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London, England, 1822-12-03 00:00:00

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New Spanish Bonds opened this morning at Ct Sin thou-
sand were done at that price; afterwards they went up to 52,
54, 54. Very little but.iness has been done except in the above
Bondv—all other securities are nominal. We are informed that
the Committee of the Stock Exchange have invited several Bro-
kers of the Foreign Market to dine with them at the London
Tavern, wishing to %Mite the Stock Exchange and the Foreign
N ark et.
STOCK v.tcti A NGF., AST ONE O'CLOCK.
The market is rather improving, and Consols look a little
better than they did, but it is expected that they will not remain
even at the present price. Consols shutting to-dry, has also
tended to depress the prices. Consols79/ for the Account
roams fIAILIKET, MOE Q.CLOCX.
There is not the least business doing. Within the last hour not
s single transaction has been done.—Spanish Bonds 52e.
PRICES OF STOCKS AT UNE O'CLOCK.
Bank Stock 244% 241
g per Cent. Reduced 783/4 7/8 41,1 %
t; per Cent. Consols 79 791/4 14 vs
tivs per Cent. 90% 318...-4. per Cent. 96% %
4 per Cent. \ew 1003/4 997/3 way,
Bank Long Annuities '2Ol/8
India Stock 254 253 252—Bonds 355. 255.
fides. Bills (C 1,000) 3s. pr. par, 3s. Is. pr.
Ditto 0500) 4s. Is. pr.—Ditto Small 2s. 6c.
Consols for Acct. 791 79 79% %80 7914

If certain journalists, who have repeatedly assured
us that the peace of Europe would not be disturbed;
can now be relied upon, it would appear that the la-
bours of Congress are terminated, and that the Holy
Alliance has determined " to cry havoc, and let slip'
the dogs of war 1" By an extraordinary conveyance
the Afoniteur of Sunday has been received. It •an-
nounces the return of Viscount MONTMORENCY, the
French Envoy to the Congress, who arrived in Paris
on Saturday ; and after a good deal of mystifying, in
which it assures us that the French Government has
possessed that weight and importance at the Con-
gress to which it is entitled, contains the following
paragraph ; that " the Continental Powers will leave
to France the end and termination of the affairs of
Spain, with the intention of concurring watt all their
force in such plans of execution as France shall be in
a situation to adopt."
Though this statement is sufficiently warlike, yet'
it is not very explicit. The object of France in send-
ing an Ambassador to the Congress was, we are well
msured, to induce the Holy Alliance to join her in a
crusade against Spain. The British Ambassador is
known to have strenuously opposed such an outrage
en all the principles of justice. The French Minister,
it would seem, then asked permission that she might
be allowed to attack the Spaniards, which Js certainly
ridiculous enough. For if the case was as dte Pres&

Government reptelants itp-thei *Wet/ Of
endillsgiwed by Spain, then all)Dg parmistton to
go toyetir was, in fact, skiing lea* to defend itself;
a rightirhich thnHolt Allies deem treasonable, but
*hick the laws of Goa and man have sanctioned.—
But if the right of attacking Spain did not belong to
France, the only Power that can with aay ;thew of
truth pretend to be endangered by it, still less have
the Allied Sovereigns any right, save that of power)
to give permission to it.
But to return once more to the Afoniteur. We are
first told that the Continental Powers will leave to
France the end and termination of the affairs of

Spain; this would imply that they would leave
France to settle her own quarrels, and would be just
such an answer as might with propriety be given :
but we are afterwards told that these Continental
Powers have declared " their intention of concurring
with all their force hr such plans of execution as
France shall be in a situation to adopt." If .this
paragraph means anything, it means that the Allied
Soveteigns are willing to lend themselves to any ,
' measures, however infamous, that with France they
may be enabled to accomplish.
In the worst and wickedest of leagues that Sove-
reigns ever formed (and, Gon knows, history records
many such) there was always some object flied, on
the attainment of which they would pause. 802,1 A..
PART/ invariably professed to have some tranquil
settlement in view, and the end appeared to justify
the means. But one would really suppose that the
present Powers of Europe were determined to violate
the most sacred principles of equity and public law,
either without any provocation or even without an
object, for the purpose of bringing about a state
of affairs that cannot possibly last.
But we are arguing on the assumption that the
Holy Allies are capable of the iniquity attributed to
them : it is, however, to be observed, that no decla-
ration of their views has yet been made by Congress,
though one may soon be expected. We have, how-
ever, heard; that while the Holy Allies give leave to
France to commit any injustice she is in a 4‘ situa-
tion" to commit, they have renounced generally all
intention of interposing themselves. They are said
to have signed a Note, in alphabetical order, allow-
ing the Ft ench Government m attack Spain, when-
ever and wherever it may be deemed expedient.
England, it will be perceived, is no party to these
nefarious transactions : she is at least to be neutral
whilst a great wrong is doing and. suffering.
This has not always been her policy, and we
should be sorry indeed to find, that abstaining from
being a party to an act of infamy was all that our
Government did ; we ought, in the face of Europe
and all the world, not only to disclaim, but enter a
solemn protest against it.
Should the French Government merely have the
consent of the Holy Allies to attack Spain, we think
it may yet panne before it so far comals the country
in a contest which will probably terminate in the final
overthrow of the BounsoNs. Blood enough has been
shed to preserve this superannuated race; and the
fact is, that the People are now becoming wiser than
Governments, and that it will he very difficult to make
them believe that the interest or happiness of Europe
depends on the preservation of a dozen families.
—lndeed, Lotus XVIII. in wishing to go to war with
Spain, is more afraid of himself than of FEIIDINAXD
VII. whose personal safety has never been endan-
gered. He knows that his own yoke is less tolerant
to the French than that of FIIIIDINAND is to Spain;
and that, while chivalrous and almost superstitious
attachment to the Sovereign prevails in Spain, the '
French consider their KINO as having been forced
upon them, and his family as having committed the
worst offence—" outlived their liking."
There is another reason why we think the French I
Government may not be so forward in attacking
Spain as might be expected (provided they are not
to be aided by the Allies), this is, the alteration that,
has taken place in Spanish affairs since their repre-
sentations to Congress have been made.
The French Envoy, no doubt, represented the In-
surgents as very powerfol ; their Regency well or.
ganized, and fully established at Seo d'Urgel ; and
their credit good—a loan having been opened for
them in Paris. But what is now the fact? Why, that
the Constitutional forces were no sooner placed under
an active leader than they drove the rebels before
them, took their principal towns, dispersed the
_" Army of the Faith," which has been scat-1
tered into Guerilla panics, or marauding banditti ;
expelled the Rebel Regency from the seat of their
Government; and, in fact, driven the greatest part
of the enemies of social order and freedom into
Mance; which, by thus affording an asylum to the
rebels, would justify Spain in commencing hosti-
lities.
If the
.Holy Allies should join France in an act of
infamy, which throws even the partition of Poland
and the Treaty of Pilnitz into the shade, they mar'
succeed in making Spain a charnel house, and, march-'
ins over the dead bodies of a brave people, succeed
in bolstering up on the throne for a few months, or
perhaps a few years longer, his Most Catholic Ma-
jesty, PUDINAND 1111.—but will they be able to ex-
terminate those principles of freedom which are not
peculiar to Spain, bat which are making a steady
'promos in every kingdom of pnrope, and which
will soap triamph?
euppose beam to attack Opals it the manner