Star.
London, England, 1822-12-04 00:00:00

CRACOVIA, NOVEMBER 10.

According to orders of the Government, our Free
Masons Lodge is shut up. It has terminated its
existence by a noble act : it gave the Senate the sum
of 1,600 Polish florins, with the request that the Se-
nate -mould employ it in acts of benevolence.
The Gazette de France gives the following extract
from a letter from Vienna, dated 20th of November:
" We hear from Verona that the Palaces occupied by
the Allied Sovereigns have been hired for four weeks
beyond the period for which they were originally en.
gaged. This circumstance, viewed in connection
with several subsequent arrangements, affords ground
for believing that Verona will continue for some time
longer to be the central point of the important dis-
cussions which havebeen the object of the assembling
lof the principal European Cabinets. The influx of
strangers of every rank and country has continued
ever since the impediments which were opposed to a
residence in Verona were in a great part removed."
The Quolidienne contains the following paragraph
under the bead of Vienna:—" Letters from Italy state
positively that the Greek Deputies have failed in the
object of their mission. No alteration will take place
in arrangements which have been determined upon
between Russia and England, relative to the affairs
of Turkey. It is supposed that most of the Plenipo-
tentiaries will remain at Verona during the winter.—
AU the lodgings are engaged up to March."
EXTRACT OF A PRIVATE LETTER.

44 We are assured, at least, according to the wish I
formally expressed by Prince Metternich, that it is
agreed on to allow Piedmont and Naples to remain'
occupied by the Austrian troops, to the time, yet
undetermined, of the meeting of some future Congress,
when the necessity of a longer occupation w►ll be
again discussed. The motive for this determination is
said to be the enhtusiasm in the interior of Italy,land
the intriguer of the formidable sect of the Carbonari,
and the collection of a great number of Piedmontese
and Neapolitan fugitives in Spain. The means also
have been discussed of destroying individually all the
Carbonari in the different prov►nces of Italy ; but it
seems that measures to be taken on this point will not
occasion a declaration horn the Congress. They are
to be concerted between the Chiefs of the different

LON DON.

WEDNESIMY, DECEMBER 4, 1822.
TILE FUNDS.

STOCK EXCIIANGE, TWELVE O'CLOCK.

The above Market opened this morning at 79/ 80, and seve-
ral good buyers appeared in the market ; but the sellers were so
numerous that Consols fell to 791 ; and;up to this hour, they
are 781 1, with a heavy market. Early this morning an Ex-
press arrived from Paris, which left on Monday afternoon,
bringing the French Funds 87f. we. for money, and for the end
of the month 87f. 45c. Spanish 55/ to 1, Neapolitan 75.

FOREIGN rtrwas.

In the early part of this morning Ne* Spanish Bonds opened
at 59. i, since which they have fallen to sli. Very little business
has been dons except in these Bonds, and that mostly for money.
Current Prices :—Chilian 78, New Spanish 51 i, Old 60, New
Prussian 86, Old 86, •Russian 84, Danish 89, Neapolitan 76, co-
-lombian74, Peruvian 79, New Spanish Scrip 12i dis.

PRICES OF STOCKS AT ONE O'CLOCK.
Bank Stock 248%.-3 per Cent. Red. 785/8 78
2 per Cent. Consols, shut-3% per Cent. 90% sA
4 per Cent. 96 % 97 96 96%
4 per Cent. New, shut
Bank Long Annuities 20 1-16 19 15.16
Imperial 3 per Cents. 773/4
India Stock, shut—Bonds 30s. 28s.
Ezch. Bills (EI ,000) 2s. Is. pr.—Small par, 4s. pr.
Consols for Acct. 79% 3'B % 78% 79%.

Although we hare had further arrivals from
France, yet we have no intelligence of a later date
than that which we were yesterday enabled, by an
express from Pads, to communicate to our Readers.
In the preceding columns we give extracts from such
of the French Papers of Sunday as had not previously
reached us. •The warlike article in the Moniteur,
which we inserted and commented upon yesterday,
has excited great alarm in France, where a war with
Spain is highly unpopular. The letters from the dif-
ferent•commercial towns describe every kind of spe-
culation as quite paralyzed by the fear of war: the
Stocks fall in the capital, where a general gloom per-
vades, and everything indicates what a hazardous ex-
periment Ministers will make, if they have the folly
and wickedness to make war on unoffending Spain.
It will be a war in which success can bring no honour
or advantage to France, and in which defeat will be
ruinous—a war undertaken without provocation, and
even without an object. The pretence is, that the
state of Spain threatens France. Nothing can be
more false. Spain never, for a moment, contemplated
any attack on France, or any interference with her ;
and, as for the spread of liberal, or,.as the French Go-
vernment may call them, revolutionary principles,
why it 'is notorious that they are even more general
and more violent in France than in Spain. No Spa-
niard thinks of deposing his Sovereign, or changing
the succession to the Throne; while, in France, the
,Ministers are almost every month sending men to the
guillotine for conspiracies, which have for their object
the overturning the Government, and calling another
family to the Throne.

Nothing can exceed the temper and moderation
of the Spanish Government since it has been rege-
nerated ; it has not attempted to cement its power
by the blood of victims, as France has done ; and
notwithstanding a foul conspiracy has been formed
against it, yet few have suffered, except in the field :
And as to its Conduct towards France, the Spanish
Government has not offered the slightest menace or
molestation to that Power, but, on the contrary, has
borne gross insults and hostile provocations. France
has, for the last twelve months, kindled and kept
alive the insurrection in the frontier Spanish pro-
vinces ; and now that the insurrection is nearly put
down, and Spain might justly look forward to that
repose which is so desirable for consolidating her
political institutions, France seeks to enlist all Eu-
rope to make war upon her. Talk of BONAPARTE'S
invasion of Spain—why it was not more atrocious, or
more unprovoked ; and its criminal audacity was less
revolting than the base cant of the French Government.

But will France really go to war with Spain ?
After all her menaces and preparations, it is difficult
to conceive how she can avoid it ; and yet the event
is not quite certain. France has obtained what it
WAS ridiculous to a,lc-Lpermission to go to war or
not ; and the Allies, who impiously arrogate the
title of Holy, have, it is said, expressed an intention
of concurring in it : but how, or in what manner, is
not stated.

Suppose Russia to send her half-civilized legions,
Austria to furnish an army of hirelings, and Prussia
to supply a few regiments of living automata to aid
France in the infamous crusade, all these troops
must be paid and supported by France, for we will
♦enture to say not a single regiment will be sufeied
to march from any of these Powers without an en-
gagement to this purpose. Indeed none of these
Powers (Prussia, perhaps, excepted) possess the finan-

_gal means if carrying on an offensive and distant
war without money. On air former occasions Enz.
land was the Power that furnished those sinews of
war—money in loans and subsidies. France neither
posiesses the power to do i:, nor would the peo,,ie
make the sacrifice. The case of N.iples and Pied.
mont may, perhaps, be cited as an instance, but here
Austria, dreading the loss of her usurpations in Italy,
marched her armies at once to occupy these coup.
tries, which could be done at little expense, and we
are not sure that she does not look forward to one
day adding Piedmont to her Italian ter: itocies.

That the Holy Allies should sanction a war oft
Spain Kill excite little surprise in :those who re.
collect how many acts of injustice they have cons.
mitted or tolerated : lod we should not be snrpri,ed
to learn that a secret treaty has been entered into for
new aggressions. The acquiescence of Russia in any
attack on Spain, however unprincipled, might bz
purchased by France allowing that Power to take
advantage of the late exterminating war between tile
Greeks and Turks, and seizing the bone of
Lion. The consent of Austi is to both these acts r‘i
aggression would easily be obtained by adding a few
German leagues of territory to her Hungarian f!orl.
tier. As to Prussia, we do not see so clearly fow
she can be served, unless by allowing her to swallow
up some of the minor German States, for in this world
it too often happens, as I-lUDIBRAS says, that—
Little rogues submit to fate,
That great ones may enjoy the world in state!"
But should France declare open war against Spain,
the probabilities of success are not very great. 11:e
Spaniards are a brave people, and great occasions
have always roused them to great exertions. Inde-
pendent of the feeling which so unjust an. attack on
their liberties is calculated to provoke, they cannot
have forgotten the former invasion of Spain, the de-
struction of their cities, and the massacres at .lladri,i
by the French troops. So far as we can learn lions
the last Madrid Papers, which are to the 23d tilt.
though Spain will do nothing to provoke a m art
yet she is not unprepared for resistance, but wi:l
struggle, and struggle hard too, for her liberty.
The Universel of the 22d ult. alluding to the t elm t
of war, says—" If Europe wish to ensure her o:-..n.i:141
our tranquillity, let her respect our rights as we e-
spect hers:* if it is wished that the Spanish Revolution
should nut overstep the boundaries which it has sworn

to maintain, let not the Spanish People be irtitatt.4
by scandalous acts of injustice ; let not their national
pride be wounded, by requiring that. they should
act a disgraceful part, unworthy of an indepen-
dent nation. For two years the Austrians have
occupied the kingd )1:1 of Naples—they are there
yet, and cannot venture to abandon their pest.—
Rut what would be the consequence, were foreign
troops to presume to invade. Spain, in order to com-
pel the Spaniards tc accept a Government which
they do not approve? It would be necessary to sta-
tion a sentinel at everydoor, and even that would he

insufficient. Those very individuals who are now
destroying their countrt, to open the road for foreign
troops, would then be the greatest enemies of the in-
vaders; and the Peninsula, which is now the cause of
so much anxiety to the great Potentates of Europe,
would be for years and years the terror of foreign
despots, and would ultimately effect their annihila-
lation. M. de PRADT has said, and we agree with
him If war be declared against Spain, we shall
hear the first cannon, but the child yet uteborn will
not hear the last."
The Espectador, another Madrid journal of the
same date, after charging the French Government
with supplying the insurgents with money and arras,
and secretly keeping up a civil war, while the official
correspondence with the Cabinet of Madrid breathed
nothing but peace and good faith, the Spanish jrmr-
nalist thus very briefly but pithily notices the ix,inte
recommended to be made on Madrid—" These folks
(says a celebrated man, speaking of the Ultras)
learned nothing, and have forgotten nothing. It scan;
they do not yet sufficiently understand how
dread the people of Spain have for such poiaes.
however, they wish to know it, let them ascend the
Pyrennees, and take a view of Spain. The unburied
bones of five hundred thousand Frenchmen will au*
swer the question."
The chargé against France of assisting the Spanish
Insurgents is well founded, and we are even assured,
by a private letter from Paris, that the loan of 20
millions of francs, negotiated for the Rebel Regency.
has been furnished by the French Government, which
has fallen on this way of openly assisting the factious
of Spain. A circumstance tending to support thi.
opinion is, that within these few days the bills of the
frontier towns of Spain have been much in reques:.
and that considerable remittances have been made to
those towns from Paris.
We have not yet alluded to the part this country
may be expected to take. It is difficult to sullr'e
that we can look tamely on, and, after rescuing Sp•lia
from the usurpation of BONAPARTE, permit het to
be trampled upon by Louts X.VIII. Spain is au 01,1
and faithful ally; and there never, perhaps, was A
,time in which a closer connection could be mere
vantageously formed for this country than at piefew.
The private letters of the 22d ult. fvom 'Ma3"'
state with much confidence that, durini: a secret si!-
tint; of the Cortes, held on the 16th, authority
given to the Government to enter into :a connnerc;al
treaty with England, of the most fa'rou rabie native •
' conferring pi ivileges not before gra' ttej to

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Vti011) and not to be shares! wick any other Powers,
It was also proposed to enter into a treaty of alliance,
offensive and defensive, with this country.
*hen the Spaniards thus offer ns, with a liberal
~nJ, all the resources of their own kingdom and an
unfettered import to all our manufactures, shall we
not seize the advantages, or shall we witness stod,be-
,,,me parties (for neutrality here is a crime) to one'
of the basest and most unprincipled attacks that ever
one nation made upon another? We trust we shall
not; indeed we see a bustle in the Naval Department
which indicates an apprehension that oir interference
v,ar be necessary.

IVe understand that in addition to the Gt.oucravr a
of 74 guns, and, Tarsus of 42 guns, which were
erJered to be got in readiness—the PHAETON, 46
unc' Captain STEW,. on the Portsmouth station;
the FORTS, Sir THOMAS COCIaANE; the VALOROUS,
guns, Captain JAMBS MURRAY; the BELLETIII,
is girls. Captain LEI=; and the ETZLICoN, 16 guns,
Captain DAWKINS, are ordered to be immediately
equipped on the full establishment. They are to be
manned by volunteers from the guard-ships at the
different ports. The command of the squadron, it is
said, will be given to that able officer Commodore Sir
Enw.tan OwEs, for a special service. The Donor.;
and 1:1:souove are also ordered for commission.

An express reached town this forenoon, which left
pais on Monday. Letters are said to have been re-
fiom Verona, dated the 27th uk. which stated
Cmgress would not break up until the 3d or 4th
j:;,;, Viscount MosrmortENCY, on his return to Paris, is
to have been created a Peer of the realm. Some
to es are still entertained in Paris, that war with
E.3p.in may not take place.

TII:s forenoon we received Bayonne Papers to the
ait!l ult. The Saragossa Gazette gives a cempre-
hensive view of the operations of General MINA in
Catalonia, which shews, that notwithstanding all the
bravado of the Army of the Faith, no sooner was it
met by Constitutional troops in sufficient force, than
it %%as dkrersed, and its scattered elements are wan-
dering in all directions.

We have received the Austrian Observer to the
20th, and Nuremberg Papers to the 25th ultimo.—
The for slier merely announces the death of Field Mar-
shal LAUDON, who had distinguished himself in the
war of the French Revolution, and who was nephew
to the more celebrated Marshal of that name—the fa.
tnily was originally Scotch, and from Ayrshire.

The Austrian funds are very slightly affected by
tLe warlike temper of the Congress, which is the more
caraordinary, as they suffered a great depression
during the vicissitudes of the Turkish question.
The Nnremberg Paper gives news from Greece, as
latc ai the 24th'of October, at which time Cnouas-
cau PACZA. or at least part of his army, was at La-
the capital Of Thegaly. He is represented him-
elf as then occupied in organizing his forces, which
are said to be considerable—in securing his commu-
nications with Macedonia, and in averting an attack
from the side pf Epiru!. wintre MAUROCORDATO is
sail to have been at the.btad of a considerable force.
Nothing new baa toccurred in the Morea, only that
Psti as w blcecaded by the Greeks. Napoli di Ro-
ms-ga was still in the hands of the Turks, as were
Coron and Madan.—

We observe that the German Powers of the sicond
rank are raising their armies to the full complement;
and well may they take these precautions, seeing the
violence and arrogance of the Powers of the first
rank. Bavaria is taking this step ; and Saxony *has
set her tLe example..

MiLtdelphia Papers arrived this morning to the 2d
Y vember, but their contents are unimportant.
Jamaica Mail also arrived this morning, bring-
; Papers to the 21st October. The following. are
v:acts :

FRONT THE ROYAL GAZETTE OF THE STH OGTOZER.
1 Tuesday the Honourable House met Spanish-
town, and an Address of his Majesty's Council, in
answer to the opening of the Session, was presented
yesterday, of which the following is a short abstract :
" In tbc extension of the trade and commerce of the Colonies,
effected by the recent Statutes of the Imperial Parliament, we
treognize a wise and liberal policy which cannot be too highly
t7pteciated ; and we entertain a confident expectation that the
Bland will largely participate in the benefit which it is calcu-
-1 •cd to produce to the Empire at large."

Yesterday, at two o'clock, another Cabinet Coun-
cil was held at the Foreign Office, Downing-street.
%,.hich was attended by the same numerous assem-
huge of thirteen Cabinet Ministers, who have at-
teNded the Cabinet Councils which have recently
iren held. The Cabinet sat in deliberation till half-
'h.,. four. After its breaking up, Mr. Secretary
went to the Commander-in-Chief's Office, at
Ll•e Horse Guards, and had an audience of the Duke
-11 wbo was then holding a Levee, which was
.atteLded by nearly thirty Military Officers.
Yesterday, at half-past twelve o'clock, his Royal
Rghness the Duke of YORK arrived at Westminster
4.llace, on horseback, attended by a groom in dark
I.,ety, to inspect the very great alterations andim-
ivovernents that have taken phier. His Royal High.
2IeS was attended by Colonel STErtrasson, theSur-
veyor.General,.and JOHN SOASE, Esq. the Architect,.
,I,:eervzhose directions the various alterations have
been going on.
In coilsequence of the Rprintment of Mr..Joux
IIoPE to be Solicitor• General for Scotland, Mr. Wir..-
7.lnti 11r.NzlEs Will be one of the Deputy Advocates.
It is !urther reported, that MI. HOP& CULIAN if to be
the Sheriff-Depute of Linlithgowshire, in the room
of J. 11. lelsoasmzi F, Esq. now one of the Jude d
cie Court of Session.


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The Meltes;Caax. is arrived at •Neweastle, from Miramleht,
leaky,
shore With *Vol her cargo throws .ovettemed, having been
on .
Rumours, Die. W.E.W.--.Arrived the Dorset
EVANS, from Beardeaux; Montague .packet, from Jamaica,
sailed the 22d October. Put back the Countess of Chichester
packet, for the Island*.
PLTIWUTIS, pie, 2.—Wind the Nymph,
Warms, from Messina, in forty days; last from Gibraltar in
fourteen days.
Poariaroors, N.—Sailed the Russian frigate
and store-ship, en a voyage of dismvery ; Prince Regent, for 1
Tobago; Uverpool, for St. Übe's; Kitty, for ditto ; Sir Charles
31iCarthy, for Africa ; Valiaat, Garland Grove, Rawlins, and
St. Ann'a, for Jamaica; Colonist and Sneeton Castle, for"Barba-
does ; 'Thomas, for St. Vincent's; William planning, for St.
Kitt's; New Frederick, for Cadiz; Barbara. for Lisbon ; Rolla,
for the Mediterranean ; and Rose, for Madeira.
DRAT, Dec. 3.—Wind N.N. W.—Sailed this morning, at day-1
tight, the whole of the outward-bound, with fine a breeze from
the northward,except the ship F.lizaAnn whaler, which remains
to have her windlass repaired. Came down from the River. the
Charles Forbes, CLaaz ; Waterloo, —; Aurora, —•' Cathe-
rine, Gaeta; and Lord Cranstoune, —, for Jamaica ; Aprora,
for Grenada ; Elizabeth, for Tobago ; Honduras Packet, fur
Poyais ; Harvey, —, for Trinidad ; and *ailed again.