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1 , i , . , ili 1 ' 1 1 I 1 ! ' . , , 1 1 1 1 1 il 1 3 , . , I i • 1 I ' t t '• ! 1 2 1 1 j ). i 1 ( 1 i ' I 1 i ', • t i i, i ) ' f . 1 1 . I. 4 i . 1 . 1 t i .... * , . . ~. - EAST • - ait Ihata hattVbeen received to the 31st of May. The Bombay Couria of May 30, states that the fortress of Mundlah, on the banks of the Nerbudda, has fallen to the force under General MARSHALL, without any material lens on the•part of the British. Though the place was carried by storm, , and five hundred of the enemy killed, the entire Icid" sustained in the attack only amounted to thirty na- Ores killed and wounded. In regard to BM= Row, it was reported that he had thrown himself into Asseerghur, and that he had attempted to open a negotiation with Sir J. Mabcotzt. Captain Oliatstr, who had been dismissed his Majesty's service by serf►' fence of a Court-martial, in consequence of his hav ing hoisted a broad pendant on the death of Sir Gaon& Bovtzov, Captain. SAYER, his senior Officee, being then in the India or China seas, has been re stored to the service. HAMBURGH MAIL. HAMBURGO, OCTOBtIi. 1. We have received the following document, the im portance of which renders it worthy of public atten tion. .It is the Note lately presented by the Spanish Minister for Foreign Affairs to the Ambassador Ple nipotentiary of the (inked States of America, and which contains the Protest against the occupation of a part of the territory of Florida : - NOTE. Sta—ln the department tonhded to me, disagreeable aeedunts continue to be received concerning the nature and circumstances of the late events in Florida, and the hostile proceedings of the American General Jackson, and the troops under his command, le the territory of those Provinces which belong to his Majesty. Besidea the facts to which I invited the attention of your Excel lency in my Notes of the'eath of July, and of the 6th and 11th of this month, I have now before me the copy of a Capitulation which it appears followed the hostilities committed by that Ge nera/ against the fortress of Pensacola, and in consequence of which the Spanish garrison has been conveyed to the Ilavannah. In my preceding Notes I had-the honour to inform your Excel lency, that notwithstanding the muticular character of violence which seemed to mark the actions and operations of General Jackson since his first entrance into the Ploridas, his Majesty, although led to consider these proceedings as the arbitrary acts of the said General, was convinced that the Government of the United States would no longer delay to disapprove them, as soon as they came within its knowledge, and that proper orders would immedbte'y be given, not pmly or the evacuation of the territory invaded, bat abo for the separation of the damage oc casioned, and for the restoration of the property taken, which belonged as well to his Majesty and Spanish subjects, as also to strangers who livid then under the protection of his li!ajesty's Government. It could not be presumed, without offi•nee to the integrity of the American Government, that there world be any delay in giving satisfaction to a friendly Power, and to all civilized Nations, this testimony of respect for those principles on which the maintenance of social order depends. It was whh profound of lictioa that his Majesty learnt from the subsequent' reports of his Minister at Washington, that as the first excesses of Genoa! Jackson had not been disapproved, he had not hesi tated to continua his acts of violence, and desolated with fire end sword every thing upon the Spanish territory, where he met with the resistance which a sense of honour prescribed to some small garrisons which were attacked in the midst of peace by a numerous body of troops. In general, the territory of his Ma. jetty was attacked in the most eel:eking meaner; the fortresses and depots of asses have been taken by force, the garrisons made prisoners, and then sent out of the Provinces where his Majesty bad ordered them to serve; nay, subjects of Powers in friend. ship with his Majesty have been executed upon Spanish ground, and this act of barbarity cloaked with judicial forms which in that situation and in those circumstances can only be considered as a refinement of cruelty. It cannot be doubted but these ex cesses are known to the Government of Washington; emelt does not yet appear that orders are given to put an end to them. oe tofgive to the Spanish Government the only satisfaction which they admit of. In this situation, his Majesty considers it to be due to his own dignity, and that of the people whom he governs, to order me, at the same time that Jagoin most solemnly profeet against all that has been done by General Jackson from the day that he set hit foot on the territory of Florida, to add further, that your Excellency will he pleased to inform your Govern. mcnt, that the King is of opidion " that front the nature of the s mid injuries and really hostile proceedings, the course of the ne gotiations pending between the two Powers is, and must re main interrupted and broken off, till the Government of the United States has marked the conduct of General Jackson in a manner suitable to its honour, and which it seems can be no other than to disapprove of the.excesses committed, to give or ders to place things on the same footing as they were in before the invasion, and to inflict an appropriate punishment on the author of se many disorders." It is extremely disagreeable to his Majesty to be compelled to this declaration, which is a more necessary consequence of the nature of th e affair than an act of his Royal will, whose wishes and endeavours have always been directed to making an equitable arrangement of the matters in debate between the two Govern ments ; but the whole impartial world will equally recognize, in the present state of things, the impropriety that must ensue, if negotiations, which suppose a state of perfect political fr.erutsiiii, were to be continued, at a time when such great insults hate been offered without provocation. The occupation of the larger and better part of klorida, in 1810, by the United States, who deprived his Majesty, during his captivity, of a country of which he was in peaceable pose.esion, under pretences which, if they had bees even well-founded, ought never to have been en forced by violence; and the late improper attack on Amelia teland, were facts of the same nature and tendency, equally un just in their principle, and equally protested against on the part of Spain but as they were less offensive in their kind, and un der the circumstances, his Majesty believed, at the same time, that he gave ptoofs of his moderation ; that he might wait for smisfaction on these points, till the definitive arrangement of the points in dispute, which it was expected would soon take place. , The same is not the case in the present instance: the American has no claim, either founded or unfounded, to the territory which General Jackson has attacked; no real or pretended re veled= of the inhabitants could serve u a pretext; no previous attack by robbers, which was alledged as a reason for the un just seizure of Amelia laland. The Spanish 'fag was flying on the fortresses of San Marco and Pensacola, when they were attacked; and to complete the measure of insult, that has been taken by violence which his Majesty lied offered in the pending etegociations to cede to the United States in an honourable manner, so that it seems to have been preferred to seize it by violence n-' ;her than to arqnire It from the generous friendship of the King. These extr.eirdinary circumstances have induced his Majesty to take the resolution, that it is incompatible with the dignity of his exalted character to continue the negotiations till an affair has been settled and terminated in a suitable manner, which takes the precedence of all other points in dispute between the two Governments, and which, front its importance, is calculated essentially to change in their whole extent the political relations between the two countries. At the same time, to give a proof of the peaceable and mode rate sentiments which characterized the conduct of the Spanish Government, I must acquaint your Excellency, that his Ma jetty. in charging 113 e to communicate to his Minister at Wash , legton the declared rupture of the negotiations, has likewise commanded me to inform him, that, if the Government of the United State, had given, or should give, the only satisfaction which the circumstances admit of, and w hich his Majesty may expect from the justice and probity of that Government, he may, in that caw, continue the negotiations kgain, without applying to . Lis Majesty for new orders to authorise him to continue them. Ir making to your Excellency this communication, I cannot omit to state to you how painful it has been to me that this un expected obstacle should occur just at the time when I flattered myself with the hope of seeing the political relations, and the most perfect harmony bevereen the two Governments, re-esta blished upon solid and durable foundations. I renew to your Excellency the assurance of any distinguished respect, and pray to GOD to preserve your Excellency many years—Your Excellency :s most devoted servant, Madrid, August TO, 1818 - PIZARRO. To dia Diimixr,, of the Lk, e 4 wtates from his Cetbolic 414icsty. AIX-LA-CHAPELLE, OCTOBER 7. PRIVATR LETTER. 6 To-day the Fmperor of Austria has appeared In public for the first time since Sunday last. He paid a visit this morning to the Emperor Alexander, and remained with him about a quarter of an hour. His Imperial Majesty's indisposition was not merely a political illness, an indisposition to hold a court, or To *attend a ball on his fete-day, but a real illness arising a cold, which confined him to his bed chamber for a day or two, and required the atten dance and aid of his physicians. The conferences of Ministers on Monday and yes tefday were held at the residence of Prince Metter nich. On the former day,Lord Castlereagh, imme diately after the conference was concluded, waited upon the. Emperor Alexander. The greatest dis patch, as I have formerly observed, is employed in forwarding the . negociations. The Allied Ministers generally meet at_ten o'clock , in the morning, and continue their deliberations till twelve at noon. They sometimes again assemble in the evening, to consult each other's views, and to expedite the business of their mission. T he retired nature of the place se lected for the. Congress, and the complete absence of all amusements, are exceedingly favourable to diplomatic dispatch, both by depriving Ministers of all motives for a protracted stay, and by allowing them time to execute their political duties, without interfering with their social engagements. " The Sovereigns seem to have nearly as few re creations as Charles V. after his abdication, though they do not i upon themselves his severity 4 1 penance. The l s n e g of Pi trWa gives a sufficient evi; dente that he feels the evening hang heavy on bri hand, by frequenting almost every night a wretched' theatre, which he has not yet been able to induce his brother Monarchs to visit. All the spectacles that can be got up, and all the parties that may be club bed here, will form but a bad substitute for the ever varying diversions and splendid novelties of a great capital like Vienna or Paris. The theatre is unat tractive, except to the King of Prussia ; there can be no military reviews, as there are few troops ; the relics have been seen, or may be seen in an hour.— Madame Catalani has not yet begun to sing, and 'cannot sing always ; our Bourgeois balls can have few attractions for Monarchs or Ministers ; and the announced experiments of our remale aeronauts are almost forgotten. " We havebad to-day, to be sure, a new and un* expected species of amusement, in a grand display of the pugilistic art. Each of the allied nations seems to be here represented by its people as well as by Its Ministers. France sends its restorateurs and its man- Otinds de modes, Germany its musicians and jugglers, and England is represented by its dandies and boxers. Carter, the champion of England, and Cooper and Ciregson, calling themselves its first boxers, announced yosterday their arrival, and advertised a display of tlioir prowess under the title of dear grand: arsauts de 4 5oxe, which were fixed for'to-day and to-morrow. Thiry accordingly exhibited a sparring match this mewling on the Old Redoubt, to all who chose to pay sive francs of admission ; and as they declared in the it hand-bill, that they had the honour of show ing ofk' before the first persons in Europe, a consi derable number of English amateurs and foreigners, not, of c i , urse, of the fancy, attended to witness their pugilistic skill. " Count Lieven, the Russian Ambassador at Lass...l don, arrivrid here last night, accompanied by hSi Lady and e'aughter, and his Secretary, M. Poggers. pohl. Cott % tress Lieven will be an acquisition to the• very limited number of female fashionables now In' Aix-la-Chapelle. The Princess of Tour and Taxis ; has fitted up stpartments to receive the distinguished society at present here." " OCTOBER e. " Tuesday lain General Count Maison, who in the war of the Rep üblic was Aid-de-Camp to Moreau, who was afterwa rds Governor of Paris, and who, as commander of the troops at Calais, received the King on his landing in .1814, had a long audience of the Emperor Alexaner, T, in which a very interesting con versation took plac z on the spirit of parties and state of things in France " With a perfect .confidence in the future tranquil lity of France, thus entertained by Sovereigns and Ministers, the policy and necessity of the evacuation was scarcely an oltjact of discussion. The bases of the convention on this great point were fixed at the second or third conftrence, without any opposition from any quarter, or any difference of opinion. a The general arrangement we believe to be nearly as we stated it a few days ago—namely, that the contributions will be paid in nine months from the signature of the tree.y, either by instalments at the intervals of two months, or by monthly instalments of 31,000,000 per mouth; that Messrs. Baring and Co. are securities for their payment; and that the troops will leave France about the end of this month. " The reports•in circulation in London for some time past, about the disposition of the Emperor Alex ander towards the exile of St. Helena, and his de termination to make the treatment of which the latter complains a subject of discussion at Congress, with the view of procuring an alleviation of his lot, of a removal of some of the restrictions to which he is subjected, are totally devoid of foundation. a It is believed, that in consequence of the decision of Congress with regard to the evacuation of France, the Allied troops will be reviewed preparatory to their departure, between 15th and 20th instant. The English contingent will be reviewed on the 17th, end, the Prussian and Russian on the 18th and 19th. The greatest part of the Prussian troops now in France will be distributed for the winter in the Prussian Rhe nish provinces, a part of them in Westphalia, and a part on the left bank of the Rhine. Great casernes are already prepared at Cologne. Numbers will be sta tioned at Coblentz and Ehrenbreitstein. Even Bonn, the seat of the new University, will have a garrison. a Mr. Clarkson, the zealous friend and indefati gable promoter o f Slave Trade Abolition, has re paired hither to exert himself in the cause of justice and freedom. Though the Allied Sovereigns now assembled in Aix-la-Chapelle possess neither colonies nor slaves, yet their influence must be great over those States that have not yet completely abolished the infamous traffic, or have not adopted the most efficacious means of enforcing the abolition ; and 4uch influence this apostlenf humanity has come to invoke in behalf of the Africar.s. There is perhaps little probability that, skis cit:Nion of the abolitioA will be LONDON. MONDAY, OCTOBER 12, 1818. TILE FUNDS. TheXxchequer Bills have become quite a drug upon the Market, in consequence of the sudden and utfixpested influx of £700,000 on Thursday. This day they commenced at 18 premium, but after selling 5000 the day they were issued, scarcely any have been disposed off since—the public will not look at them. Consols commenced to-day at 75ii, and but little business doing; several accounts have bsen made up to-day at that price, to-morrow being the settling-day. We have received to-day American Papers to the 20th ult. The part of their contents of most impor tance to the English reader is the folios.. ing Order, which has been issued by the Treasury at Washing ton, in consequence of the late Order in Council of this country, declaring the ports of Halifax and St. John's open to vessels of the United States for the im portation of certain specified articles. It is matter of real regret that there should be any thing in the re strictive colonial system of Great Britain, which should oblige the Americans, from a principle, as they declare, of " selt-preservation," not only to spurn the sort of concession which has been made to them , but to persist, with increased severity, in the retalia tory measures which they have thought it necessary to adopt. A system of the greatest possible reciprocal favour would assuredly be the system best suited to the interests of both countries: • “ ORDER OF THE TREASURY. " Comptroller's Office, Aug. 51, 181 6. " To tlee Collector, &c. " Sal►--Sbnce the passage of the Act of Congress of thelast Session, concerning Navigation, an order of the British Council is understood to have been issued, founded upon an Act of Par.. Lament, whereby the ports of Halifax, in the province of Nova.. Scotia, and St. John's, in that of New Brunswick, have been opened to vessels of the United States, for the importation of certain specified articles, and for a term of time limited by the Act of Parliament to three years and six weeks after the com mencement of the Session of Parliament then next ensuing ; and by the Order of Council, subjected to the further limitation of contingent further order. As neither this Act of Parliament, nor the Order in Council, issued under its authority, have ef feeted any alteration of the ordinary laws of navigation and trade, by which the ports of Halifax and St. John's are closed against vessels owned by citizens of the United States; neither can they in any manner affect the operation of the Act of Con gress, coacerning Navigation, of the lath of April, 1018. " The ports of the United States will :therefore be closed Against British vessels from Halifax and St. John's, in like man ner as if no such Act of Parli.uuent Jed Ut tier of Council had been issued. " It is considered that the second section of the Act ccncern ing Navigation. taken with the proviso guarding against any construction of the Act which might violate the Commercial Convention of July 3. 1815, leaves a discretionary authority to dispense with the exaction of the bonds prescribed by that see tion, In cases of vessels and cargoes manifestly engaged only in the direct trade between the United States and the British ports in Europe. You will, therefore, require those bonds and securities to be given, for all such articles, laden by British vessels fur expor ' tatiun from the United States, as ate suitable for the Colonial market s, or are permitted by the British laws, to be imported into them. " Among the articles for which the bonds and securities Must be taken, are, scantling, planks, staves, beading, boards; shin gles, hoops, horses, great cattle, sheep, hogs, poultry, Grille° stock of any sort; dried, smoked or pickled fish; bread, biscuit, flour, peas, beans, potatoes, wheat, rice, oats, barley, or grain of any sort ; pitch, tar, turpentine, fruits, seeds, and tobacco. 'rbe articles upon the exportation of which in rritiOt ves sels the bonds and securities may be dispensed with, are cotton, sugar, indigo, flax seed, coffee, pot and pearl ash, and generally all articles not of the growth, produce, or manufacture of the I.lDitcd States. " In the circular instrections from this department of the itaith ult. are contained the following words :--• A British vessel sailing from a port not opened to vessels owned by ritizt us of the United States, entering a port which is open, unlad there,' and taking the same or some other cargo on board, and clearing thence for a port of the United States, cannot be admitted to an entry.' " liming been advised that a more extensive construction will probably be given to these words by some of the Ceilecwrs of Customs, than the words were intended to convey, I take oc casion to observe, that although the expression, ' a port which is open,' as there used, was meant to have reference more im mediately to British colonial ports, yet it is to be construed ::150 as applyineto British ports in Europe, bet rot is an I.,:limited alms:. A lirittsh vessel taking in a cargo at an occludod purr, soling, thence for a British European port, there unlading the same, and taking a new cargo on board, no part thereof haviug at any time been brought in the same vessel front a:: ueeltstled port, and t.onsiAing of aitislcs which nu) be Erwiall) i,nporttd into the Coite4 States in vessels owned by TritiA lab)o, be entitled to an entry. 4 ` The same privileges, it is to he observed, howeret, ci be extended to 13ritish vessels employed between dil l y labial ports.a a. " In the former cue, the vess!ls may Lc confide ed 4' 4 ;6, 1 become entitled to the benefu.. o.' t! Lannerchl Ctinst of the 3d July, lets; whil st i n t h e latter, the trad e t. 7 beivh s Convention placed upon the footing that each of the Ces tr , r Parties, retaining the complete posses:ion of its right u.. 4 nuke any regulations In relation to such trade, as it mittg it , expedient, the vessels are liable to the disqualificatio n 0 :4 Act of Congress of the last Session, corcer.d.7gra.,; otat law itself is an act of self-preserrati4n, art' Inte:ldod to act the restrictive colcilial system of Gro.t . The follov: ing intelligence re - pect:ng th e Tt zuelian Patriots is given unler the head of W a i, ton, September 7: Curocva Papers to July 4, rcfntior: Nos cargoes of naval and military stores at 31argaretta;! frigate had been seen towing the Spanish sloop sf st; full of troops, towards Five Islands, where the Par depot ; that Bernard and three other Patriot dicers sentenced to be hung for piracy and iasubordinar convoy of Spanish vessels from Laguira and Posts t reached Curacoa; and that Brion had had all um! the Spanish fleet. and captured two brigs, whtr made off." Other accounts from St. Thomas's, dated of August last, give news from Venezue/ say that General PA EZ had the hardihocd the rivers and make an attack, with his cavalry, on the Royalists in the plains of who, not suspecting any danger, were rep perfect.security, and were completely dem enterprising Chief. The Royalists at fare in consequence been thrown into great cr lest they should be also unexpectedly vii The foilowing intelligence from the Rio gives an account of another victory obtai Patriots in Chili :—The Captain of th e arrived in the Chesapeake from linens ports another splendid victory to have bee by the Patriots on the 21st of May, at which the enemy lost 300 men, together rah Buines and two Colonels. The troops sented to have rushed forward with great'. He further states, that the Viceroy of Pert for an exchange of prisoners in future, whi triots had offered before under the guars' flag of the United States, bui their propos' rejected. The above action had cooled of the Royal Viceroy, and great rc . ',olcings petted to take place. We observe in the latest Numbers of tht phia Aurora, a series of able and well-itiff pers, on the state of the relations between States and Spain, particularly wits rest 'Flolidas and the seizure of Pensacola. Th ings of both countries arc placed is meta View which are new to us, and ere ospe; equally so to the majority of politic;aas of the A -- t ..sutac—not the least curious of that Jona:Atli,' who is generally supped outdone the Spaniards in regard to the Fl belt himself egregiously duped by the tl niystifwation of Don ONIS. We commer wit the subjoined extract from these shall endeavour to present the of in our next: " Florida is not ceded to the United St: promised to the United States, that if were driven out by the United States, thin reignty would be transferred to the Unite( a special treaty--that treaty has ant been t nor is it the policy of the Diplomatic Co, shall be concluded; and the wretched and prevaricating system of little expedients an mcnt from the eyes of the American penpi duced the circumstances which now conic scriptions of men. Had our Administrat, an open, frank, and manly course of con& lation to South America and Spain, all • cation and humiliation would have been "But the South American question was as connected with the question of a fatty tial election ; and a desire Is damn a petitor, whose influence it was feared we: merited by the triumph of that cause, ca aggravate and distort the insincerity ant the Cabinet policy. Had there been in men of open and unhackneyed minds, in. veiling misanthropy and unstable prit Mr. MoNnot determined to consult his and acted up to the early vigour of his principles, and not upon other irTulses, tion would not have been slurred by thr of his anomalous counsels and damning and the country would ncrt have incurret of faith, a stain that rivals Cathage. " The Spanish Minister, tided by th 'the Portuguese, and French, prccipitatt armed with TOLEDO'S disclosures, en States Government. There was :19 pass, of pen and ink. The only remedy in t tional affairs, is said to be a revolution—. remedy that here offered was a revalue politics. Dos Osis tendered a transfe. reignty of Florida with a sine qua non--az , . cutive embraced the overrate with :Se prisoner relieved from durance. " It was proposed that the sovereigr.tT of r :ould be ceded to the United Stat....€, the be the subject of a subsequent cegccia:ien the cession under the circumstances of the ev'• tiou by the rcbds of South America wcuiJ be 'sidcred t.) contp: - omi:ing the dir.rty 111 1 ▪ d iltrt.l, gI le od 1 ,E 05 . 1 ialel( netv.l beit • he Ce.o; r .. u 4; it tuittdit.... UI itz:too a 014 i 0 !ed to g the t e . of Wa < ab ton Fit? '.:11, 1 fr ; thr. Pe, Sill .f icon I n d i t inatioo ; 4, 03 rto Tagnter. tja tkatitaon I.a e net 1 the such, w.* th al to n i l is amai n Ti of Tar* de tepoi l y to fired by thi s aracczs base . .s.nnernaties, ;ited, tb io delarata, rained by the fr to • )3 Ayres, been . at Par* * t 4 rKithGr ps ;se . intrepi • 'era had ) which the ' a waive ef • 1 *titles ed tie and rgs wete the F.: . • I informed P 1 espect to t. Te.e Ft • 'eral points c spelt aOl • a on Clis of which i ,Ned to hz. Fiotidas, L , canning . mence P of the 'e, r , iG Ftatec. It • f the Pt. that the ifed States. en c0n5;..12,. Cor pr, Cna: r ind fiel,le a- ( s and conse' t 4)ple, has T 7. , ofound all , eati.l) Fume. , onduct, in . 11 this most,: en avoided. was eonsi.lo: wore presidt furze cc. wanid be contribn:eti tad :oysters in the Cab - ingcad of .rinciples; ; is own h is CWT polio: sea, his rep rte incon t .• taS assechq s rred, for b:e tlac atte. them •c.s :m the Us: .*: • dcs;er:e t —and the ation C.. - fez of :he •. ;--and the F. Sr v c f rc: the v•rir cia:ion! of the a would h'ec ~f taken tip formally by Congress ; but the exertions of Mr. Clarkson and other friends of that measure with the Allied Sovereigns individually, when seconded $ by the recommendations of the English Minister, can not be lost, or fail to produce beneficial results.— Lord Castlereagh, among other memorials which he I has brought with him from England, on different subjects and from different individuals, is the bearer of one from Mr. Wilberforce, on the Slave Trade, which he will of course present, if any opportunity occurs for making it a matter of discussion. The exertions of Mr. Clarkson, who will make it his busi ness to obtain audiences of the Allied Sovereigns, particularly of the Emperor Alexander, for explain ing the detail of the question, and enforcing the views of the abolitionists, will come in aid of the represen tations of the Minister, and the pleadings of the ablest advocate of the cause. Among the memorials also which Lord Castlereagh has brought with him is one from Sir Joseph Banks on the subject of the Barbary Powers.—Madame Vitrolles, the Ambassatrix of the Ultras, is said to have made several attempts to ob tain an interview with the Emperor Alexander, with out effect: she therefore left Aix-la-Chapelle yester day in despair, and is now on her way to Paris." THE EVENING STAR