Star.
London, England, 1811-07-26 00:00:00

NEW YORK, JUNE 22.
Extract of a letter to the Editor of The New Teri
Gazette. _ •
SiE—Having observed, in your paper of yesterday, a state-
ment of the meeting of the %hilted States ship United States, off
-Cape Henry; with his Britannic Majesty's ships the Eurydice
• and Atalaute (in an extract of a letter from on board his Ma-
j. sty's sloop Atatante, dated June 15, 1811), I am induced, from
itrincoln ctness in some particulars, to furnish you with the fol-
lowing account:.
" On the 9th of June, at 10 A.M. the frigate United States
got under weigh from iampton_Roads, and made sail for sea,
with the-wind light from the westward; at two P. M. it became
almost a calm; at three a light breeze sprung up from S. S. E. ;
at half-past three, squally, with rain and hail; and at four P.M.
• ' we had not yet passed Cape Henry, when we discovered over
the land, in the S. E. quarter, two ships of war, either lying by
under their topsails only, or at anchor with them up. At this
time our colours were eying. Soon after, on passing Cape Hen-
ry, we perceived they had descried us, had made sail, and were:
' standing down for us, under studding sails and royals, .hewing
-. English colours. As there was pot any other sail in sight, in the
direction that they steered, but the United States, it gave us rea-
son to believe that they might wish to know what ship it was.
We immediately hauled up our courses, and made every prepa-
. ration for battle. The wind being light, they approached us
slowly; and it was dusk before the largest of the two ships passed
to lowaid of us, and hailed us, saying, " This is his Britannic
Majesty's ship Eurydice ; what ship is that, pray ?" lie reply
was, "The United States ship United States.'—The English
Captain thin said. " I presume you are from the Chesapeake ?"
" Yes, 1 ant," was the reply. The English Commander then said,
" 1 am here the bearer of dispatches : if 1 had any news it would
give me pleasure to communicate it—have you any, Sir ?" Com •
nuadore Decatur answered, " I have not ; If I had, I should feel
equally pleased to impart it to you." Commodore Decatur then
sited, What ship ft was in company with hint ? lie British
.!ap.ain ansWered, " It was his Britannic Majesty's ship A;3-
lance."—Commodore Decatur again hailed, and asked the
name of the Commander of the Eurydice; he was answered
Bradshaw ;" who accompanied Isis reply with, " I presume
;ornenodore Decatur commands the United States ?" The
..'ommodore replied, "At your service, Sir !" These words
were scarcely uttered, when a gun was fired front the quarter-
deck division of the lJnited States, by accident, while the captain
of the gun was in the act of training her. The Commodore im-
mediately stepped down from the poop, and asked the Lit me-
net of the division who fired the gun? He replied, that" he
could not ascertain who it was' but that it was by acc•dent."
Commodore D. then hailed the Eurydice, and told her Comman-
der that the gen was fired by accident, and repeated this as-
surance. The Commander of the Eurydice answered, that "he
was aware that such accidents would sometimes occur, and that ,e Cadiz, Jan. 10, 1811."
be was willing to belieie this to have been one." Commodore It would be needless to add many reflections on this
D. attain hailed, and told him, " on his honour it was." The
Elitists Commander replied, "As you have given me your word, honourable memorial. We shall only say, ~ this most
1 ant perfectly satisfied that it was one; and then asked permis- estimable patriot, Parraga, continues to make war on
sloe to senders boat on board, which was granted" with plea- the tyrant, even when its his tomb."
sure'. 4 Lieutenant came on board and was introduced to the FEUDAL AND SEIGNORIAL RIGHTS.
Commodore, who expressed to hint his regret at the occurrence.
The lieutenant observed, that his Commander was convinced it The Sittings of the Cortes have been very much
was an accident; mid that he should not notice it farther; and occupied by discusaps on a law proposed by Garcia
theh " You say on your honour, Sir, it was an accident r Herreros for the abolition of those feudal usages which
Commodore D. retitled," I have already assured your Cointuan-
der that the gun was fired by accident, and I repeat to you the existed in Spain.
In the sitting of the Bth of June, several Grandees
same! ssurance." No other pledge was required of the Commo-
dore—none other was given; nor was there any cause assigned presented a petition against the proposed abolition..
tosi the guti!s going oiE Senor Ostolaza reaNt discourse, the object of which
o AN 471C1R 07 THE UNITED STATES."
was to prove, that the mania of imitating the French,
" U. S. ship U. S. of Quarantine Ground, June 19, 1811."
and the perusal of their revolutionary books, had intro-
' Xit are informed, that Walter Rogers, the boy duced into Spain a Frenchified spirit, and a strong ten.
wounded on-board the President frigate, and who be- dency to innovation and democracy. He then proposed
hayed with. so much firmness, has been appointed a variety of objections to the plan.
Midshipinan. in the Navy of the. United States. Senot ARGUELLES observed in reply, that the repre.
:Saimaa Saunders, a native of the State of Connec- :caution of the Grandees, and the discourse of Osto-
ticut, has been discharged from the British sloop of laza, were of an invidious nature, by holding up the
war Atalante (lately inlived from Bermuda off theiopposite opinion as dangerous, and insinuating that
Capes of Virginia with dispatches) and sent up to there existed an innovating and revolutionary spirit.—
Norhilk. He should not ground-his arguments upon the Motu-
Mr• P. -Bond, who has for many years past dis- ear, but upon their own sacred codes ; he should shew
-charged the duties of British Consul General for the that they were either absolutely ignorant of the history
....Misidle_and Southern States, left Philadelphia, and of the French Revolution, and of Spanish history and
is succeded in the dutiet of his station by Mr. T. W. legislation, or that they were fomenting that very dis.
Moore; who signs as Pro-Consul: obedience and. anarchltwhich they pretended to fear;
We learn, says The Baltentore Federal Repaiken, in short, that the ancient Cortes were full of petitions
Ugat an attempt was lately made to assassinate the and protests against those feudal claims. But on the
Hon. Joni; Itastpoopo, whilst riding in-the high road, supposition-that this Congress was authorised, and in
by attacking him with a knife, and with a pistol load- duty bound, to promote the national prosperity—werel
ed-widt a snantity of sadlers' nails. The knife pasted these rights, he wool/Pink, at all compatible with that
through leis clothes, and he received a wound in. the prosperity ? This question would be sufficiently an-
eye, but not such as to injure him materially. swered by observing the horrible depopulation of
. The Constitution, Captain HULL, now lying in the Spain, amidst the finest soil and the roost favourable
Chesapeake, is ordered to hold herself in readiness to climate ; then let the seignorial villages be compared
take an Joel. BAUM*, WU.I.IAhI Lxi,Consul at Bour- with those not in the same situation. Besides, this
deaux, and two other Gentlemen to Paris. She is not servitude continuing. the America% which do not
to sail until the United States frigate Essex arrives groan under this odious feudalism, and which by • the
. with Mr: Pinckney, our Minister at London. immensity and fertility of their territory, invite gni-
.
WASHINGTON CLTY, JUNE' 141. gration, would soon leave the Peninsula depopulated..
France, by certain Edicts, declared the British :Disobedience I—anarchy !—Would the people rebel
Isles to be in a state of Blockade ; and, in violation when their happiness Wis promoted ? So far from it,
•of the :neutral right of the United,States, seized their they would overwhelm you with benedictions. The
vessels trading with British ports. Great Britain by people are docile, and know their interests. Whet at
'certain Edicts, declared France and her dependen. Vittoria theycin the traces of the coach of Ferdinand
ties in a state of Blockade ' • and, in violation of the VII. that he might not go into France, they did not
neutral rights of the. United States, seized their yes. shew their disobedience but their affection for their
sell trading with French' ports. Each of those Pow- King ; they well kneW that the traces cou7d soon be
era charged the other with originating the violation, replaced,but-they wished to give some testimony that
and. promised to repeal its Edicts if the other would they disapproved-of his departure: at last they obey.
set the example. France has declared a repeal oldie ed, though much against their inclination. He *ib..
served, that till how them had been no true Cortes,hut
Blockade of Great Britain to the United States; nor' served,
their shadow. 'As nation had paid dear for
does it .appear that our vessels bound to or front
--Greatßritain are taken and treated. as prizei in France. the fatal advice of Louis XIV. to Philip V. " Do not
Great Britain is consequently bound, in fidelity to her abolish the Cortes, but never convoke them."
own premise, as well as in justice to the United States, On his motion, the 3d law, under the 10th title,
to repeat her blockade of France and her--deponden. book 5, of the Recopilacion was then read, which
• tie:; and, in not doing so, justifies the distinction prohibits and declares null the donation or alienation
' made by our laws between the two Belligerents. . of any jurisdiction, village, manor, &c. belonging to
But it is said,-that the. Decrees of France -cootinue -the Crown, which are in dteir nature inalienable ; that
to shut t:::e continent againit British track; That is only in a arc of urgent necessity, can they be given
, it matter between Great Britain and the Continent.-,- as a reward to any subject, such necessity to be known
• Great Britain may,. if she pleise,- shirt her ports to and acknowledged by the King, those of his Council,
• but Continent in:return, as has always been customs- and six procurators of six cities, &c .
ry between Powers at war. The United States surely He continuedhis discourse upon this law, and when
are not hound to meddle in that questiiii. . he concluded, by a simultaneous and general move-
' Again„it is Said, *that although France may have ,ment,the poblic burst forth in exclamations of at,:
epeoltrd .11re blockade of Great Britain, she has De- ?Luise.' linmediately .several members rose, and
• trees in torte against our.trade with herself. But among, others Senor Del Pan, exclaiming, 4, Why is.
.• this i• a matte r between the Us&ed States and' France not this indecent excess punished ? Are there no
Oisly Great Britain has no more right. to meddle guards ?" The people immediately checked them.
with that, than France has 10 meddle with the British telveii, and the sitting was closed, notwithstanding
la.iA which restrict our trade with Great Britain.-.. that several Members dein
Nanded its continuance.
The Legici non rif tie Union, if it thinks proper, SITTING Or JUE 24.
may break off-arl foetidly intercourse with France,or The Senor MORAGUES and the Conde de Buesis.l
may RIM the tevfoirni, of Fiance with respect to; VISTA prayed leave to go home to their counties.
our cotton, tobacco, Bt.g• by regulations againit her Senor CAPSIASIY, among others, opposed it, exclaim.
frnts, silks, h r liquors., as , might be done if thought ins, 4, A manifest desertion ! we are under stronger
politic in ravioli to Great Britain, by regulations obligation, than the soldier, to keep our post. Your
• meetinglier exclusion of our vessels from some of her Majes: y's goodness is abused ; the, whole guard doesl
ports, and our Manufactures, lish, ecc. from all of them. not march off at once, but by little and little the sol-1
' The simple result is. that as Great 'Britain gave 'as diets make their escape,. (alluding to other applica.
a re.tsoti for her paper blockade of France,that France lions of a similar nature). ' The Congress are revolt-
had decrecl a paper blockade of Great Britain ; and sible for this desertion."
as this blockade of Great Britain is revoked by France, Senor Suazo observed, that it could not be called
in like manner, to be . desertion, when the permission of the Sovereign was
the block .do (.1 France ought,
revoked by Great Britain.—/nteiligencer. • • Obtained.—Leasc was granted for four months.
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SPANISH
,PAPERS. : SOUTH AMERICA.
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" (FROM THE co 150.) The Deputies from. Buenos Ayres have made the
There are some actions so worthy of being recorded following representation to the Cortes :
that it would be criminal to conceal them from poste- " Sotz—The Deputies of the Viceroyalty of Inenos Ayres
had the honour to represent in a secret sitting in discharge of
y
cit. Of this sort fs the one which we are about to re-
had the
idnuttihcesirtop your Maijestyt,htehen inincoantlienioenfcaiescawpthaiicnh muste.
late, which is of a nature to cover the selfish with con-
fusion, the false Spaniard wait disgrace, to serve as a ral and Viceroy to the Rio de la Plata, made by the former Re-
model to every true Spaniard, and which must be the gency in the person of D. Francisco Elio. It seems that our ob-
subject of admiration, even in the midst of his rage, to servations have not produced the effect we expected; the 88141
. Chief, in a Manifesto which he addressed to the Spaniards 01.1
the tyrant Bonaparte.
these provinces, dated the 19th January of the present year, has
D. Martin de Parraga, Second Adjutant of the Ge- had the we atm- ss and audacity to assert that his dispatches were
neral Staff of the 4th army, fell gloriously in the field authorized by your Majesty, which we believe to be totally
of honour in the memorable battle of Albuera. The contrary to the truth. Under these circumstances, we are ap-
patriotism which animated this estimable man, and prrhensive that difficulties will arise in those provinces unta-
Tearable to their reconciliation with, and submission to the
the hatred which he bore to the tyrant, made him pre- Parent State, and we therefore presume to represent this condi-
fer the military service to the tranquil enjoyment of don of affairs Jo your Majesty, praying at the same time, that
his emoluments as 2d Professor of Mineralogy. In this our statement may be inserted on your Journals, and that
began his career, by entering the regiment of 1808 he thus the motives and conduct of the undersigned may be male
known. (Sighed) REGIS VELASCO.
volunteers of the country ; and in Islo, being then I. L.LISPRIGUIR.
Captain, and his merit being known to the Minister at Cadiz, June le, 1811. 111ASULL RODRIGO."
War, Senor Bardaxi, the latter gave him an employ-
ment in the General Staff. His talents and acquire-
ments were known to all who were acquainted with
him, and particularly to his friend Senor Lacy, Chief
of the Staff, and to his associates in the same corps,
who are, only consoled for his loss by his having ho-
nourably fallen in defence of his country ; and sti;l
more, by its enabling them to hold up to the nation
the singular and memorable example which this officer
has given to all his countrymen in the following do-
cument, which he left with one of the Editors of the
Conciro, on his setting out for the Condado. de Niebla,
under the command of General Ballasteros :
"
I, Martin de Parraga y Pison, Second Adjutant
of the General Staff et the 4th Army, declare, that, if
by any accident [ should lose my life, it is my will
that all my property, as well that which I possess in
as the house situated in the Alameda of Ca-
diz, be sold, and their produce placed at the disposal
of the lawful government of Spain (which is that
which supports the cause of the liberty and indepen-
dence of the nation), in order that it may promote the
just cause which it supports against the unjust aggres-
sion of the tyrant of Europe,Napoleon.
" MAterm DE PARRAGA.

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PORTUGAL.

GENERAL ORDERS. -
" Head-quarters, Santa Olalla, July 1.
a His Excellency Marshal Beresford acquaints the
army, that in pursuance of the sentence of a Council
of War, confirmed by his Excellency on the 27th ult.
five soldiers of the Militia, of the regiments of Evora,
Lagos, and Beja (here thoir names are given), have
been shot, for the abominable crime of repeated de-
sertion in the time of war. His Excellency also ac-
quaints the army, that the benignity of his Royal
Highness has been induced to spare the sentence of
death to which two other soldiers of the same regi-
ment were condemned, exchanging it for perpetual
degradation in Africa. His Excellency declares how
much he feels on being obliged to confirm sentences
of such a nature ; but such is the scandalous example
which has been given by the regiments of Militia of
the Alentejo, by numerous and repeated desertions,
that he is henceforward determined not to pardon any
of the individualsbelonging to the said regiments,who,
by desertion, abandon their colours ; being . false to
their GOD, traitors to their august. Sovereign, and
thus shamefully withdrawing from the defence of their
' individual liberty, and that of their country.
" His Excellency also ordered, that all the other
individuals of the,above regiments, who have been
taken up as deserters, should be present, as accom-
plices, at the mournful execution of their comrades,
on order that, deeply reflecting on the enormity of
their conduct,'the sight of such an example might
fill them with due horror for their crimes. At the
same time, the incomparable goodness of his Royal
Highness, dispensing with their being brought to
trial, orders.them to be restored to his service, hoping
that the impression of such an example will for ever
prevent them from exposing themselves to a like fate;
and that by future good conduct they will wash away
their disgrace, and render themselves worthy of his
Highness's favour ; but such of them are to be draft-
ed into the infantry of the line, as, from age, figure,
and strength, are fit for that service.
His Excellency cannot omit remarking, that he
has generally observed, with great astonishment and
displeasure, a want of patriotism and public spirit
among the inhabitants of the province of Alentejo.—
Its militia have deserted, and muster much less than
half their quota, through the absolute inactivity,
ig-
norance, and want of zeal of the Colonels, Captains,
and other Officers, who have totally failed in per-
forming their duty. The Magistrates, Officers ofthe
Ordenauza, and other individuals, have neglected the
recruiting fir the line, and the furnishing of all those
sopplies which their country demands of them, so'
that were they not Portuguese, his Excellency wopld
be induced to believe them disloyal. His Excellency
has conveyed to the Royal Presence information of
this selfishness and want of zeal in the inhabitants of
this province, especially acquainting his Highness of
the gross ignorance which prevails, from the Colonel
of the militia, to the private in the ranks, who are
without the smallest instruction or discipline ; while
from the neglect of all the authorities belonging to
the militia, and Ordenanza, deserters live at their
homes in tranquillity, and ;he completement of the
corps cannot be accomplished. His Excellency must
here observe, that the regiments of Militia ofAlgarve
are very different in point of numbers and regularity,
and though they come from a remote and distinct
province, yet they have taken a part in the defence of
the province of Alentejo with very different qualities
of energy and patriotism. His Excellency is sorry
at being compelled to make known so disagreeable a
truth ; but it is necessary it should be known, for the
confusion of those Authorities. who neglect their du-
ties ; and his Excellency is anxious that their future
conduct may remove from the public mind that im-
pression, which, this censure is calculated to produce
with regard to those who are the subjects of it.
His Excellency Lieutenant-General F. de Paula
Leite, Military-Governor of the Alentejo, will cause
these General Orders to be printed, and posted up in
the most public places of all the towns, that all their
inhabitants may know the same.
(Signed) Mozputo, Adj. Gen."

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