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London, England, 1822-12-05 00:00:00

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THURSDAY, DECSMIKR a. 1824.

13TOCI EXCHANGE, TV gtva O'CLOCK.
The darn Hubei opened tide oteenhat at 7ei 1, but the
oiestent it was Mews that an Express bast arrhred from Pais
bringing she trends Panda Mg dOe. du market got better, and
Console rose to 79 I s leen after another &pima arrival., oitg
Wen ad information Of the dodo; of die Priaieh Funds at
NM 1105. Spanish 561. • Omsk up to Mi Arai: are 71.1 fog
the Account.

rosins twee.
New Spanish Bonds opened this inaniosa stnia en the ae=
rival of the Express from Paris they got sp. * but M.
wards went down to tin. Colombian his onperisoced a groat
depression, owing to a private letter received &eat Colanalds by
a foreign Broker, stating, that Colombian goods were worst
nothing, and cautioning the parties net to have anything to do
with them. The chief business this morning loin New Spanish
Current Prices :—Chillan 731 to 74, New Spanish on,
65, New Prussian $5, Old 84i, Ku an $2, Danish 84, Neap°.
titan 75, Colombian 84k, Peruvian 78, New Spanish Seri,-
PRICES OF STOCKS AT ONE O'CLOCK.
Bank Stock 24214-3 per Cent. Red. 78%
2 per Cent. Consols, shut —3 % per Cent. yoyi
4. per Ctnt.96% 1,12 1/4, —4 per Cent. New, &a
Bank Long Annuities 2019 15.16
India Bonds SOs. 265.
Exch. Bills (E1,00(►) 2s. pr. par, 2s, pr.
Do. Small 2s, 4s. Is. pr.—lndia for Acct. 250%
Contols for Acct. 79% 3/4 % 5/8.

We have received the French Papers of Nfonday.
They are chiefly occupied with comments on the
warlike declaration in the Monileur of the prece;:ing
day; though some of the Paris Journal% copy it vritn-
out any remarks, and one of them neither col ies nor
notices it. The only Paper that speaks boldly out
on the subject is the Coad;tutionmel ; and ahhoup,h
every one is aware that the meditated attack on
Spain is neither in self-defence, nor, as pretended, ft::
the protection of FERDINAND VII. but for the pur-
pose of putting down the principles of liberty, yut
the Editor of the Consiitutionnel is the only one vi ho
dares to denounce this conspiracy of the Holy Alli ince.
" It appears certain (says this Journalist) that the Holy
Alliance persists in the right which they have as-
sumed of bringing before their tribunal all the Kings
and People of the Continent of Europe, and inquiring,
with arms in their hands, into every change which
may have been made in their laws and institutions-
Naples was attacked at once ; negociation is men-
tioned with Spain, but this is less a concession than
an act of prudence. Policy proceeds differently to-
wards weak and towards powerful States. Thus
France, Spain, and Portugal, to be more or less free,
must await the consent of Russia, Prussia, and Aus-
tria ; thus Constitutional Governments will be com-
pelled to regulate themselves according to the will of
absolute Governments, and this will must necessarily
be to restrain public liberty. In examining candidly
the secret causes which influence all the old diplo-
macies of the Continent, they will be found to cocci:
less in the desire of overthrowing the revoltiti-,n of
Spain, though this is no doubt sufficiently strong,
than in the design of destroying everywhere the
germs of liberty, of paralysing, if not of totally sup-
pressing, all liberal institutions, and of re-establishing
absolute Monarchy, by subjugating all the middle
and enlightened classes of society to a powerful
Clergy and a privileged Aristocracy."

Such are the real objects of this new league of So-
vereigns, and we agree with the Editor, when he
further observes, that they will not be satisfied until
they have re-established in Spain an absolute Mo-
narchy, and the Inquisition.
There is said to be considerable bustle among the
forces in the South of France, which would indicate
the almost immediate commencement of hostilities;
but there has been no new levy of troops except the
40,000 of the Conscription of 1822, which are ordered
to be called out. The prospect of war, while it
creates great alarm among all thinking and well-dis-
disposed Frenchmen, excites no enthusiasm among the
military, with whom almost any other war would be
popular. They see that there is no glory to be ob-
tained in the contest, and that the real object is only
to enslave themselves; besides, instead of being under
the leaders who, with BONAPARTE, so often led them
to victory, they have a set of imbecile or inexpe-
rienced Commanders placed over them, whose only
claim to the distinction is one which the French mili-
tary will be the last to recognize.
It is understood that after the arrival of Viscourt
de MONTMORENCY at Paris a Council was held, at

which the ultimatum (we must refer to tl-a Russian

Minister at Constantinople for the modern intorrre-
tation of this word) of France was agreed upon, nod
that it was next day dispatched to Madrid. What
the demands of France are we. know not, bat there is
little doubt they are such as that Power has no right
to make, and such as Spain will not agree to.
An article from Verona states that several foreign
merchants have demanded letters of marque for
armed cruisers of the Spanish Government, is case
of war, and that several of these letters of marqua
have actually been transmitted to the different
Spanish Consuls, particularly those residing in Spa-
nish ports, to be given to the owners as soon as war
shall be declared. We also understand that a num-
ber of vessels in our ports, and particularly in the
River, are equippin:., in order to avail themselves a