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London, England, 1811-12-10 00:00:00

THE EVENING STAR.

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TUESDAY, DECEMBER 10.

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PRICI? OF STOCKS TiiiS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK
S per Ct. Cons. for money t.hut—Dluo for opg. 631 94
S per Ct. Reduced 620-4 per Cvnt. 781;
Navy 5 per Cr. shut—Bonds 145.155. pr.—Omniunt 11 dh.
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AMERICA.
. It is high time that this country should turn a se-
rious attention to the state of its relations with Ame-
rica. Our connexion with that country, whatever
may be the topics of correspondence between the two
Governments, is purely of a commercial nature. We
have no vital interest exposed to hazard, by any alli-
ance that the American States may form. with the
enemy ; and, if we- have partial interests, subject to
be attacked by their arms, it is not to be disputed that
the whole of their sea-coast, on which all their cities
are situated, is liable, in a greater degree, to feel the
weight 'of ours. We therefore consider the American
Government fully sensible of this liability ; for the
President MA/MIMS speaks of the prepared state of
their maritime frontier—and judging by the notorious
disposition of that Government, to receive the blows
and insults of NAPOLWN, as the sparrings of friendly
familiarity, it cannot be doubted that if it did nor,
Ia its heart, shrink with apprehension for the cites-
tiaement it might suffer by open hosillty towards
Great Britain, it would, long ago, have joined its
squabbling and loquacious anxieties to the firm and
efficient energies of the European despot.
With this strong, broad, incontestible fact, of
many years experience, before our eyes, we deem it
unnecessary to consider, even for a moment, what
might be the political effects of a war with America.
We mean a war of blood and plunder—for we con-
sider their Non-intercourse Acts and Embargoes as
the utmost belligerent effort that the kicked and
cuffed spaniel of the destroyer of Republics, feels
itself ytt able to manifest against the only Nation
that vindicates the rights of mankind from the Upas-
Bke desolating Power cf the despotic maker, and or-
ganizer of despots and despotism. Of this our Go-
evernment seems perfectly aware ; and, though we
cannot approve of any other Minister being sent to
the United States than a commercial man, we cannot
but express the highest degree of satisfaction at what ,
appears to have been the instructions sent to Mr. By the last Mail, several private letters were re-
FosTaa. We perceive that the great talents of the ceived from Cadiz upon the subject of the Juntas of
Marquis Weeeeseev are, in this quarter, manifesting Ladies about to be established in that city, for the
themselves by effects exactly of the character that we purpose of affording all possible succours to the
wish to see in British diplomacy. This masterly army ; and the avidity with which the project has
Statesman has heard, with proper indifference, the been adopted, is highly creditable to the female pa-
hissing and rage of the distant rattle-snakes—lie does triotism of Spain. These Juntas are to devote their I
not find it expedient to attack them ; and, therefore, whole attention to the means of providing the army
leaves, them for the present, to writhe and wriggle in with clothing, and to the establishment of a fund to!
their native forests, with no other disturbance than meet any extraordinary exigency. The following it I,
what is produced by the Wabash Indians,- ". under an extract of a letter from a Lady who is appointed '
the influence and direction of a fanatic of the Sha- President of one of the Juntas :
wanese tribe." " Patriotic Juntas of Ladies have been established
The American Government has long alledged that here in the name of FE.tDINAND the Vllth ; who un-
its object of fear and worship, the antihuman potcn- dertake the clothing of the fourth army, and to
tate, has rescinded those decrees by which he assumed maintain funds capable of meeting any great emer-
the right of treating neutrals as belligerents, although gency. There are to be two Presidents, and each
NAPOLEON himself has never said any such thing.-- parish is to have a Commissary, who is to collect sub-
The Marquis WELLESLEY is not so unpolite as to al- scriptions, and conduct all correspondence relative to
ledge that the information given by the American her parish. I have been proposed to the Regency as
Government is exactly of the same degree of veracity one of the Presidents, and have been, approved of ; so
as the hews of American Captains ; but he has, in that with all my other concerns, you will readily con-
' the true spirit of diplomacy, applied a test. If it be ceive I shall have enough upon my hands. The
true, that the ohanxious decrees are repealed, the meetings are to take place in a private saloon belong-
-Americans already enjoy all the blessings of neutra- ing to the Women's Hospital. No Gentlemen are
lity, and those among them who affirm that they are to be admitted to our deliberations."
ruined by the loss and confiscatien of their ships and By a communication from the Second Legion of
property, must be dreaming or mad. No sophistry' Castile under D. P. MAER, to the General in Chief, it
I can disguise this argument. The honest Republic, ! appears that near Sahagan, 1000 infantry and cavalry
sympathising with the arch-plunderer, and aping his of the enemy, who infested the adjacent country, had
projects, has, it seems, been fraternally embracing ; been dislodged. The enterprize was six days in pro- i
the Floridas—the children of Spain—while he has' gress, and was completely successful, after a series of I
been cutting the throat of the mother. Lord WEE-1 sanguinary conflicts. In the vicinity of Gansu 300
LESLEY, without relaxing in his endeavours to rescue 1 French, appeared, both horse and foot, who were at-
- Spain, enquires by what right her property is seized. i tacked by Colonel PoNos, commanding at Fonceba-
The Republic lifts up its hands, and r rise's its eyes, ; don, who pursued them as far as Murins. Some other
like a rescuer, when detected in his dealings with a , Guerilla parties followed up the advantage to the
I'' thief, and seems to wonder at the question. I very gates of Astorga, where such of the fugitives as ,
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But, quitting for the present, all political consides escaped at last obtained an asylum. The circuit of !
rations, as forming only the minor part of the Ame- ; country immediately round Astorga is at present un-1
rican question, we wish to call the 'attention of our I der the power of the enemy. Of the city they are I
Rulers, and of the public at large, to the serious in-; improving the fortifications, seven additional pieces I
jetties which this country sustains—not from the petty ,of artillery are mounted on the walls, and others are
machinations of the American Government [we al- collected, which, it is supposed, are to be applied to
Iways wish to discriminate between a Government
the like purpose.
and the people] but from a want of a due considera- 1 Advices from Castile state, that there has been a
t'on and knowledge of our own concerns. I considerable movement among the French troops he-
- There is not a raw material produced in any part longing to the garrison of Valladolid, About 5000
of the world, but what may be found in the British I 1 men had taken the direction of Arcvalo, and 3000
dominions, so great is their extent, and so various that of Medina del Campo, so that only 700 were left
i!datir productions, The United States furnish this ; for the protection of Valladolid. The object of these
country with nothing but raw materials. In one pine movements was not corlctly ascertained, but it was
. of view, therefore, our trade with America is carried.' supposed to be-to protect Ciudad Rodrigo from any
do to:the prevention of improvement and cultivation 1 molestation by the British army.
is our own dependencies. It is true, in opposition to Tice superior Junta of Gallicia has, in a public
this, that these States have taken largely from our , order, in terms of high cernpliment, exptessed its
' manufacturers ; but it would appear, that this ad. ; gratitude to Brigadier General Sir H. Douotese, now
I - vantage ought not to be calculated upon as lemma. resident at Corunna, for his indefatigable exertions,
sent. The Americans pretend that they can do in conju tenon with the Commander-in-Chief, to rot:
without our manufactures—if they can, why should der effectual the defence of that province, and to pro-
w* take any part of their productions, when, within cure arms and clothing, not only for the forces at-
our own Empire, or that of our allies, we can obtain cached to it, but for 'the patriotic parties distributed
the same kind of materials: If we prohibit, entirely, through the kingdom.

the use of the raw materials which shall hereafter be
imported from the United States, our own colonies
will then find the means of supplying our manufac-
turers. Cotton is an annual production. We have, True Pntace REOENT.—We are happy to announce
already, a superabundance of other kinds of colonial that his ROYAL Hionarss was yesterday sufficiently
proJuce. The hands, soil,' and capital, employed in free from pain to be able to remove from Oatlands
producing these, may be directed, beneficially both to town, and that he arrived at York House about
half.past five o'clock. It was the first day that his
of the general national interest, and for the particular
ROYAL Moulins was able to put his foot to the
interests of the Planters and Proprietors to the raising ground. We are rejoiced to add, that his ROYAL
of cotton. HIOUN vas appears in most excellent health and spirits.
We are aware that there are kinds cf American Mr. PERCEVAL Will visit York House in a few days,
cotton to which we have none precisely similar ; but when, we believe, some important arrangements will
be proposed for the approbation of his Royal Highness.
our allies have, and- we knew, from the very nature
The report is revived, that Lord MELVILLE is to be
of the plant and ef agriculture, that within the Bri- •
appointed Governor-General of India.
tish dominions the desiderata may be obtained in the A new and strikingly original Romance, entitled,
course of only one year—nor ought this to be delayed. o The Milerian," will shortly be published by the ccle-
By prohibiting the importation of American cotton,lbrated Author of " Montorio," and " The Wild
the value of the Demarara and others of ourown co- ! Irish Boy." A considerable sum, we understand,
lonies, and the Brazil cotton will increase ; and welhas been given for the copy-right.
SPORTING.—A curious shooting-match took place
know as a fact, which we can prove, if required, that
on the manor of Captain FRASER, at Lipscon, Bucks,
the sales of cotton from our own colonies and those on Saturday, betwixt Captain HAM) and Mr. FRA•
of our allies have been very heavy, owing to the sea, on a shooting party there. A bet of 100 guineas
quantity of cotton from the United States in the mar- was made to shoot at four hares, each at SO yards
ket. In making this observation, we are perfectly from the gun, the game to be turned out from a box
at ten yards, and to be bagged within 100 yards. A
aware, that the principle which has led our Govern- circumference of 30 yards and 100 yards was taken,
ment to induce large importations of raw materials, and the Captain killed three hares out of four, and
was in order to keep our manufactures as low to the Mr. FRASER did the same, but one was caught out of
exporters as possible : but we maintain, that were this bounds, which lost the match.
demand turned to the productions of our own cold- I Monday se'nnight, two greyhounds belonging to a
gentleman of the North Shore, Sunderland, started a
nits, in a very short time ,as large a supply would be
hare on Cleaden Hills, and had a fine run for about
obtained as we .have hitherto drawn from the Ame- three miles down towards the sea, near Whitburn,
ricans. • where poor puss was caught in a mole-trap. The
At present it behoves, as we have said, the Bri- hounds were so much exhausted, that they could not
tish nation to consider that America, in adopting the make one snatch at her.
excluding system of NAPOLEON, (far such is the fact DUKE of RUTLAND'S Houxns.—We have seldom
and essence of her prohibitory laws towards us,) re- had it in our power to record so excellent tiA)'s sport
as the one afforded by these hounds on Saturday
fuses to receive our manufactures, and therefore we se'nnight. The hounds met at Bruadwater, in the
ought not to receive her productions, but to take those parish of Rauceby, Lincolnshire, and after a fruitless
of our own colonies or of our allies, by which our search in the adjacent cars and coverts, they retired
manufacturers will find employment. This is not to Evedon Wood, which shortly produced a leash of
a motive to extend the cultiva- foxes ; and the one taking a westerly direction, was
all : by thus giving
closely pursued by his harmonious 'Visitors; he at first
tion of our own territories we shalPincrease their IN> took a line for Burton Gorse, throug!i Evedon, Howel,
pulation, and consequently their demand for British Ewerby, and up to Heckiogion Mills ; but confident
commodities. This we think is true policy ; nor can in his superiority of speed, he redoubled his steps
we allow ourselves to believe that the approaching through Reckington town, thence to Gatwick, and
boldly faced the several fens of Hecking:oa, Asgarby,
Session of Parliament will be allowed to pass over Ewerby and Howel, thence taking northerly direc-
without the enacting of some law which shall have : tion towards Kyme, but finding himself exhausting,
the germ of this policy in its provisions. Ihe determined to quit this miry country, and seek
protection in a safer retreat: he accordingly redoubled
his steps once more through Ewerby, 1-bowel, and
again to Evedon Wood, but was sa closely pursued,
that he was once more driven from his favourite hold;
be then took a westerly direction towards Evedon, but
being beaded, changed his cousse, and ran through
Asgarby,Boughton, and Howel, and was viewed over
the adjoining fields by the few sportsmen who were
able to continue the chace; and was at length picked
up )n open field, in a most masterly style,- without a
single hound missing. It is worthy of remark, that the
track of country run over was not less than 25 miles,
the greater part of which was heavy galloping, as well
as tremendous leaping, and performed in one hour and
55 minutes without a check, during which several
gentlemen had their horses bogged, and some were
only extricated by the assistance of ropes and ponies.
Not less than 120 horsemen graced the Japplad field:
only four sportsmen saw the death of the fix.
RIOTS.—A letter from Makeneg, in Derbyshire,
dated December 7th, gives us the following account:
" The Frame-breakers are branching out from the
trunk at Nottingham into other counties ;—about SO
of them came here last nigh:. (Friday) and 'totally
destroyed seven frames • their nocturnal depredations
are done so expeditiously and secretly, that no force
can be collected in time to oppose them ; in the above
case, as it is in my. neighbourhood, I went up to see
the destruction made ; the place is Holbrook, Derby-
shire, and at two o'clock in the night, I. Brown, who
occupies the first of a row of six houses, was alarmed
by a noise and knocking at the chamber window with
a pole, and with a demand for his instantly coming
down and opening the door ; upon his not being so
quickly dressed as they wished, they broke the win-
dows of the chamber, and struck the doer with a
large hammer, but his then opening it prevented the
destruction ; about five cut of the party, with black-
ed faces, entered and demanded the name of the em-
ployers (for it appears their revenge is not directed
against all manufacturers) and finding the owner to
be one against whom they meant offence, they or-
dered the man of the house into his bed-room ; whilst
one guarded hint with a pistol, the other carried out
three frames, and the leader of the party ordered tha
hammer-men and hatchet-men to their duty ; they
picked out from the other five houses four other
frames belonging to the same manufacturer, leaving
some others untouched, having different owners, and
acted in the same manner to these houses, except.
breaking the window, as they had to the first. By
a quarter past three o'clock the party had totally dis-
persed, and not any trace are left from whence they
came ; but the frames which I saw lying before the
houses are totally spoiled, being broke to pieces by a
large hammer : these are not the wide frames which
appear to have given the original offence in Notting-
ham, so that in all cases of this sort private animosity
is gratified. Some of the frames they destroy are
worth £4O; these seven were worth about stl6 each."
A letter from Nottingham, of the above date, says,
" We feel much satisfaction iu being enabled to state
that the differences between the workmen and their
employers, io the hosiery and lace trades, which have
of late caused so much agitation in this town and
neighbourhood, and occasioned the destruction of
such an immense property in frames, are at length in
a fair train of accommodation. On Wednesday a
very numerous meeting of the hosiers and lace ma-
nufacturers took place, when it was resolved, that as
won as " it shall be clearly manifested that the peace
of the county and town is restored, the trade in ge-
neral are willing and desirous to receive and consider
proposals from their workmen, for the purpose of re-
moving any grievance swhich may appear to exist,"
A netification to ;his effect was immediately made by
the issuing of hand-bills, and ordered, for the better
informatiqn of the public; to be publicly advertised."

THE KING.

There is no alteration in his Maissries state.