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:. . not been thought sufficient to compensate' for the irre parable injury whicKthe _best interests of the Colony might sustain from some of the enactments, to which I have [macula* referred. Even were the law ono's• jectionebte on every other ground, it would be impos sible to s urmount,.the.difficalty presented by the clauses for restraining religious liberty. • 1 have the honour to be, Sir, your most obedient humble Servant Mimed) HU SKISSON. Lieut. Governor Sir John Keane, !Leaf, &c. &c. After the letter had been read in the House of As• sembly, at their Meetiug, by Proclamation, on the 13th of November. Mr. ATKINSON rose and said. that he congratulated the House—he congratulated the country—on this Mes• sage having been sent down to the House. He hoped the House would coalesce, and be unanimous in ob jecting to the whole of the suggestions now submitted to them, and form a determination in carrying through the provisions,of the law, which they had so laboriously and zealously framed last year, purposely to meet the views of the British Government, as it was now evident nothing they could do would satisfy our enemies. There was not a single passage in Mr. Huskisson's letter which was not objectionable; and he therefore trusted the House would have but one view of it, that it should be printed, and that a call of the House should take place to have it fully discussed. Mr. HYSLOP said, that it was the duty of the Lieut.- Governor to send down to the House any instructions he may have received from his Msjesty's Government, and that it would only be the usual courtesy to allow the Message to lie on the table. Mr. ATKINSON said, he did nit refer to the Lieut.- Governor, but to the Message itself, which was objec tionable. Mr. Cox moved that 500 copies of Mr. Haskisson's letter should he panted, to be disseminated throughout the island. that the general sense of the inhabitants re specting it might be obtained, which was agreed to. Mr. ATKINSON was repeatedly cheered during his speech ; and his proposition was agreed to with accla- tnations. The following are the clauses contained in the law which refers to the Sectarians-- 83. And whereas it has been found that the practice of ignorant, superstitious, or designing slaves, of attempting to instruct others, has been attended with the most pernicious consequences, and even with (helms of life:—De it enacted, that any slave or slaves, found guilty of preaching or teaching as Anabaptists, or otherwise, without a permission from their owner and the Quarter SeWns for the parish in which such preaching or t eachi ng takes place,, ,for be punished in such manner as any three Magistrates may deem proper, by whipping er imprisonment in the workhouse to hard labour. 84. And whereas the mumbling of slaves and other persons, after dark, at places of meeting belonging to dissenters from the established religion, and other persons professing to be teachers of religion, has bees found extremely dangerous, and great 'facilities are thereby given to the Mitsui= of plots and conspiracies, and the health of the slaves and other persons has been injured in travel ling to and from such places of meting at late hours in the night Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, that from and after the commencement of this act all such meetings between sunset and sunrise shall be held and deemed unlawful, and any Sectarian, Dis senting Minister, or other pawn professing to be &teacher of ref& gigs, who shall, contrary to this act, keep open any such places of meeting between sunset and sunrise fur purpose aforesaid, of per mit or suffer any such nightly asiembly of slaves therein, or be present thereat, shall forfeit and pay a sum not less than twenty pessnds, or exceeding fifty pounds, for each uffesce, to beeecovered in a summary manner before any three Justices, by,warrant of distress and sale, one moiety thereof to be paid to the informer, who is hereby declared a competent witness, and the other moiety to the poor of the parish in which such offence stall be committed, and in default of payment thereof, the said Justices are hereby empowered and required to commit such offender or offenders to the common gaol for any space of time not exceeding one calendar month. Provided always, that nothing herein contained shall be deemed or taken to prevent any minister of the Presbyterian kirk, or licensed minister, from performing Divine worship at any time before the hour of eight o'clock in the evening at any licensed place of worship, or to interfere with the celebration of Divine Worship according to the rites and ceremonies of the Jewish and Roman Catholic religions. 85. And whereas, under pretence of offerings and contributions, large sums of money and other chattels have - been extorted by designing men, professing to be teachers of religion, practising one the ignorance and super • 'on of the negroes in this island, to their great loss and impoverishment—And whereas an ample provision is already made by the public and by private persons for the religious instruction of the slaves—Be it enacted by the authority aforesaid, that front and after the commencement of this Act it shall not be lewful tor any dissenting Minister, religious teacher, or other person whatsoever, to demand or receive any money or other chattel what soever from any slave or slaves within this island, for affording such slave or slaves religious instruction, by way of offering cootri• bastions, or under any other pretence whatsoever; and if any person or persons shall, contrary to the true intent and meaning of this Act, offend herein, such person or persons shall, upon conviction, berme any three Justices, forfeit and pay the sum of 2bi. for each offence, to be recovered in a summary manner , b y warrant of distress and seleosndet the hands‘ind seals of the said Justices, one moiety thereof to be paid to the informer, who is hereby declared a com petent witness, and the other moiety to the poor of the parish in which such offence shall be committed; and, in default of payment, the said Justices are hereby empowered and required to commit such offender or offenders to the common gaol for any space of tittles sot exceeding one calendar mouth. r‘A • LISBON PAPERS. ' LISBON, Jar. 7. The Gazette contains an extract from the diipatches Of the Portuguese Minister at Vienna, enclosing an article from the Vienna Gazette, which announces the departure of Don Miguel, and speaks in high terms cf the esteem which his Rnyal Highness has acquired during Ilk three yeas' ' evidence in that capital.' ; I r. Io.—The Gazette' announces the 'departure of ' -Miguel from Cal4ll on the 27th of December. . ' • . SWIIINGS OF THE CDAMBERS.—CHAMBER OF DEPUTIES, Jaw. tS. ' The order of the day was the pi ojfct of law for the ittPression of abuses of the liberty of the press, of which fen articles were discussed. At the close of this sitting, Senhor Chapuzet addressed the Chamber and said, that having arrived at Lisbon on the 27th of linriary last year, he ought to have appeared to take his seat in the Chat)aber, but that he was prevented by an accusation Os* against him, and that every 'means which despo tism AM vengeance could suggest bad been put in force against him, but in vain. The crime imputed to him at as his having sent a deputation to Rio, to corn , pliaient Don Pedro, as Ring of Purtugal, while the Goveintn:nt of the kingdom was carried on . in his Majevty's nacre, and though he had on previous occa• s ioos sent two deputations to King John VI., which were rely well received. He stated that he had drawn tip a memoir ea this subject, which he could no: pubs. lish: Ott account of the ethical state of Portugal and 'Vim 'cehrishio he 'bereft)! i requested it might be depov 'test in the archives of the Chamber, and begged the erotica to read it. tie expressed a hope that the . ty Oftheptess would allow of its being published. At leas ordered to be deposited in the archives. • ts „ . Pi lig• T.—Realtor Guerreiro introduced a prefect of l a y for the provisional reforniation of the modes of siting persons for crimes committed, .The debate on the law respecting the press %velum . 'fired as far as the fOth Article. t . '' JAN. B.—The divcusion was continued as far as 4r c tide 24. A Committee was appointed to examine answer to the speech from the throne: • Jas. 10..—The debate on the law of the press was rissued at ued to article 27. Several 'members spoke at kat length. The debate was continued in the follow sag sitting. ~. FREINCH PAI PRS. . • PROM Tag' INOINTZUIL New Miaistert have been called to the Ggvernment by the con6deaee of the King.. A general disposition is shown to believe in their purity of intentions, their devotedness to the Prince, and their respeci for the Charter. People without difficulty , acknowledge in them some capacity for affairs; but it is asked.if, taken a s a whole, they correspond with the state of the coon try ? and in looking on one side at their names, and on the other at the lists of the Legislative Chambers, some doubts are raised regarding an agreement, without which all the rest is nothing. The opinions which have reached us respecting the composition of the elective chamber, are too incomplete to admit a possibility of forming with regard to it a definitive judgment. Nevertheless, we must acknow ledge that this thamber is divided into several fractions which differ among themselves both in number and opinions. In such a state of things, the formation of the Coun cil must have created serious embarrassments. It was necessary to inquire what body of men could offer the certainty of a parliamentary majority, the first necessity of a Constitutional Government. Some persons had conceived the idea of a mixed Ministry, the members of which should be chosen not only in parties of different opinions, but even in parties of contrary opinions. This project, examined with attention, offered no reasonable hope of success ; other plans were• successively produced, but all were su e . rounded with difficulties of different natures. What was to be done in such a case ? To set aside both names and figures and all calculations of this kind, and to look for success in things themselves. It became necessary to ask from the majorityof the country, the majority in the Chambers. The desire of the majority of the country does not attach itself to combinations of proper names more or less dexterously conceived. What it asks before all things, and above all things, is a firm and moderate Ministry, prudent in its plans of conduct, and sincere iss their.execution. What is of importance to it is, that the Ministry should know how on the one hand to se cure respect for the dignity of the Crown and the Royal authority, without which there is neither protection nor safety ; and on the other, to maintain the loyal and frank execution of the charter. A Ministry which shall march io this path with a firm step—which will ac knowledge no power but legal power—which shall busy itself with our institutions only for the common interest of the throne and the citizens—which shall seek salutary advice and repel nothing but dangerous principles and pretensions, unjust or exaggerated—such a Ministry need Dot trouble itself in making calculations to obtain a Parliamentary majority. That majority will come to it. The Administration newly formed will address itself to honest men—to the sincere friends of the King and the Charter. It will show them with frankness and freedom the road in which it desires to march, and will propose to them to follow it, at the same time enlight ening it. It will ask no favour for itself—it will demand justice for its acts; and in the two French Chambers, whose meeting approaches, it will be sure to find it. There if no doubt it will still have adversaries, and even enemies. The second day after its formation it was subjected to a tax at least premature. It must not be alarmed at them. In France we are clear sighted, and the country cannot long be abused. Oppositions which should have other motives than the general in terest would soon be judged and condemned. tram Till GAZUTTE DIC /RANCE, JAN. 19. BERLIN, Jas. 10. The State Gazette of this slate contains the following article : " In order to remove all doubts that may arise re spectiog the manner in which Prussia has acted in the negotiations which have taken place at Constantinople in consequence of the Treaty of London of July 6, we are authorized to publish the following translation of the instructions given on the 17th of August to the first 'atm preter of the Prussian Legation for the declaration which he was ordered to make to the Reis Effendi, adding, for the information of our readers, that the Prussian Minister at Constantinople has not ceased, np to the end. of the negotiations, to act in the spirit of those instructions, and with the same zeal. " Translation of the Ishtrections given to one of the Dragomans of the Prussian negation, dated August 17: Tra will 'go to morrow to the Reit Effendi, and will make to him from me the following communication: 64 In a memorial delivered to the Sublime Porte on the 12th March this year, at the moment when the re presentatives of France, England. and Russia had just cemmunicated to it the Protocol of The 4th of April, 1826, I develord with frankness, and without the least reseree, the considerations which ought to determine the Sultan to accept the means offered to him for the pacification of Greece. I have represented these means as the only possible source for preventing the crisis which its friends endeavoured to spare it, and the con 'sequences of which might be incalculable. Lastly, having exhausted all the arguments which were in fa• your of the adoption of the proposals of the All:ed Courts, I have net dissembled to his Excellency the Reis Effendi my sincere conviction, that even an abso lute refusal on the part of the Divan would make no change whatever in the protocol signed by the Powers; and that in the end, imperious necessity would impose upon Europe the obligation to cut the knot which friendship and good .vill had endeavoured to unloose. "Instead of profiting by these salutary proposals, which the Porte received at the same time train its real friends, the Divan exaggerating to itself its own resources, has thought fit to reject the counsels of friend ship. It has not considered either the desires, the alarms, or even the real wants, which have been laid before it; and by opposing to a long series of action!, dictated by kindness and regard, a series of refusals, they have forced three great Powers to seek for means to provide, in another manner, for the tranquillity of Europe. Thus the protocol of the 4th of April 'last year has been followed by the treaty of thelth July this year.— Thus new refusals and new events will lead to new combinations, new dispositions, and new measures, till the Porte shall acquire the conviction that the pacifica tion of Greece, which is absolutely necessary to Europe, is so in a still higher degree to 'the Ottoman Empire in particular. Thus the Porte, by persisting in rejecting the just ond conciliatory propositions which have hitherto been mark to it by the three Courts, will force the latter their interest, their power, and their dig to consult only nity. Then the affair will take another turn ; conditions Mill succeed to offers, necessity 'will put an end to re gard, and fc rte will triumph over a resistance which reason and friends , 4in have in vain endeavoured to sub due. This future/urn is as gear and inevitable as it is gloomfand alarming, if tit% Porte persists in disdaining the counsels which its friends give to it for the last time. It is still time to avert the imminent dangers which have been drawn upon the Ottoman empire, by reiterated refusals to yield to the necessity which every day be. comes more urgent. Yet time presses, events proceed, and it would not be the first time that the rapidity with which they succeed would have led to combination* which the most upright policy of the Cabinets coo'.d neither foresee nor prevent. May the Divan then accept the proposals which the representatives of the Courts of France, England, and Russia made to it in their joint note which they yesterday presented to it I May it take the helping hand which its friends hold out to it, meet their overtures with confidence, and be at length con vinced that the only means of securing its rights, its interests, and its dignitydrom every violation, would be to receive with good will and cordiality . proposalsv.hich have no other object than to put an end - to a state of things which becomes absolutely incompatible, with the true interests of the Porte, the security of commerce, arkd the perfect tranquillity of Europe. " His Excellency the Reis Effendi is not ignorant that Prussia has not signed the treaty concluded at Lon don on the 6th of July this year. This circumstance ought to be an additional guarantee to it of the impar tirdity'and disinterestedness which characterize the ad. *ice that, by the express orders of the King our august Sovereign, I lay before him on this important occasion. Prussia has not changed in any respect its dispositions towards the Divan, nor will it change them; but it de sires what its . allies desire—it desires the object which France, Great Britain, and Russia have proposed, by seeking to secure peace both within and without the Ottoman empire, that of stopping a deplorable effusion of bli;od, of preserving Christian people from destruc tion, and of removing the elements of disorder and di vision which have already too lung threatened the re pose of Europe. 1 therefore, for the last time, beg the Turkish Ministry no longer to deceive itself respecting the position of the parties. It must now know the de sires of the three Powers who have signed the treaty. It cannot be ign .rant that these Powers possess all the means necessary to realize them ; but it ought to under stand at the same time what fate the Porte prepares for itself, if it obstinately persists in rejecting the warnings, the counsels, and even the entreaties of its friends. " Yon will deliver to his Excellency the Reis Effendi an authentic copy of these in,tructions." Iftiob FLANDERS PAPERS. BRUSSELS, JAN. 16. Ina preceding number we have spoken of the Pro clamation of his Excellency the Commissioner General to the inhabitants of Java. The fallowing is a transla tion of this document, just published in the Balavian Gazette of the 6th of October " In the name. of the King, the Viscount Leonard, Dubin de Gisignies, Commissary General of the pos- 1 sessions of the Netherlands in the East Indies: " To the People of Java—Two years have passed since the deplorable war broke out, in consequence of which so many fine parts of the residences of the Sul-', tans have been ravaged, and of which so many of your countrymen have been the victims. " It is with grief and compassion that we see this war continue, because we love the Javanese people, and we desire nothing mote than to live as in the times of our ancestors in tranquillity and peace. A great part of you, listening to the voice of a mutinous Priest, have taken arms against their lawful Prince and Governor. They cherished the chimerical idea that religious wor ship was in question. See what has become of roost of those unhappy people! They have been obliged to quit their homes and their domestic relations; driven from place to place, they wander as fugitives in foreign lands, where they must procure the necessaries of lite by ra pine and pillage, and for the most part die a cruel and miserable death : their houses are destroyed ; their fields laid waste. Look, on the other hand : at your country men who, submissive to the legitimate authority, have remained quiet. They have not ceased to enjoy domes tic happiness ; they have the protection of the chiefs and of our warriors; they preserve the entire liberty of their religious worship ; their plantations of rice are culti vated at the regular peijods ; they are in prospeity, and have abundance. It would not have been difficult for us, by means of our own force, and it would have been still less so, supported by the efficacious assistance of the Great Emperor of Socracaita as of our faithful Allies the Sultans of MAdura and Sumanah, to reduce the insurgents and to punish their rebellion ; but we have spared them, because we love the Javanese people, and because most of them had been misled by their in stigators. It is for that reason, and solely out of love to the nation, and attachment :to the country whi h it inhabits, that vet y recently, when a con iderable force was ready to crush the party of insurgents we , gave to Krai Modjo, who appeared to have placed • im self at their head, an opportunity to make peace, and to return to obedience, and to spare the lives of to many unfortunate people ; but it is now notorious, and all the people of Java ought to know it, that the Priest Krai Modjo has desired to act, not for the cause of religion, but It r his own sake,—not for the interest of the Java., nese, but of himself,—by making demands which we never could have granted w ithout humiliating all the Sultans, the great men, and the Priests of Java, and violating the precepts of your religion. And as it is iiefrom us todo or to suffer anything which may injure •the faith of your ancestors, as well as the honour and dignity of your Princes, the great men, and the Priests, e are therefore obliged to recommence the war, and to punish that rebel. But it is against him alene and his adherents that the attacks of our troops will be di rected. You, too, who have remained under the ligiti mate authority, and you, also, who return to it, as well as so many others of your countrymen who have ac knowledged their errors, and come back to their Prince and Sovereign,—you will all be considered and treated as friends and allies, by our troops ; and all those who shall come to submit to their Prince, and place them. selves under our standards, may depend upon faithful and continued protection. " Thus, then, all you who have at heart the prospe rity of your country, the fate of your wives and children, and the maintenance of your religion, are called upon to join the banners under which we fight for your country, your relations, your interests, and the peaceful maintenance of your religion. And the God of us all— the God of armies—the God of peace, will second our efforts. (Signed) Viscount DUBUS de OISIGNISS. U Salatiga, Sept. 26, 1847." FRANKFORT, Jou. 14. The convocation of the States General of Prussia it spoken of more than ever. The Provincial Assembly of Posen having terminated their first Session. all fist Diets of the Prussian provinces have now met. Privass letters from Berlin affirm that this subject has boss again brought befort the Council of Siam... Orisaufk Papers, January 19. GERMAN PAPERS. 'N, CONSTANTINOPLE, Die. 17. The• Russian Ambassador sailed yesterday to the bat. denelles, where the continued north wind hindered him from proceeding to the Black Sea, and the Porte had refused him the necessary firmans for making the pap.. ney by land. It is supposed that M. de Ribeauplerre will go by way of Corfu, Trieste, and Vienna, to St. Petersburgh ; at least he is said to have left orders immediately to forward t• Vienna all, dispatches that may arrive for him. Before the Russian embassy quitted the hotel, the Iniperial arms were taken down. This step, which was not taken by Baron Stroganoff when he left Con stantinople, nor by the English or French Ambassadors on the present occasion, caused some sensation bete, and is even said to have induced the Porte to make an appli. cation to the Ambassador of a friendly power. It is generally affirmed that the Porte, under present circumstances, leels itself obliged to enter into direct negotiations with the three Allied Powers in London, Paris, and St. Petersburgh, since its sincere wishes for the preservation of peace have not been attended to by the three Ambassadors. On the departure •f the Ambassadors from Constan tinople, all the Consuls of the Allied Powers who reside is the Principalities received orders to continue their functions as heretofore, and not to quit their posts till the Tut kisb troops had crossed the Danube. BUCHAREST. Dsc. 25. Before the departure of M. de Ribeaupierre to the Dardanelles, he sent to M. R. Minziacky a dispatch, dated Dec. 16, in which he orders him to continue the exercise of his functions. The French and English Consuls had previously received similar directions. Tire persons belonging to the Russian Legation, who had remained at Constantinople, were preparing to set out for °Jesse. Three ships were ready to receive them. It was reported at Constantinople on the 19th, that the Porte was again on the point of applying for the me diation of Austria, a.report which is the more readily believed here, as the conviction gains ground that the Porte feels itself quite incapable of maintaining a war against the three Powers. LEGIIORN, Dsc.3l. Some days ago the English corvette the Wolf arrived at Ancona, to take on board Count Capo d'lstria. It waited only for a favourable wind to set sail. As she left Corfu on the 17th of December, she brings little news: however, the steam boat was daily expeved at Ancona with letters, which will probably ibew if there is any foundation for.the report generally spread of the surrender of Patras. The Russian ships of war have sailed from Malta to the Archipelago, having procured in that Wand every thing necessary to repair the dl. mage they had sustained, so that it was not necessary for them to go to Toulon, as was intended. Ibrahim Pacha is still near Madon, where quarrels, attended with bloodshed, are said to have taken place between the Egyptians and Albanians who demanded their pay , —Algentein• ,Zeitung, Jan. 13. THE EVENING STAR. LONDON. MONDAY, JANUARY JANUARY 21, 1828. STOCK EXCHANGE, TWELVE O'CLOCK. Up to the present boor, we have no further information in regard to the new Ministry.—Tho Consul market continues improving: Consols, which left off on Saturday at 87 for the Account, opened this morning at the same price, and at present may be quoted at S7e buyers, with little doing. The Foreign market remains stationary - at present, witb little or nothing doing. CITY, HALF-PAST ONE O'CLOCK. The Cansol market continue, firm, and has been done at 871 for the Account, but at present may be quoted at 87/ to k. A failure has taken place this morning% in the British market, to the amount of sixty or seventy thousand Consols : the difference is supposed to be from fifteen hundred to two thousand pounds.— This Account proves a great Bear Acionnt. It is stated, from gaol authority t that Lord SISLINVOILD is to proceed on an important mission to Constantinople. In the Foreign market Mexican Bonds have improved this morn ing about 1 per Cent. owing to an expectation that the Dividend Money will now arrive in this country.. PRICE OF STOCKS AT TWO O'CLOCK. Bank Stock 6101 2091 India Stock 250 2491 3 per Cent. Red. 861 1 i Ditto Bonds 92 93 3 per Ct. Cons. 851 I 1 es div. South Sea Stock es div 31 per Cent. New Annuities, ex. &v. 51 per Cent. Red. 93/ i £lOOO Escheq. Bills 60 59 60 4 per Ct. New 101/ /ex div. £5OO Ditto 60 59 6.) 4 per Cent. Scrip £lOO and £2OO Ditto 60 59 60 4 per Cent. 1826, 1021 I Commercial Long Anti. 19 7-16 1 7-16 •Consols for Acct 871 61 71 1 • !TORII! 13 N FUNDS, TWO O'CLOCK l'raxilian Ns. Sp Ct. 601 1 Niel. lids, 1825;6 p Ct 471 81 1 I Do Acct. 601 Do. Acc. 471 Be i .'filoolltian lima., 6 par Ct. Perim. Eds. 6p C. 251 • Do. Bonds, 1824, Do Acct. Do Acct. 26 Russ. Ws. 1822, 5 per Ct. 951 1 Vanish Ms. 3 p Ct. 61 1 Do. Acct. 911 Greek 80nd5,182.5,5 p Ct. 17 Spanish Bds Sp Ct 10 - Me: Bds. 5 p Ct. 57 1 Ditto 510, lt4 BRITISH AND FOREIGN SHARKS, TWO O'CLOCK. SHARI. FA ID. Anglo 'Mexican 100 115 • 25 271 Brazilian 216 20 95 Alliance British and Foreign 100 10 91 FatINCIT FONDS, i ILL 15..--Five per Cents. 103 f. 45c.—Tbree per Cents. 631. 90r. The statement which we gave ox Saturday of the leading Members of the new Ministry, is still supposed to be nearly correct. Nothing, however, is yet 'known of the minor appointments necessary for the completioh of the A dminibtration, all of which ate expected to be officially anaeunced to-morrow in the Gazelle. In the meantime the Funds are rising, and prices are toted at 87 i i. The Duke of WELLINGTON went to Windsor yester day, to lay before his MAJESTY the arrangements in regard to the New Ministry, as far as his Grace has, up to the present time, been able to form them. Saturday about two o'clock, his Grace waited upon the Duke of CLARENCE at the Admiralty, for a similar purpose. The interview of his Grace with the LORD HIGH ADMIRAL lasted about a quarter of as hour. Although his MAMMY'S health is improving, it i 3 feared that he will not be able to come to town this week. If so, another Council is expected to be held at the Royal Lodge. No small part of the difficulty in bringing about the sow Material arrangements is said to have *rhea front the deb t:limey of practised orators and debaters on the aide of the party width is now likely to corn* again into power. VA can easily ima gine this to be the case, though it is raucb to be regretted that it should be so. We are not such Goths as to be insensible to the Fii W M