Star. — London, England, 1826-12-18 00:00:00

~ r 4' P° IN instant had ;heir head moaners in Marcia. On the 4th General Claticlffit would occupy Villa Real ; in the Mean time Genera% pello, with part of the division, was to occupy positions on the - heights of Barroza. The rebels had, on the Sd instant, advanced to Mi randella, ravaging the country as they passed, so much so, that they appear more like an army of barbarians than Portuguese. • The exclamations given by the rebels are—" Long live our General Silveira, Viceroy of Portugal !" " Long live the union with Spain !" " Long live our Atchcleke 1" There were not any desertions in the troops of Mello and Claudino, but the greatest spirit of fidelity and subordination. We suppose Ge neral Mello, as well as Claudino, have in view to defend the line of Zamegor, to prevent the rebellion from ex tending into Minho, and delivering the unfortunate Pro vince to the fate which had frightened their inhabitants. The General of Becon has taken the necessary steps, that the spirit of rebellion should not reach that Pro. 'since. Notwithstanding this melancholy news, the inhabitants of Porto ought not to be alarmed. This city is guarded on the front and sides with valorous faithful troops, and we ought to follow the courage which in flames the true lover of his country. Our enemies have as many weak as ill-disposed; though they have in view rapine, and what is yet more frightful, the de livering of their country to a foreign faction. The Captain of one of the merchantmen which left Oporto on the Bth, states that he met with two steam boats with English troops on board, entering the har bour. On being informed no such vessels had been dispatched from England, he still persisted in the cor rectness of his assertion, which appears to confirm the report of troops being sent from Gibraltar to Lisbon, and from thence to Oporto. The private accounts, in addi tion to the letter we have given, contain little informa tion to be relied upon. The numbers of the rebels, and the motley group from Spain, are stated at 15,000 men; but this number (unless it is a mere blunder for 1,50(1) is inconsistent with the hesitation which is said to have taken place in the movement of the rebels alter the pillage of Braganza. It was this pillage, and the promise to the ragamuffins of a similar license at Oporto for three days, that bad so alarmed the English at the latter place. The Maquis of Chaves's immense estates are chiefly on the blond Aries of Portugal : he has great influence with the Church ',Arty. Several row-boats, to capture Portuguese property, bad already sailed from Vigo, but' e suppose they will Rot be particular as to the flag ; and what redress can be expected after the property is in a Sranish port ? As many names of Owns and places in Portugal, whatever be the issue of the pre Ent struggle, will; for some weeks at least, be 41 as familiar as household 'words° in the mouths of our readers, it may not be deemed altogether useless to lay before them the fol lowing very short account of the localities, and of the bearing and distance of a few of them from Lisbon and from Oporto, upon which the march of the insurgents seem to be principally directed': BNAGANZA gives title to the present Rork' Family. It is a frontier town, of no great size or importance, about a hundred miles, as the crow . 11 es, east from Oporto. There is no reason for supposing that the citadel could be forced by the insureents, unless from want of provisions ; but if it be true, as was• stated in the Impel cial, that the troops that had sought refuge there were already reduced to feed on their horses, they Cannot long hold out, for we may beassured that if the fort affords small provision for the men, it affords still less for their cattle. VILLA REAL is aiout one-third of the way between Oporto and Braganza ; in point of size Villa Real and lintynnza are nearly alike. This town, be it obseived. lies on the direct route to Oporto, and at no great dis tance from the left bank of the Douro. • AMA RANTE lies thirty miles east trom Oporto. Under present circumstances, this is a point of extreme im portance, as, by its situation on the right bank of the D •urn, it will, if adequately defended, form a complete cover to Oporto in its rear. if the rebels succeed in forcing the passage of the Douro, there does not seem any thing to hinder their immediate advance on that town, which, if Amarante has . fallen, we may be pretty certain has, by this time, followed its fate. OPORTO, or more properly 0 Porto, derives its name ft , m a city which fcemerly stood on the opposite bank, of which it was the port or harbour. It ir, in respect of numbers, the second, and, in every thing else. the first city of Portugal. It stands on the right bank of the Douro, at its mouth, and contains a larger proportion of British population and of Biitish capital, than perhaps any town on the Continent ; the whole, we need not say, employed in the wine trade, which derives its English name from the town where it is shipped, and where it is generally stored. From Oporto to Lisbon h about 180 miles, or three days good hard tiding. Of the irruption of the refugees, in the centre of the frontier, very little has yet appeared ; and we shall, therefore, only notice those towns in the south, where the line of match has been more specifically indicated. VILLA ,VisosA, or Victor:4A, is a town in Alenl-tejo, lying about 100 miles due east from Lisbon, and about SO miles west from Badajos. If the notice which we gave on Thursday, from the Journal des Debats, be correct, the insurgent troops which have occupied Villa Visosa, must be those who were so opportunely sup plied, by accident, with the arms sent from Badajos to Merida, with the notable guard of a Lieutenant and 12 . men. According to other accounts, likewise given on Thursday, they advanced to Estremoe, on the same line of road, whence they declined slightly to the left, and took up a position at Evoramonte. Estrentost was at one time a very strong town, and contained above 7000 inhabitants. EVORA is the capital of the province of Alem-tejo, and one of the most ancient cities in the kingdom. It is about 25 miles from Estremoz, and 15 from Evora -trionte. In marching to meet the insurgents in the south, the Regent's troops, whether from false infor mation or otherwise, seem to have kept too far to the right, for Evora, where they are said to have halted. There are two •essels arrived from Lisbon, one in the Clyde. and another in Ireland, the dates when they left are not yet ascertained. Up to the present time, we have no direct information from the above quarter, nor have we any repbrts. It appears, by letters from Trincomalee of the 29th of August, that Rear-Admiral Gage, Commander in Chief of his Majesty's ships in India, had shifted his flag from the Warspite to the Boadicea, from which ship Commodore Sir James Brisbane had shifted his pendant to the Warspite. The Commodore was to proceed in the latter to Port Jackson, and from thence across the Pacific to Valparaiso. THE EVENING STAR. LONDON. I ~..i nig in•••... MONDAY, DECEMBER 18, 1826. STOCK EXCHANGE, TWELVE O'CLOCK. AU tho imaginary reports of Saturday, in the City, have entirely vanished this morning. Consols, which left of on thtexclatat 784 for the Account, opened this morning at 791, afterwards were done at 791, and have since risen to gni Q, owing to several Brokers coming into the market and purchasing, in consequence of an Express having arrived from Paris within this hour ; but the contents have not as yet transpired, the report states it is of a favourable description. There is a general improvement in the Foreign market. Current prices : Old Spanish 151 1, Mexicans 64 1, Colombian 33 35, Chilian 36 38, Danish 57 58, Greek 161 17/, Portuguese 70 72, Exchequer Bills 7 preen. Russian 82 83. CITY, ONE O'CLOCK. Within this hour, the Consol market is not so good as in the earlier part of the morning, when they were done at 80* f ; since which they have receded to 110 for the Account. The Express from Paris brings the French Three per Cents. at 67, after the fall in the English Funds, which was known at Paris. CITY, TWO O'CLOCK. The Consol market, which opened firm at 79i 1, and advanced ultimately to 801, has, in consequence of heavy sales and various gloomy rumours, receded to 791, with a very dull appearance. The market has hers generally pacific until within this last hour, but it now wears a heavy aspect. In Foreign Stock Greek is on the advance, price quoted 18, favour. able reports from Greece being in Circulation, and the low price tempting people to buy. In the South American Stock there is not much to notice, Mexican 6 per Cents. have toothed at 65, but have since receded to 64, and Colombian 6 per Cents. are 33. Chilian Bonds maintain the price of 38 sellers with great firmness, the small ness of this Stock rendering the Bears afraid to sell to any extent. By the Portsmouth letters we learn the sailing of several trans ports for Cork and Lisbon, and the greatest activity stiU prevails in the naval department. In the Continental Bond% there is but little variation. Russian Stock has been as high as 82k, and is now 614 ; and Danish, after being 57, has settled at 561. Spanish Bonds remain, in a great meaure, stationary ; and in no other Security can we observe any thing of moment doing. PRICE OF STOCKS AT POUR O'CLOCK. Bank Stock 199 3 per Cent Red. 781/2 79 78 1 / 2 S per Cent. Cons: Shut. 31 per Cent. Re). 84% 85 1 / 2 4 per Cent. New Shut. 4 per Cent. 1826. 94% 93% % Long Ann. 18% 1 / 2 India Bonds 18 £l,OOO Excheq. Bills 7 $ 7 £5OO ditto 7 $ 7 two and £2OO ditto 10 8 11 Cons. tor Acct. 79% 1 / 2 80 7 As 79% FORE( ON FUNDS, TWO O'CLOCK. Tlrazilian Bonds, 5 p Ct. 60 Greeit Bonds, 5 p Ct. Milian Bonds 6 p Ct. 38 D0.80nd5,18k5,5 p C. 17 6* 71 Colombian itond., 6 p Ct. Mel. Isd 825, 0 ; p. Ct. 631 541 Do. Bonds, 1 824. 34 31 Do. Acct. 64 51 4 1)0.Acct.34131 Pruss. 11.14. 5p C. 95 2e Danish lionds,3 pet. 566 761 Russ. lids, UM, S p C. 132 e 1 e BRITISH AND FORM N S!i Alt FS; TWO O'CLOCK. •HARR. 100 PA Ith 7.5 Anglo Mexican 100 20 , 3‘.! 31 General Mining M. 100 5 5 ('aseo) Peruvian 100 15 1 Potosi La Paz and Pere. Ass 50 5 at.l 2s. ,C 2 10s. United Mexican 40 27i 19h Poulton Foxns, DICEITIEft 15.—Five per Cents. 97f. 65e. 70c. 80c. 75c. 70c. 75c. 80e. 90c. Three per Cents. 66f. 40c. 45c. 50e. 70c. 65c. Bank Actions 2,0401. Neapolitan 71f. 75c. Brazilian We have received this morning by Express the Etoile of yesterday, and cannot find in it a single article from which the most morbid imagination could draw a war like inference. After quoting the observations of seve ral London Papers on the speech delivered by the King of FRANC!, at the opening of the Session, it says : " We think, those who see in it a pacific spirit, judge of it bet ter than such as ascribe to it a warlike tendency."— It afterwards accounts for the reserve which it has hi therto observed on the suhject of our demonstrations in favour of Portugal, by attributing it to the pressure of official documents connected with the subject, and says that it would be better for irs contemporaries had they imitated the same. It then formally contradicts se- veral inferences of a warlike character which appeared in the opposition papers of the preceding day. The following are extracts : PARIS, Dammam' 16. The last accounts from Madrid announce as yet nothing certain respecting the troubles that have broken out in the province of Tras-os-Montes. The Portu guese deserters of the Algarves, had formed a junction on the Alem-tejo with those who had entered by the way of Estremos, and seemed to make a combined movement in the direction of Algarves. The most contradictory rumours prevailed at Madrid with res. pect to these movements. - The Marquis de Moustier, passed through Vittoria, on the 7th inst. on his way to Paris. General Count Castellane, commanding the advanced guard of the French division, stationed at Cadiz, has arrived at Paris, Upon leave of absence. They write from Vienna that the Infant Don Miguel, as well as Prince Charles of Sweden, attended their Imperial Majesties in the grand hunting patty which had taken place in the neighbourhood of that capital. The Infant Don Miguel had not yet taken op his resi dence in the Imperial Palace, as had been announced some time before; but he proceeded every day to Court, to pay his respects to their Imperial Majesties. LISBON, DICICKIER 5. (Continuation of the Sitting, in which the Minister of Foreign Affairs presented his Report.) M. Sarmento demanded that the report of the Foreign Minister should be presented as speedily as possible, as well as the annexed documents, in order that the great friends of Portugal in the British Parlia ment might be put in possession of them without delay. M. Mosinho deniuneed the Minister of the Interior, for having returned, as • an answer to the Students of Coimbra, who desired to be supplied with arms, that they should only occupy themselves with their books. The Minister of the Interior replied, that all the stn- 1 dents were not Constitutionalists, and that many of them would turn their arms, had their request been complied with, against the present Government. M. Miranda thought with his colleague Guerriero, that there seemed to be a double Ministry, from the collision which appeared in the measures of defence. The Hon. Member greatly regretted the indisposition which condemned the Minister of War to inactivity. M. Leomil proposed to decree, Ist, that the country was in danger ; 2dly, that the Chamber should declare its sittings permanent ; Sdly, that all legal formalities should be dispensed with, in regard to the enemies of the Constituti 30 4thly, that the Spanish deserters, stationed at Salva Trrras de Mayos should be armed and employed to guard Lisbon, a measure that would not violate the treaties with Spain. Sthly, That all public Functionaries, whether Civil, Military, or Eccle siastic, guilty of assisting the rebels, should be imme diately dismissed, or be placed in confinement. The Minister of Justice complained of the treachery of several Magistrates, and quoted as an instance the escape of the Marchioness el - CHAVES, that ardent enemy of the Constitutional system. These several proposals were submitted to special Committees. The spirit which shines torch in the preceding Re port, would do honour to the Legislature of any country, and is worthy of the crisis in which the Portuguese nation is placed. It also chews that a portion at least of the Ministry fully enjoys, and apparently deserves, the entire confidence of the best men in Portugal; and that the reproach of Luke-warmness does not apply to any of the leading men of the Con stitutional party at this juncture. The populace led on by a bigotted priesthood, and seduced by their natural love of licentiousness, are probably hostile to the exist ing order of things; but the enlightened classes without a , l exception, appear to be well disposed, and even ready to make any sacrifice that the emergency re. quires. All that the Constitutionalists want is a rallying point ; and this they will soon have.ws may be seen from our Portsmouth letter. The embarkation of troops and stores at that port continues with unabated activity, and as soon as these teach their place of destination, their presence, we have not the least doubt, will give the Constitutionalists the immediate ascendancy. In the meantime, the alacrity, which has been shewn in expediting our preparations cannot be too highly extolled ; and must silence such of our contem. poraries, as have had the hardihood to assert that the national energies are on the decline, and that our resources ate unequal, to the duty which his MAJESTY'S Government has undet taken,of defending our oldest Ally. This promptitude and energy are the more commend able, as it will probably be the means of prevent. .ng actual hostilities; whereas, had any indecision been shewn, we should have sunk in the estimation of foreign Powers, without securing the objects for which the na tional honour and good faith had been so inconsi. derately sacrificed-. We received this morning Frankfort Papers to the 11th inst. but, with the exception of an article, respect ing the navigation of the Rhine, and another in relation to the war between Russia and Persia, their contents are wholly uninteresting. According to the former, which is given under the head of Mayence, the 7th inst. the duty on the navigation of the Rhine has been regu larly improving for the laat two years—that of 1825 exceeding the duty raised during the preceding year by the sum of 154,648 francs; whilst an increase of 111,582 francs is claimed in favour of the present year to the end of October over that of 1825. It appears that Russia has more formidable difficulties to contend with in her war with Persia, than was ima gined at first. At Tiflis, the capital of Georgia, such was the terror inspired by the Persians, that the in habitants had made preparations to leave the place. To tranquillize their apprehensions, an Order of the Day, signed by General YERMOLO7f, was published, in which he says that the Persian throne will be sooner over turned, than the Persians shall resume their sovereignty over Georgia. This Order of the Day was published on the 20th August ; but as no new advantages on the pair of the Russians are spoken of, the threat contained in the former, may be.zonsideted as an empty bravado. NAVAL INTELLIGENCE. FALMOUTH ; Dec. 16.—Wind E. to N. N.E.—Arrived the Eclipse packet, Gate's*, from St. Thomas's, in 29 days, with loss of two boats, &e. also the Tynan packet, Dwrza, from Woolwich.— Sailed the Sprightly, Johwrou, for St. Michael's; Louisa, Coos, for the South Seas; Stanmer packet, SARIN ; fur Lisbon; and Frolic packet, BARRON, for Halifax and Bermuda. PIT MOUTH ; Dec. 16.—Wind E.—Sailed the Mitchell, for Oporto; Susan, Niciumson, for Naples ; Henry, for St. Vincent's ; and the Susan and Mary for the Eastward. PORTSMOUTH ; Drc. 17.—Wind E.—Arrived the Ross, Smarr, from Dantzic in 34 days; the Heroine transport, from London to Lisbon; Maria, Blum, from Leghorn; and off the Wight the Krin, from Rio Janeiro. Sailed his Majesty's ships Romany and Praasses, for Lisboa ; the Greenwich, Dina, for the South Seas ; Elizabeth, WAILERS ; for Grenada; Numa and Stentor transports, for Cot k and Lisbon • Ann, Pacoima, for Naples; and his Majesty's ship SNAP, for the Ea stward. His Majesty's ship MELvILLE went out of harbour to Spithead. DEAL, Dzc.l6.—Wind S.E. by E.—Arrived the Tiger, Ric II mins, from London, for New South Wales; Fleetwood, Byes, from ditto for Jamaica ; and Sir E. Banks --,'from the River, and passed to the Westward. GRAVIDEND ; Dee. 15 to 1 7.—Arrived the Adeona, STEWARD from Palermo; Nautilus, Tuu.iv, from Miramichi • Cumberland, Ccasmurs, from Seville; Assiduous, BRAND ; and Dispatch, GRA-, nAar, from Lisbon; and Swift, —, from Seville. Sailed the James Laing, Suousus, for Jamaica; Diana, Davis, for Para; Spanish packet, WRIGHTSON ; for Malta; Surrey, Dixon; and Juno, Paws, for Jamaica. We have received by the French Mail Letters and Papers from Gibraltar of a late date, but they do not contain a word of news; and we have also letters from the Islands, but they are equally barren of anything of importance. Caraccas Papers are in town to the Ist of November, at the North and South American Coffee•huuse, but they merely state, that a Commissioner bad arrived from the Liberator, with dispatches, and on his arrival, the political situation changed. The embarkation and marching; vi troops Ira Po. tugal ate continued with the utmost activity. • LISBON EXPEDITION. " PORTSMOUTH, SUNDAY AFTERNooN. el An Admiralty Messenger arrived this morning from London, with dispatches for Sir GEORGE MARTI N to dispatch the ROMNEY and PYRAMUS, with the 4 t h Regiment on board, to sea, without a mmeru's delay ; also, to send a small vessel out s to cruize off the Owert, to prevent the Gtouczazzufroni cominginto Spithead, but to direct her to proceed.on.without delay ; she h a ' s the Guards on board, from Deptford. The Ist Divisio 4 of the 6sd arrived yesterday afternoon, and instantly embarked on board the MeLvita.s, which ship weli towed nut of harbour yesterday morning by two steam. boats. The 2J Division of the 63d arrived this afte!. noon, and immediately embarked on board the 11 F L. 'ILIA, which ship, no doubt, will proceed to-morrow, not to wait for others, as the wind, which is now fair, may change in i short time, and be the means of the whole force being delayed. The 4th embarked cis Thursday in the ltimisEY and PYRAMUS, and only sailef this morning, ok ing to contrary wind. The. poor soldie wives, with their children, arrived in hundreds, havine marched 26 miles a day in a deplorable condition ; ai d the scene of digress at witnessing their. husbands de. pasture was heart•rending. Two children died fu ll ' fatigue on the road yesterday, belonging to the 63J. _ . 44 The SPARTIATZ is still in the harbour, but is er. pected to go to Spithead to wait her orders, lest it may blow flesh from the southward when she is wanted, and then not be able to get out of the harbour. " Foos o'CLocE, P.M. " The Ist Division of the 3d Guards, together with the last Division of the 63d, are just gone out of har bour in two steam boats, a dock-yard lighter, and a Stet of men of war's boats: all their baggage is shipped, and gone with them. Each Regiment was inspected in the Dock-yard by Sir JAM Es LTONS ; and, considering they had marched 26 miles over heavy roads, they were in wonderful spirits. There were a vast number of spectators, particularly some well-dressed females, wit nessing this interesting scene. The soldiers, on leaving their native land, gave three hearty cheers, which were returned with three times three by sailors and spectators. " The CALLIOPE brig is ordered to join the Expedi tion, and has two flat boats fitted, to fire Congreve rockets from. No doubt she is intended to cover the landing. " Orders are just received here to get the SPARTI;TE out of harbour as soon as possible; two steamers are to be alongside her to-morrow morning, by nine o'clock, to tow her out if necessary. We are delighted to hear that the COMMISSMNER and Sir JAL LYONS have made the necessary jyraitge ments to forward all the poor women and children to their homes, who have been left behind; and that is a transport to take those to Cork who live in Ireland. " The following Officers, on ;he Staff of this garrison, will'ens. bark on service in Portugal :—Col. WAILRE, to be Assistant O.uar termaster. General ; Colonel CUTLIII, a Major sig. Brigade; and Dr. Dense, on the Hospital Staff. " The transports Layton, Lieut. Lovrry ; Stentor, LtPutrnant Butiacar ; Numa, Lieut. Laws; and Heroine, Lieut. Jerreasos, have been taken from the services to which they bad been specialty appointed, and have sailed for Cork, to take the 10th and 11th Rr giments thence to Portugal. " The ships Edward, Lord Cochrane, Crown, Three Crowns, Regulus, and Ellen, are taken up as transports, and are fitting in this harbour, to take thelOth and 12th Dragoons to Lisbon." 1 ROY Ilir CINQUI PORTS 1111141 . 1.1). We have just received authentic intelligence, that a ►rig of war has arrived at Calais, to take in ordnance for a western pert, sup. posed to be Brest, where a fleet is reported to be fitting up. An order came down yesterday for a the able seamen on .the Coast Blockade of the district, to hold themselves in readiness for immediate service in the Navy. THE ARMY. Detachments belonging to the 7th Regiment of Dragoon Guards, and the 11th, 37th, and 88th Regiments of Infantry, marched on Saturday morning, from Westminster, for Bristol, on route to Ireland. Detachments belonging to the 43d, 94th, and 96th Re giments of Foot, matched on Saturday morning, from Westmin ster, for Bristol, on route to Plymouth. The Depot of the 82d Regiment of Infantry is ordered to march this day from Ipswich, for Harwich. The Depot of the 16th Regiment of Fout is ordered to march this day from Harwich, to the Tower of London. The Depot of the 40th Regiment of Infantry has received orders to march tomorrow from Ipswich, for Warley. Friday two companies of the 56th Regiment, stationed in the I Citadel at Hull, marched for Halifax. ALARMING AND FATAL FIRE AT BRISTOL. /ROM THE BRISTOL JOURNAL, DEC. 16. Between eleven and twelve &Clock last night, the premises of Mr. Oxley, hatter and hosier, Wine -street, in this city, was discovered to be on fire, which burnt with such rapidity, that in less than an hour the interior of the house Was entirely destroyed. Mr. Oxley, and some members of the family, were seen to escape from a window in the upper story. Two n'CLocc—We have just been informed by a Gentleman, of the most heart-rending and melancholy fate of Mrs. Oxley and three of her children. Their bodies have just been found in the ruins, burnt almost to cinders. The shopwoman threw one of the children out of the upper bed-room window, and she, after much persuasion, jumped down among the assembled crowd, without sustaining much injury. Mr. Oxley's hands and arms are much burnt, and he is now, with one of his children, at the Bush Tavern. The fire is nearly subdued. STAFFORD ELECTION. FRIDAY, Use. 15.—Than DAY. The poll of last night (the second day) closed at four o'clock, as follows: - - Beaumont 245 I Spooner 181 Late on Thursday evening the following haad-bill announced the termination of the contest : . Ganrunctur—Broken promises justify unredeemed The continued and increasing violations of the promises made to me on my canvass, and subsequently to my arrival, have completely exonerated me from the pledge of polling out the Burgesses, and have created a majority for my opponent, which it is hopeless to expect to reduce, &c. &c. &c. " Your humble Servant, " RICHARD SPOONER. " Stafford, Thurpday Night, 14th Dec. 1826." This morning, atter two or three Burgesses bad polled, the re• urn was signed, and Mr. 13xstrasorrr declared duly elected. The halting cloNed the week's uproar and excitement. The Duchess of . l eft on Wechm• lday_mornms, on her wry to London from the- North.