Star.
London, England, 1823-04-02 00:00:00

FRENCH PAPER'S OF SUNDAY.
• rAAIII,„ MARCH :A.
• TRW TUB MUMS. ettarte.Auk,
A Subscription has been opened at Strasburgh by
party of the ex-guard national Of that city, to make
M. Mercier a.ptitieat a a .goblet„ .wbe worked bY,
the celebrated Kintigh'. • The list akeady contains
#ime hundred 'signalers& ••• .
It is repOrted;.tblitiktbe dishasaiettsint;the Budget,
ime to takelibtee Mt' Mixidiy• 4di-04. ye*.
-atintity),:thet amen* right.will farm, a Wong GPO-.
'attiOn to the •
. .3. Stl • ,andatiikitome efforts at re•
teu ikbt et not believed. . The
to r. 1
.41.1011)46.014; ICM En/ MCII, • b o now before us,lives las aosucklopes, tbatedacti 4,1
ons prOposedleing
Wrylbstnifiegra.;• -1:4 • a • •
The loan of 109,000,000 r which has been granted,
will not be entaikli lt,khe war Actually begins, and
the ieeingeisfstbefreasurt mast have been soon ex-
- Irallate4l.llr.' equippWitt artily Of 'ro,ooo men. It
was.becessaryt tlieere; to negotiate for a loan; but
-this tented hark fnUen (rem 95 to:78. A considerable
sale would-have sankthem still lower. The issue of
Agia equer hilltlikats de in taisse de service) seemed
a better means' of tecttring the Treasury, because
the negociation would 'not alter public credit to
so great a degree. It has been decided, there-
fore, to create 40,000,000 r. of Exchequer bills.-
-It was thought that the first houses of the capital
would have beeti.reaily to lend their money on this
security ; but, if :we area correctly informed, it was
necessary to have recoarse to a foreign house, give it
GI, per cent. •aild /p. pet cent. commission, on condi-
tion that it collects a sum of 40,000,0001. in four
months, and receives in exchange Exchequer bills, at
three, six, and nine months date. 'This is the begin-
ning of the circtilation--;•the end cannot be foreseen.
The floating debt will increase, therefore, from day
to day, and probably. will amount next year, with-
out including the expense of the war, to 380,000,000 f.
Taking only four years payment of the acknowledg-
ments of liquidation, et 70,000,000 f. a year, will be
280,000,000 f. 67,000,0001. of arrears, and 40 millions
of francs, Exchequer bills, Makes altogether three
hundred and eighty-seven millions of francs.
It is true, that to meet this the Minister possesses
25,000,000 renter, which he estimated at 93, 50 francs,
but they are not negOciatesi, they are pledged to the
Dank as well, it is smelt as, some Exchequer Bills. An
Orduaace authorises the Bank to sell these mutes if
the tonne of eachatige is bad, and .Most assuredly
wir is not a hate which ,strengthens credit. Our fi-
oansial situatioe is 'therefore serious, and the stsOstA
akillollnanciers Cannot improve it.
• The Quotidiensse abuses us for having announced.
'the arrival of Getteral 'Mina on the frontier, without
saying that he was accompanied by Colonel Fabvier;;
and that thissroup, had displayed a tricoloured flag
and an Imperial- eagle toour troops. We could not
have believed that this-was one of those causes in
4hicli-M.i'de L. would halie insaried our silence as
•
* crime. .
Several Inhabitant's:4l44k iesterday waited on
.. .141..:Manuel, to .ptesent- him with the Civic Crown
feast-that city. After accepting the present, M. Ma;
itteideti a banquet of more than forty persons,
.
. :iuhabitents of Lyons, lining at Paris.
The signature of M. Mercier has been forged to a
letter, requesting a Nobleman to lend him the sum
of 240 francs.. The fraud was instantly detected,,
and. M. Mercier . made the whole affair public, to,
spew the means which are taken to dd him an injury.
• - 'The official Gazette of Madrid, of the 19th, con-
tains. the Decree of the Cortes, sanctioned by the King,
to forbid the enu ance into the ports. of Spain of yes-
, ids belonging to Powers which haiebroken the suni-
•cable relations with Spain.
Our correspondent at Bayonne informs us that.the'
twenty-two pontOons for passing the Bidassoa are,
. ready. .The Duke of Angouleme was expected on,
• the Slat. •
• Vitionglit to have 'letters from Perpignan of the
;224 but We have this evening only received a letter.
dated ;he 20th. It is thus conceived The Con-,
stitatiooal troops of. Spain occupy the camp of Ruse
Gonde, opposite St. Laurent de Cerdans, and they;
hate appeated at ,the Ccd de , Malrem, in front of our
posts. They sang patriotic* songs, and displayed signs
• which are proscribed by the French laws. These
movemenis produced alarm among the Spanish refu-
gees. They expected news from the interior of Spain,
•which could not reach them, as the line of posts which
'is established is very close, and the communications
have become Constitutionnel.
. The Echo du Midi,.after alluding to the above tir-
• comstances, says-
- mi While this reconnoissance was executing on the
...stile of Malrem by the Constitutional troops, those of
. • Fabiegas and part of those of Lloberas passed along
the line of Monas and Itivelles. It was remarked that
'the 'corps cantoned at Campredon and at Barge; were
followed by an immense number of mules,loaded with
.the produce of the booty taken from the Army of the
Faith. The corps of Lloberas, of the Political Chief
of Barcelona, of Costa, and of Atango, are destined
to traverse the districts of Figuexas, (siren, and Vich.
General Milans is to forward vs Barcelona the pri-
soners of war, the hostages, and the wounded. On
sth the miquelets of the Junquera made an ex-
cursion to St. Laurent-de-la-Muga, and returned next
day. Mina and Milans left Figueras on the 17th,
and proceeded towards the Perthus. They were pre-
ceded to the Junquera by 5000 men. One half took
position on the 18th before the village, and the other
halt proceeded to Massanet. About eleven in the
morning, Mina, accompanied by Milans, and several
Officers of his Staff, appeared at the Maison d'Espagne,
situated under the,walls of Bellegarde,and immedi-
ately contiguous to the line of separation of the two
kingdoms. He was escorted by about 200 men.
After some demonstrations, he announced that be had
established an impenetrable cordon from the Urgel
to the Junquera, and had forced the Army of the
Faith to take refuge in France."
The Moniteur contains three pr&nances, signed by
Viscount Digeon. The last is signed by him as Se-
cietary of State for the War Department.
TROIA THE JOURNAL DES DEBAT&
TOULOUSE, MARCH 23.
The Duke d'Angoulemd entered our walls op the
20th, at four o clock in the evening. Several Spaniards
of distinction had the honour to be introduced to his
Royal Highness, from whom they met with the most

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