Star.
London, England, 1824-04-14 00:00:00

SIEuRA LEONE.

We have received Sierra Leone Gazettes to the 31st
of January inclusive. Their accounts of the growing
trade of the Colony are highly gratifying. More cara-
vans of Gold Merchants had arrived from the interior
with that precious metal, which they bartered for Eng-
lish goods; while, on the other hand, a large ship had
arrived from the post of Dublin for Ton6er, and another
from England for the same commodity. The benevo-
lence of the colonists is extremely active. In addition
to the long established Bible Societies, a Prayer Book
Society was about to be set on foot. News had been
received from the Bight of Benin, where Mr. Belzoni
had landed, and after some short delay from a slight
attack of fever, had departed for the interior, perfectly
recovered, and with every hope of success. The present
state of Sierra Leone, while it forms a striking contrast
with the ill-fated though benevolent attempt which was
made in 1792 to colonize the Island of Bulama,

trates in a striking manner the lottndness of some of the
views entertained by Captain Beaver, who commanded
that expedition. "As one of the means that would in-
evitably tend to the abolition of the Slave Trade," says
he, "I would recommend the cultivation of Africa by
its free natives."—" I know that those who choose al-
ways to see the African character in its worst light, will
probably say the natives will never be induced volun-
tarily to labour."—" As far as my knowledge of the
Africans will enable me to judge, I have no doubt of
their readily cultivating the earth for hire, whenever
Europeans will take the trouble to employ them. I ne-
ver saw men work harder, more willingly, or more
regularly, generally speaking, than those free natives
whom I employed upon the island of Bulama."—,, Now
what effect could the cultivation of Africa have upon
its inhabitants ? The cultivation of the soil must ne-
cessarily induce commerce; and the intercourse result-
ing from this exchange, this barter, this trade, will and
must soften and civilize the more barbarous of the two
parties carrying it on; and will by degrees introduce
letters, and in the end the Christian Religion."—" Ci-
vilization may for some time be confined to the terri-
tory colonized ; but commerce will begin immediately
to extend by little and little into the interior."—" The
convenience of a mart being once established, and the
certainty of European articles being always to be found
there, would induce the interior traders to come, instead
of annually, whenever they had commodities to sell,
which would keep up, except in the rains, a constant
communication with the interior. This constant com-
munication would tend to civilize all those people
through whose territories it was carried on ; and this
increased civilization would produce additional secu-
rity, which would tend also to augment that communi-
cation."—These predictions, published 19 years ago,
are now every one of them literally accomplished at
Sierra Leone; and, what is most remarkable, by the
agency (excluding military) of little more than 100 re-
-1 hite persons!

silent'

THE EVENING STAR.

LONDON.

WEDNESDAY, APRIL 14, 1824.
THE FUNDS.

STOCK RXCHANG S. TWRLVE O'CLOCK.

Consols opened this morning at 96j, it, and got up to 964 for the
Account, at which price they remain steady, with little doing, owing
to this being a holiday with the Jews.
An Express has arrived from Paris, which states the French
Funds at 10z.f. 80c.

FOREIGN FUNDS.
There was a good deal done in all the Foreign Securities this
morning, and Colombian Scrip got up 41 5 pre.
Current Prices :—New Spanish 164 to 17, Old 171 4, Chilian
854 86, Russian 974 to 4, Mexican Scrip 111, Colombian 934,
Alliance Shares 154 4, Colombian Scrip 4, French Scrip 174.

PRICE OF STOCKS AT ONE O'CLOCK.
Bank Stock 245% IA ex. div.
3 per Cent. Reduced 951/2 Ys 1/2 ex. div.
3 per Cent. Consols 961/4 3/s
31A per Cents. 1021/2 5/3 ex. div.
4 per Cents. Assented 1021/s 1/4 ex. div.
4 per Cents. New 106 V 2 ys
Bank Long Anns. 23 ti-16 1/4 3-16 ex. div.
India Bonds 80s. 765.
Exchequer Bills (1:1,0(10) 465.-445. 475. 465.
Do. Small 465. 445. 475. 46s.—India for Act. SOM4
Consols for Acct. 96% %.

The proceedings of the Court-martial on the trial of
Mr. Swint, the Missionary, at Demerara, have just been
printed, by order of the House of Commons. We have
no time at present to make an abstract, or even to give
an extract. The evidence occupies ninety-two folio pages,
and the witnesses examined on both sides were numerous.
The written defence of Mr. Sswrit alone occupies four-
teen pages. He denied that it had been proved that he
had any knowledge of Quamina being an insurgent, or
that it appeared in evidence that he had given him any
intelligence, or held any correspondence with him that
could implicate himself. He dwelt on the good effects
religion had had upon the slaves, who, in the midst of
the revolt, were heard to say, " We will shed no blood,
for it is contrary to the religion we have been taught."
" We will take no man's life, for we cannot give it."
The Court:found him guilty on part of the charges,
and sentenced him for execution ; but at the same time
recommended him to mercy. The result is known.

By the arrival of a Brazil Mail we have a file of Rio
de Janeiro Papers, from the 24th of January to the 17th
of February.—These Journals contain addresses from
various towns and provinces, expressing their entire sa-
tisfaction with the proposed Constitution, in which they
see the most decided proofs of the Liberalism and good
intentions of the EMPEROR, and a sure pledge of the
interest, happiness, and greatness of Brazil. All desire
to have it immediately sworn to as the Constitution of
Brazil, and in some places the oath had been already
taken. Among the very numerous orders of the EM-
PEROR, one says :—" It being indispensable to maintain
a considerable force, both by sea and land, to secure the
safety and independence of the Empire against all the at-
tempts of its enemies, and a Dectee of January, 1823,
having proposed a general voluntary subscription, his
MAJESTY recommends the Government of Minas
Geraes to take measures for remitting, as soon as possi-
ble, the amount subscribed."

In the Diario of the 7th February is a long Decree,
directing the measures to be adopted for civilising the
savage tribe of the Botocudos, who are stated to come
in greater numbers than usual to the Banks of the Rio
Doce, in the Province of Espirito Santo. The Director
of the Indians is to use all means to induce them to
settle, and for this purpose is to form three aldeas, or In-
dian villages. He is to have a guard of 80 soldiers.
These Botocudos are a warlike people, though their
warfare is of a singular kind. They do not estimate
their victories by the number of heads or ears they cut
off; like a Mussulman, or by the number of scalps they
take, like an American Indian, but by the number of
wooden plugs they knock out of each others lips and
ears, so that a Botocudo conqueror is like an itinerant
bung merchant.

An Edict of February 7, commands all persons v. ho
have arrived from Europe, or any of the provinces of
the Empire, since the Ist of January, to appear at the
Police Office within three days, and give an account of
their names, ages, native country, profession, &c. This
order extends to all persons who shall an ive in the se.
quel ; and those who neglect to comply with.it, are to
be proceeded against as suspicions characters.
The Paper of the 11th contains an order dated Fe.
bruary 2, stating that his Majesty having been informed
of the events that took place the night before on boar.l
the Netheroy frigate, from the criminal insubordination
of various soldiers and sailors, who have been in cob.
sequence imprisoned in the fortress on the Ma das
bras, and on board the Prince Royal man of war, tt:e,
are to be brought to trial without delay.
Many Officers of the National and Imperial arm.'
still continuing to serve v►ith commissions signed by
the King of Portugal, they are ordered to deliver then,
up, and receive gratuitously commissions signed by
the Emperor, on pain of being dismissed the service,
and banished from the Empire.
The French Consul, General Conde de Gestas, has
addressed a Note to the Minister for Foreign Affairs,
stating, that the King of France, being informed that
many families of distinction in Brazil intended to send
their sons to Paris to finish their education, his Majesty
had ordered him to afford the parents all possible assis-
tance, not only in procuring a passage for the young
people, even in French ships cf war, but also in fa-
cilitating the means of correspondence. The i‘linister
is ordered, by his Majesty, to signify to thc Consul how
much he is gratified by this wise and generous pro-
ceeding of his Most Christian Majesty.

The French Papers of Sunday and Monday have
reached us. The Journal des Debuts has inserted an
article, purporting to be a letter from the Maine, f„riving
an account of the state of affairs in Peru and Colombia.
We have no doubt at all of the perfect honour of the
journalist, and therefore are assured that the fabrichtion
does not lie with him ; but we nevertheless are On-
' vinced, that his letter from Terra Firma is of French or
Spanish manufacture, and that the facts, or rather
reports, on which it is founded, have passed through the
English Papers on their way to Paris.
The Etoile contains an extract of an Extraordinary
Supplement to the Madrid Gazette of April 1, which
gives the Proclamation issued by the SpaniAr Royalist
General OLANETA, after the defeat of SANTA CRUZ in
Peru. This Proclamation is worthy of the day in which
it appeared at Madrid, for it is a tissue of exaggera-

tions and falsehoods, of which an idea may be formed
by the single fact that it states SANTA CRUZ to have
lost in the action 6,0(30 killed and 1,500 prisoners, or
about three times the amount of the force under 1)s
command ! This specimen of Spanish veracity is fol-
lowed by an assurance (said to have been transmitted in
letters from Buenos Ayres) that General CaNTERAC
had completely defeated BOLIVAR in three successive
actions, and that the latter, closely pu; sued, was endea-
vouring to effect his retreat to Truxillo, but was likely
Ito be overtaken and entirely destroyed.
The following are extracts from the Etoile.
MADRID, APRIL. L

Great changes in our Diplomatic Corps arc spoke
of as certain.

The Duke of San Carlos, Ambassador at Paris, i;
said to be recalled to Madrid, where he will exercise his
functions as Counsellor of State. His successor will he
Count Revillagigedo. The son of the Marquis of Cass-
Irujo is appointed First Secretary of Legation, as a re-
compense for the services his father has tendered to the
Monarchy. The Second Secretary is Corpas, formerly
Consul-General of Spain in Algarve. M. Nivia, now
First Secretary of Legation, is named Minister of Spain
in Holland. M. Doncel, the Second Secretary, is re-
called, to fill the office of Magistrate of the Chancery
of Valladolid. M. Joseph Heredia, brother to our Mi-
nister of State, is recalled to Madrid. He was sent to
London as Agent of Liquidation : he is succeeded by
Mr. Orue.

M. Alvarez de Toledo, Colonel in the Spanish ser-
vice, is gone to Munich as Charge d'Affaires.
In my last I said that we expected here M. Gneb-
hard. We now positively know that that banker has con-
tracted with our Government for a loan of 200,000,000
of reals (50,000,000 of francs), and that he is coming in
person to Madrid, for a second loan, equal to the first.
Their Majesties and Royal Highnesses enjoy good
health at Aranjuez.
The French Military Hospital is removed to Toledo,
where General Bourmont now is with his Staff and the
Royal Guard : this seems to indicate that the Court
will be absent from Madrid for some time, though many
persons affirm to the contrary.
i FP.ILTICII FUNDS, Arm 12.—Five per Cents. 1021.25 c. 15c.

New York Papers to the 17th of March have reached
us. They contain a long account of the attempt at re-
volution in Mexico, the particulars of which were in-
serted in the STAR of Thursday last—indeed our intel-
ligence came down four days later than that in the
American Papers. Accounts from Lima state that the
Spanish Royalist Generals CANTERAC and VALDEZ had
declared the independence of Upper Peru. The fol-
lowing are extracts :