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NUMBER VI.
II STATEMENT of THE TRANSACTIONS EESPECTIN6 THE
GICLEN. POLACRE CONCEPTION.
In the morning of the 15th of May, 1811, the fol-
lowing Note was received about nine o'clock, by Mr.
Walsh, the accredited British Vice-Consul at Palermo:
" Canopus, May 15, 1811.
" MAR Stit—lf you are not particularly busy this morning, I
should be very glad to see you here. I have sent my boat for
you, and the bearer will accompany you on board.—My desire
to see you is in c.nsequence of some British subjects, that did
arrive alongside this ship last evening from Naples, and who have
bites piratically deprived of their vessel by three Sicilian priva-
teers, having a commission from this Court. The vessel is now
la the Little Mole.—Vours, &c. &c. (Signed)
" Cue. BOYLLII.

Jotepk Walsh, L•sq. Vice-Consul."
Immediately on receiving the foregoing note, Mr.
Walsh went on board his Majesty's ship Canopus,
and was informed by Admiral Boyles that Mr. Ro-
bert Campbell, a British subject, with the whole oldie
crew of the Greek polacre Conception, under the Ot-
toman flag, had arrived the evening before from Na.
pies, in an open boat, and were then alongside : that
it appeared from the depositions of Mr. Campbell
and the Greek crew, that they sailed from Naples in
their polacre, the 30th of April, and at the distance
of two miles from Capri they were boarded and taken
possession of by three Sicilian privateers, by the crews
of which they were first plundered of their clothes,
watches, and other valuable articles, then personally
ill used, and at last forced into a boat, and com-
mitted to the mercy of the waves, in defiance
of the entreaties and remonstrances of Mr. Camp-
bell, asd of his declaration that the cargo was
British, and that he had a licence on board. That
on their fortunately arriving on the sth of May at
Naples, they immmediately entered a regular protest
in the American Consulate in that city, a copy of
which they had brought with them. That the said
polacre, although cleared out for Tunis, was in fact
bound to Mal:a, to join convoy for London, being
furnished with a British licence, and her cargo being
British property.

The ?admiral then stated to the Vice-Consul, that
under these circumstances be felt it his duty to re-
place Mr. Campbell, and the crew in the polacre,
which was
slying in the Mole, in order to remain
there till the Ttibuind of Prizes should decide on the
fate of the vessel and and cargo.
Mr. Nivralsh having represented to the Admiral,
that it might be prudent to acquaint the Judge of the
flalruiralty.court k.f his determination, and the Admi-
ral having concurred with him, he immediately went
t4Mr. Fagan, who, approving of the plan proposed,
ptocceded directly to the house of the Judge accom-
panied by Mr. Walsh, and M. Antonio Guadiano, an
Assistant in the British Consulate.
The Judge was in the country, but his return being
hourly expected, Mi. Fagan intended to.wait his ar-
siirnl, but on learning from Mr. Walsh that the
licence and other papers Were-concealed on board the
polacre,.he thaught it his duty to instantly notify the
circumstance to the Admiral, that they might be se-
cured. M. Gaudiano was therefore left to state to the
. Judge, that the Consul-General had waited on him in
person to explain the transaction, 'aid Mr. Fagan
end Mr. Walsh went off to'the Canopus.
Admiral Boyles had gone to the Tunny fishery*,
where they followed him ; and on learning the circum-
ewe's, be thou:4lit it advisable that no time should be
lost, and'theref4ire gave directions to one of Lieu-
tenants to accompany the Consul' and Vice-Consul,
alon.;si:le the Macre. Mr. Campbell and the crew
being in quarantine followed them in their own boat,
and went on board the vessel. Above three hours
bad elapsed from the time Mr. Fagan-waited on the
till Mr. Campbell and the crew were sent on
bond; full sufficient time for any disposition the
Judge might have thought proper to make.
On the arrival of Mr. Campbell and the crew on
board, the Greek Captain immediately brought up a
block ; and, untying a small line which was round the
strap of it, they produced the licence and other papers,
in4he presence of Captain Inglis, of the Canopus, the
Lieatenant sent by the Admiral, the Consul, Vice.
Consul, and part of the crew of the privateers.
The papers were exhibited to these parties, who
*A. country residence of the Kin, about JO miles from Palermo.
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Wert in the boat alongside, bet they were left in the
care of Mr. Campbell, that their delivery might not
violate the quarantine laws. By the direction of Mr.
Fagan the crew were ordered to go to the Health Of-
fice, and report their arrival. During their absence,
the seamen belonging to the privateer began to plun-
der the vessel, but the Lieutenant, with his boat's crew,
obliged them to take the articles back to the. vessel.
It was necessary, in order, to render authentic the
examination and depositions of Mr. Campbell and the
crew, that the Secretary of the Tribunal of Prizes,
and the Officers of the Health Office, should be pre-
sent ; Mr. Walsh, and M. Gaudiano, were therefore
directed by Mr. Fagan to meet him at the Health
Office in the afternoon, to give Mr. Campbell any
assistance he might require.
Mr. Walsh and M. Gaudiano accordingly attend-
ed ; but while waiting the arrival of the Secretary,
the Cavalier Castrone, one of the members of the
Board of Health, passed through the anti-room in
which they were standing. He immediately address-
ed himself to M. Gaudiano more particularly, and
in an imperious manner, ordered him to get out im-
mediately, as he had no business there. Before M.
Guadiano had time to reply, that he was there by the
orders of the British Consul-General, he cont;nued,
that if he did not instantly obey, he should be turned
out by the guard, and actually called the corporal to
put his threat in execution.
Mr. Walsh considering himself as implicated in the
threat, took hold of M. Gandiano's arm, and kn.
Mediately left the room, without any reply being
made by either, but had just quitted the Office, when
a messenger came to Mr. Walsh, and desired him to
return, as the Cavalier Castrone wished to see him.
' He immediately obeyed, but the sentinel refused to
let him pass.
On these circumstances being represented to Mr.
Fagan, he thought it his duty to write officially to
the Marquis of Circello.
On the following morning, Mr. Walsh received a
message from Campbell, saying, that he was in the
greatest distress for water and provisions, and request-
ing that lie would come and see him. Mr. Walsh went
immediately to the Health Office, where he was join-
ed by a British merchant, Mr. Crokat, a relation of
Mr. Campbell. They here applied to an agent of the
Cavalier Castrone, for permission to see Mr. Campbell,
and demanded that all impediments to his receiving
supplies should be done away. This the Agent pro-'
mised, but declined admitting them to see or speak to
Mr. Campbell without the permission of :he Cavalier
Castrone. At their request he wrote for instructions
to the Cavalier, who answered, that no one but the
true Consul-General should be admitted to Mr. Cam-
pbell,, that the quarantine laws must be enforced with
the utmost strictness, and that he would consider him
as responsible for any violation of the orders now
received.
The examination of Mr. Campbell was by this con-
duct of the Cavali•r Castrone, rendered impossible ;
Mr. Walsh therefore returned to Mr. Fagan, and re-
ported to him what bad passed.
Mr. Fagan, though surprised at the refusal to ad-
mit the British Vice-Consul, regularly acknowledged
as such by the Sicilian Court, to the presence of a
British subject, yet thought it his duty to make the
attempt in person. He therefore went with Mr. Walsh
to the Health Office, and directed the Agent to state

in writing to the Cavalier Castrone; that they were
there, and desired access to Mr. Campbell, a British
subject, and that he should be removed to the Laz-
zaretto for the remainder cf his quarantine, the Prince
of Cuto', the Ptetcr, having given his permission to
that circa.

A written answer w:is returned by Cavalier Cas-
trone, to his Agent, confirming the orders of the
morning, and threatening vengeance if he was dis-

obeyed.
Fagan, thinking it not adviseable to see Mr.
Camp ell, except in the presence of the Vice Consul,
Test any thing that passed should be misrepresented,
returned from the Office, and wrote again to the Mar-
quis of Circello.

Ats t..
• •To his notes no answer was returned till the 18th
of May, in the evening, Mr. pagan's second note
having been sent that morning, when Mr. Fagan was
informed by the Marquis Circello, that the Court no
longer recognized him as British Consul General.
The Polacre was to have been condemned on the
morning of the 13th, had not Mr. Campbell provi-
dentially arrived on the preceding evening.
After the legal time cf the quarantine had expired,
Mr. Campbell was still detained a prisoner, and treated
with the same rigour till the morning of the day on
which the trial of the case was to come on in the Tri-
bunal of Prizes. So that he had no opportunity nor
means of preparing the defence of his property. The
affair in what concerns Mr. Campbell, has been closed
by the decision of the Tribunal of Prizes, by the con-
demnation of his vessel.
But the suspension of Mr. Fagan will not be so
easily terminated, especialiy as it was accompanied
with an unnecessary communication to the Consuls of
other nations, in which it was stated that it was only
owing to the clemency of the King that the British
Consul General was not punished—For what 1 Is
there any man who can say in what manner Mr.
Fagan committed offence.
But there is a secret history in all transactions be-
tween Governments and individuals, and in this ease
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tl4 cireumstanees happen to be well known. Mr.
Fagan has rendered himself, by the steadiness with
which he has adhered to the interests of his charge,
disagreeable to certain Members of the Neapolitan
Cabinet. He has met their insolence by calmly rei-
terating the claims that he had been requested to ad-
vance. This exasperated these varlets of despotism,
-and they longed for revenge. In the case of Mr.
-Campbell, no possible offence co,: I be ascribed to
Mr. Fagan. If in that affair any thing could be
called blameable on the part of the British, it must
have been in the conduct of the Admiral ; and if the
Neapolitan Cfbinet had cause to suspend any British
Officer from his functions, it was Admiral Boyles
that should have been suspended. But the suspen-
sion of a British Admiral was an impossibility which
the Neapolitan Cabinet lamented. It was the con-
duct'of Mr. Fagan on other occasions that led to his
suspension on this.—There is a still more curious se-
cret history in this affair. Castrone, who is mentioned
in the narrative, is the chief owner of the privateers,
which appear to be pirates. He is also not only a
Member of the Board of Health, but at the head of
the Police of Palermo. The Cavalier was personally
interested in the condemnation of Mr. Campbell's
vessel, and his rage proceeded from the double mo-
tive of fancying that he would frighten the British,
as he does the Sicilians, by a furious face and inso-
lent words, and the dread he entertained of losing
the prize. He drew up a representation of the cir-
cumstances, which was presented to the Queen ; and
it was filled not only with what was denied by every
body acquainted with the affair to he true, but couch-
ed in such a way as to pinch the Queen in her greatest
sore. It is said that at the conclusion of his Memo-
rial he expressed himself to the following effect :
" And if your Majesty does not resent this outrage
of the British Admiral and Consul, you cannot be
considered as any longer Queen in Palermo." Her
Majesty caught fire, and the paroxysms of her dis-
pleasure and grief were excited the more, as she had
to deal with an Admiral. Turning therefore from
that impregnable offender, her royal passion fell
with tooth and nail on Mr. Fagan ; and the vindic-
tive Neapolitan Cabinet, applauding her spirit, seized
the opportunity to get the order, by which Sicily has
been led to follow up an act of aggression, with a
flagrant and wanton insult to the honour of the Bri-
tish nation. Allowing the Court of Palermo to have
the right of withdrawing the privilege of direct
communication from Mr. Fagan, still there was no
reason to tell with a boast to the Consuls cf other
nations, that it was only owing to the clemency of
the King tltat he was not punished ;* for certainly it
had not the right of punishing. But the whole.is of
a piece with the new system of contempt for treaties,
i obligations, and laws, in which the Neapolitan Cabi-
net has begun to act in the name of the King of Si-
cily.—lt is but justice here to mention, that the Mar-
quis Circello, who was the tool of communication to
Mr. Fagan, did not write the laconic epistle which
conveyed the imperial will of the Neapolitan Cabinet.
His Excellency had drawn up a more polite note, and
a note which perhaps more distinctly conveyed the
degree of suspension which the Queen meant the
Consul-General should suffer; but this did not please
one of his Secretaries, who by the way is also a part
owner of the piratical privateers : he therefore wrote
another, more becoming the arrogance of the geapo-
litan Cabinet, and which Circello was silly enough
to send. In this, as in the whole proceedings, the
over-reachers have over-reached aemselve ! For it
seems the Court did not intend actually to deprive
Mr. Fagan of his Consular powers, but only, as it
pretends, of the honour of holding direct communi-
cations with the Government, which it had been in
the practice of allowing. The orders, however, were
gone forth, and one of the public Tribunals had oc-
casion to notice them in its proceedings, which left
no doubt on the matter.—ln our next we shall re-
sume the consideration of the topics generally.
• It is said that the Court has since denied this, and that no
such notification was made. Wheiher the notification was ever
issued, we cannot pretend to say; but the order was written,
ind a copy of it was obtained.

•••••,•,..mi•miim.1•••

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ROMAN ANTIQUITIES.—Monday se'nnight, while
the workmen were opening some ruins in the venera-
ble ntansion of John Floyd, Esq. a great saltpetre
merchant, situate near Redlaurn, they discovered be-
low the.foundation of an old wall a leaden box, mei.
suring three feet in length, by two feet and a halt in
breadth, in perfect condition, and strongly secured
by an antique kind of padlock, which was not forced
lsut with great difficulty. When opened it contained
72 copper medals, each weighing three ounces and
one quarter, all in a state of high preservation. The
devices on them, which are throughout tke same, are
on one side the figure of a dying warrior, suppotted
in the arms of two men, in complete armour, and
several others standing weeping round. In the back
ground a battle raging, the motto of ',Duke et deco-
rum est propatroi mori" surrounding the whole. On the
reverse a Roman triumph, with no less than 115
figures distinctly visible. Along with the medals
were four beautiful lamps, made of.2‘ composition
chiefly,
nsilver ; two small daggers, most curiously
wrought; five human figures in solid gold, supposed
to represent theftmater, or household gods of the an-
cients. There was also a wooden box, contained in the
leaden one, 14. inches in length, and apparently solid,
which when exposed to air' crumbled into dust. A
mutilated scroll was discovered, but tot) much disfi-
gured by time for any of its contents to be legible, save
a few detached sentences, which are of an amatory de-
scription.


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SOUTH' AMF:RICAN PAPER!.

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(From the Native Cesettee.)
OFFICIAL STATINIkN F OP THE PUBLIC FORM

Moir EXCELLENT SIR,
I accompany herewith a numerical Statement of the Army I
have the honour to command, with the teceilon of ilia vwan•
tears, of which at present I have DO correct reterm.
(*tied) JOU RONDEEN.
'TO Tit MOOT EXCELLENT mitre OF BOCNOS AVILES rams

ISRAD
ORDER OF THE DAT.
VANGUARD—Under lientetA.Galtwiel Benito Alvarez.
1. One regiment of Patriciaas - .
2. Of Patriots of Monte Vitito - - rota! 1183
Several Companies of Patrician Militia .
Division I.—Under Captain de Don /ow Medan.
Two Companies of Grenadiers -
9 Ditto of Infantry, Number 3 -
Y Ditto of Native Infantry - -
otal
1 Ditto Light Infantry T :-•
2 Ditto of Patrieian Militia of Uruguay - I
Put of the Reginient of Native Cavalry .
Divistom 2 —Under Lieet. Colonel D'Agnatin Sera.
1 Native Reg.:lie/It—rota! - 4'9
DIVISION 3.—Under Lient -CoL Don Busancio tionavldc..
11 Companies 01 Patrician Milnia-1 oral - Vl4
RESICILVR.—Under Captain Rent Hort „men.
Two Companies of Infantry, No. rr - ,
One of Patriots of Monte Video -

Three of Light Horse Total no
Out, of Infantry of Yapeyde J
Earl of these Division. are provided vs:rh their
complement of 011icers,and a cuutpetent propor; ion
of Artillery.
Grand Total . 3761
Ciiil.l.

The Editor of the B WWI Ayres Cazeite apologies
for having omitted to insert the Co:lowing at the umt
of its receipt.
Moir Excmcwr

The character, the audacity, and the smbltinn of T) Xavier
Elio arc fitly deicnbed in the declaration of tea: that your
lency has forwarded to us. The accompl:ces of his wi..ked de-
signs will experimentally learn that the people of BUCROS Ayr**
know how to defend their own rights, arid that of their sovereigns,
whose sacred name is profaned by the perfoly of his unworthy
vassals. 1 he kingdom ut Chili will not conient itself wish words,
but will take an active part in the defence of their brethren
Buenos Ayres, as the aerations which are now in progress w;11
convince your Excellency, whom Goa preserve, &c.

(SiTom')
Santiago de Chili, &e.
Don 1. M. de Rosati, &e.

Faaa•Nao, Marla es de la PLva.

GAZETTE EXTRAORDINARY.
D. Xavier Elio has lately profaned the convent of
St. Francisco, and some of the monks have bcel
driven out of the city only because they wept in silence
over the misfortunes of the country, and his madne,s,
which occasioned them. This sacrilege was performed
in the most brutal manner.. The exiles have sent to
the head of their order an account of the proceedings,
which was transmitted by the Bishop to the Govern•
ment, and at the same time another letter from Dm
Nicolas Herrera, giving an account of the families
and individuals who had been sent off with the like
inhumanity, kc.
The narrative sent to the Right Rev. Prelate, com.
mences as follows :

After saluting your Lordship with the respect and
affection we feel, we have to state to you, that on the
21st May, at night. we, whose names are signed at
the foot, were called one by one to the cell of the self-
appointed Abbot, Fr. Joaquin de Oliden, whe signi-
fied to us the vetb.il order of the Government, com-
municated by one D. F. Pampalo, who appeared be-
fore us armed with' two pistols, and accompanied !)v
two soldiers at the dnor, and the were told that with.
out question or reply, we were to go whither he ccea-
imanded us. •
The monks then relate further circumstances of
severity, and conclude with the complaint that they
had been exposed fo gross calumny, it being tern.
seined that they had gone armed with pistols to Cate
Viceroy, and had proclaimed throughout :he city that
they would db violence to his person, anJ y.elJ no
longer obedioece to his authority. Theis follow the
;lama of nine of the Friars of the est•iblishmeot.
INTERCEPTED LETTERS.
The first was taken from a Courser proceeding
from Colonic towards Monte Viden.
MT DIARMIT FRILND, Coloria, April CP, 1".11.
The vessel being detained by contrary winds. 1 write you by
Navarro, enclosing a diwatch of the Commander of the Arac.
sari, which I believe contains a very exact aceowit if the ti •s pb
in this part of the country, which, as you will see, consists oi ee
Grenadiers ut Ternada, and some Pau:swans. to Ole numb,( of
7or ttoo men. On their approach they forced you of our isoci
to retreat, which misfortune would not have happened, if eat
forces had occupied the proper stations in the rive:. Mere was
only one cortette, almost useless, in t' at situation for two mow's,
when the evident polity was to obstruct ail committee .in It-
tween Buenos Ayres and this neigh!sourltood. It is alsiolwi
necessary that prostsietts should be supplied to the Ararasz.y
and other blockading vessels, otherwise they w:II be obl.ac.l t.
leave their stations, and we shall feel the cons-queue-a, '1 he 1
or 800 men mentioned above, are destLied to joist the division In
the East, and to lime upon Monte Video,
Elio is deceived by many persons who are secret partisan' it
the Junta. His ruin is almcst accomplished; he is reduced to the
small district within the enclosure of Lis fortress.
%You are yourself also :Mated, for you tell me in your litter
that more success will be obtained by intrigue than by force it
arms. Yet you expect that much will be performed by the Litt, r,
with the assistance of the Portuguese troops, fur whack we Law
applied, or of others which are coming Irons Spain. suppose Al
the Insurgents are destroyed by the bayonet, which, by the by, is
almost the whole population, it will require assay years to li-..toy
the seeds of revolution. in January I told you that the whole
country would be In arms against us; you would not bylie% e me,
but we now see the fact. 'l' he last month has reduced us to rra
most urgent neccssitie 4.
believe

You : yourselves to be secure within those walls, win, h
your Commander, I understand, considers to be bomb-prmit
What folly !—Monte Video requim no other balls tin muse
which are lent by the discord of its inhabitants, who, seritig
their property destroyed, and their provisious exhausted, will
soon give up the cause.
In this place we have only corn for eight days. To-morrow I
am going to the Wand of Ornos, &c. to procure flesh. 1 here are
other Islands where I know they have cattle, but it is with this
greatest difficulty we procure it, and we eau get no more whet,
&c. &c. Most allbetionately your's,
Mood) JUAN AN.atl, MICIRLINA.
Monte Video, May Sch.
The rascals are just at band. Miry have made Lemma:its
and one Herrera, prisoners, with some troops front hence. 'ibis
affair was in St. Jose. All our troops are off, and the merchants
do gars. ison duty ; even the mag.strates mount guard, auil we
have no: a soldier kit. The seamen of the mere-lint vessels aro
come un shore. A small maritime force has set out to give the
ropes a drubbit g, who are provided fur their defence only with
beige-stakes. Nmw.thstanding ibis, all our loose forks are gone
' over to them, and even some companies of cavalry. l'he troops
of chi; ;lace are now in Las Piedras ; one company is composed
of the worst of the criminals, and these are offers:42u.* dollars,
it they will bring in the head of that scoundrel Artigas.
Ike son of Donna ,Maria Blanco was brought here bound.
i His mother rnqulred of the Viceroy what offence be had com..
opted, when rise latter answered, that he would know when ha
arrive4.iu Spain, whither he was to be sent. All the poor peas
histsoots they can catch hold of are sent to Spam. San Vincent: says,
two Europeans are enough to drive away all the raganitirma.
I send you the Gazettes. '1 hose front Span lend to n.,bc.dy.
'fbe Government seizes upon all of this description :bar come,
lad to Ise in possession of any of than Lucius a beer penalty.
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