Star.
London, England, 1824-07-23 00:00:00

POMPEII, lILIICULA SE UM.

Oe the 23d of June, I acCempanied some friends to
Pompeii, with which I was greatly delighted—in short,
the remains of antiquity in the neighbour hood of Na.
pies are to me much more interesting than those at
Rome; they are more domestic, and present images to
the mind, as if the events of which they are memorials
had occurred in our own times. You pass into the
dwellings of the baker, the druggist, the w tee. mer chant,
and other tradespeople of the period. In tic cellars of
Diomede, which extend on each side of a roadra ogle ;
you are shewn the spot where seven skeletoas were
found, and the amphorae for the wine still stand against
the walk. . Crossing the quadrangle Lich forms the
garden, at the gate leachog to the country, the remains
of the master were found, with a key in his hand, and
by his side a slave latfen with money. You iikev.i,e see
hislerths—the hot, the tepid, and are cold ; in that of
the tepid was a window that had been glazed, and the
glass is exhibited in the Studen, in Naples. At the Am-
phitheatre snider this arch, said the Cicerone, Were dis-
covered the bouts of a female, with necklace and brace-
lets of gold ; and in that cell those of a lieu ; and, while
sweepi:m away the ashes of the eruption in 1822, you
can hardly persuade yourself, that these were events of
nearly two thousand years age*. At the Basilica you
see the tribunal of the Judges, and under which the
prison where criminals were brought to receive their
sentence, which was conveyed to them through- aper-
tures from the Court. The few particulars I have selected
will give some idea of the interest that Pompeii excites.
On the 2.tth June went to Vesuvius; as far as Resina
you go in a carriage, and then on mules to the her-
mitage. Here you alight, and after partaking of some
refreshment, proceed to the font of the rater on the
mules; you hive then to clamber, with extreme diffi-
culty, this last portion of the moun ta.n, which is ex-
ceedingly steep; and the loose cinders of which it is
composed are continually slipping horn under you. We
were nearly an hour getting to the top, resting at inter-
vals, and occasionally taking hold of the ropes suspended
from the waists of the guides. Looking into the crater,
you see the smoke ritang from its sides throughout the
whole of its circumference, and hear the sound, as it
were, of stones perpetually burning and falling. The
descent, though not quite so fatiguing, is sufficiently
unpleasant, for at every step you are up to the trucks
in dust and ashes.

We then proceeded to Herculaneum, but it is hardly
worth going out of the way to see, nothing being visible
but the theatre. The rest of the excavations are filled up,
as the remains of the city ate wider the Palace of Pot-
tici, the Museum of which we visited.

Returned to Rome on the '2Btll June, in the evening,
in time to witness the illuminations and fire-works,
which took place on the eve of St. Peter's-day, which
day was wholly occupied by the fete, the solemnities
of which nearly resembled those performed on the
13th iastant ; but the wonderful celei ity with which the
cupola is illuminated, is certainly very astonishing, the
whole being accomplished while the clock was
striking. The fireworks were brilliant, but did not
equal the expectation I had formed. _ _

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'lhe great eruption of Vesuvius here: referred to, occurred
A.D. 79.

iIIiVIDAD.

EXTRACT OF A LETTER PRONt TRIN:IDAD, DATED THE
10TH IN•TANT.

Yon v.-ill have noticed in the Papers the 0-der
in Council for the treatment of the slaves in Trinidad.
This has been published in the Gazette here (although
not officially), and has caused great dismay and con-
sternation amongst all classes or the community. I fear
it may be attended with mischievous effects. I h rye no.
li:N;tation in saying it gives a deadly blow to the agri-
cultural prosperity of the island, as none of the inhabi-
tants in the other Colonies (the soil of some of which iz
nearly worn out), will now establish themselves here,
and be subject to all the pains and penalties enacted by
the said Order. It is teally unfortunate that Trinidad
should be made the theatre for experiments on all occa-
sions; but this ton clearly groves the case from Mr.
Canning's speech. I send you a pamphlet published
by a Member of the Council here; and, although it re-
lates to the former propositions of Earl Bathurst for the
treatment of the slaves, still you may rind it worth perus-1!.
EITRACT OF A LETTER FRGS[ DEMERARA, OF JULY 11.
It seems to be a prevailing opinion in this colony that
the Ministerial experiment, now about to be tried in Tri-
nidad, will meet with serious obstructions in practice,
and, indeed, that it will ultimately fail altogether. Our
new Governor, Sir Benjamin D'Urban, already displays
great energy of character, and pleases us all by the
frankness and affability of his manners. He has set out
on a tour through this United Colony, to ascertain,
by personal investigation, the sr.! state, Bcc. of out slave
population—probably for the purpose of grrundmg
.a
Itcp,•rt to Government on the subject. We entertain
hopes that the new Slave Code will not be forced upon
us, till it shall have been seen how it operates in frmiJzt!.



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FRIDAY, JULY 23, 1824.
THE FUNDS.

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IROW THE AUSTRIAN OBSERVER.
CORFU, JUNE 21.
rsommeksilos NT MS NBOIDDISS Tee eslinoese AND VIZ SWAIM
Or MI (MUD STATES Or lONIAN ISLANDS.
His Excellency the Lord Nigh Commissioner of his
Majesft,""theSttprerne Protector' has, by a Note. dated
this day, communicated to the Senate a printed Docu-
ment drawn up in the form of a Proclamation or De-
cree, superscribed'" The Provinciil Government of
Greece, dated from 11 Argos, 27th April, 1824," and
signed by several individuals who appear to be invested
with a public or official character, in which document,
besides the notice that a Loan has been contracted, and
that the proceeds are to be employed in military opera-
tions, there is the following Article—" The money shall
remain deposited in Zante or.Cerigo.'t
The Government of these States cannot for a moment
allow a declaration of this kind to, remain unnoticed,
from whatever foreign Power or authority it may come.
—lt can never acknowledge by its silence that any
foreign authority is entitled or shall presume to dispose
of any part of its territory for any purpose whatever,
without the knowledge and consent of the lonian Go-
vernment, and still less can it suffer an act to pass unno•
ticed and unreproved when it implies a positive violation
of the principles maintained by the lonian Government.
The lonian Government has repeatedly, and even very
lately, declared its neutrality in the war which is carry
ing on upon the neighbouring continent and in the islands
of the Archipeago, and it would be a direct violation
of that neutrality to allow its territory to be used as a
depot for money or warlike stores by either of the con-
tending patties.
The Government of these States therefore ordain as
follows :
" Art. I. Neither the island of Zante nor Cerigo, nor
other places belonging to the territory of the lonian
islands, shall serve as a depositary for the above Loan.
" 2. If after this declaration one or more persons
should allow such a loan to be deposited with them,
they shall, if subjects of the lonian States, be liable to
all the penalties pronounced by the existing laws and
ordinances against the violation of neutrality ; and if
they ate foreigners, to the penalty threatened by the
Proclamation of the 13th April, 1824, (i.e. banishment
front the lonian Islarick.)
"3. The present Proclamation shall be printed in the
English, Greek, and Italian langua&es ; published, and
referred for execution to the respective Authorities.
" By command of the Senate,
" PONSONRY,
41 Secretary of the Senate for the General Department.
Corfu, 19th June, 1924."
The Decree to which the preceding Proclamation re-
fers is as follows:

" Considering that the Legislative Body has resolved
to contract a Loan for four millions of Spanish dollars
(800,000/. sterling), and as part of this Loan, contracted
in London, has already arrived at Zante ; considering
that, under the present circumstances, it is highly ne-
cessary to take all possible measures that the money
may be properly applied, as the contrary would be at-
tended with the worst consequences, the Legislative
Body decrees ac follows :
1. Not a shilling of the said money shall be employed to cover
former expenses or accounts of whatsoever nature they may be.
64 2. The amount of the Loan is exclusively dedicated to the ad-
vancement of the nation, and shall he employed with the strictest
economy, partly for other future wants of the State.

" S. the nu;ney shall remain in depot in Ziinte or Cerign.
" 4. Tbe Committee, which received its appointment from Lon-
don, shall make the payments according as the Government dispose,
reeei•in` each time a certificate, signed by the President of the
Irgislative Body, accompanied by the protocol of the Sitting,
which certificate the Executive Council shall give through the 3.1k1
ulster of Finance.

"S. This law shall be inviolably observed, both according to its
letter arid spirit, till the whole Loan shall be disposed of.
" The President of the Executive Council,
" Argos,27th April, 189.1. " GEORGE CON DU It I OTT l."
A private letter from Zante, of the 28th of June,
gives the following extract from one of the 6th of the
same mouth, dated from Ttipolitza, and written by a
M .Melo!topolo, to his brother at Zante: "This evening
at eight o'clock, we shall leave this place, in company
as ith Mr. Andreas Zaimis, one of the Members of the
Executive Body, and other persotis sent by Colocotroni
to the Government, and the bearers of letters from him
to his son, desiring him to deliver up the fortress of
Napoli di Romania to the Government Colocottoni
and Pietro Bey will, in the course of a few days, sub-
mit to the Government, and receive a pardon." We
have (continues the letter from Zante) received other
letters and information, which tend to confirm the above.
The Little Sally is arrived here with specie from Lon-
don, and the same measures have been adopted with
respect to her as with the Florida, namely, the money
has been disembarked, and instructions are expected
from London before it is in any manner disposed of.

STOCK RXCHANGR, TWRLVE O'CLOCK.
Consols opened this morning at 921, 1, agd soon afterwards rose
to 921, 1, with a brisk Market ; but within this half-lisur, they
have again lowered to 921, 1, for the Account.
The Express from Paris brings the French Rentes of Wednes-
day, after 'Change, at 98f. 85c.

HALF-PAST TWELVE O'CLOCK.
The lowerisg of Consols is entirely owing to some heavy sales
being made, in anticipation that the French Rentes will fall, when
the intelligence of the prices of our Stocks on Monday and Tues-
day is known in Paris.

FOREIGN FUNDS
There was a good deal done this morning in Mexican and Co-
lotubiao Scrip ; but in the rest of the Foreign, not much.
Current Prices :—New Spanish 15, Old 21a a, Russian 94i,
Alliance Shares 12a a, Mexican 511, Colombian Scrip 6 dis. French
10a, Austrian 93*, Chilian 72, New Prussian 96, Old 97*, Por-
tuguese 87, Buenos Ayres la I dis.
PRICE Or STOCKS AT ONE O'CLOCK.
3 per Cent. Reduced 9334 92%
3 per Cent. Cons. 92% 1/4 92-3 k per Cents. 101118
4 per Cts. Old 101% 34-4 per Ct. N. 105 y 8
4 per Cents. Assented 100%8 5/8
Bank Long Anns. 22 13.16 YB—lndia Bonds 86 89
F.:el-eq. Bills of £l,OOO (2d.) 41 38 42 ; (1 %d.) 3940
Do. Small (2d.) 38 44'; (1%d.) 41 43
Consols for Acct. 921 54 92.

This forenoon we received the French Papers of
Wednesday, by Express. The Moniteur contains a
Royal Ordonnance, dated the 18th of July, at St. Cloud,
indemnifying the Duke of ORLEANS for his giving to the
City of Paris his rights and privileges on the —River and