Star.
London, England, 1822-05-02 00:00:00

VIENNA, APRIL is.

Several of the first merchants of this city hare for-
mally contradicted the report of a new loan to be
contracted for by our Government. IVe learn from
a respectable source, that the question of a new loan
is entirely subordinate to that of war or peace ; c.r to
that of the participation of our Government in the
war, if it should take place.

Up to this moment there is no movement of any
importance among the troops. The measures of the
Council of War have hitherto been limited to orders
to the Commanders of several corps to have their re-
giments ready to march a;: the first notice. These
orders have been given to about 28 regiments which,
in case of need, will reinforce our Army of Obs.erva-
tion on the frontiers of Turkey.
The ussian Minister at our Court lately had a
long interview with Prince Metternich, after which
he dispatched a courier to Berlin.

BRUSSELS, APRIL 27.
Letters horn Trieste, of the most recent date, make
no mention of the report spread at Marseilles of the

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' VIENNA,- APRIL 19. .
We are authorised to declare that the airticle dated
from the, Danube, 12th April," inserted in the
Allgemeine Zeilling, of the 15th inst. is, from the
beginning to the end, nothing more than an stn.
Jimmied
.fiction, both with re pest to shat is said in
it of the present disposition of the Porte, and of the
pretended subject of the negociations of lt-de
frtrs-
cheff, at Vienna.—Austrian Observer, April 20.
Ft:lms —April 17, Metalliques, 74A—Bank, 662
18, Metalliques, 74&—Bank, 661

19, Nletalliques, 743-le-13ml, WO.
lENNA, APRIL 21.
Accounts from Prague say that his Majesty the
Emperorwill shortly set out for Verona, and that
several distinguished Sovereigns will join him there.
Vasis Berlin Gazette affirms that M. de Tatis-
cheff has sent a new modified ultimatum to the Reis
Effendi.

Hamburgh Papers to the 27th ult. have been re-
ceived. The following are extracts :

HANOVER, APRIL 23.
This being the day on which his Majesty's Birth-
day is kept, it has been observel with every demon-
stration of joy. His Royal Highness the Governor-
General was plea!ed to receive at his Palace the con-
,ratulations Of a nume►ous and brilliant Court. This
evening there will bean Assembly, Bali. and Supper,
at Herrenhatisen. The Duke and Duchess of Cam-
bridge took up their residence at the Summer Palace,
Nlonbrillant, last Saturday.
By a Royal Rescript of the 25th ult. the use of
torture, which is prescribed by the penal code of
the Emperor Charles V. in cases where the proofs are
deficient, is formally abolished, though it has not
been practised in this kingdom for many years. The
proof by circumstantial evidence is allowed, but the
sufficiency must be recognizei by at least two-thirds
of the Judges. Only when the accused is considered
to be clnvicted on sufficient evidence, but persists in
denying, he cannot be sentenced to death, hard labour
for life, or loss of honour. In such cases, twenty years
hard labour, or public work for ten or twelve years,
are substituted ; and, for loss of honour, a proportional
penalty by labour or imprisonment.

We received a Spanish Mail this forenoon, bring-
ing Madrid Papers to the. 19th ult. The Kmc's
health is said to be improving. An article from
Cadiz, dated the 9th April, states, that official intel-
ligence from Vera Cruz and the Ilavannah confirms
the account of the victory gained by the Spanish
troops over the Insurgents in the plains of Guachi,
on the 12th of September. It adds that, "By the
armistice concluded at Babaryo between Colonel
TALIA, commanding the Spanish troops of Quito,
and General SUCRE those of Guayaquil, another was
to be concluded on the same terms by the Spanish
General commanding the troops that occupied the
Province of Popayan, and the General of the troops
of Coltimbia. It appears from this armistice, re-
quested by the Insurgents of Columbia and Guaya-
quil, that our troops occupy the whole of the Pro-
vinces of Quito, Cuenca, and Popayan."