Star.
London, England, 1820-02-16 00:00:00

BOXING

Seitt,tl ams RO2IRT Boaxs.—ln a few dart, and within 30
miles of London, the combat between the above Ones'
will be.decided. Spring iv decidedly the favourite.

}HINTING.
The annals of Fox-bunting have hut rarely recorded a chase
equal to that of Friday se'nnight. Sir EDWARD Y Tkl OS hounds
unkeimelled 3 Cot at. ilornere Coppice% in the neighbourhood
of the town of Shreersbui-y.—Reynard wont awayin a • most
;,,gliant.style for the Lytk-bill Crosiers, Lythwood, Lythwood
flanwood Covers, Ascot Covers Oaks Coppice,. Fontcs-
i rd hill, Coven, 31insierfeyotie Westiey, and
was run into by the gallant pact in the most hantisorne Style, in
little more than two hours, with . scarcely a • check, at Horse-
bridge. There were upwards of hnotirwd horsemen at start-
, ; but it is ;seedless to add, that.the greater pigt of ibem
had
e.)ongh,. and contented themsels'esi with inquirMge " Bich Way
ure !h: bounds gone?" The worthy Bardhet, and a thosetifew
were in a: the death. • . .
Satisrday:se'neigpt, Sir D. Graham's boupshrtbrow of/ at Cat-
tint, rear Litcbfield ar.d, after a hard ehace;',ltilleds Ism near
Bunon. Out of a i.eld of sixty horses, admirably mounted;not
more than a do en w.erc in at the death.
The Westiekl llotiods,:as-tiersgere.a few days ago drawing
for a liars in l'otailand-Woos:ty..Bo/04z* .°9n unkenaeil" a large
dog fox, which made (or Lord Astissuaxtlaaesstronghoids; but
being closely presseil,:he was obliged to try his td engtli over
the uncevercd Acid, and was killed after a gallant chace of three
hours and Eve minuses, with only one check. When dead this
remarkable animal weighed 4*U:en pounds and a half.

As Mr.Jasins.Roeusca I co, the Banker, was lately
rlding...in. a cabriolet,-in the Champs Elysees, at Paris,
his horse took fright, and ran off withlim. The ca-
briolet coming in-contact.with a lamppost, was dash-
ed to pieces, and Mr. ROSH scn u.n received some severe
contusions on the head and body,, which occasioned a
spitting of blood. Hopes were, however, confideatly
entertained of his recovery.
A l'rivate 'Letter from Madrid, dated danuary.3l,..
says, " The Message of the President of the United.
States, which has been published in the Joutnals ofi
every country, appears tot:a - perfectly.-confOtenabl
to what was hoped for by the Spanish G.overamenet'
public curiosity has, however, beau agreeably, satis;
tied by being made acquainted with the natnivrofia
Treaty, which, from its importance, has excited the
attention of all Europe, and by learning the causes
which have hitherto prevented its ratification. Ali
pei sons who have read this Message with due mike-
tioia will find in it eanvincing proof,, which fully-,
justify the rktht of the Cabinet of Madrid to putstie
the cont se it has adopted in this negotiation ; and
impartial Europe cannot fail to acknowledge the jus-
tice of its conduct. .
" The President, after staring the conditions erEthe-
Treety, and the reciprocal advantages which must
result from it to both coiameting parties, details the
reasons alleged by our Government for impending
its rapieazion. These reason.. are-1. That-the 'Goa
tern rent of_ the I.7mited States . negociated for the
alter:eke. of one of the princi pal articlesof the Treaty.
requlritie, at the time of .its ratificatior. by Spain, .a
declaration regarding the 5,3:Tx article, which i'om-
pletcly annulled it ;• and, !Idly, that, she same Go-
vertuncia had t: :dated, andeven protected, auEx-
pejition against the prGV:alC:a of texas. • •
It is quite -certain, according to the observation.
of the !'resident, that good faith required the Spanish
Government to ratify this Treaty.; but it is 410 t less
true, that the.same.good faith required eqtrally from
the .I'edet al Government, an adherence to.the -stipu-
lations it had-contracted.
.If, theti,, the United States
endea7oured to alter one of the principal irticles of
the Trtaty, at the moment when it was concluded,
the right of -suspeneing • the ratification of the same
Treaty, till the dlleulty was removed,..cannet :in
-.lustice be -denied. In vain does the President alh'ge
the mcanink.7, in which the Sth article, relative to the
cestions-which the i:ing.of Spain had made of a fart
of the territory of the-.Floridas, was conceived and
trederstood because the epoch 1.-s.r ar.nulling them
b:ing fitted, tl:e Government of the United Stales had
no right to alier. the Treaty ; s.or did the. (lignity of
the Spanish Crown eerinit that it should be openly
violated, when it WAS scarcely signed ; nor did equity
and justice allow us to deprive ale proprietorsolthe
ceded territory of the right which they had_acquired
by a legitimate title which right must have been
recognized by the laws of the. United States, imme-
• diately on the conclusion of the Treaty, as equally
6:trfing on both contracting parties, according to the
principles. of public law.
".Although the President declares, that the other.
cause alleged by the Cabinet of Madrid for suspend-
lug the ratification, namely, the expedition which
. proceeded. from-the United States to the province of
...Texas, is-entirely without-foundation, experience has
:demonstrated %he contrary; for it is notorious that,
-in spite of the"vigilance,-ernployed.by the authorities"
. of that coruttnr to oppose that species of enterprise,
the e.ipedition alluded to was equipped in Louisiana,
, without encountering the. least obstacle. The Presi-
dent reapears tacitly to acknowledge the justice 'with
which the. Spanish Government mey complain. to
that of . the United States of. this toleration, when,
without
.being able to deny the fact, he announces
the dwiuctlßit .of that hostile attempt,. after indica.
'ing that the constituted-authorities of that-country
had been-enjoined -to• maintain that rigorous neutra-
lizy which the-eights of nations require irons natiors
[..friendly. to Spain, in a -war like that which had un-
•foriunately arwen between tharPower and her trans-'
Atlantic- Province's.
"..litflecting, neon all these points, it is acknoW.,
ledged that thesentiment of justice, and the ,dignity
.;of his effice, has dictated to the President the pro--
posal which be .makes to Congress, in arhich, while
eathcrleing theerrecution of the Treaty, .he. affords
.an opportunity for receiving explanations on the sub-
j^ct in question by a Minister from Spain.• Tlte ap-
:weel which the President, on announcing. this prop°.
:7sitttm,- makes to the candour, Magnanimity, and ho-
.-ercair cf the American People, is highly laudable;
..4nd the friends of humanity will sincerely applaud
;those principles which he lays down regarding the
. reciprocal respect due by nations to each other, and
the tone a utoderation which prevails throughout
the whole of hisospeeths
" General Vives, Minister Plenipotentiary of his
..,'Majesty, to the Government of the linked States, set
Niout foam this. capital on the 26th instant, proceeding
15. by Paris and London, frogs the last of which places
Ate will sail fOr Pia destination, without loss of time."

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