The National Register.
London, England, 1823-03-16 00:00:00

snore than anything else to place such extreme pro-
fligacy in a very striking point of view.

THE FUNDS, YESTERDAY.

IHALF-PAST Two o'CLoct.

We have one express from Paris this morning,
but it brings no intelligence to affect our m irket— j
Consols 73i. They continued steady at that price
till two o'clock, when they went up to 74, and
snore business has been done since that hour,
than had been transacted during the early part of
the day.
It is said that 30 French officers of the Legion of
Honour, who served under Buonaparte, and who
were in this country, have left within these few
days for Spain—in whose army they are to have
respective commands.
It is also said that some further contracts have
been entered into by government for the navy.
FOREIGN.—This being settling day in Foreign
business, has been confined principally to winding
up accounts. As very little is now done in Foreign,
but for money, nothing has occurred beyond the
ordinary mane of business.
Bonds which have been done so low as 27i, and
as high as 28k, are now 281.

Sciip, on which there has been another payment
made this day, has been at 381—now 38 di,.

New York papers to the 16th ult. have arrived,
but supply no intelligence of importance. The new
tariff bill is in progress through the legislature, and
though it has led to stormy debates in the House of
Representatives, appears likely at least to pass that
house. The bill to regulate the commercial inter-
course between the United States and the British
colonial ports was read in the Senate for the third
time, and passed on the lith ult. Prince Paul of
Wurtemberg had arrived at New Orleans, on an
intended tour through the United States. A re-
port from the Secretary of the Treasury states the
imports of the Union last year at 80 millions, and
the exports at 74 millions; leaving a balance of
trade against the United States of eight millions of
dollars.
Letters, dated the 28t1t. ult., have been received
from Barcelona. The highest enthusiasm, it ap-
pears, was excited there by the speeches of Lord
Liverpool and Mr. Canning on the opening of the
session, which had been translated into Spanish,
.and
circulated among the inhabitants. They interpreted
them not only into an approbation of the constitu-
tional cause, but into a promise of interference on
their behalf, or support if attacked. The feeling
that England was about to become the ally of Spain
became so general, that the officers and men of the
Army of the Faith were daily coming into Barcelona
to claim the benefit of the amnesty published by the
Cortes.
EIRE IN THE EAST INDlFS.—lntelligence was
received on Thursday by the Berwickshire East In-
diaman, which left Canton on the 13tli of November,
of a most destructive fire in that city. It broke
out on the night of the Ist, at the city wall, near
the back of the European factories, and did not cease
in its destructive career till it had levelled them
with the ground, together with u space of nearly
two miles square of the dwellings and manufactories
of the Chinese. The number of houses destroyed
is estimated at 13,700, according to the English
account, but the Chinese make it amount to 16,000.
Five hundred Chinese arc said to have lost their
lives during the conflagration. A strung gale of
wind which blew at the time assisted the fury of
the element, and as the native would nut permit
their houses to be pulled down, all the efforts of
the Europeans to stop its progress were unavailing.
The fire continued to burn till five o'clock en the
morning of the 31. The seamen belonging to the
Company's ships exerted themselves to save the fac-
tories, but could not prevent the destruction of the
whole of the warehouses. It was equally impossible
to save the greater part of the goods within them,
and the loss to the Company has consequently been
extremely great. The statements vary la to its ex-
tent, some describing it as 500,0001. and others as
high as 1,000,0001. sterling. Woollens, raw si k,
nau.keens, and 30,000 chests of green tea are the
principal articles said to have been destroyed. The
Company's treasure was saved, and had been sent
on buard their own ►hips. The actual loss of British
private property is said to have ken extremely
small, except what may be bereafter sustained by
the failure of the Hong or security merchants, to
make good their engagements. These, us might be ;
expected, were among the principal sufferers ; and
three of them, whose names are Mouqua, Chinqua,
and Puunthequa, are said to have sustained losses to
the amount of 300,0001. sterling. By this fire,
forty thousand of the Chinese are said to have been
deprived of their habitations, which is probably be-
low the truth, in sa dense a population as that of
Canton. It was estimated that the cost of restoring
the buildings destroyed would exceed 13,000,000 of
dollars; and that some years must elapse before
Canton can recover its former situation.