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AMERICA.V P4PER.I. Yesterday we received a file of American Papers to the Bth January. Their contents are uninteresting. The fol lowing are extracts: — WASHINGTON, JAN. 1. Yesterday a message was received from the President, commu nicating a list of papers relating to the conduct of the Greeks, which was ordered to be printed. Nothing else of importance has been before Congress. This day, notwithstanding the inclemency of the weigher, an unusual number of permits waited on the Pre sident of the United States, so offer him the compliments of the season. This has always been the custom. The rooms were crowded to overflowing. All the heads of the departments, except the Secretary of the Treasury. all the foreign Ministers, and Ge neral D'Evereux from Colombia, were proem. Ccienates—ln the senate, on Friday, a letter was received from the Secretary of State, stating that a. portrait of Colunibus had been teteltd at his department, presented to Congress and the nation by O. 0. !Jarrell, 641. American COIIPIII at Malaga. Mr. Lowrie presented two memorials from Philadelphia for a re vision of the wit Mr. Smith submitted a resolution, the object of which is, to employ the corps of engineers to explore the country between the Allegheny and Siitiquel,frina, with a view to connect those waters by canals. Mr. llavne communicated to the Senate a resolution of the Legislature of South Carolina, expressing the sympathy felt by that body In the cause of the Greeks, and the pleasure they should feel at the recognition of the independence of that people. Mr. Holmes, of Maine. gave notice. that on Monday next he should ask leave to introduce a bill the better to secure the accountability of public officers. In the House of Representatives, Mr. Poinsett euggeu:d to Mr. Webster the propriety of postponing his resolution concerning the Greeks, until the President should communicate information rela tive to the threatened interference of the HolyAlliince in the affairs of South America. Mr.NVebster expressed great solicitude to take up the Greek subject as soon as possible, but consented to let it lie on the table a few days, aNI not to call it op this day—The Heuer adopted the resolution of Mr. Brock, calling for a statement of our trade with Greece, Asia Minor, end Egypt. They ordered the Bill to a third reading for laying out a road from 51eraphis to Little Rock. The annual report from tbs rietretary of the Trea sury was received, and 6,009 copses ordered td be printed. JAMAICA PA PEli.g. • [Prom the Peg& Aditerdlerr.) Kura:mon, bic. SS. ST. Ogonatt'a..-fietteral rumours of the most alarming mum having bee.; spread in this city respecting the negroes of the parish of St. thaw. the Editor determined on eliciting the truth, end proceeded to those parts of that parish which were stated to be in a state of insurrection. He found guards stationed at Annott6 Bay, at Buff Bay, and at Binh= M ood. The gnod folks at Annette Bay were all staring at each ether, and were labouring under visible anxiety. One told him that there was a new* at Balcones, another that the whole parish along the Buff Bay river was in a state of insubordination. It was also mated that the gaol at Bur Bay was crowded with revolters. He then proceeded to Bur Bay. and found in . the gaol at that village one negro named Henry Oliver belon ging to Balearics, who was taken up with a fowling. piece in his hands, about to murder—a wild boar. Pone Menta.—lifneesalion has been received In this city, that a revolt was meditated at Frostier ratite, in St. Mary's nom Port Maria. The design was to burn the town of Port Maria, and to take advantage of the confusion thereby occasioned. Several of the insurgents have bee secured, and if guilty, will, we trust, be hanged. A negro le stated to have given information, and to have implicated his father in the plot. The trnops, artillery. &c. are so stationed as to be ready at a short warning. We give the news from Port Maria, from the information of a gentleman from that parish. We doubt not his fears exaggerated the matter. We are aware hew our enemies may inveigh against us as traps/nen es sacred ground, *ben we lay before our readers the state of the country, but we contemn the cowardly policy which dictates concealment. We are prepared, and it is right this feet should be known. Besides, whispering la metre mischievous than public statements. Io conse q uopea — die a:dila of some Ametimen mods infected with the small pos t quarantine laws are declared in force ea far as re Philadelphis smelt The quarantine ground is that part of Peet Roysl Nubile?, between the point of Peet Royal and tic Apostle's Battery, called the Fairway, there to remain thirty days, unless sooner discharged by the Health Oilkee,, under the superin tendence of 21r. J. R. bm, Quarantine (Hiker. COWSPLIACY SUPPRESSED AT PORT.MAIIA.—A Special Slave Court has been conven ed , seven regrow belonging to Frontier Estate, end one to J. Eaq condemned to death fur a meditated rebellion, sad design of burning Port-Maria. Us death-warrant will be executed on Wednesday. What wya /fr. Morning Chrouricle to this ? The Rev. Alegre. Horse and Yowls opebed the New Ueda- Chapel yesterday. A nuaterous swarthiest of all classes of h s moat were present. The Rev. Air. Young read the service, ' with but little variation, is the um* sit that of the Church England. The Rev. Mr. Horne then preached a sermon, taking for his test that part of fk. Matthew where our Saviour likens th► i i kingdom of Heaven unto a little leaven, which being put into three measures of flour leavened the whole. , He then asked his congregation if they were bakers? But we will not attempt ridi cule,- for the Rev. Castleman discoursed most ably ; he declared be did not design classic allusion, but spoke t: o t p h s e st ancitiee of his bearers. He disclaimed thy, intance with a, and ealise arbi• hewer* sods their .* Amy their Matisse- Hie sermon Is wholly th e imitation or our reverend eglaa, resMy, if sock ha his usual discourses, we taus he will long 0- lighten the darts of this Wend with the true light of the Hovel. His provincial accent may offend • fastidious ear, but we cannot consider it as any way deserving ridicule. His manna carries the appearance of sincerity, and his earnestness is Wee to draw atten tion. It will, we are certain, be a source of weisfaction to the genuine philanthropist to cilium the liberal subscriptions which have been I made for the purpose of facilitating general education throughout the pariah of Manchester. Such bir undertaking, pregnant with general benefit, cannot be too highly appreciated—and we recom mend the subject to the consideration of the community. Ilirceresta 23. Extract of a letter from St. Mary's, dated the 20th : " We have had the whole Regiment out, and seven rebellious fel lows, belonging to Frontier, have been taken up. Three were tried yesterday, found guilty, and sentenced to suffer death. Four more are at present on their trial, who, I have no doubt, will share the fate of the others. We have not, as yet, any assistance from the regulars. " Sunday Morning—The four fellows who were on their trial, have been convicted and sentenced 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 Tuesday, in consequence of a plot being discovered 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 belonging to Frontier, and one to Jaws Walker, Esq. condemned yesterday to be hang ed. 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. None else has yet been discovered. The negroes on the neighbouring estates seem perfectly quiet and satisfied." _ "KIWOITOW, DEC. 13. HOUSE OF ASSEMBLY, Dec. 11. On Thursday Mr. Chignon, as Chairman of the Committee, ap pointed to inquire into what steps are necessary to be taken, in consequence of information received from the Agent of this Island, of proceedings adopted by the Have of Commons and his Majes ty's Ministers, in respect to Slavery in the British Colonies in the West Indies, made the following Report to the House : SI r. Speaker,—Your Committee, appointed to inquire and report to the House, what steps are necessary to be taken, in consequence of information received - from the Agent of this island, of proceed. ings adopted by the House of Commons and his Majesty's Minis. teas in respect to Slavery in the British Colonies in the West In. dies, report— That on the 15th of May last. Mr. Canning, one of his Majes ty's Secretaries of State, proposed the following Resolutions, which were adopted by the House, sent. cow, " That it is expedient to adopti:ffectual and decisive measures for meliorating the condition of lbbw slave population in his 111ai, restored tranqu'llity , hare been extetttled to their fellow-subjects in , the Mother Coontr). 2d. lit-solved, rem. roe.—That this House cannot contemplate. without sensations of astonishment and the most serious app►ehen_ •ion. the measum which have been adopted by theComitions House of l'aeliament in their unanimous vote of the 15th of May last : as if the machinations of a pow.-rfol and interested party wive not sufficiently active for the work of destruction, the sanction of Minis terial authority halt been made subservient to their views, and a decree has gone forth, wheteby the inhabitants of this once taluable colony (hitherto esteemed the brightest jewel in the British Crown) are destined to be offered • propitiatory sacrifice at the altar of fanaticism. 1..- 347/leaoleed, sew. etas. -That this House, composed of the , Representatives of the people, are bound to guard the nghts of their Constituents Resin," every endeavour that may be made to infringe upon then. The House pause in awful expectation of the anise ; quences which must result front the threatened innovations ; and, whilst they wait the event, they are prepared to meet it. The blood which flows in their veins, is Blind) blood, and their hearts are I animated with the same fearless determination, which enabled their ancestors to tesist with success every encroachment of despotic P power. nth. Resolved, WM. row —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 approval of his Ma jesty :—This I louse, however, s ill et all times receive with attention and respect any suggestion of his Majesty's 31inistets relating to • legislation, when offered in a consistent and becoming Manner, and • will be ready to adopt such regulations as can be introduced with out hazard, and may appear likely to promote the welfare of the island ; but the House canr.ot yield to any measure propose d for • their consideration, when the unqualified nght of legislation is de- nied, 'however specious the object may be, or however high the au ' charity from which it emanates. sth. Maxim' wee. coo.—That this House, impressed with • doe sense of their own dignity, and the integrity of the colonial che wier, set at nought the malicious and unfounded aspersions which I have been cast upon the inhabitants of Jamaica. Proud of their I attachment to his Majesty, his family, and Government—devoted to the interest of those th represent, and alive to the impulse of humanity, the House ne ed no pharisaical dictator to prompt them to the discharge of their duty, but will, if left to their own guidasee, steadily pursue that line of conduct, which comports with the loyalty of their feelings, their regard to the safety, honour, and welfare of the island, and the peace sod h,sppineas of their know-subjects mid de i g,;„ lgn eeese day Mr. Cox and Mr. Plummer were appointed Cerneeittee to wait an Ms Grate the Governor with the following MaI MA — T IT PLEASE TOUR GRACE. " We are ordered by the House to wait upon your Gram, to ac quaint you, that in compliance with their Answer to the Speech I your Grace was pleased to make at the opening of the present Ses sion, they have proceeded to a deliberate and careful revision of the Consolidated Slave Law, and find it as complete in all its enact ' ments, as the nature of circumstances will admit, to render the Slave population as happy and comfintable in every respect as the labouring classes of any part of the word. The House most so . lemdly assure your Grace. that they will at all times be ready (if left to themselves) to watch and take advantage of every opportunity if the religious and moral improvement of the Slave.% No masks moth meliorating enactments as may be consistent with died hairplitess„ and the general safety of the Colony ; but under the Critical circumstances in which the Colony is now placed by raison of the IMO proceedings in the British Parliament. the House think the present moment peculiarly unfavourable for discussions, which may have • tendency to unsettle the minds cf the negro population, which the House have the greatest maws to believe is at present perfectly quiet and contented." Yesterday the engrossed amend el Memorial to the King was read and agreed to. It is as follows: " We, your Majesty's most dutiful and loyal subjects, the As sembly ofJamalca, have of lateyears frequently prayed your Ma jesty to take our oppressed state into your royal consideration. It is with pain that we once more remind your Majesty of our grievances : our fellow-subjects in Greet Britain and Ireland have been relieved of their burdens, but the sufferings of this Colony have eves increased since our last addrem was presented to your Majesty. " Instead of repealing the War Duties on our produce, which have reduced oar fonstituents to the condition of bailiffs on their own land, the protecting duty on East India sugar hes been lowered, and our eltuateon in consequence made worse than before. " We are aware of the vast debt that was incurred during the late war, and that a great revenue is necessary for the wants of the empire; but your Majesty 4 s Ministers should assess your subjects equally, and not confiscate the wealth of a few, who are weak and at a distance, to lighten the contributions of the s:minder, who are powerful, and who surround the seat of Government . . Andi t hi i : a untie meas not to oz e of d t i msa t ti e n d n its lesa hat th p e arpll:t h bo a r n n d e by us, since sources of Oran Britain multiplier during the war, and that her . agrinabore, manufactures, and commerce wonderfully nourished, while we, your Illejesty's West India subjects stfferad throughout the contest all its disadvantages, in the increased difficulties of navigation, in the higher price of British goods, and the reduced nine Ontein owe. " The conquest of the hostile Colonies by your Majesty's arms, eausettthe British market to be overstocked' with our sommodities, and the splendid triumphs of our Royal Navy, which gave birth to the Decrees of the French Ruler, and to the retaliatory , orders of year Majesty's Council, dosed every Continental port against us: Thus, foe a considerable period, sugar Oid not repay the cost of pro durtitio, and co/se mold not find ciehasers at any price. M " aims he oar complaint' have rankled to the injustice of oa t maim revami el Colony; but v s a* now Mamma wish a new calamity, which, if It otertakes us, will destroy even the hope we have always reposed in the beneficence of year Majesty. " Resolution, have been moved by one of your Majesty's Minis. tem, and avoid to In the Lower House of Parliament, falsely as suming that the labouring population of this island are ill nested and anhsppy , and voluntarily pledging that Ilouse to interpose in their behalf, irith a view to their emancipation. " It is our duty humbly . to represent to yont Majesty, that we have taken no oath of allegiance to the Imperial Parliament, and that we cannot submit to the degradation of having our internal in. kTeOta regulated by the Commons of Great Britatn, whose powers within that realm are not superior to those which we, the Assent bly, have ever exercised within the Island of Jamaica. "Should your Majesty's Parliament proceed in their attempt to subvert our Constitution, and air for the Royal Assent any act that arrogates an authority over the interior of our Island, we be seech your Majesty to reject the Act, and by that timely interpo sition of your R oyal Prerogative , to save us from utter ruin. " We need not point out do your Majesty's wisdom the certain destruction that awaits the Colony, should the Negroes be taught, that in as, their natural protectors, are to be found their enemies, and in 6:distant country of Oven Britain their friends and libe. ratan. When this new light bursts on their uninformed minds, 'Jamaica will soon be as lost to the mother-country, as St. Domingo is to France. " But trthis island is to be the scene of a dreadful experiment, we claim that we may not be involved in the awful consetluences. If slavery be an offence to Uod, so are anarchy, desolation, and blood. Let your Royal Parliament become the lawful owners of our property by purchase , and we will retire from the island. and leave it a field for modern philanthropy to work upon. The Deity, ' who see, into the heart, is not to be propitiated by laying on his shrine the possessions of our brethren, but only by the sacrifice of what krour own to offer." Sir M. B. Clare moved, That the Memorial to his Majesty should be sent to the Island Agent, with directions that he should present the same in the most acceptable manner ; and that he should after wards cause it to be printed in the several London Papers.— Agreed to. On the motion of Sir M. B. Clare, it was ordered that the Me morial to the King should not be published in any of the papers of this island, until after the sailing of the packet now in port. Mr. Brown gave notice, that he would next Session bung in a Bill to repeal the Registry Act; and, if he failed, he would pro pose a Resolution not to pay in expences. Mr. Hyslop said he would second him. ST. JAGO DE LA VEGA , Nov. HI.. Our readers will recollect the affidavit of Mr. Hobtrtson, which we laid before them some time ago, concerning the character and description of the man Al eabry, who furnished theSainta with such false and ungrateful evidence regarding Bushy Park estate ; and on which the charges in • late pamphlet against these Colonies were principally founded. We have lately seen two letters from with hEMFRARi. TRIAL OF A NEGRO NA3!EI! .lACR.BELONOIRd TO I'LA\TATION St'CCESS. The Jamaicapipers Dec 211, contain the proceedings ed Gametal Court Martial at Demerara. for the trial of a slave named Jack, belonging to success Planation, for being concerned in are late insurrection in that colony. The prisoner was the satend leader of the insurrection, his father Quamina, of Simeon, bag the chief. Twenty-one witnesses were called for the tion. Atter they had given their testimony, the prisoner tired the foams ing as part of his defence. The prisoner seems to have ban aware of the feeling which had been excited a zaingt the Missionery. Smith, and to have founded his hope of on on the success ebb ea endvours to implicate that preacher in it s guilt. About seven or eight necks before this rebelfiori, Cato, a hoe man. mentioned to my father, Quamina, something about oar freedom having come out. On further inquiry, *e beard from Joe Simpson that it rest true 31r. Wilberforce was doing his beet for us, end that if we would wait patiently, p new dove:new was coming out, and if he did not give us our right, we must apply to hint, and he would inform us of the re ; vier way to get it. I win soon afterwards to my friend Daniel, the Govettior's servant, to learn what he knew about the matter. He said he had heard a I little of it, and if it was a thing God had ordained for us, it would be, but we ought to have a little patience. York, a negro of our estate, told the that he bad heard an overseer of plantation Sew Orange, Nassau, say that all the great men at home vitiated us to be free, but our maim would not agree to it. About a week be fore 1 spoke to Daniel, a coloured woman, named Suasnnah, Mr, Hamilton's housekeeper, said to me at chapel, that Mt. H. add her we were all to have our freedom, but he did not think it would be given to us, unless some sensible people went by forte about 14 and exacted a positive promise from the Governor. I asked what she meant by force; the mid we should takg all the estate's areas. and as soon as we had got possession of than, thee turn all die *bites off the town she said, Mr. Hamiltdo cannot, and does not deny this; lie don't care about himself, sa he was going away; from the Colony, but only wished to have a Bet time to get awa,# his stack and all his things. From that p until Sunday. the 17th August, Do regular plan was laid. y father, gumbo. went the day to parson Smith, who told him we must en to map a . little, until he trouhl get if paper, that was di be read to as. It was agreed at our meetings that Billy and in* Reed were to eons mend at Mahaics, and Telemachus and Sandy at ;llamado' Bashelors' Adventure. Paris and Goodluck were to get the hods alas commenced at the Thome, estate. " Thine two men said they knew leo* tit get haw the dale 8111 1 • told Park ff that was attempted we /bond all be samdardie tat he replied, that is the only place where we ought togs midis Ws . then settled to begin on Monday evening, the led Angell, and take all the arms by force, and pot sal the white peopleideleselts, to prevent their going to town and sending up neaps maw light; but they were all to be permitted to go down th day, after which we wee, me Fermis on the amt tat the Cletbense should come Of send to know why we meted an. We did net wipes it would have been Woods in town tin Turn* nor lag; but me determined that no Injury should be done so the "bin panylo, to prevent complaints against us. Joseph and Bristol proposed to break up the brillges to proem the troops coming. Richard hid been run away for dowel months before this heels, and is extremely violent; he will do harm yet V not taken, so 1 recommend his being secured at say expanse se trouble, for he will be • tallying point for all the disafibeted menses; be is not to be trusted. I hate now &deed every thing I know that caused this business. On the Wedoeday eventog, 20th August, my father, Quamina, came tons at the grease dam, with a basket containing sonic bread sod two beetles; be told me he had 'just come from Parson Swift b, who told him, now we had begun, we must go on with it. tt I have fired all my life upon Success, my master's estate, wberw I was born thirty years ago, and where I have been always well greeted, and done my duty content and happy. I cannot, aid do . not, deny that I have been concerned in this eebellion ; bet I d.. dare solemnly that I would not have acted thus had I not been told that we were entitled to our fiefdom, and that it was withhold front us by our masters. Not onl y . was every deacon and member ' of the C hurch acquainted with it before it broke out, but MR Parson Smith knew the whole plan. It was told Mm by my father and Bristol, on Sunday, the 17th August. Bristol as tell you the parson wanted us to wait. If be did not know what we owe cz to do, would he have told us to wait ? I appeal to the whether I have not prevented every mischief I could, and whether ' I have not even saved lives ; for, if blood had be axe abed. so effort could haver opped it afterwards. Richard wan the bead man at Success, and I never headed any title gang; I serer carded a gun. but I will say fairly that I had a mamas, which I curried the tildes time. I am satisfied that I hate had a fah trial, and thereftwe • throw myself on the mercy of the Ceara. I have seen the anxiety with which every gentleman has attended to the mama, and the patience with which the 31ernbers hate listened to the crose.ezami. nation of my witnesses. From the hour I was made prisoner by Captain M'Turk up to this time, I have received the meet lumens treatment from all the whites, nor bete I had a Angle insulting expression from any white man, either in prison or anywhere else. • Before this Court I solemnly avow, that many of the lessons and other parts of the scriptures selected the us in Bethel Chapel, tended to make us dissatisfied with our situation as slaves, and had theft been DO Methodists on the East Coast there would have bean no revolt. These deepest in the rebellion were the people In Passim Smith's confidence. The harem of instruction we received I now see we highly improper : it put those who mould read a little to examining ire Bible, and selecting prates applicable to saw own dtnation se slaves, and served to make us Idtel 11 4 :4,' owners, as we were not always able to miasma IMP asd a'ackPlim . 1 oalltlbave avowed dial* yen now not wanaiblo ought to die every Minee mat ller my peat ere„ duet, and pat you on your guard in future. BtlOtman, wham, may be my tate, I Alin submit to it with maignedmi." REVOLT OF THE MILITANT AT *ALA, AND DREADFUL • CATASTROTNE.—We are indebted to a gentleman of our acquaintance here, for the perusal of a leuer received by hint t. trim his brother, at Para, containing a detailed narrative at an Insurrection amongst the soldiery there, to expel or murder the Portuguese, and of a consequent d ep lorable catastrophe, by which upwards of two hundred beings came to a horrible death. The letter is dated on the .20th of November, and was received by the Unity, ar rived here on Wednesday. Another account, published by our contemporary, concludes by expressing some apprehen sions for the safety of our countrymen resident there, as the lower classes were exasperated against them, owing to the energetic conduct of Captain Grenfell (an Englishman) of the brig of war Maranbad, who was • mainly successful in putting down the revolt. But we are happy to find by the letter we have received, that it ' was confidently thought that no further loss of property or ' life would ensue. The militia, together with the enrolled natives and foreign inhabitants, would fonn a respectable corps of preservatiod. The ammunition bad also been put on board a vessel out of the reach of the molcontents, and the ringleaders were no more. By letters and papers from Demerara, to the 13th ult. we learn that the colony continued in a state of great agi tation, on account of the secrecy respecting the verdict upon • Smith, the Missionary, and the deli) , necessarily occa sioned by the whole proceedings being referred, by the • Governor, to his Majesty's Ministers. It is now reported that he has been found guilty, but recommended to mercy, and that the Governor refers the whole proceedings to his Majesty, as the source of mercy. The Governor-General, Murray, it was expected, would leave the Colony in a short time, having been superseded in his command. Si Ls Wk:ayses.—.l meeting of the Engine Silk Weavers took place on Thursday night, at the Red Lion, Phtenix-street, Spitalfields, when, after a warm discussion, it was agreed to accede to the masters terms. On this question of concession a division took place, when there ap peared—for concession, 80; against it, 68; majority 12. Meetings have taken place at Southampton and Norwich, for the purpose of supporting Government in the execu tion of the measures proposed and adopted by the House , , t - sk est India property, which it hes now e-tiredy kiii. Secondly, I from Cadiz on the 13th. It is said that they are miens the San for meliorating the condition of the slave population in his Slajes.iii`; a i ',;";'r y - ou g'a n ""'"`"`” r. ' "".'Y a'"W "r""e ar'''' ""'" von of the measures proposed and adopted by the House of Commons, for the gradual abolition of slavery. Thew • That the intentions of the Parliament and of tie Government ex.ll3art and two other frigates at the Canaries, and thence proceed to- ty 's CelMieS . * man in th i s parish, wit n whom he became ac- quainted, by which it appears, that Ise is still busying himself to tend oily tot *taking effectual measurotfor affording to the slaves her to Lima. It is added that in a few deys the Arethusa and ... Th at through a demential tiod persevering, but at the same i inj ure those who Mated him so well ; and we have copied the follow- result of them is very different ; the petition at Norwiells St li edgiest, mad moral Instruction, and for marine to than proper ' Deseubierta corvettes will Nadia the Gulf of 3lexico. The Pearl time judicious and temperate, neforeement of such measures, this • tt , r o passages, as affording proof , from himself , of his ingrati- has been carried unanimously, after an eloque nt speech oedemata netement ; and that it is not intended to interfere with Is about to be sent to Carthegena, to be ooppered, and the Cuff& House looks forward to progressia improvements in the character ' en d f• • - • ' • .by the right of the master to the lelpiur of his slave, as now existing ! will maw nom Corthagena to Cadir.,—F3 Restarradue. of the dare population, such as miry prepare them for a pertici- to c, o his prnent designs, and exposing the name of . e Saint who extracted the calumnies from him, to coif , — Mr. Smith, M.P. , Mr. J. Gurney. At Southampton, the propositions or Mr. / hy law. Tith last Int:UM km become necessary, in order to put 1 —_ tion in those civil rights and privileges which are enjoyed by other from whom, it appears, he has some expectations, as a reward, we C hamberlayne, in countenance of such measures as look an end to those expectations of immediate freS 4 ain, which have I A letter from Havre, dated Tuesday, says,—" We have classes of his Majesty's subieett. presume, for becoming a wholesale liar. forward "to a progressive improvement in the character of Nee AO imprudently raised in the minds of the slaves : but I would ' het G al Mina's first A . I 1 C (C l I (Veal- " That this House is anxious for the acorn Aide-de-Camp e-t e- amp As one plishment of this pa- " London, Dec. 25, BM. the slave population, 'Lich as may prepare them for civil fret be misunderstood, or supposed to maintain the opinion that eat? pose, at the earliest period that shall be compatible with the well. o I often think of Bushy Park, and the way in which I was rights and privileges," yielded to the following resolution, 11 assatlpation shall not take place at dome future period, when AK hghan) here for some days. Ile is in treaty for an Aine- • being of the slaves themselves. with the safety of the colonies, and treated by Mr. Robertson. Mr. John 3litchell also treated me very emend instrucion, the slaves shall be prepared to receive it wit ' rican vessel to carry the General and his suite to some with • fair and equitable consideration of the interests of pursue kind!w hic h I shall ever remember with gratitude." y, f submitted by Mr. F. L. Beckford, by way of amendment, Ivateu to themselves and without injury to their masters. But ' part of South America. She is to proceed to Cowes, where p ro pe r ly," which was carried by a small majority, on a show of halide, August 4, 1823. this ought to be kept in the breast of our statesmen, and rot ex- the General purposes embarking. Colonel ('Callaghan was That your Committee observe with surprise and regret, that If you can give me any information on slavery, you will very and apparently by a sort of surprise:— sewed to the sieves, until the time shell arrive when it may be with the General during the whole of the Spanish his Majesty's Ministers have, by the above Resolutions, sanctioned much oblige me, and you may depend on its being kept secret. No " Resolved, That this meeting, trusting to the wisdom of our sued upon with safety and justice. the principles laid down by our enemies m the mother country , and doubt there has been a great deal of talk about the evidence I gave Legislature, and having before our eyes the recent insurrection At truggle " As a preliminary to all measures of improvement, parsons of 5 ' ledged themselves to enforce such measures as shall tend ultimate- to 31r. Smith, M.P., and should like very much to have your Demerara, and the present disturbed state of our %Vest India Co. atioubted cheat:etre for integrity and ability, equally unconnected By the Jamaica Mail, and the Princess Charlotte from r . ,ty to the final extinction of slavery in the British colonies ; and $ ) candid opinion on the eubject. I shall also like to know how all l orr i es , considers the further di scuss i on of the cfrlicate question of with the Colonies and with these parties who have been so violent Carthagena, letters and newspapers from Bogota, the capital your Committee have also learnt from the Agent, that in his con- the gentlemen are on Bushy Park estate." Negro improvement and emancipation as premature, unwise, don.. +elitist them, should be sent oat to inquire, and report in concur- of Colombia, to the 29th November, have reached us. ferences with 31inisters, it has been refused to acknowledge our MONTEGO BAT, DEC. 20. gevous, and impolitic." at . 7:e with the resident Governors, as to the actual condition of the Their contents are of no general importance. The news- claim to compensation for the injuries the colonies must sustain in Mrs. Powers, arrived here from Demeans, gives a most meta. The Mayor was requested to have the numbere counted, - kLets at the present time. Much would depend on the good sense the mere endeavour to carry the scheme of emancipation into effect; 4 continue to give, in succession , the lawscholy aceoent of the situation of the country. Upwards of one as the division appeared to be very equal ; but this he de- md umber of the men selected for this duty : and there is some PaPers nit that such a Commission appearing in the Colonies might ex. the last Congress; some work appears also to be preparing to dispose of our property without our consent, but even to violate y thou:And negroes had suffered, and a great many were still missing c i• • mai, stating that he was certain the majority was fir from several plantations. Many slaves, as well as free ne - at enreisoriable expectations in the minds of the slaves, and that for the next (which was to meet the Ist January), as we those common rules of honesty which ought to govern nations as Beck ford. had been executed, and their heads fined en pole, in various parts 1111. ' fo , ght be offensive to the Colonial Legislatures; but I csn dis. see in the Bogota Gazette a list of no less than thirty-three well as private persons. . of the country. Martial law still continued, and would remain in FLAME ENDER AVATEtt.—Tt appears, by some recent ey- elet rat other safe course that can now he pursued. And the co. new laws to be proposed to its consideration. In Colombia The Committee cannot forbear to express their decided Dpi. Im force until alter Christmas. A reinforcement of troops had been periments of Mr. Skidmore, of New York, that the flame of et. would benefit by the real facts of their case being ewer. to . nion, that the proceedings of the House of Commons, and weed on tinquestimable testimony. every thing we ar s the appearanee d of . regular progressio f n the conduct of his 31ajesty's . Ministers, are a direct attempt to f rom ... sent from Barbados , and they were in daily expectation of others the oxy-hydrogen blowpipe may be made to burn wider Lealoe, Jan. 31, 1824 ' C. wards organization and consoli anon. The news row violate the Constitution of this colony ; and they recononiend to E n land. Is was understood that the whole of the transports ... h .; l e i s on ly ecces would first call at Dem ra. and such troops as were not uircd -- --- - - - ' - c; to 11 • • l I ' 11 fis t lac tile ante —ffessiesie Peru, by this opportuuity, is not later than we have pre- she House to adopt the niait firm, strong, and constitutional should be submerged slowly, so that it may not recede into there would be dispatched to the other Islands. The na r s e t t ers are ~__I V learn by letters from Port Royal of the crld Decent- viously given. Al. Hurtful°, not having arrived by this measures to resist such attempts, and to preserve to the inhabi- silent on the subject. " the vessel. The flame under water is globular ; wood ..1 " 7 , th e at the Isis, 30, Ca • T. Forrest, Cli arrived packet, the holders of Colombian Bonds must exercise their c . Captain . . tants of this colony those nghts which have been transmitted to • hem from their ancestors. The folldering is an extract of a letter from Dominica, Dec. 8. burns in it, and wires are ignited. : e' received by the last conveyance : Me. Pi ERCE.—We are informed that Mr. Pierce, the there on the 7th of that th • h Vice - Admiral patience a little longer. The Government of t'olombia, it mon , with S ir This was agreed to, and Mr. Mali then pmposed certain R eso l e- " We are at present under the greatest alarm in this island, in ', 4 , w rence Halsted, K.C.B. to succeed Sir Edward (7tven. appears, has given a large cession of land to Messrs. tier-. Solicitor, of' Bristol, whose mysterious disappearance front ' lions, which were unanimously agreed to, as follow ; via.-- consequence of a strong presumption of insurrection. Soinething , • .. tic Ns h a d a very bcisterous passagefrom England , g, . , rin Graham end Powles, of this city, for the purpose of hi kew . eed, i went. eas.—That the patient endurance with which is the shape of a plot is, beyond doubt., on foot amongst ' ' gst the re- leis place of residence has Men so often noticed in the 41161 1 which ate sprung her f mast and lost her inizen introducing settlers. Advices had arrived at Bogota of the the people papers , sailed from Cowes on Thursday last, in the fillip of this Island have, for years past, struggled against pe - genes , who are impressed with the idea that at Christmas they are , t.the South American merchants to Go- euniary difficulties, proves how much they are disposed to submit to , all to obtain their freedom. Examirations New fork . He haul, it appears, serrated •. I,4nast. She had repaired these damages, and was about ' application made by daily take plea. and a I luilson, for LI p r an d Vice- vernment for the appointment of Consuls, and the result where the evil . arises from inevitablecauaes, or from circumstance. ' Privy Council h been called by '' himselfuntilfew da in London , • by ti yAS just the Governor on the OCC1• within a days, c weed to Carthrwena, to land the t'onsuls for afFeettng the general interest of the Empire ; but this House would seen . The Assembly sent a message to his Excellency yesterday, name of Richards. His friends traced him thence to h • .; 414 %, for Mexico and tile contiguous arts.p The ear- was looked wi t h time anxiety. be unmindful of their duty were eel not to protest most solemnly on the apprehension which they entertain of the state of the colony •: 41 out of these aerial Persons was regarded as a virtual The American Papers received yesterday contain nuroc- against the continuance of heavy aid ruinous taxation on the pro. I arms are to be issued immediately, and it is supposed that martial ' ("owes but the ship had sailed the day before they reachel 1 a ino l e d • o fthese Provinces. rote; instances of the strong feeling which has been excited duce of their soil, at the time when the demands of a stmt. of war. I law will be proclaimed. The wateh-word at ROVIIIII Wag. ' Ernan. W d 1- he unfortunate Gentleman is the place. .e un erstan t ,". Ennent of the Independence throughout the Union in favour of the struggling Greeks. fare can no longer be urged in it, defence, and the blessings of cipation by Christmas, or the Aillites shall be Blacks.' " considered to baye become insane.--Ilumpshire Telegraph. uoTshiee Telegersiel. i • . . . - - WEST INDIES. TM fate of our West India Colonies entirely depends open the! ss arluct of the Parliament and of the Government, during the mitt few mon•hs, and my fears greatly predominate over my hopes, since I have learnt the nature of a despatch addressed by Lord nathunt on the 27th July last, to the Governors of the Colonies. It lOSOVCOI after having consulted the men of most influence in the Colonis 4, to report upon certain plans which Lord Bathurst m ilimits to the .1, and states that, after the most mature emisidera tun, he is of oinnion that they are the best that can be formed to cam into effect the views of Parliament. The plans are, shortly, that the slaves shall be compelled to per- ! emu for their owners in two weeks the sante work that is now per seemed in Mr,. ; that during every third week they shall work for hire (under compulsion I presume) which hire is to constitute a 1 fund out of which they are to purchase their freedom ; and that I after a certain date all women above a certain age are to tie made free. on payany some anion compensation to their owners. This is 1111;lia7 ity with a vengeance ! ! ! for, if we are to believe *hat has been said by those who pretend to know more of the con dition of the slaves than those do who have resided many years in the Colonies, these pour slaves are already worked beyond their strength to such a degree as to be the sole cause of the number of deaths grimly to exceed that of the births. Notwithstanding this, however, for the benefit of the slave, he is to be compelled to do in me weeks, what his master is at present content that he should 'take three to ?idiom. It does no appear what met of compulsion is to be employed to obtain this o .ject ; but i: may reasonably be doubted whether the slave would consider the alteration to he any improvement of his condition, ant whether he would feel much inclination to work doing the third week, aft:r being so cruelly overworked thifang ries preceding weeks, for the distant olsject of being able to pundiase I is f.erdorn, or, according to lite ideas and feelings, the right to provide tor himself or starve, when he experimentally knows that as long as he is a slave he has an abarlote right to be mainiai.ted, and to have medical are when sick, even after he is disabled from wink by age or infirm& y, and that he actually obtains and enjoys these compensations toe his labour. The right of property of the planter in his slaves and their des cadent, u as v.lid as the law can make it, and has been as filly recognised by the Courts of Law and Equity, as the right to pro- ' petty (deny other kind whatsoever. The planter has in consequence aright mall the labour which the slave is reasonably capable of per forming, without injury to his heehh, coupled, of course, with the obligation of plodding his slave with sufficient feed, tlndlims, lodging, and medical care when sick, during the whole period of his life. It is therefore meting short of monstrous cuel:y and in justice to propose that the slave shall be compelled to work extra and necesserdy, under the circumstances, beyond his strength, and to sill the produce of that extra labour a fund fur compensat ing the master fur the lam of his slave. Mr. Wilmot Berton adds a P.S., that it might to arranged that alljudymetits for debts should be inoperative against property in slavesafter a =tan date. The di et of this wash; be the - breaking up of every estate whose owner is in debt, and the sole and disper sion tithe slaves, if under such circumstances it could be supposed that any person could be found to purchase a slave for the gratifies tion of being afterwards wrongfully deprived of him. But having so magnanimously resolved upon the ruin and annihilation of the property of the planter, I do not see that the British creditor need I bare troubled the consciences of his Majisty's Ministers. The act of acquiring slaves has been the set of the Natiort, and not of the colonists only, and consequently this new light of eman cipation cannot be canted into effect without committing an set of the moat monstrous injustice and oppression by any other means than by the motion paying to the colonists the fisli value of the whole of their property. his high time, therefore, that the independent and rational part of the nation should inquite diligently and coolly into this subject, that they may inter feet to prevent the destruction of the colonies, if it can yet be prevented, or honestly and manfully meet the conse quences and pay the costs of toils change in the national policy. Although tde wonderful dispatch bears the signature of the Se cretary and Under Secretary of State tee the colonies, yet it has been esserud, thus it is in fact the composition of Mr. Stephen, and pater. the truth may be, that it at teat passed order the reel iiice-of Messrs. Stephen senioe and j.tniae, the latter being said to be a kind of familiar and legal auviser of the Colonial Of ce. where he is considered to be a wiser man, and more able lawyer than is to be found in the known and responsible of of Atteroey and Solicitor General. But whether the bead of the Colonial (Pi ece framed the despatch, or adopted the suggestions of Mr. Ste phen, the avowed bitter enemy of the West India Colonies, it equally marks his qualification to fill the important office which he holds in the administration. hut, I would ask, if this is what Mr. Canning meant by " Majesty's Ministers acting in this mattes upon their responsibili ty" ? or, if this despatch does in fact contain the concentrated wisdom of the whole Cabinet ? and if the Lord Chancellor ap proved of it P If Mr. Canning aims at the character of an able Minister, he must not content himself with threatening and cajoling the West Indians into silence, wrth manreuvring and managing the fanatics and East Indians In the House of Conin.ons, and then leaving the Colonies to choice and to Lord Bathurst. A truly great statesman would have treated this subject in a very different manner. lie would have met the fanaticism and en thusiasm of false sentiment, which have been employed to inflame the public mind, with the honest and manly declaration, that if the result of the maniere. proposed should prove to be the total de. e nac tion, or partial injury of the property of the planter the na tion must bo prepared to pay the price of its change of national policy. This would have brought at once all men of practical neranareenos talk old* ofilowernment. Bo would then have been able to Mee* Mc Bursoll's Iltotiortin the flame of Com mons by the proviests question, sodging bland( at the mime time to inquire thligently and impart ally the actual condition of the slave population in every respect, and to adopt such nicasures for improving that Condition, u might then appear to be prised able, and consistent with the tranquillity of the Colonic.. and the rights of property ne now existing by law. He could then have proceeded on wars grounds, es far as might appear to be expedient sad safe—the colonies would not have been in their present criti cally dangerous state—and the government would not have fallen late their present dilemma, of either knowingly consenting to the therniction of the Colonies, or of quarrelling with the fanatic par/ in the House of Commons I if they adopt half measures, they will probably have the cleverness to do both. By the course which AI Misters have hitherto adopted they have, hi truth, incurred a fearful responsibility. Whatever they may tee) upon it, the Brea lost in Mane/ars, in the field, and at the ;alio% s, and all the hive which may be sacrificed before this ques tion is finally settled, do, in fact, rest upon their heads. Without fiqttiry, and without preparation, they rashly announced an entire change in the constitution of so ciety: in the Colonies—this at a time when the gurisons were scarcely adequate to the common duty, in times of tranquillity, and when even the military force in this country di 1 not afford the means of tending reinforcements from hrnce. In proof of this, i have to state that in 1/rmerara, with a population of 76,000 slaves, there were only 340 troops, and at the time of the insurrection not a man could be furnished from the he id-quarters at Barbados to die assistance of the Colony. V. Ministers were roused by this insurrection they could only venture to order from hence the contemptible reinforcement of three regiments, or 1.11010 men, to all our West India Colonies; • id sire t of this force I b. iere only two regiments have yet sailed. When the Colonists raid thztr fortunes and lives thus en dange ed, is it so be eap •. ted that they should be uniformly patient, or uniformly temp. raw and reasonable in the measures which they may think it expedient to adopt ? or is it to be wondered at if t hey should not at all times very nicely weigh their espies sifts Whatever my be the real views of Parliament and Gesell,- went, it is an unquestionable fact that the slaws consoler these views u nothing short of inomedi .t: end outpeal9kst nnurscipation; and it is now generally admitted that the Mon are not in a con dition to receive freedom at present, with benefit to themselves, testing aiide all considerstici for the interests of the plenum. Under these circumstances, it is impossible that the Colonies can remain e►en in their present feverish state, for the slaves will ire/nobly lose patience at what they will consider their right being withheld from them, and of course the ruin and desolation of the Colonies would follow. Its frightful to contemplate suit a result, but I see nothing tbatcan avert it, but immediately and laruly reinforcing the West India garrisons; then following the honest course of formally de claring—Fine, That the property of the planter shall not be taken from him wi bout full compersavon; thus restoring • value re West India property which st hes now e - tirely low. Secondly TRENCH PAPERS. Last night we received the French paper' of Thursday and Friday. The following are extracts : lrrom the Joureei des Debuts.] Cortivrewrixorst, JAN. itt The nomination of Gelib Effendi has caused a most agreeable sensation amongst the public. Favourable expectations trete formed of hint when the command of the camp of Bosphorus was entrusted to him. It is supposed that the difficulties existing at present with the powers of Europe will be shortly removed. The Sultan has addressed a n au t ogra ph l etter t o Clalib Effendi, in which he recommends in a particular manner the affkirs of the Mores to his attention. Great armaments are preparing, and the Janissaries will take the field in the spring. Mii.aw, Jaw. 21. Twenty-five persons, many of them of superior station, have been tried for high treason. The ('ourt has passed sentences in proportion to the guilt of each. The Nobles have been stripped of their titles of Austrian dignity, and many others are to be Im prisoned for life. Mariam, JAN. 19. Don Sadeo Calosnarde has been appointed Secretary of State to the denartment of lirace and Justice, and lion Juan Oliva, Mem ber of the Council of the Chamber of Castile. Jaw. 20. We are assured that the Marquis of Metalloids is :ousel Ambassador to Turin, in place of M. Anduags, who goes to Constantinople as representative of Spain. M. Mon, officer of the Guards, who was detained a long time in prison, after the events of the 7th of July, goes to Switzerland as Charge d'Affaires. Came, Jaw. 12. The same agitation still reigns in this city. Unless measures be changed in the tiightful moments through which we are passing, the Royalists will be the greatest sufferers. nuts. We hear from Havre, under date of the 28th of January, that the American corvette the Cyane was in the roads, having on board M. Brown, the Plenipotentiary of the United States to the Court of France, as successor to M. Gallatin. The Tribunal of Correctional Police has this day pronounced its judgment in the matter of M. Victor Ducasge, accused of cor rupting the public morals by the . publication of a romance called Love end War. He has allowed Judgment to go by default, and has been sentenced to two months' imprisonment, a fine of one hundred francs, and the suppression of the seized copies. La Jails/ .itairessusaich is /Annie well informed. announced yestoday that the representation of the Sicilian Vcsprrs, has been again suspended- by supenor seders. Manaus, Jaw. 18. The maritime preparations making In France are a great sub ject of discussion in the circles of the Serviles ; all that we have been r.ble to collect on this head confirms the existence of a secret treaty or arrangement between France and Spain, under the Influ ence of Russia, relative to the colonies; the basis is not known, only that France has engaged to assist Spain by various indirect means in its wasps *Nemo its colonies, and that Ferdinand has promised special protection to the French anseine and com merce, as well at the Havannah as at St. Juan d'Ullon, Lao, dm: and that it is highly probable that French ships of war have al. 'ready appeared in those ports, with deputies from Ferdinand. When it is objected to the S ervile, that England will oppose these projects on the Colonies, they reply, that France will find means to avoid coming into collision with that power, and will in. sensibly insinuate themselves into those vast possessions, rendering an important service to Spain, and, in return deriving advantage front their commerce. It is even affirm ed that a part of the French squadron, which sailed ostensibly foe Guadeloupe, is destined fur the Gulf of Mexico. and the other parts of Lima, when its bare presence will encourage the Royalists, as the cordon of health did these on the Peninsula. But -setting aide the ac curacy of all these conjectures, it is certain that hopes are conceived that the Royal cause will not lose ground in the Colonies. If any one hints at the opposhion of England to the operations of the French in America, he is answered by , being told of the Holy Alliance, and of the Continental blockade, which is the scare crow held up by the enemies of Great Britain." CONSTANTINOPLE, Dec. 28. Very alarming news for the Government is in circulation here. It is, in the first place, affirmed, that the Greeks have re-con., tared the Isle of Scio, and that they strongly mono the town of :myrna. On the other hand. it is certain that the Turks hays been forced to raise the blockade of Miasolonghi, and that they are a: the last extremity in Patna. This intelligence has produced such a sensation in the Divan, that the Ministry has fallen. The Reis Effendi is succeeded by Ss b Wendt. P.S. The Grand Vizier is exiled to Gallipoli, and he Is succeeded by Galib Effendi. In • word. it Is the moderate European party which is now in office.—Auvinsts Gazette. PETEISIEROH, JAN. 8. According to the latest intelligence from the frontiers of Turkey, it would appear that a new rupture between the Porte and Persia is dreaded. It is affirmed that, during the negotiations for peace, a Turkish corps suddenly attacked Bagdad, and put the Persian garrison to the sword. Mutts, JAN. 29. We yesterday received German Journals by an extraordinary conveyance. The Greeks have taken possession of the village of Youth by a coup de main, and seized seven Turkish boats, which they sent to !pears- The insurgents landed and made prisoners of a great number of Turks. A portion of the garrison of Corinth made a descent at Apeman& The Greeks occupied Corinth with a corps of Mt men without any fighting. The central Government of Greece is transferred to Arge. This iiimikence (which hascesiebed =from Coastatoinepie) has caused the overthrow of the Ottoman Ministry. (heat events are on the eve of taking place in the East Advice!" direct from Missolatighi, dated the 10th December. con firm the raising of the blockade, and that the Turks have lust be fore that fortress 3,000 men, with all their artillery and materiel. Mao rooordato ( who had arrived there, accompanied by lord Byron, Colonel Stanhope, and Lieut.-Colonel de Launsy) had cot two Turkish ships out of the Guiph of Patras, one of which belonged to Juesuf niche., the Commandant of Patras, and had on board 300,000 piastres in specie. Omar Puha has retired to Janina; but it is said that he is blocked up there in a house by his own troops, because they have not received their pay. AU foreigner+ are requested to assemble at Mieeolonghi, under the command of Lord 'Syron. The total change in the Ottoman Ministry, which we announced yesterday, is confirmed by accounts from (ride the follow. mg intelligence dated from thence):-- ODESSA, JAN. 3. . . . _ . We have received news of the most wain front Con stantinople, dated the 31st of Den nhem 1 exaserdinery meet ingof the Divan, which had been waked hi magnates of the crisis in which the Empire is, has Nominated in a total change of the Ottoman Ministry. What is most remarkable in this resolution de Coors ia, ineon testibly, the dismissal of the Reis Effendi, the best informed and most able diplomatist that Turk has had fora long period. He had survived several Ministerial gangs; but on this occasion he has been compelled to rale his office to olatlik Effendi. Ile cannot, however, be considered as decidedl in diarace, since he is nomi nated Saps - bey, or Minister of t he lotertor. The Grand Vizier, Ali Paella, has not been so fortunate; he is banished to Gallipoli, where he will soon know his fate; his exile thither but too cer tainly indicates that which is destined for him. The present Vizier is Galib Effendi, who is well known in Europe, having been ambassador at Paris. He is considered a moderate man. Ilia first measure, nevertheless, his been to decree a levy of 80,000 men, which he destines for the Mores. The Aga of the Janissaries succeeds Golib Effendi, in the command of the camp of the Bosphorus. Europeans, on the whole, regarded theme changes as favourable to the moderate party. The Isle of Scio has again becohat the theatre of sanguinary scenes. The Greeks have effected a leading there, and forced the Turks to take refuge in the Castle. P.S.—lt appears that the revolution which has just taken place in the Turkish 3linistry was mainly mused by the daring enter prise of the Greeks against the city of Smyrna, and against which they had already made the first attack, with some success. The dismay which this news excited in Constantinople is indescribable. The Sultan was in a high rage. It has been resolved by the Divan that all the disposable troops shall forthwith proceed by land to Smyrna.-Amgebarg Gazette. MADRID, JAY. 2& The Asia ship of the line and the Achilles brigantine sailed from Cadiz the 13th. It is said that they are to join the Jean