Star. — London, England, 1822-12-11 00:00:00

L H a 1 miL FRANCE. PAAI3. DECSMARR 8. Before the Mass, whichthe King had in his apart ments, his Majesty gave a private audience to the Russian Ambassador. There is a strong rumour of the speedy convoca tion of the Chambers The opening is fixed for the 29cl of this month, or, at latest, the 4th of next month. The Sienr. Michelot , responsible Editor of the Mi noir, was on the Bth of October acquitted by the Tri bunal of Correctional Police, of the charge of pub lishing matters injurious to the person of the King, and against the Religion of the country. The first article charged, appeared in that Paper of the 17th of August, intitled, " Paris in 5839 ; ispream." The second on the 29i.h of August, under the title of " Spectacles Atnbulans." The Royal Court, before whom the appeal this day came, had condemned M. .blichelot to three months imprisonment, and a fine Of 3000 francs. The same Editor has also appeared before . the Correctional 'Police, under a charge of outrage against the Censeurs otamatiques, and has been condemned to five days imprisonment, and a fine of 1000 francs. M. Dardonville, author of a piece entitled " Re flections on Treason," had been acquitted by the Tri bunal of Correctional Police ; the Public Minister having appealed against this decision, M. Dardon ville has been condemned to a month's imprisonment, and a fine of 500 francs.—Le Courier Francais. The Journal des Debais, in noticing the following observation of the Courier, " France is making a levy of rorty thousand men, and the date of the Decree proves that the publication of it has been delayed till the decision of the Congress was known,"—says, We are obliged to remark to the Editor of the Courier, that he here makes a strange mistake as to the fact, and which chews on his part a total ignorance of the present French laws. The law for levying troops (reer-dement) of March 11th, 1818, which has fixed the organization of the army, says, that the number of troops in time of peace is fixed at 240,000 men, that of this permanent force 40,000 are to be discharged every year, but that they shall be replaced by 40,000 conscripts, whom the . King shall call out every year, without its being ne cessary to have a vote of the two Chambers. In an administrative measure, which takes place regularly and yearly, and is expected beforehand by all France, the Courier sees an extraordinary arma ment, and an indication of war. The date of the Ordonnance only proves, that this year, as on every other, pr inting the Ordonnance was delayed till the orders for executing its details were sent to the Prefects. This is the customary course of proceeding, and the epoch of the Ordonnance is also the usual one. There is no occasion to fish out for any mystery in this.—Journal des Debuts. It must be supposed that a Ministerial Journal of London has a very poor idea of the statesmen who direct public affairs in France, if he supposes they will blindly follow his counsels, and put an implicit confidence in his promises. The Courier does not deny that there is in agitation a Treaty of Commerce between England and Spain ; it only contradicts the report of a Treaty of Alliance offensive and defensive between these two Powers. What disinterestedness ! As if a Treaty of Commerce beta een the two Powers would not, in the event of a war, afford immense aa-- vantages to England ! But there exists other Treaties. Is it not positively and even officially announced, that the English Go vet nment has solemnly guaranteed to Portugal its independence and the continuance of its Constitution in its present form, as long as it shall be deemed ad visable to retain it ? Let the Courier inform us whe ther the democratic principle is less active at Lisbon than at Madrid ? Let us also consider that Spain and l'ortugal at present unite their interests, and that if the Peninsula be attacked, the people of both countries will fight under the same flag. The cause of Spain will consequently become that of Portugal. Will not England, by the guarantee of which we have already spoken, be forced to interfere in the quarrel? Has diplomacy ever been wanting in tea sons to justify such measures? There is one certain fact at present, and that is, that the Cabinet of St. James's awaits impatiently the signal for hostilities. This is sufficient to strew that war is included in her plans, and is conformable to her interests. At the first report of a war all the English Commercial Interests were on the watch to profit by it.—Constilutionnei. According to general rumour, there is at present in the Ministry a great difference of opinion between the advocates of war and the advocates of peace; the latter appear to have gained ground. L'Etoile hitherto makes the contrary appear; but L'Etoile is not permitted to shew a pacific disposition. The Courier of London still pushes the French Go vernment into war. It states that the march of Ge neral Mina, and the retreat of the Army of the Faith, are two circumstances " which ought to put an end to all delay, and oblige the French Government to act immediately." PERPIGNAN, NOVEMBER 27. - - The Spanish courier who was to have arrived on the 22d, has not yet reached this place. The courier of the day before yesterday is also behind his time.— Our news from Barcelona only reaches the 20th. There was no doubt in that town that a Treaty of Commerce was opened, or was about to be opened with Portugal, Spain, and England, by which Eng lish merchandise is to be received into those two kingdoms, subject only to an entrance duty of 15 per cent. The Constitutional troops from Cadiz have disembarked at Tarragona ; they were brought in English frigates. AX, NOVEMBER U. Our town has been within the last few days in fested by a great number of Priests, and deserters from the Army of the Faith, among them the Bishop of Urgel, to whom a recent Decree of the Regency. lias restored all appendages. IRUN, NOVEMBER 28. Our intrepid Defenders of the Faith have found it more convenient to attack travellers than Constitu tional troops• Like second Chouans, they now make war only on private carriages and public conveyances. The coachman Henri, who has long been known as a driver on the toad between Madrid and Bayonne, was attacked by brigands, who took two horses from his care**, rolihre • gen of &sir trunks"snd tOQ -thei . • • %.•,;... them. . ~ , They write f ' slinumaigit' , AIR maintain 'a warlike attitude qtdditiotterinagaitines for the %I d army ere daily eecu . and aritddltional supply' of stores is expected biles frdtri Rochefort. " A French frigate and a brig of war hays sip peared before Cadiz. This has produced a great sensation, and has determined the veniment to To flounce all Idea of sending an expectitienttrAmeric ' E EVEN ING STAR. LON DON. WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 11, 1822. THE FUNDS. STOCK EXCHANGE. TWELVE O'CLOCK. The market opened this morning at nol e, with very little business doing. Up to this hour Consols are 80j roitztos rum. Very little business doing in the market this morning. New Spanish opened 544—was done at I, and, up to this moment, they are 1) Current Prices :—Chillan 73k, New Spanish 54} i 1, (ma 60 to 61, New Prussian 11.5 j, Old 851, Russian 84, Danish 80, Neapolitan 77 (Scrip), Colombian 73, Peruvian 791, New Spa nish Scrip 10 dig. PRICES OF STOCKS AT ONE O'CLOCK. Bank Stock 214 1 % 245—S per Ct. Red. 79 1 / 4 % - 514 per Cent. 91 3 / 4 -4 per Cent. 96% 3 / 4 % Bank Long Annuities 20 1-16 .1 / 8 Imperial S per Cents. 78 1 / 4 —lndia Bonds 335. Exch. Bills (C 1,000) 2s. 4s.—Small Ss. 53. Consols for Acct. 80% % This forenoon we received a Brazil Mail, with Pa pers from Rio de Janeiro to the 23d of October. — They bring the important intelligence of the indepen dence of the Brazils having been completed by the I _ installation of the PRINCE REOENT Its Emperor. The following aie extracts : RIO DE JANEIRO, OCTOBER ig. EMPIRE OF BRAZIL NOVUS AB INTSORO S.ECULORUM NASCITUR ORDO. The Gazette do lao, of the 15th October, having, in a long article, discussed the relations between Portu gal and Brazil, concludes that there was no means to save the latter but to declare its independence. It then proceeds= " The anniversary of the birth of the Prince Royal was chosen for this most solemn Act : the 12th of October, on which the august perpetual Defender of Brazil attained the age of 24 tears, saw his elevation to the supreme title and sublime dignity of g Consti- tutional Emperor of Brazil,' who declared his accept• ance in the following manner : " f accept the title of Constitutional Emperor, and Perpetua l Defender of Brazil, because having beard my Council of State and Procurators-General, and examined the Representations of the Corporations of the several Provinces, I am fully convinced that such is the general will of all the others, and that it is only from want of time that they have not yet arrived." The answer made by his Majesty to the President of the Senate having been announced to the People from the balcony of the Palace, it was received with the must enthusiastic acclamations by the immense multitude in the square, and die crowds of specta tors in the windows waving their handkerchiefs, kr. The President of the Senate then proclaimed the following Vivas, which were repeated with latex.' pressible transports by the multitude: " Our Holy Religion !"—" Long live Senor Don Pedro Constitutional Emperor of Brazil, and the House of Braganza reigning in Brazil !"—" The Independence of Brazil!"—" The Constituent and Legislative Assembly of Brazil!"—" The Con stitutional People of Brazil!" This solemn, legal, and majestic act of the Pro clamation by the people being terminated, it was succeeded by that Of the troops, commencing with a salute of 100 pieces of artillery and three vollies of musketry, at the end of whick, approaching the bar riers of the troops, the people repeated the exclama tions abovementioned. Some time after her Imperial Majesty the Empress, with her august daughter, pro ceeded in a most splendid carriage to the Imperial Chapel, accompanied by a brilliant and numerous Guard of Honour ; the troops then formed in lines in ' the streets through which his Majesty the Constitu tional Emperor was to pass. His Majesty soon left the Palace, and repaired to the Imperial Chapel to return thanks• to the AL MICH nr, for which purpo,e the Municipality hador dered a solemn Te Deem, accompanied by all the Corporate Bodies,which had assembled for the solemn act of proclamation. After the Te Deum their Im perial Majesties shewed themselves at the windows of the Palace. There was another salute of 100 pieces of cannon and three vollies of musketry, after each of which the Viva: were repeated ; the troops then filed off in front of the Palace and returned to their quarters, the Officers remaining to pay their obeisance to their Majesties. • In the evening the whole city was illuminated, and their Majesties went to the theatre, where verses were repeated, hymns sung, and pieces represented, all adapted to the occasion. It is impossible to describe the transports with which their Majesties were wel comed. The rejoicings and illumination were re peated the following day. Even the rain that fell in abundance on both days could not check the ardour of the people. RIO DE JANEIRO, OCTOBER 19. • The Gazette of this date contains a Proclamation by his Majesty, pardoning deserters who shall return to their colours in two months. The GaCeto do Rio, of September 20, contains the letter from the King of Portugal to his son, data August 5, 1822, and the Prince,'s adswer,, dated Sep tember 22, 1822; in which he tells his Majesty that .. be eonsideethim as a prisoner, 'd tha t : ' snowed Note, though not yet arrived, *ill be r e . nnaand•void all theDocrees wh it have be/ISliftlei -,ceived. la that case, what ought to be the reply of or shall in future be made. for Stasil by the Ilettes •or Government is in our opinion perfettly clear-- ot. Lisbon, which he calls by the epithets of 4lsie.; i Din you, Gentlemen, understand, by what you call dons," horrible, machiavelian t disorganizing, ?Adieus. the deploraabulde disorders of ca th ua e s S d p i a n ni th sh e M P L a nar ia c cet hy, a t e. pestiferous." The journals contain numerous' Addretses and Pro- 1 a jon ta in ti jr France by those who have revolted again st clamations of the Municipalities of various Cities and the existing institutions sworn to by the Kingored Provinces, relative to the declaration of Independence. by all Spaniards after his example? Then you have 1 His Majesty has ordered a change to be made in only -to desire France not to collect, superintend, the Arms and National Flags, to adapt Omit to the equip, arm, and maintain, the factious rebels. Ate present state of things. you sorry that there are among those calling di em . selves Liberals, a party who make war oa the great body with even mote bitterness than the enemies of our institutions? Then do not light up the torch of discord among the Constitutionalists, nor alarm tke friends of liberty by commercio-diplomatic stock. jobbings, or base intrigues. Do you complain of th e abuse of the liberty of the Press, or take for the opi nion of Constitutional Spaniards that which is ex pressed by only a feeble and well-known faction?..... Then read the Journals which have with the greatest zeal defended liberal institutions against the attacks which have been constantly made, and still ate made, upon them both by the Absolutists and the Modi fiers,- and from them you will learn what is the real opinion of all the Constitutionalists of Spain men equally resolved to defend their country against the despotism of an absolute Monarch, and that which any faction, by whatever means it should attempt to overpass the law, might attempt to exercise. The real Liberals will never abandon the work manship of their own hands to enemies of the country of any class, for the nation and the law are the idols of those who broke the chains of the Spanish peop:e. If the wise men of the Congress are acquainted with a mode4hereby laws can, suddenly and without tl:e natural gradation which belongs to all other things, obtain that vigour which time, education, the pc gess of new ideas and habits are usually supposed to be alone capable of giving, let them point it our, and we shall be glad to adopt it; but there must n' t be included in their admonition any propositions f::. modifications, or amendments of any sort o hatever, to be made in the fundamental law of the Skate ; since, in the defects which they are supposed to at tribute to it, we find no inconvenience, and we have no desire for any improvement. At all events time is necessary to think of that. In the meantinte,a het we want is peace; and, when we shall have eNp, rienced the advantages or the disadvantages of our Constitution during the eight years in which it is to be in force precisely as it is, and without altering it in the slightest iota, we may then, if it suit us, ask the advice of Publicists ; and, if not, we will not trouble them." These Papers contain several lout official dispatches and reports front Mina's army ; the principal facts i n which have been anticipated by the French Papers. Such of the French Journals of Sunday as had not been received by express, have reached us by the ordinary conveyance. The only article of much im portance, was that in the Journal des Debats, which we gave yesterday. The on dits and speculations of the other Journals are of no value, after so decisive a declaration on the part of the French Government; for though not avowedly official, there is no doubt of its having proceeded from the Ministers ; even the Moniteur, which represents the Ultra portion of the Ministry, has spoken in such a subdued tone, and so candidly acknowledged the annihilation of the Army of the Faith, and the moderation of Mom, that there seems little reason to doubt that France has aban doned all idea of a war at present. It is true the Army of Observation is still kept on the Spanish frontier, but if such an army was deemed necessary to keep out the plague, it can excite little surprise that it should be maintained now that civil war has come so close to it. Spain certainly might have demanded from France some explanation on the warlike and menacing attitude she assumed, but while the Spa nish Government is actively employed in putting down insurrection, and restoring tranquillity at home, it spews the utmost respect for foreign Power!, and an anxious wish to give no cause of provocation. Kith such firmness and such moderation in her councils Spain has nothing to fear. The French Papers of Monday reached us this fore noon, by express. The Moniteur has adopted the pacific article which appeared in' the Journal des Debots,withoot the least comment—a pretty satisfac tory proof of its having been authorised by the French Government, and consequently a confirmation of what we have elsewhere stated, that all idea of war with Spain it, fore the present, relinquished. The Etoile has another warlike article, but it is the weak attempt of the Ultras to provoke what common sense would teach them to avoid —war, which, what ever other results it might produce, would certainly be their utter undoing. These Papers do not contain any news of importance. The French Funds suffered a depreciation on Mon day, in conseluence of the arrival of several expresses from London, giving an account of the fall of our Funds. The French 5 per Cents. which were at BSf. 90c. 88f. 60c. on Monday, left oft' at 881. £sc. Spanish 55e to 56. Neapolitan 77. By letters from Vienna, dated the 26th ult. we learn the arrival in that city of Colonel Wnrour, from India, by the overland route of Persia and Georgia. The Colonel is bearer of dispatches to the British Ambassadors at the Courts of Vienna arid Petersburgh, from Persia,, where, notwithstanding the unfavourable appearance of affairs towards Great Britain, the Colonel was most kindly received and treated by the King of PERSIA, and is no doubt possessed of the sentiments of that Monarch on many important points connected with the political rela tions towards Great Britain, in the present absence of a British Resident in that country. During the time Colonel WRIGHT was at Tabriz, the Court of the Prince Royal, ABBAS MIRZA, that destructive dis order, the cholera morbus, was raging in the city, and numbers of inhabitants were hourly carried off, and the town nearly deserted by the inhabitants.— The war between the Persians arid the Turks was at a stand in consequence of the above disorder being among the Persian troops. Nothing if suffered to transpire at Vienna, on the subject of the affairs at the Congress at Verona. General YERMGLOPP, the Russian Governor-General of Georgia, arrived is Tiflis, the capital, in the month of September : they were under apprehensions of a visit, in that city, frcrn that pestilence the cholera morbus, in the approacl:- ing summer, as it seemed to be extending itself the-s from Persia. All was quiet in the provinces of Cir cassia and Georgia, where the Russians have a force of troops little short of 100,000 men. The King of Persia, in the month of July, was at his summer re sidence, at Sultania, where he had an army of 80,000 men encamped on the plains. Matters were 'fel quiet between the Russians and Persians. Madrid papers to the 3d inst. have been received by express. The report in the French papers that the King had refused his assent to the law on the patriotic socie ties, appears to have been unfGunded. In the account of the sitting of the Cortes on the 27th ultimo, we find it stated, that " the law respecting patriotic societies, sanctioned by his Majesty, was read and passed." In the sitting of tke Cortes of the Ist instant, the Report of a Committee on the Memorial presented by the Secretary of Finance was taken into consi deration. The report, which consists of three articles, in conclusion proposed a grant to the Government of 442,478,117 real: vellon. The estimate'of the Mi- sister was 784,896,332 reals, making an excess of 342,418,214 reals in tne opinion of the Committee over and above what was necessary. The Finance Minister supported the estimate, and stated that there was an actual deficiency in the revenue to the amount demanded. The Committee had supposed that the revenue could be collected in the provinces occupied by the army, but that was not the fact. A town which the factious had plundered could not be ex pected to contribute anything. In the province of 'Tarragona there were not above IS towns which had uor been occupied by the factious, and the situation of other frontier provinces was similar. He trusted that the Cortes would grant the whole of the sum which had been asked. Senor MURO desired to know the date of the dis patch, from which it appeared that there were only thirteen towns of the province of Tarragona unoccu pied by the factious. The Secretary of Finance said, he had not the paper with him, but he believed it was dated about six weeks ago. We have received Antigua Gazettes to the 26th 4 October, and St. Thomas's Papers to the 2d ult. The latter contain a Commercial Decree of the Gove-n. ment of Venezuela, dated the 10th of October, mid signed by General SOUBLETTE, by which all me:- chant vessels, national or foreign, which enter tee ports of that province, are enjoined to present to t!,i.! Captain of the port, at the time of their vi,it , , manifest, expressing the marks, number, and cl.ts of the packages they may have on board, the persons to whom they belong, or for whose account they sere shipped, and to whom they are consigned. By the second article, it is enjoined, that the Captain sbould remain on board till such manifest be drawn up. 11'e third article says, that in 21. hours after the arrival of the vessel in port, those interested in its cargo, and residing in the place, are to present themselve) at the Custom House, with a corresponding Manifest. 1 0 the consignees, who do not reticle in the saw: p oet, as iu Caraccas, 48 hours will be given. The two first articles of the Report were agreed to, and the further consideration of the third postponed. The reports of the proceedings of the Congress at Verona, and the menacing tone assumed by the French Ultras, form subjects of indignant comment in the Spanish Papers. The Espectadoe of the 2d inst. a Journal which is understood to be intimately con nected with the present Government, notices a report in the English Papers, that the Congress at Verona had addressed to the Spanish Government a Note, expressive of their dissatisfaction at the actual state of the Spanish Monarchy. " We have no knowledge of any inch Note (says this Journalist) having been re ceived by our Ministers." He then proceeds : " But let us for a' IROMORt suppose that the 1111. : 1d p . • t, " 1 f~ t, :." 2 .0 Kai