Star.
London, England, 1823-10-11 00:00:00

INStfRRECTION IN iIitMERATIA.

It is with much conearn we have to announce, that
accounts have been received by the Marquis of Salis.
bury packet, from the Leeward Islands, of a serious In-
surrection of the Negroes having broken out in Deme-
rara. According toThompson's Akedo,Demerara and Es.-
lequibo, which form together one Government, contain
about 40,000 Slaves and only 5,000 Whites. The first
account which we subjoin is from a private Correspondent:

FALMOUTH, OCT. 9.

I am this instant arrived here from the West Indies,
end hasten to inform you of an event of some import-
ing& that occurred at Demerara previous to my leaving.
On the 17th and 18th of August a very serious re_
volt of the Negroes took place, Liegioning in the district
called Mahica. The Insurgents were said to be about
5,000 strong. Some skirmishing had taken place be.
tween parties of the Negro troops, and in one instance,
.when a detachment of the 21st Regiment charged a large
body of them, about '3OO slaves were killed, and one
soldier, being the only white man that had suffered up
to the time the accounts came away (1 believe the 21st
of August)."
Extract of a letter from use Agent to Lloyd's, at Fal-
couth, dated 9:h October :
Arrived the Marquis of Salisbury packet, from the
Leeward Islands; sailed om St. Thomas's the 2d ult.
and brings advice that an Insurrection had broken out,
a: Demerara on the 18th of August, amongst the Ne-
groes, and on the '2lst four hundred of them were
killed in au attack by the regular troops and Militia.•"

INVESTITURE OF I HE KING OF PORTUGAL
WITH 1 lIE ORDER OF TIIL GARIIR.

LISCON, SEPTEMIEIt 5.

The Oder 4)f the Garter, at the smite time that it is
one of the most ancient in Europe, is the most noble of
the kingdom of Qi►eat Britain, whose Monarchs, since
the time of Edward M. its founder, I►ave bean con-
stantly its Grand Masters, and have conferred it only
upon persons of the highest rank or of extraordinary-
merit in fiireign kingdoms, as a testimony of the high,
esteem which they had for them, end of their opinion of
their exalted qualities.

This Order, which for many -years has not had any
Knight in Portugal, is adorned u4th the names of our
great King John I. and of his sons, the wise King Du.
arm and the Infants Don Pedro, Duke of Coimbra, and
Don Henrirre. the immortal Duke of Viseu ; of the
valiant King Don Aiphonso V. of our distinguished
hero of those times, Alvaro Vasqtres d'Almada ; of the
illustrious King John U., and of the unconquered Mo-
narch Don Manuel, the happy founder of the greatness
of Portugal; and since that time, it has been reserved
for the present age, fruitful in so many prodigies, to see
an illustrious British Monarch, the most august and,
most puissant George IV. renew the example of some
of his ancegurs, by conferring this Most Noble Older
on our august Sovereign.
The 23d of this month being iliesen by the King,'
our Sovereign, for this august solennifty, the Plenipo-
teutiaries appointed for the ceremony by his Majesty,
were conducted at two o'clock to the Royal Palace of
Ajuda ; they were his Excellency the British Ambassa-
dor; Sir Edward Thornton, Knight Grand Cross of
171: Most Illustrious Order of the Bath, Privy Councillor
of his P.. itannic Majesty, ao,O. Sir George Narler, Garter
King at Arms, and Knight of the Royal Order of the
Guelphs of Hanover, who with the I leralds and other
pesrons of the Legation were in coaches belonging to
the Royal Household ; after which followed the splen-
did equipages of the liritish Ambassador and other
foreign Ministers and persons of distinction, forming a
magnificent suite; the servants being dressed in the
tidiest and most elegant liveries, and his Excellency's
carriage being attended by a guard of Cavalry. of the
4th Regiment.
The King, our Sovereign, her Majesty the Queen,
the most Serene Infant, and Infanta, surrounded by all
the Chamberlains, and other Officers of the Royal
I lousehold, amkall the rest of the Court, in she utmost
splendour. suitable to so magnificent a ceremony, waited
-the arrival of the Plenipotentiaries.
When they reached the Palace, the guard of which
was drawn up in two files, the procession was formed,
the efficers of the Royal Household preceding ; after
whom came the persons of the suite of the Plenipoten-
tiaries, carrying separately, on velvet cushions, the seve-
ral robes and insignia of the Order, viz. the doublet,
with the cloak, the hat and plume, the grand collar, the
book of the statutes, and the star and the mantle; then'
came the York Herald, Secretary of the Commission,
heating the garter; the ribbon and the medal of St.
George; and was followed by the Windsor Herald,
carrying the diploma and the procuration of his Britan-
nic Majesty. The two Plenipotentiaries walked abreast,
the Garter King at Arms, who carried the credentials,
giving the right hand to the Ambassador.
They were received in the Audience Chamber by the
chief officers of the Palace, and the insignia of the Or-
der were placed, with the usual ceremonies, on a table
prepared for the purpose.
The British Ambassador then addressing his Majesty,
declared the object of his mission in the following speech:
" Sine—Our august Monarch has confided to us the
honourable mission to invest your Majesty with the Ins
sionia and decorations of the Most Noble Order of the
Garter; thus offering to your Majesty the greatest
proof which his Majesty can give of his esteem a'r'id af-
fection for your Majesty's person, and the most splendid
testimony of the value which his Majesty attaches to
the intimate alliance and friendship which have united
the two nations for many ages.
n Founded by one of the greatest Monarchs that
have reigned in England, and done honour to Christen.
dom, the annals of this celebrated Order include all
Urn is most illustrious, by merit or birth, most elevated
by heroic virtues, and most asonishing by thegreat evepts
which characterise the present. age, or which impress
their immortal stamp in all ages.
" What shall I say of that magnaaimoas Prince, the
son of the founder-0 surnamed the Black Prince. re-
nowned for so many heroic deeds, and his truly chival-
rousgenerosicy —of that Duke of Lancaster, connected bj
so many recollections v..ith the history of Portugal and
with its Royal Hot-e, by the tics of blood—of the
Kings, your Majesty's predecessors, who receive the in•
sigr.ia of the Order, and principally of the great King
bon Manuel, whosegoWen age was immortalised by that ,
11,4 t discovery, which opened the way to the congneat of
14: East; and which, in the sequel, caused to cite frogs,

obscurity, and, if I may say so, from the bosom of the
ocean. that new world, whose- riches and productions
gave to Christian Europe the form and character which.
it now wears.

"Sire! this Noble Order does not less boast of having
reckoned in its list seeei al Kings, the models of all pa-
cific virtues, the benefactors oitheir age, and models
for posterity. The having been the father of your peo-
ple, having borne every sgcrifice for their good, having
preserved during a long absence, and in the midst of
political storms, an unchanged A ffectiqn, these are the
titles which the Order of the Garter desires to possess as
its own; these are the titles, which giving a new Corn-
panion to the list of so many sovereigns and illustrious
men, gives additional lustre to the ancient splendour of
the Order.

" Sine,—( venture to express at your Majesty's feet
the satisfaction and pride which I feel at the choice
which his Majesty the king has deigned to make of
me, to be the orgin of his sentiments, and the per-
former of his commands."
His Majesty replied in the following terms ;
" SIR I—The insignia which you are commissioned to
present tome from his Britannic Majesty, must be valua-
ble to me for more than one reason ; I consider them,
above ail, as a public testimony of the unalterable
friendship which has existed for ages between our two
Kingdoms, and which has been lately confirmed by the
memorable events which are ir.delibly engraven in the
annals of both nations.

" Instituted by one of the Kings who have done most
honour to the throne of England, the Order of the
Garter was, from its very origin, received by some of
my illustrious ancestors as a pledge of fraternity in arms,
and may be considered as a presage of that unitat which
has since acquired so much strength.
" The whole world will perceive, on the solemn ruis-
sion which your august Sovereign Lends me, an evident
proof of the esteem he feels for me, and of the know. '
ledge which he has of the sentiments which f bear to him.

4-Be you, therefore, Sir, the org.in of these senti-
ments before his Britannic Majesty, and thank him in
my name for the choice he has made of Plenipoten-
tiaries for this honourable mission."

[his Majesty declaring that he accepted the Order
With the usual restrictions, the Plenipotentiaries pro-
ceeded to invest him with the various insignia, according
to the customary forms. When the ceremony was con-
cluded, they recited with the some ceremonies as they
came.

The Ca.tle of St. George, and the ships of war in the
harbour, fired royal salutes at the termindtiion of the
ceremony. His Majesty bad ordered a splendid repast
' wise prepared in honour of the Ambassador and other
persons charged by the British Monarch with the so-
lemn investiture, in the Palace des Necessidades,to ‘vhich
his Majesty's Ministers, the Diplomatic Body, and other
persons of distinction, were invited. In the evening the
l;t►glish ship Revenge, which was handsomely illumi-
nated, tired salutes, which were answered by the Don
John VI. The residence of the B► itish Ambassador,
and the quarter of the City adjacent, were finely
minated.

43.4 LES OF PROPERTY THIS WEEK.
-....-
BY MR. ROBINS.

A Freehold Estate near Croydon, in Surrey, called
Chelsham Lodge, consisting of a capital mansion-house,
with good offices and gArJens, a commodious farm-
house, with extensive offices of every description, and
374 acres of meadow, pastille, arable, and wood land,
18 acres being wood ; the Land-tax redeemed. Put in
at 70001.—Sold for 84701.

The Riding-house and Ground formerly occupied by
the London Volunteer Cavalry, the buildings on which
cost Government 10,0004 situate in the City-road, con-
tiguous to the basin of the Regent's lanai, containing a
front of 330 feet and a breadth of 150 feet, held by
lease, of which 39 years are unexpired, at a pepper-corn
rent.—Put in at 10001. sold for 16101.
A Policy of Assurance of 15001. in the Office of the
Equitable Insurance, dated the 27th October, 1818, on
the life of a Gentleman now aged 32 years, the annual
premium being 341. 13s.—Sold by trustees for the be-
nefit of creditors, was knocked down for 2651.

Another Policy for the same sum, on the same life,
and in the same office, dated sth May, 1814, the pre-
cilium the same as the former ; was sold for the same sum.

BY MR. 110GGART.

A Freehold Estate in Essex, called Fingreth-Hall,
situate at Blackmore, between Ongdr, Chelmsford, and
Ingatestone, containing a capital newly-erected mansion,
with excellent offices and gardens, and 508 acres of
meadow, pasture, arable' and a small part wood land,
in the occupation of a Gentleman whose tenantcy ex-
pires at Michaelmas, 1824, at a rent of UM per an-
num; the whole land-tax being 381. per annum.—Put
in at 10,0001. sold for 19,0001.

Two elegant detached Villas, at Snaresbrook, on the
edge of Epping Forest,' with lawns and gardens; one
let to a tenant at will at 1051. per annum, and held for
a term of twelve years unexpired, at 2W. per annum;
the other let to a tenant at will at 741. per annum, held
for an unexpired term or twelve years, at 401. per annum;•
leaving the improved rent on both 1191. per annum.—
Sold for 3101.
•BY MIL FAREBROTHIIIt.

A Freehold Estate in Susser, called Godsman's Farm,
situate eight miles from Cuckfield and East Grinstead,
aad ISfrom Brighton, containing 82 acres of meadow,
pasture, and arable land, including two and a half acres
of hop ground, with a good farm house and offices,
garden and orchard, and a wood included in the pur-
chase valued at 1,7001. The vendor of the estate being
willing to take a lease of the estate for 14 years, at a
rent of 701. a year. Put in at 8,0001.--;sold for 3.8801.
A Freehold flouset-tfo.l, in Fleet-market, one of the
Prizes in the City Lottery, -containing four floors and a
basement, let on lease for-20 years, in the year 1814,
at a rent of 801. per annum.—Put in Ist • 1,13094—501 d
for 1,470 guineas.

MARRLAGYS lat HMI Urn—Sy special license, on
Thursday the lith instant by the Hon. sad *v. H. C. Cos; at
Ditton Park, the lion. 14.asaassa F. Cost. ALP. to the Lady lea-
JRZUJ MONTAGU SCOTT, difightfi of the late and sister so the present
I Duke of Baccusom.
II The Duke of YORK left his residence in the Stable-
yard, St. Junes's, on Thursday afternoon, for the seat of Mr. Gem-
' woos, at Auberries, lo Ewes. on a 'hooting excursion.
The Doke of CEA meows, accompanied by the Duke
of Sazz-Watataa, left town ou Thursday evening for Bushey.
Yesterday the Princess Auousra dined with the Prin-
cess SOIFOU. of GLOW:2MM ether residents.. at Staykileath.
The Princess ....—xarntA visited the Princess Alwyn*
yesterday.
Count Luray had a (limier party yesterday at Ash.,
butnhant House.
Loid and Lady Hots-AND entertained an elegant party
to dieser yesterday In St. James's-strate.