Star.
London, England, 1816-12-23 00:00:00

AMERICA.

Boston Papers to fhe 50th ult. have been received.
General Brayer, oae.of the French refugees, had ar-
rived at Baltimore in the Rolla, from Amsterdam.
This is the person who was .supposed to be ftlarshal
Souk. The British and American Commissioners
for running the boundary line, had met at Albany,
and were making arrangements for entering upon
their task early in'the spring. The South Ametican
privateer G neral Airman, of four guns and 110 man,
has been seized in an American port for smuggling
un shore a part of the plunder with which she WAS
laden. According to the latest adiices which bad
reached the United Stales from Cadiz; Mr. Mead
still remained a prisoner in the Castle of Santa Ca
talina. In giving this piece of intelligence, Duane,
Ehtor of the Aurora, says, .. It is not improbable
that nine out of ten of his fell Ow-citizens had forgot-
ten him, because he had not the better fortune to be
imprisoned on the coast of Mahomedan instead of
Christian Barbary." It is scaled that John Q tincy
AJams is to be Secretary of State, on the accession
of Mr. Monro to the Presidency. A' number of fast
sailing vessels are building in the southern ports of
the linked States, which are to cruise against the
Spaniards under South. American or Mexican com-
missions. It is stated that tl-e Mary, Cox, of Mon-
treal, while in pursuit of a lawful trade, and while in
the Rio Tiger, on her way to Augustura, was cap..
tared by Spaniards, in launches, and 14 of her crew,
(which consisted of 20) butchered, among them the
owner, Charles Burnham, Captain Cox. &c. A letter
from Balize contradicts a statement in the American
journals, that the ',strict: of Mexico rigidly acted on
the principle of retaliation with regard to the Spa-
nt.rds; and that those sent into the interior from
Matagorda and other ports were destined to be cu.
cuted. It says, on the contrary, that they were so
sent .. for the just and humane purpose of retaining
them as prisoners of war, and to offer them for ex..
change ; by these means, if possible, to compel the
Spanish Governnient to desist from their cruel bar-
barity, and come to terms of Christian warfare.'
Mina's expedition, which left Port-au-Prince on the
128th of October, consisted only of a ship of 14. guns,
a brig of 18, and a small schooner. Its destination
WAS kept a profound secret.
The misunderstanding with Russia cevtimied to
engins3 much of the public attention in the United
States. From dispatches which arrived in America
on the 25th tilt. from Mr. Harris, the Ametican
Charge d'Affaires, it appeared that he had not re-
ceived any answers to exnlanatinsis sent out by
Mr Coles, as the Emperor Attica:tier was absent on
;.t visit to ;lib Polish dnmiutens. One of the Anleii
Can Journalists observes on this subject, that commu-
nications between the Russian capital and Warsaw
would not consume the time- of a fortnight ; and as a
month had elapsed from the arrival of Mr. Coles to
the departure of vie Prometheus, which
.brought Mr.
Harris's dispatches, without any such communica•
tion, he infers that the explanations made were not
considered of importance sufficient to require imme-
diate attention, or that the Emperor, notwithstanding
,all his pacific principles, is not unwilling to quarrtl
with the United States. Up to the 20th October
Mr. Harris had not been readmitted to Court. In
the mean time Mr. Daschkoff, the Russian Minister
at Washington. has intimated to the American Go-
vernment that he delays withdrawing, under the ar-
dent hope that some circumstances will occur, to pre-
vent his taking that step. He at the same time insists
upon the fact, that the Russian Consul had never
committed any breach of the American laws, and that
the charge upon which he was confined with felons
was the result of a mercenary conspiracy.. The offi-
cial correspondence on this subject was expected to
be laid before Congress soon after the 2d instant, the
day on 'which it is expected to meet.
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We find that we were misinformed in the statement
which we inserted in our Paper of Thursday last, re-
specting the alteration of allowances to limp al Officers.
something, is arranging on this head, but till it be
officially announced, implicit confidence must not be
given to any of the rumours in circulation. Among
others the following is mentioned as part of the
arrangements respecting the Pay of Officers of
the Navy, when enolt4ed. The long-accustomed
compensation for servaits to be taken away; and
the following full pay established :—Captains of
lit rates, ‘BOO ; 2d ditto, 4700 ; Sd ditto, £6OO ;
tR -ditto,— 4500 ; sth ditto, 4400 per annum ;-
6th ditto, £26. 1.75. per month ; 7th ditto, X23.05.4d.
per month ; Lieutenants of seven years rank, it seiv.
ing as First Lieutenants, all. 10s. per month ; all
other Lieutenants, 49. CDs per month. Commodores
to have 20s. per ddy ; Commanders, in Chief to
receive three gikteas per day as table Money ; all
other Admirals, £3IXO per annum. Midshipmen,
who have passed, to have £5 per month.

The. Kingston transport, which arrived at Ports-
mouth.on Monday, from Jamaica, brought bonne the
Officers and men of the 101st Regiment, under the
command of Captain CAKTBR, alter an absence from
itemative country of eleven years, the last sever years
of-041v it served in Jamaica, the former four in
'North America. Colonel WILLIAM .PoLLoost, its
Commander; died on Mx let of -November, on board
the, Kingston; •after having jested his country forty
year's. • The troops (six companies) have landed at
Haslar, when!, rt is expected, they will be disbanded.
A cargo of 360 quarters of _wheat has been received
at Porstsmouth, from Amsterdam, for the Dockyard
Society Mills.. It is competed that the Society has
saves' all 6 per load bt making their purchate•in a fo-
reign . .
country. The wheat is remarkably good.