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FOREIGN INTELOGENcE. FREN. g aI PAPERS. (From the — Gazette de • France, of Tuesday.) FRONTIFX.S 0 CATALONIA, SEPT. S.—Absent for some time from his Government of Mahn -0, on ac s..ount of his health, General Romagosa has gone to joist the Agraviados. He had written to his dele gate, it is said, that he was charged with an import ant mission, for the service of the King. His de fection has caused great surprise. General Romi:gosa had indeed gained in the Army of the Faith a splendid political and military reputation. Placed at the head of one of the first Governments - Cata lonia, it was not suspecte4.,tkat he had any cause for discontent. He passed for a Man of reflection, pru dent in council, as well as calm and decisive in action. On the 3d instant, at midnight, the insurgents en tered Matsro, to the number of 400 or 500 infantry, with a detachment of cavalry, and left it the next day at noon, taking the road to Temtpa, in that pro vince, a city celebrated for its woollen-manufactures. They committed no violence. Their statement was that they merely halted there as friends. Incredible efforts have been made all at once to fortify the city of Manresa, but they consider an in fallible means of defence to be furnished by the water-conrse to Llobregat, which, in a desperate ease of attack, could be made to inundate the sur rounding plain. The corps of Agraviados, who act separately in the Lampottrdan, have had orders to unite at Manresa. Don Juan Carrera, Alcalde Mayor of Olot, had been forced to take refuge at Lamanera, a commune on the txtrerne frontier, in the arrondissement of Cerat. This magistrate was pi ocaeding to Barce lona. On arriving at Vich, ho was forted to retro grade, that city being already in the power of the Agraviados. During his journey the town of Olot was likewise occupied by the insurgents ; he was, therefore, compelled to retire into France. PARIS, SHPT. 17.—Mr. Lamb, Ambassador from his Britannic Majesty to Spain, brig obtained leave of absence, which he has gone to spend in England. He was almost the only Minister of the diplomatic corps at Madrid who had not claimed, during a long period, some relaxation of this kind. His depar ture seems to indicate that the negotiations between Spain and Portugal have reached their termination. We have just seen a letter from Germany, which requests us to contradict the news of the shipwreck and death of Madame Catalan', as announced in the German Papers. (From the (barrier Francais.) CORREFILONDINCE.) MADRID, 'I3I)T. B.—The events in Catalonia, and the emigration of N. Ttecacho to Portugal, are the two events wt:ich are most spoken of to-day. With re;pect to that which concerns Catalonia, within these two or three days an officer arrived post; With despatehes from M. do Campo Sagrado, for the Government.. Immediately afterwards the Ministers held a Council, which continued sitting during many hours. According to the details which M. tie Campo Sagrado gave of what had taken place at Manresa, it appears that it was a popular insur rection which gave the rebels possession of that city. The troops of Carajol were not there at the moment of the revolt. The Governor of the city, M. Bess, having g!Me out during the night, with a patrol of Royalist Volunteers, to traverse the streets of Manresa, met another patrol . of the same corps, which, after having answered the " Who goes there,!' joined the men whom he commanded, and seised him, as they did also M. Conti, Lieutenant-Colonel of the second regiment of the Line, a party from which was then in the city. They 'sounded after wards the tocsin, and the firing commenced against the troops, whom one of the com manders of the above-mentioned regiment had assem bled in the square. The firing continued during two hours, till the commandant received an order, which the rebels obli ge d Lieutenant-Colo»el Conti to write, and which required the soldiers to lay down their arms. The Commandant thought it his duty to obey. Shortly afterwards they apprised Carajol of that which had taken place, and this chief of the party arrived immediately, and occupied the square. Many officers of the second regiment are implMated in the plot. In the same despatch M. de Campo Sagrado gave likewise the details of the taking of other places which bad recently fallen into the hands of the rebels. With respect to M. Recacho, when he had arrived at Melgar de Abajo, he received a letter from one of his friends at Oviedo, which made him acquainted with the proceedings of his enemies. A public movement was likely to occur on his arrival, and at that moment of disorder it was difficult to foresee to what excesses against his person the disaffected might proceed. According to these advices, vengeance was so much more to be dreaded, as the commotions were not excited by individuals without influence and without power. Such an intimation was not to be neglected. M. Recacho profited from it ; and ordering his escort to march forward, he mounted his horse, and, conducted by two or three guides, he succeeded in passing the frontiers, - and entering Braganca. It is a positive fact that M. Recacho wrote a letter to the King, dated Aug. 9-J., in which he explained to him the motives which compelled him to expatriate himself. It is nevertheless certain that in another letter, dated the 27th, he stated that he would surrender himself at Oporto, where it was his intention to embark for Franco. Yesterday there arrived here, express from 1.011- dOll, to the English Ambassador, a messenger named Tuper. He proceeded immediately to the Royal residence, where Mr. Lamb then was. A courier has arrived from Valencia, who is the bearer of despatches from General Longa. It ap pears that the Royalist volunteers have attempted to excite disorders in that city,but have been unable to succeed. Two bands; of the factious, organised like those of Catalonia, have appeared in the neigh bourhood of Alicant. We have learned, also, from the report of the Brigadier Don Pedro Alcantara Muzo, Secretary to the General Inspector of Pro vincial Militia, and Chief of the Staff Major of the Provincial Royal Guard of the Militia, that, on re turning from the kingdom of Murcia, he was twice made a prisoner on the way by two bands of rebels; he was even bound with cords by one of them, for a considerable time. Letters from Serragossa state, that a detachment of cavalry, of ahout 60 men, which was cantoned in a village, had desert e d, and gone over to the rebels. It was necessary to send immediately another de tachment to occupy the same post. It is stated also that the 7th Regiment of Light Cavalry, being on its march for Catalonia, had mutinied on the way, but that the firmness of one of the officers of that regiment had arrested the sedition on its commence ment. This event proves that little confidence can be placed in the troops which may be sent to Cata lonia to put down the revolt. MADRID, SEPT. 6.—Despatches from Barcelona have been received by the Minister of War this afternoon, which announce that the main body of the insurgents were marching on Lerida and Tortosa ; and, it is added, have such numerous partisans in the two cities, that it is impossible that they shall not shortly fall into their power, if the troops of the King do not march to the succour of those places. These letters also give a long list of towns and villages, from which the Royalist volunteers have gone over to the insurgents. They estimate at 3,000 the number of the volunteers who are already in the ranks of the Carliste. Some small detachments of the troops of the line have like w i se joined them ; but the most remark able defection is, that of a regiment Of cavalry which i s e e r i t z . ‘ S d ar t s , gossa for Catalonia, and which, after having content: the cheat of the regiment, and divided its different r oads separated into platoons, and proceeded by The Archbisth join the insurgents. dom, died on t h e °P of Bra g a, a Peer of the Kin g - The he 27 m th of A ars Ulat of August, in Oporto. on t of u do Cast e ll o M e lh or di e d a t Lisbon (From the Gaz iruZ aged 44. de France o f W e d nes d a y.) ST. PETRltsw eßa , Divan of Const ant i n : E. appears that the pil s " e, according w custom, bus singularly exaggerated a disadvantage experienced by our cavalry in the environs of Erivan. The fact is, that the scarcity of forage beyond the Araxis, and the difficulty of transporting it from the left. bank, has reduced our cossacks to.a state of weakness,' of which the 'Persians availed themselves for a moment; -hut the Adjutant-General Paskewita having imme diately marched upon them . With a corps of replar troops, the former promptly retired: PARIS, SEPT. 18.—It is announced that M. de Schones, a counsellor in the Royal Court of Paris, was acensed on the* 12th of this month, before . the Court of Cassation, by virtue of article 26 of the law of April 20, 1810.-111onitettr. A fire, which raged with almost unparallelled fury, broke out on the 9th of this month in the town of the commune of Cambon, canton of Besse. A few sparks from a smith's forge, carried by the wind to the thatched roof of his dwelling, occasioned, in a few minutes; the destruction of the Tillage. 'ln fact, except the modest abode of the clergyman, which. alone was covered with tiles, the church, the steeple of which, though quite new, was damaged a little, sixty houses were consumed by the flames, with all the furniture, provisions, corn, hay, &c., in short, with the subsistence of the inhabitants for a whole year. Nobody perished in this dreadful disaster. FRENCH FUNDS...—FiV e per Cents., 101 f. 50e. ; Three per c en ts., 72f, Bank Stock, 2000 f. Exchange on London, one month, 25f. 20c. ; three months, 25f. 10c. SOUTH AMERICA. EXTRACT OF A LETTER., DAUM CARTHAGENA, JULY 26. The storm that commenced in Lima has at length subsided :" but it has left traces of its ravages, and the terror it excited still exists in the breast of every 'over of his country. ' Two of the guilty Colombian battalions have al ready arrived- . --tbe -one at Panama, the other here; these two battalions, 'the Vencedores and Apure, irho were from 800 to 900 strong when General Bolivar left Lima, are now reduced, the one to 150, the other tQ 137 men. Such must ever be the con sequences of insubordination. The rifles, and the regiment of Caraccas, with the hussars, by placing themselves under the orders of General Flores, and arresting Bustamente and the forty officers, his ac complices, as soon as they were aware of the trai torous designs meditated by these leaders, have in part obliterated the memory of their crime.. Ge neral Flores, at the head of these battalions and his own forces, has entered Guayaquil, from whence Bustamente and twenty officers, bregking their engagements, have escaped to Peru, to carry with them, however, nothing but increased consternation into the councils and camp of the Peruvians, by whom General Lamar has been elected President, through the intrigues of the Canon of Arequipa, Luna Pizarro, an ambitious, clever, intriguing fanatic, who formerly governed the Congress of Peru, till obliged by Santa Cruz to name Riva Aguero Pre iident. He then lost his power, and became the implacable enemy of Santa Cruz. Vidaurro, who is deposed, is a lunatic, and only dangerous when the people are seized with a momentary fit of insa nity, as was the case in January last. General Sucre has marched his army to Puno, a province of Peru, to demand satisfaction for Peru's invasion of Colombia, by sending there Bustamento, with the object of annexing Quito, Guayaquil, and Cuenga to Peru; and before tha expiration of a I year there is no doubt the Liberator will see the anarchists expelled from the territory they seek to usurp and despoil of liberty, though 2,000 leagues intervene between the walls of Carthagena and the summits of Potosi. The battalion of grenadiers, and two squadrons of cavalry, in all 1,400 men, have already marched . - tinder the orders of General . Salem, to unite them ' selves to General Urdaneta in Cucuta, who has already 3,000 collected, when they will proceed up the Magdalena to Ocana. The Liberator and staff leave this for the same destination in three or four days. As to General Bolivar, he rises in adversity, and when every thing appears to be lost, he then displays most energy ; though the mutiny of Peru has wounded him, like the ingratitude of Lear's daughters. The Senate has passed a law convening the Na tional Convention, and it was expected the Repre sentatives would do the same. The Senate had, moreover, unanimously refused to grant General San tander the full powers for which he had asked, in consequence of the representations of the officers of this garrison (Carthagena) to General Bolivar, against the authors and accomplices of the Peruvian mutiny. When the mail of the I4th of July left Bogota, the. Proclamation of the Liberator, dated Caraccas, in which he resumed the Presidentship, had not arrived there. The following proclamation was issued the day preceding General Bolivar's departure from Cartha gena, where he had been received with enthusiasm by all classes : " PROCLAMATION.--JULY 27. " Carthagenians,—The reception you have given me has filled my heart with joy. Your kindness has overflowed in proofs of the purest attachment to I did not expect so much, because you owed me nothing, while, on the contrary, I owe every thing to pct. If Caraccas gave me life, you have given me glory. With you the liberty of Colombia commenced. The valour of Carthagena and Mom poz opened for me the gates of Venezuela in the year 12. These motives of gratitude were set cent to authorize my professing a most just predilec tion for you. But now you have been pleased to add new ties to my grateful friendship. At this epoch of falsehood and crime your fidelity have served as a bulwark against traitors, who threaten to cover Co lombia with ignominy. Your brave city has saved the country. You are her liberators. Colombia will one day address you—Salve Car \ thagcna re dc-ntord. BOLIVAR." Ws have moreover seen a letter from General Bolivar, dated Carthagena, the 25th of July, which leaves no doubt of his intention to direct the affairs Of Colombia through her present difficulties. He writes— - • . " My resignation, personally I must grieve to say, has not been accepted, and I am obliged to continue at the head of the Administration of the Republic, in the most difficult moments of its career. But if any thing could animate me, it was these very diffi culties, and the confidence with which the people have favoured me. These, indeed, have been the principal stimulants, and I eannot be so ungrateful as to abandon my country in these circumstances. For this object I am come to this city, and am about to proceed to Bogota, where I hope to arrive very speedily. Placed at the head of the Government, I trust I shall effect some good. (Signed) " BOLIVAR." A KNOWING ONE FOILED.—On Thursday week last, a tall, gentlemanly-looking man, visited Wigan, and }Lindley, and the neighbourhood. He appeared to he about forty, and was well-dressed. He professed to be en gaged in several businesses, but eatried no goods with him. About noon on the above day he called at the house of a respectable tradesman in Hindley, who was from home, and offered to the lady of the house some French brandy at 15 8 . per gallon, which he had in large stone bottles. Ile was very importunate to sell, but she would not bay. He ca ll e d again, however, towards night, with a large wooden cork, through which a small hole had been perforated.— " Taste and try, Madam, before you buy," and out runs, in the real cogn i ac its e lf ; but the a delicious, purling stream, good lady, suspecting that "all was not right within," would have the) cask drawn, and sent a man for a gimlet, to remove this barrier between her and—not bliss, but the brandy. The agitation of the brandy merchant now be came manifest. He abruptly took his leave, saying that " he would call again to-morrow," when the husband was at home. The cork was extracted, and it was then disco vered that a small tin can, that would contain about a noggin of brandy, was fastened to it. It is almost need less to say that the other part of the bottle was filled with water. The tall, gentlemanly-looking man "has never more been seen !"..-Blackburn LONDON, FRIDAY EVENING, SEPTEMBER 21, 1817. We received‘this afternoon, by express, the Gazette de France dated Thursday. On the 26th of August Constantinople was tranquil, but nothing further was known of the disposi. tion of the SULTAN. The news from Spain, becomes daily more important—the rebels carry every thing before them : (From the Gazette de Prance, Thursday, Sept. 20.) ODESSA, AUG. St. We have news from Constantinople, .of the 26th instant, although the Ministers of the three Allied Powers have notified to the Porte the treaty of. the 6th July, and it is known to all Mussulmen, that the term of the Ultimatum expires on the 31st August, the peace of the capital has not been disturbed. No one knows the resolution of the Sultan, but it is presumed, he will adhere to his declaration of the 9th June. The Ambassadors of the three Allied Powers have conferences every day, and it is thought that they will avert as much as is in their power a rupture. VIENNA, sErr. 10 The Austrian Observer contains two long letters, but of very little interest, on the troubles which took place at Napoli di Romania in the beginning of July. The Governor of Griva was obliged to lire the artillery of Fort Palamide against the quarter of the town occupied by the seditious. Admiral Codrington offered his assistance to the Greeks who wished to retire from this scene of disorder. 13ARCP:LONA, SEPT. 9. The rebels continue their excursions without any obstacle, and levy contributions on the towns and villages. Our place is to-day a Babylon, and the rebels occupy all the mountains, the camp of Taragona, and all the coast of the Levant. Orders have arrived at Barcelona for the troops to march against the rebels. The Universal Gazelle states, that the Emperor of Russia appeared on a sudden, on the 27th of August, in the Senate. This is the first time since the death of the Emperor Paul, that this body has enjoyed this honour. FRENCH RENTES.—Five per Cents. 1011. 40c.; three per Cents. 71f. 90e. The.town of Toka, of Russia, in Asia, celebrated for its mines of copper, has been nearly destroyed by an earthquake. By his Majesty's packet brig Magnet, a Lis bon mail has been brought to Falmouth, by which we have received Lisbon Gazelles to the Bth September. They contain an official order from the War Department, for the trial by a Court Martial, of our gallant countryman, Lieu tenant-General THOMAS WM. STUBBS, late Governor of Oporto, for having caused to be presented to Tier Royal Highness the PRINCESS REGENT, a repre,entation to induce Her Royal Highness to replace Major-General SAL DANHA in the office of Minister of War. It must be admitted, that any act which can be considered as an interference on the part of an Officer holding high military rank and command, with the nomination of Ministers by his Sovereign Prince, is a breach of duty and propriety, which ought not to be admitted to pees unpunished in any State which possesses the force of a Go vernment. How far the act which General STUBBS was guilty of; amounted to such inter ference with• the prerogative of Her Royal High ness, remains to be proved ; and at all events it appears to us, that taking into consideration his character and services, the removal of this Offi cer from his command might have been consi dered a sufficient atonement for his offence, with out subjecting him to the disgrace and probable punishment of a Court Martial. The party, against whose acts General STUBBS had ven tured to remonstrate are, however, in power,. and their desire to punish him probably does not arise from a wish to uphold military discipline, or the just prerogatives of their SOVEREIGN, so much as for the sake of gratifying party feelings against an • opponent, who with the honest feelings of an Englishman, and the frankness of a soldier, in cautiously overstepped the bounds of duty in zeal for a country which he has gallantly and meritoriously served. The following are extracts from the Gazettes:— (OFFICIAL.) WAR DEPARTMENT, Alla. 81. Lieut.-General Thomas William Stubbs having caused to be presented to her Serene Highness the Infanta Regent a representation that her Highness might replace in the office of Minister of War Major - General JAN Carlos de Saldanah Oliveir a e Daun, whom her Hi ghness has dis missed, making use of the ri g ht whi ch the Charter gives i h a e v r, in i g n a A r r i t g . h 7 t 4 t , o s i ec n s,tteiorifiere in a matter of so mut., import ance, no person in authorit y w h atever h because to her Highness alone belong s t h e norni.. nation of her Ministers; and the interferen ce in this point being the more criminal when commi tted by officers of the army, who , b y all the laws and r egnlations concerning them, are bound to a blind and p r ompt obe dience,te mili Cst ta o r n yd itt l o ' ial Charterliine'ad(in addi tion tn p t t h e e cediu basis g l i a ) ,, l v all b) determined in the first part of Article 115, that the mili tary force is essentially obedient ; her Highness or d er , , in the name of the King, the said Lieutenant-General to be tried by a Court Martial, the letter which he wrote to this Department of War, and the representation above mentioned, are to serve as the corpus delicti. Her High ness has named Members of the Court Martial, RESIDENT. Lieut. General Agostino Luiz da Fonoec t . Mimnaas. Lieutenant Generals Ignacio Xavier, Palmeirirn, Joao Manoel da Antonio Hyppolito Costa, Luis de Rego Barreto, Visconde de Beire. AUDITOR. Francisco Luiz da Silva. (Signed.) Conde DA PONTE. LISBON,asSEPT. 4 . —The Well es l e y, of 74 guns, Capt. Maitland, and the W arsp i te, of 74 guns, C apta i n Ri t i l ard f have arrived i n th i s pot t to-day, i n t h ree d ays f rom Portsmouth. SEPT. 7..-.. The G azette contains i n t h e o ffi c i al par t , a Rescript from the P r i ncess Regent to t h e Mi n i ster o f W WI d PRICES or IRIS Bank Stock = Congo's, 3 pet cent... - Gov. Stock, 334 percent. 93% 3 Ditto, New liper Cent. 1004 Gov. Deb. 3% per cent 0 3 Royal Canal Stock " - Grand Canal Stock City Deb. 4:per cent FITY Ballast Office Deb. 4v. et MA Arrived. Due. O America 0 O ./iragil 0 O Buenos Ayres I Dublin 0 O Fl3nder , I France O ,Gottenburgb 0 0 •• Guernseyes.lersey 0 Arrived. Due. O Harnborgli 0 O Holland O Jamaica 0 O Leeward islands .• Lisbon 0 I Malta 0 0 ' Mexico 1 Waterford 0 Hinu WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE TO-MORROW. 6iorning...47 minutes after E. I Evening—. 4minutes after 3. rift STOCKS, SL►PT. 18. St. Patrick Insur. (per sh.) Royal Irish Ditto National Ditto Patriotic Ditto SI4 Ilibernian Bank Provincial Ditto Royal Irish Nine 3fi Imperial Mine Mining Co. of Ireland ... Commercial Buildings stating that, she has discharged (exonerado) the Viscount de Santarem from the post of Minister of the Interior, and from the exercise of the functions of Minister of the Marine and Colonies, and that she has appointed in his room Carlos Honorio de Govea a Durao. In another column we have inserted extracts from the French Papers of Tuesday, and some additional extracts from the Gazette de France of Wednesday morning, the receipt of which we noticed in our yesterday's publication. These papers furnish little intelligence, except of the deplorable state of affairs in Catalonia. The Insurgents increase in numbers daily. The inhabitants of many towns and villages have de clared for them, and the very troops sent againSt them have gone over to their ranks : an oflicer of high rank and character, General R 0 M AGO S A has also joined the Agraviados. It is said that he possessed a splendid political and military reputation, and his defection has caused the greatest surprise. .The fact is, the rebellion is becoming general, and the time will shortly ar rive, when it will reach that point when " None dare call it treason." The French Funds, which by the printed list closed at 72, are said in private letters to have left off still lower after the usual hours of busi ness. The cause of the decline is not specifi cally stated in these papers, but the affairs both of Spain and Turkey may reasonably account for it. While such elements are in motion it can hardly be expected by the most sanguine that every thing will remain qUiet with other Powers. A private letter attributes the im mediate cause of the fall of the Funds to 'dis patches from M. GulLLEattNoi the French Ambassador in Constantinople, announcing the determination of the Porte to listen to none of the stipulations of the Treaty. We know not what dependence can be placed on this statement, but a very few days, or perhaps. hours, will now put an end to all uncertainty on the subject. We have received this morning the Swabian Mercury and Nuremberg Correspondent of the 13th, and Frankfort Papers and the Align:eine Zeitung of the 14th inst. They furnish no political intelligence. The price of the Prussian Funds, and the prospects of the approaching Fair at Leipsic, appear to be the chief subjects of their contents. The following are extracts : BERLIN, SEPT. 10. The King reviewed on the 7th near Osdorff, the troops of the 3d corps, commanded by hie Royal Highness Primal William, encamped at Teltow. His Majesty expressed his satisfaction with the fine appearance both of the troops of the line and the Landwehr. Baron Von Kaiserfeld, Secretary to the Austrian Lep. ion, is gone with dispatches to St. Petersburgli. DRESDIIN, SEPT. 6. His Serene Highness the Duke of Brunswick, arrived here on the Ist, ana set out this morning for Leipsie. On the Sd, the troops of our garrison went into camp near Strehla for the autumn reviews. FRANKFORT, SEPT. 10. For some days past very few transactions worth notice have occurred on our Stock Exchange, except the shares of the Vienna Bank, which rose a few florins per share, on the receipt of higher prices from Vienna. The Austrian funds, in general, remain stationary, and but little was done in them, any trifling rise or fall in one day having been counteracted by the fluctuation of the day following. The Prussian Bonds (Staateschuldscheine) have, however, been is great favour, and have gradually risen to 89k, with a brisk demand. The cause of this may be partly the in creasing confidence, which is inspired by she actual financial Administration of Prussia, and partly the circumstance that according to the present course of Exchange it is advanta geous to make remittances to Berlin in such Bonds. Discount is constantly at 84 per cent. This fast, which proves the abundance of money, makes many persons think that the present stagnation in dealing in the funds will not long con tinue, but that the large capitals now lying about useless will be again employed in such speculations, as soon as the owners of them shall be convinced of the groundlessness of the apprehensions of a political nature, which some of them still entertain. 61UTTGARD, szn. 12. The time fixed for the notification of claims to the re storation of Nobility in the Prussian Provinces of the left hank of the Rhine has long since expired, yet notifications of this kind still continue to be sent in. In conse quence of this, his Excelleney the Minister of State, Von Ingersleben, Chief President of the Rhenish Provinces, has given public notice that the time is prolong ed to the clad of this year ; but those who have not al leged their claims by that time, will have to blame them selves, if they are not entered on the roll of the Nobility which is to be drawn up. Lxirsic, ern. 10. We do not entertain any great expectations of our ap proaching fair. Large quantities of English goods arrive, but also a great deal of Flemish woollen cloth. The Con vention money is disappearing more and more from circu lation, which leads to a supposition that the Prussian Mo nitory System may soon be introduced, which Saxon pa triots longsince wished. .Several of the Masters in this University are going as Professors to the University of Cason. Colonel Gustafson is now here studying the Turkish language, preparatory to Isis intended journey to the East. Papers from Honduras to the 15th July have been received this morning at the North and South American Coffee-house, from which we extract the following article as the only one of any interest : (Extract of a letter, dated Guatemala, June 10, ) " Yost may naturally suppose, my dear friend, the public anxiety which has existed in this city since the departure of the President, wko had placed himself at the head of the troops with the determination of punishing the auda cious pretensions of the people of San Salvador ;and which you have probably seen by his Excellency's remarkable pro clamation,- isaued from head-quarters at Arcos, the very day after the imaginary rout, or, as It has been termed, battle of Arrant:l, when the out-posts of the San Salva dor forces were driven from this neighbourhood, and had to retreat some leagues to concentrate with the main army. " Alas! it must be acknowledge(' we are sadly dia3P pointed and mortified beyond conception at the result of a short-lived campaign, which has caused us many live s and a great sum of money, which we could ill afford, and re duced our finances to "' • It is to ma and others, who prefer a quiet pursuit of business to anarchy and de solation, cruel in the extreme, to be harassed and have to pay for all these higk disputes, created too to gratify the ambition of a f e w aspiring individuals more than the public good. My contributions have already been large, as I last informed you, and to be threatened anew is heart-break ing; although I must confess the necessity is great; but what is it to a peaceable man who hates such broils, who has something to lose, without any earthly prospect of gain by civil commotions ? Excuse my not entering more fully on so disagreeable a subject ; indeed, I feel I cannot ven ture to express my indignation, or the natural dictates of to y ideas of thin happy city. Theeo contradictory, accountsietory, from uithCuahja j t igba!a of b i as u eelc published ga, on the disastrous calamities of this once The storm h as net yet abated, and the clou d s are im wa pre gnated with d ar k matter, the bursting of w h ich is g reatly II the reasonable. and moderate thinking citizen. g. very k n own, that, fo r my part, I conceive that it was nothing b u t treachery th a t the battle or ale made caused our defeat at Itlllingo. Reports from officers in the army mention, that Raoul, the Chief el the San Salvador army, took a conspicuous part in the ae tion, and performed acts of heroism. i Many of our perehants have, it is true, shown poriotie principles and I trill further say, the treasuries of our priests have somewhat felt the shock : indeed, there have been collections of the most liberal kind from certain' quar ters the least expeeted. " Colonel Pierson, of Irish descent, was shot a few days after his arrival from the place where be had been captured by a parcel of Indians. lie begged very hard for perinis sicn to give the fatal word of command to fire. He gave the word, and died courageously, which some of the' spec tators remarked reminded them of the deaths of Mnrat and Nev None, in fact, appeared to commiserate the fate of this brave but unfortunate man. He had retired, after the battle of Momostenengo, fought on the 28th October last, towards the Mexican frontiers, and, when taken, was ac tually on his way to join the San Salvador party." The Quarterly General Court of the Pro prietors of Bank Stock, which was held yester day, and of the proceedings of which we gave a full report in our yesterday's publication, elicited a fact of some importance, and afforded another proof of the ignorance in which the Proprietors and the public are kept of the concerns of a Company, which, by a strange and fearful power, have the means of affecting the affairs of every man in the kingdom. It is well known that the General Courts of the Bank of England, held for the purpose of de claring a dividend, are not like those of any-othcr Company in existence, where a fair statement ofthe affairs of the Company are laid before the body Of the Proprietors, to enable them to express by their vote a sound opinion upon the amount of .dividend which may, with safety to the concern, and justice to the individual Proprietors, be de clared. On the other hand, the Quarterly Court at the Bank is reduced to an empty form. The proposal of the Court of Directors, whatever it may be, is to be adopted, without the least in formation being given to the Proprietors as to the foundation on which the proposition is made. The Proprietors probably find it most to their interest to submit to being thus kept in ignorance of the real state of their affairs, because they already receive a rate of interest more than double what others can get fur their capital, and an explanation might tend to reduce rather than to increase this undue advantage. If, therefore, they, choose to remain. in this state of blissful ignorance, the public would have no right to interfere for the purpose of removing the veil from their eyes, provided the proceedings of the . Bank did not concern the general interests of the community ; but we contend that as long as; the Bank have, as we before observed, the power of . affecting the property of every member of the community, by creating a circulating medium, and increasing or diminishing its amount accord ing to tileir discretion and the interest of their own concern, so long, we say, the public, and we, as public journalists, have a right to , watch their proceedings, and scrutinize them with jealousy and rigour. We pass' therefore unnoticed, the questions which were put, and the answers which were given, relative to the grounds on which a divi dend at the rate of 81. per cent. per annum was declared, and we shall also not now enter upon the refusal' on the part- of the Governor of the Bank to afford; any information, relative to the extent of the issues by the Branch Banks from their establishment,' although we conceive that that part of the subject sufficiently concerns the public interests to justify a demand for the fullest information upon it ; but on this occasion we shall simply confine our observations to the ex tent of the aggregate issues of the Bank, and the fact which was elicited, that the sums which have been issued on deposits have not been included in the statements which have been made public of the amount of the Bank issues. It appeared by the very scanty information which was given, that the aggregate amount of the issues of the Bank had been increased 4 or 500,000 since the last General Meeting, but it was observed that that sum was but a trifle when the enormous transactions of the Bank of Eng land were considered. The sum itself, it is true, is not large as compared with the whole issues, being an increase only of about 2 per cent. But we say that it is important in the highest degree when the state of the Money Market and of the Foreign Exchanges is considered. The public naturally expected that the Bank issues would have been reduced so as to c eu instead teraet the effect of tll at, o f Forei gn i t t he nowc on comes Exchangesoutthat ; but, an actual increase has taken place in their amount, and hence, perhaps, arises that state of things which the Bank of England were sup posed to be endeavouring to obviate. But on what possible pretence the sums advanced on de posits have not been included in the total amount of the Bank issues, as returned under the pro visions of an Act of Parliament, remains for bet tor explanation than was given yesterday, and ap pears to us to demand the future investigation of Parliament. To meet the temporary dis tresses of the money market in 1825, and the beginning of 1826, the Bank agree d t o advance money on the security of goods : that is—in stead of discounting a merchant's bill on the credit of his name, to make the same advance on the actual security of his merchandise. Sums so advanced are not calculated as part of their issues, forsooth, because the security is so ample ! Are we then to assume that the Bank cannot give good security t o t h e pu bli c f or ot h er p eg ar uall tao Y f their issues ? Are not all their issues made on the security of gold, or its equivalent ? or are they to be considered in great part as fie- titious;and that, the Bank have net. actual propel to meet the amount of their issues ? This is th' only inference-which can be drawn from the to gument used to support what we consider till unpardonable omission of sums advanced on posits in the published statements of the issues the Bank. Those advances have had the effect throwing into circulation a greater number Bank Notes ; the property on which the vances were made remain in the clocks and w houses, but their value is actually brought it the general circulation. On every principle common sense, anti common calculation, 'then fore, their amount ought to have been include in the account of the Bank issues ;—whethe those issues are made on gold i n their coffers, ,or on rum in the cellars of the Wes India Docks, is a matter of indifference to th, public, - except that the security of the latter however intrinsically good, is actually less spee' dily or easily convertible than the former, and therefore ought to be more cautiously watcheds instead of being kept out of sight. The Bank have consequently, in our view o the subject, Ina acted with good faith to the public in this matter ; and we can no longer wonder at the unnatural state of the' publie Funds, and of the Money Market in this capital? when we learn that a sum, the amount of w hich the Bank refuse to state, but which may amount to three, four, or five millions, has been issued in the'-shape of advances on goods deposited beyond the amount to which the Bank issues have been . generally limited for some years. Dispatches were this morning received a t the Colonial Office from Lieutenant-General Sit HENRY CLINTON, commanding the army Portugal ; and at the Admiralty, from Vice- Admiral Lord AMELIUS BEAUCLERK, Coal' mander-in-Cliief of the British squadron in the Tagus. _ _ Our private letters front Lisbon describe the state of affairs as exceedingly gloomy. The army remained in quarters, and no movements had taken place amongst the ships since the arrival of the Wellesley and Warspite. Th e Spartiate and Pyramus remained in the Tagus• Extract of a letter from Mr. JAcKsox, Master of the Aurora, ilated Zante, Au g ust 12, 1827 The uncertainty of a convoy from Malta direct to Smyrna' and the Admiral recommending ves , sels to call at Zante, f° l. convoy, induced me to proceed here, and I n o w find that the only hope of protection is by Austrian convoy. —The passage from Malta here is by no means free from danger. A few days 611(2 a vessel was plundered off the harbour of Cephalonia ; and vessels are seen almo4 daily whose intentions are by no means equivocal. The Aurora arrived in the Gulf of Smyrna the end of August. THE FUNDS----(THIS DAY). CITY, TwELP - R o' Cider We are still deficient of foreign intelligence Of importance, with the exception of what is commu nicated through the medium of the French P a pers- The only ship letter's which have arrived are •froln Honduras, and those are not interesting. This being St. Matthew's day, it is observed as a holiday at the Bank and Stock Exchange, which are cense quently shut. There is a very considerable asset' blage of the jobbers and speculators, &c. in the Funds on the Royal Exchange, who have been drawn together from the rumours of yesterday. The se' counts from Constantinople are viewed by• many ' 9( them as entitled to more consideration than n 79-5 previously anticipated; from the known obstinacY of the Grand Seignior they augur that, after whet has passed in the Divan, he will not be disposed to submit quietly to the interposition of the Europeso Powers respeoting Greece—and many of there e:c" pect he will suffer affairs to come to a rupture r attle' than succumb at first ; this feeling is rather prevalent amongst the politicians of the Stock Exchange, m 4 °' it should be remembered, are generally inclined t 0 view political and other intelligence in r ather gloomy manner. The news, however, of the sitting of the Divan for se long a period, and the decide d behaviour of the Grand Seignior to Negib Effend i ' has induced the speculators C o observe considerable caution in their operations. Consols are 10,1';er, an d their appearance is certainly heavy; they opened at about S3i, and some bargains have been dome at 861 which is the present q uotation; the dispo sition, however, appears not to do business t o a iry extent. In Mexican and Colombian (which app ear to be the only Foreign Stocks in which there is et present any transactions) there has been but little doing. Mexican Bonds are rather lower, being O W quoted at 491 ; Colombian, 281. Two o' CLoar• Letters have been received from ConstantinoP le ', of the Ist instant, which state that the Reis Effenw had not returned any answer to the treaty which had been presented to the Grand Seignior. It is fur ther said that some letters state that intimation had been given to the different Ambassadors that they might have their passports as soon as they thought proper to apply for them. The French prices of Wedn e sd a y, rece i ve d b y express this morn ing from Paris, app ear , notw i thstanding the intelli gence from Turk e y, to h ave improved—the 3 Pe r Cents. are qu o t e d 71f . 90c. Consols ha ve somew h at recovered, t h ey h ave b e en 8q- 87, the nearest pr i ce now i s 86k ; M ex i can 491 50 ; Colombian 29. THREE 0' CL 0 CK• Consols still remain at BGi, with little or nothing doing; Mexican, 49i 50 ; Colombiail , 29 The Duke of CLARENCE left his residence ill Bushy Park, yesterday morning, for the Royal Dock Tara at Chatham. The Duchess of CLARENCE will, it it ex pected, leave Bushy this day, awl will join her Royal Con sort at Chatham, for the purpose of being present at the launch of the " Royal George," a magnificent newl of the largest sire is the navy, carrying 120 Bane, the build ing of which has just been completed. The Duchess of CLARENCE will, it is said, " christen" the ship, which will be launched to-morrow, in great state. Their Royal Highnesses, while at Chatham, will take up their aliode ° I the residence of the Commissioner of the Dock Yard, Ai r ' CHARLES CUNEINGMAU. ViSCOlint ,DUDLEY came to town yeeterc Bl morning from his seat at Roehampton. His Lordship ! gig - engaged with P rince Es-ram-tha, the Austrian Ambso l t. e dot, for considerable time, at the For e i g n off i ce. ifi coun t Gonenten visited his L or d s hi p a t th e • W eign Office. Mr. FALCK, the Ambassador of the Ne ther bolds, Inputted business , yesterday, at the Foreign ""e.