Star.
London, England, 1823-07-17 00:00:00

FOREIGN FUNDS.

- _
Spanish Bonds opened this morning at 53, fluctuated to 32*,
and rose again to 35i, }. French Scrip keeps steady at 21.
Current Prices :—New Spanish 531 1, New Prussian 85i,
Russian 84j, Danish 88, Neapolitan 751, Colombian 57i 1.
Vunou, June 30.—bletalliques 801—Bk. Sh. 9211.
July I.—bletalliques Sh. 921 1-6.
•
2.—Metalliques 80 15-16—Bk. Sh. 925.
3.—Metalliques SI Sh. 926 7-10.
PRICE OF STOCKS AT ONE O'CLOCK.
Bank Stock 2251/4
3 per Cent. Reduced 831/2 3/4 3/8
. 3 per Ct. Cons. 82% Yg 5/9
3 th
.per Cts. 955/s 96-4 per Cts. Old 1001 A 100
4 per Cents. New 101 1011 A 1/8
Bank Long Annuities 21 1.16
India Stock 2561/4—lndia Bonds 48s. 50s.
South Sea Stock 93%
' Exch. Bills (E 1,000) 24.5. 27s.—Small 255. 28s. pr.
.'sb Cons. for Acct. 84 837/8 84% Vs.

It is now positively fixed, that Parliament shall be
prorogued on Saturday nest, by Commission.

A Return has been received to the Order made by
the House of Commons on the Bth inst. for an Esti-
mate of the Income and Charge on the Consolidated
Fund for the year 1823, ending the sth of January,
1824; sheering more particularly bow the surplus
arises of £8,700,000, as estimated for the year 1823.
The Income is stated to be as follows :
Customs - -
Excise
Stamps
Post Office -
" Taxes
-
Other Branches of Revenue

C 7,900,000
25,500,000
6,650,000
1,400,000
5,910,000
400,000

£47,760,000

The following is the charge:
Interest on Unredeemed Debt -
Civil List - - -

- 12 28,100,000
- 1,0.77,000
- 893,000
. 100,000
- 2,800,000

Interest on Deficiency Bills -
Military and Naval Pensions -
Commissioners for the Reduction of the

National Debt

5,000,000

X 39,050,000
9,710,000

Surplui -

X 47,7601C00

The surplus of £8,700,000, adverted to in the I
order, was the estimated probable future surplus ofi
the Consolidated Fund, after allowing for the whole'
of the taxes repealed prior to the presentation of the
estimate.

It has been one of the peculiarities attending the
present war in Spain, that nearly the whole of the
intelligence r'e'lating to it has come through one only

of the parties; hence has arisen that imperfect know-
ledge of the real state of affairs which exists. Were
we to believe the Bulletins, we should infer that the
French army has been completely successful; that

they found friends, and not enemies; and that the
march from Bayonne to Madrid and Seville was but
a military promenade. That there have been skir-
mishes, the Bulletins acknowledge; but then the dis-

charge of a few muskets, to the tune of Five le Roi,
killed or put to flight a host Of the Constitutionalists,
and a dispatch was sent to the Minister at War, an-
nouncing that the French army had again 64 covered
itself with glory'—glory easily purchased, certainly,
for it was merely by killing some half-dozen Spa-
niards, and wounding perhaps as many more. On
some occasions the losses of the Spaniards have been
stated at several hundreds; and indeed the losses and
_desertions of the Constitutional forces recorded in the
official Bulletins of the French army, if fairly enu-
merated, would amount to double the number of
troops, regular and militia, that Spain has had in the
present campaign.
_ _ _

That the main body of the French Army has
reached the capital of Madrid, and Seville, anti even
penetrated to the walls of Cadiz, is certain ; but what
then? BONAPARTE'S Army swept the whole of Spai,
and Portugal, and by force or fraud got possession of
almost every fortress ; which in case of any reverse
was ready to receive them, and to maintain a formi-
dable position'until reinforcements could be obtained.
Not so the present French Army, which kas not pos-
session of a single town that can afford it refuge in
case of disaster ; and as for the inhabitants of Spain,
we suspect the Duc n'AsocouLmez has as little moral'
hold of them as BONAPARTE had. The French Army
in Spain is, in fact, placed in a very critical situation ;1
it is so extended, that if the Spaniards could bear upon
any one point of it in tolerable force it must have to
sustain aver; hazardous and disadvantageous combat.
Spain has at least three armies yet ; those of MINA,
BALLASTZROS, and MoRILLo, all of which are led
by able Generals, whose fidelity may be relied on ;
and it is not to be expected that they will remain idle
while the main body of the Frinch army is employed
in besieging Cadiz. The movement of BALLASTE-
Roa's division towards the Sierra Morena, the passe.,
of which are sneasily held by a handful of men, indi-
cates an expectation that the French troops will net
succeed in taking Cadiz ; and should they be cont.