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FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE. PARIS, DEC. 121.—The Duke of 'Wellington left Paris this (Friday) morning. It appears that the noble Duke thought of making a longer stay, for he had, it is said, accepted several invi tations, which his prompt departure compelled him to renounce.—(Courier Francais.) On Thursday, the King received in private audience M. the Marquis de 13ellisen., College President, and M. de Reinhard, King's Minister at Frankfort. His Majesty -received, in private Audience, his 'Excellency the 'Mike of Welling. Eton. His Grace, after leaving the 'King, had the honour of paying his respects to their Royal Highnesses the Princes and Princesses. Their Excellencies the Minister of Foreign Affairs, and the Minister ,of Marine, and the Keeper of the seals, successively transacted .business with theEing.on Thursday. _ _ The Duke de 131acas will succeed the Duke de Duras on the Ist of January next, in the ser vice of Principal Gentleman of the Royal Chamber. On Thursday advices from Madrid, dated the • evening of the 11th instant, were received by an extraordinary conveyance. Nothing remarkable had transpired ; there had been no disorders com mitted either on that or the preceding days. According to a report made by the Political Chief of Ciudad Real, it appears that the troop of Zaldivar has been attacked and routed at Per- I —zuna. Amongst the dead was found one which is thought to be Zaldivar himself; the body in .question was conveyed to the town and exhibited on the scat old, as if it Iva, to undergo the for mality of an execution. Such is the trickery of cur Jacobins. The Viscount de Chateaubriand arrived here 'yesterday (Friday) morning, at six o'clock, from Verona. He was present at a Council of Minis ters held at noon. It is natural to believe that he then made his report on the last conferences of the Congress, and that he communicated the de fiuitive determinations which have been come to. It is affirmed that the Syndics of the Exchange (brokers) having presented themselves to his Ex cellency the Minister of Finance, to solicit from him some information on the state of things, M. de Villele replied, that the present situation of Europe required great circumspection on the part of speculators. It is added, that his Excellency disavowed all particip a ti o n whatever in the articles of the Journal des Debuts, which had been attri buted to him by several journals.—(Quotidienne.) There was a soiree last evening (Friday) at the residence of M. de Villele, President of the Council of Ministers : M. de Pozzo di Borgo, • the Russian Ambassador, and the Duke of Wel lington, were present. , His • Grace set off this morning (Saturday) at 4 o'clock, forliondon.— The noble Duke was indisposed at the moment of his departure.—(Journal des Debuts.) On Thursday afternoon, M. the Count •de •Villele, President of the Council of Ministers,i and the Duke de Montmorency, successively-i transacted business with the King. It is almost useless to say, that the Eloile of yesterday (Friday) evening, contests the reason ing which the Journal des Debuts published in the morning, in favour of peace. If the partisans of .peace enjoy their career in the morning, the par tisans of war revenge themselves in the evening. It might be said that all this is a comedy, in 'which each plays the part assigned to him. Since the Ministry appear to be amused by it, the public have only to forget what it costs them, and also to be amused. The Etoile seemSlo re proach the Journal des Debals of favouring specu-, lation in the Stocks. The Journal des Debats is enabled significantly to answer the Etoile, and to •point out to it certain official editors to whom are imputed the warlike articles, and who profit by the decline of the funds which result from them. How little soever these gentlemen pride them selves iu this game, there will, perhaps, result 'foi‘ the public explanations more curious than edify g..(Courier Francais.) The last letters from Verona announce that the Emperor of Russia will not pass through Vienna on his return to his dominions. This prince will proceed immediately into Lithuania, where he will inspect a part of his army, and thence to his capital. Marshal Davoust is dangerously ill. In the 101st number of the Feuille d' , 4[fiches, published at Arras, we find the following-article, 4vhichwe copy literally :- - " The Chevaliqr de Sombrin has written to us requesting us to insert in the present number the following particulars,.which he has obtained from Lille, respecting the gratifying reception which M. Marchangy experienced in that town One‘ofiny friends dined with the Deputy in the concert-room, which was tastefully decorated, and shared the joy of a hundred persons who were present. Exquisite music contributed in no small degree to the pleasure of the entertainment ; couplets were sung, and delightful verses were read, to. which M. de Mar changy,replied that nothing appears more astonishing than my election. How happened it that you.did not choose for your twelfth Deputy a man possessing great property in this neigh. bourhood, and distinguished by those good qualities and ta lents. which are so common in this department? Alt ! you have chosen me who am , only a poor traveller, anti who possess ma - other title to your approbation but the zeal which I have -exhibited in opposing the enemies of the Throne. But what -can I say ? (placing his hand on his breast) 1 am naturalized here ; I see only brothers around me, and if I cannot here ex press the gratitude which I owe you, I will in the tribune, where 1 will prove how sensible I am of the honour you have done me by electing me, and I will defend the interests of the Throne and of you.' He then embraced the Marquis de Ju name on his right, and the Prefect on his left, saying I kiss yom all.' The guests in fact accepted the kiss, which was called the Marchangian salute. It is impossible to describe the en thusiasm which prevailed at the meeting. " The Deputy is a wit, and is very happy at prompt repartee. A lady having asked why persons of her sex might not be elec tors, he replied, Madam, you might be electors, but you could, not be Deputies.' Why not ?' said the lady. Because no woman would like to acknowledge that she was forty years of age.' Did d'Aguesseau himself ever say such good things ?" (Coratitution,ng.) nutsTs, DEC. 7.—lmportant news from Hydra, of the 23d of November, has arrived here, which will be heard with interest in Chritian Europe. The heroic Greek seamen, in . -their slight mercantile vessels, had followed the great Turkish fleet to the neighbourhood of Tenedos, and there saw, with im patience, the enemy at anchor, with the intention of returning to Constantinople as soon as permission should be received.— The same sailors who had caused the melancholy fate of the Capitan Pacha, offered in their enthusiasm to make a second similar attempt. The Admiral gave his permission, and 17 brave Greeks, headed by one illeianly, whose name will one day be illustrious in history, approached the great Admiral's ship at seven o'clock in the evening of the 10th of November, with fire-ships. The people on board this colossus already ap prehended the approaching misfortune, when 31eiauly, with his own hand, threw combustibles into the fire-ships, and hasten ed the explosion. The success was brill;ant. The Admiral's ship, with the Capitan Pacha on board, and two thousand five hundred men, was blown up. Two frigates began to burn. The Turks were thrown into confusion, of which the Greeks took advantage, and took a frigate of thirty-six guns undamaged. Thus, in the course of this year three Capitan Pachas have perished ; one of them died of the plague. The last, as Christian Journals affirm, was very skilful, having served under the celebrated Captain Pacha Hussein, in Egypt, at the time of the English expedition, 24 years ago. Extraordinary rejoicings took place at Hydra on this occasion ; their joy was still greater, because the weicome news was brought by an English corvette, which had hoisted the Greek flag along with its own. Lord Strangford, who is now here, sets out the day after to-morrow for Corfu. The policy of the English appears to have quite altered ; at least the Greek blockade is at length recognized by them. SEMLIN, DEC. 2.—Direct accounts relative to the latest events at Constantinople have not yet reached Belgrade. The Pacha has no fresh couriers from that city, but has received news by way of Nissa, respecting which he observes total si lence. Private letters from Nissa, of 30th November, are how ever here, which say that a Tartar had arrived, who only brought accounts stating, in general, that there were great dis turbances at Constantinople and Adrianople; that the party of Valet Effendi was overthrown, and the Janissaries acted as masters. It is remarkable that, according to these accounts, the enraged Janissaries at Adrianople had murdered the Muft A yan and all the adherents of lialet, but no Greeks.—(Allge meine Zeitung.) _ The Austrian Observer of the oth, 10th, and 11th December, has no news from Greece and Turkey. VIENNA, DEC. 7.—His Majesty the Emperor has at length acceded to the request of his brother, the Archduke Rainier, to permit him to retire from the office of Viceroy of the kingdom of Lombardy and Venice. It is said that the Archduke Francis Charles, the Emperor's second• son, will be invested with the dignity of Viceroy of the Austrian possessions in Italy, and in this quality have the supreme direction' both of the civil and military affairs. But as this young Prince is not much versed in the affairs of Government, he is to be assisted by Field Marshal Count Bellegarde, President of the Council of War, who will reside with him at Milan. The Archduke Rainier will take on him the administration of the affairs of the Empire during the absence of the Emperor. The Archduke Lewis, another brother of the Emperor's, who is now entrusted with the affairs of the Administration, is to have the chief direction of the Council of War. These changes are to be carried into effect in the month of January next. SPAIN. MADRID, DEC. 11. A person residing at' Lisbon, and on whose authority we can rely, informs us by to-day's courier, that the Portuguese Minister for Foreign Affairs, in conforniity with the general wish of the nation, and his own patriotic views, has defi nitively adopted the ultimatum proposed by the Spanish Government, accepting the plan of an offensive and defensive alliance between the two nations, and leaving to a period of greater tran quillity the discussion of the old pretensions to Olivenza, Montevideo, &c. The bases of this alliance are very judiciously drawn up. Its execution is particularly easy, and its conditions are equally honourable to both parties, and are founded on the principle of ri gorous reciprocity. A select corps of 8,000 Portuguese, of all arms, will immediately enter Spain, to remain at the disposal of the Spanish Government ; and if cir cumstances should further require it, this corps will 'be increased, according to the necessity of the case,'and to the interest which both nations feel in defending the common cause at every ex pence. DECEMBER 14. We are gratified in being able to assure our readers, that they may regard as official the information which we gave in our paper of 'Wednesday last, respecting the project of alliance: between the two nations of the Peninsula, which are destined by nature to form one single family, and to be united both in their political and commercial interests. Our Lisbon correspondent, whais in every respect worthy of our confidence, informs us, in addition to what he had before stated, that the Portuguese Ministry, observing the progressive increase of the French army • of the Pyreneess had considered the conduct of that (government as an example worthy of imi tation in an inverse sense, and that though they did not think that those forces were destined to effect an invasion into the Peninsula, they had, notwithstanding, hastened to enter into the generous and patriotic views of Senhor Freyre de Andrade, Portuguese Ambassador at Madrid, at the same time disre garding every difficulty which might have obstructed the pro gress of so important a negotiation. , Our correspondent says, that the bases of the treaty were finally agreed upon between the two Ministers, and that there is no.doubt, from the zeal, patriotism, and activity of Senor S. Miguel, that the formality of its signature will speedily be accomplished. If this formality be not yet executed, the only cause of its delay must consist in the discussion of an inci. dental question, respecting a material and purely regulative object ; but this affair is of too little importance to retard for any considerable time the conclusion of a treaty, anxiously , desired by every lover of th e lib er ty, th e g l or y, an d the hide.' pezdeuce of the two nations of the Peninsula. PORTUGAL. LISBON, DEC. 4. MEETING O 1 THE ORDINARY •CORTES. On the Ist instant the Ordinary Cortes as sembled, and opened their first session. The business , commenced by the deputation, which had been directed to inform the King that the Cortes were installed, reporting that they had fulfilled their mission. Senhor Trigoso stated that lie had addressed to his Majesty the follow ing Speech : " Senhor—As soon as the Cortes were, conformably tc arti cle 79 of the Constitution, installed, they appointed a deputa tion to inform your Majesty thereof, and to inquire whether I :onrenxtt.o maintain, your Majesty is to be personally present at the opening of the s t :s e si s o a n n , c w tu h a i r c y h o is f fi t x h e e d eo fo r r te th s e t h l e s y t of h al:: just c u a s n t b s e dis ‘ c 4 ha F ri i meats of love and respect for the person of your Majesty, with e th o ft f il ti o l l e ) i s r era du 'e t r i s es of b t y he an Co a n ct st s i o tn c t o io n n fo a n i L na a b w l , e w t i o ric th h e w s i en th t i i n . the Deputies will experience a real pleasure in commencing the which they cannot fail to be penetrated both as Portuguese, and as representatives of the Portuguese nation. " The deputation, faithful interpreters of these truly noble sentiments, are persuaded that your Majesty will have for the present Cortes the same favour and esteem which you enter , tained toward the Constituent Cortes, and that your Majesty will keep the promise which you made in this place, when you said,—' Whenever the Constitution permits, it will always be particularly agreeable to me to be in the midst of the national representation.' " His Majesty replied as follows : " You have informed me, Senhores, that the Cortes are in stalled. You may assure them that your message affords me the highest satisfaction, inasmuch as I take a sincere and con sistent interest in seeing the work of the political regeneration of the Monarchy consolidated by regulating laws, and because I entertain the well-founded hope that the labours of the ordinary Cortes will demonstrate the wisdom of the elections, and make a complete return for the confidence of the nation." A letter from the Ministers was afterwards read, which stated " That his Majesty had resolved to be present at the opening of the Cones, and had given the necessary orders for fulfilling that intention to the officers of his palace ; but that his Ma jesty felt himself seriously indisposed by the same disorder under which he had laboured for some days past, and therefore could not enjoy the satisfaction of personally participating in that august and solemn proceeding:" A short time after the President announced that the Minis ters of State were in attendance to act in the name of his Majesty. The Ministers were then introduced into the hall of the Cortes with the proper formalities, after which they took their seats on the lower platform to the left of the President. The Minister for Foreign Affairs rose and read the following communication addressed to him by his Majesty, and entirely written by his royal hand : . "As the Session of the Cortes is to open to-morrow, and I fear it will be impossible for me to be present, I wish you, when my speech is read, to state to the Congress my regret at not be ing able to fulfil my anxious desire to co-operate personally in therceremony of that national festival. • (Signed.) " TIIE KING DON JOHN Vl.'' The Minister then stated to the Congress, that notwithstand ing his Majesty had written the above letter yesterday, he had this day caused.himself to be removed from the Quinta de Al feite to the 'Palace de Bemposta, with the design of making an effort to attend the Cortes, but that his iudisposition had in creased, and the Physicians opposed his leaving the Palace. The following Speeeh of his Majesty was then read : " Senhores,—Your assembling in this august Hall on a day celebrated by the liberty and independeace of the Nation, is a motive for me to congratulate you on the confidence with which your fellow-citizens have distinguished you, at the same time that I recommend to your consideration the subjects of great importance with which you will have to be occupied. " The Constituent Cortes, by settling the conditions of the social compact, "have fixed•the rights of citizenship and the li mits of civil freedom. •l:n forming the Constitution to which we have sworn, they planned and commenced a magnificent work, the completion of which is by the law and the choice of the na tion entrusted to your hands. SO much the more difficult, there fore, mustrit be for you to fulfil the duties which you have taken upon yourselves, if your labours are to correspond with the con fidence of your fellow-citizens. " Yes, Seethores ! great intelligence and much firmness are wanting for the completion of the details of those regulating laws, on the wisdom of which depends the triumph of the Con stitution over the rebellion of a constantly refractory egotism.— Fortlinately, the Portuguese people in general love the Consti tution, because .they are sensible of the necessity of reform.— Pacific and subinissive to reason and the law, this heroic people is daily acquiring new titles to the distinguished place which it becomes them to occupy among civilized nations. " The exact administration of justice engaged the attention of the constituent Cortes, because that is the most sacred ob ject of the laws, and the most important for mankind. This subject also demands your wise deliberation. It is necessary that the great work which has been begun should be completed, in order that the Government may make known the effects of the salutary reform which the country desires. " The adjustment of the revenue, and the establishment of public credit, claim your special attention. The most mild and adequate means for this purpose would be the establishing of an equilibrium between the public income and expenditure, by reducing the latter according to the rules of a rigid eco nomy. This reduction, and the reform in the mode of collec tion and management, must depend on the wisdom of your deliberation. " The paternal love which I devote to the Portuguese has directed my solicitude and particular attention to the important objects of public security, subsistence and education. If the numerical force of individuols, being in strict proportion with the means of subsistence and the preservation of the public safety, constitutes the basis of the power and greatness of a na don, the firmness and stability of the social edifice depend es sentially on the reform of those customs which derive their origin from a religious respect for the laws. " The well-directed liberty of the press, and the distinctions which the constitution confers on virtue and talents, doubtless augment the hope of the moral and political regeneration of the Portuguese people, with the progress of civilization. But the efforts of the Government for the encouragement of arts and sciences will be insufficient, without the support of legislative authority —a support which your knowledge and patriotism assure me will not be wanting, as you must be convinced that a people cannot be free without being virtuous awl civilized. " The regulating laws of the municipal and administrative bodies, on which, in a great measure, depend the execution of the constitution, and the vivifying principles of regeneration, are more than all others necessary for preventing those doubts which frequently arise in consequence of the powers which be long to each of the constituted authorities not being precisely fixed. It was certainly necessary to destroy the ancient insti tutions, but the necessity for those which are to be advan tageously substituted for them is still more urgent. " 1 am convinced of the wisdom and the zeal of the Legis lative Body for the improvement of the different branch-es of the public administration. My co-operative efforts will al ways be devoted to the welfare of the nation, because I can not imagine my existence prosperous unaccompanied by the dignity, virtue, and felicity which ought to constitute the ha-'I bitual and permanent state of the Portuguese nation. " THE KING DON JOHN VI." The President, addressing the Ministers, made the following reply : ." - Senhores—The paternal and generous sentiments com municated by his Majesty to this Congress through the me. dium of his Ministers, cannot fail to excite in all our hearts the most ardent love for the sacred person of so great a So vereign, more particularly when we reflect that these are the sentiments which are considered due to the opening of this Session : a memorable epoch, in which the nation and the throne reciprocally lend to each other the firmest support, and in which the rights of the throne are secured and con solidated by the interest which the nation takes in their con. servation. " Senhores, there is a kind of glory which is never eclipsed. Conquests are not worth as much as they cost. The fruit of many victories is often lost in a moment. The greatness of empires is usually not well combined with their duration.-- Treaties may be abrogated by snbsequeut treaties; but the love of mankind, and eternal admiration, perpetuate the ex amples of those Kings, who, according to th e wishes of the nations intrusted td their administration, found, or re-establish society on the triple basis of religion, laws, and customs. The works of such extraordih ar y men are of long duration, and their spirit is transmitted with their glory to the most remote posterity. This glory, Senhores, will always belong to our King, Don Joam VI., as hi s d ee d s and his words assure us._ One year of his reign is more abundant in glorious events than many ages of other dynasties. " Little more than a year has passed since his Majesty, daring the waves of the Atlantic, appeared in the cradle of the monarchy ; whither he came to be the Counsellor of an op pressed people, and the support of a nation which desired to be free. " A few days ago, his Majesty accepted and swore to main. tain the ftindamental law of the State, which secured to us li berty, and freed us from oppression ; and in the solemn act of that oath, his Mojesty not only united to him all minds by gaining all hearts, but at once laid the. eternal foundation of the throne, and consolidated in the firmest manner the basis of public liberty. " Filially, this day, in which the constitution orders this happy and solemn meeting of the hereditary representative, and the elected representatives of the Portuguese nation, if the in disposition of his Majesty has deprived us of his respectable presence, we are not, at least by the discourse which he has ad dressed to us through the medium of his Ministers, left without the knowledge of his ardent wish for national prosperity, and his sincere promises to co-operate efficaciously in whatever this legislature may do for the benefit of the people who have de. legated to it their, powers. 'Who, on being assured of this frank and sincere co-operation, can apprehend any thing for the future, after contemplating the past ? Let us, Senhores, examine and compare what has been done with what remains to be done. ' " Senhores, the rights and the duties of man are declared ; the sovereignty of the nation is recognized, its exercise is dele gated, but with restrictions ; abuses are guarded against ; the liberty of opinion is made an established principle ; the right of petition is one of the first laws of the state ; we have conse qnently established all the bases of public order. What is wanting, Senhores, is to apply to society the regular impulse of the just and the useful ; because the just and the useful will henceforth be the only means of securing public opinion and esteem, which will always reprobate those acts which have not this solid foundation. What is wanted is to conduct, by the assistance of good laws, the vessel of the state, and to give the Government sufficient power and energy for procuring the rigid execution of, and the most unlimited obedience to, the laws. In this manner, the two first public authorities, the legis lative and the executive powers, will always be united for one object; and respecting each other, in order that they may each be respected—and recognizing each other as separate, but not as enemies, they will hold out an example to inferior atithori, ties, and to all citizens in general. Thus we all hope, and thus there is reason to hope; for the succes which has hitherto crowned the labours of the constituent Cortes and the Govern ' meat is a presage that the same result will attend what yet re ' mains to be done. The road is indeed long, and the difficulties many ' • but what obstacles can daunt the hearts of Po r t uguese when the object they have in view is public felicity ? Many of the - representatives who now surround the throne have witnessed the effects which the new system has produced in the provinces, and will therefore be able to suggest the means best calculated to give to the administrative system that force, activity, and life, without which there can be no Government. " Convinced, most of all, of the necessity of equalizing the incomes and outgoings of the public treasury, we shall make reforms and economical reductions without prejudice to the subsistence of those who 'depend upon that department. Ar rangements for a just assessment and punctual collection of the taxes shall be made. Regulations shall be introduced into all the branches of administration in order to enable us to extin guish the public debt, and to pay all persons in public em ployment with punctuality. " It will be our next endeavour to bring all the laws, civil and criminal, into accordance with the Con3titution. We 'have to simplify the forms of process by rendering the means of obtaining justice more expeditious. It is necessary to ex terminate the hydra of forensic chicanery by establishing with prudence and wisdom the division between judges of fact and judges of law. " We have to animate commerce and manufactures, which so powerfully influence the prosperity of agriculture and the wealth of nations. It ought: to be our object to take care that the trade of Portugal be not limited to the productions of its own soil and industry, and - to make it embrace the produc tions of the whole globe. This object merits our particular attention. • " It is necessary to render the responsibility of the Ministers and other inferior agents of public authority effectual. "It isindispensable that public spirit should be formed by the means of a national education.; and it is most urgent to suc cour indigence, and to give employment to the poor, that men dicity may be prevented, " The army and navy require better regulations ; and it is necessary to provide for the decent subsistence of that part of the Clergy who labour most in the administering spiritual aliment. " This is, Senhores, in substance the outline of the regulat ing laws, which the Constitution points out, and to which you will have to direct your attention. " We have nothing to fear for external security ; for the na tions of Europe, already wearied by destructive discords, and emancipated from the delusion of false ideas of grandeur, ap pear to. be sensible of the necessity of union, and of meeting each other with a fraternal embrace. Ah ! unhappy is that nation which founds its prosperity on the ruin of others ! " Such are the happy auspices under which the labours of our first legislative assembly commence. Let us renew our vows, and devote our united efforts to support political liberty—to defend religion and the Constitution to which we have sworn, and to maintain the King and his illustrious descendants on the throne which the same Constitution has secured to them. Im pressed with these sentiments, let us still hope that the hand which Math hitherto conducted us from miracle to miracle will not abandon us, and that the precious life of his Majesty, so necessary to us, will be preserved." LISBON, DEC. 7. In the sitting of the Cortes of the 4th, a report was made on a dispatch from the Minister of the Home Department, in which. the Congress was informed that the Queen, having re fused to take the oath to the Constitution of the Monarchy, the King had resolved on carrying into execution the decree of the Cortes, ordaining that whoever shall refuse to swear to the Constitution shall , quit the kingdom, and renounce the rights of a Portuguese citizen. But that the Queen having represented that her delicate health would not permit her to travel without endangering her life, and the physicians of her household having consulted together, and unanimously declared that her life would actually be endangered if she were compelled in her present state to undertake a journey either by sea or by land ;—his Majesty issued a decree, commanding the Queen to retire to the Quinta de Ramallneo with the necessary attendants, but refusing her request to be allowed to take along with her the Infantits her daughters; adding, that this retirement in the Quinta de Ra malhao should continue until the state of her health might per mit her to travel beyond the kingdom. This dispatch was accompanied with an exact account of all that had been done in this business, together with the orders which had been given i , the opinions of the Council of State, the votes of the Ministers, the propositions made by the King to the Queen, her objections, and the declaration of the Faculty, &c. The President proposed that the Cortes should consider of the manner in which these papers should be disposed of. Senhor Javier Monteiro moved, that they be printed for the information of the whole nation, and that the original be referred to a Special Committee. This motion was carried. In the sitting of the following day, (the sth,) Senhor Pato Moriz read the following motion : It being indispensable that the law should be carried into effect. as well with regard to the ex-Queen of Portugal, as any other person who may refuse to swear to the Political Constitution of the monarchy ; and its execution having been delayed by the report of ten physicians, stating that her life would be endangered by the severity of the weather if she should travel in the present state of her health ; I propose that the Government be required to order, that the same ten physicians do continue to attend the ex-Portuguese citizen, during her residence in the Quinta de Ratrolhao, and accompany her up to the period of her quitting the Portuguese territories. This proposition remained over for a second reading. CITY, MONDAY EVENING. An express was received this morning from Madrid, by an establishment deeply interested in the debt which Spain owes to England. The date was not made pub lic, but it is probably to the 14th current. The advices are favourable to the maintenance of peace betwixt Spain and France, because they are understood to state that the Spanish Government does not object to submit the differences betwixt then► and the Ultra Ministers of France to the mediation of the British Cabinet. The Consols opened this morning at 791, but rose to 80.} as soon as the return of Lord WEL LtkoToN to London was made known. They afterwards declined to 80, and were very heavy, until the report of good news, as it was called, from Spain again advanced them to 804$, at which they closed. In the foreign market very little businss was done. The Spanish Bonds of 1821 opened at 521, and gradually rose to 54k. The same causes produced this change which operated on the Consols. A few transactions took place in Neapolitan Scrip, and the price was a shade dearer. There is a considerable arrival of grain this morning in Mark lane. The fresh supplies during last week amount to 10,788 quarters of wheat, 8,1517 quarters of barley, 15,746 quarters of oats, 2,437 quarters of beans, and 1,270 quarters of peas. Fine samples of farmer's runs of wheat were in the morning Is. to 2s. dearer, but the market did not finish dearer than it was on this day week. Malting barley is Is. to 3s. cheaper, and for superior quality there is scarcely any demand. Oats are like. wise dull sale, and a shade cheaper.—( Morning C'hronicle.) F STOCKS PRICE a THIS DIY AT (tank stock 244 3 per Cent. Red. 3 per Cent. Cons. shut •4 per Cent 9ll 976 I per Cent. { \ t w shut ;► der Cents. 1797 Bank Lg. Ann 20 hloth Imp. 3 per Cents. ONE O . CLOCK. India Stock it India Bonds .335. 3 3 ' South Sea Stock Old Annuities Ex. Bills 4 6 Pr' Ditto Small Bank for Act. India for Con. Acct. Cons. for Account...... 8og?,:i! PRICE OF FOREIGN STOCKS IN LONDON, Dcc. AT (sNE O ' CLOCK. Five per Cents. 89. (Six per Cents. 00. 2, Five per Cents. (Metallic) 00. (Ditto New 821. 5 Five per Cent. Bonds, 77. f. ( Scrip, 774. Five per Cents. (Metallic) 00. {Five per Cent. Bonds, 62. New Ditto, 55. Scrip, 9i disc. 5 Five per Cent. Bonds, 86. ( Ditto New, 86. Five per Cent. Bonds, 91. 72i. (Old Bonds, 00. Six per Cent. Bonds, 68,. Ditto Scrip, 00. New Loan, 77) 1 . (Bank Shares .1:21 10s. j Six per C!rit. 92-93. i Five per Cent. 96i. kThree per Cent. 74 • ............ French Russian Neapolitan Austrian Spanish Prussian Danish Chili Colombian Peruvian American PRICE OF IRISH STOCK, DEC. 21. Bank Stock shut Grand Canal Loan, 4 p.ct. --" Gov. Deb. 34 per cent.... 931 3 Ditto 3 per cent.... Stock, 3A per ct 9Ol op DittoStock .... Gov. Deb. 4 per cent...... Royal Canal Stock Gov. Deb. 5 per cent. --Stock, 5 per cent. — Do. Deb. with Gov. Sec.... -" Treasury Bills, 5 per cent. I'ipe Water Deb. 5 per ct. -" City Debentures, 5 per Do. cent. Lying in Hospital 4 per ct. 5 per cent. Exchange on London, Dec. 20, B,i. HIGH WA TER AT LONDO. 31orning, 12 minutes after 10. J BRIDGE TO-31ORRONV' Evening, 36 minutes after 10' THE son. SULEII QUIS DICERE FALSU.II AUDE.IT LONDON, TUESDAY, DECEMBER 24, 1822. [FROM A CORRESPONDENT.] STOCK EXCHANGR, Half-past Twelve Consols opened this morning at 80E-, with some business doing ; got up to 80a ; lowered agaii► to +. Up to this hour we do not hear of anf Express having arrived from Paris, which mai be accounted for by the Stock Exchange at Paris being shut on Sundays ; but had there been an! important information in Sunday's French Papers, they would have been in London early this morn' ing.—Various are the opinions in the City on the return of the Duke of WELLINGTON ; by some it is imagined that the King of FRANCE has given biro a Carte Blanche to settle the disputes between the two Governments, upon which he has returned for further instructions from our Government / after which he will proceed in person to Spain to consult with the Cortes on such measures 3 9 may prove agreeable to the French Govern" went. Consols remain steady at 801. FOREIGN FUNDS.-This morning the above Market has been rather brisk, particularly is New Spanish Bonds, which opened at 55, were done at 55.1, afterwards went down again to 55 , All other Foreign Securities remain stationary. The Foreign Intelligence is of considerable interest and importance, especially that which relates to the Greeks, who, by the destruction of another CAPSTAN PACHA and his ship, have again demonstrated their superiority at sea over their Turkish Oppressors. Besides the account of this brilliant affair, which we lay before our Readers, similar statements have been receives from various quarters, all concurring as to the principal facts of the triumph obtained by the Greeks. There is reason to believe, also, that the opinion which has for some time prevailed, respecting the new policy of England towards the cause of Greece, is well founded. It is the obvious policy of Great Britain to procure the erection of Greece into an independent State , if possible with the consent of Turkey, in whiGi' case an alliance might be formed between Greet Britain, the Greeks, and Turkey, to protect th e remaining dominions of the Porte against th e encroachments of Russia. The pretensions of the French Ministerial Journals to official authority, on the question 01' war, have become as ridiculous in Paris s e those of some of the English Papers have bee° rendered here. The Journal des DZbats, however% continues to advocate the preservation of peace with great ability. The following article, COil' tained in its last number, is of the utmost import' ance, as regards the question between France nO4 Spain, exhibiting, as it does, in plain and forcibl e language, the consequence of a military interve o4 tion in the affairs of the Peninsula, and affordio additional reasons for believing that France wi ll not plunge headlong into so disastrous a war " For some days past an attempt has been made to circab it° the report of an insurrection in Portugal ; but we (Journal dei Debats ) have seen letters from Lisbon of a very recent da te " which state that no t th e l east symptoms of rebellion prevail'''. in that country. We ought to be very circumspect with r" spect to news relative to Portugal, for the present and fut situation of that kingdOm is closely blended with the gr ell , question regarding Spain. P er h a p s even t h ese very consider, tions, relative to Portugal, form the strongest reasons for re training f " Portt than that Cortes, re " Of w narchical rnent, stri Portugal supp os i ni latter cot emissarie every par adjoining attack, at " The Governm Whom th cause of "We ntensive nervation interyent anti-Alor. " The ill the en , length of tugal uni " A iri insula we tureen Fr Portugal Posing 11( to a mint occupatic " Evei verity the reason fo •a general they can Add every NANT, atrocio (Fr( We ar in the sh in 40 da3 the3dO and snipe " Pre! that day stitutioni Portugui Portugal insolent the publi sailors n punishm - without i "Ali and it is Vice from diatingui the Braz an amid yestert dined and to( procee Ordna A.consi cil wil explait