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-• ArfirritlAlf LOAN,
ID LIQUIDATION 01 BRITISH CLAIIIII. " 4
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'This Loan, which so long, by anticipation; oictrOed
sistintion of 'the money market, ;was yesterder
circplation, and the- term announced
I—WI& Which the subscribers are to participate in the
watt.—The 'contractors are the houses of Messrs.'
•-*llllt_ BThllhersvandCoq ldessw bid, Ineng, ;in&
Olia and Ay N. Ma Rothschild. '1;11e amount of the
Lohn is 01,500,000 sterling;' and iShe whole of it will
a to the purpose for which it is
.ao 'portion being•reseeved, as at first
service saf the Austrian Government.
which the subscribers receive their
eighty•tviro per 'cent. which is to
Baring, Brothers, and Co. on •behalf
generally, in the following manner:
--- be paid on or bdore the Nth Jatatarr
12th February.
11th Mira.
- - - 12th ApriL
- - • . '• 10th May.
per tentage abovenamd is on the money, anti
esliiron the stock; 'and the respective 'payments, there.'
:fore, on every..6lloo stock, will be as under :
' 10 per aim, to be paid 12th January, £ 8 4
• . 25. • • • - 12th February, SO 10
, 15 - • 12 6
30 - . - 12th April, 23 12
• 20 - • 'loth nay, 16
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• " X 62 0
The bonds will bear interest at five per cent. per
atinum, from the ,lst of November, 1023, payable every
six months, and a discount at the-rate of four per cent.,
per annum will be allowed to the subscribers on anti-I
cipating the, payments of the xespective instalments.
Twenty-four coupons or dividend warrants will- be
attached to each bond, which are receivable at Vienna
. on the Ist of May and the Ist of November in each
yaar.
.An arrangement has been made, however, by
w.hich the subscribers, may receive the interest during
the fir•.t tneive years, at the couoting-house of
,Mr.. N.
Rothschild, at the fiicd exchange of ten florins the
• ' i,eoopti sterling,
.-. The bonds *ill lle nu of 1,000 florins, equivalent to
2 4100 each, but the *cop receipts,. which are to represent'
• the bouJs until all the instalments are completed. vary
in amount from 2,00E/Jim-ins or 400, to 50,000 florins
or £3,000.. Annexed a scale of the scrip receipts to
.be issued by the contractors.- • .
~ • Florins so,ooo . bens •-4C3,ooo4talleg
' %..I,ONO . .2,500 •
Yu,ooo . - 2.000
. • • 20,000 - - 1,000
T •-• 5,0 xi . - 500
300
. • .2.060 - f
• The terms of this Loan, combined v ith the great,
abundance of floating, capital iii-the market, appear to
have been considered highly_ favourable by the dealers
in foreign securities. The
.scrip, to be issued on the
12th blatant, bore yesterday a_piernium of file per cent.
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FRE,NCLI PAPERS ofIII,Q.VPA.Y and TUESDAY.

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.PARIS, pEcEmpßan, •
The Duke de San Carlos had. Yesterday a private an-
cii:nce with the King, when lie delivered to his Maje.ty
the decorations which the, King of Spain has conferred
upon the General Officers of the French army. •
y ItEnti TUE. CnNsTITUTICTEEL.
, BASLE, DECEMBER £2.
We. bear that a Spanish Envoy,Extraot-dintry, is to
• be sent into Switze land, and will arrive at Ilvrne in a
very short time. The principal object of his alis-.ion i.
to engage the to adopt a proposition of the
Spank) :(10eeerimentto conclude with it another Mili-
tau 'treaty,..according to.which,. four new Swiss regi-
mints will enter the service of the King of Spain. The
iyfteso of §ivitzerland Mil changed very much within a
few years 4s to foreign service. The ineffectual efforts
.nlade last year, and again in the course of this year, on
.:Ahe subject of a military treaty with Naples; are the best
proof, ef .thelarevailing disposition on this point. .
• The restrictions which the liberty or the press labours
under in SWitzerland, and the extreme rigour of in-
spectionswhich the various agents of Uovetnment exer-
. oisoin Ass respect, have induced the Editors of several
Aliarnals and periodical writings to give up their under-
..takings. This resolution has been particularly acted
on in the Canton of Argovia, and no Journal is at pre-
• sent published there. It is said that the motive for this
measure is, that the Editors of periodical works did not
. HWI to implicate the Government-of the Canton, and
expose it to census es, and therefore for the presebt RUC
up every species of publication ()apolitical subjects. • It
is much regretted that M. San-Orlaendea, bookseller, at
Arau, who has published several periodical works for a
number of years, which have had a great run both it?
Germany and Switzerland, has also been placed lr, fLe,
same situation, and has suspended for an indefio:ite
period every publication of this kind.
FROM THE ETOILE OF TUESDAY.
MADRID, DECEMBER 20.
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Yesterday there was a Council of State at which his
Majesty presided. To-day it assembles under the Pre—
, sidency of his Royal Highness the Infant Don Carlos.
To-morrow it will meet under the Presidency of the In-
fant Don Francis Paulo. The object of these repeated'
meetings is the amnesty, which is on the point of being
settled. It will appear, tt is said, on the 30th. Nothing
has been neglected to obtain precedents which may en-
lighten the Council in this important affair. The archives
have been consulted td ascertain exactly what took place
• -its the reign of the Emperor Charles V. with regard to
the Commusteros, and under that of Philip V. with re-
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Aped to the Spaniards who were implicated in the party
• -of the Archduke of Austria, some valuable documents,
',elating to both those periods, have been obtained from
the Archives of Serancas. What embarrasses the Coun-
cil in deciding upon the cases of certain persons corn-
•. promised in the course of the It:.volution, are the capi-
- •tolations granted by the Chief of the French Army to
• 'the soldiers of the Cortes. However, all difficulties are
:•••sarmoonted, and we shall shortly know what has been
definitively determined upon.
PARIS, DECEMBER at.
• The accustomed display of the produce of the Royal
manufactures, for the second time, has taken place in
• the hall; of the Louvre ; where not long since we saw,
, • for the second time also, the general display of the
• works of industry : so that the Louvre may be well said
to answer the end for which it was intended. Sevres
has exposed, amongst many objects such as he knows
how to manufacture, a beant4l vase, representing, alle-
gorically, *Genies of France placing in the hands of
the goomoolgo of Spas the reins of Government, which
the sielesee of tho filmdom had ton from them. This

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work, *Ude en dm spnr•oe the occasion, does honour
not Its; to the shill than to the zeal of those who atsiated
at its-fabrication. Another grand vase represents the
triumphal march of Aligustas,. returning to his palace
after shutting the _gates of the Temple of Janus.

THE EVENING amt. -;

LONDON.


TH.URSDAY, JANUARY 1, 1824.
Csseuitcsam,Hollday at the Bank.

THE FUNDS.
STOCK EXCHANGE. TWELVE O'CLOCK.
This being Nos Year's Day the Bank is closed, but tie Stock
Exchange and Foreign Mashes remain open.

Consols opened this morning at 87fto at which price they
tensainoettody up to this hour, with little fluctuation.
FOREIGN FUNDS.
In consequence of the report that M. SAO was again to take
his seat among the Spanish Ministry, Spanish Bonds feU yesterday
afternoon i per cent. but this mottling they have resoveted a little,
and opened at 25J, 4, I, MS, at which price they remain steady.
The most business doing this morning is in the New Austrian
I..ts;n, which is greatly sought after, owing to its being in the hands
,of the Monied Interest—a very little of it afloat at present. In Cd-
lombian there is scarcely anything doing. lii all other Foreign Se-
curities the prices are almost nominal. .
Cuirent Prizes :—:Old Spanish 251 to j. New Austrian Loan
3 per cent. pre. Colombian 591, Russian Old Prussian 904,
New 914 to 4, Chaim 704 t 0.71.

In a preieding column we have *given the particulars
of the new Austrian Loan which has just been brought
into circulation.. It will be seen that the whole sum
contracted for, amounting to two millions and a half
stilling, is appropriated by Austria towards liqui-
dating the debt due. by that Power to this country.-T-
This arrangement, which is higbly honourable to
Austria, is one of the many proofs the present Ministers
have• given of successful negotiation with Foreign
Powers. The Austrian debt had remained so long, not
only unpaid, butalMOstimrecognized, that the people of
England had almost forgotten it, as if the Court of Vienna
had been exempt from all claim by a statute of limita-
lion. The debt was contracted at a time when Austria,
was contending for existence as an Empire, and however
much this country might or might not be interested in
connecting herself with the policy of that P. er, there
can be no doubt that our gold was of essential service
in enablingit to contend against the enemy.
Thelon war which arose out of the French Revolu-
tion, drained the treasury and impoverished the revenue
of every European . State. dinglaild had the means
within herself of raising any ..sum that might be neces-
sary by .loan-even to the amount of sixty millions
sterling in one year, . But thilwasnot the case with our
Allies, and the same England thai made, and was capa-
ble of making such great maces for the common
cane, was the only Country they could look to for %se
sistance in the hour of need. They asked, and we.gi ae.
liberally, in sub:-.idiei 43 well as on loan to a large amotint.,
—The latter we of course expectell to be repaid i and;
it must be allowed that although we have been firm, yet
we have not been importunate creditors. The tiegocia-
tion was, we know, attended with some dilliculties,.but
our Ministers have terminated it honourably: and we
shall now fiad the benefit of it. Two millions and a
half is the first in.:Lament, and 'arrangements have
been made for liquidating the whole debt.= fixed periods.

•Lisbon,P.ipers to the 21st ult. readied us this morn-
ing. One of them contains a long article attributing
the independence of Brazil to the Freemasons. The
following are eitracts :

LISBON, DECEMBER 12.
The Gazette of yesterday and to-day contains a long
extract from the Padre Aotato, No. 36, printed in Lon-
don, on the fantastic Empire of Brazil, the establish-
ment of which is ascribed entirely to the Freethalons ;
in suppoit of this assertion a very long document is in-
serted, which was printed in June this year, at Rio
Janeiro, under the title of a defence of Citizen Domin-
jOs Alves Branco Moniz Barreto,arin.st an imaginary
erithe; for which he was unjustly sentenced by the
Judge Francisco de Franca Miranda.
In this kind of defence he has
.particularly in view a
letter. in No. 112 of the Diario of Pio*, signed by a
Friend of Order. The following is the passage in which
the Mason,• Moniz Barreto, defending, himself for being
such, because (by the fault of blind or wicked Ministers)'
the Ord:lr was not only tolerated but approved theiei, is%
moves all doubt of the separation of Llraicil, as began
or instigated by the Masons of the Cortes• was pre-
pared and accompli§hed by the Masons of the Biala:.
" I cannot," says the author, " tear to appear crilek.
nal in any accusation, even were it for being a Mann,
since not being able to deny that I was a member
that Society, its existence was so notorious that nobody'
was ignorant that it did exist in this capital, and not'
only tolerated but approved; still less was it a secret;
that the same body had among its Members aTI the
Ministers and Counsellors of State of his Ithperial Ma-
jesty, except one: and that it was presided over, and
guided by the judgment, patriotisml and pcobity of its
President, the Most Excellent Senhor Jose Bonefacio de
Andrada e Silva, in whose presence, all matters were
discussed, tending to the prosperity of Brazil, its inde-
pendence, and the proclamation of the august Env;
peror ; and that the, whole was effected by the assiduous
labours of that' Society, constantly directed by its il-
lustrious Grand Master, and with great expense to the
General Treasnrb not only for the lustre of the glorious
day of October 12, including five triumphal arches,
but also for the emissaries who were sent to all the
Proxinees, both On the coast and'in the interior, that, on
the same day, Senhor Don Pedro I. might be there pro-
claimed Emperor of Brasil. a commission which the
Philanthropic Assembly also confided to: General-La-

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butut, as one of its members, when he was on the
point of grayling for the province of Bahia, present.
ing him with a valuable sword, upon which he pro.
miser' and swore, before the Masonic Assembly) to
fotfil it, and by well known valour and skill in.war
to expel the.Lusitanian Vandats, and to unite that pro-
vince with this capital."
The Casette then quotes a very long speech, made
by a Capuchin, Francisco de Sampayo, one of the mem-
hers• of the Lodge 44 the Grand °tient," in which he
justifies himself before the Sovereign Masonic Assembly,
for hiving inserted an article contrary-to the opinions
and doctrines which it wishes to see universally prevail.
In this speech the same ideas are prodnced.---4, If in this
oration," says the Gazette, 44 we see an august 'Prince
implicated in this detestable seat, we ire certain that it-
wit a profound policy which led him into it► to fathom
.the secrets of that Society of darkness; and that the
same Jose Bonefaclo, the Grand Master of the Brazilian
Masons, as a faithful subject, gave him the clue of Ari:
adne, by which he might one day find his way out of that
labyrinth, and finally destroy that den of Cacus (a law
against Freemasonry. has already been published there)„
. as soon as circumstances should permit. Nothing else
can be expected from the religion, the energy, and firm-
' ness of the Prince, destined by Hewitt to be one day
' the heir of the Throne of his august and virtuous father."

Dzczatamt"l9.—The Gazette contains si decree, Or.
dering the far mers of the duties on tobacco and soap,
(which are mortgaged, for the payment of the principal
and interest-of the Loan of. 11 millions sterling, con-
tracted with the house of B. Goldsmid and Co. in Lon-
don), to pay the amount into the Bank of Liam,
Glaring it to be at the disposal of the Plesident of the
Royal Ticasury for the time being, .to be employed in
the manner directed in the General Bond signed by his'
Majesty, dated October 9th, this year, &c.
Another der ee _order s, that the duties on tobaceo, &c.
being pmitgaged (as above),
.his Majesty desiring to'
give vouchers (tidos), confirming said mortgages, de-
elares•that the Certificates of the said duties, approved
and signed by Jose Lopez de Oliveira, Assistant of the,
Clerk of the Royal Treasury, authorised to this effect'
by the Condediroioa, Minister of Finance and Presi
dent orthessaid Treasury, shall serve as votschersal the
mortgage of.-.al .said duties.. The Count de Pow is
ordered to send this decree to London, to be added to
the hcillititatti October, and alio'w have authentic
copies mimic. to be delivered to tho,c whom it may con-
cern, fie.the due understpntling sad execution of its
coma**. - • • .
Beasiosta, lids December. Signed bride 3Jajestp,

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AcconAs fm ti Trinidad state, that a Stesaig-Of Pro:
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prietars d otheis connected with the 441i:ter of "A'aca,:,
arta' hid held a' Meeting kit the hotitt,of the Corns
Mall4natb TIIOIIAS La GeNDRE, Vegp • cpkr:44. gistii of
Septeaiber last, on .the Itkeet of the-fete idstrtictions
sent:out to the Colonies.. A series of.gesoltitions were
passed, of which the following is the. solistaice
That to deprive the master of the power. or inflicting corporal
pimidament on Any slaw, -whether male iar fentale, would, -In the
opinid fl of the Meeting, sshirert• die discipline of ',eery estate, With-.
out answering any benetielal and; but that, *ith respect to " the
exposure of the. person* of *omen in thC male of punishment," It
is resolved, that, where such exposure may not have bees abolished,
it shall be henceforth discontinued.

That ahe hlcetinz consideri the abolition of Sunday markets -as
tending in no way to the promotion of religion.
Tuat as the evidence of dives is already admissible in criminal
cases, and may trail when supported by two free witnesses, In the
manner required by.tbat law, the Meeting is of opinion that the fm
cility called for is already obtained.
'fiat an of.* for the encouragemebt of. IDArriaget among slaver,
which May prove binding AS a religious tie, and not a mere forth
productive of expense, will, if they can be carried into elect, prove
equally as advantageous to the master at to the slaves.
That the present meeting can see no adaantage to the slave In
any order" for preventing the removal from the land to which they
'are attached of slaves sold with estates•"
'Pot an order for " preVenting the infliction of punishment until
the day succeeding ;bat on which the crime may be committed,"
could only he framed on a groundless assumption that punishments.
are. universally inflicted under.the Impulse of ungovernable passion
That the meeting sees no objection to an order providing for the
record of all punishment beyond three lashes.
•That an order requiring the attendance of a free witness at every
punishment, would,in some Pacts of the widely-extended coasts RI
this colony be scarcely possibk to, be complied with.
That there can be-no objection to the establishment of Savings
Rants; butt* for the protection of the property of the master
front plunder, it would be ittv.essary to frame regllations which
wOokt require a satiafactory account from the ;lave, in the presence
of the master, of the,mode In which he acquired the sum intended
tcf bq placed in the bank.

triit the Meeting is anxious to comply with the recommenda-
thei Olds Exteileoey the GoVerzior th adopt task-work on their
eststoox any other measures likely to promote the happiness and
I'domfOrt of the .Negroes.; and they eathestly entreat those Planters
to whom hisyseelleney alludes, as-having tried it with success, to
:new the Public with's &tali of they plan.
• Tat It Is the unabinsous desire of the inhabitants of the quarter
etedially to assist in giving erect to the wishes of his Majesty's
4.4tisvernment ; and they conscientiously declare, that their opposi-
tion to apart of those communications arises solely from a solemn
and deliberate conviction, that their oration would not be "com-
patible urith the .well-being of the Kismet themselves, with the
safety of 'the -Colonies, and with a fair and equitable consideration
Hof thd interests Of private property." .

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Accounts from Cassel, of the 22d December, state
.that Made Sbultrartiatu, the Minister of the Interior,
died on the preceding day, at the age Cr 6.5.
We percesve, by the American. Papers, that Mr
Hays/sea tray of Harem has been, played at New
York, with greatest success. Mr. COOPER (thee
American Rnicius, as he is generally termed), per-
formed the. principal character. The first night of the
performance was on the 18th of Ottobar. The tiagedy
has-thus stood that dramatic test which the Drury-lane
Managets believed it could not have borne. It has also
been.pidAished at New York, and ha,- a very &tear:ale.
Private lettetsfroni-Etueliarest and Jassy, of 22d and
24th tfaireintier, affirmithat the Turks will not yet era-
mate that two Principahties. The misery 'that prevails
lin those comities etceeds all bete!

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:*netivredry• raised, no 1p
i4eated, Cor. the setwics
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sithre(s-iii this Loan is
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