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STATE PAPERS. DIFFERENCES nETWEEN SPAIN AND PORTUGAL. NOTE Faohl Tile MlNl , Thits OF VIZ biCIDIATING COURTS To THr. m awls n AMAMI, szcitET ART Of STATIC Post FOREIGN ArfAlits To Doi 140.. T aITHFUL SIA.IIsIT; " PARIS, r 1611 i MARCU. 1817. " The occupation of a part of the Spanish posses sions on the River Plate by the Portuguese troops of Brazil was no sooner known in L Europe, than it was the object of official and siniultaneous steps taken by the Cabinet of Madrid with the • Courts of Vienna, Paris, Lund in, Berlin, and St. Petershurgh, in order to protest solemnly against this non:ration, and to claim cieir support against such an aggression. ," Perhaps the Court of Madrid might have thought herself entitled to recur at once to the means of de fence which PrioV/DENCE has placed in her hands, and to repel force Is) force. Bat, guided by a spirit of wisdom and moderat;on, she was desirous first of em ploying the mans of negotiation and persuasion, and she preferre.i, notwithstanding the disadvantage that relight result to her p,sse,tions beyond sea, addressing herself to the five undeimenii-ned Powers, in order to an amic thle adjostinent of her differences with the Court of Brazil, and to avoid a rupture, the couse• quinces of which might be equally disastrous to the t wo coup:ries, and might disturb the repose of both liemispl ercs. ilt)s;t a resolution could not but meet with the enfre aiiprohation of the Cabinets to which the Court of Spain has addressed herself; and animated with the desire of preventing the fatal consequences that might rcsel: from the present state of affair', the Courts Of Austria, France, Great Britain, Prus sia, and Russia, equa:ly the friends of Portugal and Spain, alter having taken into consideration the just claims of the latter Power, have charged the under signed to make known to the Cabinet of his Most Faithful Majesty, " That they have accepted the mediation de v anded of them by Spain. " That they have seen with real pain, and not with out xurprise, that at the very moment when a double marriage seemed to bind more closely the family ties already existit , g between the Houses of Braganca and Bourbon, and when such an alliance was to render the relations between the two countries mere intimate and mote friendly, Portugal hag invaded the Spanish pUSiefoSIODA on the River Plate, and invaded them without any explanation whatever; and without any previous declaration. • • " That the principles of equity and justice which direct the Councils of the five Courts, and the firm resolution they have adopted to preserve as much as is in their pity-et the peace of the world, purchased by such great sacrifices, have determined them to take cognizance and . part in this affair, in the inten tion of terminating it iu the most equitable Minna, and must conformable to their desire of maintaining the general tranquillity. "That the said Courts do not dissemble that a dif ference betaeeii Portugal and Spain might disturb that peace and occasion a war in Europe, which might be not -My disastrous to the two countries, but incompatible with du. interests and the tranquillity of other Powers. " That in consequence they have resolved to make known to the. Government of his Most Faithful Ma jesty, their sentiments on this subject, to invite hint to forniTh sufficient explanations upon his views, to take the most prompt and proper measures to disti. prte the just alarms which his .nvasion of the An'eri can pcisstssions of Spain has already cabled in Eu rope, and to satisfy the rii!hts claimeA by the latter Power, as well as those principles of justice and im partiality which guide the Mediators. A refusal to yield to such just demands would leave no doubt with respect to the real intentions of the Cabinet of Rio Janeiro. The disastrous effects that might result in the two hemispheres would be imputed entirely to Portugal ; and Spain, after having seen all Europe applaud her wise and moderate conduct, would tin.) in the justice of her cause, and in the support of her Allies, sufficient means of redressing her complaints. " The undersigned, in acquitting themselves 01 the orders of their Courts, have the honour to offer to has Excellency the Marquis d'Aguiar the assurance,' of their high consideration. • (Signed) " VINCENT, « CALM " RICHELIEU, PoZZO DI IsAtou.sb • i g STUART, • I.UCIEN BONAPARTE. PROTOCOL OF THE CONFERENCE AT PARIS, THE IS fH OF MARCH. " Present—The binktsTot Of AUSTRIA, Doke de Ric-km.lßu, .4 Duke of WILLING-row, " Ir CHAIM= STEWART, .. The PRUSSIAN Mikusrga, .. The MINISTRR Of RUbSIA. M The Conference having been opened this day with their Excellencies the Dukes of Richelieu and Wellington, to take into consideration the demand made by Lucien Bonaparte for passports to conduct one of his sons to the United States, 'and the Austrian Minister having again laid down the three Questions proposed at the Protocol of the 2d instant, relative to the same object, it has been agreed—. 14 That North America baviog received a great number of 'rat-contents and French refugees, the presence of Lucien Bona parte in the United States would be still more dangerous than it le in Europe, where be can be better watched. and that lb coos.- quence it is to be desired that the passports he has asked toe should be refused. ' 4 2. That in order to deprive him of all plausible motives for soliciting the said passports, it would be equally desirable to re fuse them to his sun Charles, whose Journey seems to be only a pretext for the plans of the lather. " s. That the news received by different means and from dif ferent countries, particularly from Nap.e., leave so doubt of the intrigues and dangerous relations wined Lucien Bunaparre keeps up in Paly—and considering that Rome is perhaps of all ci les that in superintendence is the mot: difficult td be tier• cirri, and Is exer:ised with leesamerlty, and that he may, not withstanding the rel . usiil of passports, Gad means of deceiving the vigilance of the Roman Government, and of e.caping to proceed to Atiserica, it would be &sit able that another abudt be assigned him than Kome and the ROtihill Mates, by the High Aided Powers, and that he bliould be further removed from the coasts, hi order to render the plans of escape which he may meditate snore difficult. is This ()pinion being common to all the Members of the Conkience, it has been resolved to consign it in the Protocol of the day, in order that it may be made known to the four Courts, and . may produce a determination on their part upon this subject. • Oigoed) C. STUART, a RICHELIEU, DOLTZ, 1iet.1.1.1141310Ny POZZO DI DOUCJOe" GERMAN P.APSAS. BASLE, MAY 8. For a few days two publications have been in cir culation here, which make a great noise, and prrceed from the Missionary Establishment of Madam Kru deuer. In both these writings there is a visible ten dency to excite the poor against the rich, which affords much scope for a comparison with the doc trines of Poeschel. Wherever this woman can have a a:ng at Basle and its inhabitants, she never misses the opportunity. Note the first of these. publications (Gentile for the Poor the first Number of which ap peared 434 the sth of May, with this advertisement, 4' The Poor receive it gratis, and let them commu nicate it to the Rich for food, and pray for them") col tains, in mystical langu ige, an announcement of the kingdom of Goo for the Poor—ot judgments—of murders—and scenes of horror, which shall begin in Switzerland, and extend to the heart of Germany, &c. The Papers are full likewise of tales of distress, wretchedness, and divine anger, and quite calcolateg to depress people's minds still more in these hard times. The second Publication, i"ro the Poor," contains the following passages, which will serve to charac tert,e it : It The Leis (p. S.) will lead you by means of distress and Persecution, out of the countries over which kis judgments. was, perilence, eart •quakes, etc. will come ; where )ou ire so cruelly treated, where people no longer live according to Gores comnuoidnitnts; where they ?Artier teed the hungry nor clothe the naked, nor take the wretched into their houses; whir widows and orphans arc oppressed, strangers denied a refuge; where you are driven from place to place, robbed of your homes, if man and wife are not :rum e same country; where you arc forbidden to marry links: )ou have a house of )our own, or a certain stun of money; in shirt, where human laws are opposed to Divtic." Farther, page 9.—" The rich of this world will not obey the Divine Ordinances. You now must leave your houses and crouch before tl:tm ; you ate punished if you ask alms, it is even forbid den to give alms. See, that is the kingdom of darkness of 4 atan, which seeks to overturn the Divine Order, and tear the bands which Goo hat tied between the rich and the poor for the good of the whole. But Goo knows bow always to make more glorious that which Satan has destroyed; the later must himself be aid. ing to make all better than it was before. GOD creates now a :stew order of tbiogs—Goo abandons to themselves the rich, and all woo depend on themselves, as they repulse from them the poor,. whom Goa has placed to be it blessing to them One judgment after another will come upon then', and foreign people will rake every thing from them. I hen the blessing of Goo will faU wholly on you, ye poor, who have become rich by faith, and you will soon hear on earth the call, 6 Come hither. ye blessed of my Father, inherit ti e kingdom which I. prepared for you; &c." One would think that Basle did nothing for the relief of the p:►or. though there are few cities which have done so much. The rich inhabitants subscribed in a lew days a sum of 400.000 francs, which they lent without interest to the Government for the pur. chase of corn; 45,000 francs were subscribed in a few days to assist the " General Poor Committee ;" 1500 portions of soup are daily distributed, partly gratis, partly at a low price; 1062 poor families receive bread at nearly hats price. Tl►e Glvernmeat gives to every citizen, from the corn magazine, a sack of corn tot sixteen d►wlais, which costs in the market twenty or twenty-two dollars. HAMBURGH, MAY 4. The navigation to Russia being now open, and the premiums of insurance having considerably fallen, (they are now hardly per cent.) the sending of sit ver from Lubeck to Russia is more frequent than ever. This is also the cause t the dis.oun► 1; 35 been for a time from 7 to 9'per cent. RIGA, APRU. 17. During Easter, when the 'netting (i. e. of silver) has of course been suspended both here and St. Pe tersburg!), large quantities of silver, chiefly from Lu beck, have accumulated At St. eetersburgh alone, within this slant time, 2000 pood of silver (the pood 49 Hit.) have been registered for melting. The news that the prices of corn have fallen in Holland has caused them to decline here also. Itt• is 91 t•i 92 .ilver roubles. Up to to-day (April 22) 4PO.ships have entered this port. N twithsianding all that was imagined to the contrary our course of exchange keeps at the same height. l'he prices of corn decline daily, the demand for it is very incon siderable. MUNICH. MAY ii. The Duchess of St. Lett is come here to spend some days with her brother, Prince Eugene. She has now entirely left Constance to fix her abode in Ba varia. and as she has bought a house in Augsburg,' it is supposed she means to reside there. The Bava rian Government of the Circle of the Upper Danube, has published an Ordinance, addre►sed to the Police Offices within its jurisdiction, enjoining them to keep a watchful eye in order to pm event the circulation of alarming pamphlets, and all discourses and actions which threaten the internal tranquillity of their dis tricts, in regard to the present high price of corn. NUREMBERG, MAY is. • The Nererderg Corm:ltoFame contains the follnvriog •' UNITED STATES ol NORTH AMERICA.The ex ertions of the new President, James Munroe, as he has himself announced, will be particularly directed to make America as independent as possible of Great Britain in respect to its manufactures. For this por. pose particular encouragement wall be given in all the States to industry; the establishment and improve meat of manufactures will be encouraged by all the Governments, and assistance given to enterprising persons ; fur ,which purpose a part of the surplus of the public reeenue will be employed. The exertions' of the President will doubtless have the happiest suc cess, as America possesses in an equal—and, in some respects, perhaps, an higher—degree than England, every thing that is necessary to make arts and in-' dustry prosper rapidly. The rich mines of the finest coals facilitates the erection of steam engines, for which the English manufactories are so greatly in debted for a part of their prosperity ; and there is no want of capital in•the United States. Besides, all the raw materials requisite for manufactures ate to be had in abundance, and the home consumption in creases daily All this is sufficient encouragement to speculators to support the good intentions of the President, and actively to contribute, on their parts,, to the improvement of the manufactures. Very ad vantageous rifle's have 'already been made oa this subject to English, French, and Netherlanders, Jately arrived in America.". I'HE EVENING STAR. I.ONDON. TUESDAY, MAY 27, 1817. Warr. TOZ3DA v.—Holiday at the Bank, Eacheiuer, ar.d South- Sea House. By letters received this morning a! LLoYes, it appears other Moorish vessels have been seen on our coast. The HIND Revenue cutter has come into Fal mouth, and, after arming herself, sailed in pLrsuit of them—(vide the Pnrt letters). An express has also been received at Deal, stating that one had been seen off Dover during yesterday. The SEVERN frigate was at five o'clock yesterday evening preparing to sail in pursuit. The intelligence of a Revolution in the Brazils ex cited yesterday very strung sensations throughout this metropolis. Doubts are entertained, from the dater, whether the news can be true, to the extent stated, as some of the places named as scenes of insunec innary movement are so distant, that the Rownta, the vessel which escaped the blockade, could not have heard any accounts from them of a date poste. nor to her quitting Pernambuco ; but the fact of the Revolution at that place is not doubted, and it is prl sible that insurrecii , mary movements might have taken place earlier in other /gates. As connected with the affairs of Spain and Portu gal, we refer our Readers to a curious State Paper in another cola on---a Declaration or Remonstrance of the Allied Powers against the Portuguese invasion of the Spanish American Provinces. 'lbis document is very important. It sets nt test the question of a war between Spain and Portugal; for the latter, even had notl.ing new occurred in the Western horizon, can have no choice but to submit to the deciAon of the Allied Powerc. The revolution in the Brazils is not the only gtelt event that has taken place ii the New World. By the Colonel Allen, Captain M'LzNWAN, arrived from the North West Company's settlement, on the river Columbia, and last from Buenos Ayres, we have re. ceived Letters and Gazettes to the 16th of March, which inform us that. the Buenos Ayres army, cont. mantled by General San Mantis, and destined to free Chili from its Spanish oppressors, has met with most complete success. On the 12th of February the Pa triots met the Royalists near Chabuco, defeated them in a general action, and the result of this victory was the complete &settle' of Spanish power in this interesting portion of the South Ame. rican Continent. A new form of Government was instantly organized in the capital of Santiago, and the Supreme Directorship confided to Don BARNARD') O'illooms, who issued a Proelam lion, congratulatory of the event, to the people of Chili. On the 13th of March, three of the enemy's standards, two taken on the coast of Valparaiso and the other at Llamparaes, in Upper Peru, reached Buenos Ayres. The former Spanish Governor of hill, MARCO del PONT, bad been taken by the Pa triots. The brave army of the Andes, with General San MARTIN at its bead, bad covered itself with glory, and was expected to recross the Andes mogl. tains before the winter closed them, with a large b .dy 1)1 Chilenian auxiliaries, to fall on the rear of the Royalist army Acting in Peru. Such a succession of important events had given fresh life and tone to every thing at Buenos Ayres from whence all the. Portly!. I :!uese had been banished to Luxan. The following is an extract of a letter from the Agent to Lloyd's at Buenos Ayres, dated March 6: The American ship Clifton, of 34 guns, arrived here on the 10th ultimo, from Baltimore, and with the schooner Davie, (her tender,) are part of a squa dron of six vessels, fitted out in the United States, with the intention of acting afros the coast of Chili; but as that country has already fallen under the Pa triot jag, their service will not be required in that , quarter. The schooner Independence is ready for sea, and will sail shortly. The ship Coeuequencia has nearly completed her crew, and is expected to sail in a fort-' night: she mounts on her lower deck twentylorts twelve:, and on the upper deck twenty-two long nine, and will have 250 men on board. The ship Liberty is fitting out to mount 18 guns, with a complement of 4200 m e n, The whole of the ports in Chili are in tee tankls of the Patriots. A Proclamation was issued by this Government on the 2,1 instant, requiring. the Portu guese residents to proceed within three days into the ' interior ; and we are of opinion that you may now calculate upon a war between this country and the Brazils, in which case there will be a number of pri vateers sent from this port. It is expected that the Portuguese will blockade the Ricer, but as the winter is nigh at hand, they will not be able to do this effectually." Minot 19.—Arrived last night a Portuguese brig of war from Montevideo, with dispatohes.fer this Government; nothing of their substance has as yet cfficially transpired ; but it is reported, frani high Authority, that they are of the most pacific nature, the Portuguese Commander in Montevideo haring explained away his Bando, which brought forth the Proclamation issued by this Government on the 2d instant.' Ye:m.4y, about half past 12 o'clock, her hlA.irsTv visited the Duchess of GLOUCESTER, and after taking some 11.4esliinent kit for Windsor. rIV:NC:i PAPERS. ThlTis revers of Saturday i.;:3 ?'rived ' 1 .71 morning. An article of intelligence which the? conta:r. Vienna, serves somewhat opportunely to conflrti V.:7 BriieiHAl!) new. of yesterday. An Austrian Merecar" established at Rio Jancirn, is stated hair!! so late as February last, to severai persons in Vi I.^P. giving slid) a representation of the state of ati/ii :s the Bratils, that a number of individuiAs whe resolved to emigrate 'hither in the suit ct thi duchess I.novi».niroi, 'hi! betrothed spoilse of Vi c Rorm, of l'inervost, had abaiirloni.lii Oleic intentions. The news had not, however, hay! of occasioning any int.trruption to the si fern el the alliance contracted hrtween t;:cse personages. On the 10th instant tl;c Marquis de ik!1.1••A t.V A . .1 Ambassador from the Brat , ls, went tu great state to the Imperial Palace, and made n solemn uctußu,; a; the hand of the :\ rchdlichess for ete son of ris reign. Next clay the Princesi ~ .it ; red in a hill Cu'-.. cis ut State an act of renunciation of succeqa , t of Austria. On the of ue I tlth the m eiriap was to be solentniz,-.d, the Archduke Citstitt: as proxy for the Royal Bridegroom ; and a s sj o n news should be received from Leghorn of the attivsl there of the Portuguese squadron destined to cativrr the Princess to the Brazils, she was to set oat t, t that port. Ibe change, however, wi•ich has it -A place in the Brazils, and the prost , ect whien it aCt'at,.'s of the speedy return of .1 e Portuguttsc Court to rope, will, it is probable, be deemed sM'ic.ent tests. , 's for sparing the fair bride the perils of e transat:a:-.: voyage for the presert. Ftelch Funds, 22d :,farch, t:,se. Lt C! !!..:; AP Rli: h c.iog Lod: appl:ed tor pit! , pints to go to Attune:, el! the Allied PowLrs have the I'mteto!. r; a C rT'••• held at Paris oo this %object on thie "7.11 01 ‘tati.h. This documcrt charge's Locnot r. ith inttigoes, gerous to the peace of Eivro7e t and (leaves it des , - Table that anwher place of abode titan or i'e! —one from which he cannot escape to should be ay.igned for his security. That is a prisonit at large. It is thuullit by some, tliet his object in wishing to go to America, !lA.I tyr nitimate aim some plan in view for effecting beratinn of NwPcit.rox. From German Papers which reached ns !a-t He t % we have given some extracts rc , pecting t•larre KRUDENER'S publications, adt.iiesseJ to the rt:!, which, judging by the extracts, possess e cite-t"et dangerous to the peace of society. iNt it is r these extracts mey Le partial, MAI, • from their context, may .11,1pLar "cry what they really are when react in their it is very possiblir that the artleaan:'flit their boasted liberality, may require to tw st i mulated to father acts of mercy, for ma'am.: can natio certain than that the poor in :tee a state of distress which lenguaKe c.amot describe; nor will mere words—" to se fed—le r i e elq.;i either fill their bellies or cover their nakedness. 11 it be true—and the commentator in the Aran Gnu* has not denied it—that there the poor are prohibited. commanded not to marry, and punishzd if they for alms ! if it be true that the rich are prohtiaitk..l from giving any, and the people left without hope or refugv, who would condemn Isl•tdeme Km:nests. for endeavouring to console the wrttched wit!) mc hope of happiness beyond the grave ! The for:owing is an ettract of a letter, dated VJ!- ladolid, May 9 : " By the last accounts from Madrid we learn that nothin had hitherto been resolved upon in the case of General LAIC, and that the representations made in his favour by the privileged Companies and Corporation of Barcelona, assembled in the most solemn manner In the Hill, called of the Counts of that cey. bad been presented to the Kiss: by a Del %tattoo composed of tbs Prior of St. John's, the Marquis de Mo; A, a merchant of the name of LARRAT, and 3R artisan of the mune of CAmootas.t. Gereral CA rrAtios has reported to his MAJESTY, that he was unable to refuse his passport for the above Deputation to meta to Court, in consequence of the actual state of Catalonia, fret' whose inhabitants General Lacy daily received the greatest :ad warmest proofs of regard, since ft has happenc.l that a bsy , portion of the inhabitants .f Barcelotia had repeatedly assenahied ' al Cie vas of h i pi ban, owing merely to a tai.Ort tprt..•l abroad that it was intended to fume him in a secret matter -• All these Eoirts of information, eircuinstamially known I hi. ' drill, induce us to believe that the Ict w 1 1, in some rams.. be cornisslied to accede to the wishes tit the Prinrip tlity of Cc talonia, which, in fact, at the preNent day, are thme of t!' whole natian. Letters from Barcelona say, that ordets ha•! >•• r deed been reccived there front Court to execute fkaet..ll..c. • but that Cavr.tams had not dared to carry them into if t', consecueuce of the disaffection and discontent operdy prism; arougliont the whole Prieeipality, and In such a state be had thought it best to resign Ids corm:mut" A Letter from Rome, dated May 5, “II—" The arrival of a Courier from Spain, with dispatches film CnAnLts IV. has given rite to a number of rerre:. • It is thought that negociations of the greate,t are going on between the old S,:vereign and FLP:.• NAND VII. The Rev. Father TAvLoir had yesteriry a private awc;:ence of Lis I - it:watts, supposed to rtlr: to the affairs of Ireland. The influx of strangers 0 very great : one svoL!! think Rome was ab.rot 7 disappear from the snrface of the earth, so grelf-i the crowd of travelas and pilgrims thither to al.:0 observations upoi: hit - ory and the arts. More 44XX) svotkmcn are employed on puhrc works: excavation, surpa:,: all expectation: many valtiabi monuments have been d,:a.ovcred : we shall ancient Rome again winding with htt Etuvc4 and Lou.."