Star. — London, England, 1826-12-21 00:00:00

Notwithstanding the representations made to the Bri tish government, end the accpunt rendered to our King by his Commissioners at London, appointed to settle and liquidate the accounts between England and Spain,' the former persists in demanding the whole of the credit recognised by the Regency, and this has already given rise to serious discussions. The English Minister presses our Government more and more, and the notes of the British Cabinet have, within the last two months, be. come very pressing. ZAMORA. Deeiteura 5. The Marchioness of Chaves, wife of the General of that name, who resided at Villa Real, has raised a re giment of militia ; and in a short time, more than 3,000 peasants joined her. It was at the head of the s e forces that she to de possession of the bridge of Abrantes, and thus cut off all communication with theConstitutionalists. PARIS, Thentsai 17. There is a current report,Ahat orders have been dis patched for the recal of those troops which we have kept so long at Madrid, whose numbers are not con siderable enough to maintain, an case of extremity, a capital, where the party thatlas given military aid to the Portuguese refugees is dominant. This otter does not apply to the troops that we have ,at Barcelona, or at Cadiz. The cause of this difference is very obvious. Lord and Lady Cochrane quitted Marseilles on the Sth of this month. They arrived on he 12th at Lyons, where they Kansained for a couple of days, and then set out for Geneva. The Meuagere dt Marseilles asserts, that they are to return immediately to thatcity, where they ate to reside at the villa of the Count de Panisse, which they have hired. rams THE lOU UAL DES motars. MADRID, Decants 7. The Minister of Finance is in the greatest embarrass ment to obtain funds. His Excellency begins to be frightened at the system of Finance which be has hitherto pursued. He perceives the employment of the revenues by anticipation, far from insuring continual resonrces of the State, hastens his misery, and prepares his fall. The embarrassment of the Minister is arrived at such a point, that he receives all the plans which are proposed to him, without being able to determine or fix on any, for his wants do not permit him to attend to them. The Council of Ministers yesterday, summoned by the King. was prolonged till half-past six. The Chamber of Peers will assemble to-morrow, the 19th, to hear the reading of the Address, in answer to the King's Speech. They state in the Memorial Bordelais, of the 15th of December—They write from Bayonne, dated the 12th, that a letter of the Bth, from Madrid, announces that 10.000 Portuguese peasants had joined the troops of the Princess Regent, to march against the insur gents. These last bad experienced a check, which obliAed them to retrograde on Spain. The English troops have disembarked at Lisbon, and form the gar rison of that city. The Indicateur Bordelais contains the following : FRONTIERS OF PORTUGAL The rebels are still at Tras•os-Montes. The Marquis de Chaves and Viscount Montalegre occupy the same position. Their united forces amount to about 900, or 1,000, or more, infantry and cavalry, mingled with guerrillas, who pillage and rob everything which suits them. About a thousand Spaniards, a great part of them armed with lances, commanded by the Viscount Villa-Gracia, have just united with them. The General Claudino has just effected a junction at Chaves, with the Captain General of the province, for the purpose of opposing the rebels. The Government hastened to accept the services of the brave Colonel Valdes, and have given him the com mand of the effective men of the 3d and 21st regiments ' of infantry, and 12th cavalry. _ The rebels who entered the Alenteju have been re pulsed and vigorously pursued by the peasants, to the number of about 18,000, who give them no quarter.— This movement took place spontaneously, as soon as these brave countrymen could reckon on the support and protection of the troops from Lisbon. P.& While the troops of the Princess Regent were marching against the rebels, the English disembarked at Lisboa, and formed the garrison of that capital, which is therefore sheltered from every attempt. PARIS. Dreams= 18. We said the Ministerial policy acted with so much skill, that it ended with recoiling upon the Continent the power of England,a lamentable fault, which annuls that which could effect in the treaties of Vienna and Paris, a kind of counterpoise to the prejudices rai.ed against France by these treatiesa fault for which the Continental Powers will never cease heteafter to re proach that deplorable administration that desolates France. Without doubt, it would not be necessary to listen to these Powers in everything which could injure the liberty or the honour of our country; but it would be a temarkable folly to think ourselves insulated on the Continent, and to place ourselves in such a situation that the insular and continental policy would have equal reason to complain of us. Let us march neither behind Mr. Canning nor M. Metternich. We asked if it were possible for us to remain with so , little force in Spain, while England occupied the coun try and the ports of Portugal with its troops and its vtssels? Fire thousand English have landed at Lisbon., Among these troops are all the infantry regiments of ' the guard of George IV. and the corps of cavalry,which announces the plan of a permanent occupation, and of little importance could one foresee the fortuitous case of a military movement in the event of civil war.— Though peace may be very desirable, cannot one say, as Mr. Canning has said, that there are two positions when people are obliged to have recourse to arms— namely, when national honour and public faith are compromised. If we had no troops in Spain, the occu pation of Portugal by the English would be lamentable' without any immediate danger, but the presence of the white cockade in the Peninsula complicates the question, and occupies the minds of all. This is the moment at which the efficiency of an army appear. to be diminished. The Prussians, say they, occupy villages in France. Our frontiers fall into ruins ; but to-day let us attend to Spain. It cannot be denied that the movement of Portuguese refugees took place with the approbation of that party which our arms caused to triumph in Spain. Thew masses, so ungovernable, and which follow theiropultes of those who direct them, without obrying legal autho rity, hold the English in horror. The Spanish Govern. smut have no regard for that nation; and tie acknow ledgment of the Spanish Republics by Great Bri.ain, is a fresh and rankling wound in the bosom of (very Spaniard whatever may be the class an d p o li t i cs to which lie belongs. While England openly d ec l ato us h er a ll y, and fell .' citates us in - basins done, conjointly with her, every thing which was in our power to prevent the inva,ion of the Marquis de Chaves, with what e)e must we be looked at its Spain? It -a war should arise, not between LONDON. THURSDAY, DECEMBER 21, 1826. ST. Tnostas's DAYHOLIDAT AT TIM Rum. STOCK EXCHANGE, TWELVE O'CLOCK. Consols, which opened this morning at the same price they left off yesterday, $O4 to 4, were aeon after dose at 1101 for the Ac count buyers, which was owing to the Express from Paris bringing the French Reines higher, and favourable news frees Portugail l but within a short period, the market has taken a sudden change, and Consols have receded to 110 j. owing to a report that 111. de Va.z.azz's Speech le in town. There is nothing doing in the Foreign market, and the prices are almost nominal. Current prices ; Old Spanish 13, Mexicans 644 4, Colombian 531 344, Cuhills 37 39, Peruvian 30 Sit, Russian $2l $34. CITY, ONE O'CLOCK. Consols, which were in the earlier put of the morning at $Ol for the Account, have receded to •o, and at present may be quoted r atsoto j. with little doing. This heaviness in the market is sow attributed to the accounts from Portugal not being of a favonrablei description, foe it is said that an insurrection has broken out in a town near Lisbon ; also that the Portuguese Government have de creed a loan for Six Hundred Thousand Pounds. The Foreign market remains in the same inactive state as in the earlier part of the morning, with no business doing. PARIS STOCK RICCA/40R, TURSDAT MC. 19. 5 per Cents. 9Sf. 40c. 35c. 40. 50c. 53e. 65c. 60c. 55c. 3 per Cents. 87f. Sc. 10c. sc. 15c. 20c. 40c. Bank Actions 2042 L 30c. Colombian 35. Mexican 65. Naples Renter 71f. 80c. 83c. 72f. 71f. 90c. 72. f. 72f. Sc. 10c. 711. Cortes Bonds, 104. Royal ditto 484 1. One Month, 2 Sf. 40c. paper ; 25f. 35e. cult. Three Muth., 1.51. 2Se. paper ; tsf. 20e. cask. N.B. The Three per Cents. closed, on Tuesday evening, at Four o'clock, at 67f. 40c. We have received this morning by &press, the Paris Journals of Tuesday, and the Boils, dated Wednesday. On the former day, a slight improvement took place in the Funds ; and the organ of the temperate, more talented, and hitherto the more influential part of the Cabinet, continues, under the courteous head of " lies of the day," to demolish the warlike rumours and in ferences of the Papers devoted to the ultra and liberal Opposition. It again denies, in allusion to a statement in the Aristargae, that it ever was in contemplation to appoint either Marshal MAakoNT or Marshal Mo- LiToa to the French Embassy in Spain. Still the Node is singularly abstinent as to remarks of its own, upon the present posture of affairs ; and this reserve, we suspect, is a faithful picture of the un certainty in which the policy of its patrons ap pears to be involved. As long as that Power does not know its own mind, but continues, like the pendu lum of a clock, to vibrate between peace and war, it would not become us to hazard a peremptory opinion as to the issue. We wish that the voice of reason, which we shall call the good angel of the House of Bourbon, may prevail; though we cannot conceal from ourselves, that between this wish and its accomplishment, there are many formidable obstacle; interpossi. In the tneantiine,the Ministry betray their apprehen tion% by putting off by means of artificial delays, the m eting of the Chamber of Deputies, where the affairs of the Peninsula will probably be discussed with a vio hence cortesponding with their impor.ance, and with an actimony equal to the collision into which they have brought party-feeling. It cannot proceed to business btr-' til a , Presidenris appointed, and it has not been possible as yet to collect the requisite number of Mettsbers for this purpose. As it would be rash to call this the effect of accident, we look upon it rather as a proof of ministerial anxiety, andsof the warlike spirit by which a large portion of those, who usually vote for the Government, seem to be animated at this time. When we see those persons, who know Fracce best, and are most competent to appreciate her resources, as well as the force of public opinion— when we see them shrink back from the consequences of a war,and behold theßoyalists,who are become a bye-word for poverty of judgment and talents, ready to play algame proverbially hasardous at all times, but peculiarly so at present, we cannot help thinking, that, if the latter prevail, they will seal their own destruction, and that of the Monarchy. This country would have nothing to fear for herself in such a contest; and if her Government hesitate, it is from a strong presenti ment alone of the irreparable ruin in which hosti lities might plunge the House of Bourbon and its partisans, both in France and Spain. We are as anxious as possible to impress this great truth upon the war-factions in both those countries; for, upon the im pression it may make, will depend, whether they become again outcasts upon•tbe face of the earth. The intelligence in these papers from Portugal adds but little to our previous information, though it repro. sents the rebels as making their way almost at every point, whilst it quotes some instances of success, and affords several examples of the most praiseworthy firmness on the part of the loyal Portuguese. The Quotidiame mentions two circumstances, which might be considered as highly ominous to the Constitd tional cause, should they be corroborated ; we mean the declaration of two considerable places, both in the immediate neighbourhood of the capital, in favour of the rebels. But we must have a much better authority, before we can attach the slightest credit to a report, to which there is no allusion in any other French Paper, and upon which the Lisbon Jour nals, which reached us last night ate wholly silent.— In the meantime the tone of the latter is any thing but disheartening ; • and to judge from the language, and proceedings of the two Chambers, and above all from the firm countenance of the Government, we cannot help thinking that too much import spice has been hitherto attached to the insurrec tion. It is our opinion that the rebels owe all their success to surprise, and that they will melt away a ss rapidly as they hive been collected, when the well disposed part of the nation has time to recover from the consternation into which it has been thrown by so sudden, so unexpected, and so flagitious an attack. The news from Spain is also scanty, vague, and indecisi►e and her Government will probably vacillate between its fear of England and its desire to put down the Portu guese Constitution, until the opportunity for coming to a safe decision shall wholly pass away. _ _ The Meniteur of, Tuesday republishes a circular of the Neapolitan Government, dated as far back as the 11th of September, and of which a copy appeared in the French official Journal seven weeks since. The ostensible reason which is assigned for giving It again, is that the former translation was iu incorrect, though probably the real cause is the violence it displays against the partisans of the Constitutional system, who are threatened with unsparing rigour; and the reappearance of this 'document, at the present moment, speaks volumes, in our opinion, as to the real feelings of the French Government. The following communication has been received this morning, at tl4 North and South American Cof4e House; and we cannot help thinking that its facts, and' particularly its inferences, are too highly coloured. But if both were true to the very letter, the appearance of our expedition would soon put matters to right : " LISBON, Disci:um S. 14 This country is in a state almost approaching to anarchy. We are at this moment almost without a Ministry. All the Ministers, except two, hare sent in their resignation two days since, and it is found difficult to form another set. " The Portuguese rebels have entered from Spain by various points, and, assisted by Spaniards, hare taken several places. It is said that the old Queen attempted to escape the night before last, from Quelnz, intending to go and place herself at the head of the rebel troops; had she succeeded, it is difficult to say what the conse quences would have been. 41 We are anxiously expecting British troops ; if they be not sent out very shortly, I fear that they will be too late, and the Constitution must fall, in which ca e our situation will not be very pleasant. The Anti-Con stitutionalists attributing everything that has taken place here to the English. " A British Merchant residing at Braganza, (which place has been taken by the Rebels) has been plundered of property to a large amount, and it is not known if his person be safe." We this morning received the Nuremberg Correspon dent of the 13th inst. from which we copy the following : FROM THE DANUBE, Deco:mist 7. It is said that the Infant Don Miguel, animated by a wish to prevent the evil with which Portugal appears to be threatened, has been induced to send to his sister, the Infanta Regent, a declaration, in which the Prince ex presses his indignation at the shameful abuse which the leaders of the insurgents have dared to make of his name, by placing it at the head of their incendiary pro clamations. As the Portuguese Prince is in a situation in which there is no restraint whatever upon him, and his recognized and sworn to the Portuguese Charter, it cannot be doubted that this act,to ahich,in all probability, the greatest publicity will be given, proceeded from the same motives. It is added, that a Courier has been dis patched from Vienna with this important dispatch, from which the most salutary - effects may be expected, as it deprives the insurgents of every pretext tot their aim . .. nal enterpr ize. There is no news in the private letters from Lisb:4 to-day, as they bring old dates frsm the interior. Hamburgh Papers reached us this morning to the 16th inst. They contain advices from the Russian capital to the 3d inst. announcing the arrival of advice. from the seat of war iu Persia, which are dated the ltth November, but without notifying any fresh advantages in favour of the Russians. It is said, however that the Persians were retreating at .that time in every directive' , without any serious attempt, however, having been made to loose* . them in their retreat. • FOREIGN FUNDS, TWO O'CLOCE. Colombian Bond., 6 p Ct. I Mex. 11121825,n p. Ct. 641 I a Do. Bonds, 1824,34 i a Do.Aect. 65 4} a Do. Acct. 34a a } Peruvian Bonds, 6 p C. Penh& 80nd2,3 pCt. Ditto Acct. 31 Do. Acct. 561 7 Russ. lks, 1822, 5 p r. 83 a Greek Bonds, 5 p Ct. Span. Bondi 5 p Ct. 12a 13 D0.80nd5.1885,5 p C. 1711 Fr. Reines, 5 p C. 98f Mex.Bonds,s per Ct. 54 Exchange, 25f 50e BRITISH AND FOREIGN SHARES, TWO O'CLOCK, WA it 14 ram. Arigna Iron and Coal 50 12 4 Colombian • 100 13 13 14 13 Potosi La Pas and Peru. Ass. SO 5 £2 181.42 13s. £2 lit, Royal Irish 25 1 946 17s. 10s. Marine Alliance 100 5 5 Canada Company 100 10 12 EXCHANGES. Hosannas, Dsc. 15.—0 n London, 36. 7. 2M. 36. 4. Sr. Przsassuaan, Dtc. I.—On London, 9 11-16. Lorna, Dsc. 11.—On London, 3 M. 6. 161. Mitsui, Doc. 12.—0 n London, 3 M. 6. £7l. Vmais, Dm 6.—On London, 3 M. 10. LISBON EXPEDITION. 44 PORTSMOUTH, DECEMBER 20. 44 The bustle of the place is a little over to-day— yesterday we were all life and confusion; nothing but Generals to be seen, with their long feathers flying, from one Hotel to the other. " About ten yesterday morning, the Mumma got under weigh, but was recalled, in consequence, it is said, of the unexpected arrival of Lady, Dow vent, who intended to embark with her husband. —ln the afternoon Sir EDWARD BI,AKENRY and Sir THOMAS ARBUTHNOT, with their horses, as. barked at one o'clock on board the MELVILLE, which ship had come to anchor again; and at three o'clock, Sir THOMAS HARDY, With Sir HENRY CUE. TON, the Commander in Chief, together with all the Staff, embanked from the King's Sailyport in the Ad miral's barge, and proceeded on board the WELLEsLET. " Sir H. CLINTON'S baggage did not arrive here until late yesterday, in consequence of the van in which it left London breaking down—this caused some delay. However, this morning the %Limner and MELVILLE got under weigh, with a fresh southerly• wind: while working out of St. Helen's, the GLOUCESTER hove in ►ight, accompanied by two Government steam-vessels —she was ordered to proceed; and those two ships soon rounded Culver Point, and by one o'clock were out of sight. The MELVILLE, from what we can serve from the shore, appears to be a very heavy ship; she had the start at first of the WELLEILEY, but she soon passed her, and appears to sail two feet for the MELviLLE's one. " We understand 100 Marines embark to-morrow morning in the SPARTIATE, which ship is to be paidon Saturday, and expected to sail on Monday neat. She has not her lower deck guns out, but is complete 011 the war establishment, as an efficient ship. " To•morrow the 10th Hussars are expected, and will embark the moment they arrive, as transports are all ready for them. It is a pity the horses had not been off before, as, in case of a westerly wind coming on, the horses make poor sailors beating to windward in the Channel; two days earlier would have been every thing for them. •Go when they may, the troops will carry with them the hearty wishes of their coun trymen. Lord MELVILLE arrived at the Admiral's on Mon day afternoon; he visited the Dock Yard on Tuesday morning, and the Naval College, it being the Students' examination day, previous to going home for their ho lidays. His Lordship did not go afloat, nor hold a levee, but looked at she experimental ships while in the Dock Yard. A select number of Naval Officers were invited to meet his Lordship, at the Admiral's, at din ner each day, and this morning his Lordship took his departure for London. 64 The Ambassador for South America embarked (under the usual salute) this afternoon, on board the FORTE, accompanied by Prince ESTERHAZT, who was also saluted on his Highness's leaving the ship again. She is expected to sail to-morrow morning." AIIOTBEIS LITTZR, SAMI DATE. " His Majesty's ship GLoocasvan hove to off the Nab Light this morning, until his Majesty's ships Mr.tvn.t.it and Wauastxr get under weigh, when they sailed in company for Lisbon, under the command of Admiral Haar.—Wind S.S.W. to E." 4 PLYMOUTH, Dw. 19. " Sailed his Majesty's ship Brrrrax, to the westward. His Ma. jesty's ship WIDDSOK Castle did not put to sea until this morning,.. Wind 5.8." The LORD CfIANCELLOR.—The answers given to in quiries made at the residence of the LORD Caartcat,Loa yesterday, were, that his Lordship was rather better than he had been for the last few days, the pain bring now chiefly confined to his Lord. ship's font. Sir HERBERT TAYLOR transacted business, yesterday morning, with the Duke of YORK, and afterwards held a Levee as his Office in the Horse Guards, as Military Secretary to the Como mander-in-Chief. Mr. HUNTER, sen. the King's Messenger, arrived at the Foreign Office, yesterday morning, from Paris, with Dispatches from Lord Ga.servu.t.t, our Ambassador there, to Mr. Secretary CANNING. Baron STIERNELD, the Swedish Minister, and Mr. GALLATIN, the American Minister, transacted business yesterday, with Mr. Secretary CANNING, at his Office in Downintstreet. Yesterday, a Court of Directors was held at the East India House, when the following Commanders took leave of the Court, previous to departin for their respective destinations, via •r Captain Jouw lime, Atlas, St. Helena, Bombay, and China; Capt. JOHN It. MANDIIR SON, Bridgewater; and Captain Tuultas Bags', Lowther Castle, Bombay and China. The undermentioned Captains were sworn into OW command of their respective ships, viz.—Capt. JOHN Peru Wis.2uPs Ilyrhe, Bombay and China; and Capt. IVII:LIA3I CAVIGNSUANN; Farquharson, Sc. Helena, Penang, Singapore, and Chula. State of the Pull tor the Corouership of Wofcebter• shire on Yloaday evening— Smith 590 I Stokes 490 1 r I na and England, but between Spain and Portugal, and if the English, the latter to preserve the peace of the, interior of Portnisit ihoutd place garrisons on the fron tiers of Spain, in what a 'situation would we find our. selves ? We are the allies of England; bai we are also the allies of Spain ; if the English should enter Spain, should our soldiers .fire upon them or the Spaniards, or should th-♦ look on? Tile Marquis of Lansdown and Lord Holland have asked in the House of Lords, of what nature was our co•operaeion I and if when wt could act we have contented ourselves with speaking, could the English troops ask the same questions of our troops on the field of battle? Would not the Spaniards on their side summon us to their assistance? But, say they, there will not be a war between Por tugal and Spain: these dangers are then imaginary. GOD grant that one may be able to depend something on the passions of the people of the South, who deceive all the calculations of reason I But, we repeat it, how shall we be looked at by the Spanish people, with our declaration of alliance with England ? Shall not our feeble garrisons be insulted ? Shall not our soldiers be obliged to fire on the subjects of a King, of a Bourbon, whom they have delivered, or put up with the insults of a fanatic populace ? The most common foresight, then, obliges us to augment the number of our troops in Spain, or eva cuate the country. If we reinforce our garrisons, we expose -ourselves to the most bitter representations; and to an augmentation of military expenses, if we withdtaw our troops, shall we then leave Parutgal.in the hinds of the Eng lish? Shall the arrival of the Eng-1 lish Guards at 'Lisbon be the signal of retreat for the French Guards at Madrid ? Should the definitive result of the victories of M. le Dauphin be the recall of the English upon the Continent, and the occupation of Portugal by that nation ? Honour does not permit our Ministers to evacuate Spain: safety does not permit us to remain there any loncer so weak. This double policy leaves us a prey to the English and Spaniards; and that impossibility 6i our Ministers taking a part, whatever it may be, creates for us enemies on both sides. When it is learnt to-morrow that the Portuguese insurrection is quelled ; that the Marquis of Chaves is beaten; cr that the English, disembarking at Lisbon, have prevented the occupation of that capital by the enemies of the Regency, will our position be much better? The English will remain henceforth in Por tugal—and while they remain there, can we honourably , quit Spain ? Onr part in all this will be always miser able, and France is not placed in that rank which she ought to occupy. It is remarkable that Mr. Canning, in his speech, did not even pay a compliment to France : our alliance however deserved some little word of en couragement for M. de Wick. But M. de Villele has not dared himself freely to avow England—for in the Speech from the Throne, he only made use of the words 4 . in peace with our Allies." THE EVENING STAR.