The Sun. — London, England, 1819-04-02 00:00:00

Chariefit fin, to 114Ve in readiness a complete battle train, the rttanher find calibre of the Rims pointed f in! ; 1 b ave ( limb( you will find them in tea: irrF. " I inclose yew the Report of Captain Henley, .4 the naval force on tLat station ; yffil will open a correspondee with Commandant J. Dallas, to ingore his co-operation, provided it should be " In this projected expedition, it was not thought oc , :essary or expedient to consult the executive hrauch of the Government ; the order sent to General Gaines was petemptory, on the oiscovery being made that the Indians had been supplied with ammunition and provisions, aid t xcited to war ; the blow was to be struck, nod nothing hut an express order from the Secretary of War was to prevent it. Long before this Tarim! the Commanding General had, by his letters to the Secretary of War, declared the Se minole war at an end, and after which not a sin gle new act of hostility had been committed. Yet, in this state of peace, is a Military Officer directed to ascertain certain facts, and on such facts being substantiated, to make war on the neutral colony of a nation in peace and amity with the United Stares,; thus disregarding not only the Legislative and - Executive Authorities of the United Stat e s, but setting at nought the usages of all civilized nations, by making war without a previous and ptib!ic declaration. Were this nation subject to the will of a military despot, and were there no constitutional hartiers "to the inordinate exercise of military ambition, more than this could scarcely have been expected. It is with pain the Com mittee are constrained to make these observa tions ; but where the vital principles of the Con stitution have been violated, as they conceive, it wool(' be criminal in them, tinder the instruc tions they have received from the Senate, and the duty they owe to the nation, to be silent. Silence on their part would have been considered an ac quiescence in those measures, anti they fear this precedent and example may be pleaded and fol lowed on furore occasions. If these things be admitted in the South, will they nor be considered as authorized in the Nora) ? Are there trot - fortresses there to he won, and provinces to be conquered, and are there not Indians in that quarter likewise, and may not the Officer in comma , td find means to prove that tho-e Indians have been, or hereafter may be, furnished by the British with arms anti munitions of war, -and if so, may he not follow the . example set up in the South, and add some thing to his stock of !Milt at y tame, by reducing the British fortresses of Canada, anti unfurling the star•spangled banners of this nation on the wails of Quebec ? We hope better things of the distinguished Of ficer at the head of our tittnies, and we had hoped better things of the hero of New Orleans, but we have been disappoioted; and if the conduct of the Officers in the south be sa,nctior.ed and approved by the nation, we are free to declare that the re• Auction of Quchec (where Montgomery tell, un able to congoer), would present a much stronger claim to public approbation. It is necessary here to remark, that a copy of the order isaued by General Jackson to General Gaines, for the reduction of St. Augustine, was transmitted to the Secretary at War, and a coun termanding order promptly dispatched to General Gaines, which reached him before the military expedition set on foot by General Jackson had commenced ; and thus was suddenly arrested 4 military scheme (as unconstitutional as it was im politic), and . which might, as stated by the Se cretary ofWar, in his letter of the Bth day of Sept. ISIS, have involved this nation in a war with all Europe. In thus promptly prohibiting the unauthorized seizure, at the will of a Commanding General, of the possessions of a neighbouring nation with whom tire United States are at peace, the Com mittee recognize that sacred regard to the rights of other nations, which ought never to be de parted from by the Executive of a free country, and that vigilant attention to the conduct of the officers of the army, which is necessary. to secure a due subordination of the Military to the Civil Power: They consider that on this riccasion the Exe en4ive of the (Juiced States has (by promptly re storing St. Mat k's and Pensacola, wrested from Spain, in violation of instructions), pursued the course that the Constitution demanded, that all former precedents justified, and to which the pub lic sentiment gave a decided approbation• In reviewing the execution of 'Arbuthnot and Ambriscer, your Committee cannot but consider it as an unnecessary act of severity, on the 'part of the Commanding General, and a departure front that mild and humane system towards prisoners, which, in all our conflicts with savage or civilized natiOns, has heretofore been considered, not only honourable to the national character, but conform able to the dictates of sound Poliey..---These pri soners were subjects of Great Britain, with whom the United States are at peace. Having left their connity, and united their fate with savages, with whom the United States were at war, they for feited their claim to the protection. of their own Government, and subjected themselves to the sane treatment which might, according to toe practice and principles of the American Govern meta, be extended towards those with whom they were associated. No process of reason ing can degrade them below the savages witl► whom they were connected. As prisoners of war they ►vere entitled to chi„ from the Ame rican Government that protection which the most savage of our foes have uniformly expe rienced, when disarmed_ and in our power. Bon.ority shudders at the idea of a cold.. blood e d execution of prisoners disarmed, and in the power of the compi,ror. And although s a vages, who respext no taws, may, according to the strict principles of the law of nations, have their own system of cineity inflicted on them, by way of ret.iliatiou, it i> believed, that such a Eyste79 would detzr:4oe and debase the civilised nation, ►v!o could resort to it, and is not only na►rt to lb, mild plinoiples of the Christian seligion, hot .a violation of those great principles of moral rectitude which distinguish the Ameri can chat acter. Retaliation in the United States has always been confined to specified acts of ci vivify. it is not haerad that any attempt hat I We received this morning the Paris Papers of Tuesday last. -Neither of the Chambers assem bled au Monday. The following are extracts :-- PARIS, MARCH 30.—A Committee composed of several Councillors of State, and Masters of Requests, presided over by the Keeper of the Seals, assembled on Saturday at the Hotel of the Chancery, to arrange a Projet of Law for the abolition of the Droit d'Aubaiue, which is to be presenteeto the Chambers according to the wish they have expressed. " The Bureaux of the Chamber of Deputies yes terday continued their examination of the two Financial Projets ; it is supposed they will this day chuse the Members of the Central Committee, and then proceed to the examination of the Laws re specting the Press. There is no order for any public Sitting in the course of this week. " The King received a number of persons yes terday atter - moss, and then transacted business in Lis Cabinet. " The Persian Ambassador visited a few clays since the Royal Observa:ory, and yesterday Lux emburg. " A Letter from Rastadt, dated the 24th inst., gives the foll►►wing details respecting the assas sination of Made Kotzebue The celebrated Kotzebue, so %veil known in Germany by his numerous works, and theatrical pieces, has died at Manheim in a very tragic manner. ' According to the first details received. upon the subject, a stranger presented himself yesterday at .the resi dence of M. de Kotzebue, under the pretext of being acquainted with him ; but he had scarcely entered into conversation when he drew from his pocket a poignard, and plunged it into the bosom of the unfortunattEotzebne,who only lived a quarter of an hour afterwards. Thc murderer ran out of the house, but had scarcely reached the street when he cried out, God be praised, and gave himself se veral stabs with the saute poiguard. lie is not yet dead, and all the care is taken of him that his situa tion requires. On his arrival at the Tan, be said his name was Fischer, and that he was a student in theology at Erlangen; but it is understood that another name appears in the passport which he had about him. No person has the least know ledge of the motive that led him to the commis sion of such a crime.' Another letter, dated Frankfort, the 25th inst. states, that the assassin is named Charles Sander, that he is a native of Winziedel in'Saxony, and a Student at the Uni , versify of Wortzburgh. According to the last mentioned letter, he could not survive the wounds he had inflicted upon himself. " The following details respecting the above dreadful occurrence appear in a Letter from Manheim, dated the 24th instant Our city was yesterday the theatre of a dreadful scene of fanaticism. M. Auguste de Kotzebue, whose literary celebrity had penetrated even to Japan, was assassinated in his Chamber. A Student, or at least an individual who described him self as such in the Register of Strangers, at the , Inn of Weinberg,,entered the apartment of M. de Kotzebue, and began commenting on the opinions and conduct of the latter. After a short dispute, he gave M. de Kotzebue four stabs with a poi-gnard. M. de Kotzbue fell dead in the arms of his eldest son, whom his cries had drawn to the sprit. The assassin went tranquilly into the street, where lie fell upon his knees, and raising his hands joined together to Heaven, cried out, VIVAT TEUTONIA ! He then rose and stabbed himself with the poignard. Aid was immediately administered to him, and he exhibited some signs of life, but it is thought he cannot recover. The University diploma found upon him is in the name of Sand, and his shirt is marked with an S., but he in scribed himself at the Inn under the name of Heinrich. A billet was also found upon the assassin with. another poignard, containing the following wordr SENTENCE OF DEATH UPON AUGUSTE DE KOTZEBUE, EXECUTED THE 230 Alattcn 1819.' It is said the assassin is a native of \Vunsiedel, in Saxony.' FIVE FEE CENTS. Monday . f. 40 c. - DEFERRED STOCK Of the 22(1March, 1817, 82 f. 35 c. 22,1 Sept. 1817, 22 , 1 Nlarch, 1818, 78 f. 35 c. • 921 Sept. 1818, 76f. 35 c. 22d Match, 1819, 74f. Sac." (From the Commercial Advertiser of the sth March.) PROCEEDINGS OF CONGUES6.--Thc National In telligencer of Tuesday does not contain a sketch of Monday's proceedings. It mentions, however, that " amongst the subjects acted on by the Se nate were the Missouri and the Alabama Bills . the former passed with the amendment which was made on Saturday (to strike ont the restriction concerning Slavery), and the latter passed as it was received from the other House, that is, with out any provision in it respecting the prohibition of Slavery in the territory. 4 ' In the House of Representatives many Bills were matured and passed. The principal ones were, the Bills authorizing the occupation of Florida under the late Treaty, and the Bit con cerning the Currency of Foreign Coins ; and amongst the Bills ordered to a third reading was that in addition to the Acts prohibiting the Slave Trade." We present to our Readers this day, the sub stance of the Report of the Committee appointed by the Senate of the United States in Congress, to enquire into the grounds of the Seminole war. The Report itself, though certainly important al together, is too long for insertion, and as the substance comprizes all the essential parts, it will, of course, be sufficiently interesting to the people of this Country in general. It appears that General JACKSON had assumed a power not extend ed even to the Executive, but vested only in Con gress.—Fle assumed the power of declaring war, seized the possessions of a nation at peace with the United States, and murdered, in cold blood All•• BUTIINOT and AMBRISTER, thOSC who ought to leave been merely considered as Prisoners of War.— Other acts of assumption of authority, and viola tion of law, are imputed to him by this Commit tee, and the whole is accompanied by a multipli city of Documents, which demonstrate the truth of all these charges beyond the poisibility of doubt. The eyes of the world are, therefore, directed towards the American GovernMent, and it it does not act derisively in the infliction of exemplary punishment on General JACKSON, it may be ex pected to fall into the absolUte power of a Mili tary DeSpotism. But a regard to the rights of Allied andNerstral Nations also imposes upon Congress the necessity of some act of this nature, otherwise its want of justice, honour, and national dignity, will render it contemptible in the eyes of ,all mankind. The crisis of our valuable Constitution is now advancing very near. Lord IioLLAND yesterday gave notice, in the [louse of Lords, according to the, desire of Lord DUNOUGLINIORS, who was prevented - by absence from attending,' t'' at on the fourth of next month, the latter woul d bring forward his motion for the bearing of the Petitions of the Roman Catholics. Th e purpose of these Petitions is for the iutto , duction of Popery into our Legislature. ‘Vc hope to see the Reverend Bench of Bishops strenuons ly exert themselves on an occasion that threaten) the extinction of that Establishment iu Churc h and State, on which all our freedom, secu rity, and happiness, depend. But while we " I / on the efforts of the Orthodox Church, and et sound Politicians in both Houses, we have still stronger foundation for hoping that the fito l result will be in favour of a firm maintenance of PROTESTANT ASCENDANCY, grounded on the sacred obligation of THE CORONATION OATH' b elt ' in as much awful reverence by the present act" HEAD OF THE STATE, as by the venerable S(1; vereign whose Power he has hitherto e xecuted with so much honour to himself, and so touch advantage to the BritiSh Empire, and all Eurqe" LANCASTER ELECTION. •—The COlll Mitte e ° n the 6" Petition against JOHN GLADSTONR, ESCP and neral DovaTu, the sitting Members, h ate terms ti'e's duly their labours, and have declar ed duly elected ; and we believe they als o reP°r d the Petition against' them to be frivolous °II vexatious. If THE Pust,te at large are not dispose d t° re. they w ill re sign all poker to a malignant faction, a fair b e( es c i : solutely exert themselves in procnrina lug and a just decision on the merits of the crag of The Italians, 10)ich i t i s we ll kno wn tio t n, Party have arrayed themselves purposely t 0 sues A Morning Paper of this day, with its rancour on theatrical subjects, 11 ", t sse dsc aided this despicable intention to ill - 1"T - ma n Author, a Scholar, a Poet, a respectable -- d d. in private life, and who has to struggle witb effor ts fictilties H supporting a family by the itie re ,,,a is of his literary talents.- 6, Oh I shame, v f " -: thy blush ! ! !" -ftv , Yesterday the Duke of Yoatt transacted mili tary business with the PRINCE REGENT. wa lked The Duke and Duchess of GLOu c asTrft , in various parts of the West cod of the 1° .; s 1 ; yesterday, and called at Carlton-1) 00e, ' c l i c to the PRINCE REGENT. The D u chess of afternnon went on a visit to the Duchess Volt's, at York-house. not ifi theed to ti The COMMANDER-IN•CHIEF has Army, that this day the full mourn in g , for QUEEN will be discontinued ; but that the Officer ° will continue to wear, with their uniforms, black crape round their left arm till the 2tl °'" June, when the mourning will cease altogether. A fine monument, to the memory of the DO Princess CHARLOTTE, is about to be erected et Plymouth, in a new square just laid out. Letters have been received in town from Prill ee LeoPorm, dated the 12th of March , stating, (118, his Royal Highness would be in London the latt' eh end of this month. The Algerine Ambassador or Minister, WI been introduced to Earl BATHURST, and , 11 : r t ,ic Lord CASTLEREAGH, who is the Secretary °f for Foreign Affairs, and with whom all Ambassat; to dors and Ministers have to do, has excited mystery in the official circles,—(courr News 1":;„ We can inform our Readers from g"" i n fj f SUs rity, that his Royal Highness the P",ke Feast of SEX, and the rest of the Stewards for w e h a ve the Sons of the Clergy for the present 3:e% Ste appointed the Rehearsal of the Mu" l i t t of Paul's Cathedral to be on TuEsnotv, '; ( 1, 1 ref May, and the Anniversary of the M il ' Ic 4 e ll, and the Dinner at the Merchant TaY l ° l.s , to be on the following THURSDAY, thel3t" The Rev. C. GODDARD, Archdeacon Of Li" C -. will preach the Sermon at St. Paul's on the An. niversary. The Music on both days will be 4° ducted by THOMAS GREATOREX, Esq• living i° A man and his wife, named Cross , Redgate-court, Minories, being absent fr% home yesterday, leaving in the house o°lYsej young child, about five years old, a well- a re female came in, inquiring of the child for its o J rents ; finding, by the simple answer of the 0)),04 they were out, she amused it with some trltofsp presents, and in the mean time contrive d (o .oin^ away a box from a table in the room, con"l6.itit six silver spoons and four one-pound notes' - which she got off undiscovered. 4,g,A b°l4 SHOCKING CATASTROPHE. —Thiii , apa 9 o' cl ock, the following dreadful a cci ell ` petled to the inn of Mr. IttcHAßDsor 4 ' `; tl „botli Sparrow-corner, Rosemary-lane, a l" "Noir 12 years of age, having employment at the steam' Mint, Mint, Tower-Hill ;—going too near the o f -o t he engine, a wheel belonging to som e Part so machinery drew him in, whereby his head wes o d shockingly crushed that his brains protruded, 40. caused instant death.—He now lies for the C°l. ner's Inquest. 1.000101 ATTEMPTED MUPD2R, ARSON AND SUICIDE.'"-- A i n ni g ht, a gatdener of the name o f ' Lacey, who lodge%rder house in M fond-street, ill Pond-seet, Dock head, attempted t:11-„„or tc“ his wife by battering her head most dreadfully. lne,-cat wom an was sent to the hospital; after w hich th e wre,be his own that from ear to ear, and set fire to his room. arts o f throat alarm was given in suf fi cient time to save the other the house, but not before the mon ster waslipite dead. M THOUSAND PoUNDS S t elling c'n e Y't ftt and 29 o ther Three Prizes of 20,0001; each ; all to he 'd r; Capitals of 20001. 10 001 . , exc. &c. w sided in Twelve Hours To-morrow, , heo t Lottery will finish. Many of the above ore or ai; 1 11° ! ; * bably now on Sale at WEBB's Offices, ,"Lil hill, and 17, Ludgate-street; ,which t he o pen until Twelve o'Clock to-ni g ht, as Drawing begins at Nine i n the Morning. 9 -- ---- ,-- Cles 6 I.ONDON: Printed by J. B . CARS'FAIRS, of No. e9,„1 A • Ormond-street, Queen - sq uore; and pnld M islied bY '''. t; SCRIPPS, of N. 7 , S ooth Nlolton-street, at 'flis rd.r" i Mice, No. Ile, Stran d ; 'where Adeettisementi, O Letters, &c. (post-paid) must be aldressed. ever bren made to retaliate for charges so general as those exhibited agail►st Arbuthnot and Am ister, viz. Inciting the Indians to war' Du►r ing the !evolutionary war, only two cases.occur red of persons seized for purposes of retaliation, neither of whom were executed—the case of As gill, seized on account of the murder of Huddy ; and tiovernor Haytilton, of Vincennes, for spe cific acts of cruelty also. Hamilton was confined for a short time with rigour, and afterwards re leased. During the late war, marked with some cases of cold-blooded massacre on the part of our enemy, particularly the one at the river Raisin, no such measure as retaliatio❑ was resorted to. The principle assumed 'hy the Commanding- General, that Arbuthnot atilt Amblister, by unit ing in war against the United States, while we were at peace with Great Britain, " became out laws and pirates, and liable to suffer death," is not recognized in any code of national law. Nothing can he found in the history of civilized nations, 'which recognizes such a principle, except a decree of the - k;-recut i , e Directory of France, during their short career of folly and madness, which declares, Oat . neutrals found on board enemies' ships should he considered and treated as pirates.* The Committee torliear to make any other re marks on the violation of the usual and accus tomed forms in the punishment and conviction of Albtrthuot and Ambrister, except that even des pots, claiming to exercise absolute power, can not with propriety violate their own roles. Having detailed a Court-Martial, for the pur pose of trying the prisoners, the Commanding 'General, by his own authority, set aside the sen tence of the Court, and substituted for that sen tence his own arbitrary will. in trials involv ing the life of an individual, a strict adherence to form is in ordinary cases considered the best se curity against oppres,ion and injustice. A departure from these forms is calculated to inflict a wound on the national chat Hetet, and tar nish the laurels so jus , ly acclnired by the Com manding General by his former victories. Such are the tiets as they appear to the Committee, and such are the sieves taken by them of the im- portant subjects referred to their con.itteration, and, together with their Report, they subunit va rious depositions and documents, to which, and to the correspondence and documents relating to the Seminole war, communicated to the Senate by the President of the United States, at the last and present Session, they refer. See Mr. KING', Letter to the Secretary of State—State Papers. THEAT nicAL REGISTER. Performed Last _V ht. TREAT rtE rtmem., DaultY-LANL.—(47III time), Brutus: Lu ciui Junius, Mr. Kean ; Tarquinia, Mts. W. West. Aftcr which, The Castle of ‘Vonders. THEATttg ROYAL, COVENT-GAIWEN.—(I 7 tiI tinle), Eradne Principal Characters by Mr. young and Miss O'Neill. Af ter which, CyLOOH. 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