Star.
London, England, 1819-01-15 00:00:00

ANTWERP, JANUARY 7.

Within these two days the failure of the house of
Mr. Van Auwenhuyzen has been made known on
'Change. It is said to be to a very large amount.
Some false Bills of Exchange have appeared here,
which are said to be drawn from Aix-la-Chapelle.

In the course of last Month nearly 3,000 lasts of
grain have been exported from this plaice—all to
England. To-day a great deal of business is again
doing in this article.

New York Papers to the 16th ultimo arrived this

morting.
The New Evening Post of the 14th, contains
a farther confirmation of the arrival of Lord Cocu-
RANE oil' the Coast of Venezuela. It states that news

had been brought by the ship Hippomenes, from
Curacoa, that his Lordship had arrived from Eng-
land at Tortugas (not, we presume, the island of that

name r.ear the North coast of St. Domingo, but an

other island, -similarly called, about 4.8 miles to the
west of Margarita, which bears the surname of Sal),
with a 61, a 32, and two vessels of 20 guns each, to

operate in conjunction with the Patriots ; and that
be was to be followed by Sir GREGOR MACGREGOR,
with a volunteer force of 30(X) men. General BOLI-
VAR, it is added, had come himself to Margarita,
and was much elated at the prospect which he now
had of attacking Cumana with so superior a force.
It is affirmed, but we doubt much whether " with
great probability of truth," that the long contested
question between the United States and this country,
relatiie to the right of Impressment, has been finally
adjusted, on the basis of thr law of :he Republic, in
regard to seamen. We think it scarcely Likely that
oar Government should at the present moment, when
there is nothing impelling it to the concession, have'
agreed to surrender a, principle of so much impor-
tance, as that of its right o 1 searching neutral vessels
in time of war for articles of contraband, of which
there is no vrorse description than deserters and trai-
tors ; considering especially that the maintenance of
this prir.ciple was almost the sole cause which led us
into the late war with the United States, and that it
.was a point which the Commissioners, who framed
the Treaty of Ghent, werb obliged, after much &la
cussion, to leave as they found it. Our friend Jona-.
them, we have ne doubt, has in this instance, as ia
many others, only favoured us with one of his day-
dreams.
The proposition which bad been submitted to the
Senate for an Address to the PRESIDENT, requesting
a copy of the Correspondence relative to the cession
of the Floridas to the United States, has been with-
drawn, and a motion substituted, simply request-
ing from the Executive, information on the state
of the• pending negotiations with Spain. A re-
port is current, that a correspondence has been fcr
some time going on between Mr. Secretary ADAMS
and Don Louts de Osts, which has not led to any
satisfactory result.
The National Intelligencer expresses some "doubts"
respecting the validity of the trial, and some regret
at the precipitate execution of Messrs. ARIXTIINOT
and Axsatirsa, by General JACKSON. The Editors
very properly wish, that as the prisoners could not
have escaped, the order for their execution bad beau
suspended until the will of the PRESIDENT could have
been known. The Committee on Military Affairs in
Congress to whom this business was referred, have
ccasidered it of so much national importance, that
they have prayed to be discharged from the consi-
deration of it ; and a motion has been submitted fbr
referring it to the Committee of Foreign Relations.
It will be a difficult matter, we arc persuaded, for any
-I Committee to report on it as they would wish.
life

Yesterday, at:twelve o'clock, a Cabiriet Council
was held at Lord CASTIAM.E.AGH'S house, in St.
James's-square, which was summoned by the Noble
Viscount, and attended by--
The'Earl of Liverpool, Earl Harrowby. the Earl of West:-
moreland, the Chancellor of the Exchequer, Viscount Melville,
Viscount Sidmouth, Earl Bathurst, the Duke of Wellington,
Mr. Canning, Mr. C. B. Bathurst, Mr. W. W. Pokb Mr. Ro-
binson, and Earl Mulgrave.
The Council continued in deliberation till some time
after two o'clock.
Among the numerous Lords who yesterday took
the oaths and their seats in the Upper House, we;
remarked the Earl of Hotatiovon, who has, jug!,
succeeded. in establishing his claim to the title. toed
13Emaseorto also WAS present.
Sunday, the dwelling-house of Major GRANT, of
Azchterblair, in Strathspey, was burnt to the ground.
No lives were lost, and the property was insured..
Oa the Friday in the Sbrewbury hunt week, the
venerable father of the hunt, ar.d of the gallant
Lord flu.L, with full five hundred sportsmen, wasin.
the field. in the course. of the moruirg% three inees
were killed by ere hounds in great style. 'lte.ball,
-.xifat in the evening, was so • crou Lied, .that
it was
with di.fi:ulty space was obtained for the visitors.