Star.
London, England, 1807-09-01 00:00:00

SPANISH AGGRESSION.

WASHINGTON, JULY 22.-Accounts have reached
this city, dated 14te in June, that the Spaniards at
Mobile have fcized 200 Stand of arms, and a quan-
tity of ammunition, belonging to the United States,
deltined from New Orleans to Fot t Stridden. This
feizure was made by the Spanish Commandant at
Mobile, and afterwards approved by the Governor.
General of the Floridas.

The above informative may he relied on as corral.
It comes from unqueltilnahle an•hority ; the letter
containing it is from an Officer of the United State',
who was a witilcfb to the att.

DISPV7I! WITH THE CHINESE.

►=TRACT Or A LETTIR FRCS! CANTON, •DATED MARCH
22. 1807.
"A difagreeablecircumfiance has recently occurred
here. A party of featnen from the Neptune being on
!bore on the 23d and 24th ult. a quarrel took place
between them and lime Chinefe, in which Come fea-
men from other (hips, both Engin and American,
were alto concerned. and Come on both fides were
(lightly hurt. Nothing ferious was conceived to have
taken place until two or three days atterwardi, when
it was flitted, that a Chinefe had died in confequence
of his having been (truck by an European. Still,
however, it was fuppofed the matter would pars over
without any inconvenience, through the medium of
a pecuniary negociation ; but the circumftank hair.
ing very foon come under the cognizance of the
Viceroy. a demand was made, that the man who had
caufed the death of the Chinefe thould be delivered
up for the purpofs of his being examined. It was in
vain urged, that it was impoflible to dircover the
man who had (truck the blow : the Chinefe took it
it into their heads, that we knew who the man was,
but refufed to deliver him up, and, ailing upon this
fuppofition, they firlt (lopped the Ihipments to the
Neptune, and, on the 4th of March,. all other trade
with the Company's thips. In confequence of this
(tep feveral conferences have taken place between the
inferior Mandarins, the fupercargoes, and Captain
ROLLES, of the Lion ; letters have been alto written
by the latter, and by the Committee to the Viceroy.
which were at fir( refufed to be received, but which
were at length received in confequence of• Captain
RoLLES fending an officer to demand an audience of
the Viceroy. The audience, however, was refufed,
and to the letters only verbal anfwers trtve been re.
turned, demanding the man. The replies to this
demand have again Rated the impoffibility of finding
the man who actually (truck the blow ; and have
ftated, that no efforts of the Chinefe Mould induce
the Englilh to deliver up an innocent man. The
affair at prefent remains in this (late. The Chinefe,
however, are only Wile to the Englifh Company,
the trade of foreigners and of country (hips not being
molefled. The Government of Canton kern at a lots
how to act ; their demand cannot poffibly be com•
plied with on our part, whilft there are tome circum
fiances in their conduct which they think will not
meet with the approbation of their own fuperior Go-
vernment. Two days ago they offered to permit the
other (hips to take in their cargoes and depart, the
Neptune only to be detained until the Emperor
thould fignify his pleafure: this, howevei. was cou-
pled with inadmiffible demands, and was refufed."