Star.
London, England, 1822-12-21 00:00:00

THE EVENING STAR.

LONDON.

SATURDAY, DECEMBER 21, 1822.
XV. UMW', DAL—Holiday at the Beak.

' THE FUNDS.
STOCK EXCHANGE, HALF-PAST TWEL
Core* opened this morning at 79/ to 80, with a heavy
bet, owing, it is supposed, to the Corm having decreed
Loan of 40 minions of reels. An express also arrived early ,
the morning from Paris, bringing the French Funds of Thurs-
day at 88. 30. Two other expresses arrived from the French
Capital about eleven o'clock, stating that the Funds were down
to 88. b. Consols are, up to this hour, 79/ j, and the market
still heavy.

roomy rumps.
New Spanish Bonds, which opeix4 at 54i, fell to SSII 4, as
soon as the expresses arrived from Paris. There is however so
little business doing in this market, that no certain price of the
Foreign Funds can be quoted. New Spanhis have got up again
to 53%.

All the rumours which agitated the Money Mar-
kets of London and Paris have died away, and per-

baps will not be succeeded by others until some spe-
culating Jobber has a purpose to serve by depressing
the Funds, for it is certain that the fluctuations are
rather to be attributed to artifices of this sort than to

the aspect of " mundane affairs," as FRANCIS Moon;
Physician, would say. The French Journals of Wed-
nesday are quite silent as to the question of peace or
war, and scarcely contain a paragraph worth quoting,
unless the KING going to Mass and giving audience
to his Ministers can be considered as such. An ar-
ticle from the frontiers of Spain says—" Bayonne
is in a state of bustle, and everything indicates war.

The park of Artillery is prepared to move at a mo- 1
ment's notice ; it is composed of 300 tumbrils full of
ammunition, and 36 field pieces. General TIRLET,

Inspector-General of Artillery, has just arrived here.
"The fortifications of our town are actively carried on,
notwithstanding the bad weather.
The Journal de Paris says, " M. SIERRA, one of
the persons attached to the Spanish Embassy, in
London, has lately come to Fiance, on his way as a
courier extraordinary from London to Madrid. The
mission with which he is charged, we are assured, is
of the highest importance; at least he travels with
such speed, that, contrary to usage, be did not enter
Paris, and his journey was only known at the Spanish
Embassy by a letter, communicating his. destination
to M. the Duke de SAN LonENZO."

In the STAR of the ilth inst. we corrected the mis-
take of the French journals, in which it was stated that
the KING had refused to sign the Decree of Cortes
for the regulation of Patriotic Societies. The Decree
is now published with the signatures, and in the official
form. The folloWing ate the chief Articles :
1. All persons who propose to asset publicly for the purpose
of discussing political subjects, must give twelve hours' previous
notice of the time and place of meetitlg to the First Constitutional
Alcalde, or the Political Chief of the district.
2. If it be, intended that the Meetings shall be periodical,
those who propose to form the Society must draw up a set of
Rules, and present the-same to the above-mentioned Magistrates
within the filed period of twelve hours; not, however, for the
approbation of the said Authorities, but merely to give an op-
portunity for ascertaining whether anything is proposed to be
dot* whicja may, call for consideration or interposition.
5. In the case of any appearances of sedition, suoh as acts of
violence, or.faeoous acclamations, the Political Chief, the Al-
calde, or the.Corregidor, is empowered to dissolve the meeting;
which is to be done by reading, three times, with a loud voice,
the present law, and desiring all the persons then assembled to
disperse. In the case of their refusing to obey, force may be
used to mike them withdraw. •
4. The dispersion of a meeting or society shall not prevent its
members from assembling. again within three days ; but all the
formalities required by article lit must be repeated.
5. These meetings may remain open until midnight, or one in
the morning; but after the last-mentioned hour, the Magistrates
may dismiss them. If the persons present refuse to withdraw,
they -Ball be held to be in a state of disobedience, and the society
shall incur the penalty of suspension.
G. These meetings have no legal character ; and petitions from
them cannot be received as from corporate bodies, but must be
held as merely expressing the opinion of the individuals present.

His MAJESTY continues to enjoy excellent health
and spirits, at his Palace at Brighton. On Thursday
Lordand Lady GwYDYR, Lord JoHN TOWNSEND. and
Mr. GREENWOOD, had the honour of dining with his

MAJESTY.
The Marquis of GRAHAM has arrived at his father's (the Duke
of MoNvuoss) house, in Grosvenor-square, from a tour.
The Earl of Essaoaouou left town yesterday, for his seat,

Richmond.
The Earl of MALSIESBURT has arrived at his seat, Heron-
Court, Hants, front a tour.
The Earl of CHZ3TIIIFIFAD has left town for his seat, Bradley
Hall, Derbyshire.
Lord and Lady Ct.= have arrived at their father's house,
the Earl of Powis's seat, Walcot, Salop, from a tour.
Lord AUHERST has left town fur his seat, Montreal House,

Kent.
Lord Sv. Harattes arrived yesterday in town from the Earl of
Essaa's seat, Cashiobury Park, Herts.
Lord Nliontarmr has arrived at his seat, Wollaston House,
Notts, from Mail, Yorkshire.
Lord LANGFORD left town yesterday for his seat, Cooper 11111,

Surrey.
Lord WILLIAII RENTINCE has left his seat, Lynn, for the Duke
of Poart.awn's seat, We%beck, Notts.
Lady SOPHIA Hearacore has arrived in town from her mo-
ther's (the Countess of DYSART) seat, Ilam House, Surrey.
Viscount LARS has left town for his seat in Hens.
Count LATIN= has arrived at the Pultener Hotel, Piccadilly,
from Paris.
The ll•mourable ROBERT Olive, M.P. has left town for his
seat, Oakley Park, Salop.
More than 100 fine large trees were torn up by
the roots during the late violent storm of wind, in
Hardwick Park, in Derbyshire, one of the seats of
the Duke of DEVONSHIRR.
In the course of the ensuing year there will be six
Eclipses, viz. four of the Sun, and two of the Moon;
one of the former will be visible here, and two of the
latter, which will be total.— Time's Telescope.
Thursday afternoon, a cat penter employed in one
of the large houses building near the King's Mews,
fell from the roof to the ground, and was killed on
the spot.
Saturday, on the arrival of one of the London
coaches, at Banbury, two of the horses were seized,
in pursuance of a distress warrant, for_eight guineas,
granted against the proprietor, who is a Member of
Major STRATTON'S Corps of Yeomanry, and who
had refused to pay a fine inflicted on him for not
joining the corps last spring when in quarters, at
' Oxford. The horses have since been redeemed, and
Ilthe fine paid.
When the Persian Envoy was introduced to the
fErtro at the last Court, he presented to his MAJESTY
a mirror, as a compliment of the highest order. It
is the production of an artist who is particularly pa-
tronized by the Prince ABBAS MIRZA, and is the
first specimen of modern sculpture which has been
brought to any degree i perfection in that country.
It is of an oblong shape, with a kind of circular top
indented, and is about 14 or 15 inches wide, and about
21 inches in height, including the top. The ap-
parent frame, top, and back, are formed out of a solid
slab of pure white marble, nearly an inch thick. The
lass is sunk in the centre, the marble surrounding
it being sculptured in what the Persians call a Gothic
style, but to a European has the appearance of a'run-
Ding pattern, or sprig richly gilt. The back is sunk
lin the middle to correspond with the obverse or front,
and in the centre, in bas relief, is a whole length
portrait of the Prince Royal of Persia (in ad-
mirable likeness), with a lion couchant at his feet
on the dexter side, and a disnummed cannon on
the sinister. The top and border are sculptured,
and gilt to correspond with the other side ; but in
the border, or apparent frame, two panels are intro•
duced on each side, with one at the top and another
at the bottom, iu each of which is a Persian couplet,
in bas-relief, painted black on the surface: these form
the theme of congratulation from his Royal High:
ness to the King of GREAT BRITAIN, on his accession
to the throne of these realms. As the Persians abound in
metaphor, there is no doubt but the material from
which the mirror is principally wrought, is intended-
to signify the stability of the PrinarltilAs MlitiA
sentiments.

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the Non-commissioned Mews of his Regiment, the City of 704 and
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