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i• • . l J it is not possible for me any long!rto disgtiise the scan d sinus corruption in which a few innovAn?s 4ndeavour vi plunge you. They have thrown wit all the venom of the false philosopeehich &of cwealed.in their hearts; they endeastdbradittlOoltadelyaiyour own happiness when they were fat thest from wishing to secure it. You have hitherto resisted their arts; but there are some among you, who, renouncing their first principles, have: adopted the pernicious maxims of •yair impious mas ters. Thus they have triumphed over your weak . ness, and your seduction has been followed by hitter fruits. You ale witnesses of this, and 'you lament with me a misfot tune which you had it not in your rowerlo prevent. Religion and the King—those most sacred objects—have been shamefully profaned at public meetings, and even by the vilest persons. It has even been an object o f pride to depreciate them, and the tol eration and connt-I vane of the authmities have encouraged the iniquity of iltis horrible crime. I shall not dwell upon the con tempt with which the temples and the priesthood have been treated, nor recal to Catholic communities for their shame that they have been mute spectators of the most sacrilegious fanaticism, shewing, in conclusion, that impiety and unbridled licentiousness, hatred of the Xing, a total overthrow of order,and the most arbitrary violence, have been the characteristics of their vaunted liberalism. Fortunately the most decided partisans' f flit system, desti uctive of Christian morals, of your, ancient customs, mai of your future felicity, have diS appeared t they go loaded with confusion and oppro brium ; and these unclean plants will not return to disgrace this soil. " Peruvians, you owe this great blessing to PROVI DCNCE, who always watches fur your good, and who de sited to place you under the protection of the division commanded by me, before it was dispersed and de-1 stroyed by the faction of the Chiefs who conspired against its existence And mine. What were the wishes for this may be easily conceived by you. My soldiers and I labour with heroic enthusiasm for religion, for the King, and for the rights of the Spanish nation,:to which we have the honour to belong. This has been our watchword, and these the only objects to which my en deavours have been ditected. To o'atein them with all pos ible advantages, I exact Goat you no sacrifice; the union of your sentiments with mine is the only aid I require; if you grant them me, lending your obedience to the legitimate Authoritie.:, we shall have triumphed ; you will be happy; I shall have the glory of consoli dating the true felicity of the people of Peru ; and to us all will remain the immortal satisfaction of having fulfilled the duties with which we are inspired by GOD, the King, and society. " PEDRO ANTONIO DE OLANETA. "Head-quarters at Potosi, Feb. 4, 1W.`4." N.... SCARCITY AT MADRAS. CALCUTTA, JANUARY a. The accounts trout Madras are of a most distressing nature,and have come upon us with a suddenness which renders the horror mote sulking. We were prepared to expect a scarcity of grain on the coast, but had not the most distant idea of the extent to which the failure of the crops had Leached. Madras and the surround ing country is in a state of famine. Independently of the accounts we publish to-day from Madras Papers, private letters all agiee too minutely in the distressing details, for us to doubt a second that the most dreadful effects are to be apprehended. It is stated that even dread of the arms of the military,.who are necessarily placed at the Oodowns where thelice is distributed, is scarcely sufficient to prevent depredations. Parents ere abandoning their children, and several have already died from absolute starvation. This is but the com mencement of the appalling consequences of famine. Disease is sure to follow ; and although we are cer tain that every possible means within the power of Go. vernment will be employed to lessen the effects of this dire visitation, we trust also that the aid of the Bengal public will not be withheld. MADRAS, DECEMBER 2S. It is with regret that we notice the increasing distress prevalent among the r,atives, from the scarcity of rice: in the bazaars it is not to be procured, and only one bankshall is now open for its sale, consequently the rush of the people to obtain a port;on of this small supply is dreadful, and the North Beach is covered with hundreds, waiting with the faint hope of being at last fortunate enough to teach its door. Many European Gentlemen art. • seen mingled with the crowd, endea vouring to procure grain for their servants, which, after having succeeded, the difficulty of carrying it away in safety is considerable, as the right of the strongest, the only law of necessity, seems universally acknowledged. Some few merchants are dealing out their stock of rice scantily and secretly during the middle of the night, to avoid the scene of confusion and violence attendant on a public sale of it. Gray of the worst and oldest de scription is bought up with avidity, and many are re duced to subsist on grain; this even is not to be pun. chased except in small quantities, and at an enormous price. Several deaths have occurred amongst the lowest orders of the natives, which have been occa sioned by starvation, and so miserable is their condition, that many children have in despair been abandoned by their parents. The inhabitants of Pondicherry, we regret to learn, are also sufferers for the want of food. We can now no longer indulge the expectation that a fall of rain may yet save the harvest of the coming year, as we understand, from those acquainted with the subject, that the crops are already destroyed ; we, however, sin cerely hope that plentiful supplies from Bengal and the Northwai d will soon reach this port, to obviate the dis tressing effects of a scarcity which presses so severely on all classes of the native population. DECEMBER ‘2s.—On Monday night, a vast multi tude assembled in the Black 'Town, and proceeded to break open some of the ice stores belonging to native merchants, which were plundered, and much grain car ried off. Guards of native troops were sent to protect property of this description ; the mob, however, be. hayed in the most daring and outrageous manner to wards the Sepoys—while the latter, we understand,, acted with the greatest forbearance, under very trying circumstances ; two (II the mob, however, are reported, to be wounded, and one killed. It is imagined that not less than 100,000 per sons were collected. Latin' icx, MAY 13.—About two o'clock this morning the dwelling-house of Mr. Jam= Miter, merchant, of this place, was discovered to be on tire, and in spite of every etTort of all classes tot the inhabitants, the whole building, which cutnposed his dwelling. but", 'hop, and warehouses, were, with their valuable contents, .resluctd to ash es . Th e l o s s suswiued by Mr. Octssrr on this circa. esnr exceeds all calculation, not merely in the actual loss of his pren.ifts, whtne household furniture, and stock in trade, bttt in the imparable devtruction of Account books, and every important do eun.un of %Inch he was possessed. SPAIN. PR IVATE *CORRESPON [VENCE. Malmo, MAY 24. The conversation now chiefly runs upon the intended expedition to America, and which will assuredly be car ried into mention. The offers for supplying the trans ports have been made by an Irishman (Richard Ryan), a Dutchman (Stapperts), and a Frenchman, I believe, of the name of Chnstophe. The latter has 'recently left this for England, in company with one Groves, an Englishman, naturalized in France, on a mission to Messrs. B. A. Goldschmidt and Co. to propose a loan for the Spanish Government, the major part to be ex pended in supplies of transports) equipment, and every thing necessary for the said expedition, in like manner as the Colombian Government was fill nishesi. The idea of getting the requisite amount from France within the time wanted has vanished. If there should be found persons so weak as to lend money to these agents, whether in the name of Ferdi nand ar not, they must look to the successful results of the 'expedition for repayment, for if unsuccessful, any security given in this country, even church property, will then avail them nothing ; the Government must seize it for the current expenses of the State, or the people of themselves will wrest it both fi our Church and State, and this will be nothing more than the natural course of things. Let them consider these things s ell— good or bad success is problematical. Supposing, how ever, it be favourable at first, is it likely any solid lasting advantages to this country will be del ived therefrom ? Accounts from•the country state that the roads are infested with robbers, excepting, however, the high-road from Iron to Madrid, and the main road from Neuce to' Seville; but in the others scarcely a passenger escapes being plundered. The excessive drought in this neigh bourhood has caused the green wheats to perish, and bread has risen here cent. per cent. and likely to go higher. In consequence of the ill-treatment by the populace of some bakers' lads, an edict was affixed in the streets this morning, ordering the voittnteers and police to enforce tranquillity, and sentinels have been placed at all the bakehouses to prevent further mischief. The friars have begun to supplicate openly 1.. t rain. The French continue pouring in fresh troop-. It is cal culated that shortly there will not be less than ninety thousand men in this country. THE EVENING STAR LONDON. TUESDAY, JUNE 8, 1824. WUIT.TVESDAY.—HoIiday at the Bans. TILE FUNDS. STOCK EXCHANGE. TWELVE O'CLOCK. Consols opened this tnerning at 94 for the Account, at which price they have contunied up to the present hour—sometimes buyers and at other periods sellers at tke above price, with little or no business doing.—This Is a Holiday at the 13. ink, but the Stock Exchange is open. . . . ... _ . A private letter front Paris states, that it is expected the Rentes will be mach higher. FOREIGN FUNDS. Very little is doing mull in Colombian and Mexican Scrip, and slut to no great extent. _ . _ Current Prices :—New Spanish 1.1, Old 20b, Chilian 77a to 78s Russian 95a a, Mexican Scrip 1 to a pr. Austrian 95a to a, French 16% to I ) , Colombian Scrip j pre. Colombian 84% to 85, New Prussian 99a. Old 98% to a, Alliance Shares 13% isa, Irish Shares dis. tot pre. PRUSSIAN LOAN OF 1822, NSGOCIATED SY )11. N. M. SIOTHSCHILD, IN LONDON. The Half-yearly Dividend on the above Loan, which becomes due on Thursday, the Ist of July next, will be paid by Mr. N. M. Horn:alum, on that and every succeeding day (Sundays excepted), between the hours of Ten and Two. The Dividend Warrants, with a list thereof in numerical order, must be left one day previous for examination. Some of the Morning Papers, in stating that dis patches had been received from Sierra Leone of the 14th of February, express surprise that they do not contain some intelligence respecting the battle with the Ashantees at Accra, on the 21st of January. NVe should have been very much surprised if they had. The fact is, that more than a month ago Government had di,- patches from Sierra Leone of the 3d of March, and that intelligence has been received from that colony to the ,14th of March, instead of February, and that it is equally silent on the subject of the events at Accra ; nor need this excite surprise, since the latest intelligence from the Gold Coast was derived from the English Newspapers of the 3d of January. The Government Dispatches were dated the 13th of March, and state that no intelligence had been received from Sir CIIAS. M'CARTHY since he set out on his Expedition. The Sierra Leone Gazettes contain the warmest testi monies to the paternal care of the Govet nor, Sir CllAnLEs M'CARTIIY, whose return from Cape Coast was expected in the beginning of March, but no intelli gence had been received from him on the 13th of that month. One circumstance, however, of a satisfactory nature is, that the Borodino transport, with 120 men of the Royal African Colonial Corps on board, under the command of Lieutenant IVP , Coxiale, arrived at Sierra Leone on the 21st of Febru• ry from the Cape of Good Hope, and sailed on the ' 4th for Cape Coast, where we trust they arrived in time to render effectual service. The following are extracts Irons the latest Sierra Leone Gazetks: FREETOWN, MARCH 13. It is with the most heartfelt gratification we draw the attention of the People of this Colony to the Circular of the Right Hon. Earl Bathurst to the several Governors of uur West India posses sions. kits Lordship, with the most humane and considerate at tention for the wretched state of our numerous fellow-creatures now living in slavery, has there given such directions as shew the interest the subject has long excited, in the minds of his Majesty' s Government ; and we hope will lead, at no very distant period, to the other necessary meastires for the gradual emancipation of these suffering beings. We are aware that this is not " the work of a day," and that the cordial co-operation of the Colonial Legislatures is absolutely necessary to give doe effect to those noble and liberal principles of humanity towards the slaves, and consideration for their owners, which characterised the speech of Dlr. Secretary Canning, alluded to by Earl Bathurst, the report of which we have unfortunately mislaid. The London news from Cape Coast is to a later date than our last accounts from that settlement, and tends to *hew that the war with the Ashantees is still devastating the country. His Excellency • Sir Charles arrival larded strengthen the sfforts of our friends there, and, we hope, bring the war to a successful close. We have now been for some time in daily expectation of his return, ind from not having since heard from that settlement, have become more than anxious respecting his long absence. From this slate of suspense, we most fervently hope his Excellency's desired presence *ln, before many days, relieve us. It is, however, grat.fying to know, that during such period the affairs of the Colony have not materially suffered by this delay so much beyond the time his Excellency had fixed on for being here ; and we fear, is occasioned by the pertinacious obstinacy of the Ashantees to do that justice which we are imperatively bound to demand ; thus rendering it necessary for Lis Excellency to push the war tc the capital of their country, and of course lengthen the term of the campaign. —Notwithstanding, however, that we have sustained, by oar best exertions, the" great work," still there is no doubt that his Excel lency's presence and example would have effected melt more than we can pretend to have performed. It is well known to us all that this Colony owes its present prosperous and happy state more to the continued residence and individual exertion of his Excellency for many years, than to any other cause; and that his absence is a drawback upon our improvement, is as strongly visible to an ob server as it is sensibly felt and deplored by all classes of the inhabi tants of this colony. This morning we received such of the French Papers as did not teach us yesterday, by Express. The Eto publishes a note which it pretends has been addressei by the Turkish Government to the Ambassador of England, complaining of the interference of Britiel subjects on behalf of the Greeks against the IV ~ c sulmans. The old question betweenßoNA RTEandLord I-1 AWNEV• BURY, as to the obligation of the Government to e%er cise over the press of England a power not sanctioned by British law, is here raised in another form, and ap plied to the persons of Englishmen. Our Ministers are reproached by the Etoile-author of this Turkish note with not suiting the administration of the laws of Eng. land to the interests of foreign Governments. Ile com plains loudly of the assistance given to the Greeks from England, in men and money, &c. and of the favc ur shewn to the Greek cause by the lonian Government. Ile demands that the British Governrinent shall preven► these succours being given to the Greeks in future ; and concludes by asserting, that " England con prevent it if It will, and that it is full lime she should will it .1 Si a vessel which arrived at Guernsey, we have in. telligence from Rio de Janeiro so late as the 16th of April, by which we learn that the oath to the Constitu tion was taken on the 25th of March (the day fixed) by the EMPEROR, and the Authorities of Rio, amidst gene ral rejoicings. To the test of the EMPEROR'S Sincerity in taking the oath to the Constitution, is added another given to Lord COCHRA,NE, who is said, in a personal interview with him, to have received the most explicit assurances that he had no other aim than the indepen dence of Brazil. His Lordship is stated to have been further conciliated by the condemnation of the ships captured from the Portuguese, the delay in which had first excited suspicion of sinister designs on the part of the Government at Rio. At the date of the present ad vices, there are said to have been six French frigates in the harbour of Rio, of which two were raves, or 61— gun ships cut down : but there have been so many ridi culous statements about French armaments in different ports, that this new rumour is not worthy of notice. Frankfort Papers to the 2ti inst. reached us this morning. The following are extracts: LEIPSIC, MAY sh The fair is now over, and has remained good to the end. It is affirmed that there has not been so good a fair for these twenty years, more, however, in wholesale than in retail transactions. The prices of goods have been in general satisfactory, though not dear. The number of purchasers from Poland, Russia, and Austrian Gallicia became more numerous towards the middle of the fair, and there was consequently a greater demand for silk, woollen, linen, and cotton manufactures than we have had for many years. Almost all articles, in fact, have been more or less in good request, and many manufacturers left us before the end of the fair, having disposed of their whole stock. It is said we may expect the Georgians and South Americans to be in future constant visitors. MARSEILLES, MAY 16. It is calculated that General Guilleminot, our new Ambassador to the Porte, who sailed from Toulon on the Bth, will arrive at Constantinople by the end of this month. He is accompanied not only by several diplo matic characters, but by several able Officers of Engi neers, besides his old Aides• de-Camp, so that his retinue is very numerous. Some of these persons are intended fur Missions to Asia, especially to Persia, whither some of the Officers also are to be sent. On the whole, Guil.; leminot appears to have special orders to employ all the means in his power to restore the influence of France, which has so greatly declined since the Revolution. The present state of things is very favourable to this plan. The complaints which the French merchants have made for many years past, especially since the mission of the Marquis Riviera, and which have been so long neglected on account of the state of politics, are now to be redressed as far as possible. Count Guilleminot will therefore urgently demand the restoration to the French of all the privileges which they formerly en joyed in the Levant, and, however detrimental this may be to the interest of another nation, it is still hoped that he will attain his object. We understand that he is the bearer of magnificent presents for the Sultan, and for the Minister of the Porte. According to accounts which we have received from Egypt, it seems to be doubtful whether the Viceroy w ill furnish a large body of troops to j.lin the Tut kish ex pedition against Greece. It is affirmed that the Viceroy has alleged the late catastrophe at Cairo as an excuse for delaying his co-operation in that expedition, how ever, he promises to furnish troops at a future time.— All this will not contribute to confirm him in the favour of the Sultan. With respect to the c ttastroplie at Cairo, there are numerous reports in circulation, which lead to the inftitence that it Wit) by no intan3 accidental. But these reports are bit too slightly authenticated to ac serve credit. We are sadly putzied with the intelligence from D e . merara in two respectable Glasgow Papers, bath or which have derived their news by the same conveyanc e , the Paragon, which arrived in the Clyde hst Thm sday. The Glasgow Herald of Friday, says—" The Parago n arrived last night in the Clyde, from Demet arcs, whence she sailed or, the 20th April, when all was pet fectly trap. gull." The Glasgow Courier, however, which is Parri s . lady attentive to ch.! West Indies, and has frequen t i, early intelligence fro:n those Colonies, contains the 101. lowing very different account of the state of Denial dr2, M THE OLA SGOW COURIER. By the Paragon, arrived in the 2lyde last Tnursd2y afternoon, we have received files of Demerara Pare r; to the 20th, in:d also pt irate letters to the 4 21st Ari!, These bring its the intelligence that to that date la) open revolt had taken pl,ce, but that the utmost alarm and anxiety prevailed. E% et y man was at his pn , t ; but let the following extract of a letter, written on the evening of the 1911 , , by a well-informed and old resit dent in the Colony, speak to our Readers the tt ue state of affairs. The reported in.surrection in Surinam is by no means improbable, and will add to the danger of Demerara.. Extract or a letter from Demerara, received in town, of April last _ _ "We have all been under arms or the last ten days, come. quently no ht.siness has bisen done. Mout the period just mer. firmed, information was given to the Governor, that there was a general rising of the slaves, on Easter Monday (this day), and tha t it was their intention to destroy the whole of the white population. I A discovery; however, has fortunately pieveered the attempt, at least till the hour I ant row writing (7 e.m.) Oor country Militia are all assembled at the different depots, and we have about lour hundred of the 27th Regiment: altogether ahont IWO under arms. Our slave population is 70,000, of which 20,000 are effective attf bodied tam, yet we consider ourselves far more than a much M.- them. But the eystem stow pursuing at home, will, in a very time, effect the total ruin of the Colony. It is quite impossii,:, : t, do any business, trove the constant agitation in which peol•1e . minds are kept, and ire see no probability of a speedy terminatiu. being put to this state of things. P.S. 1 hear there has beets an insurrection in Surinam, great many lives lost." _ 'e regret extremely to ob , erve, from a Barba-_IN , . Paper (11w Globe) that a dangerous spitit of insubordi nation is rapidly extending it%e:ramongNt the Slave 0- pulation of that Colony. The master's authority iy ge nerally disregarded, and treated with cleri)ion and cut, tempt. Hence proceed acts of violence, and continued and open scenes of dissipation and debauchery, whicl: no threats of punishment can deter. Such only provoke insolence and defiance in• return. The strongest mea sures of precaution ate recommended. Every day,' says the Editor, 4 , discovers some news• cause of alarm." Tflfs P 01,411 I: Xl' EDITIO EXTRACT OP A LETTER, DATED TDURSO, MAY 31. " The iitCLA and Film , passed through the Pentland Frith yes terday afternoon, with their colours flying. They had a fine favour able breeze, and as it still continues, it is supposed that this evening these brave men will, for a time, bid fare Well to the ahorea of their native isle. They were piloted through the "Frith by a flshin; smack, the master of which reports that the crews of both vessels were in great spirits, and most of them who could write, gladly embraced the op. portunity of his returiiing to the shore, to forward a few farewell lines to their relations and friends. $ An official dispatch for the Admiralty, and a big of letters from each ship, which were sent to the Custom-house here, accom panied by a polite card from Captain PARR'', have, in terms of his request, been forwarded by the mail, agreeably to their s:ver.al ad dresses. The impression on the seals of many of the seamen's letters was, Though lost to eight to memory dear;' a motto no doubt reciprocal to the feelings of their friends at home, who, from this time must feel a deep anxiety for the success and safety of dies: brave and intrepid adventurers, a feeling in which their countrymen in general must also participate." TIIE ARIV Y. The 88th Regiment, at the Broyle Barracks, Chichester, have completed their number, and the recruiting parties are called in. Friday, detachments of the 12th, 18th, 23d, 36th, 37th, 454 51st, 64th, 85th, and 30th Reginients, embarked at Cowes, on board the transport ship Success, MAZTIN master, for Gibraltar and Malta. Friday, the Renfrewshire Yeomanry Cavalry; under the com mand of Lord Kruiunx, marched i►►to Paisley for six days' train- , ing and exercise. Saturday se'rinight, the Bywell troop of YeoManry Cavalry was insptcted upon Stagshaw Bank, by Major Glitzy, of the Scots Gre)S, who expressed his unqualified approbafilin of the preci•iun with which they went through their manciuvres, and of their general efficiency. Wednesday, two troops or the lit, or iiing‘s Regiment of Dra goon Guards, marched into Durham, on their route from PiershiU barracks to Leeds. WINDSOR, JUNE 7.--Last evening, at a quarter after nine o'clock, the Kozo arrived at the Cade, after di:dog at the Royal Lodge in the Gieat Park. Hit MA3crry drove himself from the Lodge down the Long Walk and through the town to the Cas tle, in his pony phaeton. We are happy to state that he continues to look extremely The Duchess of CLARENCE dined with the Duchess of Kekr on Sunday, at her apartments at the King's Palace, Ken- sington. The Duke of Gtoucasven was on a visit to the Ea/1 of Dam during the Epsom Wets. His (Loyal Highness returned to town on Saturday afternoon. The Duchess of GLOUCESTER went to Bagshot on Wednesday, accompanied by her Royal !lister the Princes .tv- GUSTA, where their Royal Highnesses remained tiU Saturday, w“,.st they returned to London. Yesterday the P: incess AUGUSTA visited the Duke and Duchcss of GLOUCESTER. Last night inie LEOPOLD had a numerous party at Marlborough House, Pallinall. The Duchesses of GLOUCESTER and KENT paid si,its to Prince ',comics yesterday. Yesterday the Duchess of KENT, accompanied by tl.c Princess 14onocv, visited the Duchess of CLAaa.vc:E. VAUXIIALL GARDENS.—This pleasant summer resort was well attended last night. The fineness of the weather drew te gether a great number of holiday folks, who wete highly delighted with the amusrments of the evening. Yesterday morning was married, the Hon. Capta;,l W. L. l'inliAtm.n DE Rom, of the Ist Regiment of Life Gu.ml:•. at St. Georl;cic, Hanover-square, to Lady GLORGIAXA Li Not, daughter of the late l)uke of lticuatoNn. The happy pair, alto ra takieg of a grind dinner at Earl I;Artivesr's, set oil instnedi.icij to hi; Lordship'. , country tesidetice,•near Cirencester, to paa. tI. honey-moon. Itobinslr., the jockey, betted, before the Epsont 11 commenced, tlud be would win the Derby and (Lk , , and be al,o married, Lettne S•duday. 1k has won each wager, a.r he way tied cm