Star.
London, England, 1821-11-21 00:00:00

AMERICA.

BALTIMORE, OCTOBER 19.
DIFFERENT CUSTOMS.
Our Journals are teeming with the accounts of the
King of England's Coronation, with his visit to Ire-
land; with addresses, and festivals, and songs, and
loyal toasts, and music, and triumphal arches, and
all that give bustle, and splendour, and pageantry to
a spectacle so brilliant. What a contrast is furnished
on this side of the Atlantic, in the inauguration of
an American President!—The Senate, after having
counted the suffrages, proclaim the successful candi-
date, who, on taking the constitutional oath required,
is from that moment, and to all intents and purposes,
the Chief Magistrate of the American Republic. He
may occasionally visit his fellow-citizens in some re-
mote part of the Continent, when he partakes of their
hospitality and departs. We learn by the daily jour-
nals where the Chief Magistrate is to be found ; and
even they, perhaps, will not mention the fact, unless
some special circumstances, worthy of attention,
should occur in the course of his journey. But where
are his guards in the meantime? He has none: he
never dreams of any ; and should he take such a pre-
caution, he would be laughed at fr3m one extremity
of this Continent to the other. He may probably de•
vote a month or more to such a jaunt, and on his re-
. turn to his home, he may be found, in the recess of
Congress, sitting quietly by his fire-side with his wife
and cliildten, or perhaps superintending the cultiva-
tion of tobacco.

Surely, it %fill be said, if the Chief Magistrate cf
this Republic can afford so much time to his own en-
joyment, the members of his Cabinet roust do a
double duty. Here the foreign inquirer finds himself
mistaken again ; he perhaps proceeds to Washington,
in the expectation of meeting the Heads of Depart-
ments ; but what may be his surprise to learn that
the President is in Virginia, the Secretary of state in
Massachusetts, the Secretary of the Ti easury in Gear-
zia, and the Secretary of the Navy in New York ?
lie will find, to be sure, a few Clerks in these respee-
live Offices, who are of themselves competent to
transact all the ordinary business durni::, the c.ntwes-
sional recess.. If a case demanciins the, prcsci:ce of
these Officers occnrs, they are notified by mail: they
come, resolve, and again disperse to their families
and to their homes.

This is the distinctive line between Republica!!isrn
and Royalty—the President and all the Heads of De-
partments are more than half of their time simple ci-
tizens, and scarcely contemplated by their relatives
and friends in any other light. We are compelled to
rely on no legitimatestock—to watch over no infant's
cradle, or to observe with anxious solicitude a Legis-
lator in his go cart, doomed when a child to play
with a threepenny whistle, and, when a man, with
crowns and sceptres !
We have lived to see mighty conquetors them- •
selves compelled to fly the field, before those armies
that they had formerly vanquished—forced to lay
down 'their crowns and sceptres, and to partake of
the plain and simple character of an American citi-
zen; or to pine away the dregs of their existence, and..-
finally to die, on a barren rock, surrounded by-the
surges of the Atlanticdenied, in the hour of death,
not only the presence of the Lin's and Ladies of the
Court, but likewise the tears of sympathizing friends,
where not even conjugal faith, or filial sensibility,
could smooth a pillow for the head, or close that eye
whose berms once made the-confederated Powers of
Europe tremble and turn pale! Stich is the glory
which Anterkans wish to avoid; in the contempla-
tion
of such spectacles, they return with renewed de.
light to their own President, the citizen-Magistrate
of the only remaining Republic on the face of the globe.

ANECDOTE OF THE KING.—On his MAJESTY'S Teo
turn from his late visit to Hanover, be was waited
upon at Rothenkirchen, by a Deputation of the Mi-
ners of the Hartz. The Deputation begged permis•
sion to present their King with a go! let, out of which,
they said, GEORGE H. and also GE'IIIGE 111. had
drank. The KING immediately retnen7bered the lat-
ter circumstance, and that, when in his youth, a De.
putatiOn of the Miners had come to England to wait
on the KING, his father, Ifs MsJesvv drank out of
the goblet ; and three old Miners being presented to
him as having been among those who brought it to
England, he said, good-humouredly, " Do you still
frequently sing the song which yins sang at Windsor
Galen; nfend tear triter Michael da r- As this
song is national in the Ha!tz, it may easily be imar
glued bow pleased the honc,t Miners il'ere with his
excellent memos, and pleasantry.

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VENICE, OCTOBER 30.
..Vesterdav anchored in this port, a vessel, in twelve
days from Corfu, bringing as passengers the five in-
dividuals arrested some months since in Corfu, viz.
Count Anastasio Flambnriari ; Dionisio Flansburiati,
his nephew ; Teodoro Sicuro ; Stelio Stravopodi, and
Giorgio Peta.
Sir Thomas Maitland, the day following his ar-
rival in Corfu, ordered Signor Krumm, thelnspector
of Police, to communicate to each of them an order
written in English, and which Krumm interpreted to
them in Italian, by which they were commanded to
quit the lonian Islands, and to live in exile till the
troubles in Greece should subside, and the misfor-
tunes of that country settle into perfect tranquillity.
In vain these persons demanded a copy of the order
in question. The only answer made to them was a
passport, and an injunction to set out speedily. Sec
then, my friend, to what this hapless country is re-
duced ! Who would have imagined that these would
be the results of the protection of the King of Great
Britain to a State solemnly declared free and ;nde-

pendent?
Copy of a Proclamation issued by General MAIT-
LAND, excluding the unfortunate people of Parga
from the lonian Islands:
ccittFu, OCTOBER 9.
" On the part of Sir THOMIS 11larriaren, Sec. &c.
" The principle of perfect neutrality declared in the Procla-
mation of the Executive Government of this State, under date
of the 7th of June last, maintained in subsequent Proclamations,
and afterwards peremptorily established on the 15th of August,
as a proper legislative regulation, has been fully and entirely ap-
proved by his 3lajesty, the Sovereign Protector; and his Ma-
jesty has even expressly recommended, in the most decided
manner, to the Government of the lonian Islands, that the said
principle shall serve as a sacred and inviolable rule of conduct as
long as the present state of commotion shall continue in the parts
of Greece and Epirus adjoining to these States: wherefore, the
Lord High Commissioner has, as Commander of the Forces in
the Mediterranean, received from his Sovereign special butenct
tiobs to take the most energetic measures to this effect.
" llis Excellency, therefore, considers it proper, with the as-
sent of the President of the Senate, to make known those facts
for genaral information; and the more so as such public decla-
rationis rendered particularly necessary, In consequence of its
having unfortunately happened, that, instead of an entire obe-
dience to the orders contained in the various Proclamations
above mentioned, cases have occurred in which the notified
neutrality of the lonian Government has not only been violated,
Litt even every recognized principle of the laws of nations and
legitimate government has been broken, in such a manner as to
render public tranquillity uncertain, and dependent (were simi-
lar acts to be permitted) on the caprice of any miserable specu-
lator or desperate adventurer.
" After the various occurrences which have resulted from
this total abandonment of every legitimate and recognized prin-
ciple, his Excellency abstains from dwelling on the infamous
conduct of those who, removed from their own country, have
the audacity and impudence publicly to assume the titles of Ge-
nerals of the Forces of Cephalonia and Zante, acting under the
orders of an unknown adventurer, or a foreign demagogue.
" He will not enter into any details respecting those ships
which, under the corer of the lonian flag, and united to other
vessela, formed themselves .in line of battle before the forts of
Lepanto. As little will he speak of the conduct of those im-
prudent Ministers of Religion, who, in contravention of the pure
principles of that Gospel which inculcates universal charity and
benevolence, on this occasion put up, under the very eye of the
Government, public prayers for the destruction of the Ottoman
Power, thus wickedly employing the voice of religion to inflame
a tatal enthusiasm already of itself too extensive.
" His Excellency does not think it necessary to say anything
more on these acts, as the proper remedy is resorted to, mea-
sures being already adopted for applying to the crimes which
have resulted from such conduct their well-merited punishment.
But his Excellency cannot for a moment overlook the recent
conduct, now regularly brought under his notice, of certain irk-
dividuab, natives of Parga, who, forgetful of the benefits re-
ceived from the louian Government, disregarding the option
granted to them of becoming lonian subjects (the advantage of
which they, however, renounce), despising every sentiment which
might unite them in obedience to a Government under which
they enjoy protection, and transgressing their relative duties.
have, according to their own declarations and confessions, pro-
ceeded armed front these Islands, in numbers more or less con-
siderable, fur the manifest purpose of attacking the Ottoman
forces, or of attempting the raking of Parga. having com-
pletely failed in this enterprise, they venture to r
eturn
iher, and
demand to be received as subjects, after thelof a
those fundamental principles of government on which public se-,
dully depends.
`4 Lut, as the said Parguinotes have not thought fit to profit
by the favour which the lonian Government generously granted
them relative to the tight of citizenship in this State, they must
necessarily be considered as foreigners. Considering, then, the
effects which would inevitably result from allowing such crimi-
nal acts to pass with impunity, his Excellency the Lord High
Commissiouer thinks fit, with the advice of his Highness the
President and the Senate, to proclaim and order as follows:
" I. That such natives of Parga as have taken part in this
flagrant violation cf the laws common to every civilized country,
and of the authority of the Government under which they live,
shall not be received in any of the United lonian States.
'llvat they shall be allowed the period of ten days, from
the date of the publication of the present order, to remove their
families and their property in case they wish so to do.
" 5. 'Drat it any of them attempt to return to these island..
Or shall be found therein such person or persons shall be Ilea to
be subject to those royalties which the laws prescribe in similar
cases.—By con.maiid of his Excellency,
FREDERICK HANKY,
Secretary of the Lord High Commissionft."

E.CTRACT OF A LETTER FROM SAVANNAH, SEPT. 15.
44 111 consequence of the low price of grain, the
farmers of Canada, in the western district, are turning
their attention to the cultivation of tobacco. A sam-
ple has been sent to Montreal which is said to be of
an excellent quality. The soil and climate of the
River Thames and on the Notthern shores of Lake
Etic, have been found to be well adapted to the cul-
tivation of this plant, and the crops already planted
have attained a iuxuriant growth. Our city begins
to have a more lively appearance than it has hitherto
done. Several vessels have arrived from the North
with a number of passengers. Business has not yet
opened for the season, as neither the crops of rice or
cotton have as yet come in."
EXTRACT OF A I.ETTER FROM ICENIIAWA, SEPT. 25.
" On the 19th inst. four very large skeletoits were
found in a field, which had for twenty years past been
cultivated in corn; they were deposited in a mound,
apparently very ancient. The first was discovered
by the owner of the field having ploughed it up,
which induced him to make a further examination,
when three others were found : the bones are per-
fectly sound, and much larger than common, parti-
cularly the skulls, which can be very easily slipped
over the largest man's head; the upper jaw-bane has
one row of double teeth only, on the left side."
EXTRACT OF A LITTER PROM BOSTON, DATED OCT. 22.
It is the intention of several of our Bankers in
this town to lend money at the rate of .5 per cent. in-
terest. This measure will no doubt have an im-
portant effect on the business if this city. While in
many other places complaints are made of the scarcity
of money, which appears to be plentiful here, our
oionied men have, for some time ,past, discounted
tuud nom and drafts at 5 pet cent."