Star.
London, England, 1823-12-11 00:00:00

RIOT

BARBADOE&

private letters from Barbadoes contain atcountai
oto-reirf remarkable outrage committed in that island;
of Alch -no notice is taken in the newspapers from that
plate. It appears that a Missionary of the name of
Shreivsbury was suspected of having sent home to the
Society. by which he was employed, statements highly
injurious to the moral character of the lower classes of
'the white ptipulation of Barbadties, whom he represented
as bred-up withoui se y paterkdge of Christianity, and
incapable, from al‘eir depraved habits, of acquiring any.
Whether Stith acemints were reallyggemsmitted to Eng
land, we do not pretend to determine; but the people
affected by them obtained what they: considered suffi-
cient evidence of the fact, and were goaded by them to
the highest degree of irritation. Their-first proceeding
was to repair in a body to the chapel in which MN
Shrewsbury officiated, provided with cat-calls and other
noisy instrumetlts, which they employed in the ifiest vra-i
lent manner, for the purpose of compelling -him ,to. quit.
the pulpit, and desist from the perforniante of hit duty.
All their efforts, howetrer, were unavailing; the preacher
kept his post unmoved, waited with calmness till the
annoyances ceased, and then proceeded with his func-
tions. Finding it impossible, by this mode, to drive him
from his post, they had -the audacity to invite, by
written placards, an assembling of the persons ag-
grieved for the following evening, when they proceeded
to demolish the meeting-house in which Mr. Shrews-
bury officiated, which they did so effectually that not
a brick or piece of timber was left standing, after which
they dispersed quietly to their several homes. So bent
were these deluded people on this outrage, and so in-
different to its probable consequences, that they we►e
overheard to declare, while the work of destructimt
was in progress, that if interrupted iby the appear-
ance of the military, they would, resift them to the
utmost. A proclamation was issued the following
day by Sir Henry Warde, offering a reward of £lOO for
the disccrvety of any of the actors in the attack on the
congregation-house of Mr. Shrewsbury, which is said to
have been followed by a counter-placard on the part of
the rioters, stating that" the good people of Barbadoes
would take care fitly to punish such person or persons
as should make any discovery." Mr. Shrewsbury had
thought it prudent to fly the island, and here the affair
at present rests. It does not appear the transaction had
any other cause than the supposed communications of
Mr. Shrewsbury to the Missionary Society.

THE EVENING STAR.

LONDON.

THURSDAY, DECEMBER 11, 1823.
THE FONDS.
STOCK EXCHANGE. TWELVE O'CLOCK.

Owing to the intelligence trout 31144 rid this morning, the Foreign
Macket was crowded at an early boor, and when it opened a great
bustle and confusion took place. Spanish Beads, which left off
yesterday at 261, opened this morning at 281, 291, 281, 29, 481,1,
29, and a great deal of business was doing. it is now expected
that the new Ministry of Spain will make some arrangement for
the Old Spanish Loan before they can obtain the new one, which
is again on the lapis, and likely to be taken by one of the first Cam.
nsercial Houses in Paris.

French Bence 91f. 50c. Spanish 51i to 34.
Consols opened this morning at 851, and, op to this hour, they
are 1$ for the Account.
FOREIGN FuNps.

Current prices : Spanish sa, New 81, Colombian Sato 1, Old
rotas 71, New 61.
PRICE OF STOCKS AT ONE O'CLOCK.

•
Bank Stock 227 295%
S per Lent. Reduced.tias %
.3% per Cents. 98114-1 per Cents. Old 1003/8 i 14
Bank Lg. An 21 9-16—India ads. 844. BQs. 80. pr.
Eichorn; I tills AXE) 545. 575. pre. •- •
Coos. for Acct. 85% ;13 1/2 54.

CHANGE IN THE SPANISH MINISTRY.

The following important intelligence has been re-
ceived by a private channel from Paris s

PARIS, DRCESIBBR
" The Government courier which arrived today,
brought intelligence from Madrid to the 4th instant....
The news which he brings is of great importance,.
There has been nearly a total change of the Spanish
:Ministry; The Madrid Gazette of the 4th contains
four Royal decrees.

u By the first, his Majesty *ppoints as first Minister
of State, the Marquis-of Casa Irujo; as Minister of
Grace and Justice for Spain and the Indies, Don Nar-
ciso de Heredia ; as Minister of War, Major-General;
Don Josef de la Cruz ; and as Minister of Finance, Don
Luis Lopez Ballasteros. The Minister of Marine re-'
mains. This decree is dated Dec. 2, and is counter-
signed Luis Maria Salazar, who remains as Minister of
Marine.

" By the second decree, his Majesty appoints, as Pre-
sident of his Council, Dnn Ignacio Martinez de Villela.
This place was vacant, by the refusal of the Dukft del
Infantado to accept it.
" By the third decree, SAcz, the King's former Priam
Minister and Confessor, is nominated to the Bishopric of
'j'ortosa, vacant by the death of -Don Manuel Ros y
Medrano. At the same time that he ceases to be Minister,
re ceases to be Confessor to the King.

" By the fourth decree, his Majesty,' seeing the absolute
necessity, for the good goiernment of his vast Monarchy,
of establishing a Council of State which may unite the
knowledge and the expel iencereqoisite to guide the reso-
lutions of his soveteign authOriti; has nominated ten in-
-dividuals, composed of persons selected from the old
Council of State, existing on the 7th of March, 1820, and
others. to be a Council of State. His Majesty reserves
the power of adding to their number. His Majesty, as ,
well as his two brothers, may preside at this Council.
The Councillors named are—Eguia, the Duke-of San!
Carlos, Don Juan Peres Villamil, Don Antonio Vargas
Laguna, Dou Antonio Gomez Calderon, Don Juan Bad-
lista, sie J,rro, Don Josef Garcia de la Torre, and Don
Antonio Rojas.

Ministers are, ex oirrelo, Members of this Council.
its Decree is dated the 3d instant, and counter-
' Casa Irujo.

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bigned