Star. — London, England, 1822-12-09 00:00:00

FRENCH PAPERS. PARIS, DECEMBER 4. Yesterday, before the Council, the King trans• acted business with the Minister of War, and the Duke of Angouleme with the Minister of the Marine. Tuesday evening a Cabinet Courier was dispatched for Madrid by the Duke of San Lorenzo, the Spanish Ambassador in Paris. M. Villanueva, appointed Minister from Spain to the Cout t of Rome, and who lately passed through Paris on his way to his destination, was, on his pas sage through Turin, officially informed by the Pope's Nuncio at that Court of a Decree passed by his Ho liness, according to which, M. Villanueva would not be received in his quality of Minister to the Holy See. M. Villanueva then determined to proceed to Genoa, whence he dispatched one of the persons of his suite as a courier to Madrid, to give an account to. the Government of the Pope's Decree, and to ask in structions for his future conduct. The Constitutionnel announced that the Prussian Chancellor, Prince Hardenberg, died on his journey to Venice. It was not at Venice, but at Genoa, where he arrived on the 14th, that this Minister terminated his long and memorable career. His death will per haps lead to great changes in the Prussian Cabinet, of which he was the chief, with an extremely exten sive power; but fur two years past he made no use of his power, as his great age prevented him from applying to business. A letter from Munich, dated the 26th ult. states that on the preceding day the marriage contract be tween the Pt ince Royal of Sweden anti the Princess Josephine of Leuchtenberg was signed on the part of the King of Sweden by Count Wetterstedt, and on the part of his Bavarian Maje.ty by Count Rechberg. M. Pozr.) DI BORGO arrived in Paris on Wed nesday, and on Thurcday had a conference with the French Minister for Foreign Affairs. The Courier Fronpis states that the Duke of WELLINGTON ar rived on Thursday. A letter from Fuji, dated 27th, mentions the arrival there of the Marquis de NI ATAYLORIDA, and that the Baron D'EROLES was every moment ex pected. Intelligence from Guayaquil to the Bth of Septem ber, received at New Yni k by way of Panama, states that 400 J troops, dispatched by General Bouva from Guayaquil, at the solicitation of SAN MARTIN. had arrived at Callao, to aid in the expedition that was al;out to sail against the Royalist Spaniards in Upper Peru. EXTRACT OF A PRIVATE LETTER FROM PERPIGNA N. " Just as it was expected, the Baron LiTroles, not being in force at Belvar, retreated. and left na that point only a weak corps, which did not holdout half an hour. " Mina entered Poycerda on the 29th of Novem. ber, at nine in the newning. The soldiers of the At my of the Faith fell back on Bourg-Madame, and took a position under the walls of the gardens, where, on an iiaintation from M. Lavit, Chief of llatttalion of the Light lufautry, who commanded the French troops at that point, they laid down their arms.— Mina's troops immediately ceased firing. They in• qui red for the French Commander, and info' med him that they would respect the frontier of Ft ance. " The trooi:s of the same Genet al (Mina) pursued those of the Baron d'Eroles in the mountaias on the left of Puycerda, as far as nearly to the sil:age of Cr. The latter also defended themselves on the extreme frontier, and laid do. , n !hell arms on being desired so to do, by the Chief of B ittaiion Lift:Mile. " The dilfereut parties of the Army of the Faith have taken refuge in France. Those who penetrated into the vaiiey of Andore, evacuated it on the f irs t order of the Syndic. Mina slimed a great respect to the privileges of that valley. " The French troops were under arms and in po sition on all the points whet e these actions took place." NADRfp, NOVEMBER 16. An article in the Universal of yesterday contains the following passages: " It impossible that the judicious men of Spain should not feel, that if At the moment of the present crisis we should consent to touch a single article of the Constitution, fear and discouragement would take possession of every mind, and that the social edifiLe would fall in ruins, by opening a passage for despotism to come and execute, without being re sisted. the atrocious vengeance that it meditates. " The harmony winch exists between the Public Authorities in Spain, and the concert with which we see vigorous measures are adopted for the defence of liberty, tranquillize, with respect to this point, all those persons in Europe who are interested in the fate of Spain ; and we believe that all the artifices which the French Government makes use of to weaken and divide us, will prove ineffectual. " Let the Cabinet of the Thoilleries place the di rection of public affairs in the hands of the fanatical zealots, and without delay they will openly declare war against Spain. To speak candidly, it must be acknowledged, that web a frank and straight for ward course of conduct would carry with it an ap pearance of greatness which might give a more fa vourable colour to the blind fury of our enemies.— They would not, perhaps, attain their end, but pru dence requires that Spain should fear the worst, that it may not experience the dreadful misfortuue of being surprised. " The friends of Spain and of liberty behold with satisfaction the choice which the Government has made of Generals Mina, Torrijos, and Velasco; and they hope soon to hear that the factious have aban doned the three posts of Itati, Mequinenza, and Seo d'Urgel. But these advantages are not sufficient. It is necessary that an army of reserve,should be orga nized, which may act as the safety of the State shall require. The friends of liberty would desire to see the illustrious and valiant General Ballasteros at the Bead of this army. His former services would be his recommendation to all Europe, and particularly to the French watriors,who are enthusiastic admirers of glory and military talents. " Finally, let the Spanish people do what the French people and its national representation did at the me morable period when the Manifesto of the Duke of Brunswick made its appearance." TUE FUNDS. TnuasnAY.—Five per Cents. opened at 88. 25 ; hi hest price 88. 30. ; closed at 87.95, MAT.- Five per Cents. opened at 87. 60. ; closed at 87. 70. THE EVESIN(i STAR. LONDON. MONDAY, DECEMBER 9, 1822. THE FUNDS. STOCK EXCHANGE, TWELVE O'CLOCK. Consols opened this morning at 804, and went up to 4 ; and, up to this hoar, are 804. In the early -part of the morning, a good deal of business was done. Three Expresses arrived this morning from Path, with the closing price of the French Funds on Funds on Saturday evening, which was 88—Neapolitan 77, Spanish 554 4. . IFORZIGN lIITXDS. Little doing except in Spanish fonds, which opened this morning at 54, and are now 53. The information from Paris is of a very pacific nature. The prices of foreign securities are the same as on Saturday, up to this hour—Spanish Scrip 11 dis. New Spanish Bonds 53. STOCK EXCHANGE, 4 6NE O'CLOCK. The Funds are rather worse within the last hour. Consols for Account are 801. TOSUCX MASKS'''. Little business is doing except in Spanish Stock, which is at 524 i, and the Scrip Ile discount; Neapolitan 77i. Nothing doing in any other Stocks. • PRICES OF STOCKS AT ONE O'CLOCK. 3 per Cent. Reduced 79% % 1 / 8 31 / 2 per Cent. 91 1 h-4 per Cent. 97 1 / 4 96 7 4 Bank Long Annuities 20 1 / 4 1-16 India Bonds 345. Each. Bills (01,000) 3s. ss.—Small 3s. 6s. pr. Consols for Acct. 80 1 ,4 3 / 8 % 1 / 4 3/e. The French Papers of Thursday and Friday are as pacific as the best friends of peace could wish them , Notwithstanding all the bullying, the French Govern. meat appears now to " Start back, " E'en from the sound itself bath made !" And we shall probably, ere long, have to record the fate of the military preparations of Lours XVIII. in a Parody of an Epigram on his ancestor, Louis Lic GRAND, and thus sum lip " the big wars that were to make ambitions glorious," with stating, that " The King of France, with forty thousand men, blarcli'd to the l'yrennees, and then—marcled back again !" The 3loniteur—even the Moniteur, the Frenci Journal, in an article from Perpignan, con firms the complete rout and dissolution of the Army of the Faith. And thus this boasted army, which was to reduce Spain to a new tyranny, has been chased from post to post, and at last driven to seek refuge in France, and all this effected with a mere handful of men, the forces of MINA being only stated at three thousand men. The 411oniteur too, which represented MIRA a a mere savage, ready to violate the laws of neutra lity, and to spread sedition and revolution in the provinces of France, is compelled to bear official testimony to the good conduct of that army, and to record the moderation of its chief. It appears that he military authorities on both sides of the frontier ue stuJiously careful to avoid any act which might appear of a hostile character. When the rebels of the Faith arc driven out of their native land, the French officcrs make them lay down their arm ; and when the S i , ani%h troops, in the heat of the pursuit, approach the French territory, they cease firing, and declare that they will respect the frontier line. Such an acknowledgment in the French official Journal ii strong proof that the Government is not quite so eager or so prepared for war as it wished the wort.' to believe, and in consequence we find the public funds in Paris recovering from the panic which the dread of a disa.trous war (and to France it could not be otherwise) had occasioned. There are, hoWever, in France, Journals devoted to a fanatical party which, though professing the most unbounded attachment to the Throne, is its worst enemy : and on more than one occasion the French Government has been compelled to disavow the state ments of the Ultra faction by more temperate avowals. Thus while these Ultra Journals have been boasting of the strength of the Army of the Faith, the Mani tear tells us that this army exists no longer, that, in fact, " rebellion has had ill luck ," and that the in- surrection is at an end. One of our own Journals, which has almost out. stripped the French Ultras in calling for war, has given what it calls the demands of France, and cer tainly, with our knowledge of French impudence, we cannot believe that it would ever have dared to pro pose such terms to any Power capable of the least re sistance. These terms are stated to be— t. The restoration of the King to his personal freedom,without delay, for it is now distinctly understood that he is in a state of confinement in his Palace of the Retiro. 2. The restoration of the King to his Sovereign rights. 3. Such a change in the Constitution of Spain as shall give to the Nobles a great share of the power they possessed under the old regime. 4. The exclusion of the present Ministers from office, or, at haat, most of the heads of the different Departments. 5. Au amnesty for all persons, of whatever rank, engaged in the cause of the Regency. 6. A more strict regulation of the laws relating to the Press. 7. The possession of certain strong places on the frontiers of France, as a guarantee for the performance of any undertaking into which the Spanish Government may enter. Why if the French had 100,000 men on the fron tiers, and double that number of foreign troops ready to cross the Rhine to their assistance, they could not have made more insolent demands ; and if the French Government really dreamt of suck proposals, we should scarcely know which to blame most, the folly or the wickedness of such an attempt to force an old tyranny on a powerful and regenerated nation. These Papers do not contain any account of the dissolution of the Congress. An itticle from Verona states, that the Sovereign; invited the Duke of Wat t -, Ltiforox to undertake, in the name of the Congress, an important mission to Madrid. His Grace knows his duty better, and will, we trust, leave the whole of the odium of endeavouring to excite a new war in Europe to those hypocrites who assume the title of Pacificators. This article says the Duke energetically opposed the project of an armed intervention.—" With the map in his hand, he shewed what resources the coun try of Spain offered for a defensive war. The united troops of the High Powers could not promise them selves any permanent success in a country to which it would be necessary to transport the means of sub sistence, as well as warlike stores. It was impossible for great masses to subsist and act freely in that coun try. An army would be soon undermined by sick ness, harassed and at length destroyed by the Gue rillas. Such a war would, besides, cost enormous sums, which the finances of the High Powers could not support, and England, the Noble Duke declared, would not increase her public debt to contribute to the expenses of such an enterprise. He added, that it would be wrong to imagine that a war, commenced even under the most favourable auspices, would be of, short duration. It would be possible, perhaps, to pe netrate as far as Madrid without terminating the struggle:— These were honest truths, to which the Holy Allies would do well to attend. Some time ago we gave from the Madrid papers an account, of the declaration made by Mr. CAN NING to the Gove; nment of Portugal .on the subject of an invasion of the Peninsula. The Paris papers have taken from a Li,bon journal the test of Mr. CANNING'S note to the I'ortuguese Charge d'Affaires, in London, which is as follows: " The undersigned is ordered to signify to M.-- that ac cording to all the accounts received by the• British Government, there is nothing to justify the idea entertained by his most Faith ful Majesty and his Ministers of an invasion of the Peninsula. " The undersigned does ant hesitate to assure his most Faith ful Majesty, that his Majesty the King of Great Britain will never look with indifference on any attempt against the inde pendence of Portugal ; and that his Ma jesty will always be ready to afford to Portugal the protection Which that country is entitled to expect from an allied nation. (Signed) CAICcING." At a late hour this forenoon we received: the French papers of Saturday by express, and letters written in the afternoon of that day. The private letters state, that the French Minister, M. DE VIL. LETTE, is very decided in resisting the war against Spain ; and that the king will not engage in it with. out the consent of the British Government. A Council of Ministers was held on Saturday at the house of the Marquis LAURISTON. It is rumoured that a Royal Ordonnance will be issued, for calli►►g into active service the young men of the class of 1 821. One of these papers contains a long article, which is a sort of bulletin of the operations rf the Baron DEROLES from the 15th to the 28th of November, but they are of no import ance. The following ire extracts PARES; DECEMBER 7. We learn by letters frortiPerpignan that the me mcnt the Constitutional troops, under Mina, ap proached' the limits of the Spanish territory, the French soldiers placed on that part of the frontiers salute.] them by the repeated cries of , 4 Long live the King !"—" Long live the Bourbons!" The same letters announce that a traveller, who had arrived from Madrid, affirms that the Provinces that he passed through were filled with Guerillas of the Royalists. The Cabinet courier, Camio, passed Bourdeaux on the 27th of November, on his road to Paris. He left Madrid on the 22d, and was stopped twice on his! road by the soldiers of Merino, in the environs of Lerma, and by another troop of Royalists at Mondra gon. Nearly all the rich people, and three-fourths of the population, left the place, and particularly those who adhered to the Clergy. In about half an hour after they had left the fort they were attacked by a divkion of General Itomagosa, which he sent from the fort. We have received, by an extraordinary con . . - eyance, the Journals of Madrid of the 27th and 28th of No vember ; they contain the finishing of the discussions 'of the Cortes on the Military Ordonnances ; also dif ferent reports (official) of Espoz y Mina, to the Minister of War, which are not later than the 15th of November, on the first operations in Catalonia. Don Antonio de la Puente, Secretary of the Spa. nish Ambassador at Rome, passed Toulouse the '24th November, post, coming from Verona, bearing dis patches of importance to Madrid ; on his road be said that the decision of the Congress was pacific, so far as related to the Constitutional Government of Spain. This forenoon we received Bayonne Papers to the Ist instant. They state that the French Authorities s till furnish the Rebels with money and ammunition, and thus endeavour to keep alive the embers of an expiring insurrection. If, however, the accounts from Spain by this conveyance are to be relied on, there is little to fear from the French, as it is stated that Spain has now 400,000 men in arms, 100,000 of which are of the line. • A .Flanders Mail, wish Brussels Papers to the 2d instant, reached us this morning. Letters from Corfu, of the 4th ultimo, still report the surrender of Na poli di Romania, and state that the Pacha of Aims has been defeated. Accounts from Tiflis, via Odessa, state that the Persians are negociating with the Turks, and that a Treaty of Peace is on the point o: being concluded. LORD PORTSMOITM SCAM COURT OF CHANCERY-THIS DAY. This morning the Solicitors for most of the pa t tie s appeared in Court, for the purpose of obtaining 'ra m the LORD CHANCELLOR the appointment of a day f or the final hearing of this most important matter. Mr. WETHERELL, en the part of the Petitione r , complained that great and highly improper ra ft ., tions had been cast upon several branches of thi s Noble Family, whom he had the honour to repre.en t , from the hurden of which they were desirous of being unloaded as soon as possible. Mr. SIIADWELL also deprecated all further deny. The LORD CHANCELLOR said that, when once he began again with this matter, he would go on with it, and not take any other matter whatever until it v. a - s finished. He should now order it to stand for Thuri day next. Previous to the Duke cfCAMISRIDOt leaving E nz ., land, it was arranged between his Royal Highnes.s and the KING, that the latter should visit his Ham verian dominions at the close of the summer of Iti'2.? after the adjournment of Parliament. During 1,,s MAJESTY'S stay at Hanover, a Grand State Chri4t.ii ing of the young Prince GEORGE is to take place. Saturday evening dispatches were received at er.c Secretary of State's Office for Foreign Affairs, am-. 1-. ing-street, from the Duke of WELLteorosr. THE PARKS.—Hyde Park yesterday fifv :rrmon boasted a numerous display of FeishionabL,. to the prevalence of the North=westerly wild for tl.e last two days, the waters in all the PAlk•, were com pletely frozen over. In St. James's Park, the ice was only of the thickness of: StOut paper; in the (been Park that of a half-crown piece; whilst in Ilyde Park it was full the third of an inch. MARRIAGE IN 111611 LlFE.—Yesterday, at Saint James's Church, by the Bishop of LONDON, the Earl Of BELFAST, eldest son of the Martini , of DON EC ALL, .to Lady Hartrarr ByTr.ra, eldest daugker (ni 1 ;e late Eari of GLENGALL, and sister to the pre , .e:A.— After the ceremony the happy couple set off in a chaise and four for the ContMent. ANO'FHER MATRIMONIAL littnAK.—A farmer in e north of Scotland had two daughters. A yotwg rn:.3 paid his addresses to the younger. l'opa %Nisbet] t) dispose of the elder first, but the youth continaed steadfast in his partiality. lie was verbally marriel to the younger ; but deceitful Hymen placed in arms the Lady intended for him by his too laude' t fatherin-law, and it is said that he did not discotar the mistake until the following morning ! A declaration was filed in one of the Dublin Cru:ti on Tuesday, by a Reverend Gentleman versus a tleman Attorney, on a charge of a et crier. con. cases, of great interest, are about to cr before the Public. The domestic misfot tnnes ()cc:lr cd recently in the county of Kerry ; one will be tLe 5...b -ject of an investigation in the Prerogative Co:.rt. The Sligo Election ended on Tuesday-, by the •-e -signation of Colonel PEnctvSc. Colcnel KING ~ vas declared duly elected. The two candidates condizt:l themselves with the utmost propriety d tiring yi n e wfoie of the . Election, and Colonel PERCLVAL retired iron the contest in the handsomest manner. At the thlal close of the poll the numbers were as under: For Colonel Kmo - For Colonel PERctvAr. - Dlajority for Co:Mel KING 929 794 -135 Mr. KEAN played Richard at the Brighton Theatre on Thursday evening ; but many, persons who Fad engaged places f.und it impossible to leach the house, on account of the tempestuous weather. DnuRY-LA N E.—The Opera of Artaxerxes was per formed at this Theatre on Saturday night. Arbaces and Artabanes were represented by Mr. BRAHAM and Mr. HORN ; Artaxerxes by Madame VESTRIS, and Semira by Miss POVEY ; with those able Pet formers Mrs. AUSTIN, as Mundane, had to sustain a compe tition more trying than any of which an opportni.ity has been yet afforded her. She acquitted herself ail through very creditably, and was encored in the ar duous song, near the close of the Piece, " The Soldier tired," &c. In the Farce of The Liar, which followed the Opera, Mr. ELIA STO N'S Young Wilding afforded much amusement. In the Halt of the Caravan,whic!i formed part of the varied entertainment of the even ing, the Hornpipe a r Anglaise was danced by Miss TREE, Mrs. NOBLE, and Mrs. BYRNE. The applause bestowed on the performance was general, and a par tial call for the repetition of it was readily complied with. The whole concluded with the new Farce of Old and Young, in which we have already noticed the surprising versatility of Miss CLARA FISH ER's talents. COVENT-GARDEN.—Saturday evening, after the Opera of Maid Mai iaa, which increases in favour on each repetition, O'KEEFE'S Play of Rambles i i DLP. setshire ; or, The London Hermit, was revived: the whole of the characters were well supported, and the audience, which was both numerous and brilliaw, gave the most unequivocal testimony of the evening's exertions for their entertainment. The Royal West London Theatre, under the active management of BRUNTON, in himself a host, con tinues to fill nightly. The gentleness and tracta bility of the Bear is indeed surprising. We are informed that a true Bill was on Saturday found by the Middlesex Grand Jury against a pub lisher of Lord Bvnos's Vision of Judgment, for a blasphemous libel contained in that wet k. LAST FRIDAY was the Fourth Day of Drawn;, when No. 16,522, drawn a Prize of TwEst:v THOUSAND POUNDS, was Sold in SHARES by C vt• ROLL, 19, Cornhill, and 26, Oxford-street. THs is a continuation of that good fortune which !•a , for so niany years distinguished Caattou.'s °dice, The above is the orey. Prize above £2,00) yet Jr.c.v• there are but Two Days more, and the Wheel contaii- . 91 Capitals, including Two of £20,000, ift+o £lO,OOO, Two of £5,000, and S 5 others of I.Vav`' , £l,OOO, £5OO, &c. &c. TUESDAY, December 17, is the Last Day of Drawing but One. A Leeward Island mail is atrived. The lettcs from St. Thomas's, which arc dated the 4.th of vember, are silent re,pecting the abandonment Maracaibo by MortaLEs, which was stated in t!'C American papers to have taken place on the 19th of September, and if true could scarcely have b'' o unknown at St. Thomas's. It is stated, however, that three vessels of war, two of them lit lc inferior in strength to frigates, bad arrived at La Guayri from New York, for the service of the Coloada navy, which it was supposed would render the 3 superior in force to the Spaniards at We if i~ N, ft'