Star. — London, England, 1822-12-24 00:00:00

a "io CITY S.LEC77ONS. . - , Yesterday the polling for the two contested Wards VAS reomed with much activity; and at the close the mallet's stood as follow ; BASSISHAW WARD. • Mr.Wiguelin - - 32 Mr. Frisby - - 241 I Ph. Hashes • - 1 .Si Mr. Britten (Deputy) - 22 C*I3,PLIIIO ATE-WITH IN. 11 4 11.114°.415t->ir• Ktrl I `. r: rainy* - .. 34 -•m r : Tb o r o - g ood -- - 33 Ilt. Jotters - - - 35 Mr. Heron - - - 33 Mr. PIM - - • - .35 Mr. Cain' ' - , - - 8 Ile. Valkort .4 o - - 34 'Mr. Rieke ' - '. ' e . 5 ° New Candidates.. The poll will fin sl ' t ally clohis evenie.g. • ''...;.' ___.--.• -----._ THE EV 14. N Sp l , STA R I ,0N DON. TUESDAY, DECEMBER 24.. 1822. THE FUNDS. $ ' STUCK EXCHANGE, HALF-PAST TWELVE. Consols opened this morning at So; 1 1 , with some business doing ; got up to 80; },lowered again to 00b, andiemain steady. YOREIGN MARKET. This morning the market has been rather brisk, particularly in New• Spanish Bonds, which opened at 55, were done at 553, but afterwards went down to 55. AU other foreign securities remain stationary. Current Prices :—Chilian 721, New Spanish 55, Old 61 to 6s, Russian 621, New Prussian 86, Old 861 to 86, Danish 91, Nea politan 771, Colombian 68/, Peruvian 771, New Spanish Scrip 91 dis. PRICES OF STOCKS AT ONE O'CLOCK. Bank Stock 245 1 / 2 215 3 per Cent. Red. 791 %'/s 1 / 2 • 3 1 / 2 per Ct.91 1 / 2 . 3 / 4 —4 per Ct. Old, 97 3 4 Y 4 3 /8 lA t Bank Long Annuities 20 1 / 8 346 India Bonds 335. 365.—01 d Annuities 79y4 79 Exchequer Bills (C1,(X)0) 4s. 6s. Consols for Account 80% 5 / 8 3/s. We give this as the rumour on'Change: Various :ire the opinions in the City on the return of the Duke of WELLINGTON : by some it is ima gined that the King of FRANCE has given him a carte blanche, to settle the disputes between the two Govern ments, upon which he has returned for further in structions from our Government; after which he will proceed in person to Spain, to consult with the Cortes, to adopt such measures as may prove agreeable to the French Government. Madrid Papers and private letters to the 15th inst. have been received. Everything was then tranquil in the city, and the most favourable accounts con tinued to be received from the provinces. The only new occurrence mentioned in the private letters, as having taken plaee in Madrid, was the banishment of M. PIZARRO, who held the appointment of Mi nister previous to the Revolution, and of M. JONA MA, who is known as having written a work on the sub ject of Juries. The former had been sent to Iviza, and the latter to the Canary Islands. The recruiting of the Spanish armies was proceeding with the greatest vigour, and levies of conscripts, neatly complete in numbers, were hastening to join their respective regiments. It is asserted, that an im portant command is about to be conferred on General Mottat.o, whose talents, at this critical moment, may be essential to the security of Spain. The Madrid Papers state, on what may almost be considered as official authority, that an alliance, offensive and defensive, has been actually concluded between Spain and Portugal. " The bases of this alliance are very judiciously drawn up. Its execution is particularly easy, and its conditions are equally honourable to both parties, and are founded on the principle of rigorous reciprocity. " A select corps of 8000 Portuguese, of all arms, will immediately enter Spain, to remain at the dis posal of the Spanish Government ; and if circum stances should further require it, this corps will be iocreased, according to the necessity of the case, and to the interest which both nations feel in defending the common cause at every expense." It is added, that the Portuguese Ministry, observing the progressive increase of the French Army of the Pyreonees, had considered the conduct of that Go vernment as an example toot:Ay of imitation in an in verse sense, -and that though they did not think that' , those forces were destined to effect an invasion into the Peninsula, they had, notwithstanding, hastened to enter into the generous and patriotic views of Senhor FRERIE DE ANDRADE, Portuguese Ambassador at Ma drid, at the same time disregarding every difficulty which might have obstructed the progress of so im portant a negociation. Lisbon Papers to the Bth inst. have reached us; their contents are of considerable interest. In the sitting of the Cortes of the Ith, a Report was made on a dispatch from the Minister for the Home Department, in which the Congress was informed that the Queen, having refused to take the oath to the Constitution of the Monarchy, the King had resolved ott carrying into execution the Decree of the Cortes, ordaining that whoever shall refuse to swear to the Constitution shall quit the kingdom, and renounce the rights of a Portuguese citizen. But that the Queen having represented that her delicate health would not permit her to travel without endangering her life, and the physicians of her household having consulted together, and unanimously declared that her life would actually be endangered if she were compelled in her present stateto undertake a journey either by sea or by laad—liis Majesty issued a Decree commanding the Queen to-lettrw.ip, the Quidla de Ramalhao with the necessary snowiest% but refusing jter request to be allowed.icrtafe ulotig with her the infaßtas, her daughtlys ; adding, that/his retirement in the Quinta de Ramalhao sliOuld continue until the stateof her health might permit her to . travel beyond the kingdom. This dispatch was accompanied with - ati eitict ac count of all that had been done in this business, toge ther with the orders' which had been given, the opi nions of the Council of State, the votes.of the Minis ters, the propositions made by his Majesty to the Queen, her objections, and the declaration of the Faculty, &c. _ _ The PRESIDENT proposed that the Cones should consider of the manner in which these Papers should be disposed of. Senor JAVIIR MONTEIRO moved, that they be )rinted for the information of the whole nation, and that the originals be referred to a Special Committee. This motion was carried. In the Sitting of the following day (the 5t11), Senor PATo Moatz read the following motion :—" It being indispensable that the law should be carried into, effect, as well with respect to the ex-Queen of Por tugal,, as any other • person, who may refuse to, swear to the Political Constitution of the Monarchy ; and its execution having been delayed bi Wt. rePon of ten Physicians, staring that her life would beak dangered by the severity of the weather, 11. be fihrsnld travel in the present state of her health, I propose that the Government be required to order s that the same ten Physicians do continue to attend the ex- Portuguese citizen, during.her residence in the Quinta de Ramalhao, and accompany her np to the period of her quitting the Portuguese territories." This proposition remained over fora second read-. ing : when, should her Majesty, who is a sister of the King of• Spain, refuse to.take the oath to the Consti tution, she will be obliged to quit Portugal. The Ordinary Cones had assembled on the Ist instant. The KING had resolved to be present, and had given the necessary orders for the officers being in attendance; but an indisposition by which he had been for some days oppressed, became so severe as to compel his MAJESTY to absent himself, and to com mit the delivery of his Speech to a Minister. The, Speech contains no distinct allusion whatever to the state of foreign affairs, but principally dwells on the necessity of consolidating the Constitution in all its branches. 44 It is necessaryP says his MAJESTY, " that the great work which has been begun should be completed, in order that the Government may make known the effects of the salutary reform which the country de,ires. The adjustment of the revenue, and the establishment of public credit, claim your especial attention. The most mild and adequate means for this purpose would be the establishing of an equili brium between the public income and expenditure, by reducing the latter according to the rule£ of a rigid economy. This reduction, and the reform •in the mode of collection and managament, must de. pend on the wisdom of your deliberations. " The well-directed liberty of the press, and the distinctions which the ConstitOtion confers on virtue and talents, doubtless augment the hope of the moral and political regeneration of the Portuguese people, with the progress of civilization. But :the efforts of the Government for the encouragement of arts and sciences will be insufficient, without the support of legislative authority—a support which your know ledge and patriotism assure me will not be wanting, as you must be convinced that a people cannot be free without being virtuous and civilized. " The regulating laws of the municipal and ad ministrative bodies, on which, in a great measure, depend the execution of the Constitution, and the vivifying principles of regeneration, are more than all others necessary for preventing those doubts which frequently arise in consequence of the powers which belong to each of the constituted authorities net being precisely fixed. It was certainly necessary to de stroy the ancient institutions, but the necessity for those which are to be advantageously substituted for them is still urgent." Ti. PntsiDLlT, in his answer, dwells principally on internal regulations: the only allusion he makes to foreign affairs is in the following paragraph : " We have nothing," he says, " to fear for external security; for the nations of Europe, already wearied by destructive discords, and emancipated from the delusion of false ideas of grandeur, appear to be sen sible of the necessity of union, and of meeting each other with a fraternal embrace." Not the slightest allusion is made to the Treaty, with Spain, either in the KlNcs's Speech or in that of the Minister; but it is so confidently asserted in the Madrid Papers, which are of a much later date, that we presume it to be authentic. It appears by the French Journals of Saturday that the Syndics of the Exchange Brokers, tired of the contradictory rumours that agitated the money market, very sagaciously waited on the Minister of Finance, to solicit same information on the state of affairs; when M. de VILLRLE replied, that the pre sent situation of Europe required great circumspec tion on the part of speculators —a piece of informa tion which the Brokers from experience could have told his Excellency. The Quotidienar adds, that M. de VILLIM2 disavowed all participation whatever in the articles of the Journal des Dacus which had heed attributed to hit scending of his El The courier tory . artixlei in titans of peace r partizans of sc.. It might be said that all - thisis -alcornedy, in which each plays the part assigned• to him. Since the Mi nistry appear to be amused_ by it, the Public have only to forget what it costs them, and also-to be amused. The Etoile seems to reproach the Journal, des Debats of favouring speculation in the Stocks.— The Journal des Debats is enabled significantly to answer the Etoile; and tospoint out to it certain official editors, to whom are imputed the warlike articles, and' .who profit by the decline of the Funds which resultsl from them. How little soever these Gentlemen pride i themselves in this game, there•will, perhaps, result for the public, explanations more cmious than edifying." In the absence of political news, there appears in the Consiitutionnel a curious paragraph respecting the behaviour of M. MARCHANGY, the Ultra Attor ney-General, at a dinner party at Lille. We infer from it, either- that this hot-brained Gentleman had been somewhat liberal in his potations, or that his head has been turned by the complimentary letter lately seni him by the Emperor ALEXANDER. After talking a great deal of nonsease, he embraced the Marquis de JUMILUAC,.on his right, and the Prefect on his left, saying, ig I kiss you all." The guests in fact accepted the kiss, which was called the• Mar changirm'sante. We hope it was not the kiss of Judas. FUNDS 0,91 SAMISAT.—Five per Cents. opened at 881. 60c. feltto deC 12c. doted at saf. 20c. For ibe end'of the month, the same Stock viaiStiE 55e. The destruction of the Turkish fleet id the port of Tenedos, which we stated yesterday, is confirmed frpm various sources. It appears that the Greeks on board the fire-ship saved themselves on board the other ships ; only one of them had his right hand burnt. He observed that the inflatnnfthle matter did not catch fire, on which lie seized hold-of some live coals and threw them on it, by which his hand was burnt.—But this brilliant action is not the only suc cess of the Greeks. A letter from Trieste gives the follo*ing additional details: Eight thousand Albanians, nnder Ave command of Omer Vrioni, entered Acarnania, and advanced as far as Missolongo, where Maurocordato, Normann, and other Greek Chiefs, were posted in considerable farce. Three Turkish ships bombarded the city from the sea. Marcos Bozzaris, with 3000 Greeks, occu pied the pass of Tygos, and he was surrounded by 2000 Turks. for three days the Greeks disputed the pass, and during that time they were without food. Matters were in a state of despair, when twelve Greek ships arrived at Missolongo. on the sa of November, having on board 3000 soldiers. The three Turlish vessels were immediately attacked and burnt, and .the Greeks disembarked. " United with the forces in the town, they imme diately attacked - the Turks, who, unable to resist, *took to; p a bt ; "kiwi being pursued, several of them Were drowned in the Acheloos ; many others were `"bl killed, and a consider* e number made prisoners, only the cavalry saving themselves. This brilliant victory saved Western Greece, and its enemies will not hazard a second attack this winter., " Fifteen thousand Greeks are said to be under arms in Candia ; but I will not answer for the authenticity of this news. On the Bth of November there was a very bloody and obstinate battle, in which the Greeks were victorious ; and, in consequence of the victory, became masters of the fortress of Canee." The Meeting at the Exchange in Dublin, on Fri day, to congratulate the LORD LIEUTENANT on his escape from the Orange outtage, was one of the 'most numerous and respectable ever known. gc It exhibited," says the Dublin Morning Post, " a grand rally of all ranks, persuasions, and parties, but' one, rolind the person of the LORD LIEUTENANT. The occasion congregated in the Royal Exchange 5,000 citizens of Dublin, while the avenues leading to the edifice were crowded by an anxious and in dignant population." Of the movers of Resolutions, in just and pointed, rebuke of an offence arising out of the frenzy of Orangeism, it may not be unsatisfactory to observe, that - Mr. O'CONNELL was the only individual who was not of the Protestant church. All the speeches breathed the same spirit of confidence in the prin. ciples of the existing Govrnment of Ireland, and of solicitude for the composure of party feuds and animosities. The Address was presented on Tuesday, at two o'clock, to his Excellency the LORD LlitTrat4l4T, who returned thanks in a neat answer, in which he en treatul the Deputation that they'would assist him " in the auspicious task of assuaging the irritations which disturb the harmony of that city, and terminate the, horrors of the present crisis by a cordial co-operation in the noble woe k of peace." FROM TIM, CORK MERCANTILE CHRONICLE, DEC. 20. In our last we stated that a Requisition was preparing to soli ' cit the Mayor of this City to call a Public Meeting, expressive of their abhorrence of the late madh upon his Excellency. A highly respectable body, in the afternoon of yesterday, waited on the Mayor, with the Requisition above alluded to, which was signed by nearly two hundred persons,when the Mayor soli cited a little time for replying• to the document, and, in the evening sent an answer, declining to call a Public Meeting, on receipt of which,, a Public Notice was immediltely posted, viz. The Gentlemen who signed the itequisitint td the Mayor are requested to .ntert on Saturday, the !Ist, at the Coutizll , Chautber,,wheu thellayoee iittiwta wilt be sulqtaitted to tiaLas." • • m. This was certainly very condo. , NA E celtency, Inks wants elrtetbe isnot th' „rows. summer, to tit . ise a scho. ..pr FAL7 G ra sA , Dom. French sa ys-- a Illthertri '..roirriumurn, Dal Dpc. g enjcl their oreetin the nioretiv, the packet with hi , rar revenge themselves in the , evening. Dsc. 23, . I._. _lt t _ Riser tad isieed.-116 VAL fle.-s-Wlent North to East.*Arrived, the , frum Quebec for London, out 39 days. Doc 23.—Wind Nast.—Pot back, the Itootne. 93.—Wtod Eaes.--Anived, the Lo d Duo lads. &e. from Holland. 23.—Wind E.N.E.—Came down from the Myer end seiledollse-Alpheeso,-..--s, and they, Dew foe Car angels and Penne°la.--Remains ha the Downs, the Saver frigate. • Get's:rein, Doe.-tbie•Arrived, the Rork Bathurst, Gms, from Itetti . frdam : this vessel has returoed in coasequence of the great accumulation of tee at Helvoet. Cuerok-Hooss, Doc. 23.—Ships F,otered litvards : 4 —The Trois Arai', and Union, from Antwerp; George, and Vittoria, from Petersburgb.—Entereil Outwards : The Walter Mathews, for Tarragona; Reliance, fit Hamburgh; Arian, for Dublin; Reward, for Cork; Fortuna, for Gibraltar; Jane, for Ilstrou ; Neptune, for Rio Janeiro; and the William Smith, for New Orleans.—cleared Outwards: The Duke of Manchester, for Jamaica ; Juno, for Gibraltar ; Asaph, for Rio Janeiro; 2Lti the Matilda, for the Cape of Good Hope. NAVAL. Arronirsirsers.—Lleurenants George, G. Pierce, J. W. Aldridge, Sam . . Meredith, F. Itamsden, C. A. Barlow, and Charles Ilallowel (Flag lieutenant); Mr. Wm. Purdo, Matter Mr. J. Robertson, Surgeon; Mr. J. SPAttleur, Putter; and the Rev. J. Kirkby, Chaplain, are appointed to the Prince Re ' Seat at Chatham. There appears to be no longer any doubt that tie ships about to sail under the command of Sir F a owoon Owen ale intended ill a reinforcement of Sir OJAI/LES squadrons at Jam...el, for the purpute of being employed In taking possession of ti e island of Cuba, should Spain be forced into a war with Franc( The French have a small squadron of ships (including one line of-battle ship) at Martinique, whose intentions it may possibly become necessary to thwart. Should the deprecated eve.it r;t take place, and Sir Ciraataes Rowe at wish to return ter Rog! .nd, Sir EDIVAILD Owen may, in that case, hoist a broad psndant, and assume the command of the station for the next three years.— Hampshire Telegraph. • FUNERAL OF COLONEL MACLEOD. Yesterday the mortal remains of the lamented Colonel JOHN MACLEOD, of Colebecs, were removed from' Bury -street, St. Jar.:es's, to St. James's Cht,rcli. The nselancholy Procession consisted of a hearse drawn by six horses, followed by six mourning coaches and four, and s x , teen Gentlemen'a carriages. The route wasdown St. James's. street, along Pall-mall, up Itvgent-street, and thence to th! centre gate of the Church, in Piccadilly. The Foot Procession then commenced, it consisted of tvienty-four Gentlemen, the.; followed the coffin into the Church, and thence to the grave, i. e. the great vault in the centre. The fungal service was rea 1 at two o clock, in the presence of many spectators, among who* it excited a deep interest. The deceased displayed his loyalty and patriotism by tais'ng a Highland Re giment , soon after the commencement of the Lao war with France. In honour of the birth of the KING'S la mented daughter, irwas called " The Princess Charl,otte's Royal Highlanders." In private life, no one possessed a greater num ber of friends. His hospitality was unbounded, as his tenaws can testify; and the fshionable world are well acquainted with the splendour, - taste, and liberality which for twenty years pre sided at Charlotteville. The Colonel's death was sudden: he was found dead in his bed, at seven o'clock in the morning of Sunday se'nuight. The amiable widow received the distressing intelligence on the mull ing of the same day. One of the daughters of the deceased is now with her Math e the Marehiboeb•of I-Istailms, in India. The coffin was covered with black velvet, richly decorat. I with the Arms of the Clan of Colehecs, in silver gilt : the inscr i tion was very sitnple--" Colonel Jona MACLEOD, of Colebeo, aged-64." FASHIONABLE MOVEMENTS. , The Duke of St. Albans and the Ladies 13eauclerc left town yearerday for their seat, Garton, Surrey, for the holidays. The Earl of Surrey arrived in town yesterday evening from his father's (the Duke of Norfolk) seat, Fornhani; Suffolk. Earl Buileid has arrived in town from Brighton. Farl Thinet is expected at Fenton's Hotel, St. James's -street, this day, from his seat in Kent. Lord St. Helens has returned to town from William Fre mantle, Esq. ?1. P's seat in Surrey. General Sir littssey Vivian, Bart. arrived yesterday at the Royal Hotel, St. James's -street, from bis . seat in flints. Sir Roger Gtesley, Bart. has left town for his sear, Drat:low Park, Worcestershire. Si; Philip Roach, Bart. has left the Clarendon Hotel, 13outl street, on a tour. Colonel 31acdonahl has left town for Bath. Departures- from ditto :—Lord Francis Osborne, and Mr. Sydney Osborne, for Holland ; and the Rev . Edward Bury, tor his seat, Westwo od Ledge, Kent.• Mrs. Benyon arrived yesterday at her house in Grosvenor square, from her seat, Kt' tglefield Green, Berks. The Misses Perceval have left town for their seat Wydiall Hall, Herts, for the holidays. Mr. Secretary Canning left town yesterday for the Pavilion, Brighton. T. W. Beaumont, Esq. M.P. left Warren's Hotel, Regent street, yesterday, for his father's (Colonel T. R. Beaumont., M.P.) seat, Bretton Hall, near Wakefield, Yorkshire. Mr. and Mrs. Blake have arrived at Hodgson 's llottl, Dover- Street, from a tour, Captain Vandeleur, 12th Lancers, has left ditto for Exeter. )lr. and Mrs. Crawley have arrived at Kirkham's Hotsi, in Lower Brook -street, from their seat, near Luton. liedforclikir... Departum from Mivart's Hotel, Lower Brook -street: — Captain Lukin, for Brighton ; and Mr. and Mrs. Marshall, for their seat in Northamptonshire. Mr. Heathcote has left town foe his fatber's (8:r Gilbert' fleathcore, Bart.) seat, Isiermanton Park, Lincolu,,,lre. T. Tbistlewaite, Esq. has left the Coburg Hotel, node:, street, Grosvenor-square, for his seat in Hants ; and C. Kepy,!, Esq. on a tour. The Marquis of Titchfieltl and Lord William Bent . n.:k lift town yesterday morning for Paris. ENGLISHIIeN AllittOAD.—lt appears from the Po lice-books of Paris, that there are resident in that ca pital and its environs 14,000 " English families ;" but the police reckon one stranger living alone as 14 family, equally with an establishment of parents ar.ii children; so that the 14,000 ‘. families" will rcc probably give more than 35,000 individuals. /lc Calais, Boulogne, Dieppe, and other coast teens, there are set down 10,400 resident families of Eng'.i:! ; there are a good many In the south of France! ; ard' probably about 9000 natives of Great Bi itain at P.(t.; e and Naples ; and more than 3000 at Flounce, Genoa, and the North of Italy. • Sunday the KING, in the best apparent Lealtir, tended Divine worship in the Palace Chapel, B: i; htry, where the Sermon was preached by Dr. limn Pr ‘lt• SON, from the 20th chapter and 221 versecif Revel* , tions. The other officiating Ministers were the Deal.. Of HERILFORD, and the Sub-Dean of the KiNo s Chapel, St. James's. Sunday, the Duke of GLOUCESTER lttenUed Div;:.e Service at St. George's Church, Hanover-squaw. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER arsivtd town yesterday morning from Blackheath, anti alter transacting business in the Treasury, left town in tix afternoon for Richmond Paz k, on a visit to Viscount . His MAJErry has been most glocion.l). p7ca , A -grant a pension of £5O per annum to F!.•)a.s MO' .RONALD, the grand-dairghter of the illu.trious FLoh I!#I.,ACDONALD. The Worshipful Company of.Zoldsmiths yeiteiday, to its, poor members, upsrahl: 1:300, according to annual castom. :: . j