Star.
London, England, 1824-07-06 00:00:00

COLUMBIA.

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PANAMA, FEBRUARY 29.
Sunday last, the 22d of February, the General Com-
mandant and Intendant, Senor JOSE MARIA CARRENO,
gave a grand entertainment to his Britannic MAJESTY'S
Consul, MALCOLM M`GREGOR, Esq. Among the pa-
triotic feelings that were invited, the agreement and
uniformity of sentiment of those who assisted at the
table produced various appropriate toasts, from which
we have selected the following :
The President, the General Intendant, drank—

1. To the Congress, the Deliverer, theVice-President of Colom-
bia—Health—Fortune—Prosperity.
2. May the English Nation, in whom Colombia has met With
firm and faithful friends, and who have 'protected them in their
troubles, be persuaded that the Republic will prove its gratitude
by a Arm and unbroken alliance.
3. May the brightness of the Sword of the Deliverer of Colombia
dispel the clouds which obscure the Sun of Peru, and may this be
proved by a victory equal tojhat of Boyaca and Carabobo, as the
means of their independence.
4. May Great Britain, who has been the nrsr giving to the

world an example of a 'Constitutional Government, and who is
neither blinded by fanaticism nor superstition, acknowledge the
Independence of the New World, without doing any other act than
that of pure justice.
The Consul drank—

1. To General Bolivar and the prosperity of Colombia, and may
he firmly maintain and prosecute the glorious actions which his
patriotism and labour have obtained, and may its independence be
acknowledged by all.
2. To Colombia—May the amicable relations which Great Bri-
tain has entered into with her increase rapidly, and shortly form the
solid basis of a future alliance.

5. To General Carreno, with the most cordial thanks, both for
his splendid hospitality, as well as for his agreeable attentions, which
will ever be remembered with gratitude.
4. To the Ladies of Colombia, who encourage their sons to imi-
tate the deeds of their fathers, and who know how to appreCiate the
.signal benefits which their patriotism has pined for them.
Senor Juan Jose Martinez, Provisional Governor of
the Bishopric, drank—
To the Consul, as a presage of the protection which the King of
Great Britain will give to the Republic of Colombia.
The Assistant Judge of the Intendency, Dr. Bias
Arossemena, drank—

May the lance of General Paes never cease to be brandished until
it shall have overthrown the last enemy of Colombia.
Colonel Miguel Antonio Figueredo drank—
May the Departments of Colombia continue fixed in theft deter.
urination of dying rather than remaining subject to the power of
Spain,even though England should stand neuter in the contest.
The Lieutenant• Colonel of Artillery, Jose Luiz
Marto; drank—

1. May England, as liberal in its institutions as magnanimous in
the policy observed towards the Republic, at once draw away the
veil of secrecy from acknowledging our independence.
2. May the deliberations of our Congress be as discreet and ju-
dicious as the success obtained by their valout and patriotism -furl
been fortunate.

The Lieut.-Col. Commandant De Jirardot drank—
In all the Departments of the Republic, may there be the same
goo 4 order in their various branches, the same union among their
inhabitants, and the same uniformity of patriotic sentiments as in
that of the Isthmus.—Jramoica Revel Gazelle, April 24.
A notice has been issued by the Minister of the Interior
at Stutgard, that there will be, during the whole month of Septets.
ber, a public exhibition of works of art and manufactures of the king-
dom, on the same plan as those in France and other countries.
The Emperor of CHINA has as great a dread of Free-
masons as the King of Seam, as appears by the following extract
from a letter from Toghan (capital of the province of Fokien in the
kingdom of China, dated 22d January, 1823 :—" Hitherto discus.
sions took place in the empire of China concerning the propriety
of introducing the Freemasons among the number of the' Society
of Heaven and Earth but as soon as the Emperor became ac-
quainted with the practices of this mysterious sect, be caused
them to be apprehended, punished them rigorously, and moreover
caused the house in which they assembled to be destroyed. Much
time bad not passed when they were again discovered in a western
province ; but precautions so energetic were adopted by the Go-
vernment, that the individuals of a sect so universally proscribed
were arrested and punished with the utmost rigour." This article
is publishtd in the Madrid Papers, to shew the similarity of Spanish
and Chinese policy.
A curious Petition has been presented to the French
Chamber of Deputies, from an individual, who desires that the
old mode of capital execution by banging sbould•be restored, and
decapitation by the guillotine abandoned. This is very tragical
mirth; yet one of the most humorous songs, circulated privately
in Paris after the return of the Bourbons, was on this very subject.
It was intitled—" The Norman's Petition," and solicited thAt
among the other blessings of the Restoration, the Normans should
have the privilege of bring " banged, as their forefathers were."
liach verse had for its burden—
" Comm on pendait nos pesos."

THE P.:KEN ING s'l'A It. •

LONDON.
TUESDAY, JULY 6, 1824.

STOCK EXCHANGE. TWELVE O'CLOCK..

Consols opened this morning at 943 to 95 for the Account. In
the early part of the morning there was some business done, but to
no great extent. Intimation has been sent to the Stock Exchange
from the Bank, that all the dissenters to the Four per Cents. may
receive their money immediately, instead of October, allowing the
Bank four per cent. up to that time. It was thought at first that
this measure would have had some effect in improving Consols,
but up to this hour the Market remains almost the same as at first.