Star. — London, England, 1822-12-20 00:00:00

CITY BUSINESS. TheArst Court of Common Council in the present Mayoralty was holden yesterday. The LORD MAYOR addressed the Members, and slid, he consulted his own feelings in following • the course pnrsued by his predecessors on similar occa sions, when he cJeclared it to be his anxious desire so to execotethe duties of his office, as to gain thegood opinion of every Member of that Court. He had one observation to make, which he considered of im portance; he should look for the assistance of every one there in his endeavours to preserve order, as it was only from their cordial support that he could hope his representations would have weight. He concluded by declaring it to be his determination to do all in his power to uphold the dignity of his office, while he had the honour to fill that seat. Mr. WHITBY (Deputy to the late Lord Mayor) moved, that the thanks of the Court should be given to Mr. Alderman Magnay, for the manner in which he had filled the office of Chief Magistrate of the City of London.—for the conciliatory manner in which he had pre s ided over that Court—for the ready access afforded to him—for his vigilant exertions to preserve good order—and for the punctuality, ability, and mildness, which he had displayed in the administra- . _ tion of justice. A division being called for, the numbers were— For the Motion, 1 Alderman, 25 Commoners, 2 Tellers, 28 Against it, 54 Commoners, 2 Tellers Majoi ity against the Motion -—2 B • Petitions were presented from the Warden of the Butchers' Company, and from the Salesmen and, Tradesmen connected with Smithfield Market, pray ing for authority to prevent the passage of carts and coaches through Smithfield, by means of iron chains fixed across the avenues to the market, on Mondays, fri,rn six in the morning till noon.—Referred to the Committee on City Lands. Mr. Nortron, one of the City Pleaders, addressed the Court at some length, and begged (being about to go o!it to India as Judge) to resign his situation as Pleader into the hands of the Court. In doing this he expressed his gratitude to the Lord Mayor and Court fur the appointment which they had conferred on him, and for the manner in which they had been pleased to acknowledge his services, which had aro duced much to his prosperity and advancement, and to which he scrupled not to say he owed his present elevation. The recollection of their kindness he should carry with him wherever it might be his fortune to go, and the consciousness of possessing their esteem would continue to be the solace of his life. He then respectfully bade the Court farewell. Mr. OLDH AM brought up a Report from the Com mittee on Elections, in which the Members of the Committee bore the strongest testimony to the im portant and meritorious services of Mr. Norton.— Though at present unable to report on the whole matterseferred to them, they felt it due to that Gen tleman not to suffer him to leave London without carrying with him some mark of their respect and gratitude ; and they accordingly made the present preliminary Report for the purpose of recommending to the Court, that Mr. Norton should he presented with a piece of plate, of the value of 50 guineas, as a reward for his useful and persevering exertions. Mr. WELCH seconded the motion. Mr. S. Dlxort spoke to the high merit of Mr. Norton, and moved as an amendment, that instead of a piece of plate, worth fifty guineas, one of the value of a hundred guineas should be given to that Gentleman. Several Members of the Court bore testimony in the warmest terms to the services rendered to the Corporation by the Learned Gentleman, The motion, as amended, was unanimously car ried, and, at the suggestion of Mr. 0 LDIIA m, referred back to the Committee, from whom the original proposition emanated, for them to carry the vote of the Court into effect. Mr. Norton, who had left the Court on resigning his office, was then called. The LORD MAYOR then communicated to the Learned Gentleman the resolution which had just been carried. _ Mr. Noa•row briefly expressed his high sense of, and his gratitude for, the honour which had been announced to him, and again took leave of the Court, and retired. A Report was brought up from the Committee to which the subject of Parliamentary Reform had been referred. The Report described Reform to be ne cessary, and recommended to the Court a new ap plication to Parliament on that subject, MEETING OF THE WARD OF FARRINGDON WITHOUT. Yesterday afternoon a Meeting of the principal In habitants of this Ward was held at the-Globe Tavern, Fleet-street. At five o'clock about seventy Gentle men sat down to dinner. Mr. FEARON was in the Chair ; Mr. Host?. sat as Vice-President. The cloth being removed, Mr. FEA RON addressed the company, and begged permission to read a letter which he had received from Mr. Alderman Waithman. The import of Mr. Waithman's communication was this—that he denied himself the pleasure of dining with the Meeting, lest (as Alderman of the Ward) he might seem to influence their deliberations. This letter having been heard with general appro bation, Mr. FEARON proceeded to propose toasts to the Assembly. The People" was then given with three times three. The text toast wawa The Khig." In giving " Reform in the Commons House of Par liament," the Chairman begged indulgence for a few moments. The unexpected, and, under its peculiar circumstances, to be lamented, departure of an indi vidual from this life, had freed England perhaps from one of the greatest sources of corruption in the House of Commons. It behoved the advocates of civil liberty, in the present state of affairs, to redouble their exertions. Mr. Canning had drawn his wit upon the Reformers. Ile had said that, as Dr. Sangrado f oun d warm water a remedy for every ailment of the human body, so the Reformer s l oo k e d to R e f orm to cur e every disorder in the body politic. In attempt ing to utter wit, however, it might be doubted whe ther Mr. Canning had not uttered sound truth ; for w hen the vast influence of the House of Commons o4er the prosperity of the country was considered, it seemed more than probable that in the corruption of that 'tithe miginated the greater part of the evils, under which it laboured. The next toast given was—" Trial by Jury, Liberty for Ile c‘, pliment paid to his father. The CHAIRMAN then proposed " The heals - or MT. Alderman Wood." Mr. Alderman WOOD returned thanks. • Mr. FDA RON proposed "the health of Mr. Deputy Reeves and fourteen other Common Councilmen of the Ward of Farringdon Without, Who did their duty." Some conversation then took place with regard to four of the Representatives of the Ward having te • commended the lion. Mr. Law (son of the late Lord Ellenborongh) to the vacant office of Common Pleader. No, definitive resolution, however, was.cotne to on the subject. The health of the fifteen Cemmon Councilmen of Farringdon Without having been given with three times three, and the Members of that Body present having returned thanks, the bealths of the Pi esident and Vice. President were drank; and the Chairman left his seat soon after nine o'clock. THE EVENING STAR. LONDON. FRIDAY, DECEMBER 20, 15 2 2. THE FUNDS. . STOCK EXCHANGE, HALF-PAST TWELVE. Yesterday was a day fertile in reports and fluctuations in the Funds, but this morning appears the reverse. Although two Expresses arrived this morning from Paris, we have not any political information by them except the prices of the French Funds, which were 88f. 20c. the last price, but in the course of Wednesday, they were as high as 88f. 50c. Consols opened this morning at 79i, went up to 80 j, and 80, at which price they remain steady up to this hour. FOREIGN MM. Very little business is doing in the market this morning.— Current Prices :—Chilian 741, New Spanish 351, Old 65, New Prussian 86, Old Bsl, Russian 831, Danish 91, Neapolitan Scrip 771, Colombian 69, Peruvian 78, New Spanish Scrip 9 to dis.-61 per emit. will be paid to-day—the second instal ment of New Spanish Scrip. PRUSSIAN LOAN OF 1822, CONTRACTED BY MR. N. M. ROTHSCHILD, IN LONDON. The Half-yearly Dividend of this Loan falling due on Wed nesday, the Ist of January next, will be paid on that and every succeeding day, between the hours of ten and tisk.), at the Count ing-house of 111r.N.M. Rornsciat.n, in New -court, St. Swithin's lane.—N.B. The Dividend Warrants must be left one day for inspection, viz. those presented on the 31st December will there fore be paid on the lit January, and so in continuance. ?rinciple is resisted Its sdestioctive oyal rity." Louis XVI. did not' think this when' he ants. the Americans to establish their Government. which is distinctly founded on the principle of the Som.' ieignty of the People ; nor have any of the Legiti. Mates of Europe disdained to form alliances with the Government so founded: . " It is nut war which.** demand, but peace," says the Etoile—but we will let . the Journalist speak for himself, and he will say more against his own argument than we can do " It is not then war which we demand, but peaces we demand that the triumph of legitimacy may bei for Europe what it has been for France—a pledge of reconciliation among all groaned heads. During SO years we carried desolation beyond our frontiers; no peace was possible with us; scarcely was one signed when war renewed its horrors, and we realized what PITT had said Under whatever form the revolu tion presents itself, you can never treat with it. Its principles are destructive, its actions subversive: whatever power comes in contact with it, is dragged into its vortex, and beconies in its turn revolutionary. Safety alone can be found in flying from it.' Expe rience has every day demonstrated the truth of these words; and the moment the legitimate throne was restored in France, upon the ruins of the revolution, peace was at once possible and easy. Since that , memorable period, it has not been for one instant disturbed. Let us, then, snatch from revolution her latest conquest, and humanity will recover all her rights. Then alone peace will be what it ought to be—a sincere alliance between two Powers, and not a truce between two hostile constitutions." Such are the ravings of the Eta*, the organ of a party not in the Cabinet, for its official character has been denied, but of a party who, while they thus call out for war, would be the first to fly from its dan gers and its consequences; for be it remembered, that the men who now, by way of spewing their at tachment to the BouaßoNa, seek to involve them in a war that would be fatal to them, are not the men who fought and bled in their cause during the Revo lution—they are the Noblesse who, in the first moment of alarm and danger, abandoned their King and their country, to live paupers on the charity of this coun try, which they were afterwards the first to insult.— It was the tyranny and the obstinacy of such men indeed that caused the Revolution ; it was their cowardice that paved the way for its triumphant march ; and it is the leaven of the old despotism that still works in them, and which, if not put down, will soon again precipitate the BOURBONS from the Throne. But the fall of the French Funds cannot be attri buted to the article in the Etoile, since it has lost all character either for the correctness of its intelligence or its remarks. Numerous reports were in circula tion in Paris ; an Ultra Journal, the Drapeau Blanc, stated that an affair had taken place on the frontiers, in which three soldiers of the Army of Observation were killed, and two wounded. This was followed by a report that two, some said five, of the French regiments had joined MINA. Another rumour was, that a conference had taken place between the Duke of WELLINGTON and the Duke de SAN LORENZO, during which the former told the latter, that unless Spain acquiesced in the demands of France, the Bri tish Government would feel itself compelled to enter the lists against her. Then the ultimatum, that undefinable something or nothing in diplomacy, was the subject of a dozen rumours; one was, that Spain indignantly rejected the ultimatum of France, as she most assuredly will if the latter Power dares to dictate to her a form of govern ment ; another report was, that the ultimatum which France sent to Verona for the signature of the Holy Allies, had received that important addition, and had reached Paris. This rumour, however, bears on the face of it some striking improbabilities. If the discretion set forth in the Moniteur—of "terminating .the affairs of Spain," was really vested by the Con gress in the French Government, what necessity was' there to remit back to Verona the ultimatum to be' sent to Madrid ? What necessity—or rather would , it not be an informality—that it should bear the sig. natures of the other Powers, after it had been declared and decreed the exclusive business of one particular Power ? Again, during the interval from the sup-j posed transmission of this document to Verona, and its alleged return to Paris, what could have been the subject of the negotiations actively and notoriously going on at Paris ? We must therefore look to some other cause for the depression of the French Funds on Tuesday. It is however worthy of remark, that they had been on the decline for some days previous. By an express which left Paris at a late hour on Tuesday evening, some facts have transpired tending to elucidate the fall of the public securities on that day, and the actual state of the relations, hitherto involved in so much obscurity, between France and Spain.— It is• now understood in the best political circles at Paris, that France, availing herself of the permission obtained at Verona, has taken the first step in her pro• posed interference with Spain, in demanding certain changes in her Constitution and interior organization; and that this step has not, as might indeed have been attended with the desired result, or The Spanish answer is de. irritating or disrespectful, resolute. We Understand that, answer, France has. called on their Ministers at Path, ,ces at Verona, to perform _ , and teltstify theit sense of the refractory eondu et of Spain,hjwithdrawing jointly with her their Ambassadors. This is nit meant, how. over, by any of the Powers coneerned,•to carry with it the threat, endear:it le.s the intention, of actual hostili. ties. That is reserved, wt suppose they wish to have it believed, for:the extreme cases of danger to the Royal Family of Spain, or aggressions on the French terri. tory—neither of which, perhaps, in the present tent. per of the Spaniards, there is any just cause to ap. prebend. But the French Ministers expect to gain by their present proceeding a joint demonstration on the part of the Allied Powers, which they conceive will be one of the most certain efficacy for preventing a war. In order to avert this suspension of diplo. matic intercourse, which, with whatever motive adopted, could not fail to create serious alarm in Europe, the Duke of WELLINGroN, whose h ea l t h i t is now said will not permit his repairing in person to Spain, has dispatched a Gentleman of s , •me diplo matic standing, and well acquainted with that coun try, on a confidential mission to Madrid ; and on th e success of that mission depends, we believe, whether the Ministers of the Continental Powers lately assem bled in Congress, will continue to reside at M.ldrid. So feverish is the condition of the monied interest, that the little that has been allowed to transpire on this subject created at Paris the most lively alarm. The threat of actual war is, however, reserved for a more serious occasion. There is nothing of much interest in the French Journals of Tuesday. The Congress was expected to close its deliberations about the 10th or 11th in stant; nothing, however, transpired as to what had been decided respecting Greece and Turkey; and indeed it is most probable that the consideration of this subject will be resumed at Vienna. One of the French Journals, the quotidieune, seems to apprehend more danger from the fraternizing of the French and Spanish soldiers than from war, and gives the following details in a letter from Perpignan : " It is astonishing that those who command on the frontier should permit the communications which have taken place between the Constitutional troops and ours. Under the pretext that war is not declared, Mina's soldiers are allowed to advance to our canton ments. It is even said that Mina sent his Aide-de- Camp to compliment the Viscount V • • 1 *; and the latter having seen him one day at some distance, in the principal street of Bourg-Madame, said to an Officer of his suite — ' This is not the moment for re turning General Mina the compliments he sent me the day before yesterday.' Another time Bourg- Madame was inundated the whole day, not merely with crowds of Spaniards, but with all the Officers of the Constitutional Army, well or ill disguised ; even Mina himself was there, wrapped up in a cloak, and la earing a Polish schakos. In the evening a great part of the army came down to the bank of the river, with music playing, and singing patriotic hymns. " This Revolutionary parade lasted three hours. Our scenes of 1792 were aped. There were dances, with cries of Liberty,' and Death to Me Serviles. The soldiers afterwards sat down to a fraternal banquet, prepared by Sieur Vol, innkeeper, in Bourg- Madame, and their officers waited on them. This orgie being finished, an harangue was pronounced by a superior officer. It is evident that this revolutionary melo.drame was dedicated to our soldiers. The place chosen for the representation incontestibly proves this; for the little river Segre, on the banks of which the actors performed their parts, flows under the walls of Bourg-Madame, where the main body of our troops is stationed, and is only half a league distant from Pnycerda, in which Mina has a garrison." FRENCH FUNDS. TUZSDAY.—.-Five per Cents. opened at 891. 70c. and closed at 891. 15c. Private letters horn Paris of Wednesday are m holly silent as to the rumours which prevailed on the pre ceding day, and the French Funds were somewhat higher. Nothing had transpired to render the pre servation of peace more doubtful. This morning we received a Dutch Mail, with P.t pets to the 19th inst. An article from Vienna states the cause of the Lill of the Austrian Funds. Tile following are extracts: ..•. , • . 4. . . - . • * ' • , of tbePress, and sniversal Fall "which was fol-. ii,iaaa4table, became there can be peg. anticipated, been attended w lowed by , s The Isnmostal'e among the Greeks, the Span; ' t h wh en e ... 111...1406, elate and a Copsti:totiorl , is. ; "atiorieli ds nav a 4 . ton for , atibed bay specti!sboeficnoterncesmssiol it rictus, sod may .tts4y triensiph'o "'Oben" alliance 14!" ill really the gist of isfe arg . holy or utsilsoly;" .. ,„,..,N.,,_ be no peace," says this ddarnalk ,1 ' wean* Colrain- bot‘iperfectly firm and resolut Mr. ,FICARON gatte—le Mr. ,g ran lkeithman, meet which is founded4on, Wed dglich eoptisess to in COnsequence of this answ the upright and consistenixtleticate of the rights of inert, the principle of the Sovitteignty of the People' the Allied Powers, through his fellow-citizens: and the other Governments of Europe where this who assisted at the conferene Mr. J. WA I rumhN returned thanks for the corn- nrincinle is resisted Its destructive of Royal autho. their part of the compact, at NEAPOLITAN LOAN. The Dividends due on Wednesday, January 1, on the Neapo litan Loan, will be paid by Mr. N. M. Rovesonto, on all Stock negotiated by him, and according to the current rate of ex change, on that and every succeeding day, Sundays excepted, between the hours of ten and two.—N. B. The Dividend War rants must be left one day for inspection, viz. those presented on the 31st of December will therefore be paid on the Ist of January, and so in continuance. RUSSIAN LOAN OF 1822. Mr. N. M. ROTHSCHILD begs to notify to the Holders of his Deposit Receipts, on account of this Loan, that the Parties may either pay them up in full, on the 15th January next, according to agreement, or that this period may be extended, at the option of the Holders, on the following conditions, viz. That a further payment of 15 per Cent. on the Stock be made on the 15th January next, with the Interest due on the Receipts up to that day. Ten per Cent. on the 15th February next with Interest at the Ten per Cent. on the 15th March rate of 4 per Cent. And the Remainder on the 15th April from 15th January. At the time of nuking the preceding Payments, the Parties will be allowed to receive Bonds equivalent to the amount paid, or as nearly so as the case will admit. Those Persons who intend availing themselves of the exten sion here proposed are desired to leave their Receipts at Mr. Rothschild's Countinghouse, any day between the Ist and sth January next, in order that the same may be duly marked, and other Receipts prepared for delivery on the 15th of that month. New -court, London, 17th December, 1822. STOCK EXCHANGE, ONE O'CLOCK. The Market appears very heavy, and the Bull party are upon the alert to take advantage of any rise in the Market. Consols are now 80. PRICES OF STOCKS AT ONE O'CLOCK. Bank Stock 245 244-3 per Cent. Red. 78% 79 3 1 / 2 per Cent.9l l / 8 91 1 / 4 -4 per Cent. Old, 96% 97 Bank Long Annuities 20 1-16 Imperial 3 per Cent. 77% India Bonds 345. 355. Exchequer Bills (1::l,000) 2s. ss.—Small 6s. 3s. Consols for Account 79% 80/ 4 BO. The whole of the French Papers of Tuesday are as pacific as they have been for some time past, with the exception of the Etoik, of that evening, and although it contains what may be considered a war like article, yet there is certainly nothing in it to justify that fall in the funds which we yesterday announced to have taken place. The circumstance, however, might teach the French Government an important lesson; for if the rumoured probability of a war has such an influence upon the fOnds, what would be the effects of actual hostilities, and perhaps defeat ? For defeat the French may calculate upon, should they madly attack Spain. The Etoile does not assert that we shall have war, but, as the organ of a party which has always been the worst enemy to France, and to whom many of the horrors of the Revolution are attributable—we wean that party who always oppose every reform and every amelioration in the . Government, and who now would bring France back to the despotism in which she was involved before the Revolution. The Etoile, as the organ of this party (now denominated the Ultras), calls out for war. It does not say that i war will take place, but ridiculously assumes that it, VIENNA, DECEMBER 4. Our Funds have fallen considerably within thee few days, in consequence of an agreement by whici', in the interval between the Ist of August, 1823, a:4l the Ist of January, 1826, the Government will give to the National Bank the sum of thirty millions, hi monthly payments, for the redemption of the VieEua currency, but will issue new Bonds instead. As the Bank will be hereby dispensed for a long time from alienating its shares, and the bonds will be only issued according to the monthly payments, ex tending over a considerable period, it is to be hoped that our funds will speedily rise again. BRUSSELS, DECEMBER 14. The Second Chamber of the States-General met to-day. The Secretary read two lteports from the Central Section ; one relative to the prcject of I4w for the tax on flour and cattle, the other to the Ow i