Star.
London, England, 1824-02-06 00:00:00

DEMERARA.

Letters and Papers from Demerara to the 26th of
December were received yesterday.
The Cato transport, with 200 men of the 933 11cgi-
rnent, arrived there on the 18th. On the expiration of
the Christmas holidays, they were to proceed to Bar-
badoes. The militia continue to do duty in George
Town, and the red flag was still flying, on which ac-
count 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 extract
from a letter quoted below. Subjoined will also be
found extracts from the Guiana Chronicle of the 17th
of December, among which is a letter from Lord Ba-
thurst to the Governor of Demerara, on the subject of
the insurrection.

EXTRACE OF A LETTER DATED DEMERARA, DEC. 25.
" It was fully expected here that the late revolt of
the negroes would have made a se: ions sensation in Eu-
rope, and materially checked the confidence and credit
of the merchants in England. The looked-for Proclama-
tion in the name of the King has at length appeared in
print, but it is couched in such indecisiw, nay, arnbi.
guous- terms, that we are all convinced it will not have
the least beneficial effect on the minds of the negroes.
" The promised assistance of military Grace by Go-
vernment has ended in disappointment, as we have now
to petition fin• a detachment of those which, though
anchored before the river, were immediately ordined to
Barbadoes, and the merchants; consequently, who have,
all through the progress of the late insurrection per-
formed 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 in-
surrection commenced), are forbidden to dance daring
the Christmas holidays, they have behaved in a very
disorderly manner, and declared that they would dance
in spite of the Governor's order. At plantation Naba-
clis, thirty-nine have been confined in the socks ; and
that riotous spirit is so prevalent on that coast, that re-
gular troops have been detached there to keep the ne-
groes in awe till the holidays are over."
FROM THE GUIANA CHRONICLE OF DECEMBER IT.
PROCLAMATION

NY HIS EICZI.LENCY )MAJOR•GRNCRAL JOHN MURRAY, I.IECTCNANT.CO-
MANOR. AND CHNIMANDISR.IN.CHILF IN AND OVEN 411 E CNIXED COLONY
AND IDiSEQULISO, &C. &C.
His Majesty having been pleased to ccnvey to me,
through the Right Honourable the Lail Bathutst, K G.
Princtpal Secs etary of State for War and Colonies, his
Royal approval of the measures adopted in consequence
of the late utdortunate occurrences among thv :laves on

In the dispatch which accompanied those Resolutions
you were instructed to call the immediate attention of
the local Authorities in the colony under your govern-
ment to the best means of gradually accomplishing their
object, and of commencing the proposed system of me-
lioration in the manner pointed out in that dispatch.--
But at the same time, in order to prevent these inten-
tions in favour of the slave population from being frus-
trated by any proceedings on their part, into which they
might be unwarily led by mischievous and unfounded
representations, you were authorized, in case of any ap.
pearance of insurrectionary movements, publicly to no-
tify for their information—" That the various measures
contemplated by his Majesty's Government for the me-
lioration of their condition, and for the object of pro-
gressively qualifying them for an extension of privileges,
would be rendered utterly abortive by any general mis.
conduct or acts of insubordination on their part."
The late accounts from the colony under your go-
vernment have been received by the King with the
deepest regret,-and l;is Majesty has commanded me to
instruct you to proclaim, on the receipt of this, in the
most public maoner, as by the express command of his
Alaj,,ty, conveyed to you by the Secretary of State—
,. That it is on the peaceable, temperate, and industrious
behaviour of the slave population, and on ther anxiety
to avail themselves of all means calculated to improve
their moral and religious condition, that the success of
those measures intended for their special benefitaneces-
sarily depends ; and that an opposite line of conduct
will ferleit all their claims on the liberality of the Bri-

ti3ll Pailiament, and deprive his Majesty's Government
of the means of carrying into effect the Resolutions
which have been unanimously. adopted by the House
of Commons;.
And you u ill take every means of circulating this
Proclamation, and of making its tenour completely and
universally known.—l have the honour to be, Sir,. your
most obedient humble servant,
(Signed)
To Major-General Murray, &c. &c.

BATHURST.

PROCLAMATION
MY HIS EXCELLENCY MAJOIFGENERAG JOHN MURRAY, LIEUTINAIMPUO"
VERNIER AND COMMANDERAN-CHIEF IN AND OVER Tilt UNIT= CU-
LONE OF DEMERARA AND ESSEQUEDO, &C.
NVllereas such part of the slave population of this
united Colony as, during the late unhappyilisturbancei,
resisting the influence of bad example and vicious ex-
citements, have remained true to their allegiance, and
faithful to their lawful masters, have, by such their gbod
conduct, proved themselves worthy of confidence and
eve: y reasonable indulgence s—lt is deemed expedient,
notwithstanding the recently di•turbed state of the Co-
lony, that the approaching holidays should be duly Ob-
served among those peaceable and well-disposed slaves;
and I have ill:adore thought fit to issue this my Pro-
clamation, hettlry ordeting and directing all proprie-
tors, managers, attornies, and others, has ing charge of
such slaves within this Settlement, to sanction and en-
courage such observance of the Christmas holidays
among their slaves, as is usual ; viz.—That such slaves
shall not be called upon to per fo. m any manner of work
on Thursday, the 25th day of this month ; but shall
have that day as a holiday, to dance, or employ
themselves as is usual on such occasions ; and that Fri-
day, the 26th, shall be a day of rest and indulgence, until
12 o'clock at night, the slaves retur Ling to their usual avo-
cations on Saturday, the 27t.r, at the aecmtomed hour.
But I do hereby positively forbid al persons having
charge of slaves on the east coast of this colony, from
Georgetown to Mahaica Creek, on any r,, etence or con-
sideration whatever, whet:..er such slaves shall have been
actually engaged in the recent riotous proceedings or
not, to admit of any dancing or indulgence whatever
among them during the approaching holidays,—save only
that Christmas-day, being one of religioas observanle,
such slaves shall not be calved upon to I.ea for7o any work.
Given under my hand and seal of office, at the King's 'Mime in
Georgetown, this 16th day of December, 1823, and in the-ft:limb
year ut his :%lajesty's reign. God save the King !
By command, JOHN MURRAY, Gov. Sec.

The curiosity excited by the discovery of the vaults
by St. Giles's gates, Norwich, seems not. in the least
abated. The marine shells that have been collectegate
numerous, a great portion of which are shewn at the
door ; as are aiso spree ccins, which were discovered
near the entrance. In one of the fintst arches the name
of John Bond, 1571, has been found, mitten ;trite
in the style of antique nynuscriets.

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SPAIN.

MADRID, JANUARY 21.

There is much talk in this capital of the Ordonnance
which relates to the permanent councils of war, and it
is asked where is the public force that will be charged
to lead their efforts in executing the orders of the Coun-'
cil? For it is most notorious that there are insurrections

in all the provinces, and that it will be very difficult to
make the people return to that state of passive obedi-
ence from which it is always so dangerous to rouse
them. We do not think it belongs to the privileges of
the French troops to become the executors of these mi-
litary commissions; and, as we have not (we may almost
say) any national troops, it will be absolutely necessary
to require a certain class 6f citizens to support these new
authorities. For, in recalling the troubles which exist
in the Provinces, it is certain that they are very serious
in part of Andalusia, and especially in the environs of
Valencia. At Espinas there has been a rising among
the Cannoniers,which evinced itself in the districts there.
They not only hoisted the patriotic colours, but they
were heard to cry, " Madre le Roi !" (Death to the King)
and " Viva la Constitution !" The national forces have
been directed upon this point to suppress the tumult.
There arrived here yesterday a strong convoy of
French sick and wounded, who had evacuated the mili-
tary hospital at Seville. The detachments (which were
composed of men whose time of service has expired)
are also arrived in this capital; they return to their na-
tive homes with a gaiety of heart of which it is impossi-
ble to form an idea, happy in quitting a country where
anarchy is at its height.—French Paper.
The following is an extract of a letter from Madrid,
dated January 23, 1824:
" The last letters received from Cadiz announce that the
most perfect security and tranquillity reign there. Num-
bers of persons are seen in the streets wearing the uni-
form of the national militia; it is not even rare to see
children dressed in the same costume. In various parts
of the town are to be seen inscriptions of Viva /a Consti-
tution I and as the immense majority of the population
is known to entertain liberal opinions, there is no oppo-
sition, either in words or actions, given to these things.
In a word, the city is precisely in the same state in which
it was in the month of August last year, except that the
stone of the Constitution is no longer seen in the square
of St. Antonio, and that the guards are mounted by
French instead of Spanish soldiers. Here, with us in
Madrid, there has been nothing of any great importance
for the last few days.
"Yesterday, an unfortunate man was put intoChtte/*,
who had been formerly the terror of the Rastro air-
ing served in the militia, he was taken up with several
others, merely on suspicion, and thrown into a dungeon.
During the general visit of the prisons on Christmas eve,
this.man, irritated by long confinement, and despairing
of release, indulged in invectives against the King.
These ravings of despair were made the grounds of an
accusation, upon which he was tried, and condemned
to the gibbet ; be is to be exectted to-morrow. There
will, no doubt, be a full attendance of the populace, to
exult in the death of one whom they formerly dreaded.
Indeed it is supposed that the gratification of this feel-
ing has not a little contributed to his condemnation; as
the people must be gratified in some way, and as there
is no money to give them, some other means must be
tried to keep them in good humour.
" A reinforcement of French troops to the garrison
here, is now more confidently talked of than before;
there is one thing certain, that the Municipality has
already made preparations for lodging them. The
most absurd reports are in circulation here; amongst
others, that England is on the point of declaring war
against France. At Saragossa, there has been a tole-
rably warm affair between the Royalists of Capope,
and these of Mimics, some men were killed, and se-
veral wounded, on both sides. The Authorities have
been obliged to send one band to the village of Cali.
nena, and the ocher to Cinco-villas. A few days back,
at'Toledo, as they were conducting to prison a poor
man, who had been porter to Alarconchini, ex-political
chief of that city, the populace, who have a mortal
hatred to any one, however harmless or innocent, who
ever belonged in any manner to the Constitutional Go-
vernment, assembled, and notwithstanding the efforts of
a strong detachment of troops, by whom the prisoner
was surrounded, they succeeded in inflicting upon him
two stabs with a poniard. The man was almost dead,
from loss of blood, on his arrival at the prison.
" The officer who commanded the troops received two
violent blows on the head, from stones thrown at him,-
which, but for the resistance of his helmet, might have
promoted him to a command on the banks of the Styx.
At Toledo there is not a single Liberal to be faund in
his own house; they are all in prison, and though re-
peated orders have been sent to the Corregidor to libe-
rate all persons confined merely for their opinions, he
has not been able to obey, as the populace oppose the
execution of these orders. The Corregidor informed
the Government of this, and at the same time requested
permission to resign ; but this has been refused him,
and he has been again ordered to execute the orders of
Government, under a penalty of 1000 ducats. The
faction at Toledo, who urge on the populace, is headed
by five ecclesiastical canons and an advocate. In Toledo,
when a child cries, he is menaced with Marconchini, as
formerly, with the Coco, or raw-head and bloody-bones:'
• The three days preceding the execution, the culprit is kept in
what is termed a burning chapel—a room hung with black and fune-
ral emblems, and lighted with a number of tapers, when he prays,
oris supposed to pray, and receives the sacrament.
t Mastro at Madrid is the same as Monanuutli-street in Lon-
. clot, iaasdtecfar old clothes, lathe neighbourhood of which reside
the dirty of the people.

Since Mr. Stvzwarcitr contracted for this Lottery,
the demand for Whole Tickets and the higher descrip-
tion of Shares has exceeded all former precedent; and
it is observed, many applications arc made for Four si-
milar Shares of different Numbers: this arias from
there being more than three out of lour of all now sold
entitled to receive back more than half the money, after
having had the chance of not only the Seven Prizes of
£20,000, but of the Two Sterling Capitals of £20,000
attached to the first-drawn Prizes; making an average
value of nearly AS per Ticket more, independent of the
floating Capitals, on the first day. These advantages
prove the very cheap rate at which a person may ad.
venture, whilst, should he be unsuccessful, he will have
the chance of Ftvz £20,000 Prizes afterwards, which
is nearly twice as many as the whole number in the pre.
ceding Lottery.
The recent Publication of the very interesting Life
of the celebrated Florentine Artist, Bastrzotpro Crum; has in.
creased the general favour towards Historical Biography ; it is;
therefore, with much satidaction we observe, that a Work on the
Life and Timm of Sat VATIIS ROS► is announced, from the pen of
that distinguished female, Lady Moscow, who will no doubt egg.
bit her powers to great advantage in this Popular species of writing.

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