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London, England, 1823-10-14 00:00:00

FOREIGN FUNDS.

Spanish Bonds have somewhat lowered since yesterday; Colom-
bian retain their price. In all other Foreign Securities there is but
little doing.
Current Prices : New Spanish 271; Old 351, i; Russian 84* ;
Colombian 57 to ; French Scrip 21; Poyais 14 to 15.

PORTUGUESE LOAN.

A new Loan to the Portuguese Government has just been con-
tracted for by Messrs. 13. A. Gocnscitmurr and Co. on the follow-
ing terms ;
Amount of Loan £1,200,000 sterling, at the rate of Five per
Cent. Interest, payable in London, Ist December mid Ist June, by
Messrs. B. A. Gosuscannurr and Co.

There will be a Sinking Fund, the whole to be redeemed within
28 years, •iz. 1823 to 1824, 3 per Cent.-1324 to 1823, 21 per•
Cent.-1823 to 1826, 2 per Cent.-1826 to 1827, 11 per Cent.-
1827 to 1828, and every subsequent year, 1 per Cont. on the amount
of the Loan, to be employed in purchasing up Bonds in the Mar-
ket and cancelling them.

The Revenues generally, and especially the Produce of the To-
bacco Contract, which is to be remitted to London by the Colla-
tors, and the Decima Tax, are the Securities. The Payments will
be 10 per cent. 20th hist. and toper cent. IstoDecember ; Balance,
2d Feb. 1824. Earlier payments may,. however, be made, and a
Discount of four per cent. will be allowed..
N.B. The Contractors issue Scrip Receipts, which, when the
Payment on ahem iS made in full, will be exchanged against Bonds
wheat they are ready fur delivery.

I'll ICE 4W STOCKS AT ONE O'CLOCK.

Bank Stock 2251/l 226-3 per Ct. Itedu. 83 Ye 82%
3 per Cent. Cons. 83% Ni 5/8-3'/i per Cents. 963/4
4 per Cent. Old 1001/4 3/4 14
4 per Cents. New 104 103%8
Bank Long Aims. 21 1-16 21 1/11
Imperial 3 per Cents. 8311/4—lndia Bonds 71s. 735. pr.
Exchequer Bills ,000) 40s. 41s. 395. 40s.
Ditto Small 40s. 425. prem.
Consols or Acct. 83% Y 8 5/8.

In the STAR of Satui day we gave the most authen-
tic informatiou which hid then reached town, of an
insurrection in Dernarara. This we were enabled to db"
by a private letter we had received from a Correspon-
dent, who left the colony on the 23d of August. We
have now received more ample .details of the con-
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spiracy, which we arehappy to learn has been subdued.
—The measures taken by the Governor General Mutt
RAY, on discovering the conspiracy, were prompt and
decisive. A proclamation was issued, declaring the
Colony of Demarara and Essequibo under martial law;'
and the military force was instantly marched against
the insurgents,whose number appears to have been about
3,000. The conspiracy is said to have had deep rami-
fications, and to have been contrived by men of supe-
rior knowledge and abilities.
The Bulletin of the Governor, which, witk the Pro-
clamations, we subjoin, as well as private letters, states
the military operations against the insurgents, who in
one or two instances appear to have fought in a very
determined manner, though, as was to be expected,
they were soon compelled to yield to disciplined troops.
They ate de,cribecl as having been badly armed, since,
in two divisions of 1,000 each, there was not above 100
stand of arms ; others e ere provided with pistols, but
the great body of them were armed with cutlasses and
bayonets fixed upon poles.
Several of the white people had been seized and
placed in security by the negroes, and some of them who
were set in the stocks, were released by the military,
who met with every assistance from the h!habitants.—
The promptitude with which the insurrection was op-
posed had the happiest effect—the movements of the
rebels were paralysed, and their spirits broken ; the
official accounts, which are dated the 22d. August, state
that the greater part of the insurgents along the sea
coast had laid down their arms, and a returning sense
of duty was manifesting itself.
By the arrival of the Glenbervie in the Clyde, from
Demarara, which place she left on the ld ult. we have
infprmation of a much later date than the official ac-
counts, which is highly satisfactory, All the negroes are
Said to have returned to- their work ; and tranquillity
had been restored, to which a Proclamation offering a
free pardon, is said to have mainly contributed.
The insurrection of Demarara is a proof of the
danger of holding out hopes that can only be partially
and eoaditionally fulfilled. We cannot, however, al-
together agree in charging the spirit of insubordination
that has manifested itself in more than one of our
colonies, to the discussions in .Parliament, impolitic as
they may seem. The dread of the Planters of any in-
terference or alteration in the present relation between
master and slave, in our opinion tends more to create
the danger they would avert than they are aware gf;
and we strongly suspect that the slaves of our West
India Colonies, would know very little of the delibera-
tions in the British Parliament, if it was not for the
alarm, the meetings, and the memorials of their owners.
Nor was there, indeed, anything in the proceedings of
last Parliament to excite so unnecessary an alarm, for
even should a few members of the Legislature, who
seem anxious to make a monopoly of humanity, be in-
discreet enough to advise that the whole slave popula-
tion of the West Indies should be let loose, yet the Co-
lonists may rest assured, that in measures that may be
adopted by the Legislature a due attention will be paid
to their interests and to securing to this country and
the Colonies all the advantages they can give to each
other. We now subjoin the official accounts of the In-
surrection in Demerara with extracts from private letters.

Since writing the above, we learn that accounts have
been received direct from Demerara, of the 31st of Au-
gust, which state that the disturbance has been much
exaggerated, and confirming our intelligence that the
prompt measures of the Ooveinor had restored tran-
quillity to the Colony.
FROM THE ROYAL DEMERARA GAZETTE, AUGUST 22.

PROCLAMATION

By His Excellency blajot-General John Murray, Lieutenant.
Governor and Commander-in-Chief, in and over the United
Colony of Demerara and Essequebo,

By virtue of the power and authority in me vestal by our Sove-
reign Lord the King, and whereas the disturbed state of the Colony
appears to me to be such as to Ittirsire the most vigorous and decided
steps to be taken, for the protection of his Majesty's subjects, and
their property have thought fit to issue this my Proclamation,
hereby declaring, in the name of our Sovereign Lord King George
the Fourth, the United Colony of Demerara and Essequebo, to be,
from and after the issuing of this my Proclamation, under

MARTIAL LAW.
And I do hereby enjoin all faithful subjects of his ANesty within
this United Colony, to govern themselves accordingly, and to be
aiding and assisting, to the utmost of their abilities, in restoring the
peace of the country, and in protecting their fellow-subjects. And
it is ftirther_aut will and absolute command, in consideration of the
prepdaes, that no person or persons do, on any pretence whatsoever,
gait George Town, without special leave first had and obtained for
so doing ; all persons, without distinction, capable of bearing arms,
being required immediately to enrol themselves in some troop or
company of the George Town Brigade of Militia. And it is fur-
ther ordered and enjoined, that all slaves within the different dis-
tricts of George Town, be detained by their Masters or Owners
within their own premises—not suffering them to leave such their
premises on any pretence whatsoever, unless on the indispensable
business of their Masters or Owners.

liven under my hand and seal of ofgce, at the King's How*,
in George Town, this 19th day of August, 1825, and in the
fourth year of his 3lajesty's reign.
Goo save the King !
By command of his Excellency the Lieutenant-Governor.
JOHN MURRAY, Gov. Sec.