme power until such period
as you may command its restitution ; and should you
not previously otherwise direct, I shall, within a year,
convoke the national representation.
" Colombians—l shall say nothing to you of liberty ;
for, if I fulfil my promises, you will be more than flee,
you will be respected! besides, under the Dictatorship,
wherefore speak of liberty ? Let there be a mutual
union between the people who obeys, and he who
governs supreme.

(Signed)

" BOLIVAR."

The settlement at Cape Coast Castle is now to be
governed by a Committee of three Meichants. When
under the Government controul, the expenses were
nearly 30.0004 per annum—under the present manage.
ment4,oool. which sum M inisters have consented to grant.
' The sea has, during the easterly winds of •the last
loanigla, swept away the beach in front of the Espla-
nade wall of the Chain Pier at Biighton, to a greater
depth than was ever known on that spot before. This
is the effect of the new groynes. Another is now con•
structing eastward of the Pier, which will collect the
beach to the westward of it again. In some places the
shingle has sunk a depth of nearly ten feet, leaving for
a considerable eatent nothing visible but the chalk sub.
stratum.