Star. — London, England, 1823-02-17 00:00:00

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'All Umbers by the British and Foreign Funds transacted by Vo lta , •and hi s -Assistints; with fidelliki iintl dispatch, at hie n, Grabill and Lombard-street. iCHARDSON, GOODUSCK, and Co. respect . : AAP .fail.kac4ustint the Mlle, that the • NEW STATE LOT .. NRlMicif. 6,000 'Tickets, will be Drawn in One Daf, 25th MlllO Tlte Sebtote contains • 1 * £20,000 4 ••• t5OO - 16,000 10 ' • ~1,000 .&c. &c. &c. all Money. :oronet'll sal3hariss are selling at their Moe, No. 104, corner I 1 - 41 _ k sTAR 71; , • LONDON. . 1- "*".. MONDAY, FEBRUARY 17. 1823. t da , - • • •THE FUNDS. -^ • ..4:IITOCILEXCH AN GE, II A LP-PAST TWELVE. I reiglsikels eosins business doing this morning in the Market, but stets? a great extent. Consols opened 731. /, but afterwards evict dawn to 73i, f, 1, wkh a heavy Market; owing to the viesgetic tneasures'of the Spanish Government, 'Tit the kereign Market this morning there Is not much Joint exopiiiit New Spanish Stock, which gradually loses ks value. TWO Expresses arrived this morning from Paris, bringing the From* Funds 78f. 80c. FOREIGN FUNDS. • - - Spanish Bonds opened this taming at 341, since which they have declined to 34k. I. Current Prices :—Chillan 7t, New Spanish .33fi, Old 38, New Prussian 75, Old 71q, Russian 71, Danish 78 to 75, Nea politan Scrip 72i, Colombian 51, Spanish Scrip 53. PRICKS OF STOCKS AT ONE O'CLOCK. Bank Stock 234 1 4 % per Cent. Reduced 74 1 / 4 Vs S per Cent. Consols 73 7, sA 3 1 / 2 , per Cts. 86 78 %-4.,per Ct. Old 92% 93 92;4 4 per Cents New 93 1 /g 92% 93 Alank Long Annuities 19 7-16 5-16 5 / 8 India Bonds 325. 295. Esclieq. Rills of 1..:1 MOO, 124. 135. -Ditto Small, Ils. 145..--India for Acct. 236 1 A 236 Consols for Acct. 73% 7 3 1 / 2 5/8. A considerable sensation has been excited in the City, by an eminent Mercantile 'louse having told the holders of Bills, drawn on it by. the Spanish Go- . ,vetament, ato present them when due." This ex 'trpordinary conduct, which is variously accounted fat' has done a serious injury to the credit of the Spanish Government. We forbear further comments, evicting that the House in question will give some eittanation of its conduct. • • Vienna Papers, of the sth February, reached town . this morning. The Austrian Observer, the official Journal of the Austrian Government, contains along tit de against those Journalists who predict a gene ral.wat in Europe from the unjust attack of France non Spain. It is extremely angry at those Jour nals which announce broken credit, interrupted commerce, and destruction of prosperity, as con sequences of 'war ; and it is so evidently alarmed at the apprehensions generally excited that it seeks to allay them, by declaring u that the language which the Allied Powers held at Madrid was not • a •declaration of war, and the recall of a mis sion not an act of hostility." Coupling this with the tardy execution of the French Government, of the Decrees of the Holy Alliance, we think there is .reason•to believe that the Depots begin to be terrified, and would willingly retreat from the contest they have begun with the People sf Eutope. The Ger man Papers contain no other news. Madrid Papers to the 6th and 7th-instant bare arrived, and they contain accounts of the very portant proceedings which took place in the Cortes on the French KING'S Speech being officially commu nicated to that Assembly. We are happy to observe, though it is nothing more than might have been ex pected from the heroic Spaniards—the gallant de fenders of their freedom against a far mightier arm than now assails them, and 'with a cause certainly not less just and sacred than at present—that the enthu siasm of some of the Members of the Cortes even outran the zeal of the Government. ks demand for supplies of money and men was cheerfully grantei ; and it is evident that the exertions of the Government will be powerfully seconded by the patriotism of the People and their Representatives. M. CANGA eAR GLIELLES, who, it must be recollected,' is the head of the moderate party, who is disposed to avoid all extrenies, ,who has frequently tempered by his elo quence the hot and fiery zeal of the more ardent of the Deputies, was on this occasion the foremost in declaring for energetic measures. The speech which he delivered, his allusions to the GOD of St. Louis, and to the capture of FRANCIS the First, with the use of several historical illustrations, made a powerful impression on the Assembly, and is well calculated to excite in the Spaniards the highest degree of enthusiasm. Firm and undaunted as they now sheer themselves, we hope that this exhibition of their unanimity and zeal will have such an effect on old Loma as to prevent him from engaging in the war ; and 'we are quite sure that, with such disposi tioni on their part, it can only end in his disgrace, and the ruin of his family. The Cortes have declared that the Spaniards are not opposed to the French Nation, but to the faction which surrounds and usurps the powers of the French Throne. While the Spaniards are o , zealous in t. defence, the Dike d'Awcasamozw! was not to . iet,( 4 _ for the army Ware the 6th oPfsta rch > or it is tees. ' said tilt the beginning Of AlsrilOind that army was not to be collected before the Itch. 'How different was the last French tyrant whom the Spaniards had to oppose, and how much to their advantage is the character and abilities of their present enemy. • . • CORTES EXTRAORDINARY, VERTU:TART t. Communication from the Government relative to the King of FRANCE'S Speech " His Majesty's Government, anxious to preserve the invaluable treasure of national liberty, threatened by the approach of a foreign war, of which the Speech delivered by Louis XVIII. appears to leave no doubt, cannot do less than recur to the Cotter, the faithful organ of the will of the Spanish nation, in order that it may grant to the Government the means necessary for resisting and chastising the aggressors. Though the Government deeply regret the necessity for great sacrifices, which it always wishes the people should be spared, it is now bound to ask them, because it regards the making of such sacri fi ces as o f first im portance for the maintenance of the fundamental code of the Monarchy - , the dignity of the nation, and the most sacred and imprescriptible•tights of the people. Against these objects, beloved by all true Spaniards and their worthy representatives, are Itctually and effectively directed the hostility and the invasion wills which France threatens us. The case has then ar rived, in which it is necessary for the defence of their sacred rights, that his Majesty should avail himself of the generous offers made by the Cortes in theii message of the 11th of January last, in consequence of the heroic resolution which they adopted in the memorable sittings of that day and the 9th. Invested with this authority, his Majesty's Government will no longer delay to propose extraordinary measures pro portionate to the magnitude and imminency of she danger, and such as, in its opinion, the public safety imperiously demands. It is, therefore, considered in dispensable and urgent to propose to the Cortes, that they will be pleased to decree as follows : 1. That, to place the army completely en the war esta blishment, there shall be raised the 30,000 men necessary for that purpose. " 2. That this levy shall be accomplished in a prompt and active manner, by the Military Commandants of districts, in concert with the. Provincial Deputations. The Deputations who punctually execute this duty will, .for that act, be declared to , have deserved well of their country. • " 5. That the Government be authorized to apply imme diately to the army, if it should think proper, the men intended to form new battalions for recruiting the active militia. " 4. That the Government be in the like manner authorized to recall into the service persons from the rank of private to that of serjeant inclusive, who have completed their periods of scr-: vice in the standing army or active militia, and who, without exceeding the age required by the organic law, may presentrheic tiCenses in due form, and with the requisites it preset ibes. They shall be allowed a bounty correspoudiog with their class and the , time they havie previously served. " 5. That the Government be also authorised to suspend the: final discharges of the soldiers vibe have served out their time, until the recruiting of the army. be completed. " 6. That the Government be also authorised to' permit the importation, of arms, ammunition, implements, and . all ar ticles tor-war. " 7. That the Government be also authorised to, build, pur- . chase, or obtain by embargo, as may be found most convenient, and expeditious, the number of small craft necessary for forming 200 gun-boats to- defend dur coasts, and that there be granted. 14,400 seamen for the crews of these vessels ; it being understood: that the Government may or may not render effective, in whole or in part, this grant, accordinz as circumstances may or may not require another destination to be given to it in the naval supply previously decreed by the Cortes. , .• " The shortness of the time, and the great importance and urgency of the subject, have reederel it impossible for the Go vernment to submit, at present, to the deliberation of the Cortes,' the relative ,pecuniary resources. This it will, however, .have the honour to do to-morrow. __, • SAN MIGUEL'. (Signed) EVARISTO,SA. , _.• " MIGUEL•LOPEZ BANOS. " FRANCISCO FERNANDEZ CASCO.: " JOSE MANUEL DE vAnILLo. .a FELIPE RENICK/ NAVARRO. " DIONISIO CAPAZ. " Madrid, February 5." The Secretary for the War Department then said, " His Majesty's Government, in the exercise of; its powers and the fulfilment of its duties, is making every necessary arrangement for giving the armies embodied for military operations the necessary im pulse of force and organization for repelling the at- 1 tempts of the enemies of the country. In vain do foreign Powers oppose themselves to liberty, which is destined to triumph in Spain. On every point in which the Government requites the authority of the Cortes, it will recur to them without delay in order that every department may acquire the force neces sary to act with due effect. THURSDAY, FEBRUARY s. The Special Committee, to which the propositions made by the Government in the Sitting of yesterday had been referred, made a report in the ,follow ing terms: " The Special Committee appointed to examine the demand made and the authority required fibril the Cortes by the Government in the Sitting of yester day, have, notwithstanding the shortness of the time, consideted the subject with due attention, and, after hearing the Secretaries of State, now present, for the deliberation of the Cortes, "the following project of a Decree: " The Committee must, in the first place, observe to the Corms, that the making thelorce in the pro ject 27 men short of the 39,000 required, is far from being occasioned by an opinion that the Government ought not to have the force which has been demanded, but is done to avoid the inconvenience of a new re partition for the Provinces, and to enable the towns to avail themselves in this levy of the repartition, which was formed for the last guixter. " The Cortes Extraordinary, exercising the powers [ grantee by the Constitution; havedecreed as follows: . I. The army shall be placed on the war eitablishment by a levy of 29,973 men. e • S t S. Rack Province shall contribute,to this reinforcement the , der of men corresponding, to its population, accord' lit to the elosporary division of the Spanish territgry of the 27th January bit, deducting-four men from each of the Lists of the Maritime Provinces. . " 3. The Provincial Deputations shall cilvy info effect this levy, either in the Wanner of the pinta, or by substitution', ac. cording as they may find most convenient. " 4. Those who have already joined battalions of the siithe militia are exempt from this levy. " 5. Young men who have completed their 17th year, may, If they wish, be admitted as substitutes, provided they are of the requisite height and strength. " 6. They may also be admitted as volunteers, fifths, poems the same qualifications. a 7. Ths arikli,"in the Decree, is the same as t= meat Message except that it omits to,sfate thatithe tti l' Deputations 51411 be declared to have deserted wenn/Araks.' try io order to make that a separate article., and the It dams _: Ave . i to 11 td 449 au exact newt of thelmol4:o4l. ilkef sod afply. Al" s. TheDr tions tVat punctuallreaerntir Ast isebviriorks jsfehFß 'ankle thief/mot so doing, be *bred 10sars **reed well of the qountry. " P. This Artiele conespnids With "the 4th of the 6idagft e!f eft that in giving authority to the Gsmanameneto Itailst per sons who have already served in the army; ffiere are added the. words.' thotfdit - thty may be Toreigtiers.' " 10. Foreigners in whom confidence is to be.placed. that,* they havens previously served, may be admitted into the army, but must enter in the rank of soldiers. 11. The Government is authorised to dispose of the corps., of the active militia as may be most convenient for the public service. " 12. Authority is given for the importation of . arms, Ste. — (See Article 6 of the Message.) " 15. This Article corresponds with the 7th of the Message, except that the number.of gun-boats is niadelso, and the num ber of seamen 3,zo0:" Senor ROMERO thought that the object of the Go vert/rent would be sufficiently attained, if measures necessary for carrying, promptly into - effect the-levies already granted by the Cortes were :Mooted. lie urged them to adopt measures for speedily raising the men already 'granted. The SECRETARY Of STATE for the Home Depart ment.—The Deputy who has just spoken does not consider, that besides- the deductions occasioned by the warfare against the factious, the force of Army formerly decreed, was supposed to have to'sustain only a foreign war. At present, however, we are not only threatened with an attack frost abroad, but have to attend to the banditti in the interior. This renders it necessary that the proposed force should be granted. The SECRETARY of WAR observed, that according to the basis 'upon which Senor Romero calculated, the Army would now amount to 200,(1(10 men; but he had not taken into consideration the diminution which must have occurred. The Government, upon. a consideration of the whole subject, found that 30,000 men we: e necessary, to place the At my on the full war establishment. Senor GONZAk.E2f- Ar.oreeo said, " I oppose the re port, for areason precisely the contrary of that stated. by Senor Romero ; for, in my opinion,. the proposed levy is too small.. • Senor Aariust.r.es.—l think the, objections, or ra tber the doubts, of Senor Romero must now be - pretty well removed by what has fallen from other speakers. At. present, 30,00 . 0- men are asked,; and whatever may be the result of the contest, which I am confi dent will be fatal to those who provoke it, it is pro bable thsit further grants,, both of money and men, will be necessary. Senor Ruiz nal.n.Veca.—l km - convinced that the magnanimous and generous Spauish nation' will with pleasure make all the sacrifices whithmuybeneCessary for the preservation ofindependence aid liberty : . kwas ilnanißoOslir declared, that then subject. was. Officlently cliscusied; and. that there was tround Tote on the whole of the Report. The Articles were then put separately. • Articles Ist and 241" were read ind-adopted. The 3d Article wat submitted to discussion. '... Till relifaitgag . Artfcles vitre, after some obseren-,1 gions, tolsO agreed to. ' - • • .:•. . , • Thu. Committee then submitted . the following ad. diaconal Articletti which yen successively adopted a preteroted:r: • . . .---...t " N. individuals Shall he excat sted. frail this levy except such 'as are unfit for it, and-those who hive given a previous personal service, or wbo have been relieved from personal service on pay ment oimeney, or en procuring substitutes 111 the tarns and for the time prescribed by the Jaw. . • " F.Very" individual who shall yseseni two men armed and clothed, and not included in the drawing for soldiers, shall be exempted front service. " The young men who, before the Confhiencement of the drawing may offer to serve as volunteers during the present crisis, shall be received,. without deduiting them from the quota to be farnyhed by their town, anti shall be discharged immedi ately on peace and the national independence being secured." The hour of adjournment being past, the perma nent Sitting was ordered, and the Committee pre sented the hallowing Article, which was approved The measure contained m this Decree, for the present ex traordinary levy, shall not prevent the completion and carrying into effect of that directed by the order of the Cones of the 3d instant, for the purpose that such reinforcement may be decreed in the next Legislature, in a manner conformable to the new law.", Senor 13EcAnna.—The Deputies who have taken I part id this business will not fail to observe the im portance of fixing a day, which may be mentioned' in the same Article ; in which it may be moreover stated, that the Decree on the levy now to be ordered shall be understood to be published from the day of the signing 'of the present Decree, or any other day that may be thought convenient. He mentioned a fact which must be obvious to us all—namely, that the exceptions were the great obstacles to the speedy accomplishment of the levy. Perhaps there is more reason for maintaining all the other exceptions, than that granted to the sons of infirm fathers and widowed mothers, because, for one of those whnjustly deserve ; exemption, there are 99 who unjustly declare them- - , selves such, in order to be exempted, though they are in no way serviceable to their parents. For this reason, he was anxious that the Members of the Com mittee should admit an addition to the Article, with holding the privilege of exemption from the indivi duals to whom I have alluded. Senor CANGA-I'he two objections that have been urged by the preceding speaker relate, 'first, to the fixing of a day,fur the drawing of the levy; and next, to the exemption of the sons of infirm fathers and widowet‘motbers. For mr Tart ) though lam not verylwelkinformed on these matters, I confess that there appears to me no inconitenience. in admitting the first amendment. With regard to the second, I sirall.observe,i-that the wish or the Cominittee was surely icrfacilltate as much aivoisible the levy which is about to Wilitreed,'Ood whieXts mg, urgent. — ,That amendment. wsaUld Oen be inadmissible, be cause. it would cause sl loss of valuable time, for war atlready-&sts v:itlitti the-Anterior of the nation. I state dill; for those miserable, *faced nienthost bands of robbers, a'klassins, and malefactors of. every kind which latelyappeared, have declared themselves , the vanguard of the foreign army Which theater:lto invade us. Thorkmeii of the Paith are the advapced posts at* aprty. which brings with lathe Lour - bas .anny 1 recognized and speintaneonat 'warn to ma'nta:n. ,Ilis Majesty has already declared that he is .1 Con stitutional King, and that he will always be t re first to, walk in the path of the Constitution—(Applauae). —On the Bth of July, he gave a proof of tii s to the Council .of State, when he said that he flattered him self with being a Constitutionalist capable of with standing every proof:• fret let tt - deiar aside the van, for it is Mt time: these parties:ef factious are, I rte .Peatit, only. -the .van-guaed -of that, invading army vihich.boaststivarthiegatfider the protection of the GOR.of St. lLonit, The tinsels therefore arrived for in Spaniards tp *fare themselves, a's in the year 18014 in order that iie may securiOnr freedom and triumph as we then did --(Repealed *edits ).--Let us rep!: to the proud Potentates who threaten us with an 4amy under the protection of the GOD of St. Lows, shit ire shall invoke the Goo of St. Narcissus of Gerona-,-ittset if they appeal to the GOD of St.Louisove-•shall call impost Iltse who protected the Spaniards at Itsarcesvalles that if-they seek the aid of the GOD of St. Louis, we shall-rely upotuHtNt who protected us in Vie battled St. Quintin—and finally, that if the dearly beeried. son of the King of France be the Commander of the troops advancing against us, we shall thew him she Casa de los Luktnes, where he will find the tower in which a French King (Francis I.) was implisoned.— In tine, let us declare, that it is not atoinst the French nation, but against its Cabinet, seduced by a titllati. cal faction, that the Spaniards, who are resulved not to be slaves, invoke the Goo ofJastice, through whore they will obtain the victory. Senor GAL1AN0......1 oppose the article; on the-same ground as the Deputy who has already objected cc it. In my °pluton, it should be said 3(3,4Y,X) men 24 necessary; they shall be taken from the uuniatrnx men of such an age, without any escepion;.alit families thereby rendered destitute shalt be Fri for by the country, that being left to•the ; animist; of the Provincial Deputations. This is what the *a with which we are threatened require s—not our in tntine divisions, to which I will not give the mein of war, because I am persuaded that those divisitin will vanish the moment the Spaniards see an invadisq enemy in their country. Under these circumstance every Spaniard who is able to lift a weapon ought e fly to defend the country, with the exception ofcertair persons, whose functions it must be more useful fa them to_exereise than to take arms in their handl Consistently.with these views I. would propose to as Cortes to declare, that so many men are to be raise to place the army on the war footing; thatthey As to be'drawn by lot; and that all exemptiant are di . allowed. All Spaniards are bound to be -soldier and those who may not be drawn ought to be lead to form a reserve; for, when danger is imminent, di whole people may _he called upon in mass to &fee the country. After some further-discussion the article was al proved, it being understood that the Committee woul present another article to modify the exemptions. • MADRID, FEBRUARY & The most perfect tranquillity prevails in Madrid:. Three corps d'armie are torming : the army of • Cat lonia, which will continue to be commanded bvii neral Mina a 'the army of Navarre and Arragon, cot mended by General Ballasterosr and the army reserve, under the orders of A bishal. Tire corrs of facticitta commanded by Bessieres surrounded at Hueta: he has demanded to capitula Bessieres has changed his colours and his pan The Constitutionalists love their country too well i to hasten to open their arms to their brethren w have gone astiay. At- the departure of the coal' the rumour was spread, that the capitulation h been accepted by the victerious General. The same generosity mat ked the conduct of Mi towards the wrecks-of the bands which still defend Urgel ; he allowed them to withdraw without firi on them. His principal object was to take pass, sion of this last refuge for fiction in Spain.— The f of Irati has been reduced to ashes. By an order of general Curial, dated Perpign . January 4, a superior Officer and six subalterns a regiment of a division " known to profess bad pr ciples," have been put on half-pay. Llorente (the illustrious Spaniard, author of History of the Inquisition, recently sent out of Frei by • the Government), died suddenly here yen day evening. DOVER, FEBRUARY 16. His Majesty's steam-racket the BAsittlr, arri. here this afternoon, from Calais, having oa his Excellency the Duke de SAN Loaeuzo, late A bassador from Spain at the Court of Paris. As it I known for upwards of an hour before, from the fl hoisted on board the packet, that his Excellency on board, great crowds had thronged the Pier witness 'his disembarkation. On entering the / bour, the illustrious Duke was received with th times three cheers, which were repeated when landed from the packet. The greatest enthusi: appeared to prevail among the crowd, and Spain Independence seemed to be the universal icipb conversation. The Duke of Yonic, we regret to say, is not tirely recovered from his long and serious indist tion. His Royal Highness rides out daily in his 4 carriage for about two hours, and-occasionally v the Princess SoruiA. His Royal Highness's mec attendants continue to visit him daily. Saturday, at two o'clock, a Cabinet Council held at the Foreign Office. Rt N G'S TH EA TRE.—Sattlf day, after the perform of La Gazza Ladra, a new Ballet was produced, titled La Noce du Village, and went off very suo fully. Among.the numerous company present the Dukes of GLOUCESTER and WELLlNcrrois. DZURT.LAIte Tnzavaa.—.Saturday night, a new FARS produced, entitled Leaf as a Past. The Author cannot con of the support which he received from the Theatre, When Lima, Mr. Comma, and Mrs. Ottoza, lent their beg Mel in his favosiv • but, with all that their talents souls th 4 ence were.di:satisfied. The foundation of the plot It s a ute ride, and there were no niceties dame al elpressiou to call for any description. LONDON Turiatas.-A variety of anti interpersed with song and dance; on Saturday night at this Theatres tsecess, has recently opened unite of Mr. ficvent.ox.. Ia aComiq ACI4 the. Fame irf lire . Irish as 'Widen. Bradir,..pl,oyedliet_ vidard d 6 ciedhio a More v- " -- Zl4 - e"a7) . (l s L'' ' Ant . ' '-, ence were. 4.11.16414.1 toNtickyii „ of t. outs.. bas not . that d eser ib e d i n t h e .army alroop of murderersand-robbers for- its van- racier or esyresi guard?-(Loud upplause.)-4 do not allow that - civil - WEST LON] war 044 among onrselvai; 4 little do I admit the ! little Pieces, i truth of thc.:tlivistens*, ItfCli are spoken of.. There : performed on are= divisions. anion* Spaniards at the present mo- I after a short a .men;; we are all: antics! likthe - .. ievolkition to 'defend snanagensent ,the tb.uritry 4 : ,NOns Of .Sis:iiiiili fir afti . institution founded. ori.tj but the Cotsstituiiou to: wych,Sehtiot 19iiiiii: that WALPOLE, a i Constiiiuhri which Terclihaika. c Seirehtit hii . freely itite AA iikil