Star.
London, England, 1818-09-12 00:00:00

FROM THE DEMOCRATIC PRI:SS.

" On our part pas war in every respect commen-
ced: a war, de fiiclo, without any previous declara-
tion. But what shall we say of the fate of Ambrister?
Arbuthnott was executed as a spy. On this charge
the Court expressly exonerated him. It appears from
General Jackson's own order on the subject, that
entered
was shot in direct opposition to the Court. It is cruel
that the Court, in the first instance, eered up judg-
ment of death against hint ; but immediate), these.
after, and before the proceeding had been laid before
Idle General, the Court rescinded that judgment, and
I sentenced the prisoner to be flogged aim impri-oncd.,
!General Jackson, however, in the plenitude of =rt.-

shy, dasl,::l his ren agnic.st the sentence, 50,2,
doled the wretched victim to histaot cxecttion.
a Now let it be conceded that el Court Manialh,i
the right to try there men, tut which dleie is :11)4,,
dant room to doubt: and let it also be supp,3,ti th 4
the Court, instead of Ong3inL and imptisouixg, had
sentenced Amhrister to be shot, stili the tf:„:;,„
will recur—Why this indecent hurry in the Cob'
mander-in-Chief ? Why were not the two ea”,
tb
ferred to the President for his decisicn? By the 65ti
Article of War (Act of Congress, 10th April, -11
it is expressly enacted, that r.O sentence of a
Court Mirtial, in time of peace, extending to t),„ks..
of life, shall be ca:Tied into execu don, %tad:
proceedin2,s have been laid before the Presidezti
the United States:

4, To this, perhaps, it may be 01.:;:xtcd,
men were executed in time of war; but this ter
should have be= declared by th...! Congress of ti 4
United States, and not by a General in Chief. Ge.
neral Jackson, in his orders, j,.:ltifies the emu*
on the ground that Arbuthnott and AnAniste: act
subjects of a neutral Power. Let this be th,on
aide—has any body read or heard of an execue4
i i modern times on this ground, as assarced by G-
nerd Jackson? There are many foreigners wh
lived in Europe and America, at the present*
but who never dreimt that they weidd march ts:
b ittle with halters round their necks, nor was givers
single foreigner executed by the British or, this pow
If so, let the President be cited for his just:ficaft;
aad that of the Court which sat under his oniets,s)
far asrespects the case of Arbuthnott, for the Coen
is ;:;uiltless of the blood of Ambrister. To the fc:e.
going fact may be added, General Jackson ill pedi,
ti:e instructions with the Officer commanding is
Eorida, not toy ieid the Spanish posts to any autho.
ritv whatever, nor even to the orders of the Pre. d=
of the United States without giving him (Grant
J.lckvon) one day's previous notice."

BOSTON, AL-GUST 1.1.

Captain Bird, from Aux Cayes, infonnsts,thag
Christophe and his forces were at Port-au-Prince, ar4
that the troops that had been ordered Lc Gems!
Boyer to Port-au-Prince had returned, there Lira:
no longer any apprehension of an attack, Christ*.
and the force there being deemed sufficient fcr us
protection. Another Gentleman, Nrho left Ca
de
Henry on the 28th of July, sties, that the rep And
Cirristophe's Military Expedition against theHayiat
Republic was entirely st'r':o-: foundation, tha:
was on a tour of observation through his territutia,
and had no military force with him whatever.

The Paris P.spers of Tuesday arrived this mcraing.
The contelts of them are extremely uninteresting.
The funds, about which an important egress is said,
by sonic of cur contemporaries, to have reached tie
City yesterday from Paris, have undergone some
change, but not exactly of the nature announced
by this pretended express. The intelligence it brosOt
is said to have been, " that in consequence of a
large sales, the rive per Cents. at the close cf
market on Monday .had fallen to 77." Now it a
happens, unfortunately for the accuracy of :Es it-
telligence, that the rive per Cents. had fallen to 7,
and even lower on the Saturday before, as on
Readers would see stated in the STAR cf Wednes-
day ; and that on Monday the real f.:11 rtas as if;
low.; per Cents. with dividend from 22d Karen.
1518, 77 f. 75 c. (as before.) Mem wi:a IA:6:Ed tient
221 Sept. next, 30c. The fall in the latter sines.
Saturday has been 1 fr. 70 c. A private lette:- is the
Times states, that " it is certain that fortir.. Stock-
holdershave, in the course of last we:
derable sellers. But, far from seeing any cause of
alarm in that circumstance, men c.i rerlectisn re•7l
it as a new proof of the speedy derarture of :hoe
foreigners, many of vhom, yie!din to an eiaysm-
ted prudence, may wish to settle ad their prima af-
fairs with us before their trocr:s nrirch off. A trIl•
porary fall m'v.t thus naturally be produted, eilr
out there being any reason to view it as a mars: d
importance, or to deduce from it the sllghtest to
pleasant consequence for the future."

bma co ,r

The Paris Papers of Wednesday have also :arid
at a late boor this forenoon. The Five. r' CrA
with dividenl.fronf the 22d of Sepeensher
have fallen one per cent. further—they lcitai
Tuesday at 73 fr. :11 c. The same Stock. witi;ji,i•
dend from 22d March last, continues as before. De
Duke of WeLLlNorote, after has ing term na c 3 tis
reviews of the Austrian and other I‘,rei,za cci.ti
of the Army cf Occupation, retorned en the 4,h
CatnbraYs It is nut known when tl:e rivirs cl L-2
English troops take place. It was ann0....r.e1:4
Thursday last, but in consequence, it is sa...d,
illress of the QUEeN of ENGLAND, it has been ps'e•
polled. General Count 'ADISISAL has left Madri.iim
Cadiz, to take the colanand of the grand EsFeditin
which is fitting out there fer An:mai, the ingsr"
tions fur which are said to be going on with rearl%l
activity.

PRIVATR LETTER
" rARTS. arr.!.
" A circumstance has just occutred here uhizh
tended not a little to revive the bickering% arAl
teal revilings of party. The night beilae las:Cc:cm
DUEAY was attacked by two ILSVASSiiIS, Leif his MI
door, olte of whom wounded him dangerously sr'
a dagger in the light side. The manly resi,:asue
the Colonel deeated the intended catastrophe, bot
the assassins escaped ; and hitherto they have er=g
detection. 5h0314 they be discovered, the motives
the a.terr pt, as well as the indivichwls who in-1161
the act, may perhaps be ascertained; but in the al"
time cmjecture is busily employed, to supply 3 1741

—Tea information, Forme will have it, that only
enemy could he guilty of such an
le, and of course they charge the crime to the
the professed• virtuous'—‘ the
.!,e defenders of the Throne and
Altar'—echo, it riniq he allowed, have been
guilty
follies, mid have improved hut little by
---.1
..Eve jar; of adversity while others, recol•
some recent famiip circumstances which have
me noise. turn their eyes to another quarter.
-reld'ae uncharitable to repeat the reasoning which
onnploy, but imagination will easily supply it,
;he theme on which it is founded is brought
pectic a Dufing the Revolution Colonel
either purched of another peron part of
0, which thatas pers( n had boo?s ht. of the
:overnment as meional property. It bel:mged
ST.:%lonys, who had emigrated with the
the wife, Madame ST. NI. remained
as a resident,.was entitled to the other half
ire ntcpert not
,sold. The estate thus divided
z,-hed to repossess entirely. Colonel DUFAY,
try pesse,,,ed one half, was applied to, and
offered tc sell it back to her, for the price paid
his father for it :--no, this did not enter into the
hay's views; she wanted the property without
Ifor it and the the matter ended. Bosa-
issgi a decree. re
permitting the emigrants to
,France, of which young Sr. Mortvs availed
he was a man of letters, who hadcultiva-
., with success, hilt not, it would appear, pes-
ef too much prudence, lie sought opportu-
torment Colonel DUFAY, as the late trials
proved. The Colonel challenged him, but he
Id not fight till expelled in disgrace from the
of the Throne, and officially suspended from
ervice as an Otlicer of the Gardes du Corps. tie
killed on the spot, after ss hich Madame Sr.
tvs dictated furious diatribes against the Colonel,
wrong other falsehoods accused him of assassi-
;ng her dear husband, and also her son-in-law,
die said, died of grief in consequence, having
communicated his diserder to his wife by the
'ed air of his apartment, for so Madame Sr.
is, tile mother, and Mad tme CODECiIAno., the
Per and wife, assert. That i;, a broken heart
red a contagious and putrid distemper ! All
Tribunals declared the Cannel to have acted ho-
till ; and he then, and only then, brought his
'es to luive the calumnious writings suppressed :
aght no damages fin- calumny, he only deman-
tie suppression of the work. The Counsel of
ST Moms and GODECITARD, in their defence,
the calumnies; they are e'er y one victori-
clutcdby the Colonel's Counsel, M. Mauourx,
,to get rid of the charge of assassinating the
by his dying of grief, was obliged to de-
open Court, the fact certified by the medi-
al:rt.': who attenz!ed him, and whose certificate was
r in Court, from which it appeared, that it
vas a d,ease of a very different nature from grief,
tia:carita him off. The Ladies were found guilty
c.i calumny against the Colonel and fined, and the
Ilearirs were ordered to be suppressed. Such are
.t:a fin; from which soave persons 'draw what we
lod t 9 be unwarrantable conclusions. Instead of
isgging tat surmises, why do not the friends of
Camel OtrAv subscribe a large sum, and offer it, as
a revrar', for di,covery, to be paid on cohviction,
when in all probal,ilitv the authors of the crime
wood bebrought to light ?"
•

nursd.y, tie Duke and Duchess of tEDI'ORD ar-
rived at their seat, Woburn Abbey, from Scotland.
The Marquis and Marchioness of TAVISTOCK left
Woburn A!)hey, yesterday, for their seat, Oakley,
ta!fotcl,h!re.
Lord bt ILLIAM BtrrtNcit left town yesterday for
iis seat, Orange Farm, Norfolk, late Baron FAGEL'S.
The Margravine of ANSPACII has taken up her re-
sidence at Thomas's Hotel, Berkeley-square, for a
time previous to her going to the Continent.
The Earl of ES4E:C ha; taken an elegant house in
Ell-street,Berkeley-square.
Dr: SPENCER is returned to his seat at Wimbledon,
Ihrts .

Lord aad Lady GRAMLLE are arrived at their
t ESC in Stanhope-street, May. fair, from the I.)ake
t: lics,-.)ssutr es scat, Chatsworth, Derbyshire.
Lursday Lord Assos arrived at his house in St.
;Imes's-square, from Mr. COKE'S scat, in Norfolk.
Lard v.d Lady ELLENBOROUGII, and family, have
town for Worthing,.
Mr. and Lady OcrAvt.l LAW have left town for

71.4 lion. Mr. and Mrs. ARCIMIALD MACDONALD
1.:.;11.rn house in Connaught-place, yesterday, for
Pzir.

Tor li!Act MILL Tyr, (ILA S^.(llV.—The
rtd Countel, of Ll!in and (amity; Wm. Damilton, Esq.
trtltt S:cr-ntry of State for Foreign Affairs ; the Don. Sir A.
tctrts: ; Seilomas Cochrane ; Sir Thomas 'rraubridge ;
Ge-
t-Algtt~nerand fonily; Major-General Cumings ; Sir Gilbert
467.; Rs t. :qrs. Ramsey Rononton ; Colonel 111!Donald ;
YeAkster-, W. Graham, Esq.; Edward Castle ; Mr.
s:..111o. %kr:, of London ; Dr. Arnold and family.
.Imi:l,—J:e.t.a-Cert. Sir Join Murray and Lae!!; Alder-
its Sir Jllllrl Shaw ; Wm. Douglas, Esq. of Orchardon ; Capt.
riilln.liamond, from India; Dr. Prevost; Mr. Coindet, &C.
MonLy night a fire broke out in an oasthouse of
inomAs at the Warren, Wrotham,
itlich in a time cf:nsunied the whole building,
about eleven hundred bushels of hop.

liatract c,f a Letter received in Glasgow, dated at
.keac....kyres, June 3 :—" For some time past sales
Lk teen nearly at a stand, in consequence of are-
Ica that a consldcrable abatement was in..onded in
Qt.itnport dutie:. We have new the pleasure to
vli'ise you, that it has been carried into effect. 'We
61:k r.tit that reduction w.ll I,roducc a very
Otakkei ellcrt oil cur trade."

)L-T•dio.., a :•.atcll for 161 Guineas was run on
taatharr l.ires, bellyeen tr.a. WRIGHT'S bay horse
black inavc.—The race was closely
contested, and was won by Mr. WILSON'S mare.—
'°r 'sal races took place, which afforded con-
:table sport. After, the races were over, a battle
icor place en the Lines, between a Jew and a Flatter,
for a subsir...iption purse of a few pounds, which was.
by the latter, after a well-contested fight of
aooat half an hour.

NORTHAMPTON PACTS, SP.PTF.MBER
Tle Gold Ci.n, 100 Guitizas value, was wnn by Mr. Tur-
b fourteen others. Betting—
!':. tral Grosveno, sky colt against the field. A boy was un-
, killed in rw,uists :.cross the wax at the time the
t'att wet cin:4B ir..