Star.
London, England, 1824-02-07 00:00:00

INSURRECTION A .11ARTINIQUE.

By the Cornwall, Captain Morrison, arrived at Liver- I
pool from Barbadoes, intelligence of a very alarming
nature has been received from Martinique, by which it
appears that the mania of insurrection, so prevalent of
late in the West Indies, has spread to the French colonies.
Fortunately a timely discovery of the conspiracy has
taken place, and the consequences which might have
attended it have, therefore, been prevented ; but if the
accounts now received are authentic, this insurrection
has been planned with a degree of sagacity, and was to
have spread so extensively, among the people of colour
as well as the slave population of Martinique, that it
s: as evidently of a much more dangerous nature than
any whlch have occurred in the British colonies. The
plot was revealed in consequence of a discovery made
by one of the Mulattoes. that in the event of its success
the property of the people of colour would not be re-
spected, on whicl2 he gave information to the Govern- •
sr.ent. The intelligence of the events at Martiniquehad
caused an order to be issued for placing Dominica under
martial law. The Cornwall, which left Barbadoes on
the 411: ult. has brought dispatches for the English Go-
vernment. The following is an extract from the Bar.
badoei Paper of the 31st of December :

" limbur-Town, Rectusta
II By the mail-boat Eleanor, captain moty,,tt,
winch
left Mattinique on Monday afternoon, and arrived here
last night, we are informed of that Wan:: having been
thrown into a serious state of alarm. Between twenty
and thirty free coloured people, all wealthy and respect-
able, have been arrested, and sent from Sr. Pierre to
Fort Royal, on board one of the frigates, where they
are in close confinement. Some seditious conespond-
er,ce had been discovered, which had been carried on
by the malcontents with Eurtte, the English Islands.
and St. Domingo. indiscriminate massacre of the
white inhabitants, and setting the town of St, Pierre on
fire, were the diabolical means by which they intended
to overthrow the Government. The vigilance of a
French police, under the superintending hand of Pito-
vinetzee, has frustrated this horrible conspiracy. A
letter, it is said, was found, coutaming a reply from
Boyer, the Chief at S:. Domingo, to ass application
male by one of the conspirators for the assisnurce of
soldiers. The news of troops having arrived here from
England, to keep in awe disaffected
,fellows, and the
o.pottune arrival of troops horn trance, staggered

their resolution, and aware to,have induced them to
fut 9ff thegonsunuritation of their revolutionary scheme
roth the 17th of December, the day originally fixed
ou, until Christmas•eve. But, in the meantime, the
activity of the Executive, and the curubitte watchfulness
of the police, made such discoveries as completely ar-
rested their career. Several coloured men had arrived
there lately from France, who had been distributing
seditious pamphlets; and it is said that about sixty of
the coloured militia bad been disarmed."
By this conveyance a letter has been received by an
emineat West Indian Establishment from Barbadoes,
dated on the 3d of January last, of which the following
is an extract: .

" A plot has lately been discovered of an insurrection being on
the point of breaking out at Martinique, which, it is said, was pre-
vented taking place by the timely arrival in that island, of .500
troops from France, as well as by the reinforcement we have had
here from England. The free coloured people ate said to be impli-
cated inthe-atfair,,and a correspondence has been discovered be-
tween them and the Government of St. Domingo. The Island
of Dominica has, in consequence of this, been placed under mar-
tial law," Inc.

PARLIA MEN 1 Y .P#OCEEDIGNS.
HOUSE OF COMMONS, 'FEBRUARY 0.
Papers were presented from the Court of Chancery, which were
Laid on the table.

Mr. T. WILSON presented a Petition from the Inhabitants of
the Ward of Broad-street, praying the Duty on Coals might be re-
pealed. Ile also presented a Petition from an individual against
the return made for the Borough of Bussiney.—Both Petitions were
laid on the table. _

Mr. AGAR ELLIS moved for Returns of the names of all
Parishes which had presented memorials either to the Lord Lieu-
tenant of Ireland separately, or to the Lord Lieutenant in Council,
relative to the proposed Act of Parliament for arranging the Com-
mutation of Tithes in Ireland, with the amount of Composition in
each case, and specifying also the Parishes in which such Composi-
tion had been rejected.
Mr. GOULBURN said he had intended to have Moved for a
Return on this subject himself. If the House were to have any
Return, it would be desirable to have one which would be satis-
factory and effective; that which could be procured by the Ho-
nourable Member's motion would only be a Return of the names
and number of the Parishes which were dissentient, and the amounts
of each proposed composition ; but his, besides embracing these
points, would furnish the House with the precise reasons why the
Vestries had in each case of refusal rejected the Bill. Without this
information the Returns would be of comparative unimportance.
After a few words from Air. GLAITAN and Mr. A. &Lis, the
Returns were agreed to.
Mr. BYNG presented two Petitions from the Parishes of Ed-
monton and Enfield against the existing Duties on sea-borne Coal.
He recommended the subject strongly to the attention of the Right
Hon. the Chancellor of the Exchequer.—The Petitions were both
laid on the table.

Lord ALTHORPE gave notice of his intention to move for an
Account of the gross amount of the Revenue for the last three
years; also a similar Return from Ireland. He also moved fur a
hst of the umber of Roman Catholics who had been appointed
to the situation of Assistant Barristers, and to other official situa-
tions in Ireland. When these Returns should be in the possession
of Members, it was his intention to give notice of a general motion
relative to the present state of Ireland.
Mr. Secretary CANNING, in reply to a question from Mr.
Abercromby respecting the number of prosecutions under the Ille-
gal Meeting Act, said he was not aware of their number, nor could
he give the information required.
Mr. ABERCROM BY said he hoped he would procure it, and
return him an explicit answer on the subject.
Mr. MA BERLY gave notice, that on the 6th of May he should
submit to the adoption of the House a pnopoeition for saving a
great part of the unnecessary expense incurred at present through
the improvident and extravagant mode of collecting the duties rn
malt and beer. He took that opportunity of acquainting the Char.
cellor of the Exchequer, if the Right Honourable Gentleman bad
not any intention of doing something himself relative to the amal.
gamizing and consolidating of the Consolidated Fund, that be
should also propose a scheme to that effect, by which a very large
sum would be saved to the Public in its management.
Mr. HUME gave notice that on Tuesday the 9th of March he
should move for a Cammittee to inquire into the state of the Church
of Ireland, with a view to its reduction. He wished to know
from the Right Honourable Secretary, whether they might expect
the long promised returns relative to the Consular Department to
be laid on the table?
Mr. Secretary CANNING said, that as to their being so long
promised he was not to blame, the promise was none of his. The
returns were returns of infinite detail; yet he believed and trusted,
that, in the present Session, he or his Right Honourable Friend in
whose Department it more properly lay, should be enabled to place
these returns on the table. One point of Information he would
give the Honourable Gentleman, which would probably set his mind
at ease, and that was, that generally speaking, he had reduced the
allowances to the Consuls stationed at the Brazils.
Mr. HUME said, he was convinced the mode which had been
adopted as to their allowances was very injudicious. They should
have stated incomes, not dependent on the produce of the com-
merce of British subjects.
Lord JOHN RUSSELL, after a few words on a point of form
with Mr. Secretary Canning across the table, fired his notice of a
motion fur the formal evacuation of the Spani►h territory by the
French forces for Thursday the 12th of March.
Mr. Serjeant ONSLOW renewed the notice of his :notion for
leave to bring in a Bill to repeal the existing Usury Law for Tues-
day next.