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THE EVEITING. STAR. LONDON. •• • • THURSDAY, DECEMBER 20, 1621. THE FUNDS. PRICES OF STOCICS TRIS"DAT AT ONE O'CLOCK Bank Stook 436%—S per Cent. Reduced 76% % 8% per Cent. 67% %-4 per Cent. 96% % Bank Long Annuities 19 % India Bonds 71s. pr.—Excbe. Bills £lOOO, 2s. pr. Exchequer Bills (Small) Ss. ls. pre. Cons. for Account 78178. It is currently reported on 'Change this morning, that Ministers hare it in contemplation to reduce the Interest of the Public Funds One per Cent. respec tively, and that an arrangement has been made for carrying it into execution immediately after its being submitted to Parliament. Consols are steady, but little business doing. The French Journals of Sunday and Monday last contain no information of interest respecting the pro ceedings of the new Ministry, or the probable effects the change may have on the gate of parties in France: and although some of the French journalists venture to allude to the subject, yet they confess their ig norance of the system of policy likely to be adopted, and wait, like ourselves, until some further acts of the new AdministrAtion may give a clue to thei r future conduct. These papers bring news from Vienna to the 7th instant. The Austrian troops in Naples have been considerably reduced ; and a great portion of them are returning re corps of 13,000 or 14,000 men had arrived at Padua, and there received orders for anew destination, but where is not said. A letter from Constantinople, of the 10th Novem ber, states, that the Austrian Ambassador there had received an important dispatch from Prince METTER• tarn, which induced him to demand a conference with the Reis Effendi ; but this interview had not taken place, in consequence of the change of the Ottoman Minister. The news from Madrid in the French Papers is .gloomy enough. According to these accounts, an entire revolution in Spain is but a small part of the project of the disaffected, who intend to fraternize with the Liberals of France and the Carbonari of Italy, and, after overturning Monarchy in every quarter, to form all Europe into Republics, of which the Military Chiefs, who accomplish all this, are, of course, to be at the head. The Madrid Papers, which are of as late * date as the private intelligence in the French Jour mils, ere quite silent on the subject of such rumours, and do not represent Spain in so critical a situation as the correspondent of the Gazette de France de scribes it. An at ticlefrom Berlin in the Constitutionnel says, that at the end of this year there will be a deficiency in the Prussian Budget of forty millions of Beres . Tourr.ois, which must be filled up by a loan. The fol lowingextracts are from the Paris Journals of Monday ma's, DECEMBER 17. Yesterday, after Mass, the King received the Mi. sisters, several Marshals of France, Prince Talleyrand, the Doke de Richelieu, the Peers of France, a consi derable number of Deputies, the Archbishop of Paris, the Papal Nuncio, the Prince Royal of Denmark, the Prince of Holtenloe, and a great number of Military Of of all ranks. M. de Clermont•Tonnere, the Minister of Mariner took the oaths before his Majesty. The rest of the Ministers took the oaths the day before. Extraordinary couriers were yesterday dispatched to our Ambassadors at all the Courts of Europe, to make known the formation of a new Ministry. MADRID, DECEMBER 6. FROM A PRIVATE LETTER. This morning, the Ministers, a second• time ten dered the resignation of their offices. His Majesty refused to accept them, and said he would nevercon seat to deptive himself of men who had given him so many proofs of devotion to his family, and who had rendered such set vices to the State. " I know," said his Majesty, " the intentions of the faction which has caused the evils of Spain, and which threaten our un fortunate country with still greater disasters. My tactions.subjects seek my life, and I may be, after the • onfortunate Louis XVI. the second victim of the re volutions in Europe. But, however, I shall not perish in the same manner as he did, who has justly acquired the title of the Martyr King. Isbell wait death, with arms in my hands, at the head of my guards!" The Ministers have announced for to-morrow's Sit ' ling of the Cortes, the Report so anxiously expected, on the critical state of Spain, and on the measures taken by Ministers on the subject. We learn that the whole of Gallicia is in the power of MtsA.. lie has formed a Provisional Government, and has put himself in a state not only to defend him self, but to usurp, perhaps, all Spain. MJNA has or dered a levee en masse of all the Militia, and has col lected 30,000 men ; 10,000 have been sent to Astorga, which they have taken. MINA is concentrating all his forces in . one point. On the 27th ult. he assessed a heavy contribution upon the middle classevof Gal licia, and especially upon the Nobility and Clergy, for the subsistence of his troops, and this measure bas met with general approbation at Corunna. At Ike sate time, he has nomiaated a Provisignal Junk of Government, which has declared all the ports of Gallicia free to foreign vessels, upon payment of a very moderate duty. He has also diminished the direct contribution. This will provide very ample resources, particularly on account of the prohibitory system adopted by the Cortes in the other provinces. The Political Chief and the other Authorities of the province of Alava have sent an Address to the KING, and another to the Cortes, expressive of their fidelity and love for his MAJESTY, and their obe dience to the Government. Arragon appears at this moment in a state of in surrection) and it is reported that before the end of the mon* Madrid will be entered on three sides, by the troops of MINA, Rims, and those of Andalusia. Their project, which the Chiefs of our shirtless rabble do not dissemble, is the expulsion of the BOURBONS, and the formation of a Federal Republic ; then a declara tion of war against France, when they hope to have the aid of the Liberals against the legitimate Govern ment; lastly, they will liberate Italy, and the whole of the middle of Europe is to be formed into Demo cratic Republics, protected by military chiefs. This project may appear vast, but it is actually combined, and is in operation. The following is an extract of intelligence which has just reached us from Barcelona, down to the 6th of December: " Several incendiary pamphlets, in which insurrec tion is openly advocated, have been distributed in profusion ; the Captain-General has, rather clandes tinely, introduced SOO soldiers and warlike stores into the citadel, in which the Commandant of Barcelona has shut himself up. As soon as this event was known, the Militia caused a general muster to be sounded, and spontaneously assembled to the number of 4,000, shouting • Death to the Serviks: " An attempt was made to surprise Mont-Jouy ; but this failed. The Commandant of this fort, and he who commands the citadel, replied, that they could not do so without an order from the Captain-General. An Officer was dispatched to demand an order to this effect. The answer is expected with impatience, and great ferment prevails. The most disastrous conse quences will inevitably follow, if this order be not granted. The populace are very vehement, and openly avow their intention of repulsing the Authorities, should they present themselves to re-enter Barcelona. Jamaica Papers arrived this morning to the 4th of November. THOM THE JAMAICA GAZETTE, NOV. 3. The Honourable the Council and Assembly met on Tuesday last, agreeably to Proclamation. The opening speech of his Honour the Lieutenant-Go vernor, we have no doubt will afford universal satis faction ; and, from the observations we have hitherto been able to make, we firmly believe; that the grati fying sentiments therein contained, were uttered with the utmost sincerity of heart, and we have reason to anticipate a continuation of that tranquillity in uur Government, and that unanimity among the branches of our Legislature, which has for so many year. happily prevailed under his Grace the Duke of Man chester, whom we may justly entitle the best friend of the Colony. L ABSTRACT OF THE GOVERNOR ' S SPEECH. " Str. Speaker, and Genfteneea ef the Aseembly, " I feel the greatest satisfaction that the period has arrived, when, by your united wisdom and experienc., I may be assisted in the execution of the high and sacred trust with which my Sovereign has been graciously pleased to honour me ; my sense of the arduous duties which such a trust exacts, and my solici tude to discharge them, must be greatly increased when I reflect that my administration immediately succeeds that of an illus trious predecessor, who, by his talent and experience, had ren dered his Government eminently distinguished. " I consider it as an auspicious circumstance, that, in meeting you for the first time, I should have to announce to you an event so interesting 'to the British Empire, as that of the Co_ ronation of our beloved Sovereign." American Papers arrived this morning to the 24th November. The following are extracts FROM LIMA. EXTRACT OF A LETTER FROM CHILI, DATED JULY 18. 6 , At present the whole coast of Peru, from Arica to am Buenaventura, is in possession of the Patriots, with the exception of atrnut 50 le:igues from Pisco to Callao. Lord Cocunikris has established a flying Custom-house on board his frigate, and obliges all vessels he falls in IA ith (bound to the coast) to pay him'lB per cent. dutieson their whole cargo, under a promise of returning it on such part as they may not be able to sell, and three per cent. on the money that they will have to receive in return. I can perceive that this barefaced mode of rob bing will bring us into many difficulties; and it is much to be regretted that we have not one or more of our vessels of war on this coast, as it is evident his Lordship will not cease committing these depredations until prevented by force. Already our merchants have experienced some severe losses on the coast.— Capt. Smith, from Boston, from whom his Lordship took 150,000 dollars about eighteen months since, was captured in the Bay of Arica, a few months ago, with 12.5,000 more. The Chilian Government re mains the same, except that their tyranny, if possible, is increasing." GUAYAQUIL. We are sorry to observe that the Independent Go vernment of Guayaquil has excluded from acting as consignees all foreigners, A. are also denied per mission to settle there as merchants, as they probably have little or no shipping of their own. The enor mous duty of 30 per Cm. imposed on the genetal importations in foreign vessels, must operate as a tai upon themselves where it does not work a total ex clusion of the article. It certainly will give rise to a great deal of covering of American bottoms. The way to extend commerce and consolidate it, is to I lgive it freedom. berating Army or the Three Guarantees, thy Commander, Don Augustin de Iturbi other Generals who have contributed to of the great and excellent enterprize whi accomplished. The great military virtues , this army has, been directed in all its proceedil the disposition to lenity, concord, and which it has everywhere manifested, 1 towns most disposed to resist, will ever be of the triumphs which redound to its imr as they have already been the object of and of the public rejoicings with which have received the General as their deliverer, The route for this purpose, which was Carrera de S. Francisco y Platiros, from the ancient Acordada to the Palace, pi the Portal de Caballeros y Cassas Consis throughout its whole length, filled with multitude, and adorned with tapestry, streamers ; amidst which arose, with di-t'agutst, grandeur, the allegorical triumphal arch K erte. ' by our city for the reception of the Gearral and Lis triumphant suite. The General presented himself at the arch, a deputation from the Ayuntamiento received lira with the ceremonial of the civic key, which his Ex. cellency returned with the embrace of ttision and can. diality. The deputation having joined in the Gen e . rays train, the procession proceeded, amidst the mat energetic and expressive rips of the inimme poi: E . lation which filled the streets, balconies, and the houses ; thus forming the most animated are sublime picture ever exhibited in the annals c, Mexico. At the Palace his Excellency was rtceire by the provincial deputation and the constitute;:; Ayuntamiento, who conducted him to the lower es . tremity of the principal staircase; the whole os part of the building, and also the court-yz..!, v. corridors, and the outer square, were cross ded an immense multitude, which scarcely left rcorat e the procession to stir a step, so anxious were t h e people to see and salute their deliverer, vho ta they carried, as it were in the air, until they placed Ifix before his Excellency Don Juan O'Donoju, who coo. ducted him to the hall of reception of the ancient Viceroys. Their Excellencies immediately appeased in the We have received Santa Maria Gazettes to the 28th of October, and other South American Papers of a recent date. One of these contains the Convention for the capitulation of Carthagena, entered into on the 23d of September, between the Governor de Toasts and General MONTILLA, the liberating Ge neral, which was to be put in force on the Ist of Oc tober. By this Convention, the inhabitants were al lowed to leave the city, taking with them all their goods and moveables, their slaves excepted, which might be sold, but could not be carried out of the territories of Columbia. The troops were to take the necessary oath not to carry arms against the Re public during the present war. The Governor, the chief Officers, and the troops belonging to the regiment of Leon, and the Veteran brigade of the corps of National Artillery, were per mitted to carry their arms, but with no more ammu nition than what was contained in their cartridge boles. The Spanish and American soldiers who might wish to remain in the country were allowed to do so: The garrison of Carthagena, it appears, amounted to 1,011 men of all grades. The desertions were numerous previous to its sur render, and not confined to the non-commissioned Officers and privates, several Officers of tank having changed sides. Very few lives were lost on either side, and only one Officer of the Columbian army. Most of the shells thrown into the city did not explode. Numbers of the inhabitants bad quitted the city for Cuba, to which place the Governor and the garrison were conveyed. General BOLIVAR left Maracaibo on the Bth Sep tember for Cucuta, and was elected President of all Columbia. The General Congress of Columbia, according to the latest accounts, was employed in discussing a plan for Public Education, and in forming laws for regulating the commerce of the Republic. By his Majesty's ship Ramon, letters have been principal balconies, accompanied by the Cori °rain received from Havannah, dated the 12th ult. con- and Nobility. The troops then defiled before them in taining advices from Mexico to the lath of October, military order, with correspondent parks of artillery and from Vera Cruz to the 29th. Their contents and ammunition, including the gallant disi,ions cf are extremely important, since they leave no doubt Rustamente, Quintanar, Barragan, the Marquis & that the Independence of Mexico is fully established, Vivanco, Zarzosa, and others; the whole exceeded and in the form prescribed by the Treaty of Cordova. 14,000 men, and 1200 Officers. The people meas. The Liberating Army of the Three Guarantees, under ingly cheered the troops, who proceeded with the the command of Senor Don Auousvnr de Immune, General, accompanied by the Provincial Depurition, made their entry into the capital of New Spain on the the Ayuntamiento, and the Staff of the Army, toe at!, 27th of September. -On the same day, under the Pre- the Cathedral, amidst the vivas and peals which la. sidency of hunsine, with the title of Generalissimo tinguished the patriotic rejoicings cf the inhabitants by sea and land of the Empire of Mexico, a Regency, The General was received at the principal gate (1 composed of five Members, was appointed. A Su- the temple by the illustrious Archbishor, rlmgri is preme Junta was also created, of which the Bishop pontificals, &c. On his entrance, the Archbishop pa. of PUEBLA was declared President. The establish- sented to him the Santo Lignron (Holy Wood), trbkh ment of the Government was followed by the nomina- he adored on his knees, on a cushion prefaced for tion of the different Ministers and Authorities: the that purpose; then, requesting that the canopy oath they were required to take simply pledged them be removed, he proceeded on the right cf the Arch. to adhere to the stipulations of the Treaty of Cordova bishop to place himself in the seat destined for is The only spot that still adhered to the mother- Viceroys. An anthem of triumph was now chaunai, country was the Castle of St. Juan de Ulloa, which and 'an eloquent oration delivered by Dr. Viand commands the city of Vera Cruz, and which was held Guridi y Alcocer, a member of the Provincial Dpr by a garrison of 300 men only, who were expected tation, in which he recapitulated the most merited: to surrender when called upon so to do by the Go- of the events which have contributed to the libertys vernment established at Mexico. the country; demonstrating the whole to have ken General O'DoNostr, who has made so conspicuous done under the direction of DIVINE PROVIDENCIA a figure in the transactions which have preceded the whom a hero had been chosen for the work. settlement of affairs in New Spain, died in the city A solemn Te Dann was next performed by th of Mexico on the Bth October. The difficulty, there- whole orchestra, the sublime harmony of which& fore, of obtaining a clue to his late conduct is much lighzed the hearts of the spectators in the great teuph increased. It appears that he was present at, and which was illuminated and adorned. The Te Des shared the public entry of ITURBIDE into Mexico, on was followed by a salute of artillery and peals r the 27th September, and was treated with nearly the bells. The procession then returned in the same* same marks of distinction. Various reports of the der to the Palace, where a magnificent dinner vs causes of his death were in circulation at Havannah, served up, which had been prepared by the Aro some directly ascribing it to poison, and others to miento, and of which more than 600 guests partta indisposition brought on by chagrin. The toasts which were given, and the verses utiti A Commission had been formed in Mexico on the were recited by several individuals, served to at affairs of Commerce,which was employed in arranging plete the public rejoicing, and to ratify the unite the terms of communication with foreign countries. European and American Spaniards in their giants But few restrictions were meant to be imposed, the independence of the Three Guarantees, and in thee design being to come as near as possible to free corn- tablishment of the Empire. Don Augustin de Iturlie merce, with certain clauses more favourable to Spain , confirmed these interesting sentiments by his te than to other countries. and speeches, which were repeated in concurree The Spanish ship of war the Asia, with 2,000,000 with him by Don Juan O'Donojti, as Repr • eseanr dollars on board, arrived at Havannah, from Vera of the Spanish Government. Cruz, oa the 11th ultimo, and would shortly proceed on her voyage to Cadiz. In the evening a magnificent collation was send after which their Excellencies proceeded to A plan of insurrection by the negroes had been Theatre, where a suitable spectacle was given. discovered at Havannah, who had formed the design audience cheered his Excellency the General ink spect, the consequences of the discovery were re of murdering all the white population. In one re shouting—" Father !" " Deliverer I" and other clearing titles, dictated by their enthusiastic satinetsrrannah, markable. A party appears to have existed in Ha of gratitude and affection on account of a dal a vannah, which aimed at rendering Cuba independent glorious and memorable in the history of thoseb ia of Spain; but the common danger caused by a con spiracy of the negroes had united Spaniards of every events which most particularly claim the attesill i politicians and philosophers. class for self-preservation, and made them forget, for • p On the following day the Provisional Junt a a time at least, their political differences. rldge!‘, Tlie following are some details extracted from a Government was installed with the greatestand solemnity, when they took the oath, coo° Mexico Paper of the Ist of October, which will be in the following terms a read with interest. The scene is new, and th e enthu- 1101 r s°. “ Will you, Senors, swear, by Con and the siasm of the people animating: condo° . genus, to keep and cause to be kept the Treaties MEXICO, OCTOBER 1. 71 the 24th of August, in the Villa de Cordoba, by tbe 107 1 Thursday, the 27th ult. the inhabitants of this ca. Senor, First Chief of the Tri-guarantee Army, as Ai te°l l - 0 pital bad the infinite satisfnction of receiving the Li. of Me Oa - - - - 4ica n PoPires and the ExceUeet Staar Tlae etat is, i tional K done in quality, which is Thost follow, as to be contribt bundre , love th duties, proved: The 1 10, 1! Port- St and ren ] 1 ; tin We On the Cabello the otln which they wc op posi ti Coro men in men. "1 2000 G of Cart Thei entry ii on their AU the tia wen The i m ness his OrinY jest y IL city of their His braids riding Music in the part with its sen r vs °. caeh i ol ' “ rbide, a n d 11 1 vitt' I to the succes bets thhe hilt has b ee es with whicl This n Keeding s , 4l x eding I tranquillity Similar t e he v the n hiinghtie's o n t he b i e l tb w e b i l )mortal glcrr the gratitud Per°rl the Mexican which 111 d con! :i rr, as that .0 of the which ht it the ' , aim et' tomr st .ce proceedi ng br %L a - nct • bistoriale s w • ) the delight es ) SPani y, flag c, and D°°ll. - Sr Rotel A the t Lon Boy te:o will the to g prei 'I is tc as I 14r, by whi Ed He str kith %la gu ro•