The Sun.
London, England, 1816-11-21 00:00:00

II ANI BURMI .11:11L.

GENO:%, Nov. 2.—The Captain of the vessel 00
hoard of which the Princess of \Vales made her
last voyage, and who lately went to Como to
escort tote precious effec's belonging to her Royal
Highness, returned yesterday to this city, greatly
satisfied with the reception be met with from the
Princess. This Captain relates, that the Lawyer
who is to plead for her in case the affair of the
Divorce sbOuld be brought forward is actudly at
Como.

ANTWERP, Nov. 16.—The affair of 'M. Jacobs,
accused of having cartunniated the l'residen► of
the Tribunal of Commerce in this Coy, has been
decided upon to-day by the Tribunal at Simple
Police. M. Jacobs has been condemned to I►.;y
a fine of four francs and the costs. M. Jtman,
Editor of the Journal of the Province Antwerp,
implicated in the same affair, has been diact►argcd
•
without costs.

BRUSSELS, Nov. 18.—The Royal Academy, es-
tablished under the reign of the August Maria
Theresa, and re-established by our Sovereign,
constituted itself yesterday it) the grand Saloon of
the Museum. M. Repelaer Von Dril presided.—

It is known to our Readers, that this learned In-
stitution ceased to Exist uncles• the French 6o-

veinment.

The King hal ordered that eVery traveller who
shall be stopped for nut hating a passport, or be-
cause this document is nut in
.due iorm, shull be

immediately taken before the Municipal Officers
of the Local Police, conformably to the law of
the 22d :starch, 17)2. Instructions have been
given to the Magistrates not to stop any traveller
except ia cas,i of espticial consequence.

AMERICAN INTELLIGENCE.

AMERICAN ACCOUNT OF VIE AFFAIR OF THE

Fncr.utLAND.

On the 27th of August the Firebrand found
herself near tour Vessels not tar trot Vera Cruz,
whicb.proved to be his
_Catholic Majesty's ship
Diana of 24 guns, commanded by Joss SotioNDo ;
the Hermaphrodite, Cassidor, and La Gera brigs,
of 18 guns each : the names of the Commanders
of the two last-mentioned vessels were refusrd
the Americans. There were not less than 50U
men on board the two first-nanud vessels, be-
sides many soldiers. The La Gera, at the time
of meeting, appeared to be in chase of another
vessel. The Diana and Cassidor took their places
on each side of the Firebrand, and although the
American colours were hoisted, the Cassidor,
without hailing or any other ceremony, fired some
of her cannon, loaded with grape and' canister
shot, into the American, besides a volley of mus•
retry. Capt. CUNNINGHAM, of the Firebrand, in‘
stantly 'coped on a gun and hailed the Cassislor,
informed the Spaniards they were Ameritans,.
and demanded the cause of the firing. The
firing notwithstanding continued, accompanied by
the most violent abuse. Capt. CUNNINGHAM be-
ing conspicuous from iiis elevated sitllkllion on the
gun, and because of his epaulette, he was sinned
at by a marine ; the ball narrowly missed binn,-
entered the breast of an American marine, and
lodged in his neck. After several threats on, the
part of the Spaniards, Captain CUNNINGHAM was
induced to send a boat on board the Diana, when
the side arms of Lieutenant A. S. CAMPBELL were
taken from him, he was placed under a guard of
marines, and the boat's'erew were' beat and put in
irons. A Lieutenant came on board the Firebrand,
and Was hailed whilst on deck hy the Cassidor to
get out of danger, as they intended to tire on them
and show them no quartets. It was in vain
he returned for answer they were Arnei icons.—
The Spaniards • retaned for answer they were
scoundrels and liars. Capt. CUNNINGHAM bared
his breast, and told them to. fire on him, and not
on his men. The American Captain was ordered
on board the Diana ; but' before he went he or-
dered his colours down, which the-Spanish. Lieu-
tenant on' board-refused should be The
Spanish Lieutenant, whilst on board the
.Fire.
brand,: denied the right of Americanslo navigate
the Gulph of Mexico. The whole coast was not
only, - he said, in a state of blockade, but the
Americans hail tto commerce there to protect,—
Captain Powraa was charged with being a pirate.
The Firehrand was then regularly taken posses.

Sion of by Spanish -marines, and to ,e was to
proceed to Vera Cruz ; and if the Governor found
all was right, the Americans should ha paid their
expenses. Captain CUNNINGHAM however, re-
fused to follow the squadron to Vera Cruz; but,
as they were superior in force, they mighttake
him there if they chose : he would, at all eientii
represent the transaction to his Government.--
Slimily after the American boat's crew were re-
turned on board.

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NEW Yottx COURIER, OCT. 17--The United
States have become, firms time to time, so en-
tanglea wit'► France and England, that at la•t,_
when all deemed it necessity to.act with decision,
the nation was very notch divided as to which; we
ought to make war upon. We had been so long
kicked and cuffed, during the- American Age of
Reason, Mr. Jefferson's Administration, that we
found it impossible to agree whether Great- Bri-
tain or France had kicked and cuffed us the most

thoroughly. The Givernment itself was guilty of
some very queer cspers, well understood by a few,.
but never by the in,dril ode. ‘Ve pass these over,
however, at this dine, for the purpose of giving
our ide,ts on the attack on the Firebrand.

If, when thi! snhjects of one 6.,;vernment corn-
wit an aggression upon these of another, retal,a-
OM, were to be immediately relorted to, and thus
artoal war he commenced, it: evident, that a
very inlet ior officer :might -plunge Hs Sovereign
into war, when he, the Sovereign hitiielf; was
totally averse to it. It •does not follow that be-
cause such an officer has committed .05 outrage

that he has been drdei en by his Government.
law of natioos has therefore very wisely p:ov14&
that t e injured nation, betore it re;iltii!es, shal
state the' wrong and deniand re,irtss'hat the
bovereign of the other miy hive an opportunity
of disavowing the act, of punishing the wroni;
doer, and r+ pairing the ijiiry.
• The course, therefore, to be purSued by our
Government is plain. They must cause ibis out-
rage to he. representea in its true colours to the
Spanish King. Ile must. inflict a signal,, an ex-
entplary punishment on the wrong doers, and lie
'mist make ample reparation. The case is one of
clear and undeniable enormity. The reparation
bhould he not less signal. _

We hope and trust also, for the honour of our
moot y, that the tedious and disgusting see-saw
diplomacy which disgraced Mr. Jefferson's Admi-
nistration, will uever be repeated. Wrong is
wrong, and right i% right. The power which has
clearly and undeniably wronged us does not mean
us repiration, if it does not make iiat once. -We
hope and trust also that the punishment of the
offending Spanish officer, iR such a way as to be
an 'example to all others of like savage diipnsition,
will be peremptorily demanded and inflexibly hi-
sisred on. And, it our just demand. are no: in-
stantly complied with, we firmly believe Oat, his
',mini, will, with o. e. voice, cry out for War with

Spain.
any view, such a war is not nntlesirttble with
the U,ited states ; although we shou.d deprecate

it cleepiy, u,►lesB comowiti•ed tor just and equita-
ble causes. The. dreadful despotism, the cruel
and horrid ingratitude, with which the supersti-
tions plonk, who disgraces the throne of Spain,

. _
las rewarded the heroes who fought the battles of

the legitimate Monarchy of Spain, tchite be WM
a helpless captive, and the revival of the Ingaibi-
tion, in an age like this, mark him nut for the

hatred of man and the vengeance of Heaven.—
Universal, 0140, i 4 the nation's hope, ardent the
universal desire here, that Spanish America may
become independent. Let Ferdinand, ha.;
at home given so many examples in his own con-
duct of cruelty and oppression, that his 4ubjects
abroad might well hope to gain the favour of
their Monarch by imitating them—let Lim but
fuse us a little of that justice whicb is due to us,
and the United staves will find no-difficulty in
sintilltaneontly redressing their own weon-s,
g and
giving to the Patriots of South America such aid
as, under God, will, we trust, crown with bril-
liant success their noble efforts for Liberty and
Independence-.

The British have formally interdicted the in-
troduction of American provisions into Montreal,
Official intelligence tad been received in Ame-
rica of Carthagena having been declared a flee
port.
The Hon. W. H. CRAWFORD, from the War
Department,, is reported to be the successor of
Mr. Dial. s as Secretary of the Treasury to the
United States.
Advices had reached America from SUFIORM,
that what are called the Bush Negroes, in the vi-
cinity of that place, had become very trouble-
some, committing daily excesses end murders,
both in and out of the city. It was feared they
would commence a sudden attack upon the city ;
to prevent which, parties of soldiers were kept in
continual motion.

The Spanish expedition so long fitting out at
the Havannah, it appears, had put to sea, and
returned into port after 10 days, witLiout making
any capture.
Fatal Sickness at Guadeloupe.—Captain
/news, who lately arrived at Providence from
Point Petre, Guadaloupe, states, 111 At while there
he saw in one day one hundred funerals 1 The
sickness continued with severity when Captain
ANDLUtWS Sailed. Two of his crew died while in
port, and one on his passage home.

The head-quarte►s of the 69th will to-morrow
be established at Chatham, the regiment being
now on its tnnrch from Colchester to that place.
A detachment of the same regiment (the 69th)
consisting of 30L) men, with Captains GUICSI:NG
and CUYI-811, Lieutenants FRANKLIII, PIGoT, and
BUSTARD, are on their route to embark for India.
On Sunday last the Defiance and Telegraph
coaches from Manchester to London were both
overturned, the former four miles the other side
of Market-Hatborough, the latter six. miles on
this side: providentially no one was seriously
hurt. The Traveller coach, the same road, a short
time since, met with a similar accident.

A vessel, with a carp of eggs, last week ar-
rived at Newcastle from France. The cargo has
met with a ready sate at lOs; 6d, the 101 l bun-
dled.