Star.
London, England, 1825-10-19 00:00:00

EXTRACT OF A LETTER FR-ht THE HARBOUR OP

ZANTE, DATED SEPT. 8, 1815.
14 I can only write to you a few lines horn the har-
bour, where 1 am confined in a most miserable cattle
boat, the best conveyance front the Mo-ea to Zante.—
The laws of quarantine are now exceedingly strict here,
the plague being at Modon, Coron, and Navarino—
one of the blessings brought to us by the Arabs.—h
has not, however, penetrated among the Grteks ; on
the contrary, Napoli, which is generally a very un-
healthy place in summer, has been this year quite
healthy, although containing at present more than fifty
thousand people.
" Flout C!areatzA and Gastouni, where I shall go

this night. I will write to you long details upon all the
affairs of Greece. I intend also to proceed to Misso-
longhi, to examine closely the state of that place.—
ahim Pacha, with 5,000 men, marched from Tripo:
lizza to Navarino about 20 days ago, but finding the
plague there, he came back. On his return, he was
surrounded by the Greeks, now collecting again under
Colocottoni. It is expected that he cannot open his
way ui !tont great loss. He had left at Tripolizza
'neatly 3,000 men, one part of which was placed at a
mull two hours from the town; these were attacked
•luring the night, and all killed, except a few who
were taken prisoners. Nearly (...),500, including many
wounded and sick, are strictly closed in Tripolizza,
and if Ibrahim cannot relieve them soon, they must
surren !er for want of provisions. The Greeks are now
in very goo,' spirits, and Colocotroi,i's army, when I
crossed the Nlorea five days ago, was between 12,000
and 14000 strong, and was daily incteasing, by the
Moreotes coming down from the mountains to join
him.—Their affairs in all quarters have assumed a
f vourable aspect.—The Greeks are more united than
they have ever been, and this camp sign may be consi-
dered as approaching to a termination."

JiImAICA.

KINGSTON, SEPTRNI3ER 3.

We are authorised to state, that instructions have bees
received at the Custom-house of Kingston, from the
Comm ssioners of Customs, London, directing their
officers to refuse to clear out a vessel having coffee on
board, unless all the certificates required by the Act of
the British Parliament, 5 Geo. 11. cap. 24, sec. 3, are
traduced; and to refuse to receive certificates which
have undergone an alteration ; and to consider the
ccffec shipped under such certificates as shipped with-
out a certificate, unless such alteration is noticed in the
jurat. Certificates which have the wei4ht inserted in a
hand-writing different from the other writing therein,
wilt he considered as having undergone an alteration.
Toe Loyal Briton (which an ived at Port Royal on
Saturday), arrived at Turk's Island on the 18th instant,
last from, Nassau, New Providence, with detachments
of the 2d West India Regiment. The detachment for
that island, under the command of Lieut. Redman,
disembarked on the subsequent day, and relieved a
party of the 91st Regiment, under the command of
Lieutenant Lovett. It is melancholy to state, that the
inhabitants of Turk's Island experien:ed, on the 27th
of July, a hurricane, which lasted six or seven hours.
During its continuance a great number of houses were
blown down, and others sustained considerable damage
—almost the whole of this year's salt was lost. All the
vessels at anchor were destroyed. The American brig
Eliza, from St. Thomas's, parted from her mooiings,
and foundered at sea; her crew was fortunately saved.
Another American vessel, supposed to be the Victory,
Captain Llurns, from Philadelphia, laden with flour,
capsized in the gale,and every person on board pe► ished.
She made every effort that was possible to come to an-
chor during the storm, but without avail.
Monday, a meeting took place at the Court House,
Falmouth, pursuant to notice, to take into consideration
the most efficient meat, of e-tablishing a fuiid for the
erection of a Presbyterian Church, and for provid ng
for its Minister. The Honourable James Stewart,
Custos, in the Chair.

The Custos op: ned the meeting with the following
addiess:—.. Gentlemen—Soon alier my return to this
pads!), to resume my old situation as your Cirstos, I
was given to understand that it had been in contem-
plation of several of the most iespectable i:ihabitants,
natives of Scotland, and others, who had been educ.ited.
according to the principles and institutions of their own
constitutional Church of Scot! Ind, to contribute to
the raising a fund for the purpose of building a suitable
place of worship in this town, and (or the suppuit of a
Presbyterian Minister. Unfortunate;y, tl.is praiseivotchy
disposition has not been cattle i into effect. Not, I
believe, from want of tufliciint zeal to proms to the
object, but the deplorable want of mean-, occasioned
by the unprecedented adversity and distress of the times.
Being so ciicumttanced, it is natural to resort to our
niot:ier country f it its fotterng aid ; and I am per-
suaded that Government w ill graciously bestow such
pecuniary assistance as will citable you to accomplish
your p.ous undertaking. I h tee, therefore, convyned
this meeting, in order to recommend that a special
Committee may be app. inted from your body, to take.
into consideration the means by which a Presbyterian
Church may be established in this town, to be .n com-
munion with the Church of Scotland, and to be served
by a regularly ordained Clergy man from that country;
and that the Committee may proceed with some con-
fidence, in an application to the British Government
for assistance, I beg leave to state for its information
the following facts, namely-
4, The British Government have uniformly counte-
nanced and supported Preshytetians and Members of
the Church of Scotland, even in parts of the British
empire where Episcopacy is the established religion.
" That in the North of Ireland, the British Governmentgrants
a considerable sum, annually, for the support of the Presbyterian
Clergy. •
" That in the Colony of the Cape of Good Hope, it supports a
Presbyterian Establishment, consisting of twelve clergymen.
" That in the Provinces of British America, where the Roman
Catholic religion is established, it assigns salaries for the support of
Presbyterian Ministers.
" That in each of the Presidencies of British India, it supports a
Clergyman of the Church of Scotland."
On the motion of William Miller, Esq.
It was resolved unanimously, that the measures now recoils..
mended be adopted; and the Chairman do forthwith appoint a
committee to carry them into effect, and that a book be opened for
subscriptions of voluntary donations, for the purpose intended.
The following. Gentlemen were appointed. a Committee—Wig.
Ham Miller, and Robert Scott, Esqrs. Dr. Thomas Willis, Dr.
John Anderson, and Dr. Robert Neilson.

A subscription nearly amounting to 1004. was im-
mediately made. Several individual sums were to a
large amount, two in land for building it on,if approved,
each amounting to 3001.
44 We ( West India Gazelle) should be sorry to thrrw
anything like a damper on this laujable undertaking ;
but we are apprehensive that the situation of the Kirk
will give rise to as much discussiiin as the situation of
the House of Congic,s in Amei ie....We have given
some consideration to the subjt.et in a statistical point of
iew, and conceive that 0:c el opoi ton of Presbyterians

LONDON.

WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER OCTOBER 19, 1825.
STOCK EXCIIANGE, TWELVE O'CLOCK.

Consols opened at 88 for DJoney, and are now 881 o for the
Account, and 88 toe for Money.
In the Fareign Blarket very little is stirring.
Current I'rices: Austrian Bonds 98i I, Brazilian Scrip 9Si
disc. Colombian Bonds 741 73k, Greek Bonds ten 3, Mexican
Bonds 70, Mexican Scrip 9i 9 disc. Russian Bonds 923 93A,
Spanish Bonds 131

ICE 011: STOCKS AT TWO O'CLOCK.
Bank Muck ex-div. 225Y2
Stet Cent. ited. ex div. 87% 1/4
ref Cent. Cons. 881/s 881/4
SI per Cent. ex-div. 951/4 •
3} per Cent. lied. ex div. 9478 3/1 95
• 4 per Cent. New 1031/4 Vs 1/8 3/d
Long Ann. ex-div. 'l'll/2 1-16
-India Bonds 15 12
MAO Extlieq. Bills 4 1 3
42500 ditto 4 1 3
£lOO and £2OO ditto 6 3 •
4 7nm. for Acct. 831/4. 3/6

In this column our Readers, will find the first
address of the new Consultative Junta to the King of
Spain: the subject matter of which is, properly speak-
ing, no more than' a formal acceptance of office, but
in regard to the aramter, the style, and apparent spirit
which pervades this document, there is room fur much
melancholy speculation. It is at once formally and so-
lemnly avowed that the will of the Kum sha:l be a law
to.the Junta.-the instructions of his Ministers their im-
plicit rule of action. After this portentous declaration,
it is ev:dent that the appellation of consultative is a
=isomer. -The Junta is rather to act according to
the previous consultations of others, and it would
seem that their functions are to be limited to a duty
much the same as that of compurgatora in our ancient
Courts of Law—persons who are ready to avouch that
the acts, past and future, of .the SOVEREIGN and his
Ministers, are the wisest, the hest, and the most laudable
that could have been devised.

Their labours, however, are to be directed to tl.e ac-

• complir.iiment of many magnificent objects, some ori
hich are sufficiently difficult of attainment—such as
the means of maintaining the splendour of the Throne
by adequate taxation—and by raising loans—the irate;
grity of his Nlaaeszir's ancient dominions; that is, the
recovery of the revolted provinces: and last, not leas?,
the uniting the People and the Priesthood in one com-
mon interest. It is here, then, officially avowed, though
unhappily too notorious already, that: the Nation and
the Priesthood are at present separate bodies,. pursuing
different interests. It remains therefore to be seen,
though not very difficult to be predicted, which class is
to recede from its pretensions. That gallant and high-
minded nation, whose ancestors for a thousand years
were often iu the first, seldom in the second rank,
of arts, arms, and civilization—that heroic pto.
ple who, when hope was despair, when all was lost
but their own native energies, took up their Cross, and
manfully (ought out the salvation cf their beloved
country—those very Spaniards arc now doomed to
crouch abjectly tinder the pitiless 'lash of a decrepid
hierarchy—a miserable and blinded priesthood, who,
in enslaving the minds acd bodies of their fellow-men,
lose the consciousness of being connected with them by
the ties of consanguinity and common interest, and are
preparing the medicine which will hasten the dissolu-
tion of the Spanish Monarchy, if not erase its very
name from the list of independent nations. The whole
people of Spain, high and low, Rulers and sub-1
jects, seem so romple.ely entangled in the net of
stupid superstition and priestcraft, that there now
appears no prospect of averting tht ir sad fate—
not even in the distant horizon a cloud as big as
ir man's hand to promise future salvation. The last
hope of every friend to Spain seemed to have anchored
on the counsel likely to spring from that union of in.
tcllect, rank, and consideration, for which the proposed
Junta gave fair opportunity. But their prostrate ser-
vility in this their opening address—their utter want
of wisdom to remedy—nay, of perception to com-
prehend the causes cleating those manifold calami-
ties which afflict their country, is so palpably evinced
in their own words, that nothing remains for the people
of England, who, in the hour of trial, had signally
'proved themselves the best and most disinterested
friends of the Spanish nation, but to sympathise with
them over misfortunes which really seem to be the work
of an over-ruling power. " Quos Dcus cult perdere
plias dementat."

FOitEIGN FUNDS AND SHARE LIST.

FORRWN FUN DI
Austrian lids .5 p Ct. 981
Brazilian 73j 741
Ditto Acct.

U. 5c1ip,51,C.1825, Si dis.
Buenos Ayrrs Builds

Ditto Acct.

Chihap 13. mils, 6 p Ct.
Columbian 6pC. 76
1 lit() Acct. 76

TWO O'CLOCK..
Mex. Scrip, 1925, 9} dis.
Ditto Acct. 91 8j / d die.
Neapolitan Bond%

Mit() Bonds 5 p C.
Peruv. Bonds, 6 pC.

Ditto Bonds 1821.741 75}
Ditto Acc. 741 751
Drni4ll Dom's, 3 p Ct.
Do. Narks Banco
Ditto Bonds. 1825, 661
Gr.. k lion&

Ditto for Arc.

DittoScrip,lB2s, 6 p C.
Pot tuguese Bonds S
Pruss. Ills. 5 p C.

Da Bonds, 1822, 991 100
1tu55.1id5,1222,5 p C. 921 931
Span. 5 p C. Con). 181
Ditto Acct.
Spati.sp. Ct. C.1R23, 131
french Rentes, 5 p C. 100 f.

. .
Do. 8d5,18255 pCt. 291 450 9.91 Exchange, 251. 20c.
Ditto Acct. 29} 30 29i I Frenchllentes,3p C.
%:ex. Bonds, Guatemala Scrip, 5 dis.
Ditto Acct. Ditto Acct. 54 5 dis.
1)0.80nd5,1825,6pCt. Russian Inscript. 6 p Ct.
BRITISH ANU FOREIGN SHARES, TWO O'CLOCK.
SHAKE. PAID. PRICE PER tIIA RE..
Anglo Mesican 5 pm. 100 30 70 674
Castellu&EspiritoSanto 100 5 9 A 9
Chilian and Peruvian 100 5 41
Potosi, La Paz, & I'eruv. 50 5 54 5 4 3
Rio de la Plata - 100 5 9
Royal Waldeck 100 1 9 t
United ‘lentican 40 20 34
Alliance British & For. 100 10 124 I
Marine Alliance 100 5 54
Protector Fire - • 90 2' 13
Continental Gas 100 8 zi
Provincial Portable Gas 100 4 11
Birmingham and Liverpool 50 3 4
iii it i.it Iron Company • 100 25 201
llrit:,li Rock & Patent Salt 50 5 104 4 I 4
Canada Comoany 100 - 10 - 34 33
Elbe and Weser Steam 100 2 24'
London Window Glass 50 2 24
Pearl Fishery, Yellow (iss.Xlo pm) 95 2 104
Pravinciai Bank of lrelamil 100 10 10

His Grace the Archbishop of CANTERBURY is ar-
rived, happy and well, at the Palace, Lambeth.
The Doke of CUMBERLAND arrived at his alma-
meat.; in the King's Palace, St. James's, about half-past six o'clock
yesterday evening, in his travelling carriage and four, from the
Royal Lodge, Windsor Park, where his Royal Highness has been
staying fur some da)f , on a visit to the Kmo.
Lord SrttANGvottp left town with his suite between
four and five o'clock yesterday morning, for Harwich, to embark
for .Russia.

The Duke cf VILLA iienatosA, the Spanish Am-
ba.sador in Paris, gave a dinner on the 15th, in honour of King
Faunisaun's birth-day. The French Ministers, the Foreign Am-
b:ukiadors, and' several other people of rank were present.
The Jockey Club Dinner, at Newmarket, on Mon.
day, was attended by—The Duke of Portland, Earl Stratibrooke,
Earl Verniarn, Lord Kensinvon, Lord John Fitzroy, Sir John
She!l. y, John Plyng, Colonel Synge, Mr. Cotton. Mr. Payne.
Mr. Rush, Mr. Keating, Nig-. Duncoinbe, and several other dis-
tinguithed Nletolh•rs of the Club. •

File SYEAKEg; it IS said, has announced to the pre-
sent .'embers that he has no intention of offering himself for the
University of Cambridge at the next, General Election.
The Akielphi Theatre is going on swimmingly since
the revival of that mo+t entertaining Burlesque, The Quadmperts.
The double in:it:gloms of li'rerrs and J." Rases, draw down shouts
of applause, and attract overflowing houses.
The 1-laymatket The: had an overflow last night,
which the pei tormances richly de,erved.

MARI:LIGE. IN 111611 LlFE.—Married, Monday,
at Shiplake, the lion. and 12,verend FRWF.RWK BERTIE, to
VikS;INA ANNE 1t.:31n.Y second daughter of near-Admiral
Lord MAUR KERK.

The Minor Theatres seem indefatigable in the pro-
duction of novelties, which nightly attract very excellent houses.
The C. nsrittreot Congress of Peru, has abolished the
Order of the Sun, which existed under the Provisional Government.
Monday, Araham Charles Mummery, whose case
has excited so much interest, was sent off from Newca. de, by the
ship lluines, Captain STRACIIAN, for the Hulks, previous to his
being transported for life.
_ _

An eiteissive torgely on the Montreal Bank hits
lately been discovered. It is stated that one forged check, drawn
or 1,7001. had been paid, with which the individual who procured
the payment had taken his departure for the United States.
Ct•lonei GusrAFFsorr (ex• King nt.So.rdet) lives ►n a
very retired manner at Mentz. His habits of life are prcutiar:y
unobtrusive, and exemplary.

THE la VG.

WINDSOR, OCT. 18.—His MAJESTY'S phaetons were
in readiness yesterday afternoon for a considerable time,
but the weather continuing unfavourable, the KING,
'and his Royal Highness the Duke Of CUMBERLAND,
were prevented from taking their usual airing. In the
evening his MAJESTY entertained his guests and suite,
consisting of the following distinguished characters, at
dinner Duke of DORSET, Prince ESTEItHAZY,
Earl and Countess LiEyEs, Earl and Countess MoUNT-
CHARLES, Marquis, Marchioness, Lady E. and Lord A.
CONYNGHAM, Sir A. BARNARD, &C. His MAJESTY'S
private band was in attendance.
At two o'cicck Monday afternoon Lis MAJEsTY's
pony phaetons (consisting of two single and one double-
bodied) were in readiness at the Royal Lodge, and
shortly afterwards his MAJESTY, accompanied by the
Duke of CUMBERLAND, left and drove him..elf through
the plantations skirting Bkhopsgate to Virginia Water.
His MAJESTY was soon followed by the LORD Srew-
ARD and Sir %V. linicirroN, in a second phaeton, and
the aLubfe bodied with postillions and four ponies, con-
tainhig Earl arid Countess MOUNTCUARLES, Sir A.
BARNARD, and Lord A. CoNYNGUAM, the whole C';r•
lege attendee' with cuuiders in full state liveri s.—llis
MAJESTY and the Royal Duke alighted turn) the phae•
ton, and einbarked on board the pleasure-boat, and
made an excursion on the lake ; the surrounding
scenery of which is allowed by many not to he sur-
passed in point of na,ural beauty. Royal Party
remain d about; twenty minutes at Virginia Water,
and aftersvar ds continued their drive to Crairbourn, and
returned by Sandpit G .te back to the Royal Lodge.
Ye.terday Prince EsTEurrAzY, the Duke of DORSET,
and Count Lter-LN, took an airing on horseback, in the
Great Park.