Star.
London, England, 1823-12-29 00:00:00

thorough knowledge •of the habits, dispositions, and
comforts or wants of those who are the objects of the
Law, which has been recornmensieckbir your Grace to
our particular consideration, enable your Grace; more
than it is possible for any other, to estimate the Ws-
gressive improvement in the condition of the SlaY.
Population ; and we are most happy in Milting so public
and satisfactory a testimony of the many important be-
--nefiftwfiieh have already been conferred upon that ail
of the population of this Colony.
" That liberality of sentiment which your Grace has
been pleased to attribute to us, is perhaps founded upon
a disposition which, we are happy to observe is now
prevalent,, to meliorate the condition of the slave Popb-
lation, both in comfort and moral improvement, to the
greatest rlsgsve ; interchanging with them the common
duties of fife ; exacting from them not more than our un- I
*emitted care and protection of them well sanctions, and
providing as much for their intellectual improvement .as
they may be gradually able to bear. Nor is this feeling
towards them diminished by the very circumstance of
their being dependent upon us, for thus do they insure
our protection in sickness and in health, without any re-
gard to expense, without contemplating a calculated
equivalent for such protection, nor regarding the total ab-
sence of all assistance from the aged, weakly, and infirm.
With sentiments, we may say, of affection towards them,
as dependent upon us for comfort and support, and
with due regard to their moral and spiritual welfare,
your Grace may be assured that we shall be ready most
earnestly to concur in any further measures that may
be proposed, and be brought befote us, fbr improving,
-y respect, the condition of this dare pepulatior
Island."

of this


HIS GRACE'S ANSWER.
" Gentlemen of tiff Owned,

" I thank 7QO "Or this Addries.
" I am persuaded that you will prier refuse your
concurrence to"-iftr
_measure which has for its object,
the general welfghnisii

THE EVENING STAR.

LONDON

T';

MOtZDAY, DECEMBER 29. 1525..
THE FUNDS. •
STOCK EXCHANGE, TWSLVS O'CLOCK;
Console opened Ibis morning as s 6 j, I. la de early pirt of
the day a Broker of same note sold &ock to a very large annum,
in consequcnce of which Cimaob ware we at SOj, and a good

deal of business was tranneted.
• f . •
FOREIGN FLOM
Spanish Bonds opened at RAUL implibk.assniest tbey• appear
heavy, and are done at s 8 to e, add) elhasey illarket, owing to a
report that they have comae loviir ,
Current Prjcas New Bpsoii 1/ jr Odell Ni. Colombian Ste
m 59, Claim 70e, Bandis 1/71 le • 41A4Piesslan 90i to
.1.,
611 o,l9'l2oYala b to j., •
Canada are now.* 4.
FOREIGN RICSIANOI3.
Amman...sr, Dac. 114.—0 n 0.7.
Persamaraos, Dam. s.—On London**. 042 ; Pads,loo. ,
Basun. Dm. 90.—0 n London, 574. Ts Sr
Duran, Dac. 19.—0 n Londan. M... is; 1.
Dac.l3.,—Loodeas s M. IQ.
liascatiams, Dar. mi.-. 411111111241, MILS& 9.
• PRICE OF STOMA AT ONSI:O'cLOCK.
Bank Stock 229....5 per Cent. Reduced 85% yryt.
sv, ger Cents. 9814-4 per Cents. Old 100% /4
Bank Long Annuities 213/4—lndia Bonds 81s.
Exchequer Bills (El ,000) 51s. 50s. 58s. 50s.
Bank for Acct. 29%—Cons. ler do. 86% 14 3/4 %.

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The last arrivals from Jamaica are far from being
satisfactory; not that there has been the slightest symp-
tom of insubordination on the pert of the Slave popu-
latiom. The discontent is in a higher quarter, mad
pervades the Legislature. In a preceding column we
have given the proceedings at the opening of the House
of Assembly, with the Addresses of that Body to the
Ofiernor, and his Grace's Answer. On the following
(14/. &Mr. BAZEITT addressed the Haw at .greats
leogehes the state of the Island, and reflected very un•'
justly and very intemperately on the conduct of &
British Government. "It behoved the House," f
,4 to inquire whence arose the danger that had

_

the whole country; and havingfouhd the origin of
the danger, it was for the House to seek for a rsmedy.l
But if the 'House tamely 'stibmitted to the invasion
of its rights without resistance, it :would compro-
mise the lives and properties of their -constituests,
and their own honour.. In searching. for the causes ofl
our approaching ruin, it had appearecl to him (Mr.'
BARRETT) that they took their rise in the inefficiency oil
his Majesty's Ministers; and if he Could make this ap-1
pear to the House, he trusted that the House *would;
agree with him -on the propriety of rather addressing his
MAJESTY to remove them, or such of timaa.as we had
reason' to think had assisted in the oppret4n of tb‘e
Colonies, from his confidence and councils, than to add
another to the many reports and the many indefinite
addresses already to be fouostin our lamas."

After this tirade, Mr. BAaaarr read a very long pe:
tition, which, it appeared, was preset ted to his late
MAJasyt so far back as 1774; in which the Assembly
deprecated the principle contended for by Great Britain,
that of legislating for her Colonies. Mr. BA Rain. then
drew a parallel between the state of Jamaica and that

of America previous to the Revolution, and more than
insinuated, that similar conduct on the part of the d.
tish Government would lead to the same result,--the
independence of the Colonies. . •
If Mr. Baaarrfs passion had not, ot the better of
his judgment, be would not have hazarded such re-
marks; well knowing that with a slave population like
that of Jamaica, any attempt to throw off the yoke of
Great Britain would instantly lead to the event halo
much deprecates—the emancipation of the Slaves, and
the loss to the Colonists of every acre of land, saiil
everything they possess in the Island. • -

After some severe invectives, unsupported by
slightest evidence, Mr. Elamite* moved for a I
tee is ptepare an Address to his M 4
he possesses the inflaence he stisiws.
MAJISTI to dismiss his present Seseettnruf
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• 77

the Colonial Department. We think, however,ye dis-
cover symptoms of good sense in the Asselobly, which
will defeat so intemperate a measure.
We allude to the decision of the Assembly on a Ciro
culkiseii by the Speaker of the House of Assembly in
Dominica, calling on the Colonies to unite-and "with
one voicirdenounce" in the face of the .wodsi,..the blind
fanaticism of a the Saints," who a would no* for a
phantom, east to perdition these once highly raised and
still valuable Colonies, while at the self-same moment
they are looking on with cold-blooded apathy at the
miseries of Ireland, of their own poor, the thraldom pre
,pared for the inhabitants of Greece and of Spain, and.,
yea even of Europe at large;"
The Address was read and entered, when the HOUSC
of Assembly passed the, following resolution —a Than
the House do not consider it expedient, in their Legisla-
tive capacity, to enter into any communication on poli-
tical measures with any: branch of the Legislature of
other British Colonies, except through the channel of his
MAJBSTY'S Representative,' the Governor."

It is not a little remarkable that the very serious
charge against hiS MAJESTY'S Ministers is, that they te-
commend a more liberal policy towards the slaves;
while in this country they are charged with resisting
every-measure calculated to ameliorate their conditinn.
How untrue both accusations are, the conduct of Minis-
-I•ters last Session sufficiently proved ; and whatever may
be the result of the present irritation in our West India
Colonies, the Minis4risaill have.nothiitg to answer for,
since they have anxiously endeiavotired to reconcile two
opposite interests, and to improve the condition of the"
Slave, while they protected the interests of the Planter,

The Legislature of Tobago has acted more tempe-
rately than some of the Colonies, and has passed a bill
for meliorating the state of the Slaves in the spirit re-
commended by the British Government. They have
abolished the Sunday Markets, And allowed Thursday
each week, out of crop, to theStaves to cultivate their
grounds and hold their markets. They have made the
testimony, of two negroes of character, evidence against
their masters. Negroes accused of capital crimes to be
tried by. the same Court as free men, and liable to si-
milar punishments. • For lesser crimes, the punishment
not to exceed twenty stripes, hinny case, by the master;
nor above twelve,..unless in the presence of one other
White person than the muter; petsonil property Of
Slaves to remain secured to them; exPeisseiiifirosec-u-
-.
.tion against oiFenders to be. borne*, tbel3olonY..
The following' letter from Demerara appeared in the
Glasgow Courier :
a DEMERARA, OCTOBER et.
". I beg to correct an error in my letter of the 18th ;
for 4 Donsbnig' read e Bendorc..--The buildings were
entirely burned dOwn on the night of the 7th instant.
Two or threelres have happened in different parts a the
Colony, but nothing like contrivance has been traced.

"A considerable sensation has been occasioned in the
atindi of the Priblic from the poisoning of the wife of
Jae (the man who give the information oldie revolt);
but all that'is certain is, that she died bye arsenic; by
whom, or how administered, is buried in the deepest
obscurity. Another circumstance of an •alarming na-
ture has occurred on Leguan Plantation. Dorenhaag
provided dinner for the militia guard some few dais
ago; the dinner, ready cooked, was sent to the guard
at Bachelors' Adventure; every One who ate of the
dinner (17 in number) eras seized with violent vomiting
about three hours afterriarda.- Ah investigation of the
circumstance has taken place, aad•thousth nerhisit eon-

elusive as to the guilty party his ease cot, .there7is'no
'Oalit buti foal attempt has been Mate to pititeer •
These circumstances. hate.tended to keep op an ex..
citement in the:Colony, which was dying away, and
*it have-an effect: in prolonging the necessity for mete
tial law, and inputting itll upon their guard not to plea",
in° implicit confidence anywhere".
We have received the. French Papers of Friday.
letter from Madrid, dated ..thi 19th instant, gives.
Ina • account of .sortie measures recently adopted by:
riItDIKANDe To give the clergy a proof of his high;
esteem, but regretting that he cannot do all that hat;,
wishes to do for every individual of that'. body, he
has grated • to the Archbishop of VALENCIA the
Grand Cross of -the Order of • Isasiu.ta the Catholic,
wed to the Archbishops of TARRAGONA, 9RIHUICLA,
PAIPSUMAO CeurA, MALAGA, and SALSONA,
the Grand Greer of CRAELR3 111. A Military Junta,
of which the Duke of INFANTADO and the Baron
d'Asos.is aft members, is formed in connexion with.
the War:Ministryb for the purpose of organizing the
pard and the army. A new Order is created for the
reward of- those-who, in the late contesti,took t
**it the Constitution,. ...This planer t sieiite
testy is said to have been submitted to For
the 16th, but on•the 19th nothing of the-hind
mblished. The Atrial des Debate hilaillthet'
the dissolution of the Chambote‘.ll4hith '

,ommcmded :for its teideney
-% an influence over this Chamber of Deputing

tramburgh Papers to the 24th inst and Duti
three days later, reached to this- morsiek..
ing are extracts: -
• VIENNA. DECEMBER 13.
His Majesty, since his return troan:Czernowitx,

.... itase-ot 'Orrioha under
perstical transgrotsicihs. Those who were sentenelli
.o i • t for' are to be set at libertylfire
' ita: cerialiii .Sion,
and dune who were s..
. .
mime trilhog finks have be;n set
'I:OCICHOLNii triseErhislut 'la,
It was yesterday determined that the '
lebiora will be eseeliacisti on the 19th, !
!a,....k.„
leinnly copclodett Ori.qtr2lst.,
A Slinfih—cOitriei lies :.liiought io our

official news of his Majesty's deliverance, Woe
yesterday to Copenhagen, with the answer
Com,. He brought no dispatches for his Leo
ST. PETErtSI3IJItGIi, DECIIIIBIR 0,
His Majesty has given the Order of St. AlaiN
the first class, to the King of Portugal, ensile,
Miguel ; and that of St. George to the Duke or
gouleme. Baron Strogonoff is to aetivernaribetog,
the Chamberlain, Diwow, attached to tlieembe;
Paris, to deliver the last : they both aront-
fore yesterday. His Majesty has alsn•sieetfriit
signia of the Order of Alsxandet Newsky,•le cwaikia.
to the French Ambassador, Count de la peron—"'m.
those of St. Andrew. in diamonds, to Visseeme4l;;.
teaubriand, and Duke Matthieu Montinersue7; 164
of St. Whidinsir, of the first class, to Cow petui
Borgo, and to Count Bulgafi.
This forenoon wereeel:7M of Americans..."
to the 9th instant. One of them, The New iopiiis
cantile Advertiser, repeats the rumour of Spain (eh:
part of her Transatlantic territories to other Pampa,
Powers, and goes so far as to assert, that inf." ••
had readied that city, which he (the Eclitorl nth
duced to believe attihtntic, that sone of the fiese
of Fsantwarro.Nll. after his liberation, warksikei
treaty, ceding the Island of*CUba to FrastArtben,
port is not however:the better entitled to cresliiisue
having come to us by the way of America. rt. hi
lowing are the only remaining articles of interest k
there Papers : • •
r Rom Tilt wrioAlitli)t itteirStatUllt 01 baltlibit
MEXICO.
Tire Manifesto of the Mexican Governnientsdatik
the Bth October, is a very spirited document, mast
forth in strong language the rights of the Natio, sei
the violation of those rights by Spain—the meats
they have endured in obtaining their independent:Us/
it is, in substance, a new declaration of war. Lot are
in September two French gentlemen arrived atVera Cue,
said to be on a mercantile speculation, and proceeds/
to the city of Mexico. Some circumstances excitatl
suspicion that they were spies sent out by the Holp#
Hance, and the Government ordered them to beams*
On examining their baggage, papers in cipher 'Peres
severed. On being asked for the key of the cif*
they said it was lost. It was ascertained that these*
were, one a Colonel of the Engineers, and the adat
'Captain in the Navy, and came to induce the Pt*.
cans to revolt. They were immediately imprison/
The Congress of Mexico was to meet on the &hie
of November, and the general impression was,*
they would adopt a Federal Government, similar to*
.of the United States.

THE BRAZILS.
We learn by the Laura Ann, which left BA:lanais
19th October, that there were great rejoicings in tit
place on the 12th, when the Government of theie•
peror was formally acknowledged, and the Prot*
was admitted as part of the Empire of the Brazils.
The following is the official Declaration of WXrk
Mexico against Spain:

" 1. It is ordered, that all political and -mercantile rails
with the Spanish Nation cease. . -•%,
" 2. That, using the lenity dictated by the phinuthropic.pdl d.
pies of the Mexican Nation, It is ordered that an Spanish Mmie
immediately leave the ports of Mexico, without proceedisg,:iin
Government might, to embargo or conascate.
" 3. That the mute conduct be pursued with all Spunkier.
chantmen that may arrive in these ports from Europe in the pest
four mantis, a time sullicient to allow the resolution to be Inifi
on that C.sitinesi; and of forty days from ibreameall, or any.*
Spanish port of North 'America. .
" 4. That. alvitesslaarriying after the expiratimepf doss
will be riveted according to the laws of war, • .ii .:td*
1.- 5.. T it atter the pitied of four months§ the ,
Spanish son 1114 n not be . admitted any entry, under sift
..
ever.-44exlco, October 1.4 . . ei.. I .., 1..."
•-• ..,
• The schooner Gratnpus brings the 101 l
from Mexico :—Lieuteaant Gregory statesolAt'-' . •
of the Congress had passed, requiring all *de
mei/
European Spaniards to leave the Province wilett.
days;and 'all Ames-lean ones withi\n forty day 5....;..!
--....m.--
' .4*
The following,is a Postscript to a Letter we lutlia
ceired. from Buenos Ayres, dated Sept. 16. ha
eon firms the account of the defeat of the Itejaliik,
General CANTIMAC.—" Since writing the foresellei;
have receivid accounts of the Patriots hiving
..
defeated the Royalist General CAtrranac, when
mi
took prisoner, and his second General VAiiii,l4...
They had taken possession of La Pas, is diet"!
•_ iA.___.l.-. • ~
Peru, and the Royalists have mustero ill EaCIUNPRIPP
Potosi. General BOLIVA a, we 111:11 01,411.0#1.041411

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a the Baron ' s'"a•. VIVUVIWA DULL VA U, WC are cenetu, .47-7-7.-.7;
unezion with untit he frees Peru of dieir presence: in: the mealP4
the road from this to Potosi is without a single-kV"!
rganizing the *
Bated for the soldier, and we look for the ben of eonselittea*: ..,
,00k op arms our trade. • .i-„rt •,...
._.,saa„„„,—
lecree of .am- The Rest India Company have determinist-int
IMDINAND Op two new Regiments for immediate service, itY•ait"
Lind had been 'replace the same irmber .of the I9ng's :Mr'
.t.
nether article. home from /isdia. ''''''' - :' -.-‘ .- ...,1
rill& the new 0
ffi . 1
co
precedingiOcia-
• eepposhut al
wacinteurnthsad. from Karntschaitidkai.tat
040
'AO gfire the..
elnatie‘ 'quantity of snow had fallen, thaltialmost all tlsodi:
• - -of the inhabitants Were buried under it. , • ' ,--.•";
Dwell Papers The Kis° of Sweden has resolved to app/jot a
..The follow. sul for Swedish Ntirway at Corfu. • ,__ ..
.-
.-- The report of the *approaching marriaStPUlti:s4
• rial Pllightiesis tie alkrehduke 'NANDI..CPA
trig seems to be con4raseJ ;it is smut *id vr .
:rdne:wsietnrtselinre
Irutniths, the •Et-geiperor of 4....
ribe,77-1.- e #ta,:ne
...P10,%"..dPi tb:g.,:hste iffa":‘,..,.."..,4i„..: .:;:ii......:'
Consul atethe Cortes at Leghorn. . --- :-.,f.:•• • ;-.lr-
rha were sea-, . Her SesindHighiltsi the .Prineris:Dimar. cr,p7lllr
3at liberty.. died'oti the 18th, in the 80th IcaiNf lwr -• :
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