Star.
London, England, 1823-02-19 00:00:00

THE EVENING STAR.

LONDON.

i

WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 19. 1845.
THK FUND&
STOCK EXCHANGE, HALF-PAST TWELVE.
Tbt majority of the Public are led to believe, by the gradual
rise of the French Funds., and the procrastination in crossing
the Pyrenees, that some accommodadoi tiny pot- take place ;
.but others affirm, that the stationary prism of the Wendt Funds'
are the manceuvres of the French Ministry,. mall they. have ob-
tained their New Loan. The Espressos frost Paris thisimarti•
log brought the Funds from that capital es 79 f. 115 e. and Spo-
nisb 58k. Comae opened this morn* at whisk
'price they are stationary:
• A House in the city, of some arainfoninit 121081 p commove,
failed yesterday, it is said to a emideralloomilit. A Reset,
HOW* at Frankfort, of great not. in the diansuni lbw.. which has
been speculating in the Funds to the amount et i 1141lics brim,
bas stopped payment.
. There is but little doing in Consols this morning, as most of
the parties are puzsied how to act at this critical junctitie--tbe
speculations in the Funds being a very desperate pate at present.
FOREIGN FUNDS.
Spanish Bonds have rather improved : in the early part of the
morning they were done at 32j, but afterwards got up to 33j,
sowing, it is supposed, to news coming of theft being higher at
Paris.

Current Prices :—Chilian 70, New Spanish 331, New Prus-
sian 741, 014791, Russian 71, banish 7131,76,:C010mbian 491
o 50, New Spanish Scrip 531.
PRICES OF STOCKS AT ONE O'CLOCK.
Bank Stock 23414
• 3 per Cent. Reduced 741/4 3/a
3 per Cent. Consols 73% 34 1h %
314 per Cu. 863/214-4 per Ct. Old 9278 931/4
4 per Cents. New 931/2 1/4 9314
Bank Long Annuities 191/4 14
Imperial 3 per Cents. 75%
India Bonds 265. 28s.—South Sea Stock 83%
Ezcliequer Bills of £l,OOO, 12% 14s. pte.
Ditto Small, 12s. 14s. pre.
Consols for Acct. 73% Ye 3/s

In the House of Commons last night, Mr. Punaterr
postponed his motion, relative to the Catholic Ques-
tion, which stood for to-morrow, till the 19th -of
April. Both Sir Jolla NEwPonr who requested him
to do k, and Mr. CANNING who supported the re-

guest, urged the present disturbed state of Ireland as

a sufficient reason why the motion should be post-
poned. The open attacks which have recently been
made by an Evening Paper, under the influence of
one party in the Cabinet, on Marquis WELLesmr,
together with the recent outrages in Dublin—the
acts of a party fM,tered and .cherished by some

personages in power, prove the exigence of such

exasperated and vindictive feelings in certain. high
.places, that it appears very judicious not to bring
forward the motion at present. Before it is again
agitated, we trust that the party alluded to will no
longer occupy a seat in the Cabinet. At least it is
certain that there is so violent a difference of opinion
and cf conduct among the leading Members of the
present Administration, with regard to Leland, that
it is not Possible they can continue to act together.
Who among them will triumph over his opponents
time only can sheer.

French Papers of Sunday, February 16th, have
arrived, but have brought no intelligence of im-
portance. We are glad, however, to see that M.
MAncHANGY, the intemperate Attorney-General of
France, the wretched tool of the Ultras in carrying
on the late State prosecutions in that Country, has
been declared by. a Committee of the Chamber of
Deputies, not to postess the qualifications required of
the.llembers. This report of the Committee gave
rise to some intemperate harangues in the Chamber,
in which the conduct of the l'refect of Nievre was
severely animadverted on, for placing M. MAR..
CHANCY improperly on the list of persons eligible
to serve as Deputies.
As the Prefect is a servant of the Govern:tient, we

may form some idea from this fact of the manner in
which Elections ate controuled in France by the Exe-
cutive. Possessing, as it does, very great influence
in the nomination of Deputies, the large minority
which lately voted against the Ministerial Project of
the AJdress, may be taken as an indication of the
♦ery great unpopularity in France of the meditated
attack on Spain.

THE PROSPECTS-OF EUROPE.

CONTINUED FROM THE STAR OF [MONDAY LAST.

Though it may be true that in France, in Spain,
and in Portugal, as ,has been remarked, the Military
hare been found to Ico-operate with the People, when
driven to assert their rights against the Government,
yet it may be said, and with some truth, that none of
these cases are precisely k point, in as much as they
only go to prove, that, in au intelligible question of
rights between Altelers and their People—that, in
struggles between'Tyrwiny and Liberty, Sovereigns
have reason to fear' that 'theft. aimed faits will not
always be fotind ranked.* the. side Pt Oppression!
and, further, that mute the COALITION OF
DESPOTS . was. farmed, net . one .set of Tyrants
tcyrtiatt
leagued against another as jiffies, bur : .n ' kageed,
es issiefarfas skid* aMe Peopl.e:', 409144:' over
which they themselves. *lle, Ar .. ,44ur, Poilfir—
nothing has occurred crilculated othiadite:* belief
that the Holy Aier have any raavet*to)appreheed
that the mesas of coercion wfikh: diet litistess,.ire
not *efficient to enable thatiege#ooO elltec` all thei
I
014 Willi iiiiisiiptd. 'ad purposetfOr. 44 . i . the 1

• 1:'