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CONSPIRACY IN DEMERARA. PROM THZ ROYAL carom OF DEMERARA, AUGUST 28. Fres sitt.oett, P.U.—The Court-martial re-assembled this morning at an early hour, and the military procession is now passing with four more prisoners for execution. The names of the ringleaders executed last evening were, Murphy,of Plantation Foulis, and Harry, of Good Hope, East Coast. Many prisoners continue to arrive from the East Coast. His Excellency's last conciliatory Proclamation, however, appears to have had a good effect on great numbers. We understand that sufficient has come out in evi dence and confession to shew that the plans and arrange ments of the rebels were most extensive and well made, too well, indeed, to admit of a doubt but that a superior order of people laid the original foundation. Perhaps the intriguing Saints at home had a hand in it ; if so, they will hear with disappointment and pain that a superintending and just PRovinENcv has frustrated their diabolical intentions. The preventive discovery was made only a few hours before the intended one, that was to make Demerara a second St. Domingo. AUGUST 30. The names of. the rebels executed last Thursday were Even, of Plantation Good Hope; Dami:, of Plaisance ; 'Mid Daniel and Philip, of Foulis. The Court Martial continues to sit daily, obtaining most important information. PRIVATE LETTERS. " DiessikaA, 30TH AUGUST, 1823. " Before this reaches you, the account of the diabo lical insurrection which took place on the evening of the 19th, oa the east coast of this colony, will, in all pro bability, have been known in Britain. I have already given you the outlines of it as far as it was known up to the 26th, per packet (not yet received), and pre viously by the Hallyards.. Since that time a fellow named Paris, belonging to Plantation Good Hope, upon a promise of pardon, revealed the whole plot, and a great many negroes have, in consequence, been apprehended both in town and country. It had its ramification throughout the colony, but as yet the negroes in the Nahaica Creek, and un the west coast, have not been much implicated iu the conspiracy, which was chiefly confined to town, most of the large estates up the river, and to windward, as far as the Grove, near Mahaica Creek. One of the ringleaders in town was a servant belonging to the Governor, and there weie other do mestics implicated who were in the confidence of their masters. The Governor's man was to give them access to the Government House, and others were appointed to act their parts in this tragedy. We were all slumbering on our post, and quite unprepared to meet them. Had the Ji , covery not been made just in time, we should have all been p it to death: the ladies in town were all appro Jrated. The Methodist' Parson, named Smith, who r:sides at Le Ressouvenir, but who is now a pri soner, was to have been the mighty Emperor instead of th !humble Priest. A fellow named Hamilton, who had just been discharged from the management of the E.tate Le Ressouvenir, was to be General, and to com mand the army. A negro engaged in the plot commu nicated it to his master, Alex. Simpson, I:,q. who went immediately and stated the matter to the Governor, who dispatched Mr. Simpson with a troop of cavalry and a body of riflemen, under the command of Captain Croat, and a detachment of regulars u nder the command of Colonel Leahy of the 21st Regiment. The same even ing the Governor went up the coast, and had a parley with the rebels, wishing them to return to their duty. After this our operations commenced, and the loss of the negroes has been considerable, but not so much so as the Gazette announces, which I forwarded per Hallyards. Eight of the principal revolters have been executed in torte, and four more were condemned yesterday. The Court-Martial continues sitting every day. This for midable conspiracy is entirely broken up, but the chief abettors, the Methodist Parsons, have not yet been pu nished. There is sufficient evidence to convict one of them, I understand. gl AUGUST 31.—Everything is perfectly tranquil, and the insurrection completely subdued." " Lintaiuma, AUGUST 30, 1823. " I wrote you a few hurried lines by the Hallyards, acquainting you of the breaking out of a revolt and in sorrection of the negroes on the East Coast of this Co lony. And I am truly happy in being enabled to say, that it has now been got the better of, through the prompt exertions of the few military, and of the regular and provisional militia. It extended over the whole east coast, embracing a negro population. of above 15,000, and extending from town to Mahaica. There is no doubt but that it has its origin from the discussions at home, and in the idea that the negroes had taken up, that their masters were unwilling to carry into effect the benefits they supposed had been granted them by the King. It appears they had a well concerted plan, and which was intended by them to have extended over the whole Colony. They conceived that by getting possession of, and confining the white persons on the estates, they would be able to exact from them their own terms. They proceeded in this manner —the first estate rose, and the men armed them selves with cutlasses, and proceeded to the adjoining estate, there they took forcible possession of the houses, and of all arms they could find, and put the Manager and all other white persons in confinement in the stocks ; they pretend to overawe the negroes on this estate, and joining together they then proceeded to the third estate; the same thing was there done—arms ;vial ammunition taken—the Managers, &c. put in confinement ; and a part went on from estate to estate doing the same thing, but taking care that no act of violence should be done by the negroes on that estate to which they belonged.— la this manner, in a few hours, it spread over the whole coast. They then brought a paper to the Managers, &c. in confinement, to sign, purporting, that they were to be allowed—three days in the week for themselves, and thirstier three days to go to their masters, for food, clothing, Ste. an 4 for the estate. Another paper stating, that they had acted without violence or outrage, and mach better and more peaceably than could (rave been reasonably expected of them. Many persons signed these papers, and were, of consequence, liberated from the stocks, but were not permitted to leave the estates. j " The first fighting was at Mahaica, with the post of military there, about MAIMS, and militia of that spur. ter ; this few made a stout fight of • it, but the negroes were so numerous that they were obliged to retire, al though without any loss ; thirty or forty negroes were killed and wounded. On the Wednesday, Colonel Leahy with the military, and part of the Georges militia had advanced to Bachelor-Adventure. There lsetween two and 3000 nerves were assembled and drawn Up in line, armed with cutlasses, and between two and 300 of thorn with mpistols, muskets, fowling-pieces, &c. qte esfrainnesst, if so it may be called, was of short to declare the independence of this island, with a view to enrich themselves in the general confusion created by a revolution of that nature. They were, however, dis covered, seized, and from the energy and firmness with which our Governor, Vive►, holds the reins of Govern- mem, we may expect to see them punished according to their deserts. The public tranquillity never suffered; every man followed his business as usual, and we not only can assure you that you may rest perfectly easy about the safety of your property, but also continue your business with our place in security. In trite, no alteration since our last." DUTCH INDIA. --or- BRUSSELS, OCTOBER 11. Among the last accounts from Batavia, there is a very long report resi•ecting the dissentions which, so long ago as 1819, broke out in the west coast of Suma tra, between the natives of the upper districts of Padang, relatively to religious opinions; so that some chiefs of the kingdom .of Manangkabang concluded with our resident at Padang, a Convention, by which they ceded their country to the Government of the Netherlands, on condition that the inhabitants of those countries should be protectedfrom the attacks of their turbulent neighbours called Padries. The result was, the occupation of the ceded districts, but by no means the submission of the Padries, who, on the contrary, became s'J obstinate, that On the 30th of April, 1821, measures were taken to en deavour to drive them from their villages, situated in the neighbourhood of our Colony of Samawang, an operation which met with a warm resistance. They let.l a s sembled, to the number of 20,000 men, in the environs of Samaw•ang. Lieutenant-Colonel Raiff was at tile head of the expedition, and he defeated them in several encounters, though he had, only 500 regular troops, anti 13,000 Malays, with their Chiefs. Unhap pily in July, 1822, the Malays abandoned him. Colonel Baia then suspended any attack till he should receive fresh reinforcements, and on the 11:h of Apia last, having advanced to the trontkirs of Limo, there was a general attack, which the difficulties of the ground, and the arrangement adopted bllshe enemy, rendered but little advantageous to us. Our troops made a retreat, in which we lost four pieces of cannon. We had 21 killed, and 139 wounded, among whom are several ,officers. Other accounts, of the 10th of May, are more favour able. The Padries had been repulsed at Pakadan, and had finally retired from those parts; so that at this time all was tranquil in the districts of Priaman and Toejoe kotta.—Flakders Paper. iv w une, armee wail cutlasses, and between two and uneasiness about the safety of your 5096.beria Si 300 of than with auskets, fowling-pieces, pistols & c. seditious characters, the greater part of whom Ix t he elliaribeat, if se it may be called, was of ' short insignificant, and without fortune, had formed a continuance, they, were drawn up on the dam, and Co lonel Leahy contrived to attack them on both flanks ; they stood two or three fires and returned them. very ineffectually, however, and then upon the advance they fled. There were afterwards various skirmishes on dif ferent estates ; there may be about 200 killed and wounded of the negroes, not more ; a great many went into the Bush ; many have been taken there, and some have voluntarily surrendered ; and it is supposed there are not above 200 remaining in the Birth. Twenty or thirty of the ringleaders, caught in arms, have been shot on the coast, and we have had a regular Court martial in the town for several days, trying the prisoners, of whom about 10 have been already condemned, and executed, and the Court-martial will require to sit for weeks, if it is proposed to try all the prisoners that have been taken, who are nearly 100. " We have in prison on suspicion, Mr. Smith, the Methodist Parson on the east coast, against whom many things have come out in the course of the evidence before the Court-martial, and who, it is supposed, will be tried; a Mr. Hamilton, a late manager on that coast, and Mr. Elliot, another Methodist Clergyman, are also in custody; these .are the only white persons supposed implicated. There are several negroes and coloured people of this town also in custody, as having had com munication and acting iu concert with the revolters. " 1 might have mentioned, that in those estates where resistance was made by the Whites, the negroes opposed, and two or three overseers have been killed, one or two are also missing, and are either in the Bush, or have been murdered in the Cane Pieces. " For my part, I have been attached as a supernu merary Captain to the provisional battalion of militia, aid I have not seen much service out of town. We have been under martial law for twelve days, and are likely to continue so for at least a month ; so every kind of 'business is at a stand, and the immediate object is, sup plies for support of those under arms, and for the town. I think we may reasonably suppose that the present in surrection is got under. By the accounts this morning, the negroes have returned to their work on all the est 4tes, except two, add\ these are small ones, and where a part of the negroes are in thesl3ush." CONSPIRACY AT HAVANYAIL EXTRACT FROM A LETTER WHITTEN ON BOARD lIIS MAJESTY'S SHIP ESK. liAvANNAN, AUGUST 18. _ _ " In my last, by the brig Retrench, I hastily men tioned the discovery of a serious plot at this place, having for its object the massacre of the Governor and all Europeans nor attached to the party of the conspi rators, and the plunder of the property. I now add such particulars as have since transpired. Many per sons have been arrested in consequence. The mole te markable are Don `Francisco Garay, a Regidor, or Officer resembling our Sheriff; a number of the City Council ; the printer and his associates ; a Lieutenant of Artillery of Vie Line ; a very rich individual from Puerto Principe; besides other white persons, negroes, and mulattoes. lie who was to have been made Go vernor has escaped, as has al,o the intended Gene ralissimo of their forces, a Lientenant-Colonel from the Spanish Main. It is not likely though that they will be able to quit the island. Garay was to have been In tendant. Among his papers have been found vatious dispatches, as well as blind: appointments, bearing his signature as Intendant; also a list of the principal houses that were to have been plundered, viz.—Campos, Boni facio, Gonzalez, Draket, Mitchel, &c. &c. 66 They have also seized the very handsome uniform he intended to wear as Intendant—a quantity of Wigs, ccckades, and upwards of 5,000 proclamations of the most seditious nature, together with a great quantity of arms, &c. The flags are the French tri-color, upon which appeais a rising sun with diverging rays. • The cockades are green and red. Report states that there are yet above 2:X) persons to be arrested; and I have heard from good authority that full forty thousand people without the gates bad sworn to the independence. It seems that their plan was to have begun outside, by burning the Salud and Jesus Maria, where the houses are chiefly built of wood, and thatched, and then, as soon as the town was thrown into confusion, and the troops and urbanos sent out, to have commenced the work of pillage within the town, assisted by those from Itegla and Guanabacoa, and the negroes and mulat toes, the greater part of whom were already engaged. The timely developement of this diabolical plot, skews strongly the merciful i nterposition of PROVIDE cz. Their plans were so well organized, that, although the' Go vernment had for some time suspected that something was in agitation, yet nothing positive transpired, and they could gain no clue till within a few days of that appointed for carrying the plot into execution. Some say the 12:11, others that the 14th inst. was the day fixed. • The discovery took place in the follon in; sin gular manner: A negro, a poor fellow belonging to the 'pi inter, but who had not been intrusted with the secret, had observed that his master and fellow-work men had for a considerable time past been constantly employed at night. but what puzzled the fellow's brains was,that the papers printed, instead of being given out, were always put away in a large t; unk. This mys terious conduct excited his curiosity so much that one day he stole one of these papers from the trunk, and took it to his Querida(a black woman)desi ring her to carry it to some white person who could make out the con tents. The woman obeyed this injunction, and happily placed it in the hands of a well-affected person. It proved to be one of the Proclamations disclosing the plot, and was by this person immediately carried to the Governor, who caused the printer and his associates to be taken up that night; and from his declaration, and the papers seized, they were enabled to unravel the whole conspiracy. It is thought that Martial Law will be proclaimed here in a few days, as, if the parties were to be given over to the Judges, they might escape through bribery. and it is said that the Governor is determined to make an example of the offenders. I have just heard that an Alcade or Magistrate of Jesus del Monte, a village about three miles off, has been arrested ; but I shall be able . to tell you more in my next. In the mean time all remains perfectly tranquil here, and I do not think there is any longer reason to apprehend dan ger. A report is current, but Ido not know if it is well founded or not, that disturbances have broken out at Matanzas. Certain it is, however, that for some' time parties have been very violent there."—Giesgoto Courier. Extract of a letter, dated Havannah, August 30, 1823:40*-Conlirming our last respect of the 11th inst. we merely purpose by the present to acquaint you with _a circumstance which occurred here lately, and which American Papers will not omit to represent in their cm. tomary exaggerated style, and thereby cause you some uneasiness about the safety of your gootlabers Some seditious characters, the greater part of whom being insignificant, and without fortune, had formed a plot THE GREEKS. EXTRACT FROM THE ORIENTAL SPECTATOR. SMYRNA, SEPTEMBER. I. Lately the Greeks have prevented the town of Corinth from being rev ictualled. Three Turkish vessels of wau with three merchantmen laden with prwrisions had ap proached the shores of Corinth. The citadel too hoisted the Ottoman flag and tired two cannon. The Pacha, who defended the place, sent some officers to entreat them to land the pro Visions which they were escorting, and 150 hor•e went down immediately to protect the landing all along the line or space which separates the shore from the citadel. Some Greeks placed in an am buscade were obliged to retire, but soon after a large body of about two thousand Greeks, appeared advancing from behind the mountain with great rapidity. The 151) horse, in the face of so superior a force, abandoned everything ani entered Corinth in full flight. The Turkish sailors themselves had only time.to re-embark, and the whole of the provisions landed fell into the hands of the Greeks. • The Supreme Government of Greece had named an Ipsariot Eparque of SAMOS; the latter, on account of indiposition, was unable to repair to this island, and the Ipsariots had of their own authority sent in his stead the famous Commander of the Greek fire-ships, who pre setited himself to the people of Samos with two private persons, his comrades. But the people of Samos soon 'shove them from the island, telling them they had no oicaiion for them : that they required neither the suc cour of the Ipsariots nor European Greece to enable them to defend themselves against all the assaults of the Turks: that they wished to be independent, and that they recognized no millet inr authority. The Eparque was of course obliged to return as he went to Ipsara, where he imparted to the Senate the determination of the haughty people of Samos, whom it was judged proper to blockade in their island, waiting however instruc tions from the Supreme Government. EXTENT AND POPULATION OP AMERICA. The following estimate of the extent, in square leagues, and populatiJn of the Continent of America, in 1822, was lately transmitted by Baton de Humboldt from Paris, to President Bolivar, with the accompany ing letter : Mexico, or New Spain - . Guatemala - - Cuba and Pinto Rico - - Colombia Venezuela - - New Granada - Peru - - • . Chile - - - _ Buenos Ayres, - - - Square Leagues. Rindation. 75.830 - 6,800,000 16,740 ' - 1,600,000 4,430 - 800,000 33,700 - 900,000 58,230 - 1,800,000 42,150 - 1,400,000 14,240 - 1,100,000 126,770 - 2,000,000 Total formerly Spanish United States Brazil - 372,110 - 123,440 - 236,990 - 16,400,000 - 10,200,000 - 4,000,000 gi The above surfaces have been calculated with great care, on maps rectified by astronomical observations. The calculations have been several times repeated by M. Mathieu, Member of the Board of Longitude and of the Institute, as well ac by myself. The results differ from those published in 1809, in the Political Essay on Mexico. Then the inhabited parts alone had been calculated, without including the desert regions; over which the in dependent tribes of the indigenous inhabitants wander. Now the whole extent of each country, to its furthest limits has been measured. 44 The population of the different parts of ci-devant Spanish America is very uncertain, nevertheless each portion has been calculated according to the latest data which have reached me. The present estimate ought to be considered in the same light as all my other works on America; they are no other than essays, in which everything will have to be done over Again. Statistical calculations can only be rendered perfect 'by degrees, in like manner as the elements of meteorological and astro nomical tables. contains 16.094 square leagues - &wore contains 904,710 square leagu es; an d the whaled Southern America 3131,891.aquare leagues. Mr* • " MIN lIOLDT." E EVENING STA R. LONDON. FRIDAY, OCTOBER 17, 1823. THE FUNDS. STOCK EXCHANGE, TWELVE OTLOCE. Consiiis opened this morning at 83i Money, and for the A c . count 831 1, at which price theNemain steady. The Expresses from Paris ba brought the French Rentes r i Wednesday at 90f. 50c. and Spanish 30. It appears from p r i. vans Letters and the French Papers, that the Spanish Bondi it Paris have been lowering for these three days past, °win; to tk e Decree of the King of SrAis. FOREIGN FUNDS. Spanish Bonds opened this morning at 28i, and gat up t o Current Prices : New Spanish 23 ; Old Spanish 294, 311; Cu,k,„ bian 57 ; Poyais 14 ; French Scrip 2. FOREIGN EXCHANGES. HAMM/EOM, Oct. 10.—On London, 57.4. 37. sh. PETERSEURGH, Sept. 26.—0 n London, 9. 7-16 ; Paris, 100.1. mo., Sept. 29.—0 n Lordon, 9. 17-32. BERLIN, Oct. 7.—On London, M. 7. 3. 4. AMSTERDAM, Oct. 15.—0 n Lordon, 40. 11 ; 2 N. 90. R. PRICE OF STOCKS Al ONE O'CLOCK. Bank Stock 225 1 A ex. d; • 3 per Cent. Iteduced 82 7 / 8 % ex. div. 3 her Ct.Cons.B3 A IA %- 3 1 /2 per CtS. 9674 =die. 4 per Cent. Old 100% 1, ex. die. 4 per Cents. Net! 103% 5 / 8 y 8 Bank Long Antis. 20 1.5-16 21 ex. div. Imperial 3 per Cents. shut India Stock 267—India Bonds 725. 745. Rills ( CI A/0) 40s. 415.12 s —Sm. 40s. 415.42 s Consols for Acct. 33 7 /i % Ys. EXPRESS FROM PARIS. This forenoon we received the f tude of Wednesday evening, and thePiloteof y esterdAy, byEar Tess. TheEloile contains a sort of Supplement to the Telegraphic Dis. patch from Marshal LAUtUSTON, which it had published in a mutilated form on the preceding day. It announces that General SAN NIIGUEI. l& been taken prisoner. The Pilate coPies from the Mostiteur of the preceding day, a Btflletin from General Guti.arntixor, which gives a summary of the events pi eceding the • occupation of Cadiz. The Spanish Bonds have fallen in Paris to 28. 30; a few days ago they were at 45. The fall is attributed to the Decree of the King of SPAIN, revoking all the acts of the Constitutionaliets. An article flora Zante, in the Pilote, states, that 12,000 Turkish sailors have died 'of the plague.—The following are extracts: FROM THE ETOILE OF WEDNESDAY. SEQUEL. TO THE TELEGRAPHIC DISPATCH. " MARSHAL LAURISTON TO TILE MINISTER OF WAR. SARAGOSSA, OCTOBER io. " All the baggage was taken : forty of the enemy were killed, amongst whom are two Generals, who were {eft on the field of battle; more than 120 prisoners, amongst whom is General San Miguel, who is mortally wounded. On the 9th, in the morning, we continued to pursue the enemy." sc GRAND HEAD-QUARTERS, CADIZ, OCT. 6. " All is getting ready to depart. Already the Grand Head-quat ters are at Xeres: the third column, with all the military equipage, will take their departure to morrow. General Bourmont has taken the command of Cadiz. It is thought he will have the command of the Army of Occupation, in case the King of Spaia shall think proper." MADRID, OCTOBER 10. Count Charles O'Donnel, Captain-General of Old Castille, arrived at- eight o'clock in the morning before Ciudad Rodrigo. He writes as follows, to the Minista of War: " I made, inyerson, a reconnoissance; my advanced posts are at a distance of a cannon-shot, and when I think proper, I can be master of the faubourgd Saint Francois. PROM TIIE PILOTZ Or THURSDAY. PARIS, OCTOBER 15. " ARMY OF• THE PYRENNEES.-BULLETIN. • " The noble result which the King expected Mantl ing his army into Spain, the constant efforts of his Roy Highness and the brave troops he commanded, bare succeeded in re-establishing his Catholic Majesty in the rights of a Sovereign. All the preparations for a ge neral attack on the Isle of Leon were finished. The brigade of the Royal Guard under General Ambrose*. and that of the second corps, commanded by General Ordonneau, united under the command of General. Bourmont, were on board the squadron. " Since the 25th September, the naval force nadir the command of Rear-Admiral Duperre, were gohlg to effect a landing ; the equipage of bridges for the pas. sage of the troops who were to penetrate into the Island of Leon, by the embouchure of Rio Santi Petri were also united, all the batteries established on the land side, as well as on the point before the bridge of Zuaze, and* the Trocadero were entirely finished; already his Reld Highness was atChiclana, and his orders for the Murk were given, nothing but the last signal was wad when the enemy we, e persuaded they could not resist our united efforts, and the ardour of our troops mollai. in their captive King a re f uge f or t h e di s asters wbilk awaited them, all power was restored to his Majesty; one of his officers was the bearer to his Royal Highseer , of the letter by whi c h th e Ki ng announ ced to him MI. approaching arrival to the Head-quarters of the army.. " On the Ist of October the King and Queetr, Egos' panied by the Princes and the Royal Family, embarkzi at Cadiz, amidst the roaring of the artillery of tharCier, and along the coast, and fine weather. They arrived' at Port Santi Marie, at halt-past eleven o'clock, when they were received by his Royal Highness, amidst the: whole of his Staff, and a party of troops, who all Odti'! fled- the greatest satisfaction, regretting that they bad ne snore a s enemy to fight. According to the ord er : of his Catholic Majesty, the principal ports of the Weal Leon and C Wiz were given over on the Sd to the Frock' trei the lan ren ITO Pa l shi Pi,