Star.
London, England, 1811-12-26 00:00:00

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PLAISTOW LODGE, NEAR BROMLEY. KENT.
ELEGANT H011:•EHOLD FURNITURE, CAPITAL BM-
LIARD-TABI .E,FINE FRENCH GLASSE, ONE NOBLE
PLATE, 112 by 66, FRENCH CLOCKS, CHANDELIERS,
TRIPODS, PAINTINGS BY ESTEEMLD MA'S! EPS,
and variou- Effects.belonging to the Estate of the late PETER
THELLUSSON, Esq. pursuant to an Order of the HIGH
COURT of CHANCERY, and with the approbation of
SAMUEL COMP FON COX, Esq. one of the Maine's in
the said Court.
To be SOLD by AUCTION, by Mr. ROBINS,
On the Premises, pi-An-row LODGE, b2lween Lewisham
and Bromley, in the County of KEN I% on Monday, the 29th
of January, and following Day, at F.levol u'Clock :
'J'HE FURNITURE; comprising capital four-
post and other bed.btads, with dimity. cotton, and stuff
furniture', prime stat'sned feather boils and he Itlirg, of strions
descriptions, DRAWING-ROOM SUIT OE SILK FU K NI-
TURN:, In whadow.curtatns .eofas, chairs, Ste.; NOBLE BRIL-
LIANT FRENCHI/LASiES, One ONE HUNDRED AND
TWELVE BY SIXTY-SIX ; Tuikey. Brussels, Wilton, and
other carpets, WELL-FINISHED CABINET' ARTICLES OF
ALL DESCRIPTIONS, in satin wood, mahogany, /cr.. libstry
bookcases, A CAPITAL FULL-SIZED BILLIARD-TABLE,
WITH MACES, QUEUES, &c. variety of furniture for me:
wants' apartments, kitchen r: quisites, a mangle, garden lilts and
tools, and various effect'. . , .
To be viewed Friday and Satnyday preceding the Sale,. by
Catalogues, which may be !•ad on the Prvmises, at One Shilling
each; and of Mr. Robins, Warivick-street, Gulden-vinare.

4MERICA.

_ NEW-YORK, iiOVEMBER to.

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In the Colombian of yesterday evening, and in the
Morning Post and Mercantile Advertiser of to-day, is
published a solemn deposition, taken before the Re-
corder of our city, by one John Aikins, stating that
he was an impressed American, with two. other
Americans, on board the Little Belr, when the en-
counter took dace. between ha and the President--
&that the Little Belt fired first ; that among the num-
-ber killed was an Amainn named Robert Howell,
who was impressed from the brig Martin, from Mar-
tinique ; that Howell, when dying, requested a Mr.
Wheeler, now in this city, to take a ring from his
finger, and a lock of hair, which was plaited, and
hung round the neck, and give them to a certain per..
son, from whom he had received them, &c.—that
there were about twelve Americans on board the .Lit-
tle Belt, who objected to go to quarters when the ac-
tion commenced, because it would he to fight against
their brothers—but that• Capt. Bingham answered, if
they refused he would try them by a Court-martial,
and put them to instant death as mutineers, &c. . •
For the present let it suffice to inform the public,
that the following facts have come to our. knowledge
• in a manna that enables us to say they may be re-
' ceived with implicit confidence :
• John Aikins, th! deponent„ is not an American,
but a Canadian, and was born in Canada. Ile was
never on board the Little Belt, nor either of the two men
(Blanchard and Fries) whom he says were pressed
at the same time that he was, until taken from the
ship Traveller, belonging to this port, a vessel which
was captured by the Llife Belt, long after the en-
gagement with the President, on her way from Ha-
lifax to England, on board of which, at that time,
Aikins, Blanchard and Fries, were sailors before the
past
Mr. Randolph, in a late debate, di, claimed all idea
of wanton attacks on foreigners. Some of his most.
valuable friends were men who bad emigrated to this
country since the Revolution. He said he had re-
. (mac(' to the imported patriots of the present day..;-•
He was glad to find the Gentleman from Pensyl-'
vania had confined his commendations of Tom
Paine to the Rights of Man, without bringing in thel
Age of Reason. For his own part Mr. R. said, tho
ideas of Tom Paine and the devil were so intimately
associated in his mind, that he could not think of the
one without recalling the other—nor did he believe
that the Washingtmu or Hancock; of this country,
required to, be Spurred to resistance by an English
stay-maker ; the Rettolution would have gone on,
without him. If the gentlentan from Pensylvinii'
was disposed to deify Torn Paine, he should not join
in the worship. Mr. R. expressed his unwillipgneis
to encourage tanigration from the old States, esm
chilly at this important crisis. He hoped we shonld
take care of ourselves first, and of the people on the
)dissouriafterwards.
WOVE:ABER 26.
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Something important may be expected by the next
British packet, as a messenger has beets dispatched to
this city by Mr. Foster, to wait her arrival, Within,
%ructions to loss no time in returning to Washington
with the dispatches by the packet. .
- Count Pahlen, late Minister to the United State'
,from Russia, we understand, presented his letters of
secall to.the President on Thursday last aunt is
-I;nderstood that be will sliortly.lea„yethis country, foe
the Brazils, in quality of Minister fintp his Sovereign
to the Court-of Portugal. ,
On the next day bC Andro.de Daickhoff Oreifnt4.
lad to the President his letters of credence as Minisier
rlintipotentary and Envoy Extraordinaryft-vile:the
Emperor of Russia,to the United States of Amvta.
Mr. Ellisben is his Secretary ; and his rimers's* jr
Consul-Clener aVene leain, is M. Kozloff. _ .
On the modem of Mr. Milner, it was xstiobad
the American House ri Representatives,' on the dStli
ult. that a Committee should be appointed toenquire
whether any, and what amendrnents•rwsre-needisary:
to the laws of the United States relating to-thenpro.
tection of American seamen.. Mr.-Milner said,-that
the Act for the Relief of American seamen, made it
the duty of the Collectors to furnish certificates of ci-
tizenship in the manner thereia directed but owing
to an error of Congress, no manner was prescribed,
and, of course, the Collectors had laecn left to accept
gulch proof as they deemed sufficient, or to act under
the diivctions of the Secretary of the Treasury, which,
in %Out instances, was an unsafe way.. of proceeding.
tfti-penal laws of the United States provide no pia-
_ )Ih/intent for the crime of perjury in these cases.. A
'recent instance, Mr.'M. said, had occurred in the dis-
trict which he reprrisented. An Italimt, not 20 days
in the country, appeared before a Notary Public,
el .timing the rights of an American seaman. He
made the necessary oath, and produced a sponsor,
who swore that he was born in Baltimore. The tongue
of the man detected the falsehood, The Collector had
both seaman and sponsor apprehended. The attorney
for the district looked into the case, but found the
law Vriis defective, and that the offence was not per-
j• The Attorney-General confirmed this opinion ;
the offenders, therefore, escaped punishment.
• Official Census of the United States, for 1810
Grand total 7,239,903, of which the slaves amount
1.9...y910641