Star.
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venting the cohnsels of each Cabinet in Europe, i 1
namely, the united opinion of the majority of States.'
Against this it isin vain for as :bight Power to con-
tend. How that might► influence may eventually
operate on the affairs of .Spain, I believe nobody

can yet foresee.
Some persons suppose, that the ♦ery pacific ar-
earl in the Journal des Debate were put forth to mo-
derate opposition in the Elections; and that, now
the Elections have been almost wholly carried by
Royalists, the war trumpet will again be sounded.
" It is reported, that when General Berthier de
Souvigny, the son of the first victim of our unhappy
Revolution, took leave of the King, to go and assume
his command in the Army of Observation, his Ma-
jesty said to him, Be assured, General, that if we
are to fight with Spain, you shall be present at the
first shot that is fired: It has been remarked too,
that the War Minister has lately had frequent con-
ferences with his Royal Highness the Duke d'An-
gouleme. These circumstances are of course laid
hold of as indications of an approaching war."

But notwithstanding all these opinions on the sub-
ject, which are certainly entitled to respect, and with-
out at all prejudging the ultimate issue of the hostile
character which France holds towards Spain, we
consider the article in the Moniteur as evading the
question. The French Government, it will be recol-
lected, had assumed a decidedly warlike tone, which
was manifested in their organ, the Journal des lk-
bats, on the 9th instant. A great alarm immediately
spread through Trance; public credit, that unerring
thermometer of public opinion, received a shock
which indicated how unpopular war with Spain was
likely to be. It is impossible to conceive that such
evidence could be entirely lost even on the French
Government, obstinate as it is : in the meantime, the
news from Spain began to render all interference
more doubtful of success, and the French Ministers
found they- must draw in their horns a little ; when
a tranquillizing article appeared in the same Jour-
nal that had first sounded the alarm.
This had the effect of raising the Funds a little, bet
still the public mind was uneasy and unsatisfied ; for,
although it is well-known that the Journal des Debate
is actually a Ministerial Journal, yet an avowal or
disavowal was expected from the authorised and
official Journal of the Government—the !foniteur.
Ministers felt themselves called upon to say some-
thing ; and, unwilling to acknowledge that, they had
successively played the bully and the coward, they
put forward a mysterious article, the whole gist of
which is, that we reserve to ourselves the right to go
to war whenever we think France endangered by the
events now passing in Spain, but that the question of
war or peace will depend less on the events in Spain
or the principles of justice, than on the support we
may receive from other quarters, and the consequent
probabilities of success. Such, in fact, is the tenour
of the article in the French official journal.
The news from the North of. Spain still continues
highly favourable to the cause of the Constitu-
tionalists. An article from Frankfort, dated the l2th
instant, says the news from Congress is not so tran-
quillising as is wished, and that it appears a very
close union does not prevail among the Cabinets. It
is added that the death of the Marquis of LONDON-
DERRY has disconcerted many hopes and projects.
This we readily believe; had the late foreign Secre-
tary been at the Congress, matters would have gone
on smoothly enough ; and an army of Russians,
French, and Austrians, would have keen before this
time on their way to Spain.
The same article from Frankfort states, that—" A
Deputation of the Greek temporary Government is
to repair to the Congress. It has not disembarked
at Trieste, as it was said, but is at present at Ancona,
performing quarantine. It is a matter of curiosity
to conjecture whether or not it will receive passports
to go to Verona."

In the STAR of yesterday we gave an account of an
expedition that had sailed for Porto Rico. It appears
that this band of adventurers landed at the port of
Mayaque on that island, where they published a Pro-
clamation of Independence, under the title of the
Republic of Boiiqua, which was the originil name of
Porto Rico. The Proclimation, a translation of
which we subjoin, is printed in the French language,
and appears to have been prepared before the ad-
venturers landed, as the date and the name of the
place have been inserted in writing. This band of
freebooters and pirates, for they appear to be nothing
else, do not seem to have possession of any part of
the island except the spot where they landed ; but it
is melancholy to think that this noble colony should
be in so defenceless a State as to be preyed on with
impunity by a band of desperate adventurers. The
following is a copy of the Proclamation :

APPEAL OF THE GENERAL-IN-CHIEF, AND PRESIDENT

OF THR REPUBLIC OF BOIIQUA, (PORTO RICO).

" To foreigners of every nation, European Spaniards ar.epted s

•' The revolution of this island is cotnpleted. Its independ-
ence is proclaimed, and a free and wise Republican Govern-
usest offeri you employment, protection, security, and welfare.
ei We therefore invite you to come and settle in this fine
country, under a general and salubrious climate. Here is what
we promise you ;

" 1. The right of citizenship—that of voting, and being en-
titled to aspire to all the civil and military offices of the Repub.
lie, without respect either to birth or religion, but merely to the
moral character and talents of the candidate.

" 2. To the military the same right of citizenship; with their
pay punctually discharged. and .tlselr accoutrements completes

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etwording to their wants. They mar rely on rims ad pr-1
tan remotion, according to their giodbehaviour.
" 3. The soldiers and sailers who May have the misfortune t•
became lame in the ilersiee of Republic, WWI be placed
the invalid Hospital, and supported there at the expense of the
Government. •
4. Skilful physicians, surgeons, and pharmacists, will find em-
ployment in our armies and our Hospitals.
• S. Cuhlvatots, planters, and persons skilled in agriculture, 1
are requested to present themselves to the Commission of Agri-
culture, which will assign to them, according to their means and
their merit, land, assist them in the purchase of materials, and
protect them in their undertakings. ' •
" 6. Artisans and manufacturers will and protection and em-
ployment. Those who wish to propose useful establishments
will present their plans to the Council of State; and if the plans
are-approved, their enterprises will be facilitated and protected•
▪ 7. Merchants and traders are invited to settle on the island'
ifo articles of commerce will be prohibited. Trade will be pro-
tected, and the duties paid will be slight.
" 6. Artists of every kind, men of learning, and persons ca-
pable of forwarding public instruction, will find employment
and protection.
" 9. Manufacturers of powder, tobacco, and leather, ar-
mourns, carpenters, bootmakers, shoemakers, and tailors, vete-
rinary surgeons, labourers, ail persons who can exercise any use-
ful business or handicraft, will be employed and protected.
" 10. The following are excluded from this appeal :
" Individuals prosecuted for infamous crimes and offeoces,
stockjobbers, professed gamesters, men of no character or pro-
fession, all chevaliers d'indisarie and adventurers, swindlers and
intriguers of every kind. If they come they will soon be dis-
covered, arrested, and banished fur ever from the soil of our
Republic.

" The persons described in the nine articles preceding thsslast,
who shall arrive first, will obtain greater advantages than those
who come to settle at a later period.
We invite the friends of our cause, the journalists and mer-
chants who may read the present appeal, to assist us in circu-
lating our Proclamation, by printing it in the Newspapers, in
the language of their country.
" The principal object of this Proclamation is to endeavour to

ameliorate the condition of many unfortunate foreigners who are
palling a wretched life unmerited, and below that to which their

intellectual faculties entitle them, It win be endeavoured to
place every one according to his merit, his conduct, his expe-
rience, and his talents; to all are offered equality of rights, asy-
lum, protection, and well-being.
" Head-quarters, Mayaque, September, 1822.
"LOUIS VILLAUME DUCONDRA,
" President, and General-in-Chief.
" B. IRVINE, Secretary of State pro tempers"

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