Star.
London, England, 1824-06-28 00:00:00

COLOMBIA.

" Office of the Seeret&ry of State and Foreign Relations, in the Pa-
lace of the Government, at the Capital of Bogota, March 13,1824.

44 TO Till INTENDANT OT THE DEPARTMENT OT MAW/AL/NA.
44 'have die honour to send your Excellency, with an
order of the Vice-President, the Gazette of Colombia,
N 0.126, which contains all the proceedings at the time
of the introduction of the Commissioners of his Britan-
nic Majesty to the Government of Colombia. Your
Excellency will•doubtless find, in the discourse of Mr.
Hamilton, sufficient reason for rejoicing at the frankness
with which he has declared the views of his Cabinet.
" Since Constitutional Spain has been subjected by
the Allied Powers of Europe, their attention has seen
directed to these countries as theatres for future opera-
dons, cloulnless for the purpose of indemnifying them-
selves for the sacrifices they have made in restoring the
Catholic King to his ancient absolute power. Font'.
nately, we have found a friend in our own Continent,
the United States; and in Europe, Great Britain, who
oppose themselves to the machinations which threaten
to disturb the tranquillity of the Republic. Your Ex-
cellency has seen'the declaration of the President of the
United States; and it is with no small pleasure that I
now furnsh you with that which his Majesty the King
of the United Kingdoms of Great Britain and Ireland
made by his Commissioners directly to this Government.
44 So welcome a situation of affairs is chiefly due to
the firmness with which the Colombians have adhered
in past years to our salutary Constitutional regimen,
our obedience to laws, and respect to constituted autho-
rides. The Executive has been obliged to do but little
to bring things to their present situation, in spite of the
disorder that is believed to prevail in neighbouring coun-
tries. The regularity which prevails in our privileged
country is the best guarantee we could have desired to
give to the world, for the wise and progressive improve-
ments which time must produce in other independent
countries of what was once Spanish America. This will
be sufficient to excite admiration at the progress of our
concerns, and to make the Republic a model worthy of
imitation. The existence of Colombia under her tutelar
institutions has certainly proved to Europe and Ame-
rica, in a practical manner, that the race of the ancient
colonists of Spain were not so degraded and humbled as
has been supposed, since they have been able to break
through the wretched prejudices of their early educa-
tion, and to rise by their own strength to the rank of
sovereign and independent nations. For such a com-
plete triumph of public opinion, the Executive receives
continual cugratulations from all parts, and wishes to
participate his gratification with his fellow-citizens.
" But for the present, the Executive confines himself
to reminding your Excellency through me, of the ne-
cessity of redoubling your exertions in the department
under your command, for the purpose of fortifying our
liberal Institutions more and more, and for rendering
more intimate the union between all citizens, families,
and towns. Whoever deviates from the right way on
this subject. will bring evils to the Republic which
cannot be enumerated. Do your utmost to preserve the
happiness we at present enjoy, and Colombia will possess
for ever the respeCt of strailgeis, and the love of her
.children. GOD preserve you, "P. GUA L."
VERA•CRUZ. H AVA NNA H.—The A meiican ship Can-
lon arrived at Havannals on the 7th instant, iit eighteen
days from Vera-Cruz, brinoing mfoitnation that hosti-
lities between the Castle of St. Juan de I.:llrta ceased on
the 29th of March. Generals Guadalupe Victoria, and
Santana, were at Jalapa, for the purposeof restoring
the intercourse between the city and the Castle.

Letters from Paris state, that on the IC!No's arrival at
St. Cloud, where the Court removed on the '2lst to
spend the summer 'months, he complained of the cold-
ness cf the apartments, was •.uddenly seized with a
shireetog fit, and continued con-i•krably indi,posed
on
the 22d, so much so, as to be unable to take his usual
ggercise, and some alarm was excited amongst his at-
tendants v►ith regard to the state of hit health.

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LORD HYRON—TfiE GREEKS.
EXTRACT OF •A LETTER FROM LECTIORN, JUNE 12.
" rreceived u letter from T • •*, of the 10th April,
dated Zante. "send you a few lines from it relative to
Lord Byron's death, which has cast a veil of sorrow over
all literary Europe.
" I had been some months absent from him, engaged
in the war, and was, by his desire, returning to rejoin
him at Missolonghi, when an express reached me to say
that he was seriously ill. I hurried on day and night in
vain, for, on my arrival at Missolonghi, I found him
dead ! He was taken ill on the 10th of March—a fever
like mine or the Marrama (ague and inflammation).
He refused to listen to the advice of his doctors, and re-
sisted the only means of recovery, to be blooded ! The
fever rapidly augmented, still be considered himself not
in danger. The hot and fermented blood mounted to
his head—on the fifth day lie was bled, too late!—he
became aware of his danger, but again too late, for
he was almost immediately after deprived of speech,
and the loss of his gigantic mind followed.—From
the 16th, when he was blooded, till the 19th, whoa
he died, he was delirious, muttered many uncon.l
netted sentences,broken words, and wishes, but nothing'
that could be clearly defined or noted. He died per-
fectly fearless, without the slightest indication of weak-
ness, and all his disjointed sentences gave token of this.
From six in the morning of the 18th, till six in the even-
ing of the 19th, he never stirred hand or foot, or shewed
the least sign of life, except low quick breathing—he'
then opened his eyes and closed them instantly for ever.
" Having left no directions on the point of his fu-
neral, I consented to the wishes of his friends and
household, to have his body conserved in spirits, and
sent to England. I accompanied it to this Island, to
procure a vessel, when General Adam, Lord Sidney
Osborne, and Sir Frederick Stover*, plotted together
not to allow the body to be sent to England, but
even to inter it here in their ill-governed island, that
he abhorred. To thus obscurely shove him into a
hole, like a dog, I opposed with all my might, as did
those interested in his fame. Our expostulations and
representations, with the fear of general execration,
obliged them to give up their point. We chartered an
English brig to convey the corpse to England.
" So you see we have got the Loan, and everything
will go on swimmingly, and it will, I hope, seal the
freedom of Greece. All goes on well. A little discord
—but that is nothing. We are preparing for an active
campaign—no boys play here, I can tell you. I have
already been engaged both on horse and foot, dressed
as an Albanian. lam hand and hand with Ulysses, the
bravest and best of their Generals, with him I served
the last winter. I hurry back to Missolonghi to-day,
thence to Argos, there to rejoin him. The Turks are
making desperate efforts. The plague (thank GOD !) is
their General. We have no fear of the event. The
civil war on the Morea is accommodated.
" As T • • • will write to me again soon, should
anything occur worth transmitting, you shall have it.
" Ever your obliged friend."

THE EVENING STAR.

LONDON.

MONDAY, JUNE 28, 1824.
THE FUNDS.

STOCK EXCHANGE. TWELVE O'CLOCK.
Consols opened this morning at PSI, for the Account, and were
done afterwards at 441,11, but up to this hoar they are 951. j.
The Express from Paris brings the %totes of Saturday, after
'Change, at 103 f. 40c.
The accounts received this morning from Mexico are of a fa-
vourable nature, which has caused Mexican Scrip to get up.

FOREIGN FUNDS.
In the early part of the morning there was a good deal doing in
Mexican and Colombian.
Current Prices: Old Spanish 211, Russian 951, Alliance Shares
141 1, Mexican Scrip Cl, French Scrip 16 to 1, Austrian 95 to 1,
Colombian Scrip li 1, Milian 77} to 78, New Prussian 981, Old
991, Portuguese 911.
PRICE OF STOCKS AT ONE O'CLOCK.
Bank Stock 238%—S per Cent. Reduced 94Ya 95
8 per Cent. Cons. shut-4 per Cents. Old 1011 A
4 per Cents. New shut-4 per Cts. Assented 101 % %
India Bonds 83 84
Exch. Bills of £l,OOO (2d.) 31 6 ; (1%d.) 30 3
Do. Small (2d.) 52 6 ; (11/2d.) 32 6
Consols for Acct. 95% 7/i.
FOUR O'CLOCK.
Consols 96, 1.
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As the recognition of the independence of some of
the South American States will depend (as to time, for
the event cannot long be delayed) on the report of our
Commissioners sent nut to ascertain the real state of the
country, considerable anxiety is felt in the commercial
world for the publication of the dispatches.
The accounts from our Commissioner at Mexico,
which are just arrived, and are up to the middle of,
April, are we undersand of a most promising nature,
and that Mr. HERVEY speaks confidently of the settled
state of things in that country, anticipating the total
overthrow of Spanish influence there.

One thing.appears fully certain, that union and tran-
quillity are established in Mexico ; and we know that the
greatest preference is shewn towards the English. In-
deed, the conduct of our Government has been such as
to entitle our countrymen to this mark of distinction, in-
dependent of the commercial intercourse with us.
M. MICH ELENA, who arrived in the VALoßous, is
attended by two Secretaries. He is come here as a Mi-
nister Plenipotentiary, and has very extensive powers.
His object is to assure the British Government of the
stability of the Mexican Government and its ability to
maintain its independence, which he will press Minis-
ters immediately to recognise. The rank of M. MICH E•
LENA, who had passed through some of the highest
offices of state, is a proof of the importance of his mission.

This morning we received the Moniteut of Saturday,
and the Dogs of yesterday, by Express ; the papers of
Thursday and Friday having previously reached up.
The ttoik has what our Transatlantic friends call a
lengthy
article, en the subject of our Government recog-
nizing the independence of South Ametica, which it
contends it cannot do, owing to the defeat of Bousrax
in Peru, and the anarchy which prevails throughout the
country. The Doi& then enters into an analysis of the
debate in the English Parliament on the subject, and
while it praises Mr. CANNING as an able tactician, ob•

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series that SiTJA MKS MACKINTOSH also played his part
in the debate extremelyrwell. •
Accounts from Vienna state, that. Prim* PAUL Es-
TzazAsT, the Austrian. Ambassador at the Court of
London, is about to exercise the same functions at Paris.
The Etoik announces the death of the Grand Duke
of TUSCANY. This event took place on the 18th inst.

The Momiteur, in its official part, contains a copy of
the ordonnance for altering the penal code, which,
having passed the two Chambers, received the sanction
of the KING on Thursday last. No mention is made of
the KING being unwell, as stated in a private letter,
and although his MAJESTY, who was still at St. Cloud.
did Hot go out, he was well enough to transact business
with the Keeper of the Seals and M. de VILLELE.
The Etoile of Saturday contains the decision of the
Royal Court of Justice, in the case of the Quotidienne.
M. MICHAUD has been vested with the direction of this
Journal, till the question of property shall be decided
on, so that he may now praise M. CHATRAMSRIAND as
much as he pleases. The tribunal of Correctional Police
has declared the seizure of the Aristarchus null and
void. An appeal was immediately entered by the King's
Advocate against this sentence.
_ _

In the account of the sitting of the Chamber of Depu-
ties of the 25th, mention is made of a Petition of M•
SIZtiON Lonnivin, deprived of his rank of Colonel
without a trial. The Committee propose the Order of the
Day, on the ground of the right of appointing and dis-
charging officers being vested exclusively in the Crown.l
Among the Petitions which were set aside by the or-
der of the day in the Chamber of Deputies, on Friday,
is that of M. OUDOTTIC, of Chalons on the Marne, pro-
posing a method of indemnifying the emigrants. The
Committee, confiding in the promises made by the Go-
vernment, proposes the order of the day, which is adopted
without opposition.
Fauna RIMS, Joe: 2..-103 f. 20e.

This forenoon we received the Brussels Papers to the
26th inst. from which we give the following extracts.
The conduct of the Norwegian Diet, in resisting all in-
novation on its ancient Constitution, is an interesting
event, and one to which it seems the Swedes were fa-
vourable

FRANKFORT, JUNE so.
It really appears that there is at present a kind of
Congress of Ministers at Johannisberg, the seat of Prince
Metternich. Besides Prince Hatzfeld, the Prussian Mi-
nister at Vienna; Baron Manelere, the Wurtembnrg
Minister of State ; Baron Berstett ; Count Caraman,
Ambassador from France to the Court of Vienna, whe
have been there .a few days ; M. Nagler, Prussian Post-
master• General, who is appointed Minister to the Diet;
' and M. de Spiegal, Austrian Minister at Cassel, have
now joined them. Prince Esterhazy has not yet arrived.

CHRISTIANIA, MAY so.
The unanimous rejection of all the Royal proposi-
tions relative to changes in the Constitution, which,
taken together, were equivalent to a plan for a new
Constitution, is a very remarkable political event, espe-
cially when we know the motives which actuated the
Committee of the Constitution, some of which only
could be alleged in the address which the Diet presents
to the King.
The wisdom of several of these proposed changes
is acknowledged by those who have rejected them. The
necessity of a Royal veto, that the executive power may
not be in a situation of absolute dependency on the legis-
lative assembly, is an incontestible political axiom. The
rights which the Norwegian Constitution secures to the
Diet, may therefore appear exorbitant, since the reso-
lutions of three successive Diets have become laws with-
out needing the Royal sanction. An assembly invested
with such a power, and which besides cannot be dis-
solved by the King during the legal period of its Ses-
sions, is undoubtedly more powerful than the Crown.
But to the truths which were urged by some Minis-
terial Members, the Committee has opposed an unan-
swerable argument—the Constitution, such as it is,
whether good or defective, was freely and solemnly ac-
cepted by the King in person, when he was Prince Royal.
An article of this Constitution determines and gua-
rantees the right of the reigning King, and of his dy-
nasty, to the throne of Norway. Another article says,
that " the King may ameliorate the details of the Con-
[stitution, but not change the spirit of it."
If, then, a Diet should assume the right of changing
articles of such importance as those which regulate the
sanction of the laws—naturalization,the duration of the
Legislative Sessions, the exclusion of all hereditary No-
bility, &c. &c. would there not be reason to fear that a
faction, which happily has now no existece, might one
day make use of the Diet to change also articles re-
lative to the rights.of the reigning family, and to the suc-
cession to the throne? Under these circumstances,

maintaining the Constitution is therefore maintaining
and consolidating the. throne itself, and giving to his
Majesty the King, and his worthy heir, a pledge of at-
tachment, a proof of gratitude, which Norway owes him
for his paternal government.
" Besides," says the Committee," the character of the
Norwegians, their loyalty, their aversion to revolutions,
the high degree of their moral and intellectual civiliza-
tion—all give a pledge that they will not abuse this
political liberty, of which, according to his Majesty's
own expressions, they have shown themselves so worthy.
by establishing it and preserving it untouched without
the slightest confusion or inconvenience."
_Other grounds of political expediency were discussed ;
but it would perhaps be imprudent to divulge them.
It is known that lc, was said, among other things, that
the estvesiof Bweclenhaxing for their nearest neighbour
on one side- the most autocratic empire in the world,
would not be sorry to see, on the other side, their Nor-

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vegan brethren m.antain even a degree of liberty
rather democratical.

There were some esteemed Members who were for
accepting some of the Royal propositions with modifi.
cations, but they gave up their personal opinions, and
thus a resolution was taken unanimously, which wilt be
remarkable in the annals of European legislation.

By the advices last received from Bayonne, it wouu
seem that the Apostolic Junta has not fallen under the
blow lately struck at its leading members. It is spreal.
ing itself into sections, and making great efforts, unit.:
the sanction of Foreign Powers, to obtain a prep-u.
derance for its loathsome principles. Among these is
included the restoration of the Inquisition to the excla.
sive power of police. The political prisoners at Pam-
peluna have been set free, in consequence of the al..
nesty ; but, on the other hand, a great many others have
been imprisoned at Barcelona, and arrests are made
nightly in Madrid, under pretence of the leva,buf
for liberalism. The general state of the country is el.:-
quently described by two statements in these Paper:,
viz. that FERDINAND is sensible that he never had more
occasion for the French troops, and that they are in
actual motion to take up a more concentrated position
to overawe the country.

We have received a file of New York Papers to the
2d of June. The following are extracts:

NEW YORK, JUNE 1.

It is reported that the Haytian Government, in consequence of
a proposition from the Government of France, hu recently sent tr,
France three accredited persons, to make a treaty offemive and
defensive.

The dispatches for the British sloop of war Frolic, are expected
by a special messenger this day, in which case the vessel will pro-
ceed direct for the first port in England.
Calcutta Papers to the 4th of February have been received at
Boston, but they do not furnish any news of consequence. No-
thing farther is said respecting the famine. Some differences had
occurred between the British and Burmise.
The Session of Congress terminated at an early hour on the 30th
of May, most of she Members having departed from the city be-
fore the adjournment took place.