Star. — London, England, 1826-12-27 00:00:00

'ANTON GAZEITt conelarled from preceding page. Joseph Colytr, John Beningfirld, and Charles Young, of the Swan and Bee bivr Brewery, 0-born-ttrett, Whitechapel, brewers (so far as regprds Joseph Colyer). Benjamin Brookson and John Brooksoo, of the Three Tuns Tavrin, Ferrer lane, licensed vie tutlltrs. -William Whitehead Winterbottom, Edmund Mickley, and H. Mitton, Huddersfield, merchants and woollen cloth manu facturers. Benjamin Ignore and Thomas Slater, Nottingham, cotton doublers and lace manufacturers. Rol.ert Utirkitt Wyatt, Jeihit Th.idy Burkirt and Clement Wyatt, Coleman-street, cutriers (so far as regards John Thody Butkitt). MILITARY PROMOTIONS. WNIZ-OFFICE. DEC. 23, 1826. :4th' Regiment of Dragoon Guards—Cornet Henry John William •<2ollingsvood to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Keane, pro. mote& • • Ditto..• Comet Thomas Ponsonby to be Lieutenant, by pur chase, vice Browne, promoted; Edmund Pucey Lyon, Gent. to be Cornet, by purchase, vice Ponsonby. ▪ Regiment of tight Dragoons—John Whiteman Lowcs, Gent. to'beNeteritiary Surgeon, vice Scott, deceased. 4th Ditto—Lieutenalit Jeremiah Robinson to be Captain, by pur chase. vice Nepean, promoted ; Cornet Bertram Newton Ogle to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Robinson. 'llth Ditto—Lieutenant and Adjutant Charles M'Carthy, to be Captain, without purchase, vice Henry Gage, deceased. 15th Ditto4—Edward Widdrington Riddell, Gent; to be Cornet, by purchase, v•ce Baird, promoted. Ist or Grenadier Regiment of Foot Guards—Captain John Home to he Adjutant, vice Roldero, appointed Brigade Major. 341 Regiment of Foot Guards—Lieutenant and Captain Hon. Ed ward Stopford to be Captain and Lieutenant Colonel, by pur chase, vice Higgins, who retires; Ensign and Lieutenant Fre derick Harford to be Lieutenant and Captain, by purchase, vice . . . Stnpford; John Parnell, Gent. to be Ensign and Lieute nant, by purchase, vice Ilarford; Captain Henry Montagu to be Adjutant, vice Stopford, promoted. 3d Regiment of Foot—Lieutenant George Richard Carnac to be Captain, by purchase, vice Wright, who retires. 6th Ditto—John DA'Donald Schnell, Gent. to be Ensign, by pur (haw., vice Connor, promoted. 7th Ditto—Daniel Barton, Gent, to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Lord Falkland, promoted. 16th Ditto—John Willett Payne Audain, Gent, to be Ensign, vice _ Smith, deceased. 20th Ditto—Major Henry Barrington, from half pay 100th Foot, to be bl:,j•x, vice Coat, promoted; Captain Thomas King, from half pay 35th Foot, to be Captain, vice Forbes Champagne, who exchanges. 27th Ditto—Lieutenant General Hon. Sir Galbraith Lowry Cole, G C. B. from the 34th Fout, tube Colonel, vice Alarquis of Hast- ings, deceased. 2.3 th Ditto--Captain Charles Cadell to be Major, vice Barclay, de ceased ; lieutenant Samuel :Moore to be Captain, vice Cadell; Ensign Robert Wynne Playford, from the 24th Foot, to be Lieurenant, vice Moore. 32d Ditto—Lieutenant Benjamin Francis Dalton Wilson, from the half pay, to be Lieutenant, paying the difference to the Half Pay Fund, vice Harley, appointed to the 54th Foot. 34rh Hirto--Lieutenant General Sir Thomas Makdougall Brisbane, K.C.B. to be CoL vice Sir G L, Cole, appointed to 27th Foot. 43th Ditto—Lieutenant John Grant to be Captain, vice Anderson, deceaNed. 46th Ditto—Ensign Joseph Davies to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice l'arker, promoted; William Charles Fisher, Gent. to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Davies. .54th ditto.—Lieutenant Honourable Alfred Harley, from the 32d Foot, to be Lieutenant, vice Edward Nugent, who retires upon h..lf pay; John Reid Turner, Gent. to be Ensign, by purchase, . _ - • ice Johnson, pr omoted. - 55th ditto.—Augustus Henry Champroniere, Gent. to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Peck, promoted. 57th dirto.—Captaiu Peter Gray, from the half pay, to be Captain, vice Richard Heaviside, who exchanges, receiving the difference. 58th ditto.—Ensign Kenneth Mackenzie to be Lieutenant, by pur chase, vice Jones promoted; Thomas James Dobson, Gent. to _ . . . - be Ensign, by purchase, vice Mackenzie. b6cb ditto.=Peter Martyn, Gent. to be Ensign, by purchase, vice 91Jyne, promoted. 90th ditto.—Lieutenant Joseph Buvrlby to be Capt d p,lby purchase, vice Pollock, promoted. 95th ditto.—Ensign Chat les Knox, from the half pay, to be Ensign, . . . . vice John Nelson blagee, who exchanges, receiving the difference. 99th ditto.—Brevet, Major William Moray, from half pay 19th Light Dragoons, to be Captain, vice Beauclerk, promoted. To have the rank of Lieutenant Culonel on the Continent of Europe only—John Stewart Hawkshaw, Esq. late Lieutenant Colonel upon half pay Oist Foot ; Lewis Augustus Northey, Esq. late Lieutenant Colonel upon half pay. To have the rank of Major on the Continent of Europe only Gatnett Joseph Wultitley, Esq. late Major upon the half pay; John Malley, Esq. late Major 82d Foot; William Phipps, Esq. late Major upon half pay 47th Foot. HOSPITAL STA FF. Deputy Inspector of Hospitals Stephen Woolriche, from the half p,y, to be Deputy Inspector of Hospitals; John Clarke, M.D. from ball pay, to be Physician to the Forces, vice Skey, promoted. To be Staff Surgeons—Assistant Suiron John Baird, M. D. from _ _ the 10th Foot ; Stall Surgeon John lxash, AI. U. Irons half pay. To be Staff Assistant Surgeons—Assistant Surgeon Benjamin Campbell, from the 11th Light Dragoons; Assistant Surgeon Nattoonal Morgan, from halt pay Slit Foot, vice M'Andrew, appointed to the Ist Foot. - To he hospital Assistants--Andrew Fowli4, Gent. vice Alexander Smith, appointed to the 44th Foot ; Lawrence Alfred Joseph,Gent. vice Leslie, appointed to the 45th Foot; Charles Gordon, Gent. vice Urquhart, appointed to the 4Gth Foot; Edward Bradford, Gent. vice Lightfoot, appointed to the 47th Foot; John blur . .ugh, M.D. vice Fitz Gerald, appointed to the 48th Root; John blaharg, Gent, vice Strath, appointed to the 59th Foot; Wm. Linton, Gent. vice Brydon i appointed to the 54th Foot. TO he Deputy )Purveyor—Deputy Purveyor William Clapp, from .11.11 f pay UNATTACHED. Major Hon. Edward Cud, from the 20th Foot, to be Lieutenant Colonel of Infantry, by purchase. To he Maj ,, rs of Infantry, by purchase—Captain Robert Carlisle Pollock, Irom the 90th Foot ; Captain Aubrey William beau clerk, from the 99th Foot. To be Captain of Infantry, by purchase—Lieutenant John Edmund Wylde Browne, frtini the 6th Dragoon Guards. To be Lieutenants of infantry, by purchase—Ensign Henry Ed ward Bebrille, from the 95th Foot; Cornet William Van, from the 16th Light Dragoons. The undermentioned Officers have been allowed to dispose of their eoremassioni: • Lieutenant Colonel John Gray Ross, Retired List Ist Royal Ye.. terse Battalion ; Major Frrit.t Baton Linsingen, half pay 3d Hussars King'. German Legion; Lieutenant Charles Munro, half pay 45th Fuot ; Lieutenant John Warnetord Armstrong, half pay 84;h Foot. The Christian names of Ensign Bulwer, who exchanged upon half pay from the 58th Foot, on the '7th July last, are Edward George Lytton. . . Commi►siun signed by the Lord Lieutenant of the County of Lanark. James Farie the lo Inger, F.sg. to be Deputy Lieutenant. CollllllllSiolls segued by the Lord Lieutenant of the County of Devon. . John Kennaway, Esq. to be Deputy Lieutenant ; George Barons Nortbcote, Esq. to be ditto; Bethel Lyons Walrond, Esq. to be ditto; John King, Esq. to be ditto; Henry Richard Rowe, Esq. to be ditto ; Alesatider Hamilton Hamilton, EN. [3 be ditto; Edward Lloyd Sanders, EN. to be ditto; Ztchary Hammer Drake, F.sq. to be ditto ; 1 hennas Neville, Esq. to be ditto. Ist Devon Regiment of Yeomanry Cavalry—Baldwin Fulford, the younger, Gent. to be Lieutenant, vice Barton, resigned; Joseph Gattey, Gent. to be ditto; Augustus Stowey, Gent. to be Cor net, vice Gattey, promoted ; Cudrington Parr, Gent. to be ditto. Fast Devon Legion Yeomanry Cavalry—Thomas Hardwicke,Esq. to be Captain, vice Simcoe, resigned ; William Kennaway, Gent. to be Lieutenant, vice Leigh, resigned ; Thomas Wentworth Gould, to be ditto, vice Hardwicke, promoted ; Joseph Barnes Sanders, Gent. to be Cornet; Thomas Gabriel, Gent. to be Veterinary Surgeon, vice Helmore, deceased. East Dt,911 Troop of Yeomanry Cavalry—Richard Walter, Gent. to be Lieutenant, vice Sparks, resigned ; George Harbin, Gent. to be Cornet, vice Walter, promoted. South Hams Regiment of Yeomanry Cavalry—John Line Tem pler, Esq to be Captain; Edmund Posey Lyon, ti.r yr. Gent. to be Lietrets nt, vice Templer, promoted; Wiivam 1 boniae Lear, Gent. to be do. vice Tonkin, resigned. This is the anniversary of the Nslry Office being founded in 1614, and th tiarai Post Office being e tab lisl.ed, 1660 ; evtlth of Di. Hugh Blair, 1800 ; as Jo Warns Svuo.cott, 1814. AFFAIRS OF PORTUGAL. VIIOM 'THII ♦TACYCIMI 2IITUNO, ItiCtlTeD THIS MOILWINII. Though the eventi that are passing in Portugal seem to afford a favourable opportunity for stock-jobbing, -it •cannot fail to be ob. carved that the excitability of our Exchange must have much dimi nished within these few years, if we compare the fluctuations pro duced now by the events in Portugal with acme which similar events occasioned five years ago. Let us recollect the Austrian campaign against Naples, which presented much fewer chances of unfavourable consequences than the armed intervention of Great Mita* in the prevent internal dissensions in Portugal, by which, it cannot be denied, that the fl Imes of war may be kindled in the Peninsula, not to speak of the farther consequences to the political world in general, which may be the result. On the other hand it must be remembered, that of all the coun tries of Europe, Great Britain perhaps, more than any other, needs the preservation of peace, as well to heal the wounds which it has sustained in its finances by more than 20 years war, as to give time to conjure the storms of internal discord, especially in Ireland, whence we may infer, that there is little reason to apprehend that it will tale any steps that can endanger the general tranquillity-- Similar motives appear to guide the political conduct of France ; and as the able statesmen who now direct the affairs of the principal States, have frequently succeeded in effecting an amicable solution of equally difficult problems, it may perhaps be presumed that these speculators who now display the greatest uneasiness, do not very seriously entertain the opinion which is the apparent basis of their operations. PRIVATE CORRESPONDENCE. PARIS, SATURDAY,RDA D*. 25. As yet no intelligence has arrived of the manner in which the English ultimatum (of which I spoke to you in my letter of Wednesday last) has been received at Madrid. The Ministry here have the telegraph in their own hands, and of course receive news by it two or thtee days earlier than any other party, vt hether diplomatic or commercial, can expect to receive by couriers. The ultimatum embraced a demand for the immediate dismissal of the Spanish Ministry (espe cially Calamarde, the chief instigator of the Portuguese reb..ls), for the recall of the Captains-General on the Portuguese frontier, for the recognition of the Portu guese charter, and for- the instant renewal of diplomatic relations with Lisbon. These terms proposed by Eng land received the full concurrence of the French Ca binet. The French Government, in case of non-com pliance, threatens to withdraw its troops from Madrid, and from every part of Spain which is not on the fron tier of France, or within teach of French ships of war. France would thus retain possession of Cadiz, Barcelona, St. Sebastian's, and other fortresses, giving herself the real command of Spain; but would leave Ferdinand per sonally to the protection of his own Monks and Royalist Wlunteers. There is no doubt entertained that the demand of the Allies be complied with.—Times. FRENCH PAPERS. PARIS, Dn. 44. We have news from l‘lelrid of the 18th, and from Lisbon of the 12th. Nothing positive was known re- Tecting the real situation of things in the Poituguese provinces where the civil war rages. On the side of Alentejo, it seems that before being repulsed into Spain, Magessi, who had at first taken a road to Algarve, had repassed the Guadiana, and had been again not far from Estremos, at a short distance from the Constitutional troops. It was said to be his intention to join, in the province of Beira, the forces of the Marquis de Chaves and of Viscount de Canclas, who are stated to have moved in that direction, abandoning voluntatily or by force the road to Oporto. But in all these suppositions there ate probably more conjecture than certain facts. The people of Alentejo have not taken part with the insurgents. It was observed, however, that the land owners and inhabitants were beginning to abandon the country and open towns, and retire into the fortresses with such of their property as they can remove. YAM THZ MOIRA Or MONDAY, DSC. 25. 114DRID, Mc. 14. _ _ The English Minister yesterday received two couriers from London. The first had been stopped by a band of robbers a few leagues from Madrid. The annual elections, which should have taken place at this time in Guipuscoa, fur the renewal of the Mu nicipalities, have just been suspended by a resolution of the communes of that province, till the Government shall have come to a decision on some difficulties which have arisen on the subject. The merchants of Bilbao continue to be distressed by frequent bankruptcies. PORTUGAL We have received through an extraordinary channel news from Lisbon of the 13th of December. The Minister of War has publibhed the following extract ( f the report which he has received :—" General Caula writes on the 9th that he has sent to reconnoitre the insurgents who have appeared about Juramenha, Villa Vicosa, Borba, and Estremos. General Count de Villa Flor writes from Lourenco Alcaid on the Bth, that he is following the motions of the rebels, who were the preceding night at St. Romano, marching on the Guadiana. " General Mello writes from Villa Percia on the 6th, that he knows that on the 26th the garrison of Braganza bad surrendered to the insurgents—that the Officers had been conducted into Spain by Spanish L inters, bound two and two with ropes, and the privates incor porated with the insurgent regiments. " After having ascertained that the whole province of Tias-os-Montes WAS armed in Guerillas, which im• peded his motions, General Mello, in concert with Gen. Ciaudino, resolved to take a position on the line of the 'famega. Chaves was occupied on the 4th by a corps of Guerillas, supported by detachments from the re. volted regiments of Cavalry, N 0.6 and 9. The General affirms,that many Spanish troops accompanied the rebels. " The Governor of Oporto writes on the Bth, that by the position of Genet als Mello and Claudino on the Tamega, t'le Province of Minh° is covered. He com municates the measures of defence which he has taken to save the city. " The General commanding in Lower Beira writes, that be has made all suitable arrangements." C11.1:11 IsER OF PEERS.—Strriso or Till 9TH. VIII DILIAS NATIONS ON THE SUMMON 0/' INDIVIDUAL LIUUTY. The Bishop of Algarve declared, that in his opinion the adoi:tion of the law urgently necessary since the Chamber is menaced buth by the open revolt, by foreign war, and by the connivance of several public function aries a ith the rebels. The Count de Villa Real thought it was impassible to adopt too vigorous measures considering those taken by the eveinies of the Chai ter. The Noble Peer stated, hat lie had heard that the Nlarceris de Chaves, had caused himself to be proclaimed Ktog, by the name of Don M..nuei 11. "If this be tiue," said he, " how v. ill e single Portuguese dere to remain under his standard?", After some observations the project of law, with the amend ments of the Committee was adopted, by twenty-seven votes to shirteen. SITTING or TUN 11TH. A drbate commenced on several articles of the stand ing ()ado s, the Police of the galleries, and the Costuau of the P ers. The grand costume shall remain as it was at the opening of the Session. The ordinary habit -shall be of blue cloth, embroidered with gold, and with a white collar. • • SITTING or Till MIL The Marquis de Tamos read the answer of the Minister of the Interior to the application for information tes prcting the impnriation of foreign Corn. This answer being judged insufficient, was sent back to the Minister, that he may add the necessary details. (PRIVATK I.RTTKR.) The return of Messrs. Almeida and S •bras Brancamp has produced the best effect. All the porlefeuilles are oc• cupied, and public business goes on without interruption. By the steam boat which arrived yesterday from Oporto, we hear that Generals Mello and Claudino and the Marquis de Arijeja have taken a position on the Tamega, and fortified the Bridge of Amaranthe, to cover Oporto and the Province of Minho. At Oporto much alarm prevailed, and several fami lies came in the steam-boat, and the position of the three Generals had made the minds of the people rather more easy. The major part of the inhabitants are armed, and Gen. Stubbs writes he will defend Oporto. There is little news from the South. The Count de la Villa Flor was pursuing Magessi. Jr is said that the Spaniards receive no more Portuguese deserters. Letters from the North say, that Colonul Valdez had found means to escape, and had returned to I'ortugat. The English troops cannot be here before the end of the month. PARIS, DICEISIIIR 9.4. LUIS 0? WIZ DAY. The Journal des Debuts—lt is reported at Perpignan that a corps of 10,000 French was going to be formed in the department of the Eastern Pyrennees. The Gazette of Z your —lt is announced that our troops have received orders to quit Madrid: undoubt edly, before they go away, they will take care to pro claim the re-establishment of the Cottes, and the deposition of the Apostolic Ferdinand. The Indicateur and Me Memorial Bordelais—A con• spiracy against the French garrison of Pampeluna has been discovered, eight thousand Royalist volunteers were to seize the citadel while the French garrison was gone to mass. In consequence of such dispositions, the French have taken measures of security, wh:ch ought never to have been departed from.—[We have news from Madrid of the 18th, and from Bayonne of the 21st, by Express. There was no notion of such a fact imagined by the Correspondents of the above Journals. Note of the Etoile.3 Letters from Bucharest of Bth December, say—" We have just received by the Russian post, merchants letters from Constantinople, which come down to the 22d of November. They bring nothing new respecting the state of the capital and the provinces. The privileges granted to Servia by the Convention of Akermann excite much sensation here." A Frankfort Journal says that Merchants letters from Vienna bad brought news of the conclusion of peace between Russia and Persia by the mediation of England. FAO* The (11.1071111IFFNE OF SMUT, DIC. 24. PARIS, DZCZMBER 23. Important news from Portugal has been received at Paris by different channels. We have received some from our private correspondent. The Moniteur of this morning contains the telegraphic dispatch and the London Papers, which we have received by- Express; have Lisbon Papers to December 9. (The Quolidietaie here quotes the article from Madrid, Dec. 18, published in the Moniteur of Saturday, which appeared in the STAR of Monday.) Thus we see that the pretended defeat of the Royalists in Alentejo is announced in so vague a manner, that we may be permitted to doubt of it. We readily believe that those Royalists who had penetrated into that pro vince by Villa Viciosa, was under the command of Bri- gadier Magessi, where they were at the date of the news quoted in the Moniteur. This may be easily con ceived, because on the 3d December they had crossed the Tagus at Abtantes. As this river divides Alentejo from Portuguese Extre madura, it is evident that the corps commanded by Magessi had taken at this latter date a direction which indicated the intention of going to join the division which was advancing to the province of Tras-os-Montes. We had indicated this movement when we gave an account of the affair at Abrantes. Thus the Monileur, notwithstanding the obscurity of its Bulletin, confirms what we have already said in our Number of the 19th of December. On the same day we intimated that the Marquis of Chaves, fearing to be stopped by the resist ance which the city of Oporto might make, had proba bly resolved to cross the Douro at another point, in order to arrive the sooner at Coimbra. Our conjectures are confirmed by the following letter, Which we have just received : " The Portuguese Royalists who entered the provinces of Minho and Douro, instead of continuing their &arch to Oporto, suddenly turned aside to proceed to V iana, a fortified city near the sea, before which they arrived on the 9th of December. It is said that they have not succeeded in this point—the garrison of the place made no sally, but not having made any demonstration favourable to the Royalists, the latter again took the read to Orsrto; then learning that that city was preparing to make resistance, and that the liberal Spanish Legion had arrived there from Lisbon, they made a motion to the left, went to pass the Douro at another point, and marched rapidly towards Coimbra. This city, which was always animated by the most enthusiastic attachment to 'loyalty, had made no pre parations for defence, and the Marquis of Chaves was to enter it on the 15th or 16th." THE EVENING STAR. LONDON. WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 27, 1826. ST. JOHN—HOLIDAY AT Till BANK. STOCK EXCHANGE, TWELVE O'CLOCK. Consols opened this morning at 79; buyers, but soon after the market became very heavy, when they receded to 793; since which the market has rather improved, and they may be quoted, up to the present time, at 79g 4 for the Account. In the earlier part of the morning, a great deal has been done. Up to the present time, there are no direct arrivals from Portu gal. The Public are anxiously looking for the arrival of the Sir Edward Banks steam-boat from Lisbon, which is expected this week.—Scarcely a bargain has been done as yet in the Foreign market, and most of the prices are nominal. Current prices : Old Spanish 121 15, Mexicans 6.11 64, Co lombian 331 34, Greek 17 16. THE DUKE OF YORK. We lament to state, that in consequence of the alarming change which the D.ake of Yoatt's illness has lately undergone, Sir ASTLEY COOPER set out last night to Windsor, in order to convey to I.is MAJESTY the melancholy tidings that his ROYAL HIGIf N ess is at present considered to be in imminent danger. His MAJesvv, with that soh, itude and affection which are the characteristics of his nature, came to town this afternoon. in order to afford the Royal sufferer Al the consolation which the best of brothers could admi nister on this distressing occasion. The Paris Papers of Sunday (Morning an Evening) which have arrived since our list, contain no later ata counts from Madrid, than those we gave on M nay last They seem too to be derived from the same source, as they announce no new occurrence, thou g h they supply unauthenticased rumours in abundance. They corroborate, however, the repulse of the rebels, who had raised the standard of rebellion in theAlen.ejo ; bat the intelligence resFectrog the other bands is vague, uncertain, and even contradictory. The principal body of the rebels, which, it is well known, marches under the orders of that half knave, half enthusiast, the Marquis of GRAM, is stated for example, in one account, to have turned ass ay from the high road to Oporto, ;a consequence of the preparations making there to resist them to the utmost; whilst this movement is a,cribed in another to a design to surprise Coimbra, ni„ 7 l, i s said to have succeeded. It is impossible to make any thing out of such contradictory statements; m hilst it is probable that, had any occurrence of magnitude taken place in favour of the Anti-Constitutional party, it would have been conveyed through Spain and France with as much rapidity as possible, notwithstanding the disavowal by the latter of all connexion with that party. Had Coimbra been occupied about the time stated, we should have had authentic intelligence of so interesting an event before now ; though, from the strength of the rebels in that direction, it is not altogether improbable, that such may be the issue. In the mean time Spanish troops form no inconsiderable portion of the invading forces ; and they fight in their ranks, secure their coin. munications, or guard their prisoners, as the occasion may require. This serious charge is not lightly made against that Power, but is to be found in all the dispatches ad• dressed to the Portuguese Government; and If the latter has not made reprisals as yet, it is not for want of suffi cient provocation,but from a principle of circumspection, of which it will have no cause, we think, to complain in the end. The more forbearance it shews now, the more hereafter is its vengeance to be dreaded; and it will be time enough to have recourse to retributive just ice, w h , n its troops are joined by ours. The reparation, n e have no doubt, will be fully equal to the offence ; and we are persuaded that it will be exacted in the heart of Spain, if it be not conceded sooner. It is not for ostentatious purposes, that a British expedition has been sent out to the Peninsula; and if the perfidious conduct which has provoked it be persevered in to the last, we do not see why the rights of the House of Austria should not be revived, particularly as all the rights of that House are united in the young Queen of PORTUGAL. Let the present Government of Spain but fill up the measure of its violence, it is our opinion, that before another year, the whole Peninsula will be reduced under the authority of a single Sovereign, the friend of liberal institutions, and the Ally of Great Britain. There is a report, however, in the City, that dispatches have been received this morning by Minis ters, announcing the determination of the Spanish Cabinet to give the most ample satisfaction for the past, as well as the fullest security for the future. But we find, upon inquiry in the proper quarter, that there is no truth whatever in this rumour. The Algemeine Zeitung to the 20th inst. has reached us this morning ; but it does not contain a single article of news. To supply, we suppose, this deficiency, it pre sents its readers with some speculations upon the present critical state of affairs, arising out of our armed interposi tion in favour of Portugal. Though they are as dog matical as if delivered ex cathedra, they are as crude and shallow, as if they had been literally transcribed from a French ultra journal, or one of our own radical papers. The article, which will be found in another column, sets out with an allusion to the slight sensati,4 made on the Frankfort market by the military demon strations now making in this country, as compared to the impression produced there by former occurrences of a similar nature, such as the Austrian campaign against Naples. This comparative tranquillity is not the effect, as this superficial writer insinUates, of the incapacity of this country to enter, so soon after her late tremendous struggle with France, into a new contest with that or any other Power ; but is clearly an homage to the grandeur of her resources, and to the energy as much as to the wisdom of her councils. If the public securities all over Europe are affected less at present than they were some time since under circumstances partly simi lar, the difference is to be found in the chat icter of the British Nation and Government, which is a guarantee against all those frightful vicissitudes and sudden changes, which any other Power, similarly circumstanced as Great Britain is at present, would probably give rise to. We agree with the writer that our Governnunt is emi nently pacific, but it is from principle only, and not from weakness; and Spain will soon know to her cost, unless her rulers has'l.n to avert the impending storm, that the lightning of Heaven is not more prompt and deadly than the enmity of this country, when it is once provoked. _ _ Mr. Secretary I".r.r.L and the SPEAKER of the lic.,•ase of Commons visited the Duke of You an Monday. The Duke ut YORK enjoyed a good night's revie cn Monday night. This morning Major DWYER, Aid de-C,itnp to t!;e. late Marquis of HASTlNGli,arrived ar the Colonial Office, I)ctec::ti• street, from Naples. Air. Secretary CANNING entertained the liviaryilis eni Marchioness of CLANitICARDIS, Lord Ilowaao us WALDIN Mr. and a select party, to dinner on Christmas Day, at his residence in Downing-street. The Duchess of GLOUCESTER came to WWI FACT' day morning, front her residence in Baphut Park. il.r Rept Ilighocss visited the Duke of Yong, and remained with her Royal ltrottn.r lot some tilite. '[ he Royal Duchess left Moat - act* 'hoe, l'arh.lane, in the ativrtiourt, on her return to liag,hot. Air. ‘i YNN tlittliacCcd butincsi Sccretary yeitt:r4.ly.