Star.
London, England, 1812-07-30 00:00:00

NOVA SCOTIA.

The eonowing Proclamation has been issued by
),is Ezeelleney Lieutenant-General Sir JOHN COAI'L
SHEHOROOKL, Lirntcnant•Gevernor, and Comm:ol-
der-in-Chief of Nova Seo;i:: and its Dependence, :

" Whereas the Goyernmert of the (hilted States of America,
hy an Act of Congress on the 18. h slay of June bet, has declateA
' War apinst the United Kingdom of Great Btit:tio and Ireland,
I.tril it is estpt diem that this Act should hr made as public u
pwoitib, in the Provirce uneer mY Guys rnotert, I have !bere-
t fore thought fit, by and %ids tie advice and c-ment of Itis Nis*
' jes'y's Couttei, to issue this Proclamation, in order to make
Iknown tie sai.: Declaration, that his Map sty's Subjects, havirg
this Notice, may govern themselves acuerdingly.

" Such is the spectacle of injuries and indignities
which have been heaped on our vault: y ; and such
the crisis which its unexampled for be:stance and con-
ciliatory efforts have not been able to avert. I: might
at least have been exFected, that an enlibbtened na-
tion, if less urged by moral obligations, cr invited by
friendly disprssaions on the part of the United States,
would have found in.its true interests alone a sufficient
motive to respect their rights and their tranquillity on
the high seas; that an enlarged policy. would have
favoured the free and general circulation of com.l Lieutenant-General \VINYARD is to proceed to
merce, in which the British nation is at all times in- Scotland iminuediately, in order to take the command
terested, and which in times of war is the best allevia-
there during the absenct e; Lord CATHCART, as Am-
bassador to Russia.
tion of its calamities to het self, as well as the other
The Brevet which was reported would take place
belligerents; and more especially that the British Ca- on the PR/NCE REGENT'S Birth-day, is not now ex-
binet would not, for the sake cfa precarious and stir- pected till the Ist of January next.-
reptitious intercourse with hostile markets, have per- , Letters from Seville, dated the Bth instant, de-
severed in a course of measures which necessarily put• scribe pathetically the miserable state of that citt .
at hazard the invaluable market of a great and grow-
The most considerable inhabitants are in want• of
ing country, disposed to cultivate the mutual ads: , t',e common necessaries of life. Not a piece ofan- . t ver or copper money is to be found in the
loges of an active commerce. either s'l
place, and although the harvest is abundant, it is
" Other Councils have prevailed. Our modern- , not collected, because the proprietors have -.1., miner
tion and conciliation have had no other effect than to ; with which to remunerate the labourer.
Letters were yesterday received by a vessel direct
encourage perseverance, and to enlarge pretensions. from
Lima, dated as late as the 10th of Mstrcln—
We behold our seafaring citizens still the daily vie- ! Through this channel we learn that tne valuable pro-
tims of lawless violence committed on the great and ,- vince of Guanca had revolted from the Spanish Go-
common highway of nations, even within sight of the i vernment, and that a Declaration had been published
country which owes them protection. We behold
by the malcontents. in which they renounce for ever
our vessels freighted with the products of our soil and
all subjection to the mother-country, and assert their
perpetual independence.
industry, or returning with the honest proceeds of i
Yesterday a Court of Directors was held at the
them, wrested from their lawful destinations, confis- . East India-House, when Captain W. HAY was sworn
I cared by prize-courts no longer the organs of public into the command of the ship Inglis, consigned to
I law, but the instruments of arbitrary edicts ; and their i Bengal and China.
unfortunate crews dispersed and lost, or forced or in- Yesterday a ballot was taken at the East India-
veigled in British ports into British fleets; whilst House, for a Director in the room of Row/ Wm-
MAILS, Esq. deceased.
arguments are employed in support of these aggres-•
At six o'clock the glasses were finally closed and
siens, which have no other foundation but in a pelt- '
delivered to the scrutineers, who, at nine o'clock, re-
,
ctple equally supporting a claim to regulate our ex- ported the number to be—For ROBERT CLERK, Esq.
ternal commerce in all cases whatsoever. 1014,—JOHN Mo ants, Esq. 885.—Whereupon Roamer
46 We behold, in fine, on the side of Great Bri-
CLERK) Esq. was declared duly elected.
r
EAST-INDIA
STOtt...-LAd.IRS and
tain, a state of war against the United States—and, G. 4
n tol THE
e n ? IT°llPie 1"
very° "o
distinguished.P support with which you
on the side of the United States, a state of peace to- lave honoured me, in the Election that has just dosed, can, foe
my most grateful acknowledgments; and I offer them with feel.
wards Great Britain. logs fur which it is daficuk to find adequate es p rexcions. Of the
44 Whether the United States shall continue passive high value i,f the favourable opink 13 which that support implies,
and of the importance of the situation in which it has placed me,
under these pangressive usurpations and these accu- I trust I have a just sense; and it will be my endeavour to evince it
mulating wrongs; or, opposing force to force in de- by a diligent application to those diades which your favcur at on,*
hinds and encourages me to perform; andwith the truest regard,as
well as fidelity to your interests. I have the honour to *main,
fence of their natural rights, shall commit a just
with the greatest respect, Ladles and Gentlemen, your very faith.
cause into the hands of the ALMIGHTY Demons% of
Mbliged
EVENTS ; avoiding all connections which might ett- pr aud am July humble *errant, ROUST Comas.—East Indiaso,

•ucestoolCa:

Twelve sail of American vessels, with their Car-
goes, were condemned this morning by Sir WILLIAM
Scorr, Judge of the Admiralty Court.

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