Star.
London, England, 1823-04-26 00:00:00

THE EVENING STAR.

LONDON.

SATURDAY, APRIL 26. 1323.
THE FUNDS.
STOCK EXCHANGE. TWELVE O'CLOCK.
Consols opened this morning at 77t, but soon after they went
(lowa to j, with a very heavy Market, principally owing to
seine of the first Broken selling to a great amount.
FOREIGN FUNDS.

,spanish Bonds have lowered; they opened at 3.11, with a
very heavy Market.
Current Price% :—Chilian 68, New Spanish 32i, Old 3FI, New
Prussian 74, Old Prussian 721, Russian 75i, Danish 661, Co-
lombia' 65i
PRICE OF STOCKS AT ONE O'CLOCK.
Bark Stock 2141,4-3 per Cent. Reduced 76 /8 %
3 per Cent. Cons: 77% Mt 1/2
4 per Cents. Old, 95% Vs
4 per Cents. New, 97% 1/2 %
Bank Lg. Ans. 19% 13-16—India Bonds 38s. 40s.
F.,A.kequer dills of E. 1,000, 15s. 16s.
Ditto Small 15s. 17L—Bank for Payment 214
Consols ittr Payment 77% Vs.

Lisbon Papers and letters to the 13th inst. leached
us this forenoon they were brought by the Lady
Arabella packet, which left the Tagus on that day.
Their contents possess considerable interest. It is now
ascertained that the enterprise of d'AMARANTS is
nearly at an end, and that he is pressed on all sides
by the Constitutional forces under REG°, Paco, and
CORREA. General REGO, having entered Villa Real on
the 31st of March, halted and remained in that town
till the ;Eh iibt. in order to give his troops some rest
from the excessive fatigue they had endured, and to
give time to the different corps that marched from
the South to join the several divisions they were des- I
tired for; as also to combine the movements of the
4iThions of Generals PEW and CORREA.

..Having made these arrangements, General Rico
brcke up from Villa Real on the 7th inst. on which
clay he iatended to be at Murca, four leagues in ad-
race of the latter town; having, previous to his
math, advanced a brigade of infantry to Justes.
The Rebels, or Amarantines, as they are uow
styled in Portugal, retired without offering the
ileitcst resistance, and occupied with their reduced
bands the small town of Mirandella, on the river
Tua, and the neighbouring villages of Valtelbas,
Dona Cliauca, and Laivalonga, on the road to Bra-
ganca, where it was their intention to make a last ef-
fort, as this town is situated on the extreme frontier.
A corps of Spanish troops was close to it by the
side of Spain, in order to cut off their retreat. Ge-
neral PEG° left Fozloa and crossed the Douro on the
6th, establishing his head-quarters at IVlorcurva,
which was abandoned by the rebels on his approach.
General Dego pushed his advanced-guard to the
river Sabor, and was marching to turn the rebels on
their left flank.
General CORREA had entered Villa Pouca, and was
marching towards Chaves, a distance of four leagues,
this town having been aba.rdoned by the rebels, who
frq this combined movement, will be forced to quit
the position they had taken between the rivers Tua
asd Sabor, or be completely surrounded.

No important action has taken place, but the last
auount, state that the Rebels had abandoned the
*want towns of Peru da Regoa, after a smart
action between a detachment of REGO'S and some
militia and peasants of the Amarantines, who left in
the town a magazine ofprovisions they had collected,
and four Ones of cannon.
Prepay a( inns .were making for holding the famous
Pcrt Wine Fair, according to the annual custom, at
at of the to xns, where tranquillity was restored.

The appal es.tly slow movements of General Rao,
since he arrived at Villa Real, has drawn some se-
The remarks on his conduct by a few persons in
Lisbon; but acting with the prudence which he has
sliewn, and which was necessary, he not only dis-
plays considerable abilities and knowledge of the
country in which be carries on his operations,
bit he also gives time to his reinforcements to
'loin him, and by that means will force his adver-
saries to a ready surrender, without the risk of spilling •
note of the blood of his enemies, which, in this case,
were his countrymen.
In addition to these considerations, one still more
powerful presents itself to the country at large ;
die ample time he wishes to give to all those
who, deluded by AMA RANTIC and his followers,
'peat of their folly, and availing themselves of
t 4 amnesty, daily flock to the Constitutional
"lb which receives them as brothers unfor-
heetely led astray, and by no means as enemies.
'The consequence of this sound policy is, that the
eanksof the rebel, are now much reduced, and that
the peasants begin to know they have been duped.
The Mario contains an important Convention be-
ts►ttn Spain and Portugal, for the reciprocal deb-
/11 of deserters and condemned criminals, signed
b 7 the King on the 26th of March.
• The 4th Article authorises the armed force of
tither country to pass the frontiers in pursuit of re-
bels who may fly into the other ; such entrance would
UM be considered as a violation of the territory, and

the cird and military authorities to assist each other
reciP:ocally in destroying such bands, which are
°guilty the enemies of both kingdoms.—The follow-
ing aL• extracts:
The following are from the Lisbon Journals) up to
the 13th instant :

.Lualot3, Amt. 5.
By a dLimi.,:ll ftorn Gcncral Luiz do Rego, of the

24 instant, it appears that a detacht, of SOO Of
our troops has takempoesenion of. Psl6.llosollll
they took prisoners soneesnilitiaisshrof
who occupied that pliee, and four pieces.Ofbrtinett•,
APRIL 7.-..13y dispatch, dated. Braga, the scip
we hear that two individuals arrived there who de-
dared they came from Chaves, and that there were
no troops in that town, because a battalion of militia
and some veterans had left it for Mirandella, whither
the Es-Count had marched.

A dispatch from General Rego of the 4th men-
tions, that he had been joined by some divisions, and
that the public spirit was much encouraged by the
taking of Pezo da Regoa. He commends the ardour
of the troops. Some of the officers taken by the Re-
bels on the 13th had escaped from them, disarmed
the escort which guarded them, and got into Spain,
where they were everywhere received with the great-
est hospitality.

A dispatch from the Governor of the province of
°tense states, that the factions which began to ap-
pear in that province had been calmed : he says also,
that on the 2l A of last month 28 French emigrant
officers had landed at Corunna, to combat in the Pe-
ninsula fur the cause of liberty, and • uho gave the
best information respecting the spirit which prevails
on the subject among all the French officers. General
Pamplona had escaped from his guards.
A dispatch from General Rego, dated Villa Real,
the sth of April states, that the Head-quarters
of the Ex-Count Amirante were, on the 4th, at Ter-
radosa ; Antonio da Silveira, at Mirandella; and
there were some militia in Torre de Dona Chauca.
That it is reported among the factious troops that'
'the Es-Count intends to go to Braganza, and that he
(General Rego) intended to set out on the 7th, It
pursuit of the factious. That he ordered the militia
of Trancoso to pass the right bank of the Douro, as
well to keep the people in check on that side as to
open the wine-markets, &c. That the forces of the
Constitutional Army have reached the points which
are the best adapted to continue the operations against
the factious.

APRIL 10.—Accounts from Oporto state that the
head-quarters were removed from Villa Real on the,
7th, in the morning, and were to be at Murca the
same day : that Amarante was in the neighbourhood
of Torre de Dechanca ; and that Don A.Silveira was
at Mirandella with the militia, and his forces were
greatly diminishing.
It was said that everything would be decided in
two days ; but the most
_probable is that the E:-
Count will escape as he can, not having means to
defend himself and fight. It is certain that many of
the inhabitants of Villa Real, who were dispersed,
had returned.