Star.
London, England, 1824-01-13 00:00:00

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iphig:=l. Siir of the wen tbetvin have
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. ye*respectfully pray to take
bee einside hof reed to the Legislo. '
Inn, in the ensuing. to repeal the remnant of the Union,
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Attics, and thereby to your Lordships a greakir facility Of
piecing the hitercoursel eta the two countriti completely on
libitieedng of a coasting trade."
' -"TisiabWie Memorial has been signed by 516 of the meet aortae
'tble men of business in Dublin. .. .....

THE EVENING STAR....- . _

LONDON.

•
TUESDAY, JANUARY 13, 18'24.
THE FUNDS.
STOCK EXCHANGA TWELVE O'CLOCK.
Consols opened this morning at 1:191,i, and afterwards dropped-
to 89 to I, with very little doing.
The Warlike article ihserted in an Evening Paper last night, has
not had any effect on the hlarket, as persons well informed do not
attach any credit to it. •
FOREIGN FUNDS.
Spanish Bonds opened at 241 to I, and got up to with. little
business doing; except in the above Bonds and Austrian Scrip.
Current Prices :—Old Spanish 241 to 1, Nevi Austrian Si ft;
Russian 691 to 1, Poyais 31, Mexican Mine Shares 404411 prem.
Colombian 65.
PIUCE OF STOCKS AT ONE O'CLOCK.
• Think Stock 234% %—3 per Cent. Redu. 881 k 44
S per Ccut. Cons. 87% IA 7/8 % —3i per Cents. 99%
4. 4 per Cents. Old 101 7/8 14—New zosyB 106 105 /8
Bank Lon," Anns. 9.2 14.—India 13ouds 8554375...

.South Sea Stock 9914 3/4—New Annuities 87V2
Exchequer Bills 58s. 56i. 59i. 58s. pr.
Consols for Account 891/4489 1/4.•

When we were yesterday inferring the pacific inten-
tions of the French, Cabinet, from the declarations in the
Journal des Debats, its official organ, we little dreamt
that our worthy contemporary, the Courier, was again
attempting to hoax the Public—for the Funds were not
affected by the statement—with rumours of w ar. " We
wish to create no alarm, at least no unnecessary alarm,"
quoth the Courier, and then he goes on to state how he
foretold that there would be wAr in Spain, btrt not a
word of the retreat behind the Ebro.
Another of the Courier's prophecies, which was -sn,
little noticed that the Editor thinks it may be safely re-
vived, was—that a great fleet was fitting out at Brest.
The old story is now revived. The fleet could not, it ap-
pears, have been fitted out when the Cowier last sounded
the alarm, for it had to await the arrival of full four.
teen foreign vessels (Russian, Swedish, Pt ussian,ltc.),
which delivered their cargoes of hemp, tallow, ate. into
the arsenal." No sooner, however, had this supply
rivet, than the artisans of the Dockyard broke the Sab.
bath, in order to carry silent/11 on the preparing -of the
fleet, which we are assured consists of eight sail of the
line, five large heavy frigates, and four smaller, four
brigs, and five sloops, all ready for sea.
The Courier expresses a pious hope that Sir CIIA IMES
SIVA rir will be able to transmit.a satisfactory explana-
tion to his MAJESTY'S Government, respecting these
naval -preparations. Were any such Meet preparing,
we have no doubt but he would ; but should he f.til in
this, we are sure a British Admiral would soon give a
good account of it. But it appears
.that the trench
have not only got naval stores froth 'all the maritime
Powers enumerated by the Courier, but that even an
English Captain has supplied them with masts, ace,
for the Dock Yard, though as a Campensation for
suppl)ing materials for a fleet, destined, as is insi-
nuated, against us, the Captain has communicated to the
Courier, the use to which they were to be appropriated.
But let us see how this awful intelligence is treated by
our Morning cotemporaries. The Times takes no
notice of it. The. ( hronick chronicles it derisively.
The Post puts no faith in it. The Ledger enters it in
its day-book—a waste hook would lave been the pro-
per place for it; the Herald speaks doubtingly; but
-the Sew Times and the British Press convert the
astounding intelligence into ridicule: -as will be seen
by the following extracts from these two Journals