The Sun. — London, England, 1822-12-10 00:00:00

FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE. FRANCE AND SPAIN. [From the Journal des De'bats of Sumlay.l Our readers are too well informed to require ' , from us, day by day, new views on the political situation of Europe. The great interests which determine that Situation, and the great difficulties which render it complex, are not of a nature to change every morning and every evening at the will of certain writers who make it their business to alarm_ ardent imaginations anti uninformed minds. It is perfect quackery, and unworthy of any Journal which lays claim to self-respect, to indulge in an eternal repetition of the sate chimeras, the same declamations, and the same invectives, on the subject ef a question which is, doubtless, highly important, but which, on that very account, ought not to be approached but with the conscientious intention of speaking only truths at once certain and useful. It is, however, easy to understand the object of the revolutionary Journals, skilfully disguised as it is, in daily representing war with Spain as a solemn resolution Of the Congress of Verona, though nothing yet announces that any Power is disposed to such a war, and though the prepara tions no where correspond with a hostile deter mination definitively adopted. To describe such a war as a continental crusade against repre sentative Governments, is an amusement in which the revolutionary writers are the more ready to 'take part, as they confound, under the vague name of representative system, Governments of the most different kind, and even things of a totally opposite nature—the Charter of Louis XVIII., and the Constitution of the Cortes— the anarchy of Madrid and the . liberty of Lo►i don. Besides the advantage of being thus - able to calumniate Monarchs, the declamations of the RevOlutionists have the further object of impell ing to this truly'incalculable war, some sincere, but not well-informed, friends of the cause of monarchy. We know very worthy persons who have fallen into this snare. "The Liberals," say they, ".do not wish for war against Spain ; there fore we Royalists ought to wish for it." Puerile reasoning! deplorable blindness! The respectable Liberals are doubtless sincere in their wish that there should be no war with Spain ; but the revolutionary Liberals wish it, anxiously desire it, and pray for it from the bot tom of their hearts. They wish for it, because it would involve, at least so they hope, the King's Government in the most cruel embarrassments— because it would .render necessary an extraordi nary expenditure of 200 millions a year—be cause, by draining the sources of public wealth, .it would mortally wound that credit which is alone capable of supplying the means, of such an expenditure—because it would create obstacles to our commercial navigation—and finally, be cause it would open a series of chances which no human prudence could previously calculate, but among which there would be a thousand possi bilities of events, fatal to legitimacy and favour-, able to convulsion. But the revolutionists will not avow these cri minal hopes; they cannot advance except by an oblique path. They place high the interest which they take in Spain, the respect which they bear to the constitution of the Cortes, and the. - chimerical hopes which attach them to the suc cess of institutions founded on that anarchical code. By this plan of tactics, they drive into a dan gerous warmth those who, having their political opinions composed merely of sentiments and phrases, forget to calculate the true interests of their country, and• to balance certain sacrifices against possible results. We congratulate ourselves for having spoken of Spain only with reserve, and at intervals; by which means we have been enabled to establish what we said on facts. Were we to pay atten tion to the pains which all the journals of Europe have taken to discuss, explain, and investigate our articles, we should be tempted to believe that we had said more on this great question than those who have every morning and evening expa tiated on it with such admirable confidence. The long silence of Verona has proved, that the difficulties with which the affairs of Spain appeared to us to be environed were far from being vain subtleties. The august Council of Monarchs paused long in sight of the dangers which we pointed out, and also of others, to which, from prudence, we did not choose to allude. The official declarations which have:appeared, and which clearly indicate great circumspection, are in no way opposed to the principles which we have laid down on those interventions by force of arms, which, though excusable in a case of extreme necessity, are, as Lord Londonderry justlydobserved, always exceptions from the true law of nations, end which may give birth to great misfortunes when directed against a generous • nation of high patriotic feeling, and impatient, not merely of a foreign yoke, but even of foreign succour. Those good men who appeared at first sur ,prized at the nature of the view we had taken, i.l . lave hastened to renounce their error ; and, now -enlightened by reflection, do us the justice to .acknowledge that we 'have opposed useful truths -to a dangerous delusion. The disposition to listen to reasoning and facts, in preference to declamations and reveries, hav ing become- almost general, we shall now indicate a particular point of view, which is one of the most important, and to which little attention Hp pears hitherto to have been paid. France, it is said, possesses the right of putting , down a •state of things in Spain which keeps France herself in continual danger: We have no need here to examine the limits and conditions of this right. We shall merely show, that the exercise of this right is very diffi %cult—very hazardous to direct in the particular ' -situation of France with respect to Spain. We set out at first with the principle that every idea of conquest, of aggrandizement, or of terri-, torial indemnity, is out of the question.—; „The pure and noble object which alone can -enter • into the views of the King's Govern-, ' ment, is to establish in Spain an order of things which shall not menace legitimate monarchies—a desirable end, if it were possible to attain it. But what a responsibility for us, if by a wrong choice of the means, we fail in our object; for to fail in an object is in all cases to make it recede farther from our reach, its many to render future success impossible. The continual danger resulting from the situation of Spain - might - not cease with the present state of things. It would still be neces sary that those who overthrow the existing Go. vernment should substitute another Government which might afford us a pledge of tranquillity.— Now we are convinced' that no human power could, except by means of a protracted military occupation, guarantee a stable and tranquil state of things in Spain. But a military occupation appears to us pregnant with dangers still more pressing, and of a nature far more important. Suppose the present state of affairs changed by an armed interference, however successful—sup pose us at Madrid, surrounded by a victorious army—the King and his august Family have been respected by the revolutionists—they have not been dragged to the Isle• of Leon ! What Government could be established in Spain ? It is not forms only which are i❑ question here—it is men. There have been in Spain, between the years 1814 and 1820, at least ten complete changes of Ministry ; there exist from 40 to 50 persons who have successively filled the places of Ministers, and who, almost all, have been dis gracefully dismissed. Such, especially, was the lot of MM. Pizarro and Garay, who acknow ledged on all hands that absolute power ought not to be restored in Spain—that it is morally dead ; and who alone excited a certain ex pectation of stability, resting on their well known talents. We know that these con tinual changes were attributed to the inhe rent defects in absolute power: as it is, however, dead, no one wishes to raise its ghost. But three years of constitutional rule have not been less fruitful of change, dictated by dissensions successively created among remarkable men, and their coteries improperly called parties. There have been nearly two ministers for each year,. and without reckoning provisional ministers, mi nisters ad interim, and ministers refusing to act, we may compute at 30 or 40, the number of ,men who have sat in council, all in turn scandalized and discredited in public opinion. Now, from whence will you take men invested with that superior moral force which is especially neces sary to a government legislative and restorative ? The ministerial matter seems to be exhausted. Every combination has been tried—all classes of citizens have been put to the proof--noblemen of rank, prelates, advocates, journalists, monks, naval captains, and engineers, figure in the di vers lists• of administration. Spain is arrived at the point to which perpe tual changes must conduct every nation delivered over to this dangerous sport. Men are for the moment without moral credit, and authority only inspires ephemeral confidence. Suppose, however, a French army of 80,000 or 100,000 men master of Spain. What means exist of organizing a Government capable of du. ration, and of securing the future tranquillity of the country, after the return of the liberating army ? Where are to be found the elements of such a Government ? It is necessary, then, always to recur to a pro longed military occupation. But might not as much security be produced by an army of 30,000 nen stationed on 'the Pyrennees, as by 100,000 men scattered over the whole Peninsula? This difficulty is therefore a very weighty reason in addition to all those which render the mere possibility of a political situation which would force France to make war against Spain a subject to be regretted. We admit, and we always must admit, that the revolutionary violence of some Spaniards may, in spite of all the pru dence of the French Government, occasion this unfortunate necessity. But we think that one of the means of abating the violence of the Spaniards would be to refrain from expressing with vehemence a desire' forcibly to change in Spain an order of things which might be succeeded by one still worse, from the mere attempt or even bare threat of change. By wishing that Spain should be allowed time to re flect and to compose itself, we do not' aid the revolutionists of Madrid ;, on the contrary, we believe that such a proceeding would paralyze their power, for it is founded only upon fears and the illusions of passion : reflection would destroy it, and more rapidly than is probably imagined. We desire, and always shall, that in time, and with the consent of the King, there should arise in Spain, we will not say a party, but a union of men sufficiently powerful and ail ficiently skilful to acquire and retain in their hands an authority capable of effecting, without foreign interference or civil war, the modifica tions which assuredly all enlightened men in Spain wish for, but which they have good reason for not. approving as long as they are proposed to them in a hostile manner. It is in this view of the subject that we agree with the Moniteur in regarding the friendly relations subsisting be tween the Bourbons of Prance and Spain at a source of hope. A Foreign Power could not give to a Spanish Ministry the necessary qualifications to enable it to support itself without assistance. Must an army of occupation, then, be left in Spain ? No, it will be said ; improved political institutions would suffice to consolidate the state of things that would be established. It is a very danger ous thing for a Foreign Power to form, or to assist in forming, Constitutions. Is it possible, at this moment, to strike off at a heat, a good Constitution for Spain ? Spain swarms with Nobles, but it ha's few of a description to compose a political aristocracy of any strength. Have we not seen how the very small number of landed proprietors who exist in Spain were delighted with the law against ma jorats, and how they hastened to sell their feoff ments one after the other ? Have we not seen, and do we not still see, Spanish grandees of the first rank members of patriotic societies ? A Chamber of Peers in Spain would doubtless be an institution capable -of becoming a guarantee hereafter; but at present it would be itself with. out a guarantee, as well as without power. The mass of persons who take a part in poli tics in Spain is at present composed of three classes ; or,"more properly speaking, there are in that country three democracies naturally distinct. The first consists of the beneficed clergy and the monks ; this class is the least friendly to the ex isting Constitution, but it is not favourable to any other power than its own—it declines in a great degree towards a republican theocracy. Mer chants form the second class ; probably indiffe rent as to the political institutions, but decidedly opposed to military occupations. The third class is composed of the Liberal nobles, military offi cers,ilawyers, and of all persons who are actively connected with the present state of things. The rest of the nation have no political ideas. I mis take—they possess one which prompts them to shoot or stab every foreigner who would attempt to enter their country in a hostile manner. Now, frame wise, well-balanced Constitutions for a people thus strange to the manners and social state of other European nations ! The best Constitution will not put an end to guerillas or conspiracies, nor to the furious contests of parties. Some persons, doubtless full of erudition, pro pose to re-establish the ancient Cortes of Castile and Arragon. This proposition has been favour ably received by all that party who are desirous of armed interference ; but to induce its aban donment, it is sufficient to point out thafthe old assemblies of the Cortes (that. of Arragon espe cially) possessed a still more extensive power than their rctual successors; and that the famous oath of the Arragonese, " If not, not," is a prin ciple of insurrection far more popular and dan gerous than the abstract theories set out in the constitution of Cadiz., Charters, ancient or modern—theories, good or evil—these things have no power to cure the fever of civil commotion. Force—wisdom—these are necessary; but where shall we look, for them in a nation agi tated—distracted ; in a nation which foreign in vasion may drive to acts of irremediable fury ? Take the case as we may, any central power established at Madrid by the assistance of foreigner's would infallibly be met with oppo sition in the provinces ; and that opposition, in the present moral state of Spain, will never, have to look far for men disposed to rush to the field with muskets on their shoulders. We will add, too, that we have hopes from the character and from the spirit of the Spanish na tion, which- (lid not commence a revolution to establish anti-monarchical institutions—to crush the throne and the existing dynasty ; but which, having taken up arms to defend its lawful Sove reign against a usurper, found itself compelled, by events, to create a constitution for itself by way of rallying point—a provisional constitution, of which it foresaw the defects, and which it re served to itself the right of revising. Will the Royalists forget that Cadiz was the La Vendee of Spain ? Shall we despair of seeing those who defended their legitimate rulers against Buona parte, correct, of themselves, those excesses which have not originated in their plan of revo lution, but to which the coincidence of circum stances only has given birth PA DEc.7.—We are assured that the Cham bers will be convoked for the 4th of January. To-day, before mass (which was celebrated in the Royal apartment,) the King received, in private audience, his Excel lency the Russian Ambassador. The Courier FraUgais contradicts the report which it had previously noticed of the arrival of the Duke of Wellington at Paris, and mentions - that an Evening Journal had announced that he was not expected until towards the end of the month. The Courier Francois also states, on the authority of a pri vate letter from Verona, that five clerks belonging to the Aus trian di_plomicy have been arrested. They ar e ac c use d, i t i s said, of communicating secret documents to one of the Powers represented at the Congress. We announced from the English Journals that the settle ment. of the account had produced great disasters on the Ex change. The Exchange of Paris had been more fortunate, the settlement not having caused a single failure. We (L'Etoile) have received aletter from Lisbon, which an nounces that her Majesty the Queen of Portugal has refused to swear obedience to the Constitution. On being, in consequence of this refusal; menaced with expulsion from the kingdom, her Majesty replied, that she would consent to it, provided that the dower which she brought to the King her husband was return ed to her. All letters from the frontiers of Spain agree that the greatest enthusiasm reigns among the Constitutional troops. The suc cesses they have obtained over the Bands of the Faith have redoubled their confidence•in their General, and their devotion to their country. "The .Etoik announces this evening that M. Silvestre de Savy, Counsellor in the Royal Council of Public Instruction, had given in his • resignation. The same Journal had also an nounced the resignation of Abbe Nicole, and this news has been contradicted. These announcements of destitutions, it begins to be believed, are indirect invitations to functionaries from impatient aspirers, of which the zeal for religion and sound doctrines has not yet obtained sufficient appointments, and who would wish to see realised in their own persons, as with those whose places they covet, this proverb—. Dieu prodigue ses biens, A ceux qui font vreu d'etre siens.—( Courier Francais.) VERONA, Nov. 21.—Itis believed that it is decided that the Allied Pbwers will not interfere in the affairs of Spain, except in two cases. The first, if the ruling dynasty be threatened by any personal danger or the loSs of the throne, and that the republican system prevail in that country over the monar chical government. The second, if Spain threatens to.. attack France to propagate. the Constitution of the Cortes beyond the Pyrenees. As to what concerns the Porte, it appears that Lord Strangford is entrusted with removing, in concert with the new Internuncio (M. d'Ottenfels), all the difficulties which may still oppose a perfect agreement between the Porte and Russia. As to the affairs of Italy, Lord Wellington declared, 'ac cording to his instructions, that Great Britain will not inter. fere with them. They will be rather the object of separate negociations between Austria and the Sovereigns of Italy, and perhaps will be continued at Vienna after the closing of the Congress. There was, on the 27th of October, a second general confer ence at Prince Metternich's, at which the Duke of Welling ton was present. The affairs of Italy in general were discussed, but without admitting the Plenipotentiaries of the Sovereigns of this Peninsula. The question, whether the territories occu pied by ,the Austrian troops, and particularly Naples and Pied mont, should continue to be so by' any foreign troops ? was an important object of discussion on this occasion. It is said that in this conference it was resolved, on the proposition of Prince Metternich, to leave the Austrian troops provisionally both in Naples and in Piedmont. The motive given for this measure is, that the interior of Italy is not yet perfectly quiet ; that, besides, the secret plots of the Carbonari continue; in fine, that there are a great number of Neapolitan and Piedmontese Refugees in Spain, who may thence attempt again to disturb Italy. At the same time common measures will be taken in all the States of Italy, entirely to extirpate the sect of Carbonari Prince Metternich often takes his promenade before dinner with the Duke of Wellington. This Lord is treated with great distinc tion, but he lives in great retirement, on account of the state of his health. He has only been present at a very small number of conferences; he only takes an active part when the instruc tions of his Cabinet expressly authorize him. Lord Clanwilliam conducts the diplomatic affairs. • The Emperor Alexander has given M. tie Montmorency, during his residence at Vienna and here, many marks of good• will and confidence.—(Gazette cf Nuremberg.) NUREMBURG, Nov. 30.—A letter from Constantinople says, that news had been received there of the death of the Pacha of Egypt ; but the Divan had some reason for not let ting this event be publicly ktiarn. The same letter says that the Government had intercepted some letters, after which it had caused about 60 Greeks to be arrested. It is, also stated that the Porte has founded a school at Constantinople, in which young Turks will be instructed in the European languages, especially in French. This will in future prevent the necessity of choosing Greeks, for Draomans. Por:rsii FRONTIERS, Noy: 18.—We extract the following from a letter from Warsaw :—" We now hear no more of the affairs of the Greeks. It is affirmed that they have turned to 'mother quarter for assistance, and that their application has there met with more attention. So much seems to result from some accounts, that the Policy of a Great Cabinet, since the changes that have - taken place ins the Members of it, proceeds upon principles different from those on which it acted before.— In our Kingdom orders of Knighthood have been conferred on the Marshals of Districts, who have succeeded in making the election of Deputies to the next Diet fall upon persons who are especially distinguished for their devotedness to the Govern ment. It may therefore be expected, that in the approaching Diet there will be no great opposition." FROM THE DANUBE, Nov. 23.—The Porte perseveres in its system respecting ships bound to Odessa and oth er R uss i an ports in the Euxine.to take in cargoes of corn. Every pos sible obstacle is thrown in the way of their voyage thither; and those that arrive from the Euxine are obliged to sell cargoes at prices fixed in Constantinople. Sometimes, indeed, the Captain of a corn vessel succeeds in obtaining permission to prosecute his voyage. There are fewer difficulties for vessels laden with other goods. The chief cause of this measure is, that the Porte believes that the European ships sell the corn to the inhabitants of the islands in the Morca, and 'that all assurances made to the contrary to the Divan are only . to lull its suspicions, and are not to be de ended upon. The measure cannot be ascribed to any' want of corn in Constantinople it self, for the capital is well provided from the Black' Sea, where large quantities have been collected. The system of vigour observed towards the Janissaries has been relaxed.— Another mode has been adopted to keep them in order. Those who have most influence with their corps have been gained by presents of money, and have engaged to maintain tranquillity. So far they have kept their word, and probably hope that their influence will be farther secured by new presents.—( Nurem berg Correspondent, Dcc. 1.) BUCHAREST, Nov. 4.—Our Prince's love of justice has re moved all diffieulties ;:he , continues most severely to punish all acts of extortion committed on the poor subjects, and he has publicly declared to the Bojars in the Divan that he will rigorously punish ever . ) , person who shall be guilty of any act of injustice. He is in consequence adored by the people.— Public offices are no longer sold to the highest bidder, as was formerly the custom, but conferred upon the native Bojars, ac cording to their merit. _ _ Count Lutzow passed through this city to-day on his return to Vienna ; he had several conferences with our Prince. The Turkish garTison has left BuCharest, and gone to the Convents of Vakereschtin and Korredzeny. Since the arrival of the Prince the City has presented such a scene of activity and trade; that people seem- no longer to recollect what has passed. A letter from Widdin, of 19th ofOctober says, that the late Kalmacan of Crajova, Costaki Samurkutsch, has gone over to the Mahornetan religion. It is not certainly known what his motives were. Most persons are of opinion that he has taken this step out of interest, as he has the plan, it is said, to marry the daughter of the Pacha of Widdin, and by means of this alliance to obtain the office of Dragoman to the Porte. When he has obtained this post, he may be serviceable to his country men, the Greeks. The Metropolitan, and a number of Boyars, are still at Cronstadt, and will not come hither, though the Prince has sent them three invitations ; they appear to wait partly for the decision of the Congress, and partly for the arrival of the Rus sian Consulate.—(Algoncinc Zcitung, Nov. 30.) SPAIN. MADRID, Nov. 25. The news from Catalonia do not go beyond the 16th. The head-quarters were at Pons, on the 13th. Important operations of the Constitutional army were expected. Throughout the whole of the province a progressive amelioration is expected.— The Monks who show themselves opposed to the Government are every where hunted out. The factious present themselves, to take advantage of the amnesty, and when General Mina shall have purged the Spanish territory of the pretended'Re gency of the Kingdom, it is to be presumed that tranquillity will be soon. re-established. The Cortes ' in yesterday's sitting, discussed the a dditi ona l budget of the M inster of 31 arin e. The Committee had limited in his report this budget to about 17 millions of reals (170,0001.) which was allowed. The Commandant-General of Madrid has just declared that the Ex-Minister Garely is at liberty, because, in the process instituted against him by the Fiscal, raredes, there were nei ther proof nor even indications of culpAbility against him, Mar tinez de la Rosa, M. Moscoso, and the other individuals to whom the Ministry was entrusted on the 7th July. Much activity is observed in our dock-yards of Carthagena and Cadiz. In the last of these poits are already the ships of war, Colossus and St. Paul, which have been repaired at Car thagena, with frigates and some corvettes. It is thought that a squadron will leave Cadiz in the course of December, but its exact desti*ation is unknown. Some persons spread the report that it is to go to Vera Cruz, where we are still masters of the castle of St. John of Ulloa ; but these rumours appear ill founded. It is 'not at the moment when our country is threat ened with an invasion, that our Government could conceive the idea of removing to a distance the forces which might secure our coasts. Such improvidence would have all the appearance of treason, and could not be committed in the hope of retaking colonies which we could never keep. CITY,. MONDAY EVENING. The Consols, which closed on Saturday at nearly 80, opened this morning at 80, advanced to 80ii, and a good deal of business was done in them. This improvement was occasioned by the, contents of the Paris Papers of Friday, received last night, and by farther information which came to hand early this morning by a private express, dated on Saturday evening. These accounts naturally have induced the Fund holders to place greater reliance on the continuation of peace betwixt Spain and France ; because they intimate circum stances, which, if true, must compel the Ultra Ministers of France t 6 change entirely their _policy, in as faad as the liberties of the Peninsula are interested. 'The expected neutrality of England suited well their hopes to make as easy a conquest of Spain as Austria did of Naples, and that object once gained, then the restoration of the pure religion of the 13th and 14th centuries, and the debasement of the human mind would have been necessary consequences. The altered charac ter, however, of the foreign diplomacy of England has caused the French Ministers, selected from the old Noblesse, to pause, before they involve in ruin the HQUSC of BOURBON, barbarism, and themselves—for the three are completely de pendent on each other. The chief cause, however, for the im provement in the British funds, is a very current rumour, of which the confirmation is exceedingly probable. The French army, intended for the destruction of civil liberty in Spain, is reported to have exhibited a spirit very hostile to the designs of the French Government. The French Army has, it is re ported, displayed their feelings in a manner which cannot be mistaken. When the vagabonds, smugglers, and disappointed Priests, called, sacrilegiously, the Army of the Faith, were driven by the illustrious General MINA out of his country, polluted by their presence, into that of Frenchmen, they were attacked by a French regiment, and two hundred of them fell before the interference of the officers could gain for the re mainder either hospitality or protection. The whole of the army, assembled on the frontiers, is represented to be possessed with the same spirit. The idea, that Mr. CANNING will on this occasion spew the British Empire in the majesty of her power, as the friend of knowledge and of human prosperity, has given great confidence this day to the Speculators in National Securities. England will not tamely submit to incroachments by France on the liberties of her Allies. A great deal of business was this day done in the Spanish Bonds of 1821, and they have improved betwixt five and six per cent. since the end of last week. The idea of peace has also raised the Russian Scrip fully 2 per cent. The French Rentes are exceedingly dull.—Colombian Bonds are 2 per cent. dearer, and in demand. Since this day week there is s a large arrival of grain at Mark lane, chiefly consisting of the farmers' supplies. Of Wheat, the quantity pp is 13,436 qrs. ; of Barley, 10,331 qrs. ; Malt, 10,506 qrs. ; Oats, 19,109, with 9,575 qrs. of Oats from Ire land. No less,than 16,811 sacks of Flour have also been added to the quantity previously remaining unsold. Wheat is very brisk sale, and prices are fully 2s. a quarter dearer, occasioned chiefly by the prospect of the peace of Europe being disturbed. In other descriptions of grain there is no alteration. Fine Malt ing Barley is quite as dear, but the distillers do not purchase the inferior samples. The large supply of Oats renders this article rather dull sale.—( Morning Chronicle.) DUE L.-A meeting took place yesterday evening (Friday the 6th inst.) a short distance below Bray, between F. Fergu son and Gabriel Stokes, Esqrs., when, after an exchange of shots, the business terminated amicably. Surgeons Carmi chael and Kerin attended professionally.--( Dublin Freeman's Journal.) TO CORRESPONDENTS. The Letter of AURORA BOREALIS, on the Secular Cl er .g' came too late for insertion thi s day, but shall certainly ar pear to-morrow. Bank Stock . , PRICE OF STOCKS THIS DAY AT ONE. o'cirmcl4:. India Stock .................. India Bonds .................. 34, South Sea Stock ............. Old Annuities Ex. Bills ;; 6 Pr' Ditto Small ................... Bank for Act. ............... India for Con. Acct....... Cons. for Account ......... 80,;z 3 per Cent. Red. 79 1 i 3 per Cent. Cons. shut 33 per Cent 4 per Cent. { Old 97 A New shut 9 per Cents. 1797 Bank Lg. Ann. 2O 1-16th Imp. 3 per Cents. — PRICE OF FOREIGN STOCKS IN LONDON, DEC• 10. French AT ONE O'CLOCK. Five per Cents. 87. Six per Cents. 00. Russian Five per Cents. (Metallic) 8?. Ditto New 84. Neapolitan f' Five per Cent. Bonds, 763. ( Scrip, ni. Austrian Five per Cents. ( Metallic) PO. Five per Cent. Bonds, 69. Spanish New Ditto, Scrip, 10 disc. Prussian f Five per Cent. Bonds, 86. - 1. Ditto New, 86. Danish Five per Cent. Bonds, 90. Chili 71. /Old Bonds, 00. Colombian Six per Cent. Bonds, 72.. Ditto Scrip, 00. Peruvian New Loan, 79. Bank Shares -..E21 10s. American Six per Cent. 92-98. Five per Cent. 96A. Three per Cent. 763-. PRICE OF IRISH STOCK, DEC. 7. ....• Bank Stock 9 49 8 Grand Canal Loan, 4 pct. , Gov. Deb. 3 , per cent 914 —Ditto 3 per cent.... , Stock, 34 per ct 90 —DittoStock ............ Gov. Deb. 4 per cent Iff Royal Canal Stock ......... ..., Gov. Deb. 5 per cent. —Stock, 5 per cent. i parEi Ero. Deb. with Gov. Sec..- ._ Treasury Bills, 5 per cent. Pipe Water Deb. 5 per ct. ...... City Debentures, 5 per Do. cent. ~ Lying in Hospital 4 per ct. 5 per cent. .. : ............ Exchange on London, Dec. 6, N. HIGH WATER AT LONDO: Morning, 0 minutes after 0. sT BRIDGE TO-MORR O' Evening, 24 minutes afler THE SUN. SOLEM RUTS DICERS FALSUM AuDEAr LONDON, TUESDAY, DECEMBER 10 2 , 102' [FRoM A CORRESPONDENT.] STOCK EXCHANGE, Twelve o'clock.—The lcd/5 article in the Journal des Debats, received f r°/13 Paris, has created some sensation in the So many articles of late have been inserted the French Papers, b o th p ro an d con , 0° the a affairs of Spain, th a t people are incredulous, 1111 0 in consequence the Funds h ave no t ex p e rienced s t great a rise as was exp e ct e d f rom suc h an import s °t By some it is thought to be a Stock-jeb bin manoeuvre, but by the well informed it is 511 r t he posed to be the forerunn er t o a d ec l ara tion nil part of the French Governm e nt, as t o her CO " regarding the affairs of Sp a i n . C onso ls °e en this morning 80-18 7 and are, up to tbiS "as steady at 86,1. An Express h a s a rrived from Paris with pap e rs of S un d ay , conse quently price of the French Funds can be received. FOREIGN MARKET.—MOSI of the business d °ing this morning is in N ew Sp an i s h and Ru ssian !3onds, which appear to be on the rise. The article from the Journal des &bats, it P". seemingly official character could be relied upon/ might be considered as decisive of the qu estion er of peace or war,—in favour of peace ! Wh eth this Journal speaks from authority or not, h o ' c ' ever, it is now quite evident that that parti France which was b en t u p on th e invaiion ° Spain has begun to calculate with some degre e of coolness the perils of the enterprise on wh ic n t it was but lately so eager to embark. The In“ lse which has taken place will doubtless be less Pr °- ductive of wholesome results; and, as we fel.- vently hope, Europe'may still be saved from the convulsions which a hostile attack on the i e ; ninsula could scarc e ly f a il t o ' exc ite. The p ub mind has recently been so violently' ag itated' both in this 'country and in _Prance, by th e a?‘ pearance of newspaper speculations, mos t properly and mischievously written as Jr die' fated by authority, and consequently ind ucing extensive belief in the truth of the crude con‘ ceptions and unauthorised declarations of th eir ;We/ f real authors, that some means ought, if ll ss n . o to be devised for preventing the recurren ce similar delusions. FRENcIi FUNDS.-DEC. 7. Five per Cents. Opened at Highest Closed at B7 f. 93 c. Bank Stock - 1620 f. c Neapolitan Five per Cents. Exchange on London—One Month 25 f. 25 c• Three Months 25 f. 10 c. [Further Extracts from L'Etoile of the 7th inst.] ST. PETERSBURGH, Nov'. 15.—The two Pl' presses left yesterday their summer residence to inhabit their winter Palace in the Capital. Our Imperial Conservateur has the following :" ; " According to all appearance the Congress 0' Verona will form a memorable epoch in the an" nals of Europe. Some resolutions which t heir have taken will consolidate monarchical ciples in Europe, and establish firmly the 1 1°11 Alliance. STUTGARD, Nov. 30.—The day before yester. day, ten minutes before eleven o'clock is the ma ear sir ( hu eon Th, tal soli tal: his of 1. ) , 1 and r nPl rz )er that