Star.
London, England, 1828-11-13 00:00:00

EGINA, Sm. 22.

A report has been in circulation here for the last three
days, that the French brig the railotnele had brought
to Puros the news that the Sultan positively retu.ed to
accede to the 'fleecy cf. London. Toe Ftencli brig
Alacrity arrived here this morning from Alexandeia
with two transports, which have brought 200 Greek
priaunera exchanged in Egypt.
A decree of the 14th inst. re-establitEes the free corn-
atunication between Sa!antis and Megata ani the other
parts of the State, there being no symptoms ul any con-
tagious disorder in those two places.

COPENHAGEN, Nov. 4.
The Journals MC filled wish the tiescrirtions of the
(cep !bat Litre taken IrLic,! doting the last four days in
honour cf the marriage of their Royal
.1-lighnes•es Prince
Frederick Charles Cirristian and the Princess Wilhel-
mina ltrria.

BErti.tN, Nov. S.
Accounts from the Tut kish It °alas say that Silistria
we: taken by storm on the 15r3 of October. This news,
hoe ever, requires conat triation.—Praseion Stale Gas.

CONSTANTINOPLE, OCT. tt.
Qn the 7:h of this month four battalions and a large
convoy of ammunition set out to Varna. A lew days
Ago several hundred prisoner-, amoug whom were ten
o twelve Office's, arrived here. The Sultan, meeting
's detach/pent of them, ordered the Officers to be
brought before him, and inquired if they had been well
treated on the way : he also ordered money to be dis-
tributed among the soldiers. Several Pachas who have
distinguished themselves in this campatn, partly by
their personal conduct is the field, and partly by the
organization of their troops, have had Governments
bedewed upon them as a reward, with orders, however,
to remain with the army during the war. Among
lathers, Alisch Pacha, celebrated for several bold enter-
' rims, the swipe who took much booty to Bazarsijik, has
reeelee4 the rich Pachaiik of &stalks. Since the taking
lot Achalzik, no further accounts have been received
from Asia. The Sera.kier, Sahli Pacha, is on his way
io that countiy, and it is hoped that after his arrival the
tote of affairs wi4i be improved.—Prussian &ale Gas.

(reo►s ♦ LIITTSII.)
The tranquillity of she city has not been disturbed,
though the scarcity of torn has obliged the Government,
'of the capital to reduce ,flee loaf, that coats four pares,
hom t'ie weight of I O to 80 drams, and the quality oil
eke flour is besides extremely bad. The consignments'
feces Egypt are impatiently expected. The Sultan is
still in his camp at Ramis Tcheflik, and we hear
notl►ing more of his intetsiled jou: my to Constentinople.
Though the Government circulates only favourable se•
ports from the theatre of war, and shows some hsn4►ed
Russian pritamers with much parade to the people of
she capital, it has not been able to tbspel•the apprehea-
sioas that are entertained, bet ause accounts ha ve art ived
fliers by ether means than iby Tartars, and it is kn..wn
that wa►st and misery of all kinds prevail in the camp,
at Sebum:de. The Kuoi.4 Svo, of Suiinmu P,acha,. of Can-
dia. Irtely a►►tiaed {►are, aid has .givep to4be OulrAn an
act unt of thchurrible trt.clties exercised-by the bfus-

sulmans on the Greeks in that island, and which have dri-
ven even the most peaceable inhabitants to insturectioo.
EXCHANGES ON LONDON.
"TTAXICROS. Nov. 7.-13 9; 2 months, 13 71.
Lamm, Nov. 3.—Three month., 6 131.
Beam, Nov. 4.—Three months, 6 22.
VIIMI.II, OCT. 29.—Three months, 46.
&roccoomo, (k,. 31.-75 days, 11 HI.

SLAVERY IN THE FRENCH. COLONIES.

The following facts, respecting the colony of Matti-
fugue, have come to our knowledge; we ttust they will
convince our Ministers of the inutility of the new judicial
institutions which they have given to the colony, so
long as the laws shall not have securei personal safety
and established an equality aif rights in the adminis-
tration of justice: "On the 26th of last June, at the
farm Gatineau, in the commune of Vouelin, a young
planter desired a slave of the name of Dominic, who
had been employed all his life in field woo k, to do snipe
carpenter's work. The slave excused Novell, on the
ground of his incapacity ; but his master reiterated his
commands. The slave obeyed, but did his work
very badly. In a paroxism of passion. the master
caught up a carpenter's chissel, and inflicted a severe
wound on the bogy of the negro; he then seized a pair
Of cgmrasses, and ran the points of them.inks his slave's
side. He then struck the slave on the bead with a hatchet.
which killed him- on the 'pet. The murderer shortly
alerwards embarked for St. Thomas's, and will be pro-
, ceesled against for contumacy. for not Appearing to take
his trial. At the farm house of Madame Larougerie, in
the commune of St. Anne, tour slaves were recently pot
to death, who were employed in the cultivation of the
ground. The negro Peter was first flogged to death,
and his dead body was then drawn along the ground by
oxen, and at last committed to the flames. The slaves;
sliseau, his brother, and Martial, hi. nephew, who were
confined in a dungeon during the punishment of Peter,
ansi heard his plaintive cries, made several unsuccessful
attempts to commit suicide. They were put to de ith
in the same way a* their brother and uncle. A slave oil
the name of Louis was also starved to death in a dun.
geon. They cut his head and feet off. that the chains
with which he had been confined might not be lost ;
the slave who executed this order had such an impress,
'ion made on his mind by it, that he was found dead in
his bed the next morning. A negro belonging to*the
same farm, and of the same family as the others pre-
viously murdered, has been confined in prison since the
month of Jaly, and it is supposed will be punished in
a similar way to his relations. The police have nsat
interfered in this affair, and it is probable that nothing
will be done in it, as it was recently decided that the evi-
dence of slaves.cVld not hr received in a Court ofJustice
against their mater. Madame Larougerie, it is said,
lives in France; these cruelties, therefore, cannot justly
be attrihuted to her. The widow Marlet. of whose
criminal violence lowan ds three of her slaves we rt centl v
ave an account, and who was set at liberty by the
Royal Court of Martinique, has been again arrested,
.after considerable deliberation in the Privy Council, by
order of the Governor of the Colour, General B arre.
Thr tribunal of St. Pierre had deprived her of the right
of ever possessing slaves in the Fielieh Colonies. On
the appeal of ttais woman to the Royal Court of Niar-
tinicrie, the pyrii*httient was reduced to three year'.
banishment fro tr the Colony ; so that M idame M arlet
may enjoy all her rights in France as if nothing had
happened. The sentence to which %se have alluded.
which was given in the Session of September, pro-
bably be appealed against by her to the CANE ot Cas.
*a t ion."—Journal du Commerce.

DISCOVERY or rnic RELICS or LA PEROUSE.

We have extracted the following narrative elf the ro-
mantic events which led the way to the discove y oleic
relics of La Perouse, from a Calcutta Paper. Captain
?.as arrived in England:

menu TUB CALCUTTA oovestr.stent GAZETTE, MAY 8.
Captain Dillon, we under stand, proceta in the Mary
Ann to England, in charge of the relics which he col-
' lected at the islands of Manicnlo and Tucopit, or, as
pronounced by the natives, Tuccopera.
It is a curious fact, that the discovery If • the wreck
of Ls Perouses ,hips, arose out of a massacre at the
Fejee I lands, in 1813. The particulars of this massacre
were published in the Government Gazette of the 6th
rf February, 1817, but as few of our readers may re-
collect the circumstance, we repeat them here—
MASBACRIt AT TH* FRIER ISLANDS.
From Mr. Dillon, master of the Elio r6gth cutter,
which railed from hence in November last, as tender to'
the ship Hunter. Captain Robson, we receive the me.
lancholy information of a number of persons being un-
happily cut off by the natives of an island called High-
Iya, among whom were three youths belonging to this
colony, with whose patents and relatives ne most sen-
sibly lament their premature destiny.
The ship arrietd at the above islands for the purpose
of procuring sandal wood, am the 19th of February,
and was not joined by the cutter, which had sailed from
hence before her, till the Ist of May. In the course of
duty, the vessels were freqrsently from 50 to 60 miles
apart. and by the beginning of September had procured
a cargo ot about 150 tons of sandal wood, and two tons
i,t hedge k war, which the Hunter has token .on with
her to Canton. On the treighbonring island of Bough
several iieropeans and other strangers bad for some
time resided in very social habits, and assisted in pro.
curing the cargo. These persons were Charles Savage,
J.ihn Graham, Michael M'Cave, Terence Dunn, Joseph
Atkinson, William Williams, two Lascars, a Chinaman,
and an Otaheitan. These persons had done considetable
service to the natives of that island, and were upon that
account much dislited by the Highlyans, with whom
they were frequenly at war.
About the fourth of September, a letter was received
on board the cutter from Mr. Norman, chief officer of
the ship, which was then about forty miles distant, in-
f. Amin the people that a plot had been formed to cut
them off first, a: all the Europeans, except himself and
Captain Robson, were.with the cutter, and afterwards
fall upon the ship, which was manned with Lascars
.only. On receipt of th 4 information eight of the natives
who Mere considered the most forward in the design
mare made prisoners, and sent on board. The ship in
the mean time got aground, lost her false keel, and sus
tamed much other injury. The cutter likewise had been
several times aground,'end for the safety of the crews
it was considered necessary they should both be hove
down anti:paired.
Mel:1.001y natives of Bough represented the step as
dangerous as long as the Highlyns we=e in possession

of their numerous canoes, with which they could attack
them at pleasure in very large numbers. and therefore
advised the captose of their canoes. The appearance,
shortly alter, of a fleet of not less, than 150 well manned
canoes, seemed to justify the proposed measure ; the
fleet was attacked accordingly, and fourteen canoes
taken, in performing which one native of Ilighlya was
unfor=tunately killed. Four of the cannes.belonging to
the chief of Mytioball were restored to him, as he had
nn concern in the conspiracy. While the assault upon
the canoes was. performing by the cutter, Mr. Norman
had been no less active with the ship's people. in setting
fire to a native town, comprising aboot forty hots, bue
half of which they destroyed.
The next morning (s.}.. pt. 6) the curter and ship, in
company, got all clear to heave the cutter down; pre.
vious to effecting which the Bough natives strongly ex.
boned the Captain, and offices% to go, on shore again,
and take the remainder 91 the boats, to prevent being
attacked by them; and the advice w, is tinier:on:tidy
approved. The vessels' boat. were manned a ithuat delay,
and the people landed, micler no expectation that the
inhabitants of the to.en ha.t been tele( irce.!.
The tide was now too low to get off the cables: a
number of natives, who showed the:naelves, insOted the
assailants with sheers and gestures, and in 3 passionate
momeol several huts were set on Oro. the people friss%
the vessels, unconscious of their danger, were separated
huts straggling parties; and lo 1 in an instant, as it try
some signal given, they wee, on sides s.utiountied
by at least eight thousapd armed *en, assembled from
all Nits of the coast. possibly with intent to attack the
vessels. Six of the Europeans, among whom were Mr.
Norman, *Cave, and Graham, contounded at the
cliatige, threw down their muskets and ran toward, the
boats, but were inteicepeed, and massacred with spears
and clubs. Nino others, among whims was Mr. Dillon,
(who reports this tragical event), collected thznnselves.
with a determination to resist as long as they w rade:
they made tor the summit of a hill near the spa, and six
reached the top, bot hi: three of their cpropann.ns on
the way, dead or dying of their spea; and arrow ss panda.
As Lay were now beyond the reach of sl.ear aqd
stones, ani by a. high wind providentaily shielded
Irom the arrows, whole flights of which were 149#0.n
• out Of their destructive c urse. they defended ,these.
selves with their muskets, the dread of a hick de:tried
their opponents fogs any attempt to ascend the hill;
'and in this hopeless state haying continued several
hours, a priest ventured to approach them with friendly
gestures, and wig welcomed up. The busint's of
his mission was to promise them security, provided
they would release the eight natives r. ho m ere pii.
srmers in the ves-els. Gladly con entiis tts t';is pro-
position, one of the Europeans accompanied the
priest, who was of the'highest order and consideration,
down to the boats ; be went nn board, and the eight
'wives were released accordingly; but during this in-
terval, two of the Europeans were, by pacific signs and
declarations, indtszed to quit the summit of the hilhand
go down among them, against the advice of Mr. Dillon
and his two remainirig comp:Orals, who, after refusing
to follow their example, had the mortification to see
those also perish hen, ath the weight of innumerable
weapons. The defenders of the hill, being so redUced
in number, were now furiously assaulted with stones
and arrows upon all side.; bin the muskets still kept
them at a distawie.
Aires shoot font hru-s the priest, (Wowed by the
eight natives, appeared in wear, and hostilities crime
again suspended. They went up the hill, and. proffered
to viaduct Mr. Dillon and the two remaining coin-
panion‘ in safety to their boats, provided they would .
surto tbeim tp carry their muskets. This proposal.
after their treacherous murder of the two mho had in-
considerately 'renewed down among them. they would
not at all accede too; and while the priest was hal ang..
jilt on the prlicy of 4 cornrii4Hce, . P.iion got behind
him, and pies ing the muzzle et his goo close agaipst
his back, commanded him to proceed its a direct line
for the beats, threesning Um with instant death if
he pales hesitated, or if any of his I..eople should
attempt to attack them, or impede their paoiage. `Die
priest proceeded as detected. and as he passed a:ong
thought it prudent to remind his rennin risen that ha
was their chief divinity, and that it through any rash
act el theirs he should lose his life, destruction would
fall upon them all. By a well timed presence of
these three persons got safely to one A the boats, and
were happy in once mote gaining their vessels—an
event hut a few minutes before was beyond the reach
of hope. Neat morning, the 7th, a party went on shore
with a considerable pro,ierty. to offer a ransom for the
bodies of their late ill- fated companions—hut, alas I not
one could be produced ; and the wretched canihals re-
plied to the request, that they had. been 4:mitered ,the
night before!
All the persons whom we have already mentioned
as living among the natives of BAJO: lost their lives
in the melancholy contest, ss did also Mr. Norman and
Mr. Cox, Officers, Hugh Evans, seaman, and a Lascar
named Jonno, belonging to the vessel, in all fourteen
persons. The same day (the 7th) they left the dreadful
place, and kept company as far as the New Hebrides,
where they the Hunter and Elizabeth) parted Si2d ult.
Captain Dillon's two remaining companions, who
escaped with him, were Wil!iam Wilson and Martin
Bushart. It Bushart and the Lascar, who also took
refuge on board the Hunter, had returned to the island,
they certainly would have been sacrificed, and under
this impression they besought Captain Robson to give
them a passage to the first lind he fell in with in the
prosecution of his voyage to Canton. Having finally
left the Fejees on the 1241 of September, the Hunter
made land on the 20th. which proved to be the island
of Tuccopeea, in Lit. 12 degrees 15 min. south, and east
long. 169 deg. Here Dustiest and the Lascar, with
his wile. a Fejee woman, requested to be put on shore,
and they were accordingly left, and the ship pursued
her voyage.
In 1826, returning from Valparaiso in the St. Patrick,
Captain Dillon came in sight of Tuccoperea, and curio.
sityprompted him to heave to off the islan-cliaad ascertain
whether the persons left there in 1813 )ire still alive.
Ruth Martin Bushart and the Lascar a; geared--when
an old silver sword guard, in the possession of the latter,
led to inquiries whidi terminated in the discovery of the.
relics obtained from the wreck of Perouse's vessels on
the coral reefs which surround Manicolo. Thus it is
to the circumstance of Bushart and the Lascar haying
escaped from the massacre at the Fejee Islands, and
being accidentally landed at Tuccopeen, that 'we are
indebted for fhe infOrmation industsivusly collected by
Captain Dillon. •