Star.
London, England, 1824-02-07 00:00:00

DARMSTADT, JANUARY 29.

In the Sitting of the 21st, the Second Chamber
adopted, by a majority of thirty-five to twenty, the pro-
posal of the First Chamber, to request and authorise
the Government to borrow money at lower interest, for
the purpose of paying off that part of the public debt#
for which a higher interest is paid than that at which
new loans might now be obtained.
FRANKFORT, JANUARY 30.
A letter from Syra, of November 28, in the Oriental
Spectator, has the following passages :
" We enjoy perfect tranquility here, our commerce
is extremely active, and our port is constantly full of
vessels coming and going, and a great deal of business
is doing."
(Here follow some old details respecting Missolongbi,
before the siege was raised.)
" If through any cause whatever Pat:as were to fall,
the affairs of the Greeks in the Morea would, iu my opi-
nion, assume, for the first time, a decisive ascendancy;
and there would be no reason why Coron and Modon,
which fortresses are not so strong, should not fall in their
turn. If the Greeks were once masters of all the military
positions, and in entire and tranquil possession of the
:kith ea, they would be able to spare part of their forces
to decide the fate of Etolia and Attica, and pethaps to
attack Lubcea."

The writer observes, that the possession of that island
would be of immense importance to the Greeks, and that
if the Turks should fail before Missolonghi, and Patras be

obliged to surrender, the revolution, instead of retro-
grading, will advance with gigantic strides, daily
strengthened by hope, habit, and experience, and by
the assistance of all kinds abundantly bestowed by the
Philhellenes.

The New Yolk Paws'last received contain•some in-
telligence of interest ,from South America. A verse'
had arrived at New Yoik, from, La Guayra, which lel
die latter place on the 22J of December. The inha-
bitants of that town nyni of Cortical: had heard die re.
port of the European ruweil intending to as:.i..)t in re,

e:ing them to the subjection of Spain, but felt no ap-
rehension for the result of such an attempt. The long
,ac just ended had been the means of creating for them
a numerous army of well-diSeiplined troops, with which
they were confident of being able to resist any force that
could be tent against them from Europe. The fortifi-
cations on the sea coast were repairing with all expedi-
tion, and the strong hold of Puerto Cabello would, it is
aid, be shortly rendered impregnable. Generals PAez
and BERMUDEE entered this place on the Ist of De-
cember, with the brave troops who effected its conquest.
The foreign merchants at La Guayra, natives of Spain
and of the Canaries, Who have been expelled the coun-
try by a late decree of the Colombian Government, had
petitioned the Intendant to be allowed to prolong their
stay a sufficient time to settle their affairs, in which they
were joined by several Colombian houses, who were
deeply interested in the subject. The nature of the In-
tendant's reply is not stated. The Venezuela frigate,
Bolivar corvette, and a 64-gun ship, sailed from La
Guayra on the 19th of December, with military stores
for Puerto Cabello, and another frigate with a schooner
were taking onboard stores for the same place.
In a New York Paper of the 10th ult: under the bead
of intelligence from Canada, it is stated that the Legis-
lature of the Lower Province have passed resolutions,
declaring—l. That it is expedient further to regulate
by law the commercial intercom se of the Province with
the United States. 2. That the illegal importation of
tea and East India goods from the United States, is car-
ried on to an extent highly injut ions to the revenue of
the Province; and 3. That the evil cannot be checked
by law, and is entirely owing to the great difference in
she price of those articles when imported from England,
or purchased in the United States. The Legislature had,
therefore, further resolved to petition the British Go-
vernment to authorize direct importations from India,
by the inhabitants, through an arrangement with the
East India Company, or that they may be permitted to
supply themselves from the United States, on the pay-
ment of a reasonable duty.