The Sun.
London, England, 1824-02-06 00:00:00

DEMERARA.

Letters and papers from Demerara to the 25tb
December were received yesterday afternoon.
The Cato transport, with 200 men of the 93d
regitnent, arrived there on the 18th ; hut, con-
trary to expectation generally entertained in con-
sequenices of the assurances made by Lord BA-
THuRsT, were only to remain there until the expi-
ration of the Christmas holidays, when they were
to proceed to Barbadoes. The militia continue
to do duty in George Town, and the red flag was
still flying, on which account the greater part of
the warehouses were closed ; but business was
beginning to revive, and the whole of the colony
was tranquil, with the exception of the eastern
part, the spot where the insurrection first broke
out, and the cause of which is explained in an ex-
tract from a letter quoted below. Subjoined will
also be found extracts from the Guiana Chronicle
of Dec. 17, among which is a letter from Lord
BATiluitsT to the Governor of Demerara, on the
subject of the insurrection.

EXTRACT OF A LETTER, DATED DEMERARA, DEC. 25.

" It was fully expected here that the revolt of the Negroes
would have made a serious sensation in Europe, and mate-

rially checked the confidence and credit of the merchants in
England. The looked-for proclamation in the name of the
King has at length appeared in print, but it is couched in such
indecisive, nay, ambiguous terms, that we are all convinced
it will not havii'the least beneficial effect on the minds of the

Negroes.
" The promised assistance of military force by Government
has ended in disappointment, as we have now to petition for a
detachment of those which, though anchored before the river,
were immedhately ordered to Barbadoes, and the merchants,
consequently, who have all through the progress of the late in-
surrection performed military duty, will be compelled, to their
great inconvenience, to continue to do so.
" At the publication of the Governor's Proclamation, by
which the Negroes on, the east coast (where the insurrection
commenced, are forbidden to dance during the Christmas holi-
days, they have behaved in a very disorderly manner, and de-
clared that they would dance in spite of the Governor's order.
At plantation Nabaclis, 39 have been confined in the stocks ;
and that riotous spirit is so prevalent on that coast, that regular
troops have been detached there to keep the Negroes in awe till
the holidays are over."
( From the Guiana Chronicle of Dec. 17. )
PROCLAMATION.

BY MIS EXCELLENCY MAJOR-GENERAL JOHN MURRAY,
LIEUTENANT-GOVERNOR AN!) COMMANDER-IN-CHIEF
IN AND OVER THE UNITED COLONY OF DEMERARA
AND ESSEQUEBO, &C. &C. &C.
His Majesty having been pleased to convey to me, throughof
the Right Honourable the Earl Bathurst, K.G., Principal
Secretary of State for War and Colonies, his Royal approval of
the measures adopted in consequence of the late unfortunate
ythos deee splaves who regret at
t
occurrences among the slaves on the east coast of this Colony,
and his satisfaction at the zealous and praiseworthy conduct
the officers, both Civil and military, by whose exertions the
rebellion has been happily put a stop to. and order re.esta-
bie
li is hdeard
daring
andthil Colony,highly as
criminal wella as
conduct
dilolcatj
oe Majesty
have participated in the late revolt, has commanded me to
make known to the slave population of these settlements, as
expressly from his Majesty, and in his name, that it is on the
peaceable, temperate, and industrious behaviour of the slave
population, and on their anxiety to avail themselves of all means
calculated to improve their moral and religious condition, that 1
the success of those measures intended for their special benefit
necessarily depends ; and that an opposite line of conduct will
forfeit all their claims on the liberality of the British Parlia_
ment, and deprive his Majesty's Government of the means of
carrying
into effect the Resolutions which have been unani.
mously adopted by the House of Commons.
I have therefore thought fit, in the name of his Most Gra-
cious Majesty the King, to cause this my proclamation to be
printed and made public ; commanding all persons having
charge of any slaves in this colony, to make known to them
the contents hereof, immediately, for their guidance.
Given under My hand and seal of office, at the King's House,
in Georgetown, this lbtli-ilay of December, 1823, and in the
fourth year of his Majesty's reign.
130c1 save the king !
By command, JOHN MURRAY, Gov. Sec.

(COPY)
15
tti been
of that month. unanimously agreed to by
thel
"treetl London, Oct. 23, 1823.
Snit--On the
'aslast,l transmitted to you, by
command of his 111ajesty, certain resolutions respecting the
melioration of the condition of
28thD° Owfn flay 1
the slave population in his
Majesty's colonies,
of
Commonsl.onies
''which
on the 15th
In the dispatch which accompanied those resolutions, you
were instructed to call the immediate attention of the local
authorities in the colony under Your government to the best
means of gradually accomplishinf their object, and of com-
mencing the proposed system o
m
_ elioration in the manner
pointed out in that dispatch. zut at the same time, in order
to prevent these intentions in favour of the slave population
from being frustrated by any proceedings on their part, into
which they might be unwarily led by mischievous and un-
founded representations, you were authorised,
in case of any
appearance of insurrectionary movements, publicly to notify
for their information--" That the various measures contem-
plated by his Majesty's Government for the melioration of
their condition, and for the object of progressively qualifying
them for an extension of privileges, would be rendered ut-
terly abortive by any general misconduct or acts of insubordi-
nation on their part."
The late accounts from the colony under your government
have been received by the King with the deepest regret, and his
Majesty has commanded me to instruct you to proclaim, on
the receipt of this, in the most public manner, as by the express
command of his Majesty, conveyed to you by the Secretary of
State—" That it is on the peaceable, temperate, and indus-
trious behaviour of the slave population, and on their anxiety
to avail themselves of all
.in. cans
thatcalculated to improve their
moral and religious condition, the •
ndition, success of those benefit
mea-
sures intended for their special necessarily depends ;
and that an opposite line of conduct will forfeit all their claims
on the liberality of the Brinell
- Parliament, and deprive his
, ,ment,
Majesty's Government of the means o. carrying into effect the
resolutions which have been unanimously adopted by the House
of Commons."
And you will take every means of circulating this proclama-
tion, and of making its teriour completely and universally
known. . _.

I have the honour to be, Sir,
Your most obedient humble servant,
(Signed) BATHURST.
To Major-General Murray. &c. &c.
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