Star. — London, England, 1824-01-31 00:00:00

r~ .~ 1 11111 111111 "nt; 4‘. had formed partiof the Army of the Faith, robbed and wounded, at St.' Felice de Granols, six Constitutional soldier of the regiment of Leon, who had been quar tered their; under the Convention of Barcelona. " lON ,ISLANDS. CORFU, DECEMBER 2/. Sr T. Maitland, Lord High Commissioner of the lonian Islands, arrived hete to-day, from Malta, (having touched at Zante and Cephalonti), and issued the fol lowing Proclamation : " Slr T. Ste. &e. • Considering that on the 10th and 14th instant, one of the most flagrant violations of territory has take?' place in the islands of St. Maura and Ithaca, on the part of some armed Greek vessels, which vessels were under the command of a perstin styled Prince Maurocordato, and that its opposition to every recognised princi ple of neutrality, and the right of nations; his Excellency the Lord High Commissioner of his Majesty, is, with a sovereign dis pleasure,forced by his duty to Order, that the two islands above mentioned, should immediately be put, with reference to the other lonian Islands, in a state of quarantine for 50 days. The Inspec tor• General of the Sanatory Department is charged to transmit immediately the necessary orders to this effect. " His Excellency feels real pain at the inconveniences and losses which must necessarily reult front this measure ; and what renders it still more afflicting is, that we ought last of al to expect to see A. lonian Government compromised and insulted by men who de clue that they fight for their liberty, and thus rendered an accom pike, if the fact had not been noticed, of those terrible and odious atrocitieswhich on this occasion, and several others, have signalized the parties engaged in the present war. " Palace of Corfu, Dec. 40. " By order of his Excellency, • "FREDERICK H4NKEY, " Secretary to the Lortriligh Cammissioner." THE EVENING STAR... LONDON. SATURDAY, JANUARY 31, 1621. THE FUNDS. STOCK EXCHANGE, TWELVE O'CLOCK. Consols opened this morning at 91 *, and, up to this hour, they are 91 IV for the Account, with a good deal of business doing. The Expresses from Paris have brought the French Rentes of Thursday at 95f. 75c. Spanish 27 ; but, at the close of the Market, Rentes were at 96f. and Spanish fell to 253, 3. The previous rise was owing to a report that the Old Loan would be ratified, but this • report was discredited, and Spanish fell az. ;n. FOIZFIC;N FUNDS. This being settling•day in all Foreign Securities, Spanish Bonds opened at 25, but fell to 244. Current Prices :—New Spanish 17, Old 2.4 i to a, Colombian 64a, New Austrian 5 to a, Chiliar. 76k, Russian 893, French Scrip 7L, Mexican 71. PRICE OF STOC.NS AT ONE O'CLOCK. 3 per tent. Reduced 91 % % fi d 3 per Cent. Cons. 90% 91 90 1 ,!... 3 1 4 pet Cents. 100 5 / 8 -4 per Cents. Old 102 1 / 4 Vs 1s 4 per Cis. N. 106 1 / 2 1 / 2 —Bank Lg. Anns. 22% 9-16 Imp. 3 per Cents. 90 1 / 2 —lndia Stock 275 India Bonds 85s. 83s. Etch. hills of Ll,OOO. 555. 535. 55s.—Snia1l 565. 545. Bank for Act. 239-1 I (.1% for do. 91 : 4 / 8 90%. INSURRECTION IN JAMAICA. Dispatches flom Jamaica, of the date of the 9.1. th of December, have been received at the Colonial Department, in Downing•stteet, stating that con.iier able alarm had for some time existed in the parish of St. George, but that as active preparations had been made to guard against mischief, that parish was then quiet. Insurrectionary movements had been concerted in the estates on the coast, which were to have broken out on the 17th December, but which had been happily frustrated by the evidence of a Ida who :disclosed the matter to his master in suf fic rot time to enable the Magistrates to adopt the neces sary measures of precaution. The principal agents in this conspiracy, eight in number, were duly convicted of being engaged in a rebellious conspiracy, and were executed on the 24th ult. These Dispatches state that, as the Regiment of Militia were on duty and distri buted on the different estates in the parish, the strongest expectations were entertained that the holidays would pass away without any serious disturbance taking place to which result the execution of the slaves in St. Mary was likely to contribute. The most judicious arrange• meats had been made for the employment of his Majesty's troops in the event of any farther symptoms of revolt ; and no doubt was entertained of the means of suppressing such any attempt before an serious con sequences could be felt. The following further particulars of the recent events in the Colony are FROM A JAMAICA PAPER OF DEC. 23. Extract of a letter from St. Mary's, dated Dec.2o :•••• " WC have had the whole regiment out, and seven re bellious fellows belonging to the Frontier have been taken op. Three were tried, found guilty, and sentenced to suffer death. Four more have been convicted, and sen tenced to be hanged. The sentence awaits the approval of his. Grace. Extract of another letter, dated the 21st. —" The Militia here have all been under arms since Thurs day, in consequence of a plotting among the negroes, which had for its object the burning of the estates, and the destruction of all the White People. Those of Frontier Estate and Port Maria were to have begun the insurrection. There were eight men, seven belong ing to Frontier, and one to James Walker, Esquire, condemned yesterday to be hanged. The expresses to the Governor left Port Maria at half - past six last night. The head driver on Oxford Estate was taken into custody yesterday afternoon. No others have yet been taken, but great alarm prevails, and the greatest ♦igilance is being used. FROM THE PAPER OF THE 11TH.)-- A Resolution has been agreed to by the House of Assembly for ao portation of arms for the use of the militia of the island. - ^•::7."• 11 ..rervew.. ~.r.~,~ Late accounts from Cuba state that the pirates had again began to appear and infesttbe coast from Rebara to Neuvitas, as no cruiser, either-British or American, had visited that part of the coast for some time. The relations of a parent State and its Colonies, are as delicate in politics as those of the members of a family are in domestic life, and whenever the harmony that should subsist ,between them is interrupted, there are always feund some perions More anxious to widen the breach than to heal it. Such individuals, we regret to find, are very active Ott present in some of our West India Islands. By the Jamaica Mail which reached us this morning, we have papers and letters to the 94th of December, which give painful evidence of the dreadful irritation and exasperated feelings of the Colonists. An indepen dent State could not speak more strongly against our Government, while the intemperate language that is held is subversive of all subordination. In the House of Assembly, on the 11th inst. a Mr. IiARRETT moved an address to the KING, couched in terms that are scarcely respectful to his MAJESTY, and are highly in sulting to his Government. The Ministers are accused of endeavouring " to con fiscate the wealth of a few, who are weak and at a dis tance, to lighten the contributions of the remainder, who are powerful, and who surround t?►e seat of Go• vernment." The House of Commons is accused of " falsely assuming that the labouring population of the island are ill-treated and unhappy," and of seeking to subvert the Constitution of the island. The memorial, which assumes stronger language as it proceeds ► next charges the Ministers with hurrying the once prosper ous island of Jamaica to desolation and anarchy, of l submitting to the dictation of its avowed enemies and rivals, of loading the Colony with additional exactions, heaping insults and injuries on the Colonists; and one of the Cabinet, the SECRETARY of SPATE for the COLO. I NIES, is charged with having, " either from error of! judgment, or natural incapacity," used " the influence, of his high station, rather for the introduction of revo lutionary principles amoni:st them, than to confirm the quiet and content that have distinguished Jamaica." These are indeed serious accusations, and such as one would suppose no Person would make on slight ground% much less on no grounds at all,and yet there is not a single act of the Government which justifies one ef the many sweeping accusations. Mr. BARRETT brings against it. This Gentleman, in his memorial, carefully avoids stating the grounds of his vituperation ; but in another article, which we subjoin at length, it will be found that they rest solely on the resolutions passed at the close of last Session in the 1-louse of Commons; and how any man possessing reasonable faculties can draw such an inference from them astonishes us, even whets we make every allowance for interested motives and rooted dis like. What are these appalltng measures, that are to ruin Jamaica? Why, that Ministers are anxious to " ameliorate the condition of the Slave population," by the adopting of such measutes as " shall be compatible with the well being of the slaves themselves, with the safety of the Colonies, and with the equitable considera tion of the interests of pi i vate property." This is the suns and substance of the Nlinisttes crime, " the very head and front of their offending bath this extent--no more.' Had the Ilouse of Commons, instead of adopt ing these resolutions, declared that the slaves should be at once admitted to an equal participation of rights and property with their masters, the latter could only have been justified in using such intemperate language as Mr. BARRETT indulges in. Hut we shall be told, that when these resolutions were transmitted to the Colonies, they were accom panied by a letter from the Colonial Secretary, Earl Baeueuse. That letter we inserted in the Sean of Saturday last, and it will be found to give as little ground for the charges of Mr. Balsam, as the resolu tions of the House of Commons. His Lordship de clares the wish of his MAJESTY, " that the punishment of flogging should for the future cease with respect to female slaves; but with the utmost delicacy to the local authorities, Earl Ilaeunner does not assume the power -of commanding it in the name of his SOVEREIGN, being desirous that the prohibition should proceed from the Court of Policy, as he was •• un willing to deprive them of the satisfaction which he was sure they would feel in erigioating and sup porting a measure which has been approved of by all classes." His Lordship expresses a further hope, that " the practice of driving the slaves to their work by the sound of the whip, and the arbitrary infliction of it by the driver, as a stimulus to labour," will also be abolished by the Court of Policy. It may be true, that the factious in some of the Colo nies may have excites! the negroes to revolt with false alarms about their emancipation, but Ministers are not chargeable with this—their object is equally to protect the property of the colonist and ameliorate the condi tion of the slave ; and nothing could be more tempe rate than the resolutions of the House of Commons, as preparatot y to the measure, nor could Earl BATHURST have made known the views and wishes of Government to the colonists in terms less likely to create alarm or give offence. The following are extracts from the Jamaica Paters last received : ?ROM TUE COURANT OF DECEMBER 22. We understand that so fully are Ministers impressed with the necessity of imparting religious instruction to the slaves in the West Indian Colonies, that they applied to the Wesleyan Missionary Committee for fifty young men, to be sent as Missionaries to the West Indies, agreeable to the resolutions of that body. HOUSE OF ASSEMBLY, DECEMBER The following is the amended report of die Corn wrrwr•7l... , •••'-••••7= mittee appointed to inquire into the means most ap propriate to resist Parliamentary innovations, to which is subjoined the zesolutions drawn up by Mr. Nais:— " Mr. Srinczar—Your Committee, appointed to in quire into and report to the House what steps are neces sary to be taken in consequence of information received from the Agent of this Island, of proceedings adopted by the House of Commons and his Majesty's Ministers, in respect to Slavery in the British Colonies in the West Indies, report, that on the 15th of May last Mr. Can ning, one of his Majesty's Secretaries of State, proposed the following resolutions, which were adopted by the House, nem. con. That it is expedient to adopt effectual and decisive measures for meliorating the condition of the slave po pulation in his Majesty's Colonies. That, through a determined and persevering, but at the same time judicious and temperate enforcement of such measurk"s, this House looks forward to progres sive improvements in the character of the slave popu lation, such as may prepare them for a participation in those civil rights and privileges which are enjoyed by other classes of his Majesty's subjects. That this House is anxious for the accomplishment of this purpose at the earliest period that shall be com patible with the well-being of the slaves themselves, with the safety of the Colonies, and with a fair and equi table consideration of the interests of private property.' " That your Committee observe with surprise and re gret, that his Majesty's Ministers have, by the above Resolutions, sanctioned the principles laid down by our enemies in the mother country, and pledged themselves to enfore such measures as shall tend ultimately to the final extinction of slavery in the British Colonies. "And your Committee have also learnt from the Agent, that in his conferences with the Ministers, it has been re fused to acknowledge our claim to compensation for the injuries the Colonies must sustain in the mere en deavour to carry the scheme of emancipation into ef fect, by which refusal the Ministers have shewn an in clination not only to dispose of our property withont our consent, but even to violate those common rules of honesty which ought to govern nations as well as pri vate persons. gi The Committee cannot forbear to express their de cided opinion, that the proceedings of the House of Commons, and the conduct of his Majesty's Ministers, are a direct attempt to violate the Constitution of the Colony, and they recommend to the House to adopt the most firm, strong, and con , titntional measures, to re sist such attempts, and to preserve to the inhabitants of this Colony, those rights which have been transmitted to them from their ancestors? The following resolutions were then proposed by Mr. Mais, and agreed to : Ist. That the patient endurance with which the people of this Island have for years past struggled against pecuniary diffi cubits, proves how much they are disposed to submit to, when the evil arises from inevitable causes, or from circumstances affecting the general interests of the empire ; but this House would be un mindful of their duty, were they not to protest mobt solemnly against the continuance of heavy and ruinous taxation, on the pro duce of the soil, at a time when the demands of a state of warfare can no longer be urged in its defence, and the blessings of national tranquillity have been extended to their fellow-subjects in the mo- ther I..a)un;ry. 2d. That this Home can:;ot contemplate, without sensations of, astonishment, and the most serious apprehensions, the measures which have b:•en adopted by the Commons House of Parliament, in the it unanimous vote of the 15th of May last. As if the machi nations of a powerful and intrusive patty were not sufficiently ac tive for the work of destruction, the sanction of Alinisteriaf autho rity has been made subservient to their views, and a decree has gone forth, whereby the inhabitants of this once valuable Colony (hitherto esteemed the brightest jewel in the British Crown), is de stined to he offered a propitiatory sacrifice at the altar of fanaticism. :74. That this House, composed of the Representatives of the People, are bound to guard the rights of their Constituents against every endeavour that may be made to infringe upon them. The lions.: pause in awful expectation of the consequences which must result from the threatened innovation; and whilst they await the event, they are prepared to meet it. The blood which flows in their veins is British blood, and their hearts are animated with the same tearless determination which enabled their ancestors to resist with success every encroachment of despotic power. 4th. That the enactment of laws for the internal regulation of the Island is exclusively the province of the local Legislature, subject to the sanction and waroval of his Majesty. This House, how ever, will at all times receive with attention and respect, any sugges thins of his Majesty's Ministers relating to legislation, when offered in a consistent and becoming manner, ai:d will be ready to adopt! such regulatioss as can be introduced without hazard, and may ap-' pear likely to promote the welfare of the island; but the House ent rust yield to any measure propo-ed for their consideration when the unqualified ri;lit of legislation is denied, however specious the ob ject May be, or however high the authority from which it emanates. sth. That this I louse, impressed with a due sense of their own dignity and the intrgrity of the colonial character, set at nought the malicious and unfounded aspersions which have been cast upon the inhabitants of Jamaica; proud of their attachment to his Majesty, his family, and Government, devoted to the interest of those they represent, and alive to the impulse of humanity, the House need no pharisaical dictator to prompt, them to the discharge of their duty ; but will, if left to their own guidance, steadily pursue that line of conduct which comports with the loyalty of their feel ings, their regard to the safety, honour, and welfare of the island, and the peace and haopiness of their fellow-subjectz and dependents• The above Resolutions were agreed to, and entered on the lYli notes, nun. con. FROM lIONDURAS. The following account of the continued series of de ceptions practised upon sonic poor misguided wretches in Britain, by the agents of that adventurer M'Gregor, has been received, dated 26th ult. " The brig Albion, Fisher, from London, is at anchor off the Keys, but cannot get in on account of the north-west winds. IMiGregor'i delusions, I believe, will never end, for we understand that the Admiral of the Poyais fleet is on board; be was formerly called Captain Wright,• and was once on the Jamaica station as Commandei o► hi, Majesty's ship Swift. We also hear that there are Las. cars on board. Precarious work this—an Admiral with out a fleet, without a port, without a roadstead, and without officers or men." . A postscript, dated thy 28th, says- 14 The Aibionl ; , this moment come in, with about sixteen person s board, for Poyais ; among them the Baron San (otherwise Thomas Stenhouse), Under Secretary of Su:- for the War and Marine; there is also the Count de It Negro (Admiral Wright). Unfortunately, the Baron s Lucas was drowned in the bay of Black River, attemp ing to land, with four others. He vidta Herald a n ' King at Arms, therefore *Gregor was to have been crowned. The Albion is loaded *ith pttoViiinn o aunitions of war for the imaginary Government." • FROM QUITO. The latest information received by Government fro m the Liberator and President is of. the 22d July, t,. ; p Quito. The Southern departments enjoyed tranciniiii,,., with the exception of Porta, which is still kept fa &lam. His Excellency has commissioned General Sucreto j a m , teed to Peru, to give aid to that country. General Suc le had arrived at Lima. A communication from Commo:lore Owen, dated Port Royal Harbour, December 10, mentions the ions of the Minerva schooner, on the sth November, of C ie bar of Guazitcoala. This forenoon we received intelligence from Bayonne to the 24th instant, with a communication purperting to be from Madrid. We say purporting, because tre have great.suspicion that the article is of French man:. facture, and could therefore as v ell be done a: 13,1yonae as in the Spanish capital. It will be seen that the st.t:e story of Russian influence and French preparations:, assist Spain in recovering her lost colonies, is aga:a revived, with some variation; but with as little tru:ll as ever. The following is the article alluded to: BAYONNE, JANUARY 23. Among the various accounts from Madrid, we select the following: MADRID, JANUARY Is. We can only confirm what we have frequently v.). served before, that the same system seems to be adopted in the Peninsula that was followed at Naples, after the entrance of the Austrian army. In short, whether the st Cabinet of Madrid is in a condition to follow the line or conduct traced by the Holy Alliance, especially by the Russian Cabinet, which has a preponderance in the councils of Ferdinand, whether this Monarch and . thoie about him still fear the Constitutionalists, or whether they prefer reigning over a part of the nation, whit they exterminate the other, it seems as if a system of terror were to be adopted. Instead of the amnerry which was to conciliate all parties, and to put an erd to the terrible persecutions to which above 300,000 individuals are victims,: we have an ordonnance of the police of the 13th, and a decree of the 18th, which creates Military Commissions, sshich are especially enjoined to try the Constitutionalists, who have the more reason to fear the consequences of this measure, 1 the Members of the Commissions will be chosen from among the Officers of the Staff of Equia, Quesada Eroles, Bessieres, Capape, Ulmann, Santos Ladino, the Cure Merino, Ate. Terror has seized all those Spaniards who have had any share, more or less directly in the Con-titutionat System, so that they hardly dare to speak to a friend in public, or to receive him into their houses, for feat of being informed against. In the capital we see only Priests, Monks, and their partisans walk about the streets, who congratulate each other on the measure; of the Government. On the other hand, the numerous victims in the prisons have lost all hope of seeing their fate ameliorated ; far from that, the arrests continue at Madrid, and in the provinces; and every day supposed plots are denounced, in which those persons are easily implicated who are pointed out as decided Liberals, or as the private enemies of some fanatic. If this state of things continues, it will be in vain fur the Government to refuse passports for foreign coun. tries : crowds of people will arm themselves to leave J country where there is no longer any safety even for wo men. In fine, as all the unfortunate persons who have sincerely embraced the Constitutional System exclaim, " All this is the work - of those cursed Cortes." They would not be sorry to see those Deputies become the first victims, who have made themselves remarked for their erroneous logic. The maritime preparations making in France form a great subject of discussion in the circles of the Serviles: all that we have been able to collect on this head con firms the existence of a secret treaty or arrangement between France and Spain, under the influence of Rrrs• sia, relative to the Colonies : the basis is not known, only that France has engaged to assist Spain, by various in• direct:means, in its attempts against its Colonies, and that Ferdinand has promised special protection to the French marine and commerce as well at the Havannah as at St. Juan d'Ulloa, Lima, &c. and that it is hardly probable that French ships of war have already ap peared in those parts with Deputies from Ferdinand• When it is objected to the Serviles that England will oppose those projects on the Colonies, they reply that France trill find means to avoid coming into collision with that Power, and will insensibly insinuate them selves into those vast possessions, rendering an import ant service to Spain, and in return deriving advantage from their commerce. It is even affirmed that a part of the French squa dron, which sailed ostensibly for Guadaloupe, is tics_ tined for the Gulph of Mexico, and the other parts ot Lima, where its bare presence will encourage the Roy alists, as the Cordon of Health did those in the Lenin sula ; but setting aside the accuracy of all these conjer. tines, it i, certain that hopes are conceived that the itoyal cause will hot lose ground in the Colonies. If ~.y one hints at the opposition of England to the ope _Limns o; the French in America, he is answered by o.nng told ut the Iloly Alliance, and of the Continental , xh