Star. — London, England, 1823-08-21 00:00:00

I' 7 THE EVENING STAR. I ONDON THURSDAY, AUGUST 21, 1823. THE FUNDS. STOCK EXCHANGE.. TWELVE O'CLOCK. This morning Consols opened at e 9/, and are, up to this boor, 1), with little or no business doing. Itentes at Paris on 'l2esday were a trifle better. FOREIGN FUNDS. Spanish Ponds opened this morning at 36k, and gut up to 57i. Cs' rent Prices :—New Spanish 371, New Prussian 80, Rus eq, Colombian 68/. French Scrip 21 1. ONE O'CLOCK. It•is this moment reported on 'Change, that the French Funds sow 92f.113c. PRICE OF STOCKS AT ONE O'CLOCK. I! Bank Stock i26 1 / 2 -3 per Cent. Iteduce.l 83 5 / 8 1 / 4 3 per Cent. Cons. 8'2 3 / 4 78 3 / 8 1 / 2 316 perCt5.96 1 4 1 ,4 1 / 4 -4 per Cts.Old 100% 3 / 8 1 4 4 per Cent. New foly s % 3 / 4 1 / 2 Bank Long Annuities '2l 5-16 3-16 India Bonds 595.585. liscliegVer Rills (E 1,000) 295.315. Ditto Small 31s. 345. pre. . Consols tor Account 8'27 8 3 / 4 5/8. We have for some time known of very import ant negotiations which are now upon the carpet for settling affairs between France and Spain: our information was derived from the first sources, but 'we were unwilling to advert to the subject at too early a period, lest the changed tune of the French Cabinet should again alter, or that the friendly in terference of our own Government, - offered (but not offered till solicited) .with all that frankness and sin cerity which have ever characterized the Members of the present Cabinet, might again be counteracted by L'ltra folly. As, however, there it now a fair prospect of things ending in a way neither dishonour able to Spain nor unfavourable to France, wemay say thus far, that the French Cabinet and the Cortes of Spain are about to meet half way; and that we have information, on which we can rely, that, under the auspices of Gt eat Britain, the war between France and Spain is in a way of amicable adjustment ; when , a Constitutional Charter, supposed to be better suited to the circumstances and present state of Spain, will be adopted. FROn OUR PRIVATE CORRESPONDENT AT PARIS. Tamar, Foils co'Cioar. From some circumstances which have just trans pired, there is every reason to believe that the French Government expect MOST naroarharr NEWS EVERY MOMENT FROM SPAIN ! EXPRESS FROM PARIS. We have received, by express from Paris, the Moni. tear of Tuesday. The following are extracts : (OFFICIAL PART.) ARMY OF THE PYRENNEES. IMPORT PROM MARSHAL THE DUKE OF REO(HO TO THE SECRETARY AT WAR. MADRID, AUGUST 13. • " igmismouzun—Lieut.-General Count Bourcke reports, that the artillery which he had brought from Ferrol are hi battery, and that by the 6th of this month he would be ready to commence firing on Corunna. His plan was to summon the place anew before commencing the cannonade, which would take place immediately after the return of the flag of truce, if the Governor persisted in his refusal to surrender. " General Morillo, with General Larochejacquelin, after having dispersed the Constitutional bands of Palarea and Rosello, Governor of Orense, entered Vigo, where they found a great deal of artillery.— General Bourcke only learnt ttis news on the sth ; he was informed also that Wilson and Quiroga, who had repaired to that city in the hope of raising the prc. vince of Trix, had embarked the same morning. " Not to give the enemy time to reconnoitre, Genc. rals Morillo and Larochejacquelin marched on Ba).' onna, a small place on the sea coast, at the extremity of Gallicia, which probably will not hold out longer than Vigo. Thence they will move on Toy, which they will occupy. " Every march produces great desertion in the ranks of the Constitutionalists. General Bourcke pro poses to 'make General Marguerie march with his brigade, so as to arrive by St. Martin de Quiroga and la - Puebla de Santa Bria, at Lugo on the stb, whence he will fall back on Orense, By this means the enemy will be placed between two fires, and cannot reach Castile. General Mar guerie .will afterwards return to Ferrol with the 35th Regiment, destined to form the garrison of that place. .0 The Captain-General of Old Castile (Charles O'Donnel) reports that twenty-seven Royalist peasants of Villa de Ciervos attacked, on the 27th July last, in the environs of that town, forty-two cavalry of the Regiment of Algarve, commanded by a brother of the Ernpccinado, and, in spite of the resistance they, opposed, took thirty-sit of them prisoners, with their arms and horses. Two were killed, and the Chief,' with three others, crossed into Portugal, where they were arrested. They have all been condocted to " Morshal Cornstaadaut in Chiefa the Fir* Corr. " OUDINOT, Duke of &mice' GENERAL ORDER. " t4o Royal liighnsss the Gc'ueral•ia•Chief has vr'itavt.,sed with the most lively iatisfactiou the briili ant success that has been obtained in every rencontre' with the enemy, and particularly on the 13th July, at Lorca, on the 25th, at Guadalhuertana, and on the 28th at Campillo de' Arenas. • The troops of all classes have proved - that they know how to mitt great valour to the most perfece difcipline. (loyal highness has also witnessed the zeal and the constancy which the Officers and. tbe .soldiers. halm. never ceased to display during long and difficult , marches : the compatriots, their Generals, ancrioarti cularly the Commander-in-Chief, Cunt Molitor, who has so well justified the confidence . the King has placed in his talent and his devotion. • llead-quarters Andujar, 9th August,lB23. " Major. General Count GUILLEMINOT." PARIS, AUGUST 111. Yesterday Monsieur, accomparded by Madame thei Duchess de Berry, his Royal Highness the Duke of Cumberland, the brother of the King of England. the Erinc., of Solms, and a brilliant Staff, repaired to the Champ de Mars to witness the review of the troops that were assembled, to the number of 9000 men. The troops defiled before them in great order. Our arrivals from Bayonne of this morning are to tie 14th inst. They are full of speculation;, but con- tain very little real intelligence. An article from Madrid speculates on the probable result of the de fection of BALLAsxmlos and the fall of Cadiz ; and the Bayonne writer tells us that the Duchess of AN GOULEME thinks the affairs of the Peninsula will soon be terminated. The following are extracts ; BAYONNE, AUGUST 13. Some Royalists arrived yesterday at Bourdeaux from Saragossa ; they gave an unfavourable account of the state of that city, from which they have fled. The French Governor, they say, had solicited a rein forcement of 1500 men, that he might be able to re strain the people, who refused to set at liberty the pri soners, and to recognize the French Military autho- rity. Three thousand families are stated to have quitted the city, and the number of persons impri- soned is said to be 1100. The band,of Montilla (who is dead) entered Cala hora on the 2d, and levied a large contribution on the Chapter ; that of Chapalingua was, on the sth, in the mountains of Estella, in Navarre, pursued by the soldiers of the F.aith. The season is not favourable for the formation of these bands, and the inhabitants do not at all favour them, especially since the privileges of the three pro. vines on the left of the Ebro have been restored. The summons made by Marshal Lauriston to San tona, St. Sebastian, and Pampeluna, has availed nothing. The Duchess of Angouleme expects to see her august consort by the end of September; not that she is going to meet him, but her Royal Highness is of opinion that the affairs of the Peninsula will be shortly terminated. MADRID, AUGUST 7. The successive situations in which the French have' been in Spain, especially since the distribution of their forces, had induced all politicians to form calculations which have been frustrated by causes and accidents which they could not take into the account ; it is the same as with the symptoms of some diseases which put to shame the aphorisms of the physicians. In fact, the French would have been in a bad posi tion in the Peninsula, if the Constitutional Generals had been faithful to their oaths, and persevering both in combat and in resisting the machinations and se. ductions of their enemies; but we must not look among the Spanish Generals for that constancy, that disin. terestedness, that virtue, which, however, distinguish Mina, the only man of the kind who has yet appeared in the military annals of the Peninsula of our times. The defection of Ballasteros is a result of the spit tem pursued by the French, which will be felt also at Cadiz, being connected with plans for producing disorganization and discord, tending to weaken the party of the Cortes in that place; so that we may be in daily expectation of hearing of the defection of some other General, or of the dissolution, and per haps the flight, of the Constitutional Government, which is environed with -the greatest difficulties.— Ballasteros might have powerfully served the Consti tutional cause; but he has given it a mortal blow, by his retreat since the departure of Molitor from Ar eagon, by his vacillation, and lastly by his submis sion, which has led to the disappearance of an army of twenty thousand men. Those who calculated on the probity, the perse verance, and the military or political talents of Ral lasteros have been mistaken. His being a Communes() induced the violent party in the Cortes to give him the command. Among the conditions that he has' made with General Molitor one is, that his troops shall not be employed against the national forces of any party. Yet a great number of officers, subale terns, and soldiers, have offered their services to the Regency. This event has caused at Madrid a sensation which it is impossible to describe; and given rise to reports , of the speedy deliverance of the King, not in tome-, quence of au amicable arrangement, but of the in evitable flight of the Cortes. However, if' we give credit to these predictions, and supposing the King to be delivered as soon is is expected, it is possible that a geoeral pacification may oat so soon be el-- 1 fected, unless some copeessiods are made tothe op position party; because the number of peiskis im plicated is so considerable, and the presence of aj foreign army will always serve as a pretest for ex-1 citing discontents for though the discipline of the; French is above all praise, though they scrupulously, pay for everything, surd may to the !ad italteust themselves, patty spirit, obstinacy, and poverty will never cease among the Spaniards. The Regency has recourse to requisitions to sup .poi t its army : the French troops share them in some degree, and the loan of tO milllois contracted by M. Etro, is destined 4 in'silieim pre toindemnift the trestiury of Paris for the adv . sent y; independently of thi,,qacy t nious• expenses of me 4 ihe French army. It is calculated that elf* sum of 200,Inillions of Teals, in Spanish money, has been SeitTrom France since the month of January, and that the sum of 100 millions of francs, .French money, is actually in circulation in the Peninsula. . It icteported that the Duke of Angouteme, refer., ring to accounts which he has received from Cadiz, has asked the assistance of the English Cabinet to save the Royal Family from the terrible alias of a conkpiracy c4rrying on there, and that in conse. quenceof these urgent representations SirW. A'Court was to go to Cadiz. The affair of Ballasteros so entirely engages peo ple's minds, that we hear little of what is doing else where. The Prince continues his journey to Cadiz without obstacle. All is quiet on the left of the Ebro. The removal of the line of Custom-houses to that river has given great activity to the trade of the three Biscayan provinces and Navarre, their intercourse with France is increased in an extraordinary degree, and French goods of all kinds pass almost freely to the Castilles, and to the capital, where commerce begins to revive. ‘Ve are tranquil at Madrid, only impatient for the consequences of the Convention with Ballasteros. New York Paper's to the 2d instant have reached us. They contain a good deal of miscellaneous in formation relating to South America, where the cause of independence certainly does not make the progress that it promised some time ago. In Mexico, a con spiracy against the new Government has been disco vered. In Colombia, MORALES still disputes every inch of ground with the forces of BOLIVAR ; and although in Brazil, the sceptre may depart from Portug4l, yet there are the elements of strong con• tention, which may render it unsettled for some time. The following are extracts:— PROM THE NEW YORK GAZETTE, NEW YORK, JULY 31. FALL OF MARACAIBO. Caraccas Papers to the 2d inst. and a supplement of the Colombian() of the 4th, have arrived. The latter contains an official dispatch from General Manrique, dated at Maracaibo, the 25th June, announcing the capture of that place. The Patriot forces effected a landing at the points Senamayra and Perija, at five. o'clock. An action ensued, which lasted till nine o'clock, when the enemy was compelled to retreat to the mountains, leaving the capital in possession of the Patriots, who were unable to pursue them, as the night was very dark, accompanied with heavy rain. The Royalist force is not stated, but it is said to have been greater than the Patriots. All the smaller ves sels of the enemy were taken, a large park of artil lery, ammunition, and 1,000 suits of clothes. The Patriots lost 40 killed and 150 wounded. The enemy's loss is stated at 200 wounded and 80 killed. Al A RACAIBO RETAKEN. Curacoa Papers, to the 1/th instant, give an ac count of the recapture of Maracaibo by the troops under Morales, who entered the town with the main body of the army without any resistance, the Co lombian forces having made good their retreat, after pillaging the citry: FROM HAVANNAH, Captain Pezart, arrived at Charleston, in five days from Havannah, reports that a French frigate had arrived there with a flag of truce, with dispatches from the Governor of Martinique to the Governor of Cuba; they proposed an accommodation between the French of that island and Cuba, which was not ac ceded to. . COMMERCIALLY IMPORTANT. The New York Mercantile Advertiser says, that an . arrangement has been agreed upon between the Go vernors of the Spanish and French West India Islands, that their commerce shall not be molested by the ves sels of war of those nations on the station. , This ar. rangement was completed at Martinique. NEW YORK, JULY zo. We have received a slip from our correspondent at Salem (Mass.) of Friday evening, announcing the arrival at that port of a vessel from Bahia, whence she sailed on the nth June, at which time the city of Bahia was besieged by the Brazilians. There was frequent skirmishing, but.no general engagement had lately taken place. Gen, Labital was arrested in his quarters by his officers, about the last pf May t upon suspicion of an intention of betraying the Brazilians; and upon examination of his papers he was found to have carried on a private correspondence with Gen, Madeira, A paper was also found, signed by the principal merchants of Bahia, offering him 600,000 milreas, to betray the province of Bahia into the hands of the Portuguese. It was understood he was to be sent to llio Janeiro by land. The Generals Lima (a' European) and Felizbert de Gomez (a Bra zilian) were at the head of the Brazilian forces. The fleet of Bahia was in port—wad the port was declared in a state of rigorous blockade by Admiral Cochrane, part of whose squadron was off Bahia, and the remainder at the Moro St. Paulo. The Bra zilian fleet consisted of out ship of the line, two of 4} guns, two of*, a corvette, and others, twelve in number. They were making great preparations with fire-ships, 4c. of which four were prepared, And it was expected a general attack would soon be made on Bahia by sea and land. The principal POillmart ders of the Brazilians were Admiral Cochrane, Vice-Admiral Jewett. Captains Thomson, Taylor, • 43 0 Cambri many , of the officers and crews were Eaglish tied. American. The squadron had made eifirt et tee.prtan, and had tent several neutrals to RIO toetrial, - _AMPA.IA:T'ELLiG, r ~ EAST INDIA SHIPPING. Testerday a Court of Directors was held at the East Wl* House, when tboafoliowing ships were thus timed, viz.— Mies queen, Duchess of Athol, 'and 13ersticitshire,' for Bengal and Mina ; Thomas Courts, Duke of York. and Castle Huntley, Bonibay and China; General Harris, St. Helena, Bencoolen, and China ; to be :.float 18th November, 1823; nil to Gravesend ed December; stay there 30'days and be in the Downs Bth January, 1824. Sir David Scutt, C anning, and Farl of Ilalcarras, Bengal and China; London, St. Helena, *anti:ay, and China; to be afloat 17th December,lBo ;, sail tp Gravesend Z let ditto; stay there 30 days; and be in the D,wnt sth February, 1824. Dunira and Marquis Camden, Bombay and China; Lord and-William Fairlie, Madras and China; to be afloat :ant . December, 1823 ; sail to Gravesend 15th January, 1824 ; stay there 30 days • and be in the DoWns 20th February . Orwell and Thames, Chink direct; to beafloac 28th February, 18£4; sail to Gravesend 14th March; stay there 30 days; and he in the Downs 18th April • Aaaniaza AT nia Cara—The Urania, Reynolds; and Patience, Kind, from London; Cumbrian, Birkbeck, frutn Jive:Tool; and Amsterdam packet, Betcht, from Annterslipm , A ARITA LI AT ST. Hicuunk—The Thomas, Whispear, from ' Loudon, in 77 days; and Minerva. Haden, from Scarborough, whit coals. • FALMOUTH, Aug. 19.—*ind S.W.—Arrived the Alert, Cis* maw, from Galipoli, in 52 days ; Duke of Wellington packet, from America, sailed from New York the 21st ult. and Halifax Ist instant. The Rosetta, Ammo; arrived off this port yes terday, sailed from St. Jago de Cuba the 15th June, and from Jamaica with about 30 sail of vessels under convoy of 'hie Ma jesty's ship Pramaus, on the Ist June, and left the convoy on the 18th .— Informati on was received here this morning, that a Dutch Fast Indiaman was on shore on Gunwalloe Beach, the other side of the Lizard, supposed to have happeried in the fog yesterday ; no particulars have yet tran•pired. Pixmouvit, Wind S.W.—No arrivals or sailings. Cowrs, Aua. 20.—Arrived the Borodino transport, to take troops to the Cape of Good Rope,, PORTSMOUTH, Auc. 20.—Wind S.W.—Sailed the Success transport, to the Eastward. DEAL, Aon. 90.—Wind S.W.—Came down from the River and remain, the Ruralist, Come, for the South Seas. Arrived the Brothers, Monte, from Jamaica; Pursuit, Burins, from Petersburgh; and Fanny, Gun" from Gibraltar for Leith, sailed the Ist August. None of the outward-bound have sales' to-day. Corn°, JULY 16.—Sir Gsanau Moos; the Naval Com mander-in-Chief of the Mediterranean, arrived here in the !locus:roe; of 80 guns, on the 1 1 dr, and sailed again en the 13th, taking with him the EURICAIXS, Ileurotzt, and CHANTICLEER. . . . . Ile is said to have gone to Patras for the purpose of demanding an explanation front the Captain Pacha ; and Some go so'far to add, that the Admiral has received instructions to drive ti;e Turkish Beet out of the lonian Sea altogether. Be this as it may, nothing can exceed the state of alarm into which its presence hits thrown all the inhabitants. The islands may, in fact, be said to be in a state of partial blockade, for ever since the massacre of the poor Greeks not a vessel dare s;:i!. Previous to Sir G. Mooax's sailing, he issued an order just rvceived from the Ad, miralty, enjoining the mot rigorous attention to the blockade of the Greeks. This measure is highly creditable to Mr. CANNINt:. SKIPS SPOKEN WITH-- . .:111C Bridget, from Liverpool to Bctial, 14th iLrch, by the Orpheus; the Asia, front Bombay, and the Pilot, for Bengal, by the Urania; the Elizabeth, from London to Van Dienian's Land, 50th Match, by the Patience ; the Scaleby Caule, NewjU, from London to Bombay and China, 31st March, by the Cumbrian; the Partrttlgr, ftom London to the South Seas, lat. 5. S. June 12, long. 40. W. • •••••••MM • A Plivy Council was summoned yesterday to meet the KING.at Windsor Castle, this day, at one o'cloc k, This day at noon, Mr. CANNINQ, accompanied by his nephew, Lord GEORGE BENTINCIC, left town for Windsor ; from which the ltight Hein. Sec' etary gill proceed on a fortnight's visit to his fiiends in Lan cashire. His Excellency the French Ambassador transacted business this day at the Foreign Office, in Down ing-street. Ever since the Duchess of CLARENCE'S birth•day, on the 13th, the Duchess of Gr.ouvEsTert has rep mained at Buihy House—their Ito) al Highnesses either have company at home, or are dining with their friends in the neighbourhood, on Monday the Royal party dined with Lord and Lady LIVERPOOL, rt Combe-wood, where there was a select party.—. Yesterday the PREMIER returned the Visit, and to-day being the birth-day of the Royal Duke, a large party dine at the Red Lion, at Hampton.—Sir JOHN Ufa- BON, Rart i erui EDWARD JESSE, Esq. are Stewards of the meant) ig, The Duke of ST. ALAAN'S and the Ladies BEAU CLIME arrived yesterday, at their house in St. ,Jameb's squate, from their seat, Gatton, Surrey. The Earl and Countess GowErt left town yester day, for Dunrobin Castle, Sutherlandslitre. Lord Arum loft town yesterday toe Norck. Mr. GOULBURH left town yesterday for Duhlin, Saturday Mr.• T, MooRE arrived in Dublin Itons Limeri,cl4 having partxd there with the Marqpis and Marchio nxss of I...titsriows, whom he bad accompanied from Killarney. Glenarm Castle is at present a scene of the greatest gaiety and fashion, and nothing can exceed the attention whi c h is &hewn by Mr. Nl'Llonsirm. and his amiable Cowden to the distinguished individuals who are at present entertained at the hospitable and ancient seat of the Amass family. Miss WILSON, the singer, whose success at Drury lane Theatre, a year or two ago, was so nnesampled, is preparing to suit England, for Itaiiy, there she in tends to remain some time for improvement.. JOE MUNDEN is at Brighton, enjoying the *dials tage of warm sea-bathing, having left his 46-airlitin villa at Hampstead, and to prepare for the aew cam paign with ELLISTON, fur which be will, lie hope.% be in perfect health. We understand that the Noblemen who constitute the Committee for conducting the King's Theatre next season, are the Marquis of lisitTpuito, X•ord LOWTHER, Lord AvLssrosp, Lord Nousratrga. CJJMBE, and Count.ST. ANTONIO. signor Bariv,t4 is going to range over Fiance and Italy for - 4=er* il' singers, and during .his absence, the inte r ior of. Vag Opera-house is to be entirely renovated. , 1 4 410 MM E-A FYlCii&—Thepeople of Paris havebeeq amused for some weeks past with a Londod invention..nut new or striking in the place of its birth. A man walks the•Pa lais Royal and the most frequented Streets in the neighbourhood, with one large placard covering the whale of his back, sad mo ther extending along the front part of its body down to his knees. It Contains the announcemencof a -- now coach between London and Paris. On his back he bears the French, and on his breast the English. The French have given this non-de r , script animal—this walking placard—the side of I Homage *AU, or biped advertisement. Flag in CANADA.-4 Montreal Paper of the 28th ult. says, 0 We regret to learn that there has been a eery ataxm ing and extensive fire in the lower part of the Province, w kb five miles. It arose from isc his laid waste an extent on the grounds of ?Qr. Stuart, and extended Its rayurs to as. capedil. Several sev lets have bad their homes deitroybd,_and the crops, which lay within the actior•Of the lire. It cositinued during fifteen days." SATAN BEAVidt flfives.-rGerttletnen's Satin Beaver Hats at the low price of t 71. Sorrily* Beaver Hats, from sox. upwajds, with an extensive and fashionable•mportateny n La dies and Children'. 'leaver Hats and Bonnets, tobehad of T. F. Sawn*, Hat-Manufacturer, Na Aldiste Within (opposite Jewry-street). Merchants and CaptiMa supplied nag/eau& reasonable wow, and with the .tmeec dispetels. w i t h Silk, and. made equal to tie* feu and Travelling or in great vagerp:-.1/4 weekepthel:yrrierf any other Hoerr).. L. . 41 ;4': , ' • •;rpri l • ! o rsu. ti