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London, England, 1823-12-23 00:00:00

finally settled as sto the Loan to the Spanish Govern-
ment. Au operation of such magnitude as the ad-,
ranee of 700,000,000 of reels (oelbotst 7,900,000 stet,'
ling).l9 such • Government as that of 4pain, is not tap
be concluded ln- a day. .It demands much negotiation,
and many previous. guarantees. It is-rtot, therefore,
supposed that any final arrangement can be made for
some weeks.
The convention concluded between the French aea,
Spanish Governments, for -tbriesilitary occupation of.
Spain, is only in the first instance for six months. Not
that there is the least probability- that the military
occupation of this miserable ind, diiorganized. coup.'
try will cease at the end of that. period, but it. Was
thought better that the term should be frequently
renewed. rather than at first be long. The reasons Tar
this preference are two-fold. Eagiamj, might have
expressed some -alarm at a prospective occupatioW
of two or three years, which would have placed the ports
of Spain in the hands of the Frendi Government, and
made the Peninsula a kind of French colony ; and Fer-
dinand, relying too much on the protection of his allies,
might have shewn himself less accessible to considera-
tions of prudence. By the present arrangement, on the
contrary, the rstate of Spain, and the expediency, of its
military occupation, coming under review at short in.
servals, Franceplaces herself under the necessity at each
separate renewal of treaty of satisfying her neighbour
that a farther interference is necessary, and, gains the
Advantage of being able to threaten Ferdinand with a
premature withdrawal•of aid, if, by obstinately per-
sistiog in measures of irritation and tyranny, he should
render himself unwofilly of it. The theory is pliusible
—let us attend to the practice.

WEST INDIES.
Wednesday, accounts were received by a respectable
mercantile house in Cork, communicating the following
intelligcnee: •
There has been a plot amongst the negroes of this
island (Trinidad) to rise en teem on All Saints Day, far
the purpose of destroying all the white inhabitants. It
was discovered onTuesday the2Bth October.• One of the
slaves, quarrellingwith the other partisans for the prior iiy
of rank, turned Kings evidence, and disclosed the whole
to Government. Ihe rising was to have been general
throughout the island. which is really sUrprising, from its
local situation. Several negroes have been lodged in
jail; their depositions, though taken separately, corre-
spond. Government has been very vigilant, and from
the measures that are taken, we do not apprehend any
thing serious. Martial law is expected to be proclaimed
in a few days, and then there will be a complete stop to
business during its continuance • • •
The following letter from Trinidad has been received
in Glasgow, by the ship Africa, arrived at Bristol :
"TR I NIDADIOOT. 3 1 .--The detention of the Africa al-
lows of my acquainting you that yesterday was discovered
upon an estate in the quarter of Diego Martin (west end of
the island) a disposition on the part of the negroes to re.
volt, but which has-begin happily checked by s
apprehension of some of: the principals. Whethevthe
disaffection extends to other plantations I have nos yet
learnt ; it is, however, ascertained that a plan bad beep
formed to make a movement on %the Ist' proxiinolto-:
'morrow). I' have thought it proper to inform you
these particulars, as it is probable exaggerated accounts.
will be sent home 'of the affair, which might •tend to
create unnecessary alarm. Our militia is excellent, and
quite adequate to the preservation of tranquillity, so that
we hive nothing to fear ; still it behoves us to be on the.
alert, for it cannot be denied that the minds of the slaves
generally, are greatly agitated by the incendiary reports
circulated of their speedy emancipation ; and what is
still more to be regretted, the impression is gone forth
that their masters are the cause of its being withheld."
Extract of a letter from Demerara. the 220 of October,
1823.—" You will be surprised when I tell you as a
fact, that at Batchelor Adventure, the estate on which
the revolt began, the 600 Negroes, men, women, and
Children' on that estate, owned the enormous quantity
of 1600 hogs, and about five times the quantity of fea-
thered stock. I was at the .trial .of Missionary Smith
yesterday, when it appeared in evidence, that the books'
sent out by the Missionary Society to hi distributed
amongst the Negroes, gratis. were sold•nt the follow-
ing prices :—Bibles at 14 guilders 111
_stivers; Testa-
ments at 10 guilders; Palm Books six guilders; Prayer
Books eight guilder s ; Religious Tracts three guilders;
Spelling Books three guilders 10 stivers; and the Cate-,
chism on a single Iteet, which cost about a halfpenny;
at home, he sold for SO stivers, via. half a crovirh ; his,
monthly collections were about 701. per mosithi inde-
pendent of free gifts,. births. marriages, and burials;
and in addition to which, each Negro paid six guildeis
10 stivers per annum for his seat in the Chapel : and
such is the antipathy ofthe Negroes now at seeing them-
selves so duped by these fellows, that if left to them-
selves they would destroy the whole of them. ,
N. B. Each guilder -is worth is. ed. sterling; each shyer Id.
241
Bible, in sterling is - Us. Religious Tracts - .. Si. ed•
Testament- - - les. ed. Spelling Book - - es. led.
Psalm Book - . lOs.' Od. Catechism . • -'2s. it
Prayer ditto - -13 t. 4d. Seat In Chapel • r yllia. 10C•
,
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DELUGE AT MESSINA. --: .' • -

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The following extract of a private letter gigriii h
particulars of the late dreadful inundation at Messina s•
MiLSKIIA. Nov. 15.
" A deluge of rain, during the greater part of 1
night, has destroyed a great number of the small hou
in these suburbs,. carrying them. and their wretch
inhabitants along with it, many of them into the seat
To what extent the melancholy effects have reached
not yet ascertained; but a church not many yards di's.
tant from my house already contains twentg-three dead
bodies—men, women, and children. The sea is covered
with wrecks of bnildings, and the dead bodies of the
victims, who have there found a temporary grave, will
soon be Boating on the waters, to increase the horrors
of the scene. So driadfal a visitation is not rememo.
bered by the oldest inhabitants to have taken place here
before. The greater part of the calamity is Gwi.rg
the high lands, at the back of the town, having bees
reduced to cultivation instead of being planted, as the
laws direct, with an annual increase of large trees. The
rubbish and loose mould mixing -with the waters, be.
came irresistible, and swept 'away everything in their
progress to the sea.
" We are all well, and our house, - the
site of danger, is not exposed to its
Gssum, Ds& 10.—Further secwaats
of the late terrible storm, say, that the
,to prove more disastroue to rdeiSillas
earthquake of 118.3. •

. TUX
STOCK Y.IXCIIAINQE, TWELVE O'CLOCK.
Consols opened this morning at eel, at which price they keep
steady up to this hour, with little doing.
FOREIGN FUNDS.
Conon Prices :,—Old Spanish .26# # 1, New 181 to 19, Ruseisik
sij k Old Prussian 99*, New 91g, Poyais 41 to g, Colomb. 591.
PRICE OF STOCKS AT ONE O'CLOCK.
Bank Stock 228%—S per Cent. Redn. 851,4 44 Ve
S 1/2 per Cents. 99-4 per Cents. Old' 100% %
Bank Long Anns..2l 11-16—India Bonds 82... 79c.
Etcheq. Bills( CI ,000) 625. 51s. 55s.—Small 51s. 52c.
...Consols for Acct. S6Y4

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Fertile as "the present age is in invention, and ready
as our capitalists are to open their purses and advance
any sum on a schetne that holds out a prospect, how-
ever vague, of great gain, we believe there never was
aproject half so romantic as that which is said to be
not only in contemplation, but actually in course of ne-
gotiation, at Paris: We have heard much of the assistance
•that France would give Spain, under the sanction of the
other Continental Powers, in order to enable her to le-
cover her lok possessions in -South America. The know
determination of the British Cabinet, it would seem]
has frightened these Powers from the project: and a
notable scheme has been thought of by which, itis sup-
posed, our interference may be evaded. • France will no
lager think of hazarding her fleet, her men, and her
matey, in the futile project of reducing the Republics
of South America-on the contrary, she will. advise
Spain to recognise their independence; as they- tersi K.
but in a way that would place these Republics:es
much under controul as ever. The Scheme will. be
found sufficiently explained in the Private Letters frost
Paris, given in a preceding column. It appears that
the bad faith shewn by the Spanish Government has de-
prived it of all credit, and that not another shilling is
to be had, by way of loan, in any capital in Europe.
Not a stiver will be lent on the Royal word, and the
monied Gentlemen demand securities.; • Spain, with a
Government whose duratio n can never be speculated
upon; has no securities to offer ; but 'she- agrees, on
condition of a loan of seven millions sterling, to most..
4page not only the mines, the estates, the palaces in
'South America', but also • the commerce of those inde-

ondent Republics, to any individuals who may' supply
:that sum. The money lenders are to be formed, into a
icOmpany+, like our East India Company, with the pri.
vilege oleaclusively trading with the South American
Repuliliek:or of granting leave to other Powers -vs
trade with them—as our East India Company manages
(he trade: with China, and our sessions in the Rase...,
Such is the project stake44;the-le*ri from
*ma It is added, That a Crib be held to deter-
mine upon and sanction this iery•extraordinary.nrea‘
Aire. The idea of -nicking a eietitOW of theßinkersr
as 'absurd as it into • suppoils,ihit When Smith Atnes.
eica has freed herself from the yoke of Spain, she will
submit to be at the mercy of its subordinate agents; sol
that she shall:neither- buy, sell; • noietchangee single
article without the .leaie of those good masters,. the
money-lenders of London Ind -Pairs: •' 5.
Tie parallel drawn. betietsti,,snilit
.a.Compariy;..**;
our own East India Compenye:olaibt bold..
.that restrictions are place‘on the trade to China i
favour of the East India company, but. that Company
possesses no' power to restrain other States from. a free
▪ tercourse with China ; nor does it' assume any such
authority.- Does France; Holland, or the United States
trade with China, under limit.: issued from Leadershalie,
street? CertaitAy, Anti aad_will the latterPower,Which has
only to declare is faVelireof South America to seal its
independence for evicreonsent that its intercourse with
the heighbourintiteitublist %ball be regulated by a
junto of Bankers in London or Ruis? But as the pro.
'ect is yet in embryo, and is expected to _ take some
time before it is matured, it is not necessary to dwell
longer on the subject at present.
mornintwe received the Moniker and other
•Oreneh Paperi aes.u.,:a7; -.with private letters from
our Correspondent in Paris, dated that evening, and the
Stale of Sunday. They are still filled with accounts of
II
fetes that have been given, and notices -of others that
are to take place, in lhoneur .of else Due d'Annon.
Lists. The health of the Kura ii 'somewhat . better,
his MAJNITY ji: able' to transact hutittess with 'hii
Ministers, surd.undiegolhe fitigue•-bf.receiving the
.ne.
mesons indiv.idstias who arellitily presetited.ro.his MA-
Mr; O. ur Co yresp.o,' dent., in *totter dated- on Thursday
.
last,.sits that thi.Kltyci:s.viiite is breaking, the organ
still streng.. and his memory-good,: as -the folloWing
• le anecdote which herelatetwjii proVer if At a recent
Levee, in.addreiting`the Bavarian *mister; Wlierisiai
doer deaf, his Excellency did
who initartdr voeiferated.- in, :ei;so.-of :thunder—
' Coasatead es porte le Allider • 134ri.;riere To-day, though
the Bum spoke in an -undertone to the rest of the Am.
hassadors, when he spike to the Bavarian Ambassathii
raised his voice a full Octave, _which 'eXcitede gene-
ral smile in the diplomatic circle.' . • 5 •
The following are extracts from the French Papers:
MADRID, DECEMBER -IL
The Minister of War 'will publish a Decree of his Ma-
jesty, by which all the A:officers-et the Army noniiitatetl
I the King, and• who. have-retired since 'the- 7tlf

lvseesveinraflor
arriJournalistved.Tfhroemy
eArulpgleosiytaths,eima:ed perwitiming Pry
and uttering menaces.
• . BARCELONA, DECEMBER
• The following is the text of the Mand
amu
dressed by the Bishop of Barcelona to the Priests di
Diocese, to which we have before alluded •
" To prevent the evils which mistaken seal or the truptideletl
certain men may occasion, I order and command—
"l. That no Melt, secular-or regular, -whatever asapikg,
class, degree, or dignity; do introduce into his sermons pubic,
Linpjcs or questions, as so doing is predilbiteci by severakiky,4l;
donninces.
" 2. That no pint do employ Its .MI annals any
which may tend, directly or indirectly, to trouble public tett"
Provoke disobedience to the King our Lord, to foment diasoike.
resentment, hatred, or vengeance.
".3. If any priest contravene the two preceding eend,ll...
shall not only be deprived of the faculty of preaching, but auk,
besides condemned to a seclusion, of longer or shorter.detag‘
according to the degree of malice or imprudence in the exploits
he may have used.
" It is not to be presumed that by these regulations 111% 1,
limit that evangelic liberty which belongs to the Christian pude
Goa forbid that I should have such a thought. Neither will Ink;
any step on vague reports, and without the full astectsiemte11
facts. I am aware that there are ears so delicate as to
instigating to hatted and vengeadmie every expression whidiNA
directed, not against persons, but against the errors and vita yiki
govern them. • •
" This will be to me a further reason to proceed with pia dr.
=inspection, in the confidence that the boas will guide mg in.
compense for my earnest desire to succeed, and to conninisistb,
general good. May it please the Loao_to inspire with a isly
the eloquence of all ',teachers, and to prepare, by a true lidelityol,
hearts of all the faithful to hear with profit the word. winds Os
himself transmits by the organ of his Ministers!
" The Curates, Episcopal Administrators, Regents, audoilain
superiors, lion read this circular to their communities, suglid

Eecksiastict, secular and regubr, within their parockial *SIT
dons, and shall Inform me of their having so done.
44 Gem preserve you, ate. ,

"JOHN JOSEPH ROVElar
A Police regulation was published by the Municip
lity of Barcelona on the 3d of this mouth, for thepar,
pose of removing worthless persons from the city. For
this purpose it was ordered that all resident Spaniards
of fifteen and upwards, females. and heads of famitiM
must be provided with -cards of safety by the Other
10th of this month at the latest.. That the seettior al/.
regular ecclesiastics, and the military in active seetis
do not come under the provisioranifthisarti47L ,
Count Ferning, Golf erhor - of .1145elonas'ialliisbe
on the 7th, an order relative tollk applicattOn of:;:r".
tick 3, of the above regulation, ;which had met ala
some difficulty in. the execution. His order was ii.
follows :.....:r- ~ . • . .; ' .
4, Whereas the third article of the regulation of the 9th nit
rotative to safety cards, refers only to the military of the turbot '
the dependents on the French army, it is further ordered theta**
lijanish military in write aivvire, o! whatever ?lan or ridihi*
y bo. she Inteor.h4thitu! cii nuipissariti! A rn,sj Treasure:44l4
-Cleutr of the Militaryßtardeksitoll protentihrthweirs b 40541
1 Minisivility to tihtainsafetrertikoo-thellth and Oak et..
4.. i
.sent znaoiberTiki.Rltie YigO
iti•lillav 1414101E ':
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from fora. to six fu.the'eve:4l47, - •,,„
.; :.' .., . 4.'
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Intelligence from. Madild;cfoite NM*, r .. • '
~i,
'tins morning to-the 10th inst. butitis vague ante*
tisfactOry, nndin minfiespects; Anprobablei Seine
serious discussions ire said to have taltsrei4iflsed,l444
the Spanish Ministers and thgVoreign*AnslsaalmlpfeAH„
the subject of the amnesty. . - • -.
•. .
, , The releaseof the prisolere .of war now in Frei*
is said to be the chief obstiele to the general indulger
wiiiCh it it, desired to obtain fiorn the KING: die*
nish Ministers oppose their return, and the French Aiie
bassador has paid some attention to the observadele
that bare been made-to. him on this subject, anti
fsi.affirmed.thai he has referred to hii Gevernatelit
the other hand, the fanatical party will noiliir
if any amnesty, and endeavour ton eforce *AP*
that the Revolutionists are unworthy of anyfaillaw
Meantime, the trials of the great number of Lltallb,
ortam who are in the prisons are proceeded in. The
fret with much rigour towards *these unf ;
.;
eons, who are confined along with thieves. . , 4,....:
It it not expected that the new GOvernawal4l
differ much front that which formerly pit* NOk
.
Spain. Cal a
pain. The KING always presides in the .
State, but no essential. measure has yet been
though all their proceedingi have exhibited a41111t:
,mined hostility to the system of the 'Cortc..:AP,
irci
Russian Envoy, M. Pozzo GI BONGO; is sall;:',. ..
,t4uly,. we Suspect, to oppose the actnowled w,,
the loans to the Constitutional Governmeo;i'..._

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'PHE EVENING STAR 'N.
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TUESDAY, DECEMBEIr.23)

. „„, ...„ ......e0 ..!, ........ ust•F ivuiFu tince the -fur of
me, though twig the March, 1820, shall receive foltpay,; but that tlie.o/7
effects. ; acers• apOolute4 'by . the `coonstitutional -Governitieut
mats firs Messin. shell have but one-third.' - - : .„. •
~ . •• ~ , ;
the effects ore'phsh ': ..: .;.:141,44-Mt; t)0411:11-111,1. Tl' ,• • .
*isms .eves 044 02! . gxeiTabel!iiiiaP.26.)eti.riki-41491-4?rNtirtAtie4itii
, Yesterday Marconchini, Ei,Political- Chief of T01ede.,.4

.. _ .
the COistii t' •
.Bpunish Ministers do•not.neetabisiseilo ProlD1"111! •
'to such an act of bad faith. . •.- • .4•
". The new GovernMent; siyi the writer of ~ •; - :1
from Madrid, If does pot renOuisie the Colcsiisioi . i
, expedition has 210,307, sail root s i
ont.cad (bat.., , 14
troops) for Lima. It pcosaus,,seshisig is ktt .
1
'to open an intercourse iiiilitife Royalists, and'i:S i-
t
-with the Clergy. 'k is yet.jitemaiss that the P. . , -1
ierntnent has laliiiiiiiitii#ll44.Plauss which
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long the-horrors of Civil tin in those countries ,
1
tard their independence.- i
4 It is affirmed, that Faltetwartto has sent - 4
the Itivann all; tdihe Commander of the F 04.41 i
Cruz, to Lima and Porto Cabello, to pay . . ~ I
regard to the_French Sag, doubtleutoalaini , ' 1
. 1
marine mere easy means to diuemissiiit#lo4 ~ - - i
the Independe)itt: ", Hence
.it is dial', Wg'i
serted in the CoOrt of Faatilirxii,llfatrifiSl-.0., ' I
.ttp .
of the fariaal party, that the Spanish ~. . . '
beyoad.. sea-am a:it-wholly lour", r '?:' .': ' 41° 2 li
".. • ,'. 1" .0, . A - - - - ,
~ i. . ! -... Jt4'
Last night,•4 Me. Ron-stain", stet -. • - .', ,4,. - -
;brotkerka•law Mr. 13, Ce!es, afriviglip era% fr,00:114 'ir i
• -t-ItieF Cre4m4karis of,Vvid4Ylaftis#ol4%;--L • ..- ..'
the. ess,of that Isis:ilex%
litisetJaesei okiivliggiw! - r'• ' - .
of , the Naapolitan - • .. Pfeil •• ' .4,' SA • . '
issuiu bonds in a new oral, with. cop** '-,: ,„ • . ...
. meat of the di v idendi it* P.uli instead iff Napicb-
,