Star. — London, England, 1822-11-13 00:00:00

. /1 WEVENING STAR. LONDON. WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER i3i,1822. STOCK EXCHANGE, TWELVE O'CLOCK. . • Orin, to the information from. Paris thislappyrim,- got above rearket was crowded at an early hour, iihrilrasioli opened at 901. and went up -to 81 81# $l. By dais ffectuation, it appears that the Paris accounts had net the *skaffa, effect on the mar ket as was ezpeeted, for Consuls left of yesterday at 813, at which they remain up to this hour. It is now the general belief on 'Change, that same deep-laid plat bas been matured is the French capital, for frock jobbing purposes, by inserting in the French Journals certain paragraphs which the parties there well knew would affect the English and Foreign Funds. TORSION meager. A great deal of business has been done in the above market this morning; as early as half-past - nine o'clock, on one arde of the 'Change New Spanish Bonds 'were done by the Dull party at 57, and on the other side, the Bears offered them at 58. Up to this hour tiler are at 581. Private letters, received by eaprns from Paris this morning, bring the French Funds at the close of the market on Monday, at 864 90c. Neapolitan Funds 741, Spanish 53, which have got up 10 per cent. within these three ar four days, and everything looking well at Paris, the panic having nearly 82i, Nev Spanish 583, Old 69, New Prus sian 86, Old A, Ruasian 86, Danish 91, Neapolitan 76, Co tunilaian 84, Peruvian 80, New Spanish Scrip 4 dis. STOCK EXCHANGE, ONE O'CLOCK. Our market remains steady at 81} ROYAL EXCHANGE, ONE O'CLOCK. The panic appears to be subsided—Spanish Bonds continue steady from 58 tu the others remain as before. PRICES OF STOCKS AT ONE O'CLOCK. Bank Stock 247 1 / 1 './ 4 —3 per Cent. Red. so ya 1 ,6 !.1 per Cent. C'onsols 81 1 A 1 / 8 3A 1 / 3 5 per Cts. 92 5 A 1 / 2 -4 per CM 98 1 4 Y 8 VS 4 per Cent. New 101 is s 4 Bank Long Annuities 20 7.16 9-16 1 / 3 Imp. 3 per Cents. 79 1 / 2 —l.ldia Stock 25'2 1 / 2 253 1 4 India Bonds 335. 39s.—South Sea Stock 99.Y8 Exchequer stills (CI .1X)0) ss. 7s. Gs. Ditto small, 6t, Con::. for Acct. 80 % 8 81 3 ,/, 81 51 4 / 4 lA. CITY, lIA IF-PAST ONE O'CLOVJC. It i 5 this moment asserted on 'Change. that the different fo reign Brokers have met, and determined to put off the payment of ebtir differences on the settling day, the 15th instant, owing to the great enctuations which in.ve taken place within these few days. The French Papers of Monday, with letters written that afternoon, have reached us. They all still blink the question of war between France and Spain; and, for anything that appears to the contrary in the Paris Journals, w e should say that war was as probable as ever, had not the total rout of the insurgents in the north of Spain been an event likely to have a very , decisive influence on the councils of Louts XVIII. as well as on the deliberations of Congress. The defeat of gIIESADA we stated yesterday. The corps of this rebel S i vaniard was completely destloyed on the 27th ult. at Los Arcos. The Chief (11cooNoo) . and e!even OfEters are said to have been slain, and QIIZSAD.I, a solitary fugitive, has escaped to that asylum for the insurgents, Bayonne. A battle upon rather a large scale, consi.!eting the nature of the country, was fought on the 26th ult. be:ween D'Ettotula and Mt NA, at Tora, near Castel fcliit, in which the former was signally defeated.— The number of the Army of the Faith is said to have arnolinted to 5000 men. MINA, after this victory, which the Barcelona Gazet!c states to have cost him comparatively few men, gave a Lew direction to his columns, and n,arclied on BA:Trier. Nearly the whole of the Catalonian Insurgent Army was en gaged on this occasion. It is believed in Paris that MINA has laid siege to Seo d'Urgel, the sear of the Insurgent Government, and as it not a place capa ble of much defence, it must• necessarily soon fall; and then we shall perceive how slender and con temptible have been the materials of this imp , rection, in support of which a military interference has been meditated by our Holy Allies. Before we come to the question of war or peace, as noticed in the French Papers and private letters of Monday, we shall say a word or two on those of Sunday. The Journal des Wats remains silent on • the subject of its warlike article which we inserted in • •• the &ran of Monday, but the Courier Francais boldly • declares, " that the Partisans of Liberty, without " calling for War, will see it arrive without pain, " and perhapswith pleasure; that they are enlightened " by an experience which has taught them that repose " is mortal to Liberty, that it derives its strength " from attack, and its triumph from persecution." The Constitutionnd remarks at great length on the hostile paragraph of the Journal drs Debats, which it quotes, and we quote a few of its observations on the subject :—" The news from Verona is still contradic tory. However, it is above everything our duty to tat the truth to the Public. We are far from dis guising the fact, that the reports of war daily acquire snore consistency. Endeavours were made to weaken those reports when the depression became manifest, but the language held Yeas not the less hostile. With a singular tone of contradiction, certain Journals have reproached the Constitutionalists with announcing war, and yet have themselves persisted in maintain ing that war is indispensable. ag With regard to what is passing we possess no po sitive data; but as a multitude of interests and specu lations are involved in the question at issue, we are bound to say, that though by all our wishes we ail. averse from war, it appears to us that in the public opinion it is probable. 14 It must have been remarked that the Jouottal des Arbuts, which appeared the least disposed to war, an d which has for some time past preserved a pro- • " /ouad silence, Las' altw explahusitiself i a man e * . 'adhich/ifite :fable credit to tie reports in circulation, Ia Biers we are assured that the cabinets, and more particularly a oast Pewer,pave strongly iissistet at the Congress oh the distruction of the authority of the Cortes; :and that . after long conferences, it has been resolved that all the Ambassadors accredited to the Spanish Government.should be recalled, because theoxistence of that Government cannot, in the situa don in which the King and the Royal Family arc placed, be recognised; that France having sufficient fbrces and resources for supporting the party which has taken up arms in '.Spails,.againgt the CorteS, the whole conduct of the war, should be left to her, under the condition 'of giving her effective aid, if, contrary to all expectation, it ihotild become necessary. It is even pretended that all the Powers, with the mei). don of England, which has declared the firm inten-, don of remaining neutral, will accredit Envoys to . the Regency of Orgel. We are far from putting faith in all these reports, but we repeat them precisely as they have been circulated. What, in our opinion, tends to give them some consistency is the article published by the Journal des Debuts:' The Editor, after refuting the statements as to bringing the Spanish Infantas to trial, thus con cludes If our wishes are for peace, it is because we still consider it necessary for France ; and because, , whatever mail& the chances of an invasion of Spain,' it cannot have, either fog,the party which it is wished, or for Francs herself, the successful results which , certain persons appear to anticipate. We must, however, repeat, that our wishes for the continuance of peace are siionger than our hopes. We exhibit things to our readers in the state in which they pre sent themselves to us and if we are in error, we shall be happy at having -befit d:ceived." The Journal de Paris abstains from giving more publicity to the warlike rumours, and calls on " the Official organ of Government," the Moniieur, " as speedily as possible to put an entire end in "Pft" tainties that have agitated France.'" ne " (Aida' organ" obeys not the call, but remains silent. The fourngt de Comte . roe of Saturday says—" The continued depression on 'Change yesterday is not the only symptom of war which appears to have made impression on some minis. The considerable pur chases of colonial produce which have been suddenly made in the Havre market, and certain resolutions said to have been adopted by the insurance Compa. nits, tend to accredit the report that Spain has some aggression to apprehend, and some support to expect from the British Cabinet. Our neighbours have the same fears, and war with Spain is presaged at Brus sels,. because the frontiers of the Netherlands arc about to be garrisoned with Dutch troops, in substi• tution for the Belgian corps." Sach are the sentiments of .sorne of - the French Journals ; and ed, circumstance, coupled with the silence of the others, has raiser increased the panic in Pat is, and has given rise to an impres sion that the rumours of wa'r cannot have>ieen wholly witliont foundation, otherwise. a flat contradiction wcritll have been immediately given to them by the Grivernment Press. It. is however probable that the Ministers, in thus permitting the rumour to float wit.h tii ascertain how a war against liberty in Spain would be congenial to the French. This is all, we be7ieve, that is to he gathered from I the French Journals up to Monday ; we now turn to those of that day. The Monitor, contains not one syllable either in affirmation or contradictinn of the alarming report of war, but fils its columns with immense extracts from what it calls the (Nick/ Gazette of the Regency of Urge!. The Joornal des Delats, the Paper which, from having published the most alarming article on the subject, would have felt itself called upon to explain away this alarm, had it been unfounded, instead of so doing, inserts a para-. graph whose object seems to be to spew how easy it would he to march to Madrid. The Courier Fran cais (a Liberal Journal, anxious that there may be no armed interference with Spain), instead of being able to give its readers any hope on this subject, spreads a report (which, though we know it to be unfounded, shews its fears) that three of the most moderate Mem bers of the French Cabinet are to be replaced by three of the most violent of the Ultra party. The Quoti dienne, terribly embarrassed between its Wishes for war and its disappointment at seeing the depression of the funds occasioned by the mere rumour of war, does nothing but grumble and wonder at the fact that public credit should be affected by the possibility Olt an event which, it says, all reasonable men must have long expected. Suchare the principal features (positive and negative) of the four Journals which we have teceived. 'lt appeal's that Qt;rsariA's first visit, on his arrival at Bayonne, was to the house of Aurt- CHAMP, the French General. From the Moniteut we extract nothing ; for, except the Urgd Gazette, there. is not a word in it worth notice, unless TA LLEYRAND'S appearance at Court on Sunday may be so considered. The private letter from Paris is, however, still more to the point. It is as follows : " PARIS, NOVEMBER 11.-4 orer.ect, 'Au 41 Every one expected that there would be some article in the Moetteur of this morning to tranquillize the public mind, and to put an end to that . uncer tainty respecting the question of Spain, which so powerfully affects public credit and leads to such gambling and ruinous speculations in the public 1 fltnsii. NbtlYint of t'ie kind has,llowaVef,.._ and the anxiety and agitation which so stilt., marked Thursday , Friday, and Saturday, still cs!. done. The funded capitals of LaOdou will, s atioubt, sympathize with those of Paris. The shock, iideedi will not only be felt in France and tugland, but all the Government Securities of Europe, from Peters.. buigh to Naples. The value ()revery species of praf perty will, in a similar proportion, be al*red, if the sinister reports which have alarmed the hindholders be realized. Already the premium of insurance is raised,•ami this rise must affect all colonial property,' port, and every commodity obtained by naval trans . In viewing the calamitous operation of die present panic, it was expected that the Finance and Foreign Minister (M. de Villele) would either have commu nicated in the usual way some satisfactory informa tion to the Public on the question of peace or war, or would have called a Meeting of the chief of the com mercial and banking-houses in Paris, to consider of the best means of putting an end to the fluctuations which vague and uncertain rumours produce. Such a course was adopted in 183 S, on a less momentous occasion, and merely to protect the bankers who had undertaken the contract for paying the contributions exacted from France by the treaty of evacuation. — The same course was resorted to by M. ltoy during the Neapolitan campaign. M. de Villele, who is an able Finance Minister, and possesses great practical acquaintance with business, would, no doubt, have I followed the example if he could have anticipated equal success. The Congress must necessarily do something immediately, as the Ministers composing the congress of Aix-la-Chapelle did on the occasion alluded to. More than 6 per cent. of a fall over the public funds of France has changed the fortunes of French stockholders, nearly 200,000,000 of francs what' ruin must not this have occasioned to indivi duals ! The holders of Spanish stock have been still more unfortunate; their property fell in value in the course of three days more than 20 per cent. !(It is t anfidently stated that M. de Chateaubriand has been very badly received by the grnperor of Russia. Ilis Imperial Majesty treated him with a coldness and neglect amounting nearly to insult.— Ileaccmes him of favouring Revolutionists and Li berals, and thinks that in the preseni crisis he ought not to occupy the post of a negotiator. It is said that M. de . Chateaubriand felt this treatment so se- Iverely, that he has solicited his recal. The difference may be arranged, but if the anecdote be true, it suf ficiently displays the policy of Alexatider, who, in 18113, 1817, and ISIS, and up to a late period, wished to be thought the protector of the French Liberals. I Times and Emperors change. May not the Em peror's aversion to M. de Chateaubriand arise from 1 his opinion being against an invasion of Spain ? 66 It is said that Ouvrard has effected his Loan with the Regency of Urgel, at 23 per cent. that is, he advances only a fourth part of chat the Regency engage to him, when the Inquisition and absolute ' power tire happily re-established in Spain I . ' The following are extracts from the French Jour nals of Sunday and Monday: a PAWS, NOVEMBER ii. tnoNt THE JOURNAL DES DEBITS. In stating yesterday that the only good. chance in a war against the Cones of Spain, was a point on Madrid, we did not entertain the absurd idea which a revolutionary Journal has attributed to us. We know as well as these Gentlemen, that when a good army and a well-united nation dispute the entrance of Spain by the way of Bayonne—when the fortresses of l'ampelena and San Sebastian, the fortified towns of Tolosa, Vittoria, Burgos, &c.—in fide, when the formidable defilei of Pancorvo are defended with zeal and ability, an army even of 80,000 men could not advance to Madrid. But we are of opinion that the Spanish troops are ill-united, ill-armed, and ill officered--that the revolutionary Spaniards are few in number, and that the sound part of the nation would take up arms and join a friendly liberating army, which should bring them peace, order, and true liberty. It is only in these suppositions, which are warranted by many reports, that we consider the mi itary operation of which we have spoken practicable. FROM TKR COURIER FRANCAIS. The report has been circulated yesterday and to day, that MM. de Villele, de Coibiere, and de Cler mont Tonnerre, have tendered their resignation, and that they are to be succeeded by MM. the Duke de Levis, de Vaublanc, and de Labourdonnaye. We are far from guaranteeing the truth of these changes: it even appears to us little probable that any change will take place in the Ministry before the result of the elections be known. The Quotitiienne, remarking on the observation of' one of the Liberal journals, that a fall of 4 per cent in the funds was naturally accounted for by the ru mours.of war, says: 0 This is an assertion, which, like all those of our' opponents which have preceded its will not bear the least examination. How can the certainty of war with Spain, even supposing it to rest on official docu ments, produce any influence on the value of our public securities ? During three months all Europe has spoken of the possibility of this war ; all the world foresaw it. and all the world feels its necessity ; yet only revolutionary writers have ventured to-say, that it could com promise the nost trivial interests of France.' We can copceive that it may be in opposition to anarchical opinions. .and that it alarms certain poli- . • i ennteisinciebat t May impaic the value of chi 4 0 upbses of the loans made by the Spanish Cortes, an 4 depress the actions of certain capitalists who have ad 'ventured on these perilous operations; but how t a n it be diaintnined that a war with Spain should pro.: duce a GU in the Funds of any legitimate Govern. rnent P Hits the poition of affairs chittged within three months, or has-the danger becatne shore immi nent to the friends °finder ? Have the Descamistdos of the Peninsula suddenly received reinforcements and succours which render them more dangerous td the tranquillity Of their own country; cit that of their neighbours ? No I without doubt the position of the Royalists is more stable and prothising ; the attired conspirators have been penisbed; the Carbottarl suppressed or_dispersed ; and the Army of the which three . months ago was a nucleus of a feiv hun , : dreds of faiihful subjects, is now augmented by all that Catalonia, Biscay, and Navarre reckon of devdni Christians and of Spaniards faithful .to the august family of the Bourbons." is PARIS, NOVEMBER 10; N They write from Bayonne, November 3, that thi column of Quesada, which was in the defiles from Lavela and Guipuscoa, and which was not able.'not withstanding the orders which it had received from _ . the Regency of Urge), and the Junta of Bayonne, to form the germ of a corps, nor even to maintain itself, supposed devoted to the interests of the insurrec tionists, and where everything was refused to it, has been obliged to retreat with greater celerity than it had :{dvaticed; but the Constitutionalists, who hail opened their ranks to let it advance into a country from where retreat was nearly impossible, placed themselves in such positions as to wait for their of - ponents under every advantage. What was foic+ seen arrived. Quesada has re-tppeareJ in Navarre. and had a serious engagement on the 27th with the ' troops of Espinosa, at Los Arcos, near Longrono. The fight lasted four hours; but at length th Ccn. stitutionalists remained masters of the field. " The troops of the Faith retired towards Estella, with a loss not yet accurately ascertained, but which some persons, on the authority of private letters, say amounts to 700 killed, wounded, and poisoners. The Chief, Redondo, who was wounded, is since dead. The Constitutionalists lost sixty killed, and I'4) wounded. The Army of the Faith continued its pain ful retreat, or rather flight, to Ochagavia,Lumbierg, and Vera. It is in the most deplorable state, wanting everything. It is continually pursued. " Sta o'CLocit fl TUE EVIINING.—The following news have just arrived, by extraordinary means :••• 6 At the moment that the courier was about to leave Bayonne, General Quesada entered, after having le t all his materiel, having been convletely defeate.: General Espinosa. " The Supplement to the Gazette of Barcelona, of October 29, contains an account of the decisive au vantages which General Mina has obtained over the Baron d'Ettotnes. We translate it literally. 16 (We are going to follow the operations of our arms, commanded by the illustrious Chief ETos y-M " Towards midnight of the 23g and 24th, 40C f:e tious, or the greater part of those who garri•oned Castelfollit, profiting by a heavy rain, and an excess:.ve dark night, marched out,' one by one, at the heights which are at the sear-guard of the exterior tower, and succeeded in assassinating two of our sentinels, wile were pi evented by the noise of the storm and the dark ness from distinguishing them, and without allowing themselves to be stopi.ed by the alarm given by the third sentinel. Our troops thus seeing themselves in the horrible uncertainty of firing on one another, were obliged to cease firing altogether, that they might not perish by the hand of one another. But as the breach was practicable, and the artillery of the tactious was dismounted, under the uncertainty whether all had actually taken flight, an assault was immediately or dered, and the principal fortress and other foots wet e got .possession of without difficulty; but when we reached the fortress, only sixty men were found these, with many women and children. All, with the ex ception of the women and children, underwent the rigorous law of war. The fugitives, half dead, joined, seven hours after, the main body of the dons at Savanhya. " We have found a considerable quantity of all sorts of stores and provisions, with nine pieces d cannon, great and small ; all which has been sent to Calaf and Cervera. " The main body of the factious, under Erolles, Ro rnanillos, Rotnagosa, and Miralles, assembled on the 25th near Tora, with the view of attacking the litee column of Garrea, which occupied that point and protected Castelfollit and the other operations. 11:a plan of the factious was to regain Castelfollit, o. : 10 least their guns and stores, of which they extreme need. " General Mina, apprised of their plans, left quarters on the 26th, at five in the morning, with a corps of 9.500 men, and took position near Castelfoliit. The battalion of Corunna supported alone for sorns time the attack of the factious, whose number might amount to 5000. OM- General made all the effors of an experietited soldier to draw them to the attaeg, but finding it in vain, determined on attacking . th•in in the position which they had chosen, though it w•l' very advantageous, as they occupied the diagonal lw from Sora to Savanhya. For two hours the warnu , c fire was kept up on both sides. This was truly th'' first pitched battle that we have had in Catalonia. 44 But soon after noun the Genet detain inc.: , t • , ,