Star.
London, England, 1818-09-03 00:00:00

• rir# iv sorry to state; tenjhure nearly as alarming
the publication of our last. During the past
the disease has attacked more Europeans than
rmerlr, And several cases, we regret to say, have
trrih.tte.! fatally.
New Ch;:rch of St. Andrew was opened on
tart, in the presence of the lion. Vice Prmi-
‘t. the lion. Mr. Stuart, Member of Council, the
• .:,•rates of Calcutta, and a numerous congrega-
;:..4 hearers, by the Rev. Dr. Bryce, who delivered
.on frol.l I Corinth..l, '2] :-••-," For after that
, wisdom of GOD the world by wisdom knew
: t it pleased GOD by the foolishness of preach-
to save them that believe."
It r.lust be gratifyiug to all, who take an interest
• :• air:lncement of religion in this country, to
the conductors of the principal Schools in
...a have so generally accepted the invitation of
tergy to send their pupils to be catechised at
•4:hedral during the present season of Lent. The
of young persons of both sexes, who attended
,c;eld.iy for that purpose from ten seminaries, ex-
.oile,l three hundred and fifty ; most of whom are
able to repeat the catechism, but evince
answers to the questions put to diem, that
toes c well acquainted with its meaning. In. many
• -les their proficiency is far beyond what could
Id from their years ; and they have almost
•• acquitted themselves in a manner which
p, by dismissing then), has been pleased to
.rrressing his warns approbation of the di.
itlayed by their teachers in discLarging a
rust.

THE EVENING STAR

LONDON.

RSDAY, SEPTEMBER 3, ISIS.
TIM FUNDS.

STOCK, VIM DAY AT TWELVE (b.ELONt
4V—Cons. 711—for A cc. 7 Ili
84,1,---1. per Cent. 94i
:. Navy 10`31-India Bonds 68 70 pre.
case—Exchcquer Bills 17 20 prem.

agence respecting the proceedings of the
le Indian Archipelago, which we ye:ter-
% nu: Readers, excites, as might be ex-
small Fortion of indignation and much
iced, the more these proceedings, and
meted with them, arc examined, the
interest they excite ; and we have no
ley will be found to occasion much per-
fact, however easy it may be to antici-
)l the evils that must result from the
possessed' by the Dutch in the East,
It to discover how nay of them may
and such are the circumstances, that
ngly possible no kind of remedy may
.!inpted, till the evil shall have be-
Able to be longer endured. The East
my, on the one hand, will be apt to 'say
Ministers to watch ever these conce'rns
le interests of her subjects still residing
i the neighbouring Islands—any iner-t
part may be deemed presumptuosMy
en the other hand Blinkters may
Vito cif be supposed so well informed on
• ormected with cur Eastum commerce,
Company? It will be time enough for.
:e when that body shall complain." The
both must feel themselves much em-1
and the more so as we fear it will be
examining the Treaty with Holland, that,
ip these possessions to the Dutcb not a
ision has been stipulated, for the preven-
measures as have been resorted to by
in tile event of a war in Europe to what
dd our China fleets be exposed ? The
only to send out a fast-sailing frigate to
;ot a single ship could then escape their
quarter, which seems already to be on a
r.ticipates the benefits likely to result to
keeping a strong force in that quarter.—
like to know by what course our China
steer with safety, while the Straits of Ma-
lunda are commanded by a Dutch force.
answered—Let us also keep a large fleet
irter. This expense by a more provident
,It hare been avoided. The conquest of
possessions and of the Mauritius cost this
t less than ten millions—and yet, on our
iberality, our own subjects and commerce
mercy of the murderers of our couatry-
iboyna.

st India Papers add but little to the facts
Avis respecting the war. They present a
losing hostilities, the main armies breaking

An into cantonments, a few detachments
mining in the field, and the Governor-Gene-
ling leisurely toward the seat of Govern-

the satisfaction of having terminated in a
tonths a campaign of uninterrupted success.
-quarters of his Excellency were at Sheer
Se 20th of February. He was to cross the
the 21st, vas expected to reach Cawnpore
h, lind was then to proceed to Lucknow
kpore. Many of the country forts had been
trandered, and others were about to be
if they offered any resistance.--
the JYPOIE RAJAH Wac in forward-
tholt toncicded liitAX had al-
begun Ac, be carried.into execution on his
setir.g up scnne of his guns. The Pinda-
,:_ed to giv'= up their horses, which are
r pred.c.. :y mode of warfare, and in-
oro, ti

ptrteiv,, :':at the ckdera moil"

iontinued it: fatal ravages amongst the natives.—*-
Some Europeans had latterly been attacked by it,
and in one or two instances had found it fatal; but,
in general, they were much more slightly affected by
it than the natives.

These Papers contain much speculation on the trade
in raw Cotton, which has of late formed so consi-
derable a branch of the export trade of India. It is
complained that the native dealers monopolize tit?
article and keep up the.prices, which, however, it is
contended, must soon undergo. some reduction, there
being a large accumulation at, Alirzapore, and a
Still greater quantity unsold in the. warehouses at
Canton.

In another column we have inserted an article from
a Quebec Paper of the 21st July, fiom which it will
be seen that the Canadians, (oesome of them) have
been complaining of the measure adopted recently
by our Government, of opening certain ports of New
Brunswick and Nova Scotia to the vessels of foreign
nations. Thus it is that the selfish are ever ready to
complain of any proceeding calculated to endanger
their individual share in any monopoly. The measure,
however, was most wise, and well calculated to defeat
the aim cf the late colonial law of the United States,
I and ward off from our commerce a Urge portion of
its intended mischief. The complains of the Canadian
Merchant resolves itself into this simple fact ; by the
enactments of the United States law alluded to,
commodities coming from or through the British
West-Injies, in British bottoms, could not be admitted
into the States of the Union—in consequence -tbe
trade of the Canadians was benefited by supplying
such articles through the Lakes or over the frontiers ;
but by the free trade allowed to certain ports of Nova
Scotia and New Brunswick, other depots arc esta-
blished whence the United Sates may supply a part
of their demand. Can any thing be conceived more
unreasonable than complaints at benefits conferred
on other provinces? The Canadians ought rather to
rejoice; for every approach to those principles of
free and unrestrained commerce, which sooner or
later must prevail, is something gained for the gene-
ral interests of mankind.

The advocates of injustice and, murder in the
United States labour hard, to justify General Jac:c-
-oot-4 Their mode of proceeding, as will be seen in
the extract from the Savannah Republican, is by
crying Up the respectability of the Court Martial
who tried our murdered countrymen.—Time will
declare whether these men 'deserve this character.
Should any of them be ever implicated in any public
transaction marked with infamy, it-will then excite'
no surprise: the remark will be—What else could be
expected from one of the murderers of A RBUTRNOTT ?

We have received to-day a farther series of Ame-
rican Papers, which comedown to as late a date as
the Bth of August.
It is stated in the Natioral Intelligencer, the demi-
oficial paper of the American Executive, that the
PRESIDENT " has decided that Pensacola and the
other Spanish posts, which have been taken by Ge-
neral JACKSON, in the Floridas, shall be restored to
the Spanish Authority, but with a requisition, that
the KING of SPAIN shall hereafter keep such a force
in these Colonies, as shall enable him to execute,
with fidelity, the fifth Article of the Treaty between
the United States and Spain"—which article provides
that both parties shall" restrain by force, all hostility
on the part of the Indian nations, living ‘vithin their
boundary ; so that Spain will not suffer her Indians
to attack the Citizens of the United States, nor the
Indians inhabiting their territory ; nor will the United
States permit these last mentioned Indians to com-
mence hostilities against the subjects of his Catholic..
Majesty, or his Indians, in any manner whatever."
The ground, it seems, on which the PRESIDENT
has resolved to make this restitution is, not because
there was any thing wrong in General JACKSON'S
seizing these Spanish posts, for on this head the Nes-
tioiaal listelligencer is still obstinate in its political he-
resy, but because, as Congress only hare the power
of declaring war, and had made no declaration
against Spain, the PRESIDENT does net cett:eive him-
self authorized to retain the Spanish posts, inasmuch
as such retention would be an act of war.

Some doubt, however, has been subsequently thrown I
on this report of the Passiozmis having 'resolved!
on this restitution, by certain articles in the Charles-
ton Gazettes, in which it is asserted, on the authority!
of letters from Havannah, to be a fact well asccr-
tained there, and relied upon by the Spanish Autho-
rities, that the Floridas have been formally ceded by
the Spanish Government to the United States. The
National Intelligencer, alluding to this rumour, re-
marks, that however willingly it would give credence
to so welcome a piece of inteliigence, it considers it
to be " contradicted by the condition of the relations
between the two countries, when last disclosed by the
Executive, and by the probable state of subsequent
negociations."—" We do not doubt," it adds. " that
the Floridan must, and will at no distant period, be-
comd a part of our territory but obliged as we arc,
to withhold our belief from this interesting and widely
circulating report, we conceive it proper to express
our conviction that it is entirely groundless." It may,
therefore, we presume, be regarded as nearly certain,
that the l'azatnawr has, as reported in the first in-
stance, actually resolved on the restitution of the
sps.nsh urritJ; its ; and on the fairness and propriety

Ict such A step, *e are persuaded there cannot he tii•d
opinions among impaftial men,

A farther series of Quebec Papers to the ISlth ult.
has also arrived this forenoon. The following notice
of .the liberation of the American vessels lately
seized on our fishing grounds, we extract with much
pleasure:

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