London, Thursday, June 24...
By the Belmon, FEtGU.soN, arrived at Liverpool from Demerara, advices have been receivet to the 7th of May. The colonial papers brought by this conveyance contain no newvs of general interest. The alarm caused by an appre- hehded rising among the slaves on the East coast has ceased, and the colony remained in a state of tranquillity. Major. General Sir B. D'URBAN had issued the following procla- mnatiosi, on assuming the government of the colony; " PROCLAMATION "By his Excellency iMlajor-General Sir BenjaminD'Orban, Knight Commander of the Most Honourable Order of the Bath, of the Royal (Guelphic Order, and of the Portuguese Royal MIilltary Order of the Tower and Sword, Lieutenant-Governor and Com- mander-in-Cliief in and over the United Colony of Demerara and Essequibo, its Depondenctes, &i " The slave population of the colony will have been already made aware, by the Xings proclamation, issued on the 10th day of March last, and recently published by his Excellency Major-General M1ur- ray, that there is not the slizhtest foundation for the belief *hich tlhey had been erroneously lcdto entertain, of I orders having been rent out for their emancipation.' "' They will also have learned, that the acts of insubordination into which that false belief had so fatally betrayed them, ' have ex- cited His Majesty's highest displeasure ;' that if, for the future, ' they fail to render entire submiasion to the laws and dutiful obe- dience to their masters, they will beheld undeserving of his Royal protection ;' and that all His AMajesty's Governors ',are charged and corimanded to p1mish those wlho may hereafter disturb the tranquiil. lity and peace of their respective colonies.' " I do, therefore, hereby declare to the slaves, my firm determi- nation to repress every appearance of insurrection; and in the event (which I tau5t is most improbable) of any new revolt, 1 will not fail to put it down, by the inimediate and decided operation of the pow- erful military force now at my disposal, and by the same prompt and effectual measures which were employed by my predlecessor in the government, anel which have received the nost gracious approbation of His Majesty. " I trust, however, that the slaves will spare me so painful a task, and not bring upon themselves so certain and severe a punishment; but, On the contrary, that by steadily persevering in a peaceful and obedient conduct, they will, in due time, enable rXc to rrcommend them toHis Aajesty, as still deservinghisgraciousprotection, and as not unworthy of being contemplatedin those measures for improving their condition, which their late criminal acts. had suspended, and from which, any renewal ofsuch acts must, infallibly, exclude them. " They mnay be assured, that as, on the one hand, I will punish with inflexible severity all proceedinga upon their part which may be contrary to peace and good order; so, on the other, if they con- tinue in a temperate, obedient, and industrious behaviour, they will always find me ready to protect and befriend them, as the represen tative of lis M1ajesty, and fulfilling his gracious will. "That no further delusion may, by possibility, exist among tbem, and that they may well and dearly understand their own situation, I have thought fit, in His Majesty's namne, to issue this my proclamation, commanding all persons having charge of slaves to explain and n ake known to them the contents thereof imme- diately. " Given itnder my hand and seal of office, at the King's House, in George-town, Demerara, this 3d day of May, 1824, and in the 5th year of his Majesty's reign. "By command, "VALTER RB D'URBAN, Gov. Sec." LONDOoN, THUJRSDAY, JUME >4, 1824.