Star. — London, England, 1818-01-14 00:00:00

t r. • 1:1 1 1. i• • ; '-•• I 1 1 I : 4. TO BE SOLD BY PRIVATE CONTRACT, A MOST DESIRABLE FREEHOLD MAN- SION, VILD4, and LANDS, %killer near CAILDIM GLAMORGAN.— or particulars apply to A. Murray, Sur r, 61, St. ..Itartin' Post paid r HAMBURGFI PAPERS. CASSEL, DECEMBER as. His Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge, who arrived here yesterday, dined with his future father in-law, the Landgrave Frederick. His Royal High- ness intends to remain at Cassel till the new year. The object of his visit is no longer a secret. CONSTANTINOPLE, NOVEMBER fa. For some time past the public attention has been occupied by the news of hostilities that have taken plate between Persia and Turkey. They seem, how ever, to be of such a nature, that it is probable they will not be attended by any important consequences. Prince Abbas Mirza (who had before been at variance with his father, the Sovereign of Persia), proceeded at the bead of a body of troops from the province of Van against the Turkish frontier fortress of Baja rid, which he attacked ; but the Pacha of that place, with the entire concurrence of the Shach of Persia, victoriously repulsed this arbitrary attack, without any interruption of the good understanding between the two empires. News lately arrived here of an attack made by a body of '2OO banditti, from the :Vfo-ea, on the island of Tanes, in which they set fire to he town of St. Nicolo, in order to plunder the h :uses of the inhabitants while they were attempting t extinguish the flames. It is not yet known whe t er the latter afterwards succeeded in driving, off t 'z robbers; however, a galley and a brig are fitting ...at here to cruize for the protection of the Archipelago. It is confirmed that the town of Vostissa, near Athens , was inundated by a sudden rising of the sea daring a violent earthquake, and that about ,five thousand of the inhabitants perished in tieflood THE EVENING STAR. LONDON. WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 14;1*Ig. THE FUNDS. rums or ATOLLS TIM DAY AT r‘rxxvx &a.OOT : Reduced Blif—S per Cent. Cons. 80e; Cons. for opg. nit-4 per Cent. 9 ( 4 Navy 105-H --India Bonds 105 106 pr. Exchequer Bills 19 29 pr. AMERICA. We have today received New York and other American ?gas to the 20th December. The fol lowing are smuts : ' - `"ET4GAGENIENT WITH THE INDIAN& CO y, of, a letter from Major-General Gaines to the GOVernbi of Georgia, dated at Fort Scott, near the confluence of the Flint and Chatahoochie Rivers, 2lst of November : • , " Stit—Tbe.firat brigade of United States troops arrived it this itact on the 19th instant. I had pre- N iously sent a runner to notify the Fowl Town Chief, En4e-munt-Ity, of my arrival, and to ascertain whe ther his hostile temper had abated, and requested him to visit me. He replied, that he had already said to the Commanding-Officer here all he had to say, and that he would not come. 44 He had warned Major Twiggs not to cross, or cut a stick of wood on the east side of the Flint Ri ver ; alleging that the•land was his, that he was di rected by the powers above and below to protect and defend it, and he should do so. This being the talk referred to, and his town having continued to be hos tle ever since the late war, and having.participated, as the friendly Indians assert, in the predatory war carried on for some time past against the Georgian frontier, I yesterday detached about 250 men, (sup posed to be pout the strength of the town) under the command of Major Twiggs, with orders to bring to me the chief and warriors, and in the event of resis tance, to, treat them as enemies. " The detachments arrived at the town early this morning, and were instantly fired upon, but without effect. The fire was briskly returned by the detach ment, and the Indians put to fight with the loss of four warriors slain, and, as there is reason to believe, many more wounded. Among the articles found in the house of. the Chief, was a British uniform coat (scarlet), with a pair of gold epaulettes, and a certi ficate, signed by a British Captain of Marines, Ro bert White, in the absence of Colonel Nichols,' sta ting, that the Chief had always been a true and faitbfol friend to the British. " The reports of friendly Indians concur in . esti mating the number of hostile Indians, including the Red Sticks and Seminoles, at more than two thou sand, independent of the Blacks at and near Suwan ney, within 120 miles of this place, amounting to nerly four burvired men, and increasing by the addi tion of every runaway from Gedrgia able to get t o them. The friendly Indians inform me that the hos tile potty and Blacks have been promised a British forcilliEtsist them, from New Providence. This pro mise, tioaugh made by Nichols and Woodbine, is nevertheless relied on by these deluded wretches, who, I hire no doubt, will sue for peace, as they find their hopes-of British aid to be without foundation. I have called the Militia from Fort Hatvkins to this place ; aod_bave directed Colonel Brearley to confer :with ) -our Excellency upon the subject - of an additional battalion for the protection of the frontier from Ok mulgee to St. Mary's. I have the honour to be, &c. (Signed). " ED. P. GAINES, Major-Gen. Commanding." In the House of Representatives, on the 9th, Mr. Johnson brought forward a series of Resolutions rc. 31111111111 M. litive to the Military Establishment, the principal of which is the following .. . " That the Military Peace Natebßibleafit of the United States shall consist hereafter of Bei Thesermi Man, including the Corps of Invalids. Provided that the Corps of Engineers, die General Staff, and Ordnance Department, shall be retained as at present established. Provided also, that no part of the Army shall be disbanded in consequence of said reduction, but the same shall be effected by permitting vacancies, as they occur, to remain.—That it is expedient to provide by law for an additional national armoury, to be located on the western waters.—That it is expedient to organise by law a Corps of Invalids, to be composed of one thousand men." The following Resolution, relative to Foreign Seamen, was also proposed, and adopted without opposition : " Resolved, That the Committee of Commerce and Manu factures be instructed to inquire into the expediency of providing by law for the apprehending and securing foreign seamen de serting from foreign vessels while in the ports of the United States, contrary to their engagements to serve on board such vessels." A private letter from Washington speaks in confi dent terms of the cession of the Floridas to the United States. Accounts from Amelia of the 2d December state, that Commodore Aury was making preparations to evacuate that island. NEWFOUNDLAND. Titers must bo some great mistake in the reports mentioned in some of the daily papers of great exer tions in rebuilding the town of St. John's lately deso lated by a conflagration. The people are without the means to proceed in such a labour, being reduced oto a state of great distress, and in want.of materials. We imagine the building of temporary huts a great relief to people without any shelter, must have given rise to these reports. Indeel the rebuilding of the City is a thing that cannot even have commenced, supposing the people had the means, as every one must see from the following public notice, which we find in one of the latest St. John's Gazettes tha t have reached us: " Fort Townshend, st. John's, Newfoundland, Dec. 1, 1817 " Public Notice is herhby given, that in consequence of the destructive ravages committed by the late fires, throughout the principal streets in this town, which have been chiefly attribut able to the narrowness of the streets, and the contiguity of the houses, as welt as to other causes which require regulation, it is the intention of his Excellency the Governor of this Island to lay the subject before his Majesty's Government, with a view . to obtain such instructions and regulations as may tend to pre vent the recurrence of similar calamities.—All persons are there fore notified and cautioned not to put up any other than tempo_ racy erections, in any part of this town ; and then only by ipe . cial authority in writing from the Go►ernor, who will occasion ally admit such temporary erections, upon due consideration of the case, subject to a provision for their removal, immediately upon notice in his name being given to the parties to that effect. " By his Fv , Pllimcy's command, " P. C. Ls Gm, Secretary." A Hamburgh Mail arrived last night, frem the Papers brought by which we have given some ex- . tracts in a preceding column. A loan in behalf of the Prussian Government, to the amount of Three Millions Sterling, is, we under stand, about to be opened in this country. The houses of ROTHSCIULD and BASIAUDEN are the con tractors. The Houses of LAPITTE and PeRREGAtri, Of Paris, have renewed Partnership, and made, on the occa sion, a gratuity of 100,000 francs to the Poor of the City of Paris, This is a grand act of beneficence, which deserves to be imitated. Last night's OAUTTZ contains Addresses of Condoirnee to the Paine Eros= from the Dean and Chapter of the Cothedral of Gloucester, the Bishop and Clergy of the Diocese of Lichfield and Coventry, the County of Brecon, the Protestant Dissenters of London and Westminster, the Inhabitants of Caleshfil, the Bishop, Dean, and Chapter of the Cathedral of Salisbury, and from the Royal Burgh of Wick; also Addresirs to Prince Leo. row, from the Borough of Tomes', the Burgh of Dundee, the County of Argyll, the Borough of New Galloway, the Provost and Council of the City of St. Andrew's, the Inhabitants of the City of Peterborough, the Inhabitants of Harwich, the Gover nor and King's Officers of the Island of Alderney, the Presby tery of Annan, the County of Caithness, the Inhabitants of Bed ford, the City of Coventry, the College of Physicians of Edin burgh, the Borough of Bridport, the Provost and Town Council of Edinburgh, the County of Linlithgow, the Borough of Pem broke, and the City of Wells. DEATH OF THE RIGIIT HON. GEORGE Roar.— We sincerely regret to announce the death of this Right Honourable and highly respected Gentleman, which melancholy event took place at his seat at Cuffnels yesterday morning. He had for some months been in a very ill state of health, from which his ad vanced age afforded no reasonable hope of his reco very. He was little short of 80 years of age. He was a Gentleman of great talents, extensive informa tion, and most profound understanding of all com mercial, financial, and political subjects ; and rose from his own merits and industry alone to some of the most lucrative and important offices in the-Scam. He was Treasurer of the Navy, President of the Board of Trade, Clerk of Parliament, Keepet of the Records in the Receipt side of the Exchequer, one of the Lords of his Majesty's Privy Council, an Elder Brother of the Trinity House, Verderer of the New Forest, Hants, and Member of Parliament for the town of Christ Church. At an early period of his life his arithmetical talents and extensive financial knowledge recommended him to the particular atten tion of the Earl of SHELBVRNE (afterwards Marquis of LANSDOWNE), who was then First Lord of the Treasury, and he was soon after appointed one of the Secretaries to the Treasury, but resigned on the for mation'of the Coalition Administration of Lord Noatit and Mr. Fox. On the subsequent elevation to the Premiership of his friend and patron, Mr. PITT, he was again appointed one of the Secretaries to the Trea sury, and continued as senior in that situation for many years. On the retirement from office of Mr. PITT and his immediate political adherents, Mr. Rose resigned his situation, and was shortly after wards sworn of the Privy until. He was subae sequently, on the return of Mr. Prrr to office, one of , the- Paymasters-General of the Forces ; and os the retiring of the Fox Administration-from power, Mr. Rosa was appointed Treasurer of the Navy, via& important office he held to the time of hi: death. SOUTH AMERICAN AFFAIRS. The Leeward Island packet has brought letters from Trinidad to the 27th November, which exhibit a fa *gamble picture of the progress of the Independents OS the Main : " PORT OF SPAIN, NOV. 26. " I wrote to you by the last Leeward Island packet, a few days ago, since which our port has been so completely blockaded by a Spanish brig . and schooner, and a parcel of armed launches, that our communications with Guayana have been intercepted, and our supply of mules and cattle at the tom mencement of the crop rendered very precarious,— The Spaniards confined to the coast, have literally nothing to eat themselves, nor to offer us in the way of trade ; and of course it is very galling, both to the merchants and planters, to see two Spanish pri vateers in our port, and the launches anchoring and cruising on our very coasts from Point Hicacos. " The brig of war on our station is, I understand, gone up the Orinoco, so that we have, at this cri tical moment, no naval force to protect a valuable trade, even on our own coasts, and to prevent the infractions of our territorial and maritime rights which the present class of marauders are at all times disposed to infringe. I only speak of this as an un lucky occurrence, for the sloop of war has, no doubt, good reasons for her absence, and the appearance of this flotilla was sudden ; nor can it exist a moment longer than Brion is advised of its being in the Gulph. " Since I wrote the foregoing, I have seen a great many letters from Guayana, dated up to the 16th inst. A schooner loaded with mules, having luckily heard of our blockade, landed them at Guape, and the su percargo has arrived in a boat. The flechera also, in which Captain Ryan, of the ship Two Friends, I went up to Guayana, is also just returned. I have not seen him, but I am told General Bolivar hasfully confirmed all the contracts. made in London by order of the Venezuelean Government, and of course he will write to those concerned by this packet. " The news which I have collected from twenty private letters which I hai , e read, from the most respectable sources, and which you may rely upon, announce that General Bolivar, having received a dispatch from General Saraza, stating that General Morillo had advanced to San Sebastian de los Reyes, with the view of collecting his forces at Calabozo, had suspended his expedition to San Fernando de Apure, and marched direct against Morillo with an army of five thousand men, well disciplined and equipped, and provided with every thing necessary, leaving General Paez to blockade San Fernando with his cavalry and cover that valuable country. A de tachment of infantry has also been sent to assist him. General Morillo's means are so inferior, and he is so-generally detested even by the Spaniards, that his destruction appears inevitable. ‘, A confidential letter from the Intendant ofl Guayana to an emigrant friend here, states this article as I give it to you, and adds, that General Marino having fully recognized General Bolivar as supreme Chief, Civil and Military, had received orders to co-operate with Bermudez and Monagasin, in expelling the Spaniards from the province of Cu mana, that is the city of Cumana (where they have about 400 men) and the other towns on the coast, where they may have as many more, all half starved, as even the Patriots would have•been, but for the re sources from the interior. Besides Brion's squadron, the river Orinoco is protected by 35 gun-boats, and 25 large fiecheras, commanded by Dias, who, during the siege, with five launches destroyed the Spanish flotilla of l'6 He is a Margaritanean, or modern Spartan, and I have read an account of that exploit in the Eng lish papers. Margarita is now so fortified by art, and de fended by native valour, that they would laugh to scorn any expedition the Spaniards can send out.— Arismendi is building several heavy launches, to carry each a 12-pounder forward, and a 9-pounder aft. This is his fort ; the ship Two Friends is lylhg there ; the Captain is now here going to join her, and I hope to give a good account of the supporters of Despotism and the Inquisition. A late letter from a Catalan Merchant, dated at La Guayra, within this month, to his compadre here, says, he tenido la fortuna de sacar ami familia de Caracas y emviatia a Puerto I have been fortunate enough to get my family out of Caracas, and send them to Porto Rico.' How do the Spaniards stand there, when a Catalan resorts to this precau tion? It now appears there is no doubt of the revo lution planned there by the Spanish Liberates, which involved the banishment to Puerto Rico of the Cap tiro-General Moro, and the severer punishment of others--at least it is so detailed by some persons lately from Caracas. “ We have eighteen of the officers of the ship Two Friends, and thirty that came out in the brig Glad win, now here. The eighteen of the former, and eight of the latter, are resolved to go on and join Bolivar ; 22 are either vacillating, or resolved, it is said, to re turn. If they should do so without proceeding to Guayana, where the supreme Government resides, whatever they may allege, they are alone to blame Every pains has been taken by the Spanish party here. to dissuade them from persevering in their plan. I am not surprised at the Spanish Royalists doing so ; but While t think nothing could tend more to extend our commecial klaerce, thanthe introduction of respec- table Englishmen among the natives of South Arse, rice, I am not equally clear as to the policy of E ng . lishmen's joining in such counsel. However, in,', as have no opinion of their own, too frequently snfi ta by following that of others; for the man who w not give give you a dollar, is always ready to gist you advice. Ce ne coute rien.--Whaz effect, t h e news received this day from Guayana, and the d e „ cisive events preparing, may have on their deter tr a. nation, I cannot pretend to say ; but it is to be en . grated, that those who secede, did not make up fo c i minds before they left home. " General Bolivar has established a Provis i o na l Council and a Tribunal de Alta Justicia in C-axya na , until a National Congress can be legally eon7ok e d in Caracas ; and in such high estimation dor h e stand, and in such high opinion are his Institneo a , held by his countrymen, that every act tends to m . solidate public order anti security. The execazior. of so popular a man as Piar for a great delinqacx-, after a long and impartial trial, has done most to consolidate good order and discipline than any m en . sure for many years. It was the result of impei nn and melancholy necessity! Had Marino pe rte - end one moment longer in his obstinacy and fo; would doubtless have shared the same fate, ea been an exile. The Orders of General Soli- at , the Proclamation of General Bermudez, left lin ana alternative but submission and order. iF, 4 “ Some people are alarmed here for the nine ef their warehouses; for they suppose, this if S3_•2 America be free, the direct trade to the Main 7-1 supersede the necessity of them. This, at worst, ca only be to a certain extent ; but is the trade of Great Britain as a nation to be sacrificed to the transit tdie of a colony? Such a pretension can only snit Et meridian of Cadiz, and would be scouted in England, both in Parliament and upon 'Change. I expect sots to communicate great results in favour of South A. rican liberty, and of a free trade with that fine mu, try, in consequence of the vigorous, and, I trtm, dicious movements of Bolivar, whose exertions :r4 perseverance have justly entitled him to his presem high command. The Caracas Gazette says, ” sties single hair of his whiskers to fall in any part aka* rice, it would create a revolution." I would wkisixt the editor, 44 the truth is not to be told at all Urce: Liset et ab haste (loath." A Letter from Irun, of the 15th ult. states as fel lows :--" The Expedition which is about to paned from Cadiz to our colonies in South America, =de the protection of a Russian squadron, will be ea powered to make proposals to the In...urge:lts, r. : continue hostilities, according to circumstances. Se veral Civil and Military Commissioners are n: ac company it, who will offer terms of arrangers equally advantageous to the inhabitarm of America and to the mother-coantry. It is alibi, that two of the most preponderant Powers in &tope will act as mediators, and guarantee the strictest:ca. tion of the terms of pacification. Such, at 1 , ..•5t, aR the reports circulated at the Court and in 1::e informed circles of Madrid." Thus the system pursuing for the purpose of ape subjecting the South Americans to the galling yoke of the Spanish Monarchy and the Inquisition, begin to unfold itself. The Russian ships are to carry cot I Civil and Military Commissioners, whose mission is to cajole the inhabitants again to embrace LS& chains. The offered mediation of this country has been frequently spurned by the Spanish Govers ment : Russia, Austria, and Prussia, are now called in ; and, if we may credit reports, our own Govern ment again is willing to mediate—along with them! Early in July, 1810, the first offer of mediation on the part of this country was laid before the Spanish Regency then established in La Isla de Leon, what some of the Members of the Central Junta had as sembled. This mediation was totally rejected, aid on the Slst of the same month a thundering deem of blockade was issued against Venezuela by the Re gency, the inhabitants of which provinces by anotkr decree had been previously declared rebels and °c laws. In the course of this transaction the real spirt of the Spanish Government was evinced. Early in 1811, Great Britain proposed a second mediation to the Cortes, and the answers gives,' art contained in a decree of nine Articles issued by the said Cortes on the 19th June, and published i I c' Paper 20th August, 1811, of which the substzoce was, that the South Americans should acknowledge the sovereignty of Spain before the atedia6m tut place, which was, in fact, the main point in dipate, and chiefly called for the measure proposel,—Go- vernment declined carrying through a-media:km m a basis so objectionable in all its parts. Towards the dose of 1811, the British Governmcr again undertook a mediation, and Messrs. Cocas:um Summunm, and MORIER, were named as Commis sioners. A man of war was fitted out, at a con:: rable expense, and proceeded to Cadiz. Tne affi was laid before the Cortes, and the del:bcratiess thereon published in the STAR on the 26th cf gust, 1812. After many expressions of distrust rt specting the views of Great Britain in this rereved attempt to interpose, it was determined, that oat?* partial mediation could be accepted, llexico not be excluded, as it was there unsafe to give access to the British. On these terms Government refuseli interfere, and the expense was consequently thrown away. • Thus were three distinct attempts on the part l the British Government to *arrange the clisDenvz