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FRATERNITY OF FREEMASONS. IN_ consequence of the LAMENTED DEATH of his Tinyal Highness the Duke of KENT. P.G.M. the A ' 7 N I V It:I? mEicri NG of the FRATERNITY, in t..!td3al to he brill on the 't.7th January, in honour of the 818 TH DA Y of his Royal highness the Duke of SUSSEX, Grand Master, will not take p:acc. JOHN CARTER, Secretary to the Board of Stewards. yl' the Next of Kin of STEPHEN STOKES, late of h:1.1,-street Limekilns, in the parish of Lewisham, in th- county of Kent, Gunsmith, &ceased. will apply to Ur. Marmadoise Willis, Solicitor, of No. 7, Great Kydet-street, St..farne;'s, Westminster, in the county of Middlesex, they will hear of somathing to their advantage. PRIVATE PUPIL. VACANCY is now open in the family of a L. married Clergyman, whose number of Pupils is limited to 1 Lis.; Cie distance from London eleven miles. Letters to be addressed to the Rev. A. B. Mr. Harding's, Lloolc.!.eller, St. James's-street, London. Terms, 150 Guineas per Annum. A POLITICAL CHRISTMAS CAROL, &c. This day was published, dedicated to the Right Honourable GEORGE CANNINC, price is. THE TWELFTH EDITION OF THE MAN IN THE MOON, with a t'olitical Christmas Carol, set to Music; and I .llr. Canning s Parody in ridicule of Lend Sid raonih. Illustrated by tifteen Cuts. Printed for William llone, Ludgate-hill; and sold by all Booksellers in the United Kingdom. Orders,with remittances, punctually executed. N.B. The Forty-first Edition of The Political House that Jacit llailt, with Thirteen Cuts, price Is. I .* The AUTHOR of THE POLITICAL HOUSE TH A T JACK BUILT, perceiving the multitude of attempts at imitation and imposture, occasioned by the unparalleled sale of that Jett Wl:sprit, in justice to tlfb Public and to himself, respectfully states, the, ind , iced by nearly forty years of the most confidential intimacy with Mr. HONE, and by the warmest friendship and affection for him and his Family, he originally selected him as his Publisher enclusirely; that he has not suffered, nor will he suffer, a line of his writing to pass into the hands of any other Bookseller; and that his last, andoswing to imperative claims upon his pen of a higher order, possibly his e...ry last production, in that way, will he found in THE MAN IN THE MOON.—Ludgate-hill, 24th January, 1820. American people will acknowledge " the good faith and generosity of his Majesty ! 18. The same to the same, January 16, 1819. Stating that his Majesty " will agree that the boun dary line between the two States shall extend from the source of the Missouri, westward, to the Colum bia river, and along the middle Thereof, to the Pacific Ocean." This is made in a spirit of generous con ciliation and sac? ffice on the part of his Majesty, of which the United States should he duly sensible ! 19. Mr. Adams to Don Onis, January 29,1819. Will not admit of the proposed boundaries, and re fers to a previous letter. Proposes to adjust the other points. If Don Onis cannot do this, it is hopeless to pursue the negociations. 20. Don Onis to Mr. Adams, February 1,1819. — Cannot agree that the Red River to its source should be the boundary, but proposes the Arkansas, which would form a better division between the two coun tries, at " the intermediate space between those two rivers is so much impregnated with nitre as scarcely to be susceptible of improvement." " In consideration of these obvious reasons," says Don Onis, " I propose to you, that drawing the boundary line from the Gulf of Mexico, by the river Sabine, as laid down by you, it shall follow the course of that river to its source; thence by the 94 th degree of 'longitude to the Red River of Natchi toches, and along the same to the 95th degree; and crossing it at that point, to run to a line due North to the Arkansas, and along it to its source; thence by a line due West, till it strikes the source of the river St. Clemente, or Multnomah, in latitude Si de grees, and along that river to the Pacific Ocean, the whole agreeably to Melish's map. 21. Project of an Article, describing the Western Boundary, communicated to Don Luis De Onis, by the Secretary of State, 6th February, 1819: AMERICA. ABSTRACT CP DOCUMENTS ON SPANISH AFFAIRS, THANSMITI ED TO CONGRESS WITH THE PRES'. DENT'S MESSACE. 1. From Mr. Erving, our Minister in Spain, is Mr. Adams, Secretary of State, dated Mad; id, Fe bruary 10, 1818 ; informing that the King of Spain had made several grants of Florida lands, and among others a sweeping grant. 2. Same to same, February 26, 1818—Enclosing papers A. and B. Parer A. being an extract from a deed from the King to the Duke of Alagon, conveying all the uncultivated land between the rivers St. Luisa and St. John. 4. Paper B.—An extract from the grant to Count Punon Rosa., of all the uncultivated lands in Flo rida, between the river Perdido and the river St. John, with islands, &c. 5. Mr. Erving to Mr. Adams, April ,5, 1818— Enclosin . g a copy of the giant in favour of Don Pe dro de', ar" a'. 6. Translation of the grant to Don Pedro de Var gas, apparently covering a great extent of Florida, with an order to the Governor of Cuba, to assist in giving effect to the grants. 7. Mr. Erving to Mr. Adams, April 26.—He had conversed with Mr. Pizarro about the grants, and endeavoured to convince him that the United States could not pay the claims of our Merchants on Spain for the sovereignty of Florida only ; and brought him to consent that those grants might be cancelled, and indemnity given to the grantees in New Spain and elsewhere. 8. The same to the same, May 14.—Mr. Erving had again conversed with Mr. Pizarro, on the grants, in consequence of which the Council had sent orders ,to the Duke of Alagon, and Count Punon Rostro, directing them not to make sales of the lands granted to them. 9. The same to the same, June 12.—Mr. Pizarro • had said, that the value of the ceded territory was • ir.finitely beyond what the United States could de mand on the head of indemnities ; hence it was reasonable to expect that the difference should be made up to Spain by cessions. 10. Same to same, July 22.—Enclosing Mr. Erving's letter to Mr. Pizarro, With the answer of the latter. • 11. Mr. Erving to Mr. Pizarro (private), July 18. Reminding him of the prohibitions under which the grantees had been laid, which he had considered as annulling the grants, and expressing his fears, as these persons had been appointed to new offices, that they are removed from the power of the prohibition. The claims of the United States on Spain are here stated at twenty-five millions of piastres. 12. The reply of Mr. Pizarro, assuring Mr. Erving • that he may be tranquil ! as he believes nothing will interrupt the negociation—and that-the Government of the United States ought to have been persuaded, long since, of the sincerity which directs the march and policy of the Spanish Government, and of its earnest desire of a happy termination of all the points in discassiou, by means of a friendly arrangement! 13." From Mr. Erving to Mr. Adams, September 20, ISIS, enclosing a copy of the King of Spain's grant to the Count Punon Rostro, signed " I, the King"—which grant embraces ALL the land in Flo rida, not before granted by Spain ! It is dated Fe bruary 6, ISIS. 14. Extract from the propositions of Don Onis to the Secretary of State, October '2O, 1818, offering to cede the Floridas to the United States, but that all the grants from Spain to that flute, are to be good and valid 15. Mr. Adams to Don Onis, October 31, 1818. The United States will not recognize the grants of land till this time, unless Spain will provide other means to satisfy the claims of our citizens. 16. Don Onis to Mr. Adams.—Cannot consent to annul Spanish grants as far back as 1802, as it would be " otilmsive to the dignity of Spain ;" but is abler to ray, that grants since the I.lth of January last, may be annulled. 17. Don Onis to Mr. Adams, January 11, 1819— That he had at length received instructions from his, Government, which would enable him to settle th e • question of western boundaries. His Majesty had doge this " with a view to give eminent proof of his sincere and generous friendship for this Republic !" Don Onis flatters himself the President and whole LONDON. A Constar; READ2R, has our best thanks for the Report of Evesham Epiphany Sessions; but statements affecting the cha racter of indiviiluals cannot appear in our columns on many- mous authority. TUESDAY, JANUARY 25, 1820. THE FUNDS. PRICE OF STOCKS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK : 3 per Cent. Reduced 68 1 A SA 1,4 3 per Cent. Consols 68 67% % 31 per Cent. 77 1 / 2 4 per Cent. 86% sis 5 per Cent. Navy 102 1 / 2 3 / 4 Bank Long Annuities 18 Imperial 3 per Cent. Anns. India Bonds 11 s. 12s. pr. South-Sea Stock Bichequer Bills (U.) 3s. 4s. Ss. pr. Consols for Acct. G 8 IA 68. The extent and progress of the fresh Insurrection which has broken out in the Spanish Expeditionary Army, in Andalusia, as noticed in our quotations from the French Papers, on Saturday, are still in volved in a good deal of obscurity. Extraordinary Couriers have, during the last week, been daily ar riving at Paris from Madrid ; and one of these, wh• arrived on Thursday, charged with Dispatches to Sir CHARLES STEWART, after waiting only an hour, was dispatched forwards, in great haste, to London, where he must, by this time, have arrived. Nothing official or certain hat, however, been yet suffered to transpire on the subject to which these arrivals undoubtedly refer ; and the only information we are able to add, consists of unauthenticated ru mours which are afloat in our own Metropolis, and the equally • unauthenticated ones with which the l'aris Papers, received since Saturday, abound. Yne private information received in London goes so far as to say, that the insurrection was perfectly connected and general among all the troops can toned in Lower Andalusia, indeed the best part of the Spanish Army, and amounting to 20,000 men ; and that these divided, half marching on Madrid and the other on the Trocadero of Cadiz, the chief depot. of the armament intended against South America, but which they could not take for the want of Ar tillery.—The information received -at Paris on the subject, will be found in the subjoined extracts : " 'The first news of the insurrection which has broken out in Andalusia, among the troops, refusing to embark for America, was communicated through a privet.. channel. An extraordinary Courier has just brought it to the Spanish Ambassador, but the details are not yet known. Nothing positive was known even in Madrid, at the time the Courier left on the Btls. We ourselves possess nothing bet sur- mises, and do not intend to publish any thing till 1 more ample particulars reach us ; but in anticipation we remark, that the affair may bt considered very serious. All that was visible in Madrid, was the agitation of the Court, the frequency of Couriers and Expresses coming from the Andalusia road. The Prime Minister, the Duke de SAN FERNANDO, had not closed his eyes for three nights. A thousand vague reports were in circulation respecting General CA LLEJA, Count de CALDERON, on whose person the soldiers had seized ; they even go so far as to say, that the city of Cadiz had taken part in the insur rection, and that the Constitution of the Cortes had been proclaimed there. We must wait for ulterior details. Those which have been circulated by the Ministerial Journals ? issue, no doubt, from sources worthy of confidence, as far as regards the authenti city of the facts. But it is not from those sources that all the truth can be known."—Constitutionnei, of the 20th. " The rebels surprised the Count de CALDERON, and conducted him as a prisoner, into the mountains of Ronda. They seized all his papers, and imme diately printed his correspondence with the Court, and distributed it with profusion. They have taken possession of the forts of Cadiz, wite the exception of the Trocadero, which they have blockaded. It is said the Constitution of the Cortes has been pro claimed in Cadiz."—Gazette de France, same date. " A rumour has been in circulation, that in conse quence of some extraordinary event, the KING of SearN has been obliged to quit Madrid. We believe that this report is nothing but an invention of those who desire troubles everywhere. The Journals and letters of Madrid, of the 11th January, which we have before us, do not present any sign of agitation. The KING and QUEEN continue to receive the Depu tations, which arrive from the Provinces, to felicitate them on their marriage."—JourEal des Debats, of2l st. " We have received the Madrid Gazettes to the 11th instant, inclusive. They make no mention of the revolt of a part of the troops at Cadiz, the news of which was brought to Paris by an Extraordinary Courier, who left Madrid on the Bth. From the silence of the Spanish Journals, we ought not, how ever, to infer, that no such troubles have taken place . They were equally silent on the attempts of POR L I ER, LACY, and others, though all the world knows that there was nothing fictitious in these. Three extraor-1 dinary Couriers have arrived at Paris, from Madrid, within these two days ; and, if the reports which are in circulation may be accredited; an engagement has taken place between the revolted troops and the sol diers of Marine, who continue faithful to the KING, in which the former have been repulsed."—Gazette de France of the 21st. " Yesterday, a Cabinet Courier, from Madrid, arrived at the Hotel of the English Ambassador, and within an hour afterwards set off for London."—lbid. " The news which we receive from Spain is of a very serious complexion. A number of Couriers have arrived from Madrid at the Hotel of the Spa nish Ambassador. According to information we have received, it appears certain that a new revolt has buist out among the Spanish troops, still deter mined to refuse embarking for the colonial war. The revolters have surprised Count CALDERON, General in Chief of the Army, aad have carried him a pri soner into the Mountains of Ronda; they have seized all his papers, printed his correspondence with the Court, and circulated copies of it with great pro fusion. They have seized upon the forts of Cadiz, with the exception of that of Trocadero, which they hold in a state of blockade. We are assured that the Constitution of the Cortes has been pro claimed at Cadiz. Lieutenant-General FREYRE has placed himself at the heat of a body of troops in Andalusia, in order to march against the Insurgents. The strangest reports are circulated at Madrid ; it is said that the revolters, to the number of ten thousand men, are preparing to march upon the Capital. To these news it is added, that the revolters have got possession of the fort of Trocadero, and the Isle de Saint Leon. Such is the fruit of extreme measures." —The Constitutionnel, of the 21st. Since writing the preceding, a Mail from Lisbon has brought us the accounts which had been received there on the subject. They are more particular and apparently more authentic than those which have come to us through France, but they do not come down to a later date than the 4th instant. The fol lowing are extracts: IXTRACT OF A PRIVATt LITTER FROM LISI3OIg, _ . DATED JANUARY 15. if As every thing that passes in Spain cannot but !Ant this moment interesting, I hasten to commu nicate the following : EXTRACT OF A LETTER DATED CADIZ, JANUARY 4. ' I avail myself of the Courier which the Portuguese Consul sends to Villa Real de Spn Antonio, to announce to you, that the army of the expedition, composed of 15,000 men, revolted on the lst,and on the same day seised on the Gemara' in Chief, Count de Calderon, and immediately detached a body of 5000 men on Seville, to seize on the brigade of Carabineros Reales. On the Scl a division arrived at Medina, and yesterday, the 3d, they took military possession of La Isla de Leon, Port St. Mary's, and the arsenal of Cairaca. General Ciceros, Commandant of the Marine Department, was arrested in the first City, and the Admiral of t►s Squadron, Neural, has also been seized, at Port St. Mary's. It was yesterday, at four o'clock P.M. that we were informed of the whole of these events. At five, the General, Governor ad interim,. sallied forth for the Trocadero with 00 men belonging to the regiment of Soria, and a party of the Mili tia. He there joined a corps formed out of the crews of sixteen Iships of the line and seven frigates, lying in thP harbour, which made his force amount to Ma men. With this he repelled WOO men wh2 endeavoured to enter here last nizlit. The latter lost seven men kill 4, and halted on the Arab.. The land and sea gates are closed, and the most fatal consequences are dreaded. We are Ignorant which side the spadron will t;tice, w!lich is composed of the vessels abov;_! stated, and seven brigs and.3o gun-boats. The instant this news reached us, the Counsel:or of State, Asmarez, who was here carrying on the proceeditgs, rerating to the Officers arrested in consequmce of the affair of the 8:h of Jury (the one in which 0 . Darnell was implicated), imraNii ately embarked with his whole family, in an American vessel, which, it is believed, is bound :a Lkbon. As we are now com pletely besieged on the land side, I shall be unable to inform you of the results, unless by extraordinary opportuniti6 lib. the present one.' " The letters from Badajoz of the 12th, nearly con firm the whole of the preceding, and say, that the 5000 men entered Seville, and proclaimed the Con stitution of the Cortes, adding, that a Central Junta had been established there. Two extraordinary Couriers_from Cadiz had been taken, and one of them, who made some resistance, was killed on the spot. The Junta has ordered that the soldiers should be paid at the rate of a peceta per day, and receive each one pound of meat. " Here (in Lisbon) every thing is in perfect tranquil lity, and will remain so. The Government, we un derstand, will confine itself to the establishing a cor don of troops on the frontiers, in order "to maintain perfect neutrality. We expect, with the utmcst impa tience, the day after to-morrow, the post from Spain." EXTRACT OF ANOTHER LETTER, DATED LISBON, ARTICLE. " It is agreed that the Western boundary between the United States and the territories of Spain shall be as follow :—Begin ning at the mouth of the river Sabine, on the Gulf of Mexico; following the course of the said river to latitude 32; the Eas tern bank, and all the islands in the River, to belong to the United States, and the Western bank to Spain; thence due North to the Northernmost part of the 35d degree of North latitude, until it strikes the Rio Roxo, or Red River ; thence following the course of the said River to the Northernmost point of the bend, between longitude 101 and 102 ; thence, by the shortest line, to the Southernmost point of the bend of the river Arkansaw, between the same degrees of longitude 101 and 102; thence following the course of the river Arkansaw to its source, in latitude 41 North ; thence following the same parallel of lati tude 41 to the South Sea. The Northern banks, and all the islands in the said lied and Arkansaw rivers, on the said boun dary line, to the United States, and their outhern banks to Spain; the whole being as laid down in Mash's map of the United States, published at Philadelphia, improved to the let of January, 1818. But if the source of the Arkansaw river should fall South or North of latitude 41, then the line from the said source shall run due North or South, as the case may be, till it meets the said parallel of latitude, and thence, as aforesaid, to the South Sea. And it is further agreed, that no Spanish settle ment shall be made on any part of the said Red or Arkansaw rivers, nor on any of the water flowing into the same, nor on any East of the chain of Snowy Mountains, between the lati tudes of 61 and 41, inclusively ; and that the navigation of said rivers shall belong exclusively to the United States for ever." THE EVENING STAR. JANUARY 11.. 44 We bog to advise you, that it is generally believed here that the Spanish troops, destined to embark at Cadiz, have revolted, taken possession of the Carraca arsenal, Bcc. and nude an at tempt on Cadiz ; in the latter they failed. The Governor and 500 men opposed their entry, and blew up the bridge, but the citizens would have received them. It is said Seville is taken, and all Andalii_da in arms, and that the plan was known at Ma drid on the 13t instant, No letters have been received from Cadiz the last three Mails." We have received, this morning, a further supply of American Papers, to the 26th of December, from which we subjoin a few extracts: NEW YORK, DECEMBER 20. In the House of Representatives, on thc.9th of De cember, Mr. PINCKNEY, of South Carolina, gave notice, that he should ask leave to introduce a Bill, to be entitled, 46 An Act to establish a Circulating Medium for the United £ta:es, and to sustain thicre- dit and utility thereof." He had understood, he said, that, on the last day of the last Session of Congress, a Resolution had passed which had, in some degree, re ferred this subject to the Secretary of the Treasury. He had, therefo - re, determined to postpone, for a week, this motion, to give to the House an opportu nity to receive the Report of the Secretary of the Treasury on the subject. What are the particular features of Mr. PINCK NEY'S plan we are nut apprized ; but we understand, generally, that it embraces an issue of Government paper, transferable by delivery, and calculated to come in aid of specie, and of paper equivalent to specie, to increase the quantity of circulating me dium, supposed now to lie less than is necessary for the purposes of trade and internal intercourse. A Bill to prevent persons from teaching Slaves to read and write has been unanimously rejected by the Legislature of North Carolina. ' The Lower House of the South Carolina Legisla ture has decided, 93 to 23, that it is inexpedient to introduce free persons of colour into that State. The Judiciary Committee also recommends a more se vere punishment for murdering a Negro—that is, twelve months' imprisonment, a fine of one thousand dollars, and the person so convicted to be depraved of holding any office of profit or trust in the State, &c. Business of every kind is very dull, and no sales o manufactured goods can be made to advantage. The sacrifices have been awful. Of linen, we have a full supply for Spring. The crop of cotton is more than last year, and prices are on the decline, and will be lower: our last Liverpool accuunts are fa vourable to a reduction. Flax-seed will amount to 24,000 tierces, but prices are kept up by speculation. Ashes, 455. to 465. The crew of an English schooner belonging to Berbice, in the West Indies, Captain WILLIAMSON ) from Martinico, bound to Demerara, mutinied, and murdered the Captain, Mate, and one passenger.— They took the vessel- into Parrie, and there threw overboard the Captain's servant, who swam to the I shore, a distance' of from 12 to 15 miles, and in formed the Commandant of Guaria of the whole affair. The Commandant immediately dispatched a vessel to Trinidad with the news. His Majesty's brig FLY was sent in pursuit of the schooner, came np with ber, took the mutineers prisoners, manned the schooner, and sailed in company with her fir; Barbadoes. The schooner te as obliged, however,, to put into Curacoa in distress. The United States' ship Columbus, the ship of the line built at Washington, dropt down from the Navy Yard a few days ago; and, notwithstanding the time was, from the lowness of the tides, unusual,ly unfa vourable far the attempt, she passed the Bar at the mouth of the eastern branch with very little difficulty. She is to be towed by the Steam-boat down tu.St. Mary's River, where her equipment for sea will be completed. Had not the fear of detention by the ice prevented, it is believed sbe would have passed over the Bar, and down the River, with all her .0 mameat