Star.
London, England, 1812-09-19 00:00:00

EXTRACT OF A LETTER DATED PICTOLI, AUGUST 20!

" Nine American privateers were taken by by
Majesty's ship Spartan in the Bay of Fundy. The
British Admiral at Halifax having nothing left is
port but a small tender, put the crew of his barge
and a few midshipmen on board, with one gun : they
went in search of a privateer, of eight carriage guns
—after chasing her a number of hours, they came up
with her in the night. Scott, the senior miushipman,
who had the command, desired the American prin.
teer to strike, which he did to the brave crew of the
British barge. The privateer had 36 men on board."

THE EVENING STAR.

LONDON.

SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 19.

We announced yesterday, on the faith of a letter
sent to us and some of our contemporaries, from the
City, that the George Washington, ten days later
from New York than the GLKANER, had arrived at
Liverpool, and brought accounts that peace was con.
sidered certain at the time she sailed. The letter
alluded to proves to have been a fabrication—pro.
bably for mercantile purposes. It is true that the
Washington is expected to be one of the first arrivals,
but the latest letters from Liverpool do not menu'
any new arrivals from America..We are not with.
out hopes that we shall be able to discover the an.
thors of this forgery : if we succeed, we shall giTO
them a proper niche in our Portico of Fame.

In addition to the particulars communicated yes.
terday from accounts brought by the GLEANER WO
have this day given various interesting articles from
American Newspapeis. We ought here to states
however, that the 30 days armistice, mentioned
the Halifax Paper of the 24th ult. is discredited a'
letters of the following day.
We'must wait the' next arrival from America be•
fore we can hope to know any thing respecting the
effect produced at Washington by the repeal or the
Orders in Council. It was impossible, as we stated
yesterday, that the GLEANER could bring any thing
definitive respecting this point. The GLEANER, hie
true, carried out intimations of the intended meows
but it may be questioned whether of such a nattue as
to call for instant deliberation and action on cher!'
of the American Government ; for she sailed from
Plymouth on the I9th of June, and the Proclanie-
=don rescinding the Orders did riot appear M the/
London Gazelle until the 23:f of that month.—la
short, any answer brought by the GLEANER WOUla
necessarily be of a complexion that might be consi.
dered hostile; as no arrangement of the dis.otitinud
ance of hostilities could .possibly be transmitted by
this TVI6el• In riot of facto WC know t;aat ccluAls

'444ifying istrecmditteena edottngencies, with which
tbf repeal was clogged in its first concoction, were
aot rensoved•rill 'after the Gt.itanrca had sailed from
Sy/oath ; and it would therefor'. be rash to conclude
goy thing respecting the probabilities of peace or war.
till that document in its ultimate form shall have
ken taken hit° the Consideration of the American
eovernment

Since the preceding page was pin to Press, we
have learnt that the letter from Liverpool, announcing
the arrival of the Gamma WASHINGTON, was received
as from die Proprietor of the Liverpool Mercury.—
it is possible that some fabricator made use of that
Gentleman's name to give countenance to the false-
hood ; but it is, at the same time, possible, that he
'Ay have been imposed upon by some :peculator; and
bate actually written the letter. When this article
ball have met his eye, he will probably feel it incum-
bent upon him to explain how the rumour originated-