Star.
London, England, 1808-01-07 00:00:00

captured
wool.

ItMUFICAL LVTELLIGENCE.

Came in, the' Sally, Captain Nicnoi., from Vera-
:ruz, with specie, sugar, and coffee. The polacre
ig Divina Providencia, bound from hence to Lon-
don, in ballast, is ashore on the rocks at Love's Hill,
near the Hooe, and it is feared will be wrecked : the
people employed are endeavouring to save the stores,
vhich it is expected they will effect. Arrived, a
Ipanish schooner, laden with rozin, prize to I'Aiglec
36 guns, last from Falmouth.
PORTSMOUTH, JAN. 6.
Arrived his Majesty's ship Star, from a cruize ;
John, Captain, Spring, and William (transports),
part of Sir CHARLES COTTON'S expedition. Sailed the
Linnet, on a cruize ; and the Sharpshooter. with a
convoy for Guernsey and Jersey.—Wind W.N.W.

YARMOUTH, JANUARY e.
Sailed the Vixen gun brig. Arrived l'Amiable fri-
gate and Oberon sloop of war. Remain the ships of
war as per last.—Wind W. N. W. light breeze.

DEAL, JANUARY 6.
Came down the Goshawk sloop of war, from Sheer-
ness, also from the River, the Orion, Ross, for De-.
maraca ; Brilliant, Gummi., for Rio Janeiro , Prin-
cess Mary, Glum, for Gibraltar ; and Fly, ASPIN.•
ALL, for the Cape of Good Hope, with several
coasters, and remain in the Downs with the ships as
per last ; also the Carmarthen, Ross, from Bombay.
—Wind W.N.W.

GRAVESEND, JANUARY 6.
Passed by the Bedford, WANHAM, from Jamaica ;
Mermaid, THOMPSON, from Lisbon ; Two Sisters,
HALLACUAM, from Quebec, and the Eliza and Grace,
ARBER, from Waterford.—Sailed the Orion, Spurt-
mu., for Demarara ; Success, WALKER, for Guern-
sey, and the Ceres, GODFREY, for Dublin.

&PEI:41110N TO SOUTH
• TOltittn
AMERICA.
zenerany reported amongst the best informed C
, 'polities circles, that General MIRANDA has Cra
an important proposal to the British Ministry, brig
are in
At the Ministry clined to give it not only don;
neat
'An but execution.
general substance of this proposal is said to be, peoi
-from ree to four sail whi
British naval rorce of
to con-of Spa
should be sent to the Spathnish Main,
and convey a land force of about seven thousand of
Immediately upon effecting a landing, it Is
to proclaim the independence of the Spanish J
;noes, and to invite them to form themselves into Joh
Republic, under the protection of England par
gthe present war, and under the direct pledge Lir
engagement that the British Government should con
ree -
the acknowledgment of their independence in
treaty which might ensue for a general peace.
ractocability of this scheme, we gat
tit], respect to the p
scarcely any doubt in our own mind that it will wa
lowed with success. The Spanish Americans
as anxious for independence as they are linked
•ist foreign conquest. The attempt of Sir HOME net
Ho, and the expulsion of the English from La ma
ter, have flattered the natural pride, and animated tees
patriotism of the whole Spanish nation. Every Al.
opt of conquest, therefore, will have to encoun- co 4
with this spirit. Every man will fight in imitation pc'
emulatiosi of the brave defenders of Buenos Ayres.
ry one will expect the same success, and therefore
ry one will make the same efforts. A people thus
mated are invincible, unless overwhelmed by a M
t superiority of force. But unfortunately, the H
superiority of force, as well as the patriotic en- B
must be on their side. England can never 'RP
• , such an army as would be wanted against the se:
.nirs of La Plata.
The conclusion, therefore, is too evident to require
detailed deduction. South America may be ren FI
-
independent, but cannot be conquered—she to
he an Ally in her own subjugation. Proclaim sat
Rety—invite and assist her to form that federal fo
. which she has so long seen to exist on the to
. part of the Continent, and she will hail of
standard as her own, and expel those indolent of
oppressive vermin which are daily sent from th
to devour the harvest of others. *Ca
So fir, therefore, we cannot but anxiously express fr
*idles, that Government may forward the views "
Geeral MIRANDA. It is incumbent upon the
• d England to wipe off the disgrace of her late
in La Plata, and this is the only means by s.
sa
" . she can obtain a lucrative and bloodless ui
, To attack the Spaniards in Monte Video B
Buenos Ayres, after our late disappointments, rel
P to say absolute defeats, would be seizing the bull
the horns, or running madly into the midst of the at
a which the late alarm has collected in one em-
• -. phalanx. Our future efforts must be directed fr
another quarter.
The independence of South America, moreover, 21
• d weer the same purpose as the Conquest of it. 'Ol
le , America, as an Independent Kingdom, would ti
a boundless Mart for our Commerce, from which fo
is now effectually excluded by means of that Iron a
oop of Monopoly, within which the Colonial Policy
is
the Mother Country confines her to herself. South
'ea takes nothing but through Spain, and, in
▪ ,uence, pays such an enormous price for English F
ufactures, that she can buy them but to a very 7
▪ .w extent. Few can buy at all ; and those few t
be
buy very little. But the great view of manufac-
▪ , • is the general consumption. The Spanish Co.ltits, therefore, consume scarcely any thing of Eng-
. manufactures ; because the pricer at which such
sz modifies can reach the markets, through the ex-
:ions of monopoly, and the reduplications of profit,
e.%0 infinitely above general ability, that they cannot
brought into general consumption.
o' The independence of America would remove this.
Compare what is taken by North America, and
• 't is taken by South America, under an equal
11 'lllation, and the result will prove the difference
• een the consumption of an independent country,
• that of a people under the restraints of monopoly—
• other words, will explain the advantage of the inde-
r•ce of South America.
Our Readers, we are confident, will do us the jus-
' to believe that we are not influenced by party
adice, but by the best wishes for the prosperity' of
s-uonEry, in giving it as our well-weighed opi-
" that the Isot :twine:see of South America is at
Practicable and expedient—that it is the means
cm(luest, and may extend the commerce of the
rit Nati). to its farthest possible limit.
o
Bya vessel which arrived yesterday from a fpanish
.which it left on the 24th ult. we have received
genre, that a small French lugger privateer,
t
off4Othrtelen and 6 or 8 pieces of cannon, was
ch_port, for the purpose of searching
vessels
• as-came out, and capturing such as there
all Pound to suspect of being bound to Eng-
. Such privateers are, we understand, to be
etuizing off all the commercial ports on the
ent.
A vessel sup Posed to belong to Bremen, and to be
by Captain VAN SLARTEN, has been
1. Coming out of the port of Bilboa, by a French
ugget Privateer, which has be en some time lying at
tra Bay. It is said, that in consequence of this
iC
several vessels which were ready to sail from
seten' afraid are is
stated to venture out. The captured
to have been loaded With wool. '
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