Star.
London, England, 1823-12-09 00:00:00

LONDON.

TUESDAY., DECEMBER . L 1823.
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THE FUNDS.
STOCK EXCHANGE TWELVE O'CLOCK.

Consols opened this Incising at 8.5 i, at wideh pries-day MN
continued up to this hour, with little or no vAriatios. MIN 10111ip
ne.ss was doing in the early part of the morning.
We do not hear of any ll:press having arrived from Paris:
deed, there is seldom any on the Tuesdays. _ . .

Private accounts received yesterday from Paris, on which some
reli.ince may be plat d, assets that a general amnesty will soca
take place in Spain. This act cf resumer') is attributed to the
interference of the Allied Powers, ho have solicited him to adopt
a mild government, by which mewls the prosperitz of Spain may
again be brought about. •••• •
We underiland that a *slim motive arrived in town yester-
day, with dispatches from Ws Government.
FOREIGN FUNDS
Bonds.opetted at 264, and .got. up to 4, k.—ln all other
Foreign Securities there was but little doing.
Current Priors :—New Spanish 10 to 1, Old 2dl k, Colombian
59k, Chilian 67 to;, Russian sly, Poysis sk.

PRICE OF STOCKS AT ONE O'CLOCK.
Bank Stock 226 2225%-3 per Ct. Redu. 84% 3/8 %
5% per Cents, 98-4 per Cents. Old 100% SA
Bank Long Assns. 21 7-16 56—India Bonds 80s. 795.
Exchequer Bills (11,000) 50s. 51s.
India tor Acct. 271—Coos. fol do. 8554 ':4 ;4.

We have received Paris Papers of Studds,. and
Sunday, and under the head of Spain ere have given
copious extracts from theta in our preceding page. It
would appear from a Garrison Order, published on the
30th ult, at Cadiz, that very littlek confidence subsists
between the Spaniards and their Gallic protectors. The
feelings of both towards one anothtrwill probably soon
assume a character of much deeper distrust ; and the
French will find the task they have undertaken to be as
arduous as it is already unpopular. In the meantime they
are strengthening the defences of Cadiz, from s+ hich it
May be inferred that they contemplate along possession.
However, it is not with thepeopk alone of Spain that
the French are on bad tertns, if we are to credit a
Madrid article, which notices a sanguinary scuffle be-
tween a portion of the. French garrison and some lan-
cers of the regiment of FWINAND the Vllth. The
provocation is represented as trifling, which confirms,
instead of dispreving, the mutual rancour. In' the
meantime, the Spanish Monarch, in order to prove to
all Europe the love which his subjects bear towards
him, and he feels towards them, .confides the guard of
his sacred person to the French military almost exclu-
sively. His principal Counsellors too, with' the excep-
tion of SAZZ, are of the same nation ; and this Bour-
bon predilection for France must be, no doubt, highly
flattering to the Spanish nation!
_

The Ministers of FERI)I24ND, we are told, are ear-
nestly occupied in reducing to some kind of order the
confused finances of the kingdom. We heartily wish
them a safe and speedy deliverance from the arduous
undertaking; though we fear that their labours will
not correspond with their zeal, or the wants of the Ga.
vernment. They forget, however, that a.certain degree
of security, personal and public, is necessary to the re-
establishment-of the finances: and that poverty is one of
the plague-spots of a fanatical and capricious despotism.
We 'egret to hear that the famous Empecinado has
been made prisoner by a Royalist detachment; for we
fear that Ms services in the grad war of independence
will not befriend him in his present perilous situation.

We have revived some additional articles of intelli-
gence. brought by the Atahualpa, from Peru,which we
subjoin. It will be seen that very different accounts are
given (idle conduct of the Spanish Getieral, CANTIAAC,
while in occupation of Lima. According to one letter,
the contributions levied were moderate, and British pro-
perty was so far respected that there was only a duty
of 15 per cent. Unposed on it—but the, majority of
statements sepreseat, that the seizure'of property ex-
ceeded a million ,or dollars, of which above 100,000
were levied from British residents.

EXTRACT OP A LETTER PROM A.DINTLIPIAN IN CAL•
LAO, TO HIS TRIEDD.IN IRVINE, DATED JULY 25 :
I suppose yos must have heard ere tile that the Royalists
have made a descent upon Lint. I think, however, that this win
be the Ant Intelßraise of their having evaluated it, after having
resumed in the city eve or six weeks. During their stay they be-
haved like Gentlemen. AU British property was so far respected
that there was wiry a ditty of 15 per cent kvled on it. From the
inhabitants there was a 4entand made of 500,000 dollars, together
with some woollen cloth and some linen for the soldiers. The
greater part of the demand was complied with, and every attempt
to plunder was punished severely."

" Luta, Attars 2.
" You will doubtless have heard of the great changes which have
latterly tate 'place in this quartes. The prospects for all who are
concerned in trade are gloomy in the extreme. It is generally ex-
pected. that in the course of four months General Cameras will
again visit Lima. Previously to his last leaving It, he sent official
dispatches to Captain Prescott, of his Majesty's ship Aurora, in-
forming him that he sheuld have occasion to return hither in the
course of his military movements, and that when be neat came, he
should confiscate all the foreign property he might find here. I-k said
it was entirely owing to the lenity of the Chiefs that it had hitherto
been spared. His nest approach will be the signal for all the Eng-
lish merchants, to retire. Not one of them will risk his person or
prOperty by staying. It was on the 16th ult. that General Causterac
and the Royalist. Army took their departure, after having plendered
the 'city of nearly a million and a half of dollars. The amount Of
British prepefty lost in the Custom-bore was upwards of 100,000
dollars. blessrs. Gibbs, Crawly, Mons, and Co. suffered more
than any other house. The loss of property upon the whole must
be very considerable, including outstanding debts and the paper
money issued by the Government. At present bon Bernard Torte
Taik is at the head of the Government ; but they are In a wretched
state of poverty, and have not thirty dollars to rely upon.
abort, affairs cannot look more gloomy sr discouraging."
" Auntie: 16, 123.—W• bowl now to Warm you, that the,
irsitnish troops evacuated this dry on the lid; *into, after vitals.
ing the pOssession of irduring twenty-eight days, nod matched in '
direttlast Pisco and Comte, at which latter place they now re.