Star. — London, England, 1818-09-03 00:00:00

• rir# iv sorry to state; tenjhure nearly as alarming the publication of our last. During the past the disease has attacked more Europeans than r merlr, And several cases, we regret to say, have trrih.tte.! fatally. New Ch;:rch of St. Andrew was opened on tart, in the presence of the lion. Vice Prmi ‘t. the lion. Mr. Stuart, Member of Council, the • .:,• ra tes of Calcutta, and a numerous congrega ;:..4 hearers, by the Rev. Dr. Bryce, who delivered .on frol.l I Corinth..l, '2] :-••-," For after that , wisdom of GOD the world by wisdom knew : t it pleased GOD by the foolishness of preach to save them that believe." It r.lust be gratifyiug to all, who take an interest • :• air:lncement of religion in this country, to the conductors of the principal Schools in ...a have so generally accepted the invitation of tergy to send their pupils to be catechised at •4:hedral during the present season of Lent. The of young persons of both sexes, who attended ,c;eld.iy for that purpose from ten seminaries, ex .oile,l three hundred and fifty ; most of whom are able to repeat the catechism, but evince answers to the questions put to diem, that toes c well acquainted with its meaning. In. many • -les their proficiency is far beyond what could Id from their years ; and they have almost •• acquitted themselves in a manner which p, by dismissing then), has been pleased to .rrressing his warns approbation of the di. itlayed by their teachers in discLarging a rust. THE EVENING STAR LONDON. RSDAY, SEPTEMBER 3, ISIS. TIM FUNDS. STOCK, VIM DAY AT TWELVE (b . ELONt 4V—Cons. 711—for A cc. 7 Ili 84, 1 ,---1. per Cent. 94i :. Navy 10`31-India Bonds 68 70 pre. case—Exchcquer Bills 17 20 prem. agence respecting the proceedings of the le Indian Archipelago, which we ye:ter % nu: Readers, excites, as might be ex small Fortion of indignation and much iced, the more these proceedings, and meted with them, arc examined, the interest they excite ; and we have no ley will be found to occasion much per fact, however easy it may be to antici )l the evils that must result from the possessed' by the Dutch in the East, It to discover how nay of them may and such are the circumstances, that ngly possible no kind of remedy may .!inpted, till the evil shall have be- Able to be longer endured. The East my, on the one hand, will be apt to 'say Ministers to watch ever these conce'rns le interests of her subjects still residing i the neighbouring Islands—any iner-t part may be deemed presumptuosMy en the other hand Blinkters may Vito cif be supposed so well informed on • ormected with cur Eastum commerce, Company? It will be time enough for . :e when that body shall complain." The both must feel themselves much em-1 and the more so as we fear it will be examining the Treaty with Holland, that, ip these possessions to the Dutcb not a ision has been stipulated, for the preven measures as have been resorted to by in tile event of a war in Europe to what dd our China fleets be exposed ? The only to send out a fast-sailing frigate to ;ot a single ship could then escape their quarter, which seems already to be on a r.ticipates the benefits likely to result to keeping a strong force in that quarter.— like to know by what course our China steer with safety, while the Straits of Ma lunda are commanded by a Dutch force. answered—Let us also keep a large fleet irter. This expense by a more provident ,It hare been avoided. The conquest of possessions and of the Mauritius cost this t less than ten millions—and yet, on our iberality, our own subjects and commerce mercy of the murderers of our couatry iboyna. st India Papers add but little to the facts Avis respecting the war. They present a losing hostilities, the main armies breaking An into cantonments, a few detachments mining in the field, and the Governor-Gene ling leisurely toward the seat of Govern- the satisfaction of having terminated in a tonths a campaign of uninterrupted suc cess. -quarters of his Excellency were at Sheer Se 20th of February. He was to cross the the 21st, vas expected to reach Cawnpore h, lind was then to proceed to Lucknow kpore. Many of the country forts had been trandered, and others were about to be if they offered any resistance.-- the JYPOIE RAJAH Wac in forward tholt toncicded liitAX had al begun Ac , be carried.into execution on his setir.g up scnne of his guns. The Pinda ,:_ed to giv'= up their horses, which are r pred.c.. :y mode of warfare, and in oro, ti ptrteiv, , :':at the ckdera moil" iontinued it: fatal ravages amongst the natives.—*- Some Europeans had latterly been attacked by it, and in one or two instances had found it fatal; but, in general, they were much more slightly affected by it than the natives. These Papers contain much speculation on the trade in raw Cotton, which has of late formed so consi derable a branch of the export trade of India. It is complained that the native dealers monopolize tit? article and keep up the.prices, which, however, it is contended, must soon undergo . some reduction, there being a large accumulation at, Alirzapore, and a Still greater quantity unsold in the. warehouses at Canton. In another column we have inserted an article from a Quebec Paper of the 21st July, fiom which it will be seen that the Canadians, (oesome of them) have been complaining of the measure adopted recently by our Government, of opening certain ports of New Brunswick and Nova Scotia to the vessels of foreign nations. Thus it is that the selfish are ever ready to complain of any proceeding calculated to endanger their individual share in any monopoly. The measure, however, was most wise, and well calculated to defeat the aim cf the late colonial law of the United States, I and ward off from our commerce a Urge portion of its intended mischief. The complains of the Canadian Merchant resolves itself into this simple fact ; by the enactments of the United States law alluded to, commodities coming from or through the British West-Injies, in British bottoms, could not be admitted into the States of the Union—in consequence - tbe trade of the Canadians was benefited by supplying such articles through the Lakes or over the frontiers ; but by the free trade allowed to certain ports of Nova Scotia and New Brunswick, other depots arc esta blished whence the United Sates may supply a part of their demand. Can any thing be conceived more unreasonable than complaints at benefits conferred on other provinces? The Canadians ought rather to rejoice; for every approach to those principles of free and unrestrained commerce, which sooner or later must prevail, is something gained for the gene ral interests of mankind. The advocates of injustice and, murder in the United States labour hard, to justify General Jac:c -oot-4 Their mode of proceeding, as will be seen in the extract from the Savannah Republican, is by crying Up the respectability of the Court Martial who tried our murdered countrymen.—Time will declare whether these men 'deserve this character. Should any of them be ever implicated in any public transaction marked with infamy, it-will then excite' no surprise: the remark will be—What else could be expected from one of the murderers of A RBUTRNOTT ? We have received to-day a farther series of Ame rican Papers, which comedown to as late a date as the Bth of August. It is stated in the Natioral Intelligencer, the demi oficial paper of the American Executive, that the PRESIDENT " has decided that Pensacola and the other Spanish posts, which have been taken by Ge neral JACKSON, in the Floridas, shall be restored to the Spanish Authority, but with a requisition, that the KING of SPAIN shall hereafter keep such a force in these Colonies, as shall enable him to execute, with fidelity, the fifth Article of the Treaty between the United States and Spain"—which article provides that both parties shall" restrain by force, all hostility on the part of the Indian nations, living ‘vithin their boundary ; so that Spain will not suffer her Indians to attack the Citizens of the United States, nor the Indians inhabiting their territory ; nor will the United States permit these last mentioned Indians to com mence hostilities against the subjects of his Catholic.. Majesty, or his Indians, in any manner whatever." The ground, it seems, on which the PRESIDENT has resolved to make this restitution is, not because there was any thing wrong in General JACKSON'S seizing these Spanish posts, for on this head the Nes tioiaal listelligencer is still obstinate in its political he resy, but because, as Congress only hare the power of declaring war, and had made no declaration against Spain, the PRESIDENT does net cett:eive him self authorized to retain the Spanish posts, inasmuch as such retention would be an act of war. Some doubt, however, has been subsequently thrown I on this report of the Passiozmis having 'resolved! on this restitution, by certain articles in the Charles ton Gazettes, in which it is asserted, on the authority! of letters from Havannah, to be a fact well asccr tained there, and relied upon by the Spanish Autho rities, that the Floridas have been formally ceded by the Spanish Government to the United States. The National Intelligencer, alluding to this rumour, re marks, that however willingly it would give credence to so welcome a piece of inteliigence, it considers it to be " contradicted by the condition of the relations between the two countries, when last disclosed by the Executive, and by the probable state of subsequent negociations."—" We do not doubt," it adds. " that the Floridan must, and will at no distant period, be comd a part of our territory but obliged as we arc, to withhold our belief from this interesting and widely circulating report, we conceive it proper to express our conviction that it is entirely groundless." It may, therefore, we presume, be regarded as nearly certain, that the l'azatnawr has, as reported in the first in stance, actually resolved on the restitution of the sps.nsh urritJ; its ; and on the fairness and propriety I ct such A step, *e are persuaded there cannot he tii•d opinions among impaftial men, A farther series of Quebec Papers to the ISlth ult. has also arrived this forenoon. The following notice of .the liberation of the American vessels lately seized on our fishing grounds, we extract with much pleasure: ,„ Well S;;;CCS thel I r, t :; . 1 " • trust. TIiLI • rt OF . 3 . .. Ls - C• 2: The Ditch is the d.:y poc:ed, 49 SI ar.siety. Ind exte:s coma Fat,: is the ink foul thi ;laity. In f pate sor.:o of per 1 is difi.cult be ner. : e is sea 1i zt:i Tpa: 1:11 and /ti: in lea fume officior. uy—. ever,. thing as the ludia es to intent: tit h, that brused, at foeti on ex. givirg up vegie provisi lit of su:h tiva".s. Vic: woul have ao.d r.c `tzt in tLat that ar. from k I ',.c)uld I and Su :ray be vart •.-. y might r.ot I .Is te • ltr 7 ;t:.4tab, T e latest 21 ' 11 ?Ykr,01 43. of closi fp 2 z,1 goie :rai z ; • cr'c.Tdi rz:. wi t h • • .ttmo , taci.o t l 'z'z on ti lt s • nu II 24th , • e, "•':. :'at 5, 1,. 105 ha e :• . lIALTPAX, JULY 96. Of the eight American vessels deteeted fishing on the coast of Nova Scotia, and sent into this port for adjudication, five were liberated on Friday last ; but with the full understanding, that the indulgence would not again be granted to them; a certificate to that effect was endorsed upon their registers, and the Skippers requested to make it as public as possible, for the information of the, subjects of the United States engaged in the fisheries. The remaining three discovered fishing in harbours to the eastward of lla lifax, are now libelled, and will, very shortly, be brought to trial in the Court of Vice-Admiralty, where, we have no doubt, they will be condemned. The lenity thus shewn by Rear-Admiral Sir David Milne, to the vessels which he has liberated, must convince the Government of the United States of the strong desire he feels to preserve the harmony which at present happily subsists between Great Britain and the United States ; and we sincerely hope will so ope rate, as to deter, for the future, American vessels from committing similar trespasses. At the same time. his Majesty's subjects in his North American domi nions must be satisfied that it is the Rear-Admiral's determination to guard from every infringement and violation those rights to the fisheries which exclu sively attach to them. The Paris Papers of Sunday and Monday have arrived, but do not furnish us with any thing of the least political interest—if we except the promotion of SoVUAM, one of the Bonapartean School, to the Go vernorship of the Fifth Military Division.--.. The Five per Cents. left off on Saturday at 791 t. 771 E QUEEN. The following is the account received yesterday morning The QUEEN continues very much indis posed, but her MAJESTY has passed a better night than was expected." The following is the Bulletln exhibited this morn ing :—" The QUEEN has had refreshing sleep during the night, but still continues indisposed." Wager Policies have been opened at LLOYDS, on the following terms: To pay Ten Guineas, to receive One Hundred, if there shall be War within twelve months between this Country and the United States. We copy the following P.xtract of a Letter received a few days ago from Paris, from The M orn i ng P oa t : " I am Indeed surprised at your intention of leaving England at this time. A revolutionary spirit very generally reigns. When the Allies quit France little doubt is entertained but there will be a general massacre. Many are already ilisposiug of their pro perty to take a are,rnd flight to England ; and if the united ad vice of Colonel - and myself have ally weight, you will re main in England, as I doubt not all the English here will soon be glad to return to their own country." The paper alluded to states the letter to have been written by the Lady of an Officer of rank, and adds, It was deemed advisable to communicate the con tents of the letter to Government; but the answer returned neither confirms nor refutes the statements in question—no opinion whatever having bzen de liver•si upon the subject." We should have been surprized indeed had the Government made any reply to such a communica tion. There are hundreds of similar letters received every week from Paris. Saturday evening the Grand Duke 11("11 AEL sailed from Dublin for Holyhead, on a visit to the Mar quis of ANGLESEA. MUNDEN is so far recovered from his long and severe indisposition, as to have entered into aa en gagement to perform a few nights at Manchester. This day, aCC:IP ling to annual custom, the Loan MAYOIL went in grand procession from the Mansion- House to Smithfield, to proclaim Bartholomew Fair. This Fair is said to bring the City a considerablesum by way of rents for the stands, which - are so high, that even a sausage parlour and kitchen let for a puma a day ; an oyster shop for half that sum ; and the more extensive establishments proportionably reasoaable Tuesday se'nnight a young man, named James Reeky, confidentially employed as book-keeper and cashier, in the house of MT. ALEXANDER 'AFC A RTIIY. an eminent merchant, residing in the City of Cork, absconded with a sum of money, amounting to nearly five hundred pounds ; his absence was almost imme diately noticed. He was traced to Dubliu, and taken into custody in a boat which was endeavouring to put him on board the packet for Holyhead, with the view, ultimately, of taking refuge in America. The whole of the embezzled property was found upon him. nESTRUCTIVE FIRE AT SIIEERNES.—Last Tues day evening, about ten o ' clock, a most alarming fire broke out in the premises of Mr. G REA THEAD, linen-draper, which speedily extended to the adjoin ing houses of Mr. JACOBS ' stationer, Mr. CLAPSONinnkeeper, Mr. Bats., and Mr. 13F.NTIIANI, the whole of which, with a great deal of valuable property, fell a prey to the devouring element. The Dock-yard engines attended almost immediately after the fire commenced, and every possible assistance was ren dered by the officers of the yard and of the ships in ordinary, as well as by the inhabitants at large; but from the combustible nature of the premises, consist ing mostly of wood, the flames spread with a vio- : lence and rapidity which seemed for a long time to defy every effort to subdue them. It was not till four o'clock in the morning that an end was put to_ the conflagration. Several persons were much hurt; and we regret to add, that a daughter of Mr. CLAP SON was so seriously affected by fright at the cala mity, that she died in the course of a few hbuts after. Among the persons who distinguished themselves in their exertions on this unfortunate occasion, Lieute nant RIDOUT and Midshipman MEIELEBIAM are par ticularly deserving of praise, for their bold and en terprising activity. NAPAL INTELLIaNCII, PORT*MdUTR, SEPf EMBER Wind S. Wi—Arrived his Majesty's ships fPniog: km, from Halifax • and Itositntd, front a cruize ;—; Sir George Osb orn (transport) froth Quebec, And Sailed again forCharNam, with troops:- - .4ailed front Quebec on the 2d of August, in company with thd Alfred, Lady HamiltOn, and Albany transports--: passed the Monarch, for London, in the fiver; on the day of &tiling. On the 24th, of August spokti a ship under Dutch colours, the Captain of which had died on the passage, in lat. 48: long. 30. Arrived 'also the Albury (transpbrt) from Quebec, w4h a des tachment of the 99th Regiment, and army clothing: On the 26th of August, In lat. 4iti: long. 27. 11. spoke the Car r o n , from !imams, for Prince - Elwaid's Island ; and also the Ocean, Jottstsosr, from /la 4 taria—sailed on the l'2th of April— l and front St. He lena on the 30th of June ; the nimbi, (store-ship) was to sail for Bengal on the 3d of July--spoke ) oil the :20th of July, .the ship London, of Whitby, for ilatavia, i n l a t. 12.30, long . 23. all well. The Re gulus (transport), bound to Gibraltar, having sprung a leak at sea ' has pot back and c o me i n t o harlxntr.— Arrived his Majesty's ship SEMIRAMIS, from Africa, with the corpse of Sir JAMES Yet), from Africa. DEAL, IREPTENI BEE e. Wind S.W.—Arrived and . sailed for the Illrer, the Pomona, Gnair, from Para ; an./ the Burden, -_, from Quebec. Came down from the River and re maw in the Downs, the Electra, ROBINSON, for Phi ladelphia; the Nesbitt. Gray, for Jamaica ; and the Oronoco, for Berbice, LIVRRPOoL SErrtVIIJER tt ' Arrived the Brilliant Star, BARTON (late JoNuf:), froin Bahia* sailed 6th July r on 26th August, in lat. 43. 12. long. 21, spoke the Jane, from\V.tterford for Prince, Edwards Island: Arrived also the Pacific, WILLIAMS, from NeW York : sailed 12th August : spoke on 25th August the Martin, -4. z, from Dublin for Prince Edward's Island, in lat. 49: 28. long. 82. 4. NORTH SIiiEIA3S, AUGUST St, Passed this port, the Euretta, from Davies Straits, with six fish. C A ST LETOW . .4# 26s The Insurgent privateer Vigilantia, Captain Ron, of Buenos ..1,415, arrived in this port on 124th. She remains here some time. He has not,given any as• count of what vessels he met with. CUSTOM-HOUSE, LOXDON, SEPTF.MBER g. Sutts r ERL U Ixw.% us--The London, limbo!), from Sevilie Royal Sovereign, Gibbs, front Rottertlruir ; kliza , Wren, front Ostend; Gatbland, Knight, from Roches 1 Bch"), Linder, from J.rmalea ; Maria, Kelsey, from Calais ; Vriendschap, Dr li , r)s, from .intwerp; • Speedwell packet, Varral, front Jersey ; Do- rothea Maria, Will, from Koningsbrrg ; Benson, Fawc e tt, front Havre; Ile:ty and Nellia, IlarrisOn from Potersburgh ; Car , donla, Roberts, from Calcutta; Orp heus, Finley, from Bombe? # Amity, Haniield, from Lanzarote ; Retrench, Newby, from Jx-- maims • Venus, Roe, from Arens; Dr Maraud Palairros, Jong* Willevn de Surgher, foam Ostend ; Priendship, •Wintwell, from Oporto; Sarah, Corwr, from Jamaica; Sarus, Thompson, from larnburgh--omitted yesterday, the Duke o f K e nt, Pewt d, I one Rotterdam,---Ourwanos--The Donegan, Gowan; for tram, Vriendschap, Boesat•ra, for Amsterdam; Agenoria, James, fur Bremen; Heinrich , Muncke, for Stettin • the Fox, Fox, for Ostend; Duke of Kent, Potent!, for Illitterdam; Deborah, Lloyd, fur Antwerp ; Die vcrelina, Moines, for Rouen AdriatiC. Patrick, for lifineut and Mintz : if.; Vrovt Atona, leceage, fof Stettin; Regent, Browning, for Lisbon; Values, CurJ ansJea Mr. CLARK_ ! Purser of the Northumb er l an d, ar• rived at Earl BATIEURST . StiffiCC, with dispatches from St. Helena, which were immediately forwariei io h:s Lordship, at his self, at Putney. - Yesterday a Court 1.1 . Directors was held at the East India-house, when the following ships a - cte taken up,*and thus stationed, ViZ. For Bombay and ('Nina..—Mazols Camden, 15 1 00 tons, rico. mas Larkin.; (liarles Gr a nt, 1_ tons, Ilegh Scott; Lrowttlet k, 1114) tans, Clark. 3lurtliiek; nglis , lsoo tuns, `ikon al llurrowdaik; and Este:, 12ta) tons, Richard Nisbet! Fur Bengal and China.--Atlas, 1200 tons, Chas. ate Mayne f • Waterloo, 1325 tats, Richard Mager; :nd Streathun, ss,o I lairdtle. Fur kr:l,lms and China.—New Ship, building b 7 Messrs my, zoo tuns, John R. Franklin; and General Kyd, 124.0, Aleraa: der Nairne. For St. Helena, Bombay, and Chtna.—aßombri, IWO tons,. Arch. Hamilton; and General Harris, 1200, George Welwtada Fur Madras and Dun al.— Rose, 955 to Thomas rAr. Fart ; 'Alinerva, 976, George Richardson; Ca/Valle, 8211, J. as ghtichatcl; and Thomas Grenville, 166, William Manning... For lkngal direst.—Princes s Charlotte of Wides, 978 tem, C. 11. Gtibble; and Marquis of Wellington, 961, Jelin Wood. Captain William Matuthig was sworn into the con mar.d the ship Thomas Grenville. WC are sorry to learn by the Emily Southseaman, which arrived in the Downs on Saturday last, that great apprehensions were entertained at the Cape for the safety of the Union Indiaman, which ship had been daily expected thither for a long time. It will be recollected, that, in one of the early ope. rations of the present war in India, two British Offi cers fell into the hands of some troops belonging to the Peisawn, and were reported to have been bar barously put to death. The event, at the time, ex cited universal indignation. We are happy to learn, by recent advices received from Bombay; that these Officers, whose names are said to be Mortarsos and flits-rim, Cornets in the Madras Cavalry, are disco vered to be still in existence, the enemy not having, as stated, put them to death, but merely detaining them in confinement. Rear-Admiral Sir THOMAS 13. MARTIN, Comp troller of the Navy, arrived at Pembroke on Mon day, accompanied by Commissioner Fnitzen, for the purpose of inspecting the works going, on in Pem broke Dock lard, and examining into the various departments of that Establishment. Mr. Seermos, one of the Surveyors of the Navy, had arrived on the Friday preceding, and • on the following day in spected the ships on the stocks. It is now ascertained that the BriAittst.r, of 71. guns, will not be launched until the Sluing, as a preference is to be given for the completion of the frigates at present building,— Several whales have lately been seen in St. George's Channel, some of which have been on shore in the neighbourhood of Fisguard, and cut up. The ship Lincoln, from Jamaica, arrived in Leith Roads on Saturday. The Norfolk, of Berwick, from Davis's Straits, left the ice 20th July, and arrived at Berwick the 27th August, with four fish, 156 butts of blubber. The Mary-,Ann, DEuctinas, and Estiridge, Deu minus, arrived at Dundee, ory,Thursday, from Da vis's Straits, with two fish each; and report that the fishing has been very unsuccessful. A whale, measuring 72 feet in length,.has bten lately stranded in South A . male sea unicorn, alive, about 20 feet long,. has been brought from th,eenlasl, and is now is Neweattle. „:„. , ~ .. 1,1 I 4 4 { Ilk I .I 1 • i•• { 11 1 . ) ' 11 • .1 , . i . . , • . 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