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

FOREIGN FUNDS.

Spanish Bonds opened at 25, but soon declined to 24k, 3, E, with
a heavy Market. Mexican Bonds opened at si, and got up to E.

Current l'rices : Colombian 66, Old Spanish 24} to I, New Aus-
trian sa, Chilian 791, Russian 89} to 90, French Scrip 8, Mexican
Loan Si, Old Prussian 911, New 894.

Although we are without any later intelligence from
Jamaica than that which we communicated on Satur-
day, yet the private letters we have seen furnish some
'additional particulars,which may perhaps be somewhat
highly coloured from the state of alarm in which they
were written. That in a population where the whites
bear so small a proportion to the negroes, the slightest
symptom of insubordination should excite alarm, and
that the first act of insurrection should be punished
with prompt severity, is natural enough.
It appears that the Jamaica Government obtained in-1
formation of the meditated insurrection a day or two'
before the time fixed upon for a general rising among
the Negroes of St. Mary and St. George, which was to
have taken place on the 17th of December. The plan
was to begin by setting fire to the wot ks in several
places and to destroy the white people as they came for-
ward to extinguish the flames. The plot was discovered
by a domestic who, anxious to save his master's life, ad-
vised him to go on board of ship. The hoy was seized
and examined by the Magistrates, and his testimony
supported by a man named by him, who also gave full
evidence of the nature of the conspiracy. Ten of the
ringleaders were arrested, eight of whom, as we stated
on Saturday, were executed.

The day previous to the discovery of the plot, a
Special Slave Court was held at Savanna-la-filer, when
George and Pompey, slaves to Jamcs Graham, a free
man of colour, were tried for being present at a meet-
ing formed for the purpose of administering unlawful
oaths, by thinking human blood mixed Kith rum, &c
It being proved that they did actually drink human
blood mixed with rum, and had taken a general oath
:of fidelity and secrecy to each other, they were sentenced
'to be transported off the island for life.

' As the Government of Jamaica has fortunately been
enabled to suppress the embryo insurrection, we trust
that the example that ha., been made of the ringleaders,
and the vigilance of the rey,.l.4r troops and miiitia, will
prevent any further attempts at revdr, particulaily as 1,
the arrival of the 7th and 42d Regiments was daily ex_
peeled. The idea that the British Parliament had de-
cried the emancipation of the slaves, and that the
planters resisted it, is said, as in the case of Demerara,
to have been the cause of the insurrection.

As the British Parliament meets to-morrow, we doubt

not but some measure calculated to remove the er-
i oneous impression the proceedings of last Session seems
to have made; and to allay the irritated feelings of the
Colonists, mill be one of the earliest subjects to which
ill call the attention of the Legislature.
It is rental kable, that the speech of the Governor of
Jamaica, on proroguing the House of Assembly to the
25th instant, does not even allude to the momentous
que,:ion of the Slave Trade, with which the island had
been agitated dui ing the whole period of the Session.

This forenoon we received the Doile of Saturday
night (dated yesterday), by Express. The King of
FRANCE is so far recovered as to he able to take an air.
int. In an article from Madrid, the King of SPAIN-is
said to have established the strictest economy in the Pa.
lace—and no wonder, an empty Treasury is a great anti-
dote to extiavagance. The following are extracts :