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. .„ tion of the new Reptsblic, formed of the provinces of Nicaragua, Honduras, San Salvador, Costarica, Guati rmala, Queseltenango. Three citizens are at the head of the ProvisiFmal Government, who take turns in pre siding, by months. A Government is to be established similar to our own. There is a standing army of 1,500 men, and a militia of 80,000. There are no troops of Spain within the country. The population of the six provinces is said to exceed a million and a half, and that of Chiapas which is about to join in the confedera tion, has 300,000 more. The Ambassador, who has lately come to this country, has brought out a plan of the canal to unite the Atlantic to the Pacific Ocean, in a distance of five or six leagues. COLOMBIAN REPUBLlC.—Accounts from Caraccas of the 27th of May state, that the Churches in that city had been illuminated for a number of successive even ings, in consequence of his Holiness the Pope having formally recognized the independence of Colombia. JULY I.—The following vessels of war, are now equipping for sea with all possible dispatch—to wit, North Carolina, 74., Commodore Rogers ; Constellation, 44, Commodore Macdonough; Hornet, 22, Captain Kennedy; Ontario, 22, Captain Nicholson; Shark, 12, Lieutenant Stevens; Porpoise, 12, Lieutenant Skinner; store-ship Decoy, Lieutenant Gamble. The Neu) York Gazette of the Ist of June, alluding to the naval preparations in the American ports, ob serves—" This number of vessels will, of course, have various destinations, part for the coast of Africa and the Mediterranean, and others for the West Indies; and. the line-of-battle ship, possibly, for the Atlantic and Pacific Coast of South America. The political state of the Brazils, and that of Peru, are far from being settled or satisfactory ; and it can do no harm that the flag of the United States should be shewn in the seas conti guous to those counuies, and particularly under the guidance of such an officer as Captain Rogers." PRIVATE LETTER. CAR ICCA S i MARCH 30. 1824.—From observations and information, I am enabled to present you with the ing information respecting this country. In viewing the troops in La Guayra and this place, I was surprised to observe so few whites amongst them. I have found them principally composed of blacks and mulattoes, and many of the officers of the same class. In some regiments, I do not believe there is one white in forty or fifty. The chief part of the coloured popu lation, I understand, is confined to the provinces on the sea coast, amongst whom there are many slaves. The rations of the soldiers are twelve and a half cents. per day, and there is scarcely a day but they are offering Government obligations for their pay, for sale. This paper is sold from thirty to fifty per cent. discount, and is bought by merchants who have duties to pay in the Custom-house, where one half of the amount is payable in this paper, the other in cash. The Government has agreed to receive half of the duties in this paper; but in consequence of which, they have made a demand on the merchants to lend them 25,000 dollars per month. The principal object of this mea sure appears, not to pay debts due to individuals, but to pay the soldiery. The Government paper that I have seen offering has been by officers, and I cannot say positively whether it be only issued to them or the sol diers generally. The authorities must consider it very essential to keep the troops contented, particularly when they consider the class of which they are composed. I have seen mulatto officers as high as Colonel, and one who is a Member of the Congress, a very dark mulatto. Tilt Aid-de-camp of General Paez, I under stand, is black. The troops I have seen appear well disciplined. I have seen nothing like a muster of militia since I have been in the country, and the arms appear to be solely in the hands of the regulars. Of the manners and customs of the people, I must say I am far from being pleased with them; but my present limits will net admit of my dilating on this subject. GREECE. -•.1•••••-• The last Numbers of the Greek Chronicle published at Missolonghi, contain two curious letters : the first ad dressed by a Commander-in-Chief of the Turkish army to Panourias, the Greek General of Livadia ; the second is the answer of that General. They are as follow : " The Vizir Mohammed Emin Pacha, by the grace of Gon, Ge neralissimo of Romelia, Commandant of the Defiles, Seraskier Plenipotentiary, &c. &c. (The impression of his seal is here affixed). " Honourable Captain Panour jag, and the Civil Chief tains of Salona, and the other Kayos (subjects)—after greeting you, we beg leave to inform you, that it is con trary to our good wishes, and with the most lively emo tions of heart that we see that the evils of war, and the constant misfortunes which fur three years have fallen, and still continue to fall on you, have not served as a lesson to you, to induce you to abandon your errors, and put an end to those efforts at rebellion, and obtain, by our intervention, the clemency of our most puissant and happy Emperor, in order that you may live hence forward, after the example of all civilised people, under the shadow of his imperial protection. Two things un fortunately, appear to agitate you, and divert you from returning to a salutary repentance. You hope by per severance to fatigue, in the first instance, the forces of his Highness, and thus to succeed in a project as im practicable as it is silly and indiscreet under all circum stances. The longer you continue in pushing forward your criminal enterprise against a power so imposing as that of our Sovereign, the more you irritate his an ger; and by that very means reduce him to the absolute necessity of redoubling his efforts to bring you into com plete subjection, and pull down your arrogance. 44 A second motive which restrains you from receding from your erroneous councils, is that you are apprehen• sive lest, at the termination of these evils, which you have drawn down upon yourselves, the hatred of his Highness towards you will be implacable. What an error is this! The clemency and humane sentiments of his Highness are manifest even to strangers! How much greater, therefore, will it be towards you who are his creatures—his EMANETULLAII (a deposit intrusted to him by Goer.) ig Banish, therefore, from your minds these mistaken notions—forsake your errors—repent sincerely, and im plore incessantly the boundless clemency of his Highness, of which I can assure you you will immediately receive the most manifest testimonies. As for myself, in the character of Plenipotentiary, I shall most willingly re ceive you with open arms, and will feel a paternal care for your welfare and comfort; and I, from the present moment, grant you a most perfect and entire amnesty for all that has. passed. " Hasten then to give an answer to my letter, and may my discourse inspire You with salutary sentiments. On the other hand, you will be responsible before Gon for the blood of the innocent—for that of the.women and defenceless children, which must be spilt, and which must fall on your heads." ANSWER OF THE GREEK GENERAL. " Panourias, General of the Supreme Government of the Helle nists, wishes much happiness to Blahommed Be nin Bache. 66 I h ave' received the letter of the 3d of this month, which you did me the honour to address to me and the , other chiefs of Salona. On your arrival in a province bordering on that in which I held command, with plea sure I heard you spoken of as a man superior, by the nobleness of your sentiments, to the Turkish Generals who preceded you ; and it is with the most lively feel ings of regret, that on reading your letter, I find it ne cessary to declare, in thinking thus of you I fell into error. In that letter, you speak of the miseries which the Greeks have caused the Mussulmans to suffer ; these miseries can never be compared with those with which you for a long period of time have overwhelmed the Greeks. As to those misfortunes which you say our war will 'entail upon us, they are to us so many plea sures. Become hardened and enduring as we are by the privations and the fatigues to which your iron rule has rendered us habituated, we find our present position a fortunate one ; it is only to men enervated by effeminacy that it could appear wretchetl. " As to our revolution, we have not engaged in it, as you seem to believe, without due consideration of " its consequences. It was not till after a patient expecta tion of four centuries, for your Government to mitigate the rigours of its tyrannical conduct, that we adopted this resolution. But at length, convinced of your in corrigibility, we have raised the sacred standard of the Cross—hastened unanimously to arms—broken the yoke of tyranny, and delivered our country, which was in a state of suffering fur four centuries. All civilized countries have hailed our exertions in a noble and ge nerous enterprise. Moreover, it is an error on your part to treat us as rebels. This name should only be given to those who raise their arms against a legitimate Sovereign, who governs his subjects with justice. Your Emperors had time enough during four centuries to change their conduct. You only make concession where it is no longer opportune for us to admit of it. The Greeks have established a legitimate Government, which they cherish and will protect, and under which they are enjoying rational liberty, breathing the air of independence. They no longer pay attention to the pro positions of the Divan, which a long experience has taught them to regard as stories told to amuse children. 66 With respect to the 6 boundless clemency of his Highness,' the Greeks are too long satiated with it, and they have not the least craving for it at the present mo ment ; his Highness may go and dispose of it most gra ciously elsewhere. Further, I would ask, what are the wrongs with which the Greeks ought to reproach them selves, as regards you, and for which you say we stand in need of some great clemency? We have not spilled the blood of innocent Turks, while you were causing torrents to flow from onr defenceless bosoms. It is, then, without any reason, that pretended cruelties on the part of the Greeks—cruelties which existed only in the imagination of their enemies, have irritated the ; anger of your Soveteiga—which, however, is not of the least consequence, nor does it at present concern the Greeks. _ _ - - le Since, however, you wish to be made acquainted with the sentiments which at this moment animate the Greeks, I shall hasten to inform you of them in a few words. The Greeks are firmly convinced that they are merely commencing to fulfil an important duty imposed on them by that noble origin which they derive from their illustrious ancestors, who have civilized the world, and inspired so many nations with the love of liberty. They will no longer endure the state of being tributa ries—they will have a full and perfect independence, and, in order to obtain it, they do not ask what is the number of the enemy, but where is it—where is there open to them a new field of glory P—They think they behold before them their ancestors admonishing them incessantly of their duty, besides an innumerable multi tude of Christians unjustly slain, whose blood cries to Heaven for vengeance. These are the sentiments which animate the Greeks, with which you may ac quaint your Emperor. In case the Turkish Govern. me. may have henceforward any communication to make, it should address itself to the Greek Government alone, whose existence is recognized by all Powers who hold any relations with this country. As for myself, I shall only receive such letters from you as may relate to particular or personal affairs, and to which I shall be prompt in giving an answer." THE EVENING STAR. LONDON. __...........-- WEDNESDAY, JULY 28, 1824. THE FUNDS. STOCK EXCHANGE. TWELVE O'CLOCK. Consols opened this morning at 92}, 11, with the Market looking up, but soon after the Express from Paris arrived, bringing the Rentes lower, Consols declined to 92i. The French Rentes of Monday, on the closing of 'Change, were 98f. 50c. but after 'Change hours, they were done as low as 981. 20c. FOREIGN FUNDS. Current Prices :—Old Spanish 221 211, Russian 941, Alliance Shares 111, Mexican 521 to 1, Colombian Scrip 51, Colombian 80, Chili= 72, French Scrip 11, Portuguese 87, Buenos Ayres 1 1 prem. Austrian 931. Pit ICE OF STOCKS AT ONE O'CLOCK. Bank Stock 236 A-3 per Cent. Reduced 93 1 / 2 93 3 per Cent. Cons. 92 5 /s % 3 4-Sk per Cts. 101 1 / 4 1 / a 4 per Cents. Assented 100 h 101 100% 4 per Cents. New 10578 106 105% Bank Long Arms. 23 1-16 23—India Bonds 84 86 Excheq. Bills of El ,000 (Md.) 40 7 ; (1 1 4 d.) 42 Do. Small (2d.) 41 6 —Consols for Acct. 92 1 / 2 5 / 8 , 1 / 4 . Baal. for Acct. 237 This morning Government received intelligence from Buenos Ayres, dated the 12th and the 18th of May, which is quite satisfactory. In addition to the intelligence from South America, derived from the Buenos Ayres Papers, extracts from which will be found below, and from the New York Papers in a preceding column, we have been favoured with a private letter from Buenos Ayres, dated the 18th of May, which has been received by an eminent mer• cantile house in the City. The intelligence from Chili, it will be seen, is highly satisfactory ; and that from Peru is rather gratifying than otherwise. The following are extracts from the letter to which we have alluded : "• BUENOS AYRES, MAY is. " The new Governor-General, de las Heras, had ar rived at Buenos Ayres, and been duly installed; the Ministers, Rivadavia and Garcia, notwithstanding the wishes of the Government and pdblic, declined remain ing in office, but it was thought that Garcia, at least , would yield to the solicitations. , g The news from Chili are satisfactory; the Director Freyre, having the comm and of the expedition against the island of Chloe, had made good his landing, and taken the two principal fortified posts, after some hard fighting; the capital, San Carlos, was surrounded, and it was confidently expected the whole Island would shortly submit. The Spanish Governor of Chiloe, Qnintanilla, had sent off all his valuables in a prize ship for Peru, but it was thought she would fall into the hands of the Peruvian Admiral, Guise. " From Peru it is only mentioned, that Laserna, Can terac, and Valdez, seeing the dilemma in which they are placed by the servile proceedings of Olaneta, much desire to declare for the independence of Peru, but want to do it without leaving any influence to Bolivar.% By the arrival of the Louisa packet at Falmouth, we have Buenos Ayres Papers to the 16th of May. The Louisa left on the 18th, and Monte Video on the 21st of May. The Buenos Ayres Journal El Argos, of the Ist of May, contains a very long edict from the Go vernor and Municipality of Montevideo, calling on the inhabitants to declare their wish that the Constitution offered by the EMPEROR may be immediately pro claimed. In the Argos of the 15th of May, is the fol lowing document, which had been posted up in all the public places of Montevideo : " NOTICE TO THE PUBLIC. 44 The Most Excellent Council (Cabildo) which, by a formal Edict, summoned all classes of citizens residing in this capital to repair to the Town Hall, to subscribe in one of two books their free vote for the purpose of stating whether they wish or do not wish that the pro ject of the Constitution shall be asked for as the fun damental law of the Empire of Brazil, has observed, with surprise, the small number of persons who have participated in so solemn an act, and signifies to the ob. stinate that their dilatoriness will be considered as dis obedience. " Monte Video, April 28, 1824." The Numbers of the 24th and 28th April contain a diary of the insurrection at Callao, of which the follow ing is the concluding, paragraph : " FEBRUARY 29.—This day the Royalists took pos session of the forts and town of Callao. The Admiral formed the resolution to burn the vessels which re mained in the port, and immediately took measures to execute this useful measure." It is believed that the Dictator, who has distributed his army en echelons composed of 9000 men, from Trux illo to Huanco, which is thirty-two leagues distant from the province of Tanja, as soon as he is joined by the 4,000 men that he expects from Colombia, and of whom 900 are arrived; will open the campaign in form, with the advantages that are afforded him by the dissentions that prevail among the Royalists themselves. MAY B.—A Mail from Chili, which arrived on the 7th at Buenos Ayres, brings very little news from Peru.' Letters from good authority, referring to letters from Huanco of Bth March, state that the enemy occupied the capital with 4,000 men, and that their parties ad _ _ _ vancea as far as Chancay, between four and six leagues to the north of Lima: they seemed to expect Canterac with more forces. Bolivar had his head-quarters at Guarmei, seventy-four leagues North of Lima, where he would maintain himself till he received all the rein. forcements that he expected from Colombia. From all circumstances, it was calculated that there would be a general battle. Max 12.—The Paper of this date contains the ac. count of the reception of the new Governor, Don Gre gorio de Las Heras, in the Hall of the Representatives, where he took the oath to execute his office faithfully, to enforce the laws, and to maintain the independence of the State, and its liberty under a representative Re publican system, after which he was duly invested. The foreign Diplomatic Agents were afterwards presented, viz.—Mr. Rodney, Minister Plenipotentiary from the United States ; his Secretary ; a Consul; Sen hor Funes, Charge d'Affaires of Colombia; Mr. Parish, Consul-General of his Britannic Majesty ; and two Vice-Consuls. The Buenos Ayres Paper, of May 15th, contains no further news from Peru, except that Valdez, who, the Editor says, was always at variance with Olaneta, has now recognized him as Commander in Chief in Upper Peru.—Valdez has 4,000 men. The French Papers of Sunday and Monday have reached us, the latter by Express. The Moniteur con tains, in its official columns, a royal ordonnance, appoint ing the sth of August for the assembling of the Conseils d'Arondissement, for the first part of their session, which will continue ten days. The Duchess de BZRRY had been received with great honours at Rouen. Triumphal arches, trophies ornamented with flowers, and inscrip tions were raised along the road, and her journey from the barriers to the palace, which lasted an hour, was amidst continued shouts of Five le Roi ! Vivent ks Bourbons! Vive Madame 12 Ducliesse de BERRY. A Deputation of the Chamber of Peers presented to the KING, on Sunday, the Project of Law relative to the Vote of Credit which was adopted iu the Chamber on Friday. The Officers of the Chasseurs and Royal Guard who had returned from Spain, were presented to the KING at St. Cloud. His MAJESTY was to review the Body Guard and the garrison at Versailles, on Tuesday. The Mayor of Havre has published a long letter, de nying the statements that had been published as to the enthusiasm with which the Marquis de la FAYETTE was received, on arriving there to embark for the United States. The accounts from Madrid, in the French Papers, are to the 15th, and principally relate to South Arne- I rica. Count d'EsPAcm is said to have been appointed Minister of War, in lieu of M. de la Cave, who had resigned. The Krim has given 6,000 Teals, and the QUEEN 8,000, towards the formation of a battalion of Vo teers in Madrid, and their example is said to have been followed by several persons in office, and rich indivi. duals. The accounts from Bayonne state, that great disorders prevail in several provinces of Spain. It ap. pears that there have been considerable tumults at Val ladolid and Palencia, at the latter of which places Marquis is said. to have been killed. The Royalist Volunteers and the Old Militia hale come to blovi s at Bilbea. This morning we received Lisbon Gazettes to the MI inst. They mention a decree of the King of PORTUGAL, by which he restores to the owner a vessel belonging to Maranham, which had been detained at the Azores, in consequence of the acts of violence and hostility com mitted by that ship against the Portuguese in Brazil. Complaints are made that the generosity of his NI/tar...sr/ has not met with similar conduct on the part of Brazil ; an expedition against which is obliquely alluded to, by some contributions - Of wine which have been forwarded for its use. The following are extracts: LISBON, JULY 12. Our Paper today contains a Decree of his Majesty, ordering the smack Jervis to be restored to the Commander, Joaquim Aretino. This vessel, belonging to Maranham, had been detained in proper form by the Governor and Captain-General of the Azores, in con sequence of the acts of violence and hostility committed in Brazil against his Majesty and the natives of Portugal. This generous act, added to so many other proofs of moderation and paternal goodness, forms a contrast to the ungrateful and odiou, proceedings carried on in Brazil against all the principles of the natural laws of nations, and contrary to all the rules of justice and morality, respected even among the most uncivilized people. Far from making the innocent suffer for the infamous crime of a rebellion, which, without any well-founded causes of complaint against its legitimate Sovereign, aims only, according to its charac teristic symptoms, at gratifying the blind ambition of its authors; his Majesty, in this Royal determination, follows only the im pulse of Christian policy, and of that sublime beneficence of which no part of his Binpire has received such decided proofs as Brazil. • While rebellion and rapacity exercise in Brazil the fratricidal rage, the hearts 'of the Portuguese on this side of the Atlantic take pleasure in belt* able to boast, that, under a pious and just Monarch the real father of his subjects, the soil of loyalty has not been en sanguined by base revenge and reprisals, and that the Brazilian finds in it, as he always has found, a country, an asylum, and protection. While we record this act of magnanimity of a beloved Monarch, we are happy to mention the instances of public virtue, worthy of the beat times of Portugal, shewn in the following loyal and patrio tic offers made to the Minister of Marine for the expedition destined for Brazil, viz.-100 pipes of wine by the Douro Company ; 50 ditto by A. B. Ferreira; and 30,000 rations of wine by A. J. Segoina. The importance of this expedition, so intimately connected with the pacification of Brazil, and with the• public and individual pro sperity of the two hemispheres, is a subject of national enthusiasm, in which every Portuguese feels his honour, his glory, and his private interest deeply concerned. Jamaica Papers to the 9th of June, have been received, via Philadelphia. They state that a young man of colour, charged with laving :called out at the theatre, to the actors, 41 play the downfall of Jamaica !" had been sentenced to two months imprisonment: THE ARMY. The eth (the King's) Regiment of Infantry, which embarked at Cephalonia in May, is daily expected to arrive at Portsmouth. The 18th (Royal Irish) Regiment of Foot has arrived in the lonian Islands from Malta. The 95th Regiment of Infantry, which embarked in April at Portsmouth, has arrived st Malta. The 99th Regiment of the Line, now stationed at Glasgow, will embark for the Mauritius, to relieve the Stith (West Essex) Regi ment of Foot, which is ordered to England. WINDSOR, JULY 277-17 Last evening, his MAJESTY had a Dinner Party at the Royal Lodge. Amongst the com pany were—the Duke of YORK, her Royal High nes the Princess AUGUSTA, Marquis, M arch ioness, Lord FAA NCIS and Lady FRANCES CONY NGH AM, Mr. Secretary CANNING, and other distinguished Personages. A Cabinet Council was held this afternoon, at the Foreign Office, in Downing-street. Sunday morning a boat arrived at Ramsgate from Boulogne, with a dispatch from Sir CHARM Smut; for the Secre tary of State, and in the evening the Honourable Mr. BINGHAM U. rived from London, charged with dispatches for Madrid; and pro- ceeded to Calais by a boat. Monday the Duke of YORK went to Windsor, and dined with the Knto at the Royal Lodge. His Royal Highness staid till nearly one o'clock, and then left for London, and arrived at his residence in the Palace about three. Yesterday afternoon, soon after three, his Royal Highness left London for Brighton. Monday Prince LEOPOLD left town for Claremont. Yesterday afternoon, Mr. and Mrs. CANNING left Whitehall-stairs in a boat, to dine with a numerous party on board a ship off Greenwich. Yesterday afternoon the CHANCELLOR of the EXCH E- Quit, after transacting business at the Treasury, left town for Charlton, Kent. The Marquis and Marchioness of STAFFORD left towa for Bromley, Kent, on a visit to Sir CHAILLIVI and Lady Lova. The Duke of GRAFTON had a dinner party yesterday, at his house in Clarges-street, Piccadilly. The Earl and Countess of FALMOUTH and family left town yesterday for Woolhampton, Berks, for a few days, on their way to Tregotban, Cornwall. The Marquis and Marchioness of EXETER arrived on Monday evening at Thomas's Hotel, Berkeley-square, from :heir seat, Burkigh, Lincolnshire. There is a prospect of a large growth of hops in Kent ; the duty is estimated at about 150,0001. This morning, about three o'clock, a fire broke out in the sugar-house of Mr. Goodhart, Narrow-street, Lime house, which destroyed the greater part of the premise, and completely unroofed the building ; but by die timely arrival of the engines and the activity of the file men, the flames were got under without any other d.- mage. The property was insured. The last accounts received from Cape Coast CA !le state, that the Fantees had separated from the Biitish troops, and had had several skirmishes with the Ashansees. Letters have been received from Bombay, dated the 22d of March, by the ship Hercules. The greatel activity prevails at Calcutta and Madras, and the a iio ll of the shipping in the Country Trade were emploYei to convey the King's and the Company's troops on the expedition against the Burmese. Not one ship Te* mained at Bombay belonging to England. The Ll' change was at Is. 6d. to Is. 9d. the rupeeat six montl•f• Sir EDWARD BARNES arrived at Ceylon on the I Sdi January, and next day was sworn in as Governor, Cern mander-in-Chief, and Vice-Admiral of that settlemat. After the ceremony, a salute of 19 guns was fired. I