Star.
London, England, 1807-01-20 00:00:00

MIRANDA'S EXPEDITION.

New Yeta, Dsc. 19.—On this fubjed we have
been &enured with the perufal of feveral letters
from Trinidad, which implicitly contradia the Ex-
tralt publifhed in our paper of the 6th intl. One of
thele letters, dated November t 6, gives a more fatis.
faCtory and we believe entre° ftatement of the &na-
tion and profpeCts of MIRANDA and his affociates,
than any other we have lately teen. From this we
are permitted to extras the following :
" General MIRANDA arrived here on the 9th inn.
(November) in the MaL•rtot floe, of war, from
Barbadoes. From the prefent of affairs it is probable
he will remain here tome time, at leaf till he hears
the remit of Come difpatches fent to England in
September from the ;Nod of Aruba. There dif-
patches were conveyed by the Government fchooner
Pickle, the return of which may be looked for Come
time in December. It is poflible, however, the ex.
pedition may be again put in motion fooner than is
now generally exposed. This idea is derived from
the firong appearance of feveral fecret expeditions
preparing by the Briar Government ; one of
which particularly appears to be defined againft
the Welt Indies—and the opinion of the molt re-
fpeltable here, is, that thole troops are intended
either to conquer the Caraccas, or to co-operate im-
mediately in the plans of General MlRANDA—which
of the tw3 a little time will difcover. Had the
Englifli given him one or two regiments of regular
troops, in adaion to the raval force employed in
the attempt, it would have favcd much trouble and
expence, and General MIRANDA would, without a
doubt, have been at this moment in full poireffion
of that oppreffed country. The Britifh have
(through a bad look.out) permitted a brig from
Guadalonpe to land 180 French foldiers at Laguira.
A French frigate, and two brigs, a few days fince
arrived at Martinique, with 2co foldiers. This is
faid to be part uf a fquadion from Rochefort, con-
fiding of fix frigates and three brigs, with
2,cco troops, bound to Martinique, but intended,
no doubt, for the Spanifh Main. The other four
frigates, with I,Bocs troops, are reported to have
been captured, firmly after they left Rcchefort, by
Sir SAMOIL Hoop's fquadron.
" General MIRANDA, previous to his leaving Bar.
badnes, fent Colonel Count de Roveaav to England
with difpatches for the Britifh Government, which
muff, at all events, produce in the comic of two
months from this time, a definitive anfwer on the
cubic& of land forces ; without there he cannot fuc-
ceed. It is very evident that, however defirous the
people of South America may be to !hake off the
yoke of oppreffion under which they have groaned
for many years, and join the flandard of Miranda in
the caufe of liberty, yet they would confider, that in
the event of his being obliged, for want of fufficient
land force, to leave the country a fecond time, they
would be compelled either to abandun their proper-
ty and embark with him, or hazard the facrifice of
their lives and the confifcatinn of their ethics. There
are fericus confiderations which, under limner cir.
cumftances, mutt naturally govern men in all coun-
tries. They chufe rather to endure the evils of op-
preilion, than to rifle their lives and the fopport to
which their wives and children have been accullom.
ed. Shew them that thefe are keine, and they will
embrace the proffered freedom. It appears, there-
fore, that a greater land force Is now required to eflab.
nth confidence with the people thanit was fuppofed ne-
ceffary, or even proper to employ, in the early Rage
of the enterprize.
" Gen. MIRANDA has received letters, via London,
from Sir Hoses POPHAM, at Buenos Ayres, the fob-
fiance of which I cannot communicate to yon."

Our Readers will recnlle& that the Picitt,a fchnoner,
mentioned in the above intelligence, failed from Fal-
mouth on the tsth inflant. It is by ne means unlikely
that the carries out with her Colonel de R-ovsaAr,
with the difpatches from our Government, fo anxi-
oufly expefted by Gen. MIRANDA, and it is probable'
we may foan hear of his entcrprize being renewed,

AMERICA.

CONORISS-0/ THE UNITED STATES.

ielf&TI.••••WallIfItIOTAllt SIC. 8.
A Bill was laid before the Senate to prohibit tile
importation rif Slaves into any port or place within
the jurifdiainn of the United States, fri•m and after
the 41 of January, zBoB. It alfo prohibits the ex-
portation of Slaves, for the purport ef felling them.
This Bill was ordered to have a fecond reading.
The Refolotion, offered by Mr. Traer, calling
upon the Prefident for information relative to the
Negociations pending with Great Britain, was taken
tip, and negatived—Ayes s—Noes5—Noes 18.
Dee 9 —The Bill offered by Mr. Bradley, to pro-
hibit the Importation of. Slaves into any port or place
within the United States, front and after the zit day
of January, 11308,- Was referred to Mars. Giles,
Baldwin, and Mitchell.

The Bill to fafpend the operation of an Ae, en-
titled, " An Al to prohibit the Importation of cer-
tain Goods, Wares, and Merchandize," paled in
the Houfe of Reprefentatives, W 35 read a fecend
time, and ordered to 'a third reading.
to.—The Bill which had yeAerday been re-
ported without amendment by the &left Committee,
was confidered as in Committee of the whole Houte,
when Mr. Mitchell pmpoled anew feelion to the Bill,
empuwering the Prelident to give a further fufpen-
lion to the law beyond the 3oth June, 1807, until the
public interell ibould require it. On this the Bill
with the amendment was recommitted.

Dkc. 11.—Mr. Giles reported the Bill with the
new leaion, and another amendment ; and Mr. Mit-
propolition being thus incorporated into the
Bill, the whole was ordered to be printed.
Dec. lI.—To-day, the Senate paired a Bill, AIL
pending the Non•lmportation Law, with an amend-
ment, authorrfing the Prefidcnt w fufpend it for a
longer time, not exceeding the fecond Monday in
December next, if, in his opinion, the public good
%mild require it.
New Yoax, Dec. 18.—Captain Dunfcomb, from
Cape Francois, informs, that (ince the death of Def-
lation, the people have determined to abolifh the
regal power, and fafhion the Government to a repro.
Tentative democracy—Comtercial Mariner.
Captain Sebafliani, lately arrived at CharlefLon
from Madeira, informs, that Mr. Lamar, the American
Conful, unfortunately fell from a bridge, on the 22d
Oaober, and broke his neck. The Governor appoint.
ed, provifionally, George Day Welch, Efq. to attend
to the duties of the Confnlate ; from whom Captain
Sebattiani received much polite atteotion.—(l id).

A'AUTICAL INTELLIGENCE.

FALMOUTH, JAL t7.—Arrived the Duke of
Marlborough packet, Capt. BULL, with mails from
the Leeward IDands , in 30 days palrage from Tor.
cola ; alfo the Lord Hobart packet, Capt. Halm..
TON, with mails from New York, in 25 days.
Tossar, Jam. 18.—Arrived his Majelly's fhip
Llanow from Plymouth, to join the reft of the fhips
here under the command of Admiral Sir CHARLES
COTTON.

Poarsnencn, Jan. 19.—Arrived the Pelter gnn
brig with the Ida, Sceptre, Rebore', Voyager,
Kingfton, Ceres, Collins, William, Dorothy,
Crifis, and two other tranfports, nnder con-
voy frnra Cork. Sailed his Majefty's Qiip St. George
to the IVeftward. Wind W.

DEAt., JAN. !g.—Sailed his Majefly's %hip Assow,
on a urUize. Arrived his Majefly's fhip la Salsa,
with a fleet ender convoy from the Leeward HllllO4
which are failed for the River; among them are the
Alfred, MANSFIELD; Sally, LoNGli unsT ; Union,
BRoWN ; Miry, BROWN ; Britannia, Moult;
bella, BAER ; Thetis, DALKTRIFLI ; Magdalen, Rt.
CHARDS ; Lady Hood, FLANAGAN ; Orion, THY.
TUC[ ; Scipio, RAND; Howe, LUSK ; George, Rum;
Sir S. Smith; and the Fortitude, BRIDGE. Wind W.
The Samuel, LITTLE, from Quebec, 'which was
givcn over for loft, has arrived fafe in the Clyde.

Previous to the failing of the outward-bound Weft
India Acet from Cork on Saturday fe'nnighr, Lord
GARD)! it had their crews infpefted ; and a number
of foreigner., French and Spaniards, who were more
prnpeily fobjefts f.r prifon than for the crews of
Britifh fhips, were taken out and difpatched to their
proper dettination in the DB.YAD frigate, which failed
for Plymouth.

A Paper publiffied at Norfolk, in Virginia, flan
that a difpute having lately arifen at a gaming table
its that city, an Italian drew a knife from his pocket,
and (tabbed four gentlemen, with whom he had quar-
relled. One of the 'Mims to the wretch's barba-
rity died of his wounds the fame evening, a fecond
next day, and a third a few days afterwards. The
fourth was not declared out of danger at the date of
the Norfolk newfpaper 1 and the strain bad hitherto
ruccefsfuly eluded the vigilance of the Police I
During the late limn, the ferry boat of Foulis, its
Rofsfhite, freighted with goods from Cromarty, after
reaching the Nefs of Invergordon, in Cromarty Bay,
was driven from her moorings, and drifted. The
boat was found next day dallied to pieces, on the
there, near Cadboll, and her cargo totally loft.
Benv sat sar.—On Wednefday morning Mr. Gill,
druggilt, of Sherborne, fet off from town, in a poft
chatle and four, for Weymouth, accompanied by
Nlifs Wadham, an heirefs, aged feventeen years.—
'I hey were followed by the young lady's guardian,
in another cliaife and four; but, from the precautions
taken by the lovers, much time had elapred before
the purfuit commenced, and the guardian in con(•
quence arrived at Weymouth jolt an hour after the
Guernfey packet, with the fugitives on board, had
failed with a fair wind, which has &libelers ere this
wafted them to the haven of Matrimony.
A merchant of Hull, in good beinefs, eloped with
a Lady of near thirty years of age, leaving a wife
and three children behind him. The fugitives, have
not yet been heard of; it is fuppofed they have gone
either for Buenos Ayres or Korth America.
The dafh made at the two 30,0001. Prizes in the
depending Lottery, will nnw be more animated chalk
ever. A material quetlion, however, stiles ..r• .b
there any probability, from the immenfe deasead-fot
Tickets and Shares within the lad week, that any
will remain to be purchafed after the ktond day's
drawing on 'Midday next r'