Star. — London, England, 1818-08-11 00:00:00

AMERICAN PAPERS. WASHINGTON, JULY 10. The Chevalier Don Onis, the ixlinister of Spain, an•ived in this city frum the northward a day or two ago. BOSTON, JULY IN The following remarks appear in a Boston Paper of the Bth ult. : It was long since said, that the Floridas must be ours by hook or crook,' and there can be little reason S:. Augustine should not follow thn fate of Pensacola. The show of resistance may be stronger in the f;.riner than the latter, because its population is much larger, its castle tSt. John) is a strong place of four bastions, a curtain ISO feet long, a parapet 9 feet thick, and a rampart 80 feet high, casemated,: arched, and homb-procf. But fall it must, if the Powers that he say it shall. •' We repeat the conviction, that the Administra tion do not expect a rupture of peace from events occurring in the Floridas. If they did, would they not, directly or indirectly, have cautioned the com mercial interest against extensive adventures ? It would he their duty so to do, and we have not seen in them any dereliction of their duty to the American merchants. There are numemus contradictory speculations in the Aurora, and other Papers, on the existing affairs of Spain with the United States. Well-informed men in Washington write, that there will be no war between the two countries; on the, contrary, that the Spanish Minister is authorised and instructed to make the best treaty of accommodation he can for the preservation of the peace. Every one ! knows the policy of the Allied Sovereigns is peace—' a long peace to enable Europe to recover from het ! onerous condition. Spain has laid her case, as it re spects the• United States, before them ; and we have no doubt has received for answer, that they caimot commit the tranquillity of Europe, to gratify indivi dual petulance, or to resent unimportant wrongs; that if Spain will go to war with the United States, on a•zcount of the - Florid:is, spoliations, or any ether trifling cause, she must light single-/sanded. Knowing this, and that she cannot cope with the United States, nor have the smallest chance of preserving her co lonies in case of war, we have no doubt that Spain has, ere this, given orders to her Minister in America to propose a treaty fur the accommodation of all sub jects in controversy between the two countries ; and tf ao better ter ms can be obtained, to reli ati the conquests we have made in the Eoridas, and to cede the balance of these provinces to the United States, demanding at the same time so:,,u remunera tion in cash. The poverty and weakness of Spain must, we think, compel her to these offers. • BO:ITON, JULY is. SO/CRENDER OS EASTPORT.--.-011 the 3Ch of June last, at seven o'cicck in the morning, Eastport was' surrendered in due form to General Miller, on behalf of-the United Star. Ci. There were about 100 British troops at that place ; but General Miller having only a subaltern command of 35 men, under Lieutenant 'Merchant, the British troops embarked, leaving the same number to surrender the Island. General Miller was very politely received by the British authorities. Tne American troops marched up to take pr,ssession, and the &kill _presented arms ; the British flag was thea lowered and, the American hoisted, a national salute deed, and music striking up" Yankee Doodle," and the citizens who had assembled giving three hearty cheers. The British ',loons who had been left then embarked with their comrades, and three cheer;, accompanied by " Yankee Doodle," were given by the English troops. As soon as the Atnentaan flag was hoisted, General Miller observed to Colonel Sur rant, the a",cnt on the part of this commonwealth, diat he was happy to have it in his power to inform him that Eastport was again within the jurisdiction and limits of the State at Massachusetts. Words earl not express the joy and satisfaction of the inhabitants of Eastpott. at once more being restored to the great American family. General Miller sras accompanied by Lieutenant Allison, his Aide-de-Camp, and by Dr. benjamin Waterhouse. The succeeding day a public dinner was given to' General Miller, by the inhabitants of Eastport, in testimony of thehohigh satisfaction at the riStotAtion of the island, and as a tribute of reipect to Otis gallant and meritorious Officer. j uL y 11,_W e have learnt many important facts Es to the occupation of Pensacola, &c. which shall in due time be promulgated. lice Subject which more nearly interests us is that the places which we now occupy and have recsntly been taking possession of, should not be relinquished, and that the whole of the Florida: shodld be inmediaLly :mired and never given up. • - A Grand Jury of Georgia, in a late presentment against gaming, Mate, •ha: they have lean informed that one cl , dinra per ga:ne haVe been lost and won in playing at marblcs. They have also presented one Cleon Nally, for blasphemy ; and the surviving principal and the seconds in a Fitstl duel. • JULY 15.—EXTRAORDIN A N.Y II RAT or THE WEA.• rusit.—This summer, thus far, has been like those experienced befove the great solar eclipse. The heat since Friday last hiss been very intense ; the thermo meters fre l u,s:tly indicating it at from f.:O to 98 chg. In Salem, on Saturday, Dr. Ibel Yorkc's thermome ter rose to 98 degrees, and on Sunday to over :);) deg. in another in that town, the mercury for two da) s, in the shade, stood at 100 deg. The United Statei frigate Congress, from South America, arrived in Hampton Roads on Wednesday last. Tsre of the Commissioners who went out in her have returned ; the third remains at Chili. BALTIMORE, JULY 3. Waving for the pre;!!nt all objections to the mode of proceeding, and indulging our feelingt, it is enough to know that the blow is struck'. Let not the Govan anent shrink from the perform. tnce of that, which is' due to itself :tad the nation. Lei it now act up to B he le: it sustain the attitude, in which the course of events has placed it, let us now hear no more of thirtvea 'years negotiation," and of waiting longer without an effort ; let us I.,tve all the advantages which the progress of our arms has secured to us. if the insane imbecility of a (4overnment, as unjust and insolent a; it is feeble and despicable, has forced us Into an attitude of hostility, aud obliged us to do our selves justice in hart, by'foree, kt us not shrink, let not the Executive •iht`iuk, from that attitude, aud fail to triair.tain the advantagep, which injustice has com pelled us to achieve. The opinion entertained on this rsubject by General Jackson, is very evident from his conduct. Tire Spanish Governor and garrison would not have been sent to Cuba, had not die General be lieved, that there was no further occasion for their services in North America. It is manifestly his wish that the country sh.lll.tie retained in possession of the United Stites.' 1 1 , , i • 1 ! 1 ! .1 , 1 1 . • t( 1 • . i • . + • I 1 , , r ,l c . 1 I,ii l i I , I 1 , , Y 1 .4 0 , A 4 A 0 ' i i • • 1 .. 1 . i ,• WI. ' ~., I : I ,; , • 4) ~ $, 1 1 , , ' r Ili i !I i ; II CI 1 1 t i \ , TRENTON, (N. J.) JULY 6. Not singrazr, but rery taireetonabk7—Our News paper-men speak quite disrespectfully of Ferdinand, King of Spain, because, in the Royal Order for the liberation of Richa:d Meade, Esq: late American Consul at Cadiz, who had been imprisoned by his orders, these is an acknowledgment that the said iin priconment was unjust ; and further, that there is also a plain admission in the said Order, that he prefers setting the malt at liberty to a national quarrel with this country on that account. For this conduct, our Newspaper Editors deal out many hard and contemp tuous epithets upon Ferdinand and Old Spain. Now I suppose were these Editors, who thus deride Spain and her King, at the head of a nation, and had wi ongfully treated a citizen of another State, they would rather persist in the wrong than retract it— and also, would rather involve their country in war than do a righteous act, kst it should be imputed to fear. This snms to be their principle of action, if we may infer any thing from their conduct in rela tion to this matter, and it is probably consonant to the rules of worldly honour. But how adverse are such nations to justice and Christianity ! What better can a man do, who, having committed wrong, con fesses his fault, and amends his ways; yet-poor Fer dinand gains no credit with us by turning from the evil of his ways, although for the benefit of one of our own countrymen, but meets with nothing but de rision and contempt. :ORFOLK, JULY 8. We learn from Captain Carroway, of the sloop Howard and James, arrived here yesterday, in 15 days, from Porto Rico, that a British frigate (we be lieve la Pique) arrived at Aquadilla on 18th June, for the purpose, as supposed, of examining the bar sours and ports of Porto Rico, having previously looked carefully into all the ports, bays, and harbours of St. Domingo. Captain Carroway further states, that con .ribuLions had been recently levied on the in habitants of Porto Rico, for the purpose of putting ,he fortifications at the west end of the island in a good state of repair; and considerable military para;ioos were manifest in that quarter of the island, the Obj:ct c.f which we are left to conjecture. THE EVENING STAR LONDON. TUESDAY, AUGUST 11, 1818. THE FUNDS. I RIDE or STOCKS THIS DAY AT TWELVR O'CLOCK : Red:iced 77.1 78--00n5.77i }—for Acc. Si per Cents.BBl-4 per Cent. 971 5 per Cent. Navy 1031 106—Bonds 94 96 pre. Omni= I disc.—Exchequer Bills IS 20 prem. TRUE CASE OF MR. ARBUTHNOT. Mr. AnstrrnxoT was long in the territory of the Seminole Indians as a private trader, and from the extent of his dealings, and a character naturally cal culated to inspire respect, had acquired considerable influence among them. The Indians, kept out of certain !ands which. the Americans had, by treaty with Great Britain, the ally of the Indians, solemnly stipulated to restore to them, and constantly harassed by new inroads on the part of the Americans, applied to Mr. AnatTrasor, as a respectable British subject, to solicit the British Government to obtain from the Americans the fulfil ment of that treaty, and the observance of relations of justice and amity towards the Indians. A com mission to this effect, signed by all the principal Se minole Chieftains, was delivered to Mr. Aastrrincor. Mr. ARBUTHNOT tnmsmitted the reprecentation which he was thus commissioned by the Indians to make, to the proper British Authorities. 11,2 was rccognized in hi; character of Commissioner or Agent for the Indians, and desired from time to time to me morialize the British Government, with respect to any' further.facts which might come under his observa tion respecting the points at issue. While resident among the Seminole Indians, with these lawful and recognized objects, and pursuing at the same time his speculations as a private trader, Mr. ARBUTHNOT received a letter from a certain Mr. HAMBLY, who had, in the time of the war be tween Britain and the United States, been employed as a British agent among the Indians, and at the conclusion of the war been left among the Indians to attend to their interests, but had since gone over to the Americans—which letter intimated to Mr. ARBUTHNOT, that the Americans, assuming that the whole cause of complaint Was on their side against the Seminole Indians, had resolved upon a complete proscription or extermination of the whole tribe, as the shortest way of determining the truth and justice of the case, and warning Mr. AatruT*NoT to get out of the way of the signal vengeance which was' spuedilt to fall on the Indians, and all their abettors. Mr. ARBUTHNOT'S disregarded the warning: con fiding in the protection of a mistral territory--con tiding in the inviolability of his person as a British subject—confiding in the perfect propriety and fair ness of the whole of his proceedings—he remained at his settlement, true to his friendship to the Indio:ls, and true to the fealty which he owed to his owa country, as at peace with the United States. The Americans did accordingly send an armed force. under General JACKSON, into the Sun:in:lle territory, to carry into execution the barbarous edict of cription which they had pronounced—to " put td death every hostile warrior""—to sn:vr none but 44 the women and children."—And this their course or massacre they found this British subject and agent, Mr. ABIHTIINOTT, living peac'enbly at his treding settlement in the woods : they seized him as a HMI and ally of the Indians--they tried him (if such Pro ceeding trial can be called), fcr the allege., crime of assisting an oppressed people in the vindication of their right's, and assisting in the vindication of the character of his own country, which had guaranteed these rights—they found him guilty of this, in which there was no guilt--and, with nothing hnrrying them to the. deed but a savage thirst fur extermination, with every good motive to induce them to refer a case of this kind to the deliberate disposal of the Go vernments of the two parties--they condemned this British subject and authorized British agent to suffer instant death, as a felon and an outlaw!!! Such is, we believe, a true statement of that case, which is now before the tribunal of British opinion for its decision. We have seen the documents on which it rests ; we know the channel through which we have received them to be worthy of every credi:; and we are persuaded that in all its leading particu lars it will be found, on farther inquiry, substantially correct. Far, very far are we from having any de sire to incite unnecessarily a spirit of hostility be tween the two countries ; but conceiving that there is a point beyond which forbearance in a Nation be comes the basest and most abject submission, we feel that we should be greatly wanting in our duty to our Country, did we allow an act which, if made out to the extent which has been stated, does bring it within that limit, to pass ovcc without expos ing as clearly and distinctly as we can, the whole merits and bearings of the case—Whether the case of Antaantsesa, executed at the same time wiih Mr. ARBUTHNOT, and also a Brittsh subject, be of a sinti far description, we are not yet in possession of the means of determining ; but there is in that of Mr. ARBUTHNOT quite enough to demand from our Go vemment the most prompt earnest, and indignant enquiry into bo;h. • .tome other important considerations, connected with this question, as far as it affects the interests of our Canadian frontier, we mast defer till to-morrow. We give to-day some farther extracts from private letters received front Trinidad, respecting the state of the Republican cause in Venezuela; which skew that we must take with very considerable qualifications the reported successes of the Royalist army, as stated yesterday, on the authority of General Moniu.o's own dispatches to that island. Extract of a Lettor from a Gentleman in Valparaiso to his friend in Philadelrhia, dated April 29, : " I inclose you a list of the Sp4: - .idi squadron now cruizing off this port : " The Venganza, 44, 2 very fast tailor; Etviaralda, 62; Sin S;:bastiano, 18; Portrillo, of 14 ; Pazula, 16; Trauli and Indus, d guns, the whole or which are wzll nunnad and equipped. " In consequence of a Petition presented to Cap tain Biddle, of the Ontario, by the Ameticans and English at this place, he will not leave the port until the decisive blow is struck. Most of the crews and several of the Officers of the American ships have de serted in consequence of the large boant:es c)fFerei by the privateersmen. Several cruizers have been taken by the blockading squadron, and the clews sent to prison, to be tried as pirates. The forts and batteries are in good order, and have 100 U men." The Paris Papers of Saturday arrived this morn ing, but their contents are %I:Liu:port:mt.—Five per Cents. Friday, 78 fr. 20 c. Mr. PLANTA k to accompany Lord CASTLEREAGH to Ail-la-Chapelle, or rather to follow him, as he cannot take his departure from town till after the re turn of Mr. 1-lAmir,rox from' 6eotland. The Con gress, however, will not meet for the transaction of business till the 7th or tith of September. Prince LEOPOLD will leave England in a few days after the PIUNCE RECENT'S birth-Jay. Sunday, Earl Barnonsr, and several other official Gentlemen, dined at Claremont, as a farewell din ner, with Prince LEOPOLD, and the Duke and Da chess of KENT. The Duke and Duchess of CAMBRIDGE left Kew yesterday for London. The Bishop of SODOB and MAN, accompanied by his lady and her mother, the Countess of KINNOUL, is arrived in the Isle of Man. There remains at this time but one single fragment of the once-famous strong-hold.ofthe Earls of Ross, at Dingwall, in Scotland, the whole site having now a crop of oats growing upon it. The Earl of YAIIMOUTIi has resigned as one of the Members of the Sub-Committee of Drury-laic Theatre. Mr. WALPOLE has also resigned. So intense was the heat at Sonthampton on Wed nesday last, that a carpet, lying under a skylight, in a store-room of a c:ibinet. maker of that town, wa, nearly burnt before it was discovered. Sir JOHN OLDstixon died lately in America, where he removed from this country several years ago. Sir JOHN married Miss Geortos, a celebrated vocal per former in her day. They unhappily disagreed du ring their residence in America, and were divorced according to the laws of the Uri Led States. Finding !his half-pay, and even the earnings of his wik, in `. tutticient for a growing family, and having a consi derable knowledge of gardening, he culti• ated the earth, and drove his own cart, midi the produce of his labours, to market himself Mr. Peat, of Paddington, renuni.ng fume abort eleven o'clock on Sanday night, through ilydePark, w:.s met by three men, v . ho knocked him dawn, and after sevexely beating him, robbed him of bis watch, and LS In money. mE Q UEEN. The following is the au:lnnitic account from g tp t hi s morning Her MArk.S I AS owed a g‘ c d r,i o h;, and continues much the same." Kkw, Auo. 10,--Yesterday aft - erhoon the p • rthca:ST arrival, and dined with the Royal F4 s. and in the evening his Royal Highness, actoirp.s, " by the Duke and Duchess of Catittain.a., tile b y chess of CrLOUClibTfilt, aud.Priaxess AtiousrA, 4 , 1 their attendadst, rode out at three through Kew and Richmond Gal dens, and up , 4 mond (lilt, And allerwards returned to Kew ti, 4 „ 4 , tne liataeas; and soon after Wit adock the ltraeisr left Kew tor London. This Duke of YORK arrived from Uses:lnds, on his London. The Duke and Duchess of Ks i t from Clorenio:A. EN4Lislt OPERA.—The excellent Pint Mine ci r %he Death 91 Captain Cook was revi4:J lest di• with many valuabl e an d t aste f u l a ddi t i ousto Lie a. sicai accompaniments, by .4r. T. P. Ctioax. Indian warriors were judiciously introduced and bit s ,. sled with the story, and produced the ilappast ege c4 The Piece went otf with great edal, sad w 4 ay . nounced %A id' acclamation lot repetitiou.. it tuirmosid Tit EA TitE.—Tbe Play of The Slew brought tui dat tins Theatre on .locility and acted with such spirit and ability, Lid: it e. is cleated evei y evening during the week. Alia hosts in Zell tido, and KLAtilati, in Gambia, stand appeaied to great effect on any stage. The m A lves a Silver Cup and Cover, and other Prin, • be rowed for to-morrow, by Cud Richmond set in honour of the rnINCZ Iteciaxf, Tug Ctua.—Yesterday the annual sVheri y, given L.y the Lielitiemen of the ,cove was &tided by ',s ILLIAM of the Ten. end t.ttAPtL En ss est wools, of diackfria3. .11 • ski{t was aisoayest, and it was cosi:Le:el a'. C trot match. Ciiforsumuesy a boy, who was cly. erif i L. ;tie contest tont oil some craft on the bailey mi ; tell into the River, and was drowned. GIG Rwee.--A Lientlerrian named lionsz Fat c. derraken to trot a horse in a gig, twelve miles, 0r.1 4 Newmaket-road, in three starts, in 40 minutes Boxtas.—Carter, (it egson, and Cooper, lie come up from a long provincial tour to tag}:!. black (:::aton) is the only one, it is beppo,ed. m ill take Carter; the heavy men if the deb• are ierior to the other two: Ne:lte does not seer to i: Ray further relish for gymnastics. Cuntous Facr.--The Samuel, Capt. I ' ENNAXT. her p-tssage from Whitehaven to Dublin, w; midchannel on the Itith ult. was visited by it cu.. which dropped on the deck apparently in a st.re, exhaustion, but soon recovered, and is tow is possession ot Capt. rt:NN.aa•r. NATLIKAL PIiIiNOSIENON.-L-The following e dinary fact is narra.ed in the Bamberg ; , azdte. Agricola, at tiolnitz, in Altenburg, has in his den an apple•trec, which, in the year '2:68 sorts ot apples and other fruits; in fact. :Lc tat._ has on it above hOO sorts, but thJse last grifted has not yet borne. This gentleman hto..tfected this ca. siusity, for his ar.:useruent, by inoc.l..t'lzarnagrai... :ng, and has fastened to every bra- ch bowl with the name of the sort of apples it beats. Tit tree has a strange appearance, from the san:o .Shapes and colours of the leaves, blosscias, Some years ago the. Russian% bivouacked rear tree, and were so surprised at the soan..fe it, and the number of little boards, that they : injure it, though they cut down otiter fat tt-sate;: fife wood. • CURIOSITIRS.—(F; om Nese York Papr)--.1 . n son on rcading an article attracted from the thester Herald, relative to a toad being TotrA :- saidyart of a cedar, called at this tia'. reLt-: the following cir*Lunistance:—SeVeaL he (the informant) was digging wed. and after digging through live feet t.. 1 La,u, blasting through eleven feet of slate tle, nearly-the size and about the thieknes; (qi was found. It was very soft, but on exi-0,.ar0 :• is I air soon became hard, and was dAiveNd to Ne‘‘ Denim, Esq. of kishkill. On relating this to a gte. tleman he expressed no surprise, but c.te..; a La which he said was well authenticated—that a iena who had marble jambs to - his house, often ::Pir d croaking of a toad, ss henever the tire bccaux azia and at length was induced to trkii out the pi:so, and on'breaking it discovered a livicz tahf, bedded in the marble! !! Amongst the singular circumstances Captain ALL of the Lno Chlo IF.LiOders, ox excites tb2greattst astonishment is th.ir igno:inced the use of money. Could any of these risit. Vorthill this day, their wonder would be Tre , a:l el" cited bj observing crowds of peop:o at tit: itit. Lottery - OlR.es, eager to obtain One of ee TA Prizes cf ESQ.OOO sterling, which may both be &os To-11r1Ottnow ; but their wonder would seem be 'co vetted into admiration, when they were iaoriii that a .40,000 Pt be, or even a Si xtcei::,.. of a. v.... 1 secure to the possessors, happiness a::6 41.1cl:rm . :az for the remainder of their lines. On Wednesday se'imight the Annual ye;tiq . the Union Canal Company, originally JOSEPH Clt ADOC I:, Esq. of iirimle.y Ilall, tins at the Union lnu, next Market ilarheriwvh. the cm. pany were most azn}ly suppiied.h s•ri son, fruits, &c. ;Many papers and :ea=rs from to the general concern were piach utd. from the fee.ing and conversation of 01.: Ce. present, we have no dou'ut,.if plan or mediate meeting between the corresponding with other Canal ConwaLir's, purpose of promoting the trade upon the Who: of Canals, be persevere.' in, it will Lighly cc2ty to the interests and advantage of all. SaturJay night Mr. Francis Nally was y, , Q•ng •• the Strand, when a ycung man a ccosted hall. glaring the way rotklborn ; they preceedealaf to the end of Parker-street, when the stranger trif up his heels, and was in an instant joined by e confederates, who, in or.ler to mislead thu s cried our. A ring! let them fight it out. ad the desired effect, and no one interfered. The viral beat hint and rifled his pockets of 18tomd ha hps:d j with which they escaped. •