Star. — London, England, 1811-09-13 00:00:00

DOLLARS IN TRINIDAD. - , By his Excellency W. MONROE, Major-General,, commanding the forces and administering the Govern ment in the Island of Trinidad and.its Dependencies, A PROCLAMATION. Whereas it bath been represented to me, that a great scarcity of Current Silver Specie prevails in this colony, arising from the large exportations of Dollars made from hence; and that the only effectual mode of diminishing such exportation, and of retain ing in the island a quantity of such specie sufficient for the accommodation of its inhabitants, will be to permit the circulation of a certain number of Cut Dollars, not exceeding in number in the whole 25,000 Dollars. And whereas it will be expedient, that for the pur pose of cutting the said dollars in manner proposed, a proper person, to be pid by and at the expense of the said colony, shall be authorised to cut from the centre of each of the 25,000 dollars a piece of silver of the value of one shilling ; and that, as an induce ment to persons in possession of dollars to allow their dollars to be cut, such dollars shall, when so cut, continue to pass and be received at the rate or value of nine shillings each ; and that the piece to be cut out of each of the said dollars shall pass current for one shilling, and shall be delivered to persons tender ing their dollars to be cut. Given under my hand and Seal, at the Govern ment House, this 19th day of June, 1811. By his Excellency's command, WV M. Win I MORE, Secretary. LONDON. • FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 13. PRICE OF STOCKS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK. 4 per Ct. Cons. for money 641—Disto for account 44 $ per Ct. Reduced shut—Navy Spec Cont. 9Sii 4 per Cent. shut—Bonds 165.171. prem.—Ornnium par. Exch. Bills (3d.) Is. dis. to Is. pre.—Ditto (Sid.) 4s. Ss. prem. SOUTH AMERICA. EXTRACT FROM THE ANSWER OF MR. BLANCO WHITE, (EDITOR OF THE ESPANOL) TO A COMPLIMENTARY LETTER FROM THE SECRETARY OF THECARACCAS GO. VEHEMENT. As the affairs of South America grow every day mere interesting and important, the attention of the public must necessarily be drawn to the nature of the question between the American Provinces and Spain ; the following extract from the Espanol* will not be un- , HERMANSTADT , JULY its. acceptable tc our Readers. It contained a fair state- They write from Bucharest, under date of the 24th ment of the question, and a just view of the measures . inst. that the head-quarters of the Commander•in. which, in policy and justice, ought to be adopted. Chief Kutosow were still at Guergewo. His army 4 ‘ The new Governments have began with an excel lent measure, or rather foundation of their system, has, nevertheless, made some movements and taken which the General Congress ought not only to rernem- other positions, which give reasons for presuming that bee, but to cherish as much as possible. I speak of it is the intention of this General to oppose the incur the acknowledgment of Ferdinand Vllth as King. It . sions of the Turks upon the left bank. is not desirable that they should imit a t e the Cortes of Spain in the declarations of the Sovereig nt y of the A corps under the orders of Lieutenant-General Representatives of the People ; for, besides the dif- Woinett, has marched from the side of Obilesiy, si ference between declaring and possessing sovereignty, tuated at equal distances from Bucharest and Kale this abstract principle may lead to very dangerous rosch, near which he will establish his camp, extend practical consequences. If I am not mistaken, the ing it to Slobodzie. Another division under the corn - Junta of Caraccas has very sensibly and j udiciousl y proclaimed that the Revolution left in force all the mend of Lieutenant General Essen, has set out to , fundamental laws of the Spanish nation, and that wardsTurno opposite Neopates, to pitch a camp there. Caraccas and the part of America which has follow- The small detachments and depots, composed in a ' -ed its example, wished only for an amelioration of a great measure of cavalry, have received orders to • those laws. This proceeding is well ad a p ted to its unite and approach Slobodzie in the district of '!'ales internal state and its foreign relations. Le t them not begin by prescribing laws to the King whom they niczer. Lieutenant General Langeron commands a proclaim, by telling hum that he is interior to them, moveable column near Piatra, intended to support and by proposing a Constitution for him to swear to, either of the above mentioned corps. 'in case he should be released from captivity. Let them say that they are legitimate representat iv es o f a Letters received from Giurgewo state, that the grea. considerable part of America — that their K in g being test part of the Turkish army has quitted Rudschuck, in captivity, it is their natural and undoubted right where it left a numerous garrison. We do not yet to provide for their own immediate interests, their know towards what point it has directed its march ; ,preservation and defence•—that this is their duty, not but presume it is to be in the direction of Lomm.— only as men, but as good and faithful subjects, in They are now busily employed in totally demolishing order to preserve that part of the Monarchy to its le gitimate King—that no o ne has a right to undertake the suburbs of Giargewo. A considerable train of the management of their interests under the plea of pontoons, bombs, and other warlike preparations, representing a different part of the Monarchy, and coming from that town, yesterday, took the toed to that - as it would be unjust if the people of Ame- Fokschan. , rice, because Ferdinand was absent , should p retend ' JULY SO. to govern in his name, and to be the arbiters of the rope by reason of their The Russian Generalissimo Count Kutusow, olio , Spanish possessions in En • 'greater population, power and riches ; much more after the battle near Rudschuck, removed his head. then is it unjust that the latter should place the for- quarters to Guirgewo, on the left bank of the Danube, tunes 9f America in the hands of two or three men, `n shed burned down the suburbs of that place, and fur. sent by them with the title of Viceroy s . That with- . . shed Guirgewo with provisions for several months. out recurring to the principles of nat u r al ri g ht, the General Langeron commands the corps destined to present circumstances of the Mon ar c h y were sufficient to demonstrate that even if they were colonies under protect Wallachia from the ravages of the Turks. ,the Kings of Spain, it was no reason they should be The Turks are beginning to restorethe fortifications so under their subjects—and should not this be suffi- of Rudschuk, blown up in haste by the Russians, and stint, having in their favour , a s the y have, the dee I i i the Mahomedan inhabitants there. are preparing to ' aerations of their equality with what was the Mother in I rebuild their houses which were burned down. The Country, they cannot allow any inferiority Go vernment ; and that they are determined not to admit ! Greek inhabitants of Rudschuk have most of them Viceroys, or any other kind of persons holding offices ! been conveyed by the Russians to the left bank of without appeal or controul, except by applying to ! the Danube. the Peninsula. That as the people of Spain have en deavoured to provide for their o w n i nt e r e s ts in the According to al 'probability, the campaign of this , year,. between the Turks and Russians, will produce imanner they thought most suitab l e t o circ eM stances the Congress of America will treat of the establish- some verY'iriteresting scenes, for the Grand Vizier is ment of municipal Governments, and all the imme. a very active ardent man, in the prime of life, and dints concerni of the districts which have sent them not a superannuated invalid like his predecessor Jus representatives, ''But that avoiding as much as pos stiff Paella, who now lives in the island of Scio, in bible every thing that might directly or remotely . contribute to the disnientherment of the Spanish Mo. i tlmArehipelago, whither he has been banished. liarchy, such as it had been in the hands of the Mo- ! Nothioris now said of the intention of .. . the Ern. parch whose rights they . hed ewe: nto preserve , they ;„, Malimud to take the field in person. - desire that, without piejudice to the interests of those i V % SCHAFFHAUSEN, AUGUST 1. whom they represent, ..a legitimate representation of 1 I -.--' - the supreme power of the Monarchy may be formed, I Many letters lately arrived from Swiss Officers in ' bnd that they are ready to contribute in an equitable ; Spain, express great hopes that the insurrection in ion so its forrnation, as well as to.egree that i that country will soon be at an end , and even say a residence shall be in Old Spain, if It be not occu -1 report is in circulation there, that the Supreme Junta pied by the French. ! e‘ I conceive,ti•at all the advantages the Americans or Cadiz Regency are dispoeadoo god deputies to ask may be comprehended in such adielaratiqn, with,' Madrid' and Paris for the pur e of making their 1 ! inn its being possible for the most ioterested and re. submission. This intellieence $ 'too - important not j , fined policy to give any air of justice to the oppres- to • t merit confirmation. ' . lion which woutd endeavour to force their abAndon ppeni. In these Articles the Americans would fol- We have learned through the same channel that low the most pure and dispass:onate reason, founded the desertion continues to be very great &ore the in the laws, as far as it is possible, in the present con: English army as well as that of the Spanish.' tuleion of` the Spanish :Monarchy. If they allow ' ' SILESIA, AUGUST 4. ihestatelves,to make empty or violent declarations—if B Ko 's sug ar-house, at Strehlen, in Capin. aron Fil;l y',:t ish pet only to repel the injustice, but to insist • t hos, togetb r with the very extensive premises, and of the immiliation of the Mother Country ..-c if they, aiiitutbitirtitis not only to enjoy the inclependenuab OA- 1% 4 , .. ,f 1 -s., gooJs on han ,is 44a1l destroyed and %MO' ilfej i r e in need, but to display itlts 4qqpiti. , 44iirldlies. . •• -. .. piped from their 'adverearies,• they •Z i t i t f iesill '.. ^". " eridel, fee-WIWI"' JOLT es. • piellaineipal object for the sake tie . .• . 441.; .4i Mb 4 a i S a &cola Jay' A l i this . tOwn Aro 1 ! No. 11-104 SO. $ 1511511051156,9 1 Obit wt#l . F . ! il ftf, r 04. 0-- , . i • , Two Anholt Mails arrived this morning, which have furnished us with a variety of articles of intelli. Bence from the Continent. Those extracts which we have given, relative to Turkey, will be found most interesting. \ . ia sure—a solid and lasting triumph for one that is only apparent and precarious. “ In a word, the interest of the Americans is to gain those on points which their internal happiness im. mediately depends—influence in their interior Go vernment, security in the administration of justice, and absolute independence 'in the grant, ,the assign ment, and the distribution of the tax which belong to their share as an integral part ef the Spanish Monar chy. If the present Government of the Peninsula is better disposed to agree that the Sovereign Congress of the Spanish American nation shall be composed of Deputies of both countries, chosen in the same man ner, and in the same proportion, the influence of the Americans in the Congress will be that which is justly due to them, and they will fairly obtain their objects even when they submit, as they must, to this species of sovereignty. If the Cortes insist on admit ting no more American Deputies than they have at present, or proceed on any other principle than that of perfect equality, which has been from the begin ning the right of those countries, there are still means of conciliation. gg Let the Americans demand for their Congress the internal government, the grant, and the assign ment of contributions, and let them leave the Cortes of Spain the higher branches of Government, as de clarations of peace ad war, treaties, alliances, kc." EVkINING SirAkL '","" with the wind blowing strong from the eastward, and which spread so rapidly, that within the space of two hours, 125 houses were laid in ashes. The flame, raged so dreadfully, that several people lost their , lives in attempting to save some of their best effects. BERLIN, AUGUST .6. The yembers,clithe states who were lately arres ted are still in Spindan, Their detention is a cor rectional measure. The King is not willing to insti• a criminal --,inst them. • ; plying crews to these ships, severpl thousand reamer. had been dread from the ports of the Baltic.— Many of them had been marched from Riga, and ether Russian ports ; and in order to equip this ar mament with greater rapidity, several ships of the Toulon fleet had been laid top in ordinary, and the men transported across the country to the Scheldt.-- Fifteen hundred sailors had been obtainrd from Den. mark, which had previously been employed on board privateers. It was universally believed at Antwerp, that this armament would only await the arrival of Bova. PARTS, and then immediately set sail. The most magnificent preparations were making to receive the EMPILROR. Several vessels of large size were on the Istocks, and others had been very recently launched. tute process agin._ It is not true that General Rachel wrote a seditious letter to the King. WARSAW, AUGUST 6. Extract of a letter from M. de Woyczynski, Gen. neral of Brigade, to his Excellency General Fischer, dated Dantzic, July SO. •' I have the honour to communicate to you intel ligence extremely interesting to your country. By The Hoesetra frigate arrived at PortsmouthonWed order of his Majesty the Emperor Napoleon, the port nesday, in a very crippled state. On Sunday even,. in . g last observing seven men of war brigs, each moon. u of Dantzic is declared a free port, and completely ng three 21apounders with a mortar and small arms, open to all commerce whatsoever, except with Eng-land a crew of 95 men, lying at anchor close under land. The duties are reduced one-third. The King small batteries, in a small bay, a little distance from of Prussia has, it is said, adopted the same mode for Cherbourg, Capt. PERCY determined to attack them, collecting the duties as have been adopted at Dantzic, ' and instantly ordered the pilot to warp the frigate in. in order to maintain euality in commercial relations. Having got within gun-shot, the crew, as is usual q with our gallant tars previous to commencing action, (Signed) ss WOYCZYNSKY." gave the enemy three hearty cheers. At that =- This letter has been inserted in the Warsaw Ga. ment, the HOTSP':R unfortunately settled upon a reef none, and is quite conformable to the original. of rocks. The tide leaving her fast, 'she heeled en VIENNA, AUGUST 14. her larboard side, her starboard being fairly exposed Since the Russian arm , under the General-in.. to the united fire of the enemies brigs, batteries, and y dying artillery brought down to the beach. But, Chief Count Kutusow, has retreated over the Danube nothing daunted, the gallant crew of the Homo', at Rudschuck, after having blown up the fortifica. when they found all exertions useless to get her off,. dons and burned the town, bridges, and all the ves-land that the ship was firmly settled till the return of eels there, a considerable alarm has prevailed among the tide, turned their whole efforts towards the ene my, and commenced one of the most determined I the Insurgents in Servia, as they fear a general attack cannonades that was ever recollected from a frigate. from the Turks on their country ; and many of the The effect- was soon perceivable, as one of the gun inhabitants of Belgrade, &c. have fled with their most , boats was seen to godowp, two were drove on shore, valuable effects over the Save into Hungary. Whe; the others were miserably shattered, and the houses they the Grand Vizier. will pass the Danube with his of a small village near the beach literally beat about the iehabitants ears. Night being now come on, Capt. army, remains to be seen. Pence commanded the HOTSPUR'S fire to cease, as It is generally reported that a new Imperial De- the flash of the frigate's guns was a mark for the tree relative to the Finances will soon make its ap. enemy, who still continued to fire from their batteries and field. pieces. On the rise of the tide the HOT. pearance, but the nature and object of it are as yet SPUR fortunately got off. Having sustained for tour only matter of conjecture. I hours the united fire of the enemy, she was of ciairse BOHEMIA, AUGUST 11. i severely cut up in her hull, masts and rigging, scarce • The Ist of August was a dreadful and lamentable a spar that has not a wound. The loss of her crew, day for the inhabitants of the town of Presnitz, in we are sorry to say, is very great ; having five killed, the circle of Saatz. At eleven in the forenoon a fire including two fine young midshipmen,and 92 des. , perately wounded ; among the wounded, nine legs broke out in the house of the tanner, Mr. Franz and arms are gone. She will be obliged to come into Hatin, situated in the centre of the town, which, harbour to be docked. notwithstanding every exertion made, spread around , By an arrival from St. Domingo we have received with so much fury that by two o'clock in the after. intelligence from that Island to the sod of July. A noon the quarter part of the town was consumed ; gentleman who was present at the Coronation of tbe but, by five o'clock, 314 houses out of 368, of : iblack King CHRISTOPHS in'orms us, that it is not true that his Salle Majesty gave as a toast—“My Blather, which the town consisted, were a prey to the flames. the Xing of. Great Britain."—He simply drank the —Among these are the Church, the Vicarage, and health of his Majesty, .King Geoane the III; a toast the Town Archive. Nine persons lost their lives, ^ which he has been in the habit of giving every day and many others are so much hurt, that no hopes arel wh o is our infor mant bit this occasion, adds, that the reports lately after dinner. The same gentleman entertained of their recovery. A woman, far atl-1 circulated in this country of depredations having been vanced in pregnancy, was suffocated in a cellar with committed on the property of British subjecs by three of her children, having fled there for safety. It CifIUSTOPIIIeS cruizers, are without foundation : it is is entirely owing to the exertions of the inhabitants true that the Americans have suffered considerably, of the adjacent places that 54 houses and only a small but such vessels only were condemned as were found to have been carrying naval and military stores to quantity of furniture were rescued from the devour. ITION, CHIUSTOPHE'S ing flames. Letters were yesterday received from Rio Janeiro, ELSINEUR, AUGUST 25. but they are of the same date as those lately convey- A galeasse was yesterday brought into this place ed by the Tortoise ; and, notwithstanding the delay, by a privateer, which immediately proceeded to Co- were probably transmitted by the same opportunity. penhagen with her prize. A ground of complaint had arisen among the mer s DROTTINGHOLM, AUGUST 24. chants in the English interest, in consequence of the Nine o'clock, morning.—His Royal Highness's prohibition of India goods imported into the Brazils by the subjects of great Britain, and the admission health has been for some time past in progressive of such imports by the natives and Portuguese set, amendment, and, in consequence, it is thought un- tiers. According to the arrangement in the Treaty, necessary to continue the Bulletins. signed at Rio Janeiro, the 19th of February last, the Government there had the power of imposing a duty on such commodities, even amounting to I 1 tion, but that duty was to be general, both with re spect to the subjects of Great Britain. and those of the Plumes RECENT, die former being by direct sti. pulation to enjoy all the commercial privileges cons ceded to the latter. The clause of the Treaty regarding East Indial merchandize is as follows : " Arr. 21. His Royal Highness reserves to himself the AM of intpoeng heavy and even prohibitory darks on all article , known by the name of British last India g00d..." We understand that two remonstrances stating the injustice of the prohibition to which we have adverted with respect to British subjects, have been presented, the one to the Executive Authorities in the Brazils, and the other to the Lords of Trade here. To the latter we believe no answer has yet been given. We have been favoured with some information from an Officer Much esteemed in the service, who has long shared its dangers, and who has very lately returned from Portugal. It was understo..d in ri..r army that the French were collecting an immense force to act simultaneously at four different vitae for the accomplishment of their purpose against Por• tugal. The army under Bensuoura, it was conjectured, would proceed by Tras las Monies towards Oporto, a division of which, joined to another of the corps under MAIIMONT, is to advance by Almeida: MAR hIONT, in person, to penetrate in the direction of Abrantes, and &wee by the road of Estremos, mak ing, instead of wasting time in besisging, the fortress -of Elves. Whatever may be the plan adopted. it is considered that the year will terminate with a most active and sanguinary campaign. We trust the West India Planters themselves as well la the friends to the Abolition of the Slave Trade, !will think seriously before they acquiesce in the plan ',of eriesjsinr agreer. tinder the nurse of recruiting our Nick regiments oq the coast of Africa. One of two evils would certainly be the result of this measure— 'Other that them voloweers would become dewe Or that by teaching these slaves the use of arms, they , Would soon become our Inallfhlri urn OW lards they was agpeissedi * *fend! Some Gazettes were )esterday received from Ali cant, from one of which we have the following extract: ALICANT, MIN ci. 64 A great number of coasters have arrived to-day from Mataro, Villanova, and Arens de Mar. The masters of the vessels from Mataro declare, that 4.000 knglish troops had disembarked there, as tdao General Lacy, amidst the acclamations of the people. Those from Villanova state, that the French have fixed heavy monthly contributions in that quarter, and that twenty sail of vessels, English and Spanish, combined, had arrived there with troops and warlike stores. The masters of vessels from Arens say, that an English squadron, with Don Rovera on board, were receiving men, &c. for an expedition, and that it was repotted there, that Suchet had gone to Bar celona with a great escort of infantry and cavalry. His Britannic Majesty's ships Invincible, 74, Cos sack, 34, and four transports, have just arrived from Valencia, it is reported, on their way to Carthagena. His Britannic Majesty's ship Alcmene, from Ply mouth, has 'also dropped anchor here, and General Campoverde is about to depart for Cadiz." The vigilance of the British squadron blockading the Scheldt has been of late much increased by the activity displayed in that river to prepare the French Fleet for sea ; and it is generally believed, from its forward state, that the enemy will ntAke an attempt to escape from port very Shortly. Upon this subjeat we have teceiyed some information from a gentlemai who lately quitted the French coast, and who previa ously had pAid a visit to Antwerp and its neighbo44 hood. ittilar, that there am !wary.) su of thst line itstilLk most ofihtinAkeing obtained ;aim and Win fitted up with 441 r• For the O ur rlsf sl i P* . - i irata k e I. :- :_ I o'c the M in da tic the in is j the . P" fro ira ~~'%. stil tat of PC ant la-1 Ca '713 by ' to In. . 11. 81. all 6e, ' Id am TA e 1 a SI ti • a s I J I I I I 4 i I 1 I I 1 1 ' ; • 1